Three Daily Aggie updates in one morning, it's a new record. As we mentioned in the first Daily Aggie post this morning, the Crimson/White scrimmage is this Friday night. Upon further investigation, the scrimmage will take place at 7:00 p.m. and both the men's and women's team will be scrimmaging.

UPDATE #4
The Sports Network gives a preview of Saturday's game between NMSU and #14 Hawai'i. This preview is minus their usual prediction. But KansasCity.com comes to the rescue with the prediction from The Sports Network's Gregg Xenakes...

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Apparently the folks over at the Honolulu Star Bulletin and Honolulu Advertiser don't get up as early as we do. Here's a few more links...

Kalani Takase of the Honolulu Advertiser writes that the Aggies hope to bring ten players back home to Hawai'i when they play this weekend.

Dave Reardon of the Honolulu Star Bulletin writes that the Hawai'i defense can expect a few surprises from the Aggie passing game. He also reports that even though David Veikune doesn't start games, he knows how to finish them. Veikune has five quarterback sacks this season.

Cindy Luis of the Honolulu Star Bulletin writes that Hawai'i volleyball coach Dave Shoji hopes to get his team to rebound after getting beaten by top-ranked Nebraska on Sunday.

Josh Herwitt of CSTV.com and his blog Hang Time writes that the Aggies' second opponent of the season, Duke, will rely on it's depth this season. He says "expect the Blue Devils to run the floor more often and pressure opposing teams in the backcourt throughout the season." Duke was picked to finish 2nd by the media in the preseason ACC polls.

J.P. Hoornstra of the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin writes that Hawai'i wide receiver Ryan Grice-Mullen who endured an 0-10 senior season and a 1-9 junior season at Rialto High School is now playing for an undefeated season and a BCS bowl berth.

Notes From A Basketball Junkie writes previews the Mid American Conference teams' out of conference schedules and ranks NMSU's first opponent Ohio at #5 in the league. He writes: "After what has to be considered kind of a disappointing season — the Bobcats went 9-7 in MAC play after going 10-6 in OOC action — Tim O’Shea has amped up the Bobcats non-league slate, as evidenced by the six road games Ohio will play against Holy Cross, Temple, Maryland, Kansas, St. John’s, and Bucknell. Starting the season with a visit by WAC faves New Mexico State ain’t exactly a walk through quaint Athens, Ohio either."

If you haven't done so you, be sure to check out Jordan Bostic's latest entry in her Aggie Volleyball Diary and this week's edition of our weekly interview with Coach Mumme. You'll find out that the Aggie volleyball team will be sharing a charter with the football team to Hawai'i and the coaching staffs from NMSU and Hawai'i are close, so check it out!

Greg Powers of Scout.com reports that the Aggies received a verbal commitment from wide receiver DeAundre Brown out of Seguin High in Arlington, TX. (Thanks Jason)

According to Scouts Inc, Brown is a 5'11" receiver, according to the Scout article, Brown is a 6'1" receiver. That's a big difference. Scouts Inc. reports that he was interested in New Mexico State, Louisville, Tulsa, Texas A&M and Tennessee Tech. Scouts Inc. gives Brown a grade of 77 which ranks near the top of the "Good Prospect" range.

Here is their evaluation of Brown: Brown is one of those guys that has a stocky build, but is strong, speedy and explosive and is the perfect fit as a slot receiver because he is tough and he can get down the field in a hurry. Shows very good initial burst off the ball and reaches top speed quickly. He uses his foot quickness to beat press coverage and he can create separation out of his cuts by his quickness and acceleration. He can be explosive after the catch and he shows that he has the elusiveness and the start and stop capabilities to make people miss. He is very effective in short-to-intermediate routes and his hands are very consistent. Can be a threat to take it to the house on slip screens and has the acceleration to get vertical and win downfield. Brown has a lot of natural tools, but he is inconsistent as a route runner. Relies too much on his natural explosiveness and can get sloppy with his feet in terms of route discipline. Size is adequate. Overall, Brown is a playmaker that has a nice feel for the game. With improved route running skills, he could be a tough guy to match-up with down the road.

Don't forget to vote for Chase Holbrook in the Davey O'Brien Award fan voting.

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Congratulations again to Devon House for being named WAC Defensive Player of the Week and to our Aggie volleyball team for their #13 ranking, which happens to be their highest in school history.

