EL PASO, Texas – UtEP’s football team’s fight to enter the area took another hit, as Florida International announced that it would not play against the Miners on Saturday.
This is the third time an opponent has postponed an attack opposing UTEP in the last 4 weeks and this attack will be least likely to be postponed as a component of the stated purpose of the US Conference. But it’s not the first time Prioritize departmental physies for the two weeks of December reserved for makeup games.
“With wonderful caution, due to the number of healthy football scholarship students-athletes that will be obtained for this match, and to make sure we have enough numbers in the future, we regret announcing that we will not play the football game this weekend,” he added. CRF said in a statement.
The UIF also played Marshall last week.
At least 39 FBS games have been postponed or cancelled since the start of the season.
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“We knew at the beginning of this dubious peak season that there was the option to postpone or cancel some games,” said UTEP sports director Jim Senter. “We’ve been through a difficult time, but we hope to be. will come out strong and we can play some games next month.
“I continue to congratulate our coaches, student-athletes and staff, adding to our sports medicine department, for doing everything they can to get our team to play every week. “
Coach Dana Dimel added: “We are disappointed that we will not be able to play this weekend, however, we will continue to paint hard and look towards our next game opposed to UTSA. “
The postponement comes a week after North Texas refused to come to El Paso and 4 weeks after Southern Miss postponed her adjustment to UTEP. They are war parties to the Western Division and will have priority to play on December 5 and 12.
Miners are scheduled to play with UTSA on November 14. UTSA had a postponement this year.