First of all, I apologize to anyone who has has DESPERATELY wanted to read newer posts on my blog, I've been super busy. I can honestly say I am proud to be a USU Aggie and that AggieNation is alive and well. This football season left us with so many highs that it is hard to complain, even in losing our beloved ex-head football coach Coach Andersen.
Our football program is still in good hands with Coach Wells. He knows the system that has worked to our benefit very well, including a very personal relationship with quarterback Chuckie Keeton. Chuckie, after many questions on twitter and other social medias, will stay at Utah State. That is huge! He's been an incredible QB and will step up as a veteran for our younger guys.
Kerwynn Williams , Will Davis, Matt Austin, Chuck Jacobs, and Bojay Filomeatu are among the seniors that will be moving on to bigger and better things. With any luck, they will move on to the NFL and have stellar rookie seasons, following the examples of Robert Turbin and Bobby Wagner. The former-Aggies are looking to make noise in the playoffs, with a strong defense led by team-leading tackelr Wagner. Bobby is also in talks to recieve the Defensive Rookie of the Year award. Congrats to him and Turbin!
Tonight, the Aggie Men's basketball team takes on San Jose State in the Spectrum at 7 p.m. BEARDS OUT!
Friday, January 11, 2013
Monday, November 19, 2012
WAC champions!
My favorite day of the semester was this last Saturday. At 2 pm, the Aggie football team took on LA Tech in Louisiana. The Aggies wanted a big W and the Aggie fans wanted a Aggie Thanksgiving feast. We got a great game and the atmosphere at the Watch party was electric. There is nothing better than sitting in the best student section in the nation on game-day but the crowd that came to the watch party at the Spectrum Saturday afternoon is a close second. Fathers, sons, and families gathered together and watched the game. Families and kids got to stand with the students and sing the Aggie fight song and the "Scotsman". Basketball players joined the party as Jerrod Shaw, Kyisean Reed and Tenale Roland came out to watch the game and sat with several kids as they signed autographs and enjoyed the success of their school mates.
The Aggies took a big lead early in the game. The USU defense didn't allow a touchdown in the 1st quarter for the 8th time this season. The game couldn't be decided in regulation, and went to overtime. the Aggies pulled off a win 48-41. It started to look like the Aggies of years past as we started to lose our big lead. Twitter went straight cray cray, making Utah State a trending topic before the game was even over. The Aggie defense got a serious gut check and they responded just as they did against University of Utah earlier this season. They stayed strong. They fought with heart and integrity. All of their hard-work payed off. I felt myself breathing harder as my blood pulsed through my veins with each defensive stand. An incredible game by our boys.
Than, Saturday night, the Aggies men basketball team took on Texas A&M Corpus Cristi Islanders in the same Spectrum I spent time in earlier that day watching the football boys play. The Aggie splayed extremely well, as Jerrod Shaw and Preston Medlin led the teams with 17 points. Shaw is starting to nail free-throw line jumpers. Kyisean didn't disappoint as he had electrifying dunks and the Aggies came away with a win, 77-68, moving to 2-1 on the season.
A man in the parking lot after the watch party was so excited for the Aggies. Repeating over and over how the Aggies haven't done this well in football for some time. Utah State has been a basketball school for a long time as Stew Morril has lead the team to a dynasty level of success. Coach Andersen is making his mark and has the whole school hyped about the program. There has never been a better time to be an Aggie than now!
The Aggies took a big lead early in the game. The USU defense didn't allow a touchdown in the 1st quarter for the 8th time this season. The game couldn't be decided in regulation, and went to overtime. the Aggies pulled off a win 48-41. It started to look like the Aggies of years past as we started to lose our big lead. Twitter went straight cray cray, making Utah State a trending topic before the game was even over. The Aggie defense got a serious gut check and they responded just as they did against University of Utah earlier this season. They stayed strong. They fought with heart and integrity. All of their hard-work payed off. I felt myself breathing harder as my blood pulsed through my veins with each defensive stand. An incredible game by our boys.
Than, Saturday night, the Aggies men basketball team took on Texas A&M Corpus Cristi Islanders in the same Spectrum I spent time in earlier that day watching the football boys play. The Aggie splayed extremely well, as Jerrod Shaw and Preston Medlin led the teams with 17 points. Shaw is starting to nail free-throw line jumpers. Kyisean didn't disappoint as he had electrifying dunks and the Aggies came away with a win, 77-68, moving to 2-1 on the season.
A man in the parking lot after the watch party was so excited for the Aggies. Repeating over and over how the Aggies haven't done this well in football for some time. Utah State has been a basketball school for a long time as Stew Morril has lead the team to a dynasty level of success. Coach Andersen is making his mark and has the whole school hyped about the program. There has never been a better time to be an Aggie than now!
