With a challenging road swing in its rearview, New Mexico State returns to Las Cruces in Week 4 with a prime opportunity to get into the win column.

Illness knows no season. It can strike anytime: on Christmas, a birthday, even before a high school softball playoff game.

Sophomore Dino Maldonado passed for 321 yards and three touchdowns in New Mexico State’s 43-35 victory over South Carolina State last weekend, but he might not be the Aggies’ starting quarterback for Saturday’s game against Hawaii. Although he’s healthy, Maldonado may not even play.