Michigan vs Ohio State. Alabama vs Auburn. Oklahoma vs Texas. These are the games that come to mind when discussing ‘Bucket List’ college football rivalry games. But about the ‘Battle of I-10’ between the University of Texas at El Paso and New Mexico State? It features two schools separated by less than 50 miles that met on the gridiron almost annually since 1914. Does that pique your interest? It should and definitely did for me.
The 98th meeting between UTEP and NMSU took place in Las Cruces, NM at Aggie Memorial Stadium during Week Zero, the trimmed-down opening weekend for college football.