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Spring ends with optimism
Nathan Farmer | April 27Spring practices are over, but there is still a lot of work to do.
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Defense struggles to adapt
April 23After 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.
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A new image starts with giving
Cesar Davila | April 16The UNM football team spent its ninth spring practice of the year teaching kids the basics of football.
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Regents approve $1.38 million field
Nathan Farmer | April 13The 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.
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Davie implements positive changes
Nathan Farmer | April 4New 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.
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Davie’s new style leaves men less nervous
Nathan Farmer | April 1Five spring football practices down, head coach Bob Davie said he is seeing improvement in his team.
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Davie struggles to fill team
Nathan Farmer | March 26The Lobo football team kicked off its spring practices Saturday, but a lack of players meant the cancellation of its annual springtime Cherry-Silver game.
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Qualified coach gets fast promotion
Nathan Farmer | February 29The football team has added two more coaches to its roster — well, sort of.
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Tryouts rare chance to play
Nathan Farmer | February 20Students who are not yet athletes at UNM will have a rare chance to try out for the Division I football team.
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Davie: 2012 recruits to turn team around
Nathan Farmer | February 3At 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.
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Team preps for new staff, misses Locksley
Cesar Davila | February 1The 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.
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Davie picks coaches who care
Nathan Farmer | February 1The 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.
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Barlow leaves with loss, respect
Nathan Farmer | December 5George 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.
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Messina fit to tackle Urlacher’s record
Mundo Carrillo | December 2Saturday’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.
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Lobos get new football coach
Nathan Farmer | November 17UNM’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.
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Messina follows Urlacher’s record-setting legacy
November 14On 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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Barlow leaves with a victory
Mundo Carrillo | November 14Interim head football coach George Barlow won’t be leaving UNM without a win. On Saturday, the Lobos beat the UNLV Rebels 21-14 with a game-winning touchdown run late in the fourth quarter.
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Second scoreless week mixes resolve and anger
Mundo Carrillo | October 31After a 42-0 defeat Saturday for its eighth consecutive loss, the Lobo football team still has nothing to be happy about, running back Crusoe Gongbay said. “Everybody’s mad,” he said.
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Players warming up to Barlow
Mundo Carrillo | October 21Mike Locksley’s 2-26 record didn’t earn him many fans off the field, but on the field his players supported him. Most of the players said they were sad to see him go. “It was sad at the moment, but we have to move on,” wide receiver Ty Kirk said.
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Locksley claims good reputation, shifts blame
Nathan Farmer | October 3Last week, Locksley gave fans a delusional post-firing interview that yet again embarrassed everyone involved with the Lobos. The smug, no-emotion attitude that we have been graced with for the past three years was on display as he shared his thoughts on his tenure with KRQE sports director Van Tate.
