In postgame remarks after his New Mexico Lobos’ 27-10 loss at Utah State on Saturday, UNM coach Danny Gonzales talked a lot about the wind.
On one hand, that’s understandable. When the wind is blowing in one team’s face for three of four quarters, you start to wonder if somebody up there doesn’t like that particular team.
Just how much that treacherous, shifting wind had to do with the outcome, though, isn’t clear.
True, the Lobos (2-7, 0-5 Mountain West) scored their only touchdown in the second quarter, with the wind at their back. But all 74 yards of that touchdown drive, including Nate Jones’ 24-yard scoring run, came on the ground.