Thursday, November 8, 2012
USU Aggie Round-up
So there hasn't been this much excitement for USU basketball and football at the same time... EVER! The Aggie football boys are having a stellar season and have managed to only lose 2 games this year. They are undefeated in the WAC conference and have a bye this week. However redundant this may sound, this bye week could not have come for a better time for the best college football team in Utah. They prepare to face #14 Louisiana Tech next week and, ultimately, put themselves in first place in the WAC. In a poll put out by CBS news, Utah State is ranked at #25... yes I mean the football team. With a sophomore QB in Keeton and a great supporting cast on both sides of the ball, the Aggies are truly a competitive football team.
To add to all the football hype, the Aggie basketball season is ready to get under way on Saturday night as the Idaho State Bengals come to town as the Aggies first home opponent of the regular season. The Aggies are led by the returning starters on the squad who include Danny Berger, Kyisean Reed, and Preston Medlin. What I m excited about this year is the size the Aggies have acquired. A dominant new post/center in Jerrod Shaw, a transfer student from Oklahoma State University who red shirted for the Aggies last year, brings alot of rebounding and an inside force to the Aggie ballers. Along with Shaw is Jordan Stone and Matt Lopez. Mr. Stone is a very bog and strong man who, as his coaches put it, is very "immature in college basketball". Meaning Stone is so big and strong he's not quite sure how to handle himself and make himself the monster threat down low his coaches know he can be. Coach Morrill said last year that he "likes (Stone's) aggression and his physical game". Stone is only getting better and we'll get to see just how much he'll get to contribute this year. And last bt not least there's Lopez. He is uneligible till the Spring semester for unknown reasons beknownst to me, probably because he was a late transfer to USU as well.
There you have it! A little something to chew on as we head into the home-opener for the USU men's basketball squad. I apologize for the absence and I appreciate you reading!
To add to all the football hype, the Aggie basketball season is ready to get under way on Saturday night as the Idaho State Bengals come to town as the Aggies first home opponent of the regular season. The Aggies are led by the returning starters on the squad who include Danny Berger, Kyisean Reed, and Preston Medlin. What I m excited about this year is the size the Aggies have acquired. A dominant new post/center in Jerrod Shaw, a transfer student from Oklahoma State University who red shirted for the Aggies last year, brings alot of rebounding and an inside force to the Aggie ballers. Along with Shaw is Jordan Stone and Matt Lopez. Mr. Stone is a very bog and strong man who, as his coaches put it, is very "immature in college basketball". Meaning Stone is so big and strong he's not quite sure how to handle himself and make himself the monster threat down low his coaches know he can be. Coach Morrill said last year that he "likes (Stone's) aggression and his physical game". Stone is only getting better and we'll get to see just how much he'll get to contribute this year. And last bt not least there's Lopez. He is uneligible till the Spring semester for unknown reasons beknownst to me, probably because he was a late transfer to USU as well.
There you have it! A little something to chew on as we head into the home-opener for the USU men's basketball squad. I apologize for the absence and I appreciate you reading!
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Preview week 8
New Mexico State vs. Utah State. 1 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 20, 2012 at Romney Stadium
Utah State is coming up off a BIG win against WAC opponent San Jose State. I apologize for not giving a prediction/follow-up on that game. If you missed it, USU had a school record of 13 sacks in the game against a San Jose State team that was 4-1 coming into the game. USU came away with a W 49-27.
This week, the Aggie Bowl will take place as the USU Aggies come home after a road trip to SJSU last week and a tough loss in Provo 2 weeks ago. It will be during fall break, but I still expect to see alot of Aggie students in the stands to support the team. I know I'll be there to support.
Let's break this game down, NMSU is 1-5... losing 5 straight games in a row against Ohio, UTEP, UNM, UT-San Antonio, and Idaho. Last year in our bowl game, USU lost to Ohio by ONE point and Ohio, who is very comparable to our Aggies, handled the NMSU Aggies 51-24. NMSU has a sophomore QB, Andrew Manly. He's thrown for 11 TD's... along with 6 INT. His main target is a wide receiver that USU tried to recruit as well, Austin Franklin. His longest pass of the year was an 84 yd play and Franklin averages 17.7 yards per catch and has 7 TD's on the year. In this game, USU will mainly try to hush the passing game of the crimson Aggies. USU's defense still rates #14 in the nation in overall defense, and 3rd in nation in sacks. News to NMSU... you're gonna have a bad time moving the ball down the field.
I look for the USU defense to make another statement in holding the NMSU Aggies to a big fat 0 on the score board. Chuckie Keeton and company have the USU Aggie offense in post-season form as they look for one more win to become bowl eligible.
