The world seemingly doesn’t regard the Land of Enchantment as school soccer nation.
However that very same world will get to observe the state’s two main applications open their 2023 schedules on ESPN.
That’s ESPN, the large boy.
Coach Danny Gonzales’ New Mexico Lobos open at Texas A&M on ESPN at 5 p.m. on Sept. 2, the primary massive Saturday of the 2023 season. UNM’s Wednesday announcement got here on the heels of all of the Energy 5 and Group of 5 leagues in live performance asserting their TV schedules.
One week earlier, New Mexico State will get its ESPN publicity – a “Week Zero” matchup on Aug. 26 at Aggie Memorial Stadium vs. UMass. Below second-year coach Jerry Kill, it will likely be can be simply the eleventh time in program historical past {that a} dwelling soccer sport will air nationally on one of many ESPN linear networks. Nonetheless, it additionally would be the second consecutive Aggies sport airing on ESPN after their Fast Lane Bowl victory over Bowling Inexperienced in Detroit final December.
Most of UNM’s TV assignments and TV-dictated begin occasions are but to come back. Most notable amongst them is the Sept. 16 dwelling sport in opposition to New Mexico State. NMSU has extra readability, with an ESPN2-televised sport at UTEP on Oct. 18, three video games on CBS Sports activities Community, and two video games to stream on ESPN+ already assigned.
All different video games designated for ESPN platforms and Fox Sports activities platforms (Fox, FS1 or FS2) are topic to a 12-day choice window, that means their kickoff occasions are topic to vary based mostly upon tv placement as late as 12 days earlier than scheduled date.
However the Lobos a minimum of know they’ll have two video games to air on CBS Sports activities Community and two on the Fox platform. And their Nov. 24 Black Friday common season finale right here vs. Utah State, airing on CBSSN, would be the lone school soccer sport in that point slot, UNM says.
There can be one main distinction between the Lobos’ schedule and the Aggies’. UNM’s schedule is all Saturdays besides the season finale. New Mexico State, coming into its first season in Convention USA, will play all midweek video games in October, three of which is able to air on CBSSN and the ESPN2-aired UTEP sport.
NEW MEXICO BOWL: Additionally introduced on Wednesday was the date (Saturday, Dec. 16) and kickoff time (3:45 p.m.) for the 18th New Mexico Bowl, additionally to air on ESPN. It’s slated to function a Mountain West Convention workforce in opposition to an opponent from both Convention USA, the American Athletic, Solar Belt or Mid-American conferences.