Bragging rights are big in college sports.
And in a state with only two Division I universities — each jam-packed with enrollments full of New Mexicans from all over the state — there is an added level on intrigue anytime the Aggies and Lobos square off on a court, course, field, pool, pitch or any other place teams from the New Mexico State University and the University of New Mexico can compete.
But, despite both schools insisting that there should always be Aggies competing with Lobos in every NCAA sport the two have in common, the two schools aren’t playing in any of their four common women’s sports this fall.