If you plop down on a couch and stare at an NFL broadcast long enough, chances aren’t bad that you’ll spot the unmistakable bright yellow New Mexico state flag somewhere in the crowd.
It’s almost a tradition by now. Somewhere between the spot where a player jumps into the first row to celebrate a touchdown and up near the concourse when a kicker sends a ball through the uprights, that por vida flavor shines through with someone waving the familiar zia banner we all learned to draw in first grade.
State pride naturally boils over at college events when the Lobos or Aggies are involved. The NCAA Tournament in Memphis, Tenn., last year and Cleveland in March, for instance, gave people with 505/575 fever a chance to show their love for the Land of Enchantment.