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.
Interim 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.
After 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.
Mike 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.
Last 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.
The Lobo football team losing streak hasn’t changed since the University fired head coach Mike Locksley. The Lobos lost to in-state rival New Mexico State 42-28, in front of more than 30,000 fans at University Stadium on Saturday. This is the fourth game of the season in which the Lobo defense allowed 42 points or more.
In their first game Locksley-less, the Lobos face in-state rival NMSU this weekend. The Lobos have yet to win a football game this season. Although George Barlow is now the head coach, he said that he is not making drastic changes to the way Locksley ran the program.
Former UNM head football coach Mike Locksley was very emotional after what would be his last game with the Lobos. “It was unacceptable to lose that game,” Locksley said.
Deon Long is one of the only bright spots on this season’s UNM football team. Through three games of the 2011 season, wide receiver Long has made an impact on the team by being its most potent offensive player. The freshman has accumulated more than half of the Lobos’ total offense through the first part of the season, with 496 all-purpose yards.
Not even the weather stopped Texas Tech quarterback Seth Doege. In a game hampered by two lightning delays, Doege helped to defeat the Lobos 59-13 on Saturday at University Stadium, setting a new NCAA completion percentage record. Doege threw for 401 yards and five touchdowns and completed 40 out of 44 passes.
It hasn’t been an easy two weeks for the UNM football team. Last week the Lobos played No. 13 Arkansas, and this weekend they will play Big 12 powerhouse Texas Tech at University Stadium. The Red Raiders are coming off a 50-10 win over Texas State.
The Lobo football team is going to have the biggest challenge of its early season this weekend. UNM travels to Little Rock, Ark., on Saturday to take on No. 14 Arkansas Razorbacks. “Our team is excited about having a chance to play a team like Arkansas,” head coach Mike Locksley said. “We expect it to be hot, we expect it to be humid and we expect a great atmosphere for football.”
The Lobo football team lost its season opener, which might make it easy to dismiss it as the team with no improvement from last year. Not so fast, though — there were a lot of positives from Saturday’s game. Sophomore Linebacker Dallas Bollema, for example, led the team in tackles with 13.
Before last Saturday’s game against Colorado State, head football coach Mike Locksley said the key to winning would be for the Lobos not to be a detriment to themselves. The message did not reach the players, apparently, because the team had six fumbles, losing three of them in the 14-10 loss.
The smell of grilled hotdogs and burgers in the air, boozed-up football fans and a sea of red stretching from CNM to University Stadium can only mean one thing: it’s the Lobo football home-opener. As expected, the first Lobo football game of the season saw a good turnout, as it had for the last two seasons. There is always a good turnout for the first game, but as the losses pile up, fans just simply look for something less depressing to do.
Head coach Mike Locksley starts off with a home game for the first time in his Lobo career in an attempt to erase the memory of back-to-back 1-11 seasons. The Lobos open the season this Saturday when they take on Mountain West Conference (MWC) rival Colorado State (CSU) at University Stadium.
After seeing how accurate the NCAA College Football 2011 simulation of the UNM football team’s first game occurred last year, it was a no-brainer to see what the video game could throw at us for this upcoming football game against Colorado State.
Since I am a sucker for bad shows, I just watched a recent episode of MTV’s Jersey Shore. But then it struck me. The relationship between Ronnie and Sammi, the show’s token on-again, off-again, melodramatic couple, is a lot like the one between UNM football head coach Mike Locksley and Lobo fans.
The UNM football offense had two big drives, but the rest was all defense. Senior defensive end Jaymar Latchison made it clear who came out on top when it was over. “The defense definitely won,” Latchison said.
UNM quarterbacks B.R. Holbrook and Tarean Austin looked sharp during a windy Saturday afternoon scrimmage at University Stadium.
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