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Football: Head coach feels no pressure stemming from sports cuts, rather an urgency to reclaim lost momentum

“We had great momentum as I stood here a year ago — well, we lost that momentum — and we have to go get it back.”

Losing has a tendency to make fans and critics alike forget things, but University of New Mexico head football coach Bob Davie’s statement above is accurate — as good times weren’t all that long ago.

It was August 27, 2017 and Davie stood in front of the media talking about the upcoming season.The program wasn’t just riding high, it was an all-time high. New Mexico had just put together the best two-year stretch in program history.