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UNM ties for division title Banned Lobos explode for nearly 600 rushing yards

man may have returned By David Lynch

@RealDavidLynch A 24-year-old man that UNM has banned for coming to campus with a gun and a car with a trunk full of ammo a few weeks ago may have returned, according to one student on social media.

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Redshirt senior safety Ryan Santos screams while celebrating with teammates after a Lobo touchdown on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016 at University Stadium. The Lobos ended their regular season play with a 56-35 victory over Wyoming.

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By Robert Maler @robert_maler Wyoming will head on to play in the Mountain West Championship game, but New Mexico looked like the best team in the conference in a 56-35 thumping of the Cowboys Saturday night. Last week New Mexico was dominated by Colorado State 3931. But at University Stadium, it was a complete role reversal as the Lobos rebounded to stifle the best team in the conference. The win by New Mexico (8-4, 6-2 MW) earned the Lobos a share of the Mountain Division crown for the first time since 1997, joining Wyoming (8-4, 6-2 MW) and Boise State (10-2, 6-2 MW) as co-champs. The Lobos won five conference games last season. The combined 11 wins is the most across a 2-season span since UNM began playing conference games in 1938, a release said. Head coach Bob Davie said he was very proud of the student athletes and the coaching staff for doing something special, pointing to a wall scattered with the jersey numbers of all the seniors who have played their final regular season snap. “I appreciate these kids and these coaches,” he said. “I’m not sure people realize what

Final Mountain West Conference – Mountain Division regular season standings Conference Overall Home Road

Boise State

6-2

10-2

6-0

4-2

Wyoming

6-2

8-4

6-0

2-4

New Mexico 6-2

8-4

5-1

2-3

Air Force

5-3

9-3

5-1

4-1

Colorado St. 5-3

7-5

5-1

2-3

Utah State

3-9

3-3

0-6

1-7

they’ve done.” The seniors lined the sidelines and were recognized prior to the game. Quarterback Lamar Jordan, who said he came in with those guys to change the culture at New Mexico, stood in the tunnel and took it all in. When the game was over, he and senior running back Teriyon Gipson had accomplished something for the first time in program history. Gipson set a career-high in rushing yards, amassing on 13 carries, while Jordan picked up 176 yards on the ground. It was the first time in program history the Lobos

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ever had two 175-yard rushers in the same game. The running game is the staple of New Mexico football, and the Lobos wasted no time getting things going on the ground by scoring touchdowns in its first five possessions. By the time Wyoming found some rhythm offensively, it was too late. It likely wouldn’t have mattered anyway as the Cowboys had no answers defensively against a UNM offense that didn’t let up throughout the game. The Cowboys had momentarily cut the deficit to 14-7 in the first quarter, but an offensive pass in-

terference penalty took the 9-yard touchdown pass off the board. In an odd turn of events, instead of getting any points out of the drive, Wyoming gave up back-to-back sacks and had to punt when faced with fourth-and-47. The 568 rushing yards allowed was the most surrendered by a Wyoming team in school history, though it was only the second-best total for New Mexico. In the end the Lobos had racked up 690 yards of total offense, also tied for the second-highest by the program, a release stated. “It was kind of an amazing game,” Davie said. “It was an explosive, explosive night. We may run the ball, but we’re pretty entertaining to watch.” Running back Richard McQuarley put himself in position to vie for the single-season school touchdown record. He rattled off 121 yards and rushed for three touchdowns to give him 16 on the season. That mark moved him into second-place, trailing only the 19 posted by Dontrell Moore in 2003. Kicker Jason Sanders also stamped his name into the record books. He needed four extra points to supplant former Lobo Justus Adams for most consecutive made PATs. Sanders notched eight of them to run his active streak up to

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The student posted on her Facebook account on Nov. 21 that a man who said his name was Dan – the man who was banned is named “Daniel” – entered her classroom “with no backpack or writing/ school supplies.” According to the student’s post, no one in the classroom recognized the man, and he started to engage in activities that, according to the student, the teacher of the class considers a “MASSIVE no-no.” The student said she left the class and noticed another man dressed “in all black” who “immediately turned around and stood/hid behind the corner” when the student noticed him. At that point, the man who entered the classroom said he was “wanting to sit in on our class because he was ‘waiting for a buddy to give him a ride.’” They re-entered the class at a later time, at which point the student pointed them out to her teacher. “Something wasn’t right,” the student’s post reads. “Nothing happened, but they both didn’t receive papers at the end of class and they both asked the TA for the sign-in sheet.” It was after the incident that the student said she saw the email dispersed to all UNM students and staff warning of a man who had

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