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March Mushmouth: Greg Gumbel Calls Aggies "New Mexican State" [VIDEO]

Duke Keith — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:10:10 +0000

CBS' Greg Gumbel had an unfortunate slip of the tongue on the first big day of the NCAA Tournament, saying St. Louis beat "New Mexican State". At least he wasn't calling them "New Mexico" like analyst Dan Bonner kept doing during the game.

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Wild Win: Highlights & More As Miners Sink Aggies in Closing Seconds [VIDEO]

Duke Keith — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:55:43 +0000

Highlights from the players, insight from the coaches and more -- Duke Keith recaps the Battle of I-10a, as the UTEP Miners clawed their way back to beat the NMSU Aggies at the Don Haskins Center Wednesday night.

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UTEP 41, NMSU 28: Miners Coaches, Players Talk About Win [VIDEO]

Duke Keith — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:17:54 +0000

The UTEP Miners dominated with big plays on both offense and defense to win their first game of the season, 41-28, over New Mexico State in the Battle of I-10.

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Low Price: UTEP Coach Frustrated By Lack of Offense vs Ole Miss [OPINION]

Duke Keith — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:16:40 +0000

You could tell this loss stung Mike Price just by looking.

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Texas A&M Awkwardly Introduces Itself to SEC [VIDEO]

Duke Keith — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:43:39 +0000

Oh, boy...if Texas A&M thought the whole "Aggie joke" thing might quiet down by moving to the SEC, this isn't going to help. As genteel as the South may be, when it comes to football it's best not to poke the hornets' nest. Especially when you poke it so...awkwardly.

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UTEP Prevails Against NMSU Aggies in a Sloppy, Defensive Battle

Brandon Cohn — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:19:40 +0000

Winning isn't always pretty, in the end all that counts is that you end up winning, even if it is done so in a sloppy fashion. UTEP defeated NMSU in the annual Battle of I-10 16-10 on Saturday evening before a rather large, energetic crowd at Aggie Memorial stadium. While most expected an offensive shootout, both teams turned it up defensively to make it the ultimate chess match where points were at a premium.

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The Most Talented Man I Ever Knew

Duke Keith — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:03:35 +0000

Dad always told me I need to cut back on the language.

Not bad language, just words.

A master of making a point in as few words as possible, my Dad, John Keith, died last week, aged 78.

His kidneys and heart had been worsening, though when he was in his heyday as sports information director/hospitality room host at Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas A&M he always said it would be his liver.

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