To keep it safe and not salty, New Mexico State coach Jerry Kill was, er, ticked off after his Aggies lost to Fresno State on Saturday in the New Mexico Bowl.
It had nothing to do with the 37-10 defeat. It had everything to do with the treatment his team received from AD Eddie Nunez of rival New Mexico and its facilities.
(Some NSFW language was used by Kill)
THREAD At end of NM Bowl presser, NMSU head coach Jerry Kill went on rant discussing Diego Pavia’s incident @ UNM facility, saying he was punished for it. Kill then went on to call out UNM AD Eddie Nunez for not allowing NMSU to practice in indoor facility this week. pic.twitter.com/HlUhf6rT7b
— Colin Deaver (@ColinDeaverTV) December 17, 2023
What set Kill off was the Lobos’ initial refusal to allow NMSU to use their indoor facilities while preparing for the bowl game despite it snowing in Albuquerque.
Kill told ESPN on Saturday night that New Mexico State would have had to practice at a local high school field if New Mexico Bowl executive director Jeff Siembieda had not intervened and pushed for the use of New Mexico’s facility. When NMSU showed up Thursday, as snow fell in the Albuquerque area, four police officers were at the New Mexico facility to monitor the Aggies’ practice.
“The police officers kind of laughed. They said, ‘There’s a lot of stuff going on in Albuquerque, I don’t know why we’re here watching the logo,'” Kill said. “It’s a great bowl game, but here’s the deal: They were going to make us practice on a high school field and let Fresno practice in the indoor, and that particular day, it snowed. But Jeff busted his butt and had to argue with their people to get us on the thing.”
Kill also mentioned a September incident involving his star Diego Pavia. The QB appeared in a video urinating on the New Mexico logo on the school’s indoor practice field.
“I hope the AD here gets the same damn discipline with the people around this state that Diego got, because he deserves it,” Kill said. “It don’t bother me a damn bit. When he don’t let us … practice in the indoor facility, when he don’t want us to do this and do that, that’s chickens—. I don’t care, that’s my opinion, if I get in trouble, I don’t give a s—, either. Because I can go down to Mexico tomorrow, drink margaritas and let you all enjoy your life, because I’ll be enjoying mine. But I’ve got class. I’ve had class my whole life.”