COLLEGE FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : ACROSS THE NATION : After Loss to SDSU, Lobos Try New QB

Two teams with startling similarities--both of them pass-oriented, devastated by injuries and winless in conference play since last October--play a get-well game Saturday night. Barring a tie, which would be most unsatisfying to either team, Wyoming and New Mexico look for a breakthrough.

Wyoming hasn’t won a Western Athletic Conference game since Oct. 27, although the Cowboys did manage to tie Texas-El Paso three weeks ago. The Cowboys are 0-6-1 in their past seven WAC games. New Mexico hasn’t won or tied a WAC game since Oct. 6 of last year.

“We’re playing a team that’s equally hungry for a win,” Wyoming Coach Joe Tiller said.

New Mexico (1-6 overall, 0-3 in the WAC) will unveil its third different starting quarterback when freshman Stoney Case opens against the Cowboys.

“We went with Jeremy (Leach) and Marcus (Goodloe) for a few games, and we haven’t won enough,” UNM Coach Mike Sheppard explained. “Stoney has played well in the games he’s appeared in and in practice. We’ll go with him and see how he does.”

Leach was benched in last week’s 38-24 loss to San Diego State after he was sacked three times in the first eight plays and then made an errant pitchout. Goodloe was more effective but still threw a pair of interceptions and mishandled a snap deep.

Case guided the Lobos to a touchdown in his only appearance late in the game. He completed four of five passes for 83 yards and ran three times for 22 yards, utilizing the two-minute offense to drive the Lobos to a score, which came on his 24-yard throw to wide receiver Marc Wilson.