NMSU announced that their men's basketball team will relocate to Phoenix, Arizona for the next five weeks and practice at the Arizona Grand Resort and Spa.
The New Mexico state men's and women's basketball teams are considering other sites in Arizona, Nevada, and Texas to relocate for the remainder of 2020.
NMSU became the first Division 1 school to have a licensed whiskey when they launched Pistol Pete's Six-Shooter rye whiskey along with Dry Point Distillers.
The latest college football casualty is New Mexico State, which announced early Thursday morning that the program will postpone the fall season to spring due to "COVID player health & safety concerns as well as 14-day quarantine requirement when traveling back into (New Mexico)."
Despite being linked to ETSU, NMSU men's basketball head coach Chris Jans chose to stay with the Aggies program, a move that will benefit both him and NMSU.
Instead of scheduling home games against FCS opponents like Northern Arizona and Houston Baptist, UTEP should explore a home and home football series with NMSU.
Tomorrow night at 6pm, New Mexico State will host UTEP in the 93rd Battle of I-10. The two schools first met on the football field in 1914, and the Miners have won 55 of the 92 games, including six straight victories over the Aggies. However, both teams are 0-2 after two weeks and this rivalry game could be a strong indicator of which direction these teams will head as they both prepare for confer