Be sure to check out the pictures from this weekend's volleyball match and football game.

You can now show off your Aggie pride on your computer! Download the 2007/2008 Aggie Men's Basketball and Aggie Women's Basketball desktop wallpapers.

Don't forget to vote for Chase Holbrook in the Davey O'Brien Award fan voting. Our goal is to get to 2500 votes by Monday when the poll closes.

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Davon House has been named the WAC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against Idaho on Saturday.

House, a freshman from Palmdale, Calif. (Palmdale HS), made his first career start, made three tackles and intercepted two passes in New Mexico State’s 45-31 win over Idaho. In the second quarter, with Idaho trailing 17-14 and a third down at the Aggie six-yard-line, House intercepted a pass and returned it 100 yards for a touchdown. He had a total of 164 yards in interception returns after a 64-yard return on his second interception at the end of the half.

The Aggies are headed for Hawai'i this week. Both the football team and the 18th (and probably higher after the polls are released today) volleyball team face off against Hawai'i this weekend as part of Homecoming for Hawai'i. The volleyball team plays Hawai'i on Friday night. For the girls it's a chance to get some payback for the match in Las Cruces in which the Aggies had something like six match points in the deciding game five only to come up short and lose the match. It's also a chance for the Aggies to finally notch a win on the islands. They've been close two of the past three seasons taking Hawai'i to five games in 2004 and 2005 and then losing in four games last season. The Aggies narrowly avoided the trap against Nevada, winning in five games after leading the match 2-0 and being up 27-21 in game three. Then on Saturday they showed no signs of looking ahead as they dominated San Jose State, winning in a sweep.

The football team will participate in their third homecoming game in as many weeks. Two weeks ago they were in Ruston for Louisiana Tech's homecoming, last weekend was our homecoming and this week it's Hawaii's homecoming. We have no idea how often that's happened but we're guessing it's not very often.

The Aggies will face Hawai'i shorthanded once again, this time they'll be without standout wide receiver Chris Williams who according to reports, has a fractured collarbone. This is obviously a huge blow to the Aggie offense but given the fact that they've been playing with key players injured the past several games, it should help with the adjustment. The Aggies still have several big-time receivers in A.J. Harris, Derek Dubois and Nick Cleaver and Kenneth Buckley stepped up his game against Idaho filling in for Chris.

In related news, the Rainbow Wahine volleyball team got beat by the top-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers yesterday. If you're one of those fans who believes in judging teams based on common opponents, the results fair well for the Aggies. Hawai'i lost in a sweep, as did the Aggies, however the Rainbow Wahine lost 30-22, 30-16, 30-24. When the Aggies played the Huskers, they lost 30-17, 30-25, 30-22. Based on the scores, the Aggie volleyball team did slightly better against Nebraska than did Hawai'i. The Aggies also played Nebraska much earlier in the season which worked against NMSU because they had several new players for Coach Jordan to integrate into the system. Does it mean the Aggies will defeat Hawai'i on Friday night? We'll see.

Before we get into today's links, be sure to check out our new 2007/2008 Aggie Women's Basketball Schedule Desktop Wallpaper as well as the pictures from Saturday's volleyball match against San Jose State and the pictures from the football game against Idaho.

Also, don't forget to stop by and vote for Chase Holbrook in the Davey O'Brien Award fan voting. Voting closes next Monday, let's see if we can tally 2500 votes for Chase before Monday.

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It was a successful Aggie double dip on Saturday for the Aggies as both the 18th ranked volleyball and the football team both notched wins on Homecoming day.

Saturday's volleyball match was our first chance to this year's version of Aggie Domination (aka the volleyball squad) up close and personal. While we have seen several matches on AggieVision one cannot fully grasp how good this year's team really is until you see them in person. We have to say that we are in awe of outside hitter Lindsey Yon. We've seen quite a few Aggie volleyball matches over the past few years but never have we seen someone hit the ball that hard. We also have it on good authority that Aggie fans have not seen her full potential. If what we witnessed yesterday was not her full potential, the WAC is in for a L-O-N-G season of trying to defend her in 2008.

While we're on the subject of volleyball, be sure to check out our volleyball expert Mel's latest entry in her blog. We seem to recall having a similar discussion with the Aggie (un)faithful after the UTEP basketball game two seasons ago (click on the link to relive our little rant).

