bleedCrimson.net: Your thoughts on the season overall?
DeWayne Walker: Obviously we were very optimistic going in and we're going to continue to be optimistic, you have to when you're building a program. We wanted to win more than we lost this year but when you look at it, I tell you what, we probably could have won two more for sure and probably could have got six this year. I think it's something that we've learned from as a team and as a staff that it was definitely doable for us. I just think offensively when you go a stretch and you don't score a touchdown in 20 quarters, that's going to be a problem in terms of winning football games. That was an issue for us this year.

I thought defensively we've still gotta get better, there's still some pieces that we're missing but I felt we're on the right track defensively as long as we can continue to put a couple more pieces towards the defense. I thought special teams wise we stared off real good but as the season progressed we probably ended up being average at best. But at the same token I still think we're headed in the right direction.

If we can keep improving with those two areas and then obviously the biggest improvement is going to have to come offensively. I'm very optimistic heading into the 2010 season.  Continue Reading This Post >>

bleedCrimson.net interviewed Aggie football head coach DeWayne Walker on Wednesday afternoon to get his thoughts on his first recruiting class at New Mexico State.

bleedCrimson.net: Your overall thoughts on the class.
DeWayne Walker: I think it's a good class overall. We tried to identify some of our needs which obviously was up front. I know Earnest Wilson and Charley Johnson did a good job with the offensive line. When we got here we knew we had to get some beef up front. I thought we did a good job of identifying our d-line. We felt like we needed to get a couple corners. We got a high school corner and a JC corner. I thought we created some size at the wide receiver position. I thought we were a little small at wide receiver. We recruited some size at the wide receiver position. We had to get us a couple quarterbacks because of the departure of [J.J.] McDermott. We were able to get us a JC quarterback and a high school quarterback.

To me I think the face of the program right now has to be James Hall Jr. because he's a local kid and we definitely want to do a good job of taking care of home. It was unfortunate that Dante [Caro] felt New Mexico was a better place for him but at least it's a start for us keeping James Hall at home.  Continue Reading This Post >>

bleedCrimson.net interviewed new Aggie football head coach DeWayne Walker on Tuesday evening. Coach Walker comes to New Mexico State from UCLA after three seasons as the defensive coordinator. Coach Walker becomes the 33rd coach in NMSU football history.

bleedCrimson.net: You were a finalist for the San Diego State job and you were up for the job at UCLA last season, what attracted to the New Mexico State job?
DeWayne Walker: Just the opportunity. There's only a few of these jobs and I'm just thankful and grateful that New Mexico State thought that much about me.

bc.net: Obviously there a great lack of minority head coaches in Division I. What does it mean to you to be able to add to those numbers?
DW: It's an honor. You know you try to stay away from the color but it is what it is. So hopefully we can do a good job to create other opportunities for other minorities.  Continue Reading This Post >>