RENO, Nev. — Three thoughts after San Diego State’s 44-10 Mountain West win over Nevada on Saturday night at Mackay Stadium:

1. All three phases

So this is what it looks like when a team is firing on all cylinders.

A phrase that echoed through the hallways late Saturday night in Reno as SDSU players and coaches headed into a boisterous postgame locker room was “all three phases.”

SDSU’s first touchdown came on special teams. Its second touchdown was provided by the defense. Three straight TDs by the offense followed, two of them from a resurgent passing game. Then it was special teams again, with kicker Gabe Plascencia making three third-quarter field goals that stretched his record streak to 22 straight.

And so the Aztecs find themselves at 5-1, one win away from being bowl-eligible

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