Wave The Wonder Dog, who fetches the tee for the New Mexico State University Aggies after every football kickoff, is entering the transfer portal and plans to go to Vanderbilt University.
Yep, you heard it here first. I completely made that up, but let’s see if it ends up in social media somewhere. Heck, it might even come out in the Presidential Campaign.
Wave even has his own Facebook Page, so if he’s already so famous, why couldn’t he go for a big NIL (name, image, likeness) deal with his own dog food chef, a limo to get him to games and a comfy couch on the sidelines to rest on in between kickoffs.
https://www.facebook.com/WaveTheWonderDog/
His fame is well deserved. At the 24th Annual American Kennel Club Humane Fund Awards last year, Wave received one of five awards for “hard working dogs that have significantly improved the lives of their owners and communities.” Not only that, Wave is also a member of the Mesilla Valley Search and Rescue Organization.
So after NMSU football coach Jerry Kill and Aggie quarterback Diego Pavia scampered off for greener pastures in Nashville at Vanderbilt, why shouldn’t Wave have that same opportunity?
I asked my good friend, retired professor Dr. Jim Peach and former faculty athletic advisor Jim Peach, about the rumor.
“That would be awful,” he said, clearly understanding that I had made up the whole thing and understanding the significance of such a dire possibility.
I’m sure it won’t happen. And after what seems like almost everyone in Aggie football heading out to the transfer portal, Wave might be the only thing we can look forward to during the 2024 football season at NMSU. That’s assuming we score and get to kick off to the opponent at some point during the game.
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