ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The 2015 goal of a bowl materialized for the University of New Mexico. Sure, it didn’t quite finish the way the Lobos had hoped, but it very well may have started something big.
After a decade of being college football cannon fodder, the Lobos proved they are once again relevant.
No, New Mexico (7-6) couldn’t find a way to complete its comeback against the Pac-12’s Arizona Wildcats, but it proved a great deal during the 45-37 loss in Saturday’s Gildan New Mexico Bowl at University Stadium.
The crowd rocked for one of the few times in a decade.