During the first quarter, Fox Sports 1 featured University of New Mexico coach Danny Gonzales’ quote from last week that had him telling it like it is: UNM’s defense is not good enough to make up for an offense being bad.
Not that much changed on Saturday in Carson, Calif., where the Lobos’ defense came up with the only points of the night for UNM.
New Mexico’s defense proved to be the lone bright spot, but it wasn’t nearly enough as 25th-ranked San Diego State won 31-7 in its Mountain West Conference opener in front of 8,387 at Dignity Health Sports Park.