On July 3, college football changed forever. Twelve university presidents approved a plan put forward by 11 conference presidents and Notre Dame’s athletic commissioner for a 12-year deal to institute a four-team playoff system beginning in 2014.
In one of New Mexico’s worst fire seasons, the UNM football team is making an effort to help residents who have been affected by wildfires.
The football field at University Stadium is unrecognizable; the only things visible are big piles of dirt and heavy machinery.
The future for the UNM football team doesn’t look too good. The team finished its first spring season under head coach Bob Davie last week, and it’s not surprising the team is in a tough situation.
Spring practices are over, but there is still a lot of work to do.
After the football team’s defensive struggles last season, it’s no surprise head coach Bob Davie spent much of spring practice trying to improve it.
The UNM football team spent its ninth spring practice of the year teaching kids the basics of football.
The football team will play on artificial turf next season. University Stadium field has been grass since 1958, when it was built, but will have artificial turf installed for the beginning of next season.
New football head coach Bob Davie joked that the only thing he is struggling with now that he’s getting back into coaching is sore feet.
Five spring football practices down, head coach Bob Davie said he is seeing improvement in his team.
The Lobo football team kicked off its spring practices Saturday, but a lack of players meant the cancellation of its annual springtime Cherry-Silver game.
The football team has added two more coaches to its roster — well, sort of.
Students who are not yet athletes at UNM will have a rare chance to try out for the Division I football team.
At 5:45 a.m. the faxes started coming in. On Wednesday, national signing day, the men’s football team signed 24 players to national letters of intent for the upcoming season.
The 2012 Lobo football team will look completely different than it has in the last three seasons — on the sidelines, that is. First-year head coach Bob Davie officially introduced his coaching staff on Monday and there are a lot of new faces.
The pieces of the puzzle for a successful season are coming together for the Lobo football team. First-year head coach Bob Davie unveiled the coaching staff for the upcoming season at a press conference on Monday.
George Barlow’s tenure as interim head football coach, and the football team’s season, ended Saturday with a 45-0 blowout loss to No. 7 Boise State.
Saturday’s football game against Boise State is Lobo senior linebacker Carmen Messina’s last, and it’s also his chance to beat the University’s all-time tackle record.
UNM’s new football coach has arrived. Vice president of Athletics Paul Krebs announced yesterday that Bob Davie will take over the coaching responsibilities from George Barlow, the interim head coach, at the end of the season, becoming UNM’s 31st head football coach.
On Senior Night, the Lobos’ senior linebacker Carmen Messina led his team to victory and became the second Lobo to get a hundred tackles in three consecutive seasons, but he said he doesn’t care about stats.
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