Call it a breakthrough opportunity.
The New Mexico State University football team is 0-3 after three weeks of the season despite playing better defense than many prognosticators might have expected.
Problem is, the Aggies have sputtered on offense. They’ve averaged just 12.7 points per game, not enough to win on any kind of regular basis.
There are various reasons for NMSU’s offensive struggles, including injuries to the top two quarterbacks on the depth chart and a broken wrist that knocked the team’s leading reciever, Dominic Gicinto, out for the season. The aforementioned QBs, Jonah Johnson (wrist) and Weston Eget (knee), are not expected to play Saturday when the Aggies host South Carolina State for a 6 p.