When's the last time Air Force beat ND? (in the 2007 nightmare season)? or BYU beat ND? (2004 when Radio was our head coach)?
I get what you're saying, but NM is terrible and "win one for the Davie" isn't going to magically make them a great team.
ND is more than capable of beating NM by 36 but won't b/c of a combination of shit play calling and the inability to execute properly by the players.
I think the outcome of the New Mexico game will be what most of us expected the UL game to be: NM will hang around for a Q or so (mostly b/c of my previous sentence) & ND will find rhythm score a bunch of points in the mid 2nd Q to mid 4Q & the reserves will come in. Final score: Something like 41-9. (that score should be familiar to Bob Davie)