SPORTS SPEAK UP!

NM HOF talk about giving someone a participation trophy. Lobo football aka the Texas lobos get a award for the insignificant bowl and beating mediocre UTSA on its home field. Maybe next year they can trying award when they play Valley high school in the big bowl game. — Mo not an attorney

NICE STORY on the Colorado Rockies visit ,,,, but I was hoping to read they were playing a couple of exhibition games here in Albuquerque. Any chance of that happening? — RM Not this year, but ’Topes GM John Traub said it’s “on the front burner” for 2018. —Mark, Journal

WOW! Now I know why several recent Lobo games have had a 9:00 PM (or later) start. The Journal is unable to publish a real story on these game/failures due to deadlines. That way, the Lobo public doesn’t get the chance to relive their fury the next morning over a rough loss. The brief article didn’t even mention additional game problems such as missing those 7 out of 8 free throws in the last seconds of the Nevada game. There was no mention of the double technical caused by a hard foul on Jefferson, questionable foul calls by the officials, the Nevada coach living on the floor and him not receiving technicals that should have been called. Waiting until the next day afterwards delays and defuses some of the pain and anger. Looking after the welfare of fans, I presume? — Bill (Still in shock) Burch

TO “BAD TEMPERED LOBO FAN”: every year same thing : the Pit is out because the RODEO is booked there (rather than Tingley which was built for the rodeo). Go figure. — MHD It’s actually the PBR’s Ty Murray Invitational, which draws huge crowds, not a rodeo, that’s held in the Pit the first week of the NCAA Tournament. There is no conflict between events. As the Journal has reported, if UNM wins a bid to host the NCAA Tournament, it would move the PBR to another date. — Mark, Journal