The Miners are hoping to have Gavin Hardison back at QB after using a carousel of quarterbacks last time out, but Hardison has only completed 56.6% of his passes with a 5/7 TD/INT ratio thus far. He’s also taken 14 sacks. UTEP has actually been more effective running the football with 4.1 yards per carry on 234 attempts than throwing it, but it’s tough to run the ball when trailing more often than not. FIU actually rattled off three wins in a row over Maine, North Texas, and UConn before a couple of uncompetitive losses against Liberty and New Mexico State to fall to 0-3 in conference play. Keyone Jenkins has a 5/6 TD/INT Ratio and has absorbed 16 of the 21 sacks that FIU has allowed, but they’ve created some chunk plays on the ground and through the air. Neither one of these defenses has played well. FIU has allowed just shy of six yards per play and UTEP has allowed 6.23 YPP. UTEP has actually allowed 6.4 yards per play to FBS foes and FIU has allowed 6.3. So, these are two really bad teams overall. Offensively, FIU holds the edge and I think this line is a little bit cheap for that reason. We like FIU here to cover as we made this number closer to -6.