I officially attended my first college football game in New Mexico last weekend.  The UNM Lobo’s were playing the Wyoming Cowboys.  This entire experience was an all around confusion in the world of college football for me.  First of all, I’m used to Clemson football games and USC football games.  Both teams are in the ACC and the SEC making for incredibly BIG, action-packed, talent-filled games.  I attended Clemson University so I was used to going to those football games on Saturdays and being one of almost 90,000 people in a square mile.  However if you know me, I am actually a USC football fan.  I know, most people hate me for my inconsistent loyalties, but whatever.

So, now I am trying to learn to root for UNM, a small football team in the Mountain West Conference…..the what?  I’m sorry.  There are conferences other than the SEC and ACC??  huh?

Those were my first thoughts.  I’m not sure I ever really understood that all those smaller teams west of the Miss. had their own little conference.  Anyways, it was all a new experience for me.

So, my second thought was, what’s a Lobo and how do I cheer for something I have no clue what it is?  That’s when I looked it up…..According to Wikipedia (my favorite, unreliable source of information) a Lobo is a comic-book character that was “intended to be an over-the-top parody of Marvel Comics superhero Wolverine”.

So, it’s a wolf!  Not only a wolf, but a comic-book wolf.  That’s pretty cool.  I can get used to that. And not only is it a wolf, but UNM’s colors are red and black!  Although there is nothing that will ever match the beautiful colors of garnet and black (go gamecocks!) red and black will definitely suffice for a couple of years.  I was starting to love the Lobos already.

Saturday night at 7, Justin and I went to the game.  It was cold, raining the whole time, and a complete slaughter.  We would’ve been absolutely miserable if it hadn’t been for the hot chicken fingers, fries, and m&ms we were eating.  But let’s be honest, who has ever been to a football game where the weather was clear, 70 degrees, and slightly breezy.  It just wouldn’t be college football without some bad weather.

All in all, we had a blast!  Still can’t say I’m a Lobo fan, but atleast I get to bust out my USC game-attire.