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WE START WITH MORE ON
RACING LEGEND BOBBY
UNSER. THE THREE
TIME INDY 500 CHAMP AND
HIS RACING FAMILY PUT
ALBUQUERQUE ON
THE MAP AS FAR AS
BOBBY WAS JUST ONE OF
TWO DRIVERS TO WIN THE
INDY 500 IN THREE
DIFFERENT DECADES AND
JUST ONE OF TEN DRIVERS
TO WIN THE BIG RACE AT
BROTHER AL UNSER SR. WON
THE INDY 500 FOUR
TIMES. HE FEELS LIKE HE
LEARNED FROM THE BEST IN
HIS OLDER BROTHER BOBBY.
AL SAYS BOBBY ALWAYS PUT
EVERYTHING HE HAD INTO
HIS RACES.
"When Bobby did things
he did it one way. It
nothing. He use to tell
me Al, you can't do
things halfway in a race
car. You have to go for
it. Bobby really
believed in that."
ANOTHER DAY AND ANOTHER
BASKETBALL RECRUIT
ANNOUNCES HIS COMMITMENT
TO RICK PITINO AND THE
LOBOS.
OUT OF KILGORE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE IN KILGORE,
TEXAS MADE HIS
ANNOUNCEMENT ON HIS
TWITTER PAGE. IN 23
GAMES PLAYED FOR KILGORE
JENKINS AVERAGED NEARLY
ASSISTS PER GAME. HE
ALSO SHOT 47 PERCENT
FROM THE 3 POINT LINE.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH FORMER
RIO RANCHO FOOTBALL STAR
GRANT
HERMANNS TODAY. THE BIG
A FREE AGENT DEAL
WITH THE NEW YORK JETS
OVER THE WEEKEND.
HERMANNS, IN TOWN
VISITING HIS PARENTS,
SAYS HE IS EXCITED ABOUT
HIS NFL OPPORTUNITY.
"My head was spinning. I
couldn't believe you
know. I was hoping to
get drafted, but even a
free agent
contract is such a
blessing man. Just the
opportunity to even play
in the NFL, being from
New Mexico, it's hard
thing and I'm beyond
blessed and thankful for
the opportunity, man."
THE SIX FOOT SEVEN 313
POUND HERMANNS PLAYED
HIS COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY WHERE HE
BECAME A TEAM CAPTAIN
AND LEADER, STARTING AT
LEFT TACKLE. HERMANNS
WAS ALSO ON THE WUERFFEL
AWARD WATCH LIST JUST
LIKE HIS BUDDY TETON
SALTES WHO
WON THE AWARD. THE
VIKINGS LINEMAN WILL BE
JOINING HERMANNS AS A
JETS FREE AGENT. THAT
HAS ADDED TO
HERMANNS EXCITEMENT.
"I cannot believe that
we're both going to the
Jets you know. We both,
like the Jets offensive
line, we both have
team. It would just be
amazing, you know, two
New Mexico boys. The
great thing is too they
got a brand new head
coach. So, the rookies
and the vets, it's more
of us because he doesn't
have any previous bias
with those guys you
know. "
ROOKIE MINI CAMP STARTS
IT STARTED UNDER FORMER
STRENTH AND CONDITIONING
COACH MARK
PAULSON WHEN DENNIS
FRANCHIONE LED LOBO
FOOTBALL. THE TRADITION
WAS KEPT AND NURTURED
WHILE ROCKY LONG WAS
LOBOS FOOTBALL COACH
DANNY GONZALES
REMEMBERS NIGHT OF
CHAMPIONS VERY WELL AS A
PLAYER AND AND COACH. HE
IS BRINING THE TRADITION
BACK TOMORROW WITH 20
PLAYERS
COMPETING IN THREE
EVENTS, FIVE IN THE
THERE WILL BE 10 PLAYERS
COMPETING ON POWER
CLEAN. THE GOAL IS TO
GET STRONGER AND PUSH
BOUNDARIES IN
PREPARATION FOR
THE FALL.
"Those 20 guys, they're
trying to set their
personal best at a one
time rep of that max,
show how strong
they gotten over the
last six months. The
atmosphere with your
teammates around, you
can do some things that
would not be able to do
in ten to fifteen pound
increments and that's
what
we're looking to do,
push more weight."
NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS WILL
HAVE A 6PM START AT
UNIVERSITY STADIUM
LOBO TENNIS NOW. NEXT ON
THE SCHEDULE IS THE NCAA
TOURNAMENT.
THE MOUNTAIN WEST
CHAMPION LOBOS FOUND OUT
THEY WILL FACE 8 SEED
TEXAS A&M AT THEIR PLACE
ARE RIDING A WAVE OF
MOMENTUM THAT HAS
BROUGHT SIX
CHAMPIONSHIPS INTO
VARIOUS LOBO PROGRAMS
THIS SEMESTER. THE MEN'S
TENNIS TEAM WANTS TO
KEEP THE
GOOD TIMES GOING.
"Why not. Why not us?
How come we don't do it?
We are on a roll. We got
plenty of momentum. We
and 1 in conference and
won another
championship. Why not
us?
"With this group of guys
go, we can upset anyone
We showed it earlier in
the year.
Unforfortunately we
didn't cross the line.
We can do it now. We are
playing a team level
wise that we have played
this season. This time
we have confidence."
WILL PLAY FRIDAY. A WIN
WILL GET THE LOBOS TO
THE NEXT ROUND ON
SATURDAY.
THAT'S A WRAP FOR US.
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