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In sports, the NMSU's teams are called the Aggies, a nickname derived from the school's agricultural beginnings. They compete in the Sun Belt Conference ( NCAA Division I-A), but will join the Western Athletic Conference in 2005. Their mascot is Pistol Pete and colors crimson and white.
NMSU has major rivalries with the University of New MexicoThe University of New Mexico (UNM is a public university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was founded in 1889, and today offers multiple bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs. Its Albuquerque campus currently spreads over 600 acre (the NMSU-New Mexico football game is called "The Battle of I-25Interstate 25 is an interstate highway in the western United States. Like other "interstates," it is commonly referred to as I-25. Its odd number indicates that it is primariliy a north-south highway. It goes from Interstate 10 at Las Cruces, New Mexico t"), and the University of Texas at El PasoThe University of Texas at El Paso is part of the University of Texas System. It lies on the eastern bank of the Rio Grande, in El Paso, Texas. Founded in 1913 as the Texas College of Mines, a mineshaft still exists on the mountainous, desert campus. (called "The Battle of I-10Interstate 10 or I-10 is the southernmost coast-to-coast interstate highway in the United States. It stretches from California Highway 1, or the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, California to Jacksonville, Florida, ending at Interstate 95. A sign ne", with the winner of the NMSU-UTEP football game getting the Silver Spade).