It was never going to be simple.
Beating Boise State as a 30-point underdog. In Boise. With Boise having had an extra week to prepare. Who woulda guessed?
New Mexico 31, Boise State 24.
But if you were going to guess, it had to happen the way it did.
It could not have been the way Holly Holm did it. She KO’d the champ by being smarter, tougher. It was her fight from start to finish.
No, for the Lobos to pull off their upset it would have to come with great chaos. It would have to come down to the last second with Boise playing rugby and Markel Byrd having to make an open-field tackle at the 5 yard line before the upset could be validated
They had to overcome a phantom pass interference call, a punt that was nearly botched, a silly personal foul.
College football: Lobos, race, Army, Navy
