University of New Mexico football coach Danny Gonzales presented the 1962 and 1982 Lobo teams with rings during a private meeting with former players and the current squad on Friday evening.
In the process, Gonzales found an appropriate motivator, a dangling carat if you will, for the Lobos (1-1) before they take on UTEP (1-2) at University Stadium on Saturday.
The Lobos will honor the 1962 Western Athletic Conference championship team, the 1982 squad that went 10-1 and UNM’s 1997 WAC division winners during the game.
“I don’t know if they ever got rings,” said Gonzales, who paid for the rings himself.