Bret Bloomquist/El Paso Times
In a sport as brutally punishing as football, bad luck, in terms of injuries stacking up and derailing a season, is never too far away.
This year, it landed squarely on UTEP's next opponent, Middle Tennessee.
That got going in Week 2 when the player they couldn't afford to get hurt, junior quarterback Brent Stockstill the owner of every significant school passing record, the captain, the coach's son, got hurt.