So some kid carrying twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system was driving the UNM football coach’s SUV when arrested yesterday. He said he was a recruit, but it appears he was possibly just a friend of the coach’s son. Whatever.
He was driving through the football game crowd when stopped. Not that he could have done any harm there — it was the smallest crowd at a New Mexico home game in 19 years. (They lost to a FCS school, Sam Houston State, in OT 45-48. Now 0-4.)
Meanwhile the most recent former UNM coach, Rocky Long, was coaching the San Diego State Aztecs in front of 110,707 at Ann Arbor.
Didn’t Sam Houston State used to be Sam Houston Institute of Technology?
Update: The 19-year-old was charged with aggravated DWI, minor in possession of alcohol, reckless driving and driving without a license.
Okay. I’ll admit it. I love reading the awful comments on KOB’s website because they are so stupid and snarky. Today they are spot-on.
Locksley’s gotta go.
I don’t think anyone (but parents, maybe) ever really supported the UNM football team. It was always about basketball at UNM. This football coach has proven to be nothing but trouble and, as far as I can tell, a fairly poor influence over his players and coaches.
And it’s not just the football coach… the people at the “top” of UNM are all about money-for themselves. Schmidly, Krebs, etc… should go, too.
It will be interesting to see where these teenagers got the alcohol.