UNM Football Cherry Zone Newsletter
Homecoming Hype Building Up for Kick-off
Hello Lobo Fan!

Good morning on a Homecoming Saturday!

We are fired up and ready to get back to our home turf this afternoon. If you haven't had a chance to keep-up with all the campus activities leading up to this afternoon's 4pm Homecoming matchup versus the Liberty Flames, this edition of the Cherry Zone is a great way to catch-up before kick-off.

Here's what we have for you in this edition prior to tailgate time:

  • Homecoming Hype Machine is Rolling: Catch-up on the on-campus activities from this week!
  • Our student-athletes are also Rolling in the Classroom: An update from LCSAS on this week's Lobo classroom standouts
  • Big Week of Coaching Staff Birthdays: Birthday celebrations add to the Homecoming fun
  • Previewing this week's opponent: Liberty Flames - Checkout the GoLobos.com story on our match-up with the Liberty Flames.
Coming Soon: This week, our investigative team is taking a deep-dive into the history of the New Mexico man story. We'll unwrap the origin of the New Mexico man tradition later this weekend. Take a moment to appreciate tomorrow's New Mexico Man, Micah Gray, carrying the New Mexico state flag while leading the Lobos out of the tunnel.

Micah dons #32 and is a redshirt freshman RB from Clovis, NM. Oh, and Micah's birthday was Sunday, September 23rd!
Homecoming Hype-Machine is Rolling:
Let's Recap this Week's Hype Prior to Kickoff
Homecoming week is a celebration of our university, our state and the camaraderie of our alumni, students, faculty and fans. We can't capture all of the great moments from this past week so we'll focus on the pillars of our UNM Lobo football experience: the Lobo Soundpack, our Spirit Program and of course, our Homecoming Pep Rally!
Coach Davie and the gang visit with the SoundPack
Coach Davie, Evan Tohi, Emmanuel Harris, Coltin Gerhart and others were out on Johnson Field watching the band tune-up for this weekend's action. The guys delivered dinner to band members and then spoke to the SoundPack about their incredible meaning to the football team and the gameday experience.
Hot off the Presses:
Homecoming Pep Rally Action!
Friday the Homecoming pep rally kicked off in the SUB atrium with Alex Hart (LB), Coltin Gerhart (QB) and D'Angelo Ross (CB), firing up the crowd with the swag machine prior to Coach Davie's speech.

We're still waiting on the results of the 2018 Homecoming Court! Early voting shows Defensive Coordinator Kevin Cosgrove as the frontrunner...
Now that you're fired up and ready to Howl...
Here's where you can tailgate!
We'll have a lot of action and options in the NE parking lots adjacent to Dreamstyle Stadium. Make sure to let your out-of-town alums know where the tailgate action is tomorrow afternoon. We can't wait to see Lobo fans around the country at our tailgate from 1:00-3:30pm (Kickoff at 4pm).
Click the button below for the official invitation to the Homecoming Tailgate Festivities.
Our Academic Stars of the Week
Congrats to Bobby Cole (R-FS RB), "Big Lang" Langston Murray (R-FR) and Corey Hightower (R-SO CB) for their Classroom Stars of the week shoutout!
Our advisors with the Lobo Center for Student-Athlete Success are CRITICAL members of our Lobo football family. Derek Sokoloff, Levi Norwood and Andrea Pierson deserve special recognition for the great work they do with our student-athletes. Bobby, Big Lang and Corey agree!
Birthday Bashes add to Homecoming Festivities
We've got a duo of Davie birthdays. Both Head Coach Bob Davie and Tight-ends coach Clay Davie blew out candles this week. While Coach Davie's birthday is this Sunday, our Lobo Talks crew at Rio Bravo Brewing couldn't wait to celebrate. Here's some video of the birthday celebration (don't count the candles).

Clay Davie celebrated his birthday this Wednesday and the Albuquerque Journal published a great story on the unique events of Clay's birth. Yes, somehow Brett Favre is involved in this story.
Liberty Flames:
Learn More About this Week's Opponent
The Liberty Flames come to Dreamstyle Stadium for Homecoming, led by Head Coach Turner Gill. Learn more about the Flames in our matchup preview.
We hope you enjoyed this edition of Cherry Zone. Thank you for your support!

Go Lobos!

Brian DeSpain
UNM Football
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