Football Home Game
Sat, August 31, 2024
Sat, August 31, 2024
Basketball Home Game
Fri, November 1, 2024
Fri, November 1, 2024
Search found 306 matches
- May 9th, 2024, 5:27 pm
- Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
- Topic: You gotta love baseball
- Replies: 5
- Views: 550
Re: You gotta love baseball
"You are a good player and we wish you the best"
- Billy Beane in "Money Ball" as he trades a guy and ships him off to another team.
- Billy Beane in "Money Ball" as he trades a guy and ships him off to another team.
- May 9th, 2024, 5:11 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Abu Wilson
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1141
Re: Abu Wilson
Haha. Those 25ish years from 1983-2010 are my later teens thru my mid 40's. Lean times. Sorta tough years to be an Aggie. All things considered, I am really happy that my kid and nephew were able to play during the GA/MW era. I really believe BA is gonna get us on a roll again this season. Go Aggies!
- May 9th, 2024, 4:52 pm
- Forum: Stew Morrill Court (Aggie Basketball)
- Topic: Isaac Davis to USU?
- Replies: 275
- Views: 30689
Re: Isaac Davis to USU?
Whoa! Huge get!
Welcome to Utah State!
Welcome to Utah State!
- May 9th, 2024, 4:10 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: New commit - Clyde Washington (Purdue linebacker)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 895
Re: New commit - Clyde Washington (Purdue linebacker)
I am generally very happy to take all the Big 10 and SEC grad transfers we can get our hands on. They have been around the big-time and all the NIL $$. They are coming to Utah State only because they want to show out and make a difference and maybe build more of a name for themselves. I'm good with ...
- May 8th, 2024, 4:14 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Article on Clyde Washington
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1239
Re: Article on Clyde Washington
Yep. If you are recruited as a Big 2 ($EC or B1G) level recruited talent AND our coaches and medical staff have done enough due diligence to believe you can really play and don't have some lingering injury, I am inclined to be optimistic rather than pessimistic. We roll the dice on lateral transfers...
- May 2nd, 2024, 1:10 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Ajani Carter???
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2364
Re: Ajani Carter???
I totally agree. In general, kids in their early 20's do not always see/comprehend the long-term effects of their short-term decisions. There are just not very many kids that transfer up and make it big. Just looking at the kids who have transferred away from Utah State, some have done ok, but as ma...
- May 1st, 2024, 12:36 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Le’gone
- Replies: 294
- Views: 22744
Re: Legas…gone
If we have learned 1 thing as fans of College Football, it is that the Transfer Portal can giveth, and the Transfer Portal can take away. In my view, as a G5 MWC program, the odds of picking up a player that gives us a net gain are quite good and we should explore it. Whether it is a former P5 playe...
- April 30th, 2024, 4:47 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Transfer QB Offer
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3052
Re: Transfer QB Offer
Well-thought out and well-stated reply. My guess is that BA will have to figure out if his plan B is up to snuff sooner rather than later especially with the schedule we start out with. Coaching college football can be a tricky business. There are a lot of moving parts. (No pun intended) Sometimes i...
- April 30th, 2024, 3:25 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Transfer QB Offer
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3052
Re: Transfer QB Offer
I understand. Coop has often been my favorite Aggie. In selfless manner, he has always given Utah State everything he could. The kid plays with a big heart. That is not to say he has been John Elway or something. If he does end up transferring to another school, I will always cheer loudly for him an...
- April 30th, 2024, 3:13 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Transfer QB Offer
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3052
Re: Transfer QB Offer
In BA's coaching career, a couple of things are starting to stand out. 1. BA's teams are just not going to be very disciplined. They just are not. Often, they will be plenty skilled and capable and fun to watch. But not very disciplined. 2. There will be drama around the QB position. Perhaps this st...
- April 30th, 2024, 1:45 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Transfer QB Offer
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3052
Re: Transfer QB Offer
I am still scratching my head, a bit, as to what scenario, exactly, Coop was expecting/hoping for. The movements by the staff in the past couple of days tell me me that pretty much, regardless of entrenched returning starters, the coaching staff is going to add a player at every position every year....
- April 30th, 2024, 12:53 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Transfer QB Offer
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3052
Re: Transfer QB Offer
If a guy is good enough to be signed by byu and asu, he must have some sills/abilities.
As a Grad X-fer, and as long as he is coming in with eyes wide open and an understanding of the QB landscape at Utah State, I really do not have a problem with it. It is a one year deal.
