by David J.Chavez Daily Lobo The UNM football team will have a chance to earn its first winning record of the season when it heads to Colorado State on Saturday. The Lobos (4-4 overall, 2-2 Mountain West Conference) are riding a two-game winning streak after come-from-behind wins over the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and Utah.
UNM head cross country coach Matt Henry may not expect his teams to win the Mountain West Conference Championships, but that doesn't mean he isn't counting on some good results.
There is nothing like college football. Few sports can match its competitiveness, but none can match its excitement. Where else are you going to find 22 people duking it out - and I don't mean literally, University of Miami - for potentially millions of dollars, if they make it to the NFL?
The best thing about NCAA football is there is no John Madden. I'll get to this year's college football season, but first I need to rant about Madden, who is perhaps the worst announcer in all of sports.
UNM women's tennis player Iva Gersic's season hasn't gone quite as well as she anticipated. Perhaps it's because it hasn't hit Gersic that this will be her final year on the court. "I don't really feel a big difference," she said. "Sometimes I forget I'm a senior."
College football is in full stride, and the usual suspects are on top of the rankings - except for two Florida teams that have fallen faster than Humpty Dumpty.
The University of Nevada-Las Vegas would not be defeated as easily the second time around. The No. 12 UNM men's soccer team needed an overtime goal to beat UNLV 1-0 one week after the Lobos defeated the Rebels 4-1 in Las Vegas.
The UNM women's soccer team hung with No. 16 Brigham Young University through two overtimes. Unfortunately for the Lobos, they didn't put away late opportunities, and the game ended in a 1-1 draw Saturday at the UNM Soccer Complex.
Despite a loss, senior Kelly Therkelsen made history on Saturday. The UNM volleyball team fell to the Colorado State Rams 3-0 in Johnson Gym, but Therkelsen became the second Lobo in history to have 300 blocks.
Nick Arguelles was a couple days away from making his debut as a UNM cross country runner.
The UNM football team, at least for one game, turned around its second-half woes.
It was the best offensive performance of the season for the UNM men's soccer team.
If the Lobo offense is any indication, playing four straight overtime games may wear on a team.
UNM basketball fans were treated to a night of high-flying dunks, scrimmages and a 3-point shootout Friday night at The Pit.
In 2005, Andrew Boyens was the second-leading scorer on the UNM men's soccer team. During the team's historic run to the College Cup final last season - and at times this season - Boyens has been an asset to the Lobos' offensive attack.
It's the fifth week in the NFL and, surprisingly, Terrell Owens is still catching passes for the Dallas Cowboys.
The quarterback shuffle didn't work for the UNM football team Saturday as much as it would have liked. Due in part to an offense that failed to move the ball, the Lobos dropped their homecoming game to Wyoming, 14-10.
The UNM men's soccer team took less than 10 minutes to score the game-winning goal Friday against San Jose State. Sunday against Sacramento State, it took more than 96 minutes for the Lobos to get on the board, in what was an intense 1-0, overtime victory.
In a doubleheader sweep of Odessa College on Saturday, the starting pitcher for Game 1 probably looked familiar to the Lobos' opponents. That's because UNM softball pitcher Kelly Ninemire spent her first three seasons pitching for Odessa.
It's a trend that is becoming all too familiar for the UNM football team. The Lobos made plays on defense and did enough on offense to build a 10-0 lead - then the second half started.
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