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BOISE — As you walk into the Bleymaier Football Center by Albertsons Stadium, one of the first things you see is a floor-to-ceiling image of a Boise State player lifting a sledgehammer in the air. Down a side corridor to the right, the hammer itself is on display, bathing in an orange glow. The man who first brought the hammer tradition to Boise State will return to The Blue on Saturday night, on the visitors’ sideline, as the Broncos (7-1, 4-0 Mountain West) host Nevada (3-7, 0-4). First-year Nevada head coach Jeff Choate spent six seasons on the Broncos’ staff from 2006-11. He started as the…

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