New Mexico Lose Quarterback Brad Gruner For The Season By Way Of Pumpkin Carving Incident

by Jeremy Mauss on Nov 2, 2010 8:02 AM PDT in Mountain West Football

We all know the Lobos are a laughing stock with their 1-19 record under head coach Mike Locksley with the lawsuits and him punching an assistant coach. Now, there is another bizarre story coming out of Albuquerque:

Part-time starting quarterback Brad Gruner sliced the pinkie on his throwing hand and required season-ending surgery.

The accident happened while carving a pumpkin.

Can the Lobos catch a break at all?

Not that Brad Gruner was a stud at quarterback, but this is his second major knee injury. Back in the spring, Gruner tore his MCL and was out for almost two months. Now, the quarterback duties fall to Stump Godfrey, B.R. Holbrook (whenever he comes back from his injury), and Tarean Austin.

Either way, none of those players are leading the Lobos to a victory this season.

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Wow

New Mexico football is a joke… They need to get rid of Locksley.

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UNLV is going 8-6 this year!
The Colts are going 17-2 this year!
The Suns are going to be 80-2 this year!

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by rebelfan1 on Nov 2, 2010 8:24 AM PDT reply actions

Can it wait a season?

We need a warm up game next season, and name wise, UNM looks better than Eastern Washington, despite the fact EWU is better.

Go Nevada Wolf Pack!

by BacksThePack on Nov 2, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions

by rebelfan1 on Nov 2, 2010 6:06 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

I'm not laughing yet

I’ll wait to see if UW beats them this weekend. My fellow cowboys like to poke (get it, poke) fun at UNM’s record, but how do we all look if we lose to Locksley this weekend?? Great Picture!

by laxwyo on Nov 4, 2010 9:03 AM PDT reply actions