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21. ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: Rocky Joins Staff at San Diego State

... first day to the last day of 2008, the face of University of New Mexico football has changed completely. So have the faces.     Former head coach Rocky Long accepted the defensive coordinator job at Mountain West Conference rival San Diego State on Sunday night. Meanwhile, UNM strength and conditioning ...
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22. ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: 2008 the Year in Review

... , the other its broad shoulders.         Missouri native Mike Roberts began calling UNM football and men's basketball games in 1968. That fall, Rocky Long, an unheralded, under-recruited kid out of California, joined the UNM football team.         As Long performed brilliantly on the field as a wishbone ...
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23. ABQJOURNAL SPORTS/PREPS: Tulane Woos Cibola's Mares

... in the Conference USA standings.         Cibola coach Judge Chavez said UNM fell out of the Mares recruiting race right around the time former coach Rocky Long was preparing to step down.         "I personally didn't hear from the Lobos until coach (Mike) Locksley called me (Friday) to ask about ...
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24. ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: Execs: N.M. Bowl Has Strong Pulse

... it and they'll look elsewhere."         Day says that if there was consistent fan support for football games in Albuquerque, as ex-UNM coach Rocky Long complained there wasn't, New Mexico would be a successful site for a bowl game, whether state teams were playing in it or not.         Jim Anderson ...
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25. ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: Homecoming

... , which is breaking in new head coach Mike Locksley.        The idea of a new voice breathing new life into a program is what outgoing Lobo coach Rocky Long said he hoped would spur UNM to the top of the conference when he resigned last month.        Long, in fact, attended CSU's closed practice ...
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26. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Football: There's No New Mexico in Saturday's New Mexico Bowl

... Siembieda said. "We've got one annual national event in our sports world and it's this one."     This year's game comes a month after Rocky Long, announcing his decision to resign after 11 seasons as New Mexico coach, criticized Albuquerque's lukewarm support for college football.   ...
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27. ABQjournal: Sports

... Journal Sports Columnists Rick's Columns Rick's Sports Blog Calendar of Sports Events Around N.M. Top AP Sports Stories ABQJournal Hot Sports Topics Rocky Long stories Steve Alford stories Scott Galetti stories J.R. Giddens stories Brian Urlacher stories Search Journal archives Area Prep Sports Links ...
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28. ABQJOURNAL SPORTS: Locksley Keeping Busy

... has the bulk of the staff in place before making any official announcements.         However, the retention of one or two coaches from former coach Rocky Long's staff is a possibility.         "Hiring coaches is just like recruiting," Locksley said. "They commit and then they decommit."         ...
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29. ABQjournal: Sports

... Aggies NMSU Sports Men's Basketball Women's Basketball More Sports Sections Boxing Soccer Horse Racing Sports Speak Up! ABQJournal Hot Sports Topics Rocky Long stories Steve Alford news Scott Galetti J.R. Giddens James Parr Brian Urlacher Search archives Area Prep Sports Links Journal Prep Sports West ...
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30. ABQJOURNAL OPINION/EDITORIALS: Lobos Got a Coach, Fans Need To Get Real

... and staying competitive for the conference title (the last one was 1964) all sound good. But Locksley's predecessor, former Lobo quarterback Rocky Long, said goodbye in great part because he felt fair-weather fans didn't support what he thought should be their all-weather team.        We should ...
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