The Aggie football team broke out the crimson on crimson jerseys for Saturday's homecoming match against Idaho and just like the first time they wore them, the outcome of the game was a victory (maybe it's a sign). Unfortunately for the Aggies, the win didn't come without a price. We had front row (not literally) seats to the collision that led to Chris Williams' injury. The Sun-News' Felix Chavez reports Chris has a stress fracture in his right collarbone and the Associated Press is reporting that Chris will miss six to eight weeks. A huge blow to the Aggies receiving corps.

Before we get into today's links, don't forget to vote for Chase Holbrook in the Davey O'Brien Award fan voting.

We'll have game pictures from both the Aggie volleyball match and the Homecoming football game later today.

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It's Homecoming. Today it's an Aggie sports double-dip. First up the ladies take on the San Jose State volleyball team at 1:00 p.m. in the Pan Am. The Spartans are 6th in the WAC at 3-6 and are 9-11 overall. San Jose State heads into Las Cruces after defeating Louisiana Tech in a three game sweep, 30-24, 31-29, 30-22. The Aggies are coming off their five game victory over Nevada on Thursday night and are 9-1 and 18-3 overall, 2nd in the WAC.

Then at 6:00 p.m. tonight, the football team takes on Idaho. Idaho is 0-3 in WAC play and 1-6 overall with their lone victory coming over Cal Poly.

Don't forget to vote for Chase Holbrook in the Davey O'Brien Award fan voting.

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Teddy Feinberg of the Las Cruces Sun-News writes a commentary piece about the Aggie defense. He writes that the defense "needs to win games for you every once in a while". He starts off the article saying "One thing has been made apparent about the New Mexico State Aggies through their 3-4 start to the season. The team cannot rely on its defense to win games."

While we agree the defense hasn't always been great (i.e. the last seven minutes of last week's game), we would remind Teddy that the defense made significant contributions towards victory in two of the three games the Aggies have won. Against UTEP it was the defense that came up with the third and fourth down stands that allowed Chase Holbrook to stand back in the victory formation. The defense also intercepted Arkansas Pine-Bluff in the end zone late in that game which allowed J.J. McDermott and Chase Holbrook to drive down the field for the winning field goal. Without that pick, Pine Bluff may have scored a touchdown which would have definitely resulted in an Aggie defeat.

You can't blame the defense for the Auburn loss, turnovers and injuries on offense were the main reason NMSU lost that game, the Boise State game was also not the defense's fault. In NMSU's loss to New Mexico, for the majority of the game, neither defense was stopping either of the two offenses and Chase Holbrook threw interceptions on back to back drives which really ended any hopes of winning that game. So yes, while the defense isn't the team's best unit, it's not completely fair to say that they cannot be relied upon to win.

The Salt Lake Tribune writes that despite despite losing 12 games in a row and 23 of the past 25, Utah State is sticking with head football coach Brent Guy. We're linking to this article because it lists the salaries of each of the head football coaches in the WAC. Interesting stuff.

If you've found an article that you think other Aggie fans would like to read, send it to us! Select "The Daily Aggie" from the 'Category' drop-down.

We're about midway through Friday afternoon so here are a couple of links to get you headed into Homecoming weekend.

During last night's broadcast of the Aggie volleyball game, sideline reporter Jenean Ford interviewed women's basketball head coach Darin Spence. Spence said that this year's team will be able to "defend, defend, defend and score a lot easier". This is good news because anyone that has followed the Aggie women's hoops team knows that their primary weakness the past two seasons has been the ability to score.

Pete McEntegart of SI.com's Fan Nation provides his weekly preview for NMSU's football team (Thanks Vic).

CollegeFootballNews.com has their Fearless Prediction for this week's game between the Aggies and Vandals. They fearlessly predict and Aggie victory, 30-17.  Continue Reading This Post >>

It's Day Five of Homecoming Week and if you checked the Homecoming calendar of events you would know that it's Crimson Day.

Last night the Aggie volleyball team avoided a home loss to rival Nevada. If you check in late last night you probably saw our quickie post about the match. If you were in the AggieVision viewing area, the game was televised, if you weren't you really missed out on an amazing comeback by the girls.

Before we head into today's links, don't forget to vote for Chase Holbrook in the Davey O'Briend Award fan voting. Chase surpassed the 2000 vote mark yesterday and while it's highly unlikely at this point that he will make the top three in the fan vote, he still deserves your vote every day.

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