TUCSON, Ariz. — It’s being billed as “The Battle of the Aggies.”
But not Aggie fans are created equally, at least when it comes to geography and decades of anticipation.
With Las Cruces less than four hours away via Interstate 10, estimates have everywhere from 5,000 to 20,000 New Mexico State fans heading this way for Friday afternoon’s NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl. Inasmuch as the southern Aggies haven’t participated in a bowl game since 1960, there is certainly more interest surrounding NMSU than Utah State, which will be making its sixth bowl appearance in the past seven years.