While it has been in the works for a while, we are finally getting most of the details for the new Mountain West TV Deal that will be going into effect this next season, after the five universities leave for the Conference formally known as the Conference of Champions (RIP Bill Walton). We have known for about eight months that CBS would be continuing their coverage of the Conference, but there had been questions about what the other parts of the deal would be, FOX has been part of the media rights deal pretty much since the Conference left their ESPN deal, the Conference had also seen coverage in recent years on Turner Sports, ROOT Sports, and the Mountain West Network (TV edition) which was well before its time. We now know who’s going to be part of the deal, and what the coverage will look like.
Author: Zach
Glass Full of Emotions and Investment
What a wild ride it has been for New Mexico Vice President of Athletics Fern Lovo in his first year as the AD at UNM, losing Bronco Mendenhall his first week on the job, having to make a Football Hire right off the bat, and needing to find someone who would embrace UNM, the city of Albuquerque, and the state of New Mexico. That led to a certain Head Coach at the University of Idaho, by the name of Jason Eck. How would someone with only FCS Head Coaching experience adjust to the FBS level at a very unique job, having to build a completely new roster and balancing a staff of FCS assistants and FBS assistants, all hires and portal adds would be imperative for the Lobos to be good in year one. Before everything even settled Eck would lose his DC as he would be named the new Head Coach at South Dakota State, so Eck has to go with plan B, leading to Spence Nowinsky, I would say that has worked out well. Everything that could go right went right in year one, that leads to what the month of November has meant for the Football Program, UNM Athletic Department, and the Lobo fan base.
Zach’s Running Blog: Lobos vs. SDSU 11/28/2025
We are back for the Regular Season Finale, Senior Day, and possible birth for the Mountain West Championship Game for the Lobos (8-3, 5-2) in the first season of the Coach Jason Eck Era, as they host conference leading SDSU (9-2, 6-1). The quickest and least messy way for the Lobos to make the Mountain West Championship game is to win this game, and have former Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall’s Utah State team to beat the Broncos. If that happens the Lobos would be hosting the Mountain West Championship game against either SDSU or UNLV (who would have to beat Nevada). There should be around 30,000 people in the stadium today, which is probably 10 fold of what some of the last home games have had over the last decade. I will be updating this as the game goes along, and also be updating on Twitter and Bluesky. Also, keeping an eye on the Utah State vs. Boise State Game. Could be a fun day in Albuquerque. Lobos just need to take care of what they can control, winning the game in head of them. Both of these teams have made a statement with their defenses this year, and the difference in the game will likely be who takes care of the ball.
Zach’s Running Blog: Lobos vs. CSU 11/15
We are back at University Stadium for a massive game for the Coach Jason Eck led Lobos (6-3, 3-2) as they host Colorado State (2-7, 1-4) who are limping into the offseason which will also include a new Head Football Coach. Reminder that it has been a very long time since the Lobos have beaten the Rams in Football, still remains one of the weird streaks in sports. If the Lobos want to keep their Mountain West Conference Championship hopes alive they need to win this game. The Lobos play insanely well in Las Vegas before the bye game against UNLV to put themselves in this position. I will be updating this as the game goes along, as well as updates on Twitter and Bluesky. Here’s to a fun day of Lobo Sports.
Zach’s Running Blog: Lobos vs. UTA 11/8/25
We are back in The PIT for the second game of the season for the Lobos (1-0) as they are set to host UT Arlington (1-0). The Lobos are coming off a a 22-point win on Wednesday against East Texas A&M, as both High School Freshmen guards (Jake Hall and Uriah Tenette) scored 14 points in their College debuts. Also, of note, Tomislav Buljan grabbed 15 rebounds in his college debut. The Lobos are looking to find a complete game early in the season, they did hit 40% of their 3’s on Wednesday, but only attempted 20, which will likely be on the low end of the attempts they have this season. UTA is coming off a 51-point win over UNT Dallas an NAIA school in Dallas. We will get a better idea of how good UTA is early in this game. I will be updating this as the game goes along, as well as Twitter and Bluesky. I hope you follow along.
Zach’s Running Blog: Lobos vs. USU (Bronco’s Return)
The Lobos (4-3, 1-2) coming off a win over Nevada last week, are set to host Utah State (4-3, 2-1) and former Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall. If the Lobos are able to clean things up today they will have a decent shot at move with in one win of a bowl game in year 1 of the Jason Eck Era. The Turquoise looks beautiful after a very long time in the vault (1979). Excited to see how this game plays out. I will be updating this as the game is happening.
Zach’s Running Blog: Lobos vs. Nevada 10/18/2025
The Lobos (3-3, 0-2 MW) return home for the first time since their win against NMSU in front of a sold out crowd at University Stadium with a few stars in attendance. Tonight the Lobos will take on the Nevada Wolf Pack (1-5, 0-2 MW) who’s lone win was a win against FCS Sac State. This is a key game for Coach Eck and Co. as they look to position themselves in a spot for a Bowl Game in Year One. If the Lobos are able to win this game tonight (they are favored), it would make the return of Bronco next week even more appealing. The Lobos will look to take better care of the ball as that has been a concern the last few weeks, if the Lobos are able to do that, there’s a good percentage chance that the Lobos will move to 4-3 and win their first MW game of the year. I will be updating this as the game goes along, and as always you can follow along on twitter and Blue Sky.
Running Blog: Lobos vs. Aggies Football 2025
We are about set for the New Mexico Lobos (2-1) vs. New Mexico State (2-1) in a near sell out at University Stadium in Albuquerque. Lobos Lobos to move to 3-1 before starting conference play next weekend. I will be updating this throughout the game. Follow here, twitter, and Bluesky. Should be a fun one on deck.
Why was GCU added for 2025-2026 Athletics Year?
If you were sleeping under a rock or something like that over the last 10 months, you would be aware of the situation brewing between the PAC and the Mountain West. While the sides are involved in lawsuits and other happenings, something happened this week, in an expected move after the five universities leaving the Mountain West (Boise State, CSU, Fresno State, SDSU, and USU) gave their official notice to the conference, that Grand Canyon would be joining the conference for every sport (except football) for the final year of this makeup of the conference. People can have their opinions about GCU and the gray area of their for-profit or not status, and other things, but this situation doesn’t matter in this case, GCU was and is going to be a member of the conference, so why was GCU added for this Athletics Year, is the question we will be looking at in this post.
Zach’s Running Blog: MW Semi-final Lobos vs. Boise State 3/14/2025
We are about 30 minutes away from New Mexico Lobos (26-6) vs. Boise State Broncos (23-9). The two teams split the regular season matchups, with UNM winning the first meeting in The PIT 84-65, and Boise State winning the game in Boise 86-78. The Lobos didn’t have Mustapha Amzil and CJ Noland was a question mark heading to the game in Boise. Lobos were able to contain Alvaro Cardenas in the first matchup and limit the impact that Tyson Degenhart had in Albuquerque. Boise State was able to get a great game from Degenhart and from Freshman Pearson Carmichael. Should be an interesting game coming up in Las Vegas. Boise State is fighting to keep the NCAA hopes alive, while the Lobos are likely just deciding what jersey’s they want to wear in the first round.