As has been the case in most of the UTEP football team's seven losses this season, there were numerous reasons the Miners fell to Jacksonville State 30-27 in front of 9,536 scattered fans.

Here are the two big ones: UTEP doesn't know how to win; a Jacksonville State team that went to 5-0 in Conference USA does.

Why it happened

That's the best way to explain how a Jacksonville State team about to be forced into overtime found a way down the field against the clock, partly because of a UTEP defensive penalty, for a game-winning 45-yard field goal with 49 seconds left.

That explains why UTEP couldn't muster a first down on its last-ditch drive.

That's the best way to explain another defensive touchdown by an opponent, the best way to explain how a Miners team that went 5-of-7 on 4th

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