Possible Clues:

• The Miners’ sch
• Sch. whose newspaper is The Prospector ('Assayer of Student Opinion')
• Sch. that plays at the Sun Bowl
• The Miners of Conference USA, informally
• School near Ciudad Juarez
• Home of the Sun Bowl stadium, for short
• Westernmost sch. in Conference USA
• Sch. that hosts the Sun Bowl
• School on the Rio Grande
• Coll. overlooking the Rio Grande