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A MEMORIAL

URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO AND NEW MEXICO STATE

UNIVERSITY TO PLAY THEIR RIVALRY FOOTBALL GAME DURING COLLEGE

FOOTBALL RIVALRY WEEK.

WHEREAS, football is of utmost importance to many New

Mexico residents; and

WHEREAS, the football rivalry between the university of

New Mexico and New Mexico state university is long-standing

and closely fought; and

WHEREAS, college football rivalry week is traditionally

the weekend following the Thanksgiving holiday; and

WHEREAS, the Thanksgiving weekend is a reasonable time

frame for scheduling the state's most controversial and tough

football game because so many college students are home during

the Thanksgiving period;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the university

of New Mexico and New Mexico state university be requested to

play their annual football game on either the Friday or the

Saturday after Thanksgiving; and

BE IT FURTHER resolved that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the presidents and football coaches of both the

university of New Mexico and New Mexico state university.