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Football: Lobos keep expectations high going into season starter

Linebacker Kimmie Carson walks away from a play during the Lobos game against Wyoming last November. The Lobos’ season opener is this Saturday at 6 p.m. against the Mississippi Valley State.

Back when Bob Davie was an analyst for ESPN, there was one aspect of the job that he disliked: making predictions.

Davie, entering his fourth year as head coach for New Mexico, said he wasn’t fond of acting like he knew what was going to happen five months into the college football season. Davie was paid to give his opinion much in the same way that he gives his opinion as a head coach.