23 years in, UNM’s Red Rally still fans the flames of the Rio Grande Rivalry

Over 100 volunteers spent about five weeks stuffing crumpled magazines, newspapers and approximately 15,000 cocktail napkins into a chicken wire frame. In less than an hour, it was burnt to a crisp. Like that, another Red Rally was in the books. Thursday, the University of New Mexico’s long-standing tradition drew hundreds of students to Johnson Field, where a 25-foot handmade...