More carbs? For the New Mexico football Lobos, is that the key to beating Air Force on Saturday and snapping a seven-game losing streak?
If only. Still …
On the morning of Oct. 21, 2000, the Lobos gathered in the lobby of their team hotel in Colorado Springs — to discover that the chef assigned to prepare their pregame breakfast was a no-show.
Dave Binder, UNM’s head trainer, wasn’t about to let the Lobos face the Air Force Falcons on empty stomachs. Invading the hotel kitchen, raiding the fridge and lighting the stove, he whipped up a pancake breakfast for a party of 65 (or so).
‘Pancake’ game gives Lobo footbal hope in return to Air Force