As a Grad X-fer, and as long as he is coming in with eyes wide open and an understanding of the QB landscape at Utah State, I really do not have a problem with it. It is a one year deal.
- April 29th, 2024, 5:22 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Proposed Group of 5 Playoff
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1408
Re: Proposed Group of 5 Playoff
To me, this is beginning to feel like what the power conferences want is just a "Bridge too Far". The P4 keep hogging all the profits and all of the money in College Football. They are all getting rich. Meanwhile, how can G5 programs break-even? The deck keeps getting reshuffled to make even having ...
- April 29th, 2024, 3:42 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Proposed Group of 5 Playoff
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1408
Re: Proposed Group of 5 Playoff
So let me see if I have this all straight... If the P4 leagues never have to leave their home stadiums in OOC play due to the massive bowl payouts the P4 conferences and programs collect... This sounds an awful lot like the G5 leagues are basically stuck playing a P4 programs on the road plus maybe ...
- April 29th, 2024, 3:13 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Here is Hoping
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1610
Re: Here is Hoping
I suppose my 50+ years of Aggie FB Fandom will always have me optimistically hoping for 7-9 wins, plus playing in a MWC CCG, plus playing in a Bowl game. As things continue forward with the MWC, my hope and my dream is for the MWC CCG to become even more prestigious and the MWC Bowl Tie-ins will beg...
- April 29th, 2024, 12:35 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Here is Hoping
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1610
Re: Here is Hoping
I agree to a point. 1. I could see a close game with the Pukes, but do not see us pulling it out in the end. Too many big draft horses and too many fast thoroughbreds. 2. I just can not see us really getting on enough of a roll to close out the season on a 3 game win streak in MWC play. I am happy t...
- April 24th, 2024, 4:04 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Le’gone
- Replies: 294
- Views: 22744
Re: Legas…gone
Yeah. No on Bronco, but I can cheer for Legas.
- April 24th, 2024, 3:24 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Le’gone
- Replies: 294
- Views: 22744
Re: Legas…gone
Well, call me a traitor.
If Cooper ends up playing at UNM, I would cheer for him, except when playing Utah State.
If Cooper ends up playing at UNM, I would cheer for him, except when playing Utah State.
- April 24th, 2024, 3:16 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Looks like PAC 12 is officially G5.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2428
Re: Looks like PAC 12 is officially G5.
As far as I am concerned, BSU can take their "special deal" and roll it up into a nice fatty and smoke it. And WSU/OSU can do the same with whatever special deal they have in mind as well. Now if USC, UCLA, UO, and UW come calling and want to join the MWC, the conference would quickly agree to some ...
- April 24th, 2024, 12:28 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Le’gone
- Replies: 294
- Views: 22744
Re: Legas…gone
Yep. Excuse the fans for hoping for/cheering for/expecting more than getting whacked at home by our FCS neighbor. In 50 years of watching Aggie Football pretty faithfully, I have seen a few pretty ugly coaching moments. None dramatically worse than trotting Bonner out to play in the 2nd half against...
- April 24th, 2024, 12:16 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Looks like PAC 12 is officially G5.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2428
Re: Looks like PAC 12 is officially G5.
Either way things break in the future, there is no reason for the MWC to stand pat. Our commissioner knows that. I would say, if there are institutions that fit the MWC geographic, institutional, and financial footprint, the Conference should work proactively to entice and invite them to join our le...
- April 24th, 2024, 11:25 am
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Looks like PAC 12 is officially G5.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2428
Re: Looks like PAC 12 is officially G5.
The only way I let WSU and OSU in is: 1. No Special Carveouts or Treatments for WSU/OSU ever. 2. If you want to be a member of the Conference, be member just like every other institution. 3. Boy See's Special Treatment goes away forever. 4. Because the MWC members have all lived with the disruption ...
- April 23rd, 2024, 6:39 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: BA does not catch a break
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1666
Re: BA does not catch a break
Pretty remarkable that he still has the drive and a fire in his belly to get up and face the challenges of being a head coach at an FBS school. For that alone, BA is a pretty remarkable human being. I would argue that this gig at a G5 school is probably more intense than at most P4 programs. Kudo's ...
- April 23rd, 2024, 6:19 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Looks like PAC 12 is officially G5.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2428
Re: Looks like PAC 12 is officially G5.
