This is our weekly round-up, which will look at what happened in Lobo Sports in the last week and look ahead to the games and events for the next week. These posts will not be full game previews or recaps, but instead will look at awards awarded to Lobo players, the outcome of games, and give you a one-post location for the week ahead.
Football Game 1 Preview: Mississippi Valley State
Here we go. After months of anticipation, hopes, and expectation, the football season finally gets going this weekend. But first:
Awesome. Looks like they’re ready too.
Cross Country’s High Expectations
2007 was a different time. The Dow Jones began to decline, a terrible Fantastic Four movie was released, and Hillary Clinton was running for president. It also happened to be the last time that the UNM Women’s Cross Country team didn’t win the Mountain West Championship. For seven straight years, the women’s team has taken home the trophy, with the men joining them for the past six years. We’ve been spoiled, to say the least.
It’s UCLA: Game Preview
UNM (0-0) at UCLA (0-0) Men’s Soccer
After 3 Preseason games where the Lobos went 2-0-1, they will start the regular season on the road against UCLA, last year’s National Runner-up. This is a rematch of last year’s regular season game where UCLA came into Albuquerque and won 2-1, even though the Lobos controlled the game as they out shot UCLA 18 to 3 and had 8 corners to the Bruin’s 2. The Lobos are going to try to repay the favor when they go into Los Angeles tonight for a game they aren’t expected to win which should benefit the Lobos by allowing them to play loose. New Mexico must attack and put pressure on UCLA and give themselves opportunities to have more chances than UCLA. The young Lobos must grow up fast and it starts tonight.
The Power of We
2015 Men’s Soccer Season Preview
2014 was a disappointment for the men’s soccer team as they struggled down the stretch and didn’t make the NCAA tournament a year after making the College Cup. Last year wasn’t a result of not being talented but instead finding the bad end of luck and not being able to find the back of the net when they controlled the play. The Lobos finished the 2014 season 11-6-1 and 4-4 in conference as well as losing the opening game of the conference tournament. The Lobos outscored their opponents 32 to 16 but they gave up 8 goals in the last four games and lost all four.
Scattered Preseason Football Thoughts
Given that the football season is about to start, it seems worthwhile to talk about it for a bit. So, here are a few thoughts about the Lobos that I have going into game 1.
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State of the Programs: Part 1
At last, summer is coming to an end and the start of University of New Mexico Lobo Sports are upon us. It is time for every Lobo fan to examine what realistic expectations and goals should be for each Lobo sports team. As fans, it can be difficult to judge a program subjectively, as we are more prone to letting our emotions get in the way. So, here we are trying to step back and look back at the numbers and the results that we have available to us. The athletic department at New Mexico has set itself up to be relevant and competing for conference titles in most of the sports, and has even built some nationally recognized programs.
In these posts, we’ll tier the programs by their current state. It is worth stressing that where these programs are right now doesn’t mean that this is where they will always be. With the proper support and leadership in place, any of the programs can see a drastic improvement. For example, men’s soccer was nowhere close to where it is now, ever since Coach Fishbein took over.
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Welcome to Lobo Lane. This site is designed to be full of news, analysis, and commentary relating to UNM athletics. This, of course, will cover the basketball and football teams, but we also have a strong interest in the sports that don’t get as much time in the spotlight as they deserve.
This site is written by fans of the University of New Mexico Lobos to provide what we hope is thoughtful commentary and analysis of the various Lobo teams. We are not affiliated with UNM, so all opinions, right or wrong as they may be, are ours and ours alone.
We are heavily influenced by sabermetrics, so be forewarned, there may be numbers.
This is an experiment of sorts. We have no idea if this is a good idea or not, but it should be interesting either way.