*** Official 2023 UH vs New Mexico St Game thread ***

[BigWave96744]

What was once a GUARANTEED WIN and NEVER CLOSE (UH 10-0 All Time from 1978-2021) came down crashing in 2022 when we EMBARRASSED 26-45!!!!

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09/24/2022 Las Cruces 26-45
10/23/2021 Honolulu   48-34
09/25/2021 Las Cruces 41-21
10/22/2011 Honolulu   45-34
11/27/2010 Las Cruces 59-24
11/14/2009 Honolulu   24-6
11/08/2008 Las Cruces 42-30
10/27/2007 Honolulu   50-13
10/21/2006 Las Cruces 49-30
10/15/2005 Honolulu   49-28
11/11/1978 Honolulu   35-20

[BigWave96744]

To say this game is a must win is an understatement.
- Already we only had less than 8000 turnstile against UAlbany and a lost will have even less fans (especially students) at the next home game. Imagine Men's and Women's VBall drawing more fans at the SSC than our football team.
- Going into conference play at 1-4 would mean we have to go 6-2 in conference to be bowl eligible.
- Future recruits may start decommiting and current studs may consider the portal.

[BigWave96744]

Gabriel Iniguez - former Rainbow Warrrior


AJ Vaipulu - Brother of Solo


Gannon Lauer - Former St Louis Crusader

[cabanalane]

Nice W-L stats. Felt like UH play New Mexico State every year. Didn't know the gaps were that big in-between.

[My3Cats]

NMSU has been on an upswing since hiring Jerry Kill. I wonder if the school is pumping much more money into the football program as well?

[BigWave96744]

NMSU has been on an upswing since hiring Jerry Kill. I wonder if the school is pumping much more money into the football program as well?

His "Killing" it with his seasoned assistant coaches including Tony Sanchez (former UNLV & Bishop Gorman Head Coach) and a few others who coached with him at TCU

[SundayJam]

Jerry Kill and his assistants are...not so easy to get excited about. Uhmm...Hawaii's staff is somewhat more updated...relevant(?) Wyoming defeated Texas Tech...and dropped Texas, albeit in a loss to them, off the top tier of college football. I'm much more worried about facing Wyoming, Air Force, SDSU, and Nevada. If we lose to NMSU, it's our own fault. The loss of Muasau was huge last year. He absolutely killed it for UCLA.

I don't know if pumping money into a manini program is as important as building one. This latest quick fix of an 'oops' in program building is not so bad as others. We'll see.

[bigislandkurt]

this is not your daddy's NMSU team. We better be ready. These guys play smash mouth kine.

[BigWave96744]

"Biggest Game in Timmy Chang's coaching career" ~ Rich Miano on the Sports Animal's Show

[UnBiasFan]

"Biggest Game in Timmy Chang's coaching career" ~ Rich Miano on the Sports Animal's Show

This is only true if we lose. If we win, it means little. A loss will be a start of the slow drip to insignificance.

[WarriorTyme]

"Biggest Game in Timmy Chang's coaching career" ~ Rich Miano on the Sports Animal's Show

This is only true if we lose. If we win, it means little. A loss will be a start of the slow drip to insignificance.

Up to this point in Timmy Hawaii Head Coaching Career it is true! Biggest Game in Timmy coaching career! Timmy is the only Hawaii Head Coach to lose to NMSU ever! And got blowout loss to make the loss even more embarrassing. This is a must win game!!!! I hoping for the win!

[TheDuke]

We need better play calling. Quick ball control short passes. Spread the field horizontally. Force LBs to support the pass. Screens and passes to RBs out of the backfield. Pass to open up the running game. Then hit them with long pass.

[UnBiasFan]

We need better play calling. Quick ball control short passes. Spread the field horizontally. Force LBs to support the pass. Screens and passes to RBs out of the backfield. Pass to open up the running game. Then hit them with long pass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksFN8JqMzRE&t=8948s

[travo66]

Anyone know where we can watch this game "cheaper?"

[ulua]

Why is Hawaii always a bad tackling team, is our guys not teachable or is it coaching? Or something else? Just curious on your thoughts