If the San Diego State football team is destined to play for the Mountain West championship, it is now out of the Aztecs’ hands.

SDSU has controlled its own destiny throughout the season, but that changed Friday against New Mexico on a cool afternoon in Albuquerque, where the Lobos defeated SDSU 23-17 in double overtime before a boisterous announced crowd of 30,575 at University Stadium.

The game was tied 17-17 at the end of regulation. And then it got crazy.

SDSU got the ball first, but Aztecs quarterback Jayden Denegal’s pass on the first play was intercepted by New Mexico’s Austin Brawley. That put the Lobos 25 yards away from victory. They advanced the ball 24 yards, then fumbled. SDSU’s Owen Chambliss recovered it three feet from the goal line.

SDSU had new life, but the Lobos had

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