It’s October in Albuquerque.
That means hot air balloons are in the suddenly chilly air and football talk — even with that pretty little 3-2 record across the street from the Pit — starts getting tucked away in the back of the closet along with our shorts and t-shirts.
The first official basketball practice of the 2015-16 season was Friday and next week the Mountain West will unveil it preseason media poll (yes, the media has again been deemed worthy of doing the October voting for the league since the coaches have chosen not to take part in providing the preseason bulletin board material for their league foes).