Dimel is trying to turn every game into a mud fight. Even if UTEP wins, it is going to come out full of mud and looking like an ugly win. I guess if UTEP is able to dictate the tempo of the games, by forcing most opponents to come into the mud to fight them, then that's a positive....maybe? And I guess the argument might also be made that this sluggish style of football can also be more effective once we hit the colder months at the end of the season.
The only thing is that last night UTEP had bigger and faster defensive athletes(particularly in the front 7). The same can be said for 3 of our first 4 games, so maybe we shouldn't be trying to muck up and shorten every game just to win. If looking for a big positive, I don't think that we have played a great and complete half this entire year, yet we are 3-1, so we should theoretically still have some room to grow/improve.
