LOGAN— Utah State University officially announced its move to the Mountain West Conference – beginning July 1, 2013 – Friday in front of a packed auditorium at the new Agricultural Sciences building.   “I know Moses wandered in the wilderness for 40 years,” USU President Stan Albrecht said. “I don’t know why we had to do it for 50.”   The Aggies will make the move with fellow Western Athletic Conference member San Jose State, and join recently departed WAC members Nevada, Fresno State, and Hawaii (football only). The...

  LOGAN— The day Utah State University fans and alumni have been waiting for since the first domino of conference realignment fell has finally arrived. USU will announce Friday that it will be leaving the Western Athletic Conference and joining the Mountain West Conference.   Though rumors have been swirling for months, the smoke built into some serious flames over the past couple of weeks. USU Athletic Director added fuel to the fire when he joked that the Aggies were working on changing the WAC conference logos on their football...

    LOGAN— Behind three touchdown passes, the Blue edged the White, 58-57, in Utah State football’s Blue-White Spring Game presented by Orbit Irrigation Products, Saturday afternoon at a sunny Merlin Olsen Field at Romney Stadium in front of a spirited crowd.   Many of the approximately 5,000 fans were decked out in freshly-purchased attire bearing USU Athletics’ new logo which was unveiled earlier Saturday at a press conference in the overflowing Spetman Auditorium on the second floor of the Jim & Carol Laub Athletics-Academics Complex.  The new line of Nike...

  After dispatching the University Utah in the first two games of a three-game series, the No. 14 Utah State baseball team won a lopsided affair, 12-0, Saturday to sweep the Utes in its regular season finale.   “This game was the best of them all,” USU head coach Norm Doyle said. “Everybody was just dialed-in and going up there with a purpose when they were up at the plate. The defense was solid, and the pitching was again outstanding.”   After winning the first two games of the series...

  LOGAN— Saturday, Utah State University Athletics Director Scott Barnes, along with distinguished Utah State Alumna and Nike President Charlie Denson, introduced a program-wide athletics brand and identity program during a press conference on the Logan campus.   The University worked with Nike in collaboration on a 15-month re-branding campaign that launched prior to the annual Blue-White Spring Football Game on April 28. The entire athletics department will benefit from this partnership, which has been made possible by the longstanding association between Utah State Athletics and the Nike brand.  ...

  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—Freshman midfielder Keaton Cluff scored seven goals as the Utah State University men’s lacrosse team finished their season with a 18-12 win over in-state rival Utah Valley University Friday night at the Tower Soccer Field on USU’s campus.   The Aggies (4-6, 1-2) out-scored the Wolverines 12-8 in the second half to seal the victory in front of their largest home crowd of the season.   “I think we just realized how many fans we had out, and that this was our last game,” Cluff said of the victory. “This...

  LOGAN— The Utah State softball team made sure to avoid a season sweep against the Nevada Wolf Pack with a 4-0 win at Johnson Field Saturday afternoon.   USU junior pitcher Mandy Harmon, who kicked off the Western Athletic Conference regular season with a complete-game shutout at Louisiana Tech, threw another one against Nevada allowing the Wolf Pack only three hits on the day.   “Mandy did a fantastic job,” USU head coach Carissa Millsap-Kalaba said. “She did a really good job hitting her spots. She really carried us...

  LOGAN— The USU softball team opened Western Athletic Conference play at home with a pair of losses Friday afternoon.   Nevada’s Megan Fincher scored two runs to go with two hits and three RBIs to lead the Wolf Pack over the Aggies 8-7 in the first game — an extra-inning affair — and 3-1 in the second game.   USU raced out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Sophomore Kassie Uchida singled up the middle to lead off the inning and advanced to second base on a...