At 8:00pm ET, my CUSA Game Of the Week is on UTEP. This is what I said about UTEP last week: "The Miners knew that they faced some challenges under first year coach Scotty Walden. They've endured those struggles and will ultimately be better for them. They've been fighting hard and a Wednesday home game against FIU provides them the opportunity to break through with a victory. The Panthers have only won 1 game by more than 7 points and that was over a month ago, at home. They are 0-3 on the road, getting outscored by an average of 16.3 points. The Miners won 27-14 at FIU last season and they smashed the Panthers 40-6 here in 2022. The Panthers need this win to help their bowl chances but the Miners need it to avoid being the first team eliminated from bowl contention. They know that a bowl isn't in their future (as the upcoming schedule includes a road game at Tennessee) but they are going to go all out to get that first win. They'll be able to trade points with FIU and have an excellent shot at the upset." Sure enough, the Miners got that upset. Off the 30-21 win, rewarded for their hard work, they are suddenly feeling good about themselves. LA Tech is not feeling nearly so good. The Bulldogs are off a gut-wrenching 33-30 Double OT loss. They are 1-4 their last 5 games and 2-8 their last 10. One of the 2 wins was against Nicholls State and LA Tech didn't even win that one very easily. With the Miners suddenly feeling good about things and the Bulldogs off a double-OT loss, I smell another upset. Grab the points.