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Aggies start new football era with enthusiasm on Saturday

LAS CRUCES – The 2022 college football season in New Mexico opens Saturday at Aggie Memorial, when New Mexico State hosts Nevada on ESPN2.

It’s the Aggies debut for veteran head coach Jerry Kill, who was interim coach at TCU last year but is in his first permanent job on a sideline since 2015.

New Mexico State is expecting a big crowd – by Aggie Memorial standards – in large part because of athletic director Mario Moccia’s Stuff the Stadium campaign.

Moccia tweeted Thursday that 14,559 single-game tickets had been sold.

NMSU on Friday said just more than 3,000 were available and that it’s the third-largest revenue home game in program history that isn’t vs.