Second-year HC Scotty Walden looks to be on the ball and has the Miners playing with some enthusiasm, which allowed UTEP to fluster an overconfident Texas for stretches of last week's honorable 27-10 loss to the Horns. UTEP's active pass defense also would confound Arch Manning much of the time, limiting him to just 11 completions in 25 attempts, with a pick. The scoreline was also well inside of the posted 36.5 spread. UTEP QB Malachi Nelson effectively outplayed Manning, and just a week removed from tossing 4 TDP in a Sun Bowl romp past UT-Martin. Meanwhile, ULM is licking its wounds after a 73-0 shellacking at Bama, which makes it five spread losses in a row for the Warhawks vs. FBS-level opposition. Play UTEP.