At 8:00pm ET, my Thursday Hot Route is on UTEP. This is a case of a mediocre team laying too many points. UTEP isn't a powerful team. The Miners have been competitive against better teams than WKU though. They got blown out in an August game at Nebraska. That was their first game though and the Huskers are far better than the Hilltoppers. Since then, no team has beaten the Miners by more than 20 points. They lost by 18 at Liberty and by 10 at Coastal Carolina. They lost by 20 against Coastal Carolina. One could make a case for all 3 of those teams being better than WKU. The Hilltoppers are off a 1-point loss and they won their previous game by 5 points. UTEP had a 3-0 lead at halftime of last year's game and lost by 8. This one will also be close. Grab the points.