Prediction:
NMSU 0-USU 38
I hope that USU makes a big statement in this game. They certainly have the opportunity to get a lot of momentum as they get ready to head to UTSA and the Alamodome next week, they currently have the #1 WAC spot in the conference. I am from New Mexico, and sincerely hope the USU Aggies bring the wood this week and hit the Pistol Pete's where it hurts!
Utah State is coming up off a BIG win against WAC opponent San Jose State. I apologize for not giving a prediction/follow-up on that game. If you missed it, USU had a school record of 13 sacks in the game against a San Jose State team that was 4-1 coming into the game. USU came away with a W 49-27.
This week, the Aggie Bowl will take place as the USU Aggies come home after a road trip to SJSU last week and a tough loss in Provo 2 weeks ago. It will be during fall break, but I still expect to see alot of Aggie students in the stands to support the team. I know I'll be there to support.
Let's break this game down, NMSU is 1-5... losing 5 straight games in a row against Ohio, UTEP, UNM, UT-San Antonio, and Idaho. Last year in our bowl game, USU lost to Ohio by ONE point and Ohio, who is very comparable to our Aggies, handled the NMSU Aggies 51-24. NMSU has a sophomore QB, Andrew Manly. He's thrown for 11 TD's... along with 6 INT. His main target is a wide receiver that USU tried to recruit as well, Austin Franklin. His longest pass of the year was an 84 yd play and Franklin averages 17.7 yards per catch and has 7 TD's on the year. In this game, USU will mainly try to hush the passing game of the crimson Aggies. USU's defense still rates #14 in the nation in overall defense, and 3rd in nation in sacks. News to NMSU... you're gonna have a bad time moving the ball down the field.
I look for the USU defense to make another statement in holding the NMSU Aggies to a big fat 0 on the score board. Chuckie Keeton and company have the USU Aggie offense in post-season form as they look for one more win to become bowl eligible.
Prediction:
NMSU 0-USU 38
I hope that USU makes a big statement in this game. They certainly have the opportunity to get a lot of momentum as they get ready to head to UTSA and the Alamodome next week, they currently have the #1 WAC spot in the conference. I am from New Mexico, and sincerely hope the USU Aggies bring the wood this week and hit the Pistol Pete's where it hurts!
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Week 6 wrap-up
Outcome USU 3-BYU 6
In possibly the most boring game of the season thus far, the Aggies and Cougars went toe-to-toe in Provolandia, UT. Chuckie Keeton had trouble finding the endzone and getting the ball past the line of scrimmage. BYU's freshman QB Hill proved to have just enough to get by in his big connections with Trevor Hoffman.
The game was extensively defensive minded, with two of the best defenses in the nation fighting. The Aggies' D spent a LONG time on the field after several Aggies' offensive woes and turnovers. But they held their own. BYU had the best defense that USU will probably play all year with Van Noy and Ezequiel Ansah coming off either side. On the left side of the line Kyle Whimpey found himself in his first start covering "Ziggy" Ansah. A tough call in your first appearance. I was impressed, to say the least, with Ansah's performance and effort. He seems to have the strength of linebacker, the speed of a running back, and the size of a offensive lineman. Serious props to the dude for a huge game. Any youngsters out there looking to learn how to play the defensive tackle position should watch Ansah and take notes.
The Aggies still have the main goal insight, that being winning the WAC conference. They start the trip down that road playing a tough San Jose Spartan team who has a 4-1 record, an obvious threat to take away our goal.
Come on Aggies. keep rolling!
In possibly the most boring game of the season thus far, the Aggies and Cougars went toe-to-toe in Provolandia, UT. Chuckie Keeton had trouble finding the endzone and getting the ball past the line of scrimmage. BYU's freshman QB Hill proved to have just enough to get by in his big connections with Trevor Hoffman.
The game was extensively defensive minded, with two of the best defenses in the nation fighting. The Aggies' D spent a LONG time on the field after several Aggies' offensive woes and turnovers. But they held their own. BYU had the best defense that USU will probably play all year with Van Noy and Ezequiel Ansah coming off either side. On the left side of the line Kyle Whimpey found himself in his first start covering "Ziggy" Ansah. A tough call in your first appearance. I was impressed, to say the least, with Ansah's performance and effort. He seems to have the strength of linebacker, the speed of a running back, and the size of a offensive lineman. Serious props to the dude for a huge game. Any youngsters out there looking to learn how to play the defensive tackle position should watch Ansah and take notes.
The Aggies still have the main goal insight, that being winning the WAC conference. They start the trip down that road playing a tough San Jose Spartan team who has a 4-1 record, an obvious threat to take away our goal.
Come on Aggies. keep rolling!
Friday, October 5, 2012
Battle for the Beehive boot preview Week 6
This week, the USU Aggies travel down south to Provo to take on the Cougars of Zooblandia....
