New Mexico State is heading to a bowl game for the first time since 1960. That alone should be enticing enough to watch how the Aggies fare against the other Aggies -- Utah State -- in the Arizona Bowl at Tucson, Ariz., on Friday.
The teams define average with each going 6-6 overall and 4-4 in respective conference play during the regular season, but their storylines are not mediocre. New Mexico State's opponent in its last bowl, the 1960 Sun Bowl in El Paso? None other than Utah State, which lost 20-13.
The Aggies and Aggies meet again in the 2018 regular season, on Sept.