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Mistakes happen.
Chefs get orders wrong. Referees blow calls. Some journalists can’t even spell their own names right in their bylines.
In the case of the regularly-occurring mix-ups between this state’s two Division I university athletic departments – – the University of New Mexico Lobos and the New Mexico State Aggies – the national media’s frequent mixups have been chronicled regularly over the past decade on social media by fans, school officials and media, even sparking the commonly used hashtag, #UNMSU.
Most of the time, they’re harmless and probably worth little more than a laugh off.