UW fans have New Mexico's back, just not Saturday
This is a guest blog by Teresa and Cassie Clift
One thing I must say about New Mexico Lobos fans is that they are extremely supportive, not only of their own team, but also of the rest of the Mountain West Conference.
Back in 2008, our family traveled down to New Mexico in order for Rich to be able to cover the first and second rounds of the NCAA Women's Basketball championships, in which both the New Mexico Lobos and our very own Wyoming Cowgirls were taking part.
To make a long story short, when UW was playing Pittsburgh in The Pit, the Lobos fans cheered just as much for our girls as would be expected of them to cheer for their own team. It was almost like if the Red Sox and Yankees fans coming together.
Not only were they supportive in the stadium, they were also extremely receptive and hospitable to the Wyoming fans and are surely some of the most welcoming people it has ever been our pleasure to meet. Even after the game in the parking lot, we met up with some fellow Wyoming and New Mexico fans and chewed the fat about the MWC. Ever since then, we have felt the urge to root for New Mexico’s sports teams whenever we heard about a game they were playing.
However, that does not apply to games played against UW, including our homecoming game Saturday with New Mexico. We appreciate and thank you for all your support, Lobo fans, but on Saturday we won’t bleed red, but brown and gold because we are true to the Cowboys.
One thing I must say about New Mexico Lobos fans is that they are extremely supportive, not only of their own team, but also of the rest of the Mountain West Conference.
Back in 2008, our family traveled down to New Mexico in order for Rich to be able to cover the first and second rounds of the NCAA Women's Basketball championships, in which both the New Mexico Lobos and our very own Wyoming Cowgirls were taking part.
To make a long story short, when UW was playing Pittsburgh in The Pit, the Lobos fans cheered just as much for our girls as would be expected of them to cheer for their own team. It was almost like if the Red Sox and Yankees fans coming together.
Not only were they supportive in the stadium, they were also extremely receptive and hospitable to the Wyoming fans and are surely some of the most welcoming people it has ever been our pleasure to meet. Even after the game in the parking lot, we met up with some fellow Wyoming and New Mexico fans and chewed the fat about the MWC. Ever since then, we have felt the urge to root for New Mexico’s sports teams whenever we heard about a game they were playing.
However, that does not apply to games played against UW, including our homecoming game Saturday with New Mexico. We appreciate and thank you for all your support, Lobo fans, but on Saturday we won’t bleed red, but brown and gold because we are true to the Cowboys.
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