Since the fateful days of Kliakov's Folly, the crumbling downfall of the once mighty PAC12 never really been in doubt. Utah ran for the exits at the first opportunity. As they probably should have. I am in favor of reaching out and helping WSU and OSU to a reasonable soft landing as much as the MWC ...
- April 23rd, 2024, 2:20 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Le’gone
- Replies: 294
- Views: 22744
Re: Legas…gone
I do not think this situation is very complicated. For coaches and players alike... Whether you are a player or a coach, if you don't like getting booed, don't get blown out at home by lower division teams that have come to to your place for a payday. I've seen 80,000 crazed University of Nebraska f...
- April 22nd, 2024, 5:11 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Losing is part of the problem
- Replies: 12
- Views: 939
Yes.. Losing the problem
I think that due to Anderson's immediate success in season 1, his seat has not really been getting warm as it probably should have been these past couple of years. Is it just me? Is anyone else feeling a sense of urgency for getting things turned around within the program pretty pronto? BSU, SDSU, C...
- April 22nd, 2024, 3:31 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Le’gone
- Replies: 294
- Views: 22744
Re: Legas…gone
So, in the age of NIL, will it be surprising if some fans provide more outspoken criticism? I mean, this is what the players asked for..., right? The reality is that everything is never going to break only in the favor of the player(s). There will also be some pushback. That is just how the world wo...
- April 22nd, 2024, 1:07 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Le’gone
- Replies: 294
- Views: 22744
Re: Legas…gone
If Legas chooses the leave, I will feel a bad about it for a few days. But apparently, this is the world the NCAA is comfortable with today. I'm not sure he lands in FBS Football that is a dramatically improved situation... and with more manageable expectations. I guess I can't blame him too much fo...
- April 22nd, 2024, 12:24 pm
- Forum: Big Blue's House (General Sports Talk)
- Topic: Four Conference Championships so far...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 356
Re: Four Conference Championships so far...
I agree. Utah State may not have endless deep pocket NIL donors that are going to drop Pickup Trucks on our Student Athletes. What we do have are decent facilities, committed fans, and donors that really care and want to see the teams have continued success. Our recent MWC championship success in th...
- April 19th, 2024, 2:23 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Transfer Portal Palooza (Spring ball edition)
- Replies: 176
- Views: 15758
God's Role in the Transfer Portal
Lots of guys on here are invoking God's name, guidance, and plan as if in some way this relates to their decision to change college football programs. Look, we know that your decision is probably quite important to you and your family, friends, and even fans. Whether transferring in or transferring ...
- April 19th, 2024, 1:54 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Transfers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 603
Transfers
With the open and unlimited nature of transfers nowadays, I suppose it is just silly for either side to feel at all bad about any student athlete that chooses to transfer up, down, or laterally at any time. That is the system that the NCAA has set up and is asking everyone to deal with. The kids hav...
- April 18th, 2024, 11:52 am
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: One easily forgotten QB move BA made that turned out to be good
- Replies: 6
- Views: 644
Re: One easily forgotten QB move BA made that turned out to be good
The Dennehy and Guy coaching eras were a different era with many different dynamics than today's transfer portal and social media palooza. Not to mention, some Utah State Football teams that just were not very good. I do I fondly recall both Coach Dennehy and Coach Guy actually stepping up and ownin...
- April 17th, 2024, 5:57 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: WSU
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1358
Re: WSU
For me, I would like to see the MWC continue on an upward trajectory. Like it or not, FB drives the bus in many financial considerations. So it seems that connecting to a couple of PAC12 schools would be good. I have also said it would not hurt to try to pull in a couple of WWC Basketball Schools th...
- April 17th, 2024, 5:45 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Le’gone
- Replies: 294
- Views: 22744
Re: Legas…gone
In the game today, you better plan on having your 2nd and maybe 3rd string QB ready to play significant minutes. That is just the nature of the game today. Perhaps in today's game, it is as much a curse as a blessing to be named QB1. Kids are never gonna see it this way though. In their minds they j...
- April 17th, 2024, 4:57 pm
- Forum: Merlin Olsen Field (Aggie Football)
- Topic: Transfer Portal Palooza (Spring ball edition)
- Replies: 176
- Views: 15758
Re: Transfer Portal Palooza (Spring ball edition)
Coaching, in the era of unlimited transfers and NIL conflicts is simply not a business I would choose to go into. These guys all have to be ready to pull their hair out. As a fan of a G5 program, what am I supposed to get excited about? Every G5 kid that shows any promise as an under-classman an is ...