- On Friday afternoon just minutes before his football team’s plane left the runway at the Albuquerque International Sunport bound for the Bay Area and Saturday night’s season opener at San Jose State, UNM athletic director Eddie Nuñez shared the bombshell news that the Lobos are, in effect, moving their base of operations to Las Vegas, Nev., for the foreseeable future.
- It’s the latest move UNM has made in trying to escape New Mexico’s strict health guidelines aimed at slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus. It comes on the heels of an aggressive testing protocol initiated by the Mountain West Conference that requires every member of the football program to be tested for COVID-19 three times a week.
- “Our hope is that we can continue to do everything we can so that come December, we have the ability to host those last two games [Wyoming on Dec. 5 and Fresno State on Dec. 12] here at home in the state of New Mexico,” Nuñez said. – Will Webber, Santa Fe New Mexican. Read More.
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