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CFT predicts: the WAC
This is it, everyone. Say goodbye to the WAC. It’s not going to be here much longer. After this year, only Idaho and New Mexico State will remain, and both have been told to go to Plan B by the...
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WAC commish: it’s ‘unlikely’ conference will sponsor football in ’13
WAC football still isn’t officially “dead” — although suffice to say it’s headed in that direction — but the outlook for a 2013 season has gone from bleak to pretty much nonexistent. Commissioner Jeff...
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Eight receivers added to Biletnikoff watch list
Two months after releasing its preseason watch list, the Biletnikoff Award has expanded its players to watch at the wide receiver position. A total of eight receivers were added to the award’s roll,...
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Predictions 101 — Week 4
If we were Lane Kiffin, we’d blame the players, injuries or even the media. But alas we aren’t the faultless USC head coach, and we’ll accept responsibility for last week’s 2-5 record (both straight up...
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Woman struck by stray bullet at New Mexico State football game
Football is a violent, dangerous sport. It appears that level of danger isn’t restricted to the playing field, either. The Associated Press reports that a woman attending Saturday’s game between New...
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Charting the 2012 Coaching Carousel
With the end of the regular season fast approaching — I really wish someone would explain to me like I’m five years old where the hell the 2012 football season has gone — and with a handful of...
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Sun Belt commissioner remains ‘optimistic’ about future of conference
Which is hard to do if you’re Karl Benson, the former WAC commissioner who saw the Mountain West pick apart his conference over the course of the past couple of years of realignment. With the news...
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DeWayne Walker abruptly bolts New Mexico St. for NFL
And here we thought the latest spinning of the coaching carousel had come to an end. Less two weeks ahead of National Signing Day, New Mexico State has lost its head coach as DeWayne Walker has left...
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Doug Martin to have interim tag dropped from NMSU title
On the same day DeWayne Walker abruptly and unexpectedly left New Mexico State for an NFL job, Doug Martin was named as the Aggies’ interim head coach. Less than a week later, the “interim” tag has...
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New Mexico State hires ex-Wyoming OC to same position
Just a week into the job, New Mexico State coach Doug Martin has hired an offensive coordinator. Leading the Aggies’ offense going forward will be Gregg Brandon, who was the OC/quarterbacks coach at...
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Idaho, NMSU next up as Sun Belt additions
Yesterday brought multiple reports that Appalachian State and Georgia Southern will be shedding their FCS labels for Sun Belt membership, with speculation shifting to when a pair of erstwhile WAC...
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Sun Belt announces it will officially grow by four in 2014
So, it’s official now for those who care about such things. Following up on multiple reports from the past couple of days, the Sun Belt Conference has announced the addition of four members on...
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NMSU player in ICU after suffering spinal cord injury
Unfortunately, there’s sobering news coming out of New Mexico State regarding a player who suffered a significant injury over the weekend. According to a release from the school, cornerback Miles...
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New Mexico State’s starting QB to transfer
Shortly following the end of his first spring practice, New Mexico State’s new head coach has abruptly found himself without the Aggies’ starting quarterback in 2012. In a press release, NMSU coach...
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NMSU presidential candidate open to moving, or dropping, football
New Mexico State was saved from an uncertain future in football when it was invited to join the Sun Belt as a football-only member in March. Conference realignment had picked apart the WAC to the point...
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It’s officially conference moving day for myriad FBS programs
Around this time last year… and the year before that… and the year before that… we were in the midst of yet another round of conference musical chairs, with multiple schools announcing future moves to...
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NMSU’s leading receiver academically ineligible, will redshirt
There’s bad breaks three weeks before the start of a new season, then there’s this. New Mexico State announced via a press release Friday that top wide receiver Austin Franklin has been declared...
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New Mexico State will wear pink jerseys against Rice
New Mexico State will honor Breast Cancer Awareness month by wearing pink jerseys against Rice this Saturday. The Aggies are ‘tough enough to wear pink‘ according to the school and this is just the...
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Lobo fans raise money for Aggie fan/war vet who lost out on $2K
While rivalries in college football are among the most heated in all of sports on the field — and before and after the games — the hatred tends to subside off the field, especially when real life...
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Big games in ACC, Pac 12 highlight Week 8 schedule
Another weekend of college football will have plenty to offer. From the mega match-up in the ACC to the conference championship rematch in the Pac 12 and everything in between, there will be plenty to...
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