Adam Jones ran for 197 yards and two touchdowns and Montana State ran over Montana 34-11 on Saturday to reclaim the Brawl of the Wild trophy.

The synthesizers of the “Top Gun” theme song blared from the speakers at the Armory Hotel in Bozeman in the wee hours Wednesday as spectators waited for Tim Sheehy to claim his victory.

As the iconic guitar riff of the classic movie began to rain down, it wasn’t hard to imagine Sheehy straddling a 1986 ...