Here’s the fifth installment of the weekly Mountain West Conference Football Notebook, compiled each week by Chadd Cripe of the Idaho Statesman with contributions from beat writers around the league.
It’s rivalry week: Air Force-Navy, Nevada-UNLV, New Mexico-New Mexico State.
MOUNTAIN DIVISION
AIR FORCE
Air Force players found the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy positioned in the middle of the locker room last week, a not-so-subtle reminder from the coaches of what was coming next.
Not that anybody around this program needed the hint.
There’s no greater goal for Falcons football players than to capture — or in this case, retain — that trophy.