Photo by Lorene Hale LOGAN, Utah – Utah State’s 2023 Mountain West football schedule was announced Thursday by the conference office as the Aggies enter their 11th season in the league. In all, USU’s eight conference games will be spread out over 11 weeks from Sept. 16 through Nov. 25.   Thursday’s release represents the first phase in the 2023 football schedule process. Mountain West national television partners CBS Sports and Fox Sports will now initiate a selection procedure, which will include the shifting of particular games to non-Saturday dates. That will be followed by the identification of network outlets and kick times.   The Mountain West is debuting a three-year schedule rotation where, within Conference play, each institution will face two opponents annually and six other teams on an alternating basis. Throughout the cycle, all institutions will play each other at least twice, including once at home and once on the road.   Utah State’s 2023 Mountain West schedule will include home games against Colorado State (10/7), Fresno State (10/14), Nevada (11/11) and Boise State (11/18), and road games against Air Force (9/16), San José State (10/21), San Diego State (11/4) and New Mexico (11/25). USU will also have one