ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The 2017 Sports Illustrated College Football Preview is out on newsstands, and along with their Top 25 and college football scouting reports, the magazine lists 21 stops to make on its “2017 College Road Trip”, which covers 21 games over 13 weeks. The magazine doesn’t list a stop in Albuquerque, but there is only one school that makes two appearances on the list: The New Mexico Lobos.
Sports Illustrated lists UNM’s game in week three against Boise State in Boise on September 14 as it’s sixth stop on its cross country national tour, and then it’s week 11 matchup with Texas A&M in College Station on November 11. Schools such is USC, UCLS, Michigan, Notre Dame, Stanford, Wisconsin and Ohio State are all listed, but just once.
The magazine choosing a pair of Lobo road games continues a fun trend of national publicity that has been ramping up as the season draws near. Last week Lobo Football was twice in USA Today and once in the Washington Post, while UNM’s 4 1/2 day break between Fall Camp and Game Week preparations (that coincided with the start of school) was the subject of many national articles, including from College Football News and Football Scoop.
That attention has put a focus on Lobo Football as it readies for the 2017 home opener on September 2 against Abilene Christian at 6 p.m. at Dreamstyle Stadium. Season tickets sale have picked up, including Lobo Family Packs (two adult and two youth season tickets for just $120, just $5 per person per game), and UNM’s Sweet Deal (two Silver section season tickets for $130, a 53% savings). In addition, single-game tickets are now on-sale at the Dreamstyle Arena Ticket Office, in the UNM Bookstore Ticket Office, and online at www.unmitckets.com.
The first 5,000 fans to the season opener will get a free giveaway, a pair of Lobo shoelaces. In addition, fans can enjoy many of the new concessions at the Lobo 505 stands, and with gates opening 90 minutes prior, early bird fans can get special “Happy Hour” pricing for the first 30 minutes the gates are open with $5 domestic beer and $2 hot dogs. Tickets are also available for the very popular “Chama River Brewing Company Craft Corner” where fans get a seat at field level in the South End Zone, and the Corner has a buffet and plenty of TVs as well. Specially craft beers options that aren’t available elsewhere in the stadium are available for purchase in that section.