This contest will be interesting because of 2 reasons:
1) McKade Brady, a defensive Safety for the Aggies, played for BYU his freshman year. He has ties and personal beef with the team. Last year, he got ejected for a helmet-to-helmet hit on a defenseless player in the 1st quarter. His first opportunity to have a key role against his former team was lost and USU went on to receive a devastating loss.
2) BYU's offense is struggling. Riley Nelson, the betrayer from Logan, is suffering a shoulder injury and will not be up to 100%. True freshman Taysom Hill is the backup and has yet to face a decent defense. He had a great game against Hawaii and Hawaii is ranked 119th in the nation... out of 124 college teams. I guess they're defense isn't the worst, but its PRETTY bad. Mr. Hill will have his hands full with the 19th ranked Aggie defense.
To make things more interesting, the BYU defense is performing exteremely well, with its #4 ranked defense. Chuckie Keeton who, after someone was caught cheating making 2000 votes a day for the O'Brien Quarterback award, is now ranked 4th in the poll. Keeton will have a busy night finding holes an a nearly perfect defense. I'll look for a decent game from Kerwynn Williams, but a stellar performance from Williams partner running back Joe Hill will take place on LaVell Edwards' field. I'm calling 210 total yards from Hill in being the key factor to the Aggies victory tonight.
PREDICTION: USU 20- BYU 14
This is going to be a thriller and a very defensive minded game. With lots of penalty yards on either side, but all in all a well played game and will lead to the first time in 30 years that the Aggies have beat UofU and BYU in the same year.
Go Aggies!
This contest will be interesting because of 2 reasons:
1) McKade Brady, a defensive Safety for the Aggies, played for BYU his freshman year. He has ties and personal beef with the team. Last year, he got ejected for a helmet-to-helmet hit on a defenseless player in the 1st quarter. His first opportunity to have a key role against his former team was lost and USU went on to receive a devastating loss.
2) BYU's offense is struggling. Riley Nelson, the betrayer from Logan, is suffering a shoulder injury and will not be up to 100%. True freshman Taysom Hill is the backup and has yet to face a decent defense. He had a great game against Hawaii and Hawaii is ranked 119th in the nation... out of 124 college teams. I guess they're defense isn't the worst, but its PRETTY bad. Mr. Hill will have his hands full with the 19th ranked Aggie defense.
To make things more interesting, the BYU defense is performing exteremely well, with its #4 ranked defense. Chuckie Keeton who, after someone was caught cheating making 2000 votes a day for the O'Brien Quarterback award, is now ranked 4th in the poll. Keeton will have a busy night finding holes an a nearly perfect defense. I'll look for a decent game from Kerwynn Williams, but a stellar performance from Williams partner running back Joe Hill will take place on LaVell Edwards' field. I'm calling 210 total yards from Hill in being the key factor to the Aggies victory tonight.
PREDICTION: USU 20- BYU 14
This is going to be a thriller and a very defensive minded game. With lots of penalty yards on either side, but all in all a well played game and will lead to the first time in 30 years that the Aggies have beat UofU and BYU in the same year.
Go Aggies!
Monday, October 1, 2012
Week 5 wrap up...
UNLV vs. USU Homecoming 13-35 victory for the Aggies (4-1)
In a white-out crowd, the USU Aggie's did not disappoint AggieNation and had a big win to cap off a great Homecoming week in Logan. Kerwynn Williams had a great night, having 113 yards on 20 carries and 147 yards on 7 receptions and a TD, thats a total of 260 yards all by himself. Chuckie, who still leads the Davey O'Brien Award poll voting at 16% of the total votes, had a career night as suspected, finishing with 402 yards and 4 TD's. One of which was a 74 yard pass play to Kerwynn for an even bigger momentum swing. Our defense kept a tight leash on the Rebels and allowed them to score 6 more points than I originally thought. USU's D is 18th in the nation in points allowed by their opponents, 14.2 ave. points per game.
This week is a HUGE game against those Zoobs from Provo. Time to step it up AggieNation!!
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In a white-out crowd, the USU Aggie's did not disappoint AggieNation and had a big win to cap off a great Homecoming week in Logan. Kerwynn Williams had a great night, having 113 yards on 20 carries and 147 yards on 7 receptions and a TD, thats a total of 260 yards all by himself. Chuckie, who still leads the Davey O'Brien Award poll voting at 16% of the total votes, had a career night as suspected, finishing with 402 yards and 4 TD's. One of which was a 74 yard pass play to Kerwynn for an even bigger momentum swing. Our defense kept a tight leash on the Rebels and allowed them to score 6 more points than I originally thought. USU's D is 18th in the nation in points allowed by their opponents, 14.2 ave. points per game.
This week is a HUGE game against those Zoobs from Provo. Time to step it up AggieNation!!
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