LOGAN— Former Utah State linebacker Bobby Wagner became the highest USU player to be taken in the NFL Draft in more than 30 years as the Seattle Seahawks grabbed him in the second round with the 47th overall pick.   Wagner was a four-year starter and two-year captain for the Aggies, and led the team in tackles for during his final three seasons.   With Wagner coming off the board in the second round, it marks the second straight year that Utah State has had the first player selected...

  LOGAN— The Utah State Football team took the field at Romney Stadium Friday for its second official scrimmage of the spring. Though some of the main components of the team were out of commission due to either injury or coaches decision, the Aggie faithful on hand still got to see a lot of starters play, as well as some new faces step up.   Below are some thoughts about the team, players, and progress the Aggies have made.   QB Competition: There is still a lot of football to...

  LOGAN— The USU football team took to Merlin Olsen field at Romney Stadium Monday for the Aggies first scrimmage of the spring. After roughly 100 plays and nearly two hours of action, here are the first impressions of this Aggie team.   QB Competition Close Again: Last year, the Aggies didn’t name a starting QB until true-freshman Chuckie Keeton took the field against Auburn in the season opener. Though I don’t think Gary Andersen will wait that long to anoint a starter this time around, the race is once...

Utah State Football 2012 Signees   Andrew Chen  •  OT  •  6-3  •  245  •  FR  •  HS  •  West Hills, Calif. High School: Played left tackle at Chaminade High School in West Hills, Calif… Named lineman of the week nine times his senior year… A two-time first-team all-league selection… Also a two-time Los Angeles Daily News all-area team honoree… Earned CHS’s Lineman of the Week honors a total of 16 times in career, nine times in senior season after seven as a junior… Also a two-year letterwinner in shot...

DENVER— Utah State running back Robert Turbin was named the Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year, the WAC announced Monday.   Turbin, a junior from Fremont, Calif., is currently 10th in the nation in rushing with 118 yards per game and is fifth in scoring with 11.5 points per contest. Turbin has rushed for 1,416 yards and 19 touchdowns on 229 attempts for an average of 6.2 yards per carry. He has caught 16 passes for 164 yards and four more touchdowns. His 138 points scored this season...

LOGAN—Utah State football will face Ohio University from the Mid-American Conference in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 17 at 3:30 p.m. (MT) at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho, announced Sunday afternoon by the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.   Both USU and Ohio ended the regular-season with five-game win streaks, with the Aggies’ winning their fifth-straight game with a thrilling 24-21 win at New Mexico State on Saturday.  Ohio had its five-game win streak halted with a heartbreaking 23-20 loss to Northern Illinois Saturday in the MAC Championship...

    LAS CRUCES— Matt Austin hauled in a go-ahead TD with 35 seconds remaining and Nevin Lawson sealed the game with an interception as Utah State rallied to beat New Mexico State on the road in a fitting end to USU’s roller coaster regular season.   “One more chapter in a tremendous, tremendous story of a tough-minded gritty team that loves each other,” USU head coach Gary Andersen said in a postgame radio interview. “They just don’t flinch. They keep fighting, they keep battling, they make plays when they...

LOGAN— Utah State Director of Athletics Scott Barnes and USU football Coach Gary Andersen announced on Monday that Utah State has accepted an invitation to play in the 2011 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 17 at 3:30 p.m. MST at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho.   The Bowl will also feature a top selection from the Mid-American Conference. The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl is the second game of the entire bowl calendar and the only one in its timeslot.  The Bowl will be telecast nationally on ESPN and...

BOISE
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The
 Famous 
Idaho 
Potato
 Bowl
 today
 announced
 that
 the
 Utah 
State
 Aggies (6‐5)
 have
 accepted 
an
 invitation
 to
 play 
in 
its 
game 
on 
Saturday,
 Dec.17,
 2011,
 at 
3:30
 p.m.
 
in Bronco
 Stadium 
in 
Boise,
 Idaho.   The
 Bowl
 will
 also 
feature
 a
 top 
selection 
from 
the
 Mid‐American Conference.   Utah
 State 
became 
bowl‐eligible 
with 
their
 fourth‐straight 
victory, 
the 
latest
 a
 21‐17
 win
 over
 Nevada last
 weekend,
 and 
brings 
momentum 
into 
Bronco 
Stadium.

 Utah
 State
 faced
 a
 tough
 out‐of‐conference schedule
 and lost 
narrowly
 to 
two
 national 
powers,
 Auburn
 and 
BYU.
 The
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  LOGAN— With its fourth consecutive win Saturday – a 21-17 victory over Nevada – Utah State did something it hadn’t done in 14 years. For the first time since the 1997 season, the Aggies won their sixth game of the season to become bowl eligible.   USU (6-5, 4-2) rallied from an early 10-0 deficit to outscore the Wolf Pack 21-7 over the final three quarters, as the Aggies made all the key plays down the stretch to secure the win.   “What a great way to send out these...