Here’s the ninth installment of the Mountain West Conference Football Notebook, compiled each week by Chadd Cripe of the Idaho Statesman with contributions from beat writers around the league.
MOUNTAIN DIVISION
AIR FORCE
Linebacker Connor Healy returned to practice for Air Force on Monday, a welcome sight for a team decimated by injuries.
Healy, a team captain who was second in tackles for the 2014 Falcons, was lost to a sprained left MCL in the Oct. 3 game at Navy. He was expected to be gone for six to eight weeks, but if the knee responds to practice this week he would be back instead in four.