Bits and Pieces

Some ups, some downs for UNM in the past few weeks.

First, Hooray for JR Giddens! He passed all of his classes this spring, meaning he's in the good graces of Coach Alford and Co. The bad news? JR doesn't get to make the Bahamas trip, as he's taking an intercession course between the Spring and the Summer semester. This may be a blessing in disguise because it shows that Alford really wants his players to graduate. I'm all for this.

Second, we lost the recruiting battle for seven footer Beas Hamga to those darn Runnin' Rebs. Props to them for luring him away from Gillespie and Kentucky, but it still would've been mighty nice to see that monster in the Cherry and Silver.

Rich Alday resigned as the head baseball coach a few days ago. Rich did a lot for the program, but after 18 years he had a .500 record and the program has really plateaued since about 2000, so it was time to look in a new direction. With a Triple-A ballpark and very favorable Spring/Summer weather compared to some of our MWC brethren outside of TCU, UNLV and SDSU, the Lobo Baseball program should be able to lure a pretty good coach to get this program to be more than just a middle-of-the-pack team year in and year out.