近距离内射合集

Red sky at morning, sailor take warning.

After a 9-4 season, give me a reason 鈥� to think the New Mexico Lobos won鈥檛 fall off a cliff the following fall.

Not only has it happened before, it鈥檚 never not happened.

Yes, it鈥檚 a small sample. But that鈥檚 the history.

Four times in the annals of UNM football, the Lobos have finished with a 9-4 record 鈥� most recently last season.

The following year, the first three times, they went 3-9, 4-8 and 3-9.

Now, do I think, am I saying, the Lobos will have a losing season this fall? I don鈥檛 and I鈥檓 not. No one actually has to give me a reason it won鈥檛 happen this time. There are plenty.

Second-year coach Jason Eck and his staff have done a remarkable job of retention and recruiting in the NIL-transfer portal era. Credit Athletic Director Ryan Berryman, his staff and UNM donors in their role as well.

It helps that Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Utah State and Colorado State 鈥� schools against which the Lobos have a combined all-time record of 64-122 鈥� are leaving the Mountain West conference. In preseason estimations, UNM and UNLV are Nos. 1 and 1A in the reconfigured football league.

What I鈥檓 saying, and all I鈥檓 saying, is that history tells us every team, every season, is different. That鈥檚 true everywhere but nowhere more so than at UNM.

Injuries to key players at key positions can turn a win into a loss at any point.

There is such a thing as team chemistry. No matter how many players have returned, this year鈥檚 Lobos aren鈥檛 last year鈥檚.

There鈥檚 been turnover on Eck鈥檚 staff, though offensive coordinator Luke Schleusner and defensive coordinator Spence Nowinsky are still on board. Five assistant coaches are new. Is that a problem? Probably not. But change is change.

At Saturday鈥檚 spring game, field goals of identical lengths (39 yards) made by Nicholas Romero and Graham Glasgow, in light of Luke Drzewiecki鈥檚 departure, might have been the most encouraging takeaway of the entire session. But in a real game, with the outcome on the line, with the opposing team actually trying to block the kick, does the ball go through the uprights?

As formidable as UNM鈥檚 defense looks, with the return of playmakers like Jaxton Eck, Austin Brawley, Tavian Combs, Frankie Edwards, et al, it鈥檚 notable that 22 1/2 of the Lobos鈥� Mountain West-best 36 sacks last season are gone 鈥� 16 1/2 in the forms of the departed Keyshawn James-Newby, the Philadelphia Eagles draftee, and Brett Karhu.

On offense, the three leading 2025 rushers and the three leading 2025 receivers are gone. There鈥檚 every reason to believe the necessary reinforcements are in place, but seeing in September, not in April and not in August, is truly believing.

As for those previous 9-4 seasons and the drastic drop-offs the following year, there were circumstances that don鈥檛 necessarily apply in 2026: a coaching change in 1998, an injury at quarterback in 2008, a series of tepid recruiting classes leading up to 2017.

But in a program that鈥檚 produced 16 winning seasons in the past 60 years, never more than three in a row during those six decades, take nothing for granted.

The noisy spring

After watching Saturday鈥檚 spring game from the stands, I don鈥檛 have much to say about the game itself. I鈥檝e never seen a spring game/spring scrimmage that offered a clue as to how a team is going to fare against other teams in the fall.

Occasionally, an individual stands out 鈥� in this case freshman running back Cameron Mathews, who runs like an angry jackrabbit.

As for the five interceptions UNM quarterbacks threw on Saturday, it鈥檚 worth noting that none of those were thrown by incumbent starter Jack Layne, who for the second straight spring is rehabbing an injury. And most of those picks, if not all, were of the what-were-you-thinking, how-did-you-not-see-that-guy variety 鈥� suggesting a lack of urgency.

It wasn鈥檛 a real game, after all.

The real standouts, though, were in the stands, aided and abetted by a UNM support staff that created a real game atmosphere.

At past UNM spring games/scrimmages, I鈥檝e been able to find a spot at the 50-yard line, near the top of the section below the concourse, and have that area pretty much to myself.

When I arrived on Saturday, surprised by the number of cars in the parking lot, I found my accustomed spot already occupied. I took a seat on the north 40-yard line.

Before long, I was surrounded. People behind me and to my right were talking, laughing, eating, as if this was some sort of social event, you know? How annoying.

Finally, in search of my customary spring-game solitude, I retreated to a seat above the concourse 鈥� only to be bombarded by sounds from a P.A. announcer (at the spring game? Really?) and continued noise from a crowd that numbered in four digits.

No, it wasn鈥檛 spring in Columbus, Ohio; Austin, Texas; or Tuscaloosa, Alabama. But it was an event.

Congrats to Eck and his team, to UNM and its staffers, and above all to the fans, for making it so.