New Mexico
Hot air balloon hits power line and catches on fire at New Mexico festival
ALBUQUERQUE, NM — A drone show and a flawless mass ascension ended Sunday’s last day of the 52nd Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing for this year’s hot air balloon event.
One balloon partially caught fire Saturday after hitting power lines and landing at a construction site in northwest Albuquerque. Fiesta officials say nobody was injured and the fire was quickly extinguished.
On Friday, a balloon pilot with two passengers aboard struck a radio tower and knocked it down west of Balloon Fiesta Park.
It was the second time in 20 years that a balloon had come into contact with that tower.
The pilot and passengers were uninjured in the crash and were able to land safely, but the radio station was off the air until Saturday.
One person reportedly suffered a head injury Wednesday when a balloon struck a large tree while trying to land at a golf course.
The gondola was stuck 25 feet above ground and the other two people aboard the balloon had to be rescued.
On Tuesday, nearly 13,000 customers were without power for almost an hour after a balloon bumped into a power line in Albuquerque.
“It concerns us when balloon flights don’t go as planned,” Fiesta spokesman Tom Garrity said in a statement. ”Safe flights are our primary goal, so any accident is too many.”
The nine-day fiesta is one of the world’s most photographed events, drawing hundreds of thousands of spectators each fall to New Mexico to see the more than 100 balloons in bright colors and special shapes.
New Mexico
Louisiana Tech vs. New Mexico State Prediction: Picks, Live Odds and Moneyline – October 15, 2024 – Bleacher Nation
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (2-3) will meet their CUSA-rival, the New Mexico State Aggies (1-5) in a matchup on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at Aggie Memorial Stadium. The Bulldogs are heavily favored in this contest, with the line sitting at 11 points. The over/under for the outing is 48 points.
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Louisiana Tech 2024 Stats & Rankings
Stat | Average (Total) | Rank |
---|---|---|
Pass yards | 260.4 (1302) | 40 |
Rush yards | 108.0 (540) | 115 |
Points scored | 24.6 (123) | 112 |
Pass yards against | 213.8 (1069) | 65 |
Rush yards against | 93.0 (465) | 13 |
Points allowed | 21.6 (108) | 49 |
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Louisiana Tech Home/Away Splits (2024)
Overall | Home | Away | |
---|---|---|---|
Point Total AVG | 56.7 | 59.1 | 54.8 |
Implied Total AVG | 34.0 | 34.6 | 33.5 |
ATS Record | 3-8-0 | 1-4-0 | 2-4-0 |
Over/Under Record | 5-5-1 | 3-2-0 | 2-3-1 |
Moneyline Favorite Record | 3-2 | 2-2 | 1-0 |
Moneyline Underdog Record | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-5 |
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Louisiana Tech’s Offense vs. New Mexico State’s Defense (2024)
New Mexico State 2024 Stats & Rankings
Stat | Average (Total) | Rank |
---|---|---|
Pass yards | 114.3 (686) | 132 |
Rush yards | 163.8 (983) | 65 |
Points scored | 18.5 (111) | 122 |
Pass yards against | 223.5 (1341) | 82 |
Rush yards against | 250.0 (1500) | 131 |
Points allowed | 38.2 (229) | 127 |
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New Mexico State Home/Away Splits (2024)
Overall | Home | Away | |
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Point Total AVG | 52.3 | 53.7 | 50.8 |
Implied Total AVG | 34.3 | 33.7 | 35.0 |
ATS Record | 1-5-0 | 1-2-0 | 0-3-0 |
Over/Under Record | 2-2-2 | 1-1-1 | 1-1-1 |
Moneyline Favorite Record | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
Moneyline Underdog Record | 0-5 | 0-2 | 0-3 |
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Our prediction for Louisiana Tech vs. New Mexico State is the Bulldogs (-426 on the moneyline) as the pick to win. As for the over/under, we prefer the over at 48 points.
New Mexico
FBS Pauper NMSU Makes ‘Outside the Box’ Play for State Funds
While the wealthiest college athletic departments are reconnoitering with private capital these days, one of the least-resourced FBS schools, New Mexico State University, is pursuing a unique proposal with a more traditional funding source: the public kitty.
Ahead of next year’s legislative session, the Aggies, who compete in Conference USA, have presented New Mexico legislators with the idea of creating a $137 million endowment to help fund its women’s sports programs.
While the endowment’s principal would remain with the state, NMSU athletics would receive about $5 million to $6 million in the annual income it produces, according to the proposal. Alternatively, NMSU is asking for a one-time appropriation of $27.5 million, to help float its women’s athletics programs for five years.
It’s a bold idea, and one that NMSU athletic director Mario Moccia says is timed to two contrasting financial dynamics. In light of the proposed House v. NCAA settlement, the already-distressed Aggies have been forced to quickly come up with a plan that would address millions of dollars in increased expenses while the school’s annual share of NCAA distributions are reduced.
For the 2022-23 academic year, NMSU’s athletics spending of $37.15 million ranked 92nd out of 110 public FBS universities. Over that same period, the university reported receiving $6.75 million in revenue from governmental appropriations, ranking it eighth among that cohort.
The Aggies have long teetered on the tipping point of ’s top subdivision, eschewing pressures over the years to call it a day and drop down to FCS.
Meanwhile, the state of New Mexico, despite being among the poorest in the nation, has recently enjoyed a budget boom thanks to near-record oil and natural gas prices since the pandemic. Oil and gas revenues in the state have more than quadrupled in the five-year span from 2018 to 2023. Typically, New Mexico earns about $4 billion in direct revenue from energy production, primarily through drilling and property taxes, which funds at least a quarter of the annual state budget. However, in the fiscal year 2023, those revenues exceeded $5 billion, after a 162% year-over-year increase.
“We are sitting on a significant amount of one-time money,” Moccia said in a phone interview Saturday. “So this year, seeing as the state had so much funding, we said, ‘Hey, let’s think outside the box.’”
In effect, the endowment proposal would be an augmentation of the annual money the state already gives to the Aggies. Unlike many other states, New Mexico’s legislature directly appropriates operating revenue to the athletic departments of its two FBS schools, NMSU and the University of New Mexico.
The next legislative session commences Jan. 21 and runs through March 22. A hearing for final approval of the House settlement is slated for April 7.
How confident is Moccia in his big ask?
“Nobody has said this is a terrible idea,” he said. “It has been out in the public, there are articles about it, a lot of our legislators have talked about it. So hopefully you go into the [legislative] session with some momentum.”
Earlier in the year, Moccia led a delegation of NMSU female athletes to lobby on behalf of the endowment proposal.
“I think it is brilliant that the athletic department is being proactive in this space,” Aggies women’s basketball coach Jody Adams told the Las Cruces (N.M.) Sun-News.
In addition to the endowment, NMSU is also pursuing athletic department monies from the bursting pork barrels of individual legislators. “Each state representative or state senator is a potential millionaire donor,” Moccia said.
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