Oct. 8, 2010
RUSTON, La. -
Complete Utah State Supplemental Notes At Louisiana Tech in PDF Format 
ON TV -- Saturday's match-up of the Aggies and Bulldogs will be televised on ESPN-Regional TV, and will be aired on Altitude (Comcast Ch. 61 in Cache Valley)... Trey Bender will be handle play-by-play duties while Jay Larson will provide analysis.
ON THE AIR -- All Utah State football games are carried live on KVNU 610 AM and KLZX 95.9 FM in Logan; 1230 AM in Salt Lake City; on KLZX 105.3 FM in Montpelier, Idaho, and on the Internet at www.UtahStateAggies.com by clicking on "Listen Live"... Al Lewis handles the play-by-play duties and Craig Hislop provides analysis.
GAMETRACKER -- Fans can follow all USU Aggie home games, as well as Saturday's game, through the USU web site at www.UtahStateAggies.com via GameTracker, a free service, which updates play-by-play and statistics throughout the game.
ESPN3 -- Saturday's battle between the Aggies and Bulldogs will also be available on the Internet at ESPN3.com, which is a broadband network for live sports programming. ESPN3 harnesses the quality ESPN has built through its TV networks and delivers online sports programming to fans through a rich, interactive, and easy-to-use experience.
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112 / 118 -- USU is taking the field for the 112th season of football in 118 years. The Aggies beat Utah, 12-0, in 1892, but then did not field a team until 1896, when they again only played one game but then played every year since with the exceptions of 1918 when to World War I and influenza cancelled the season and 1943 due to World War II.
A USU WIN WOULD...
• Give Utah State its first 3-3 record to start a season since 1983, when USU lost its first three games of the year, only to bounce back by winning its next three.
• Be the Aggies' second win in a row, their first two-game win streak since the last two games of the 2007 season, beating New Mexico State and Idaho, both on the road.
• Even Utah State's WAC record at 1-1, marking the second time in three years and the fourth time in the Aggies' six years in the league that they've had an even conference record after two WAC games.
• Be the first time in those six years in the WAC that USU won its first road league game of the season, and break the Aggies' seven-game road conference opener losing skein.
• Even the series with Louisiana Tech at 4-4 overall and 2-2 at Ruston.
• Earn USU its second-straight win over LA Tech, the Aggies' first two-game win streak over the Bulldogs since the first two games of the series, 1993-94.
• Be Utah State's first win at Ruston since 1994, snapping a two-game losing skid in the home town of the Squire Creek Peach Festival.
• Improve the Aggies' record against the Bulldogs in October meetings to 3-2, as this is the fifth time overall and fourth in the last five that USU and LTU have met in the Canadian Thanksgiving month (which is on Monday, Oct. 11).
• Give USU its third win in last four games on Oct. 9, improving to winning five of its last seven games on the date and moving to 9-7 on the ninth day of the 10th month.
• Improve USU to 6-9 (.400) against schools from the state of Louisiana.
• Snap the Aggies' five-game losing skein on Louisiana soil, as USU's last win in the Pelican State was a 7-3 victory at LA Tech on Oct. 15, 1994, but have lost five since.
• Move USU to 1-2 on road this season, the Aggies' best road ledger in their first three road games since last going 1-2 in 2004.
• Turn the "A" Blue, which recently received an upgrade with some new, environmentally-safe LED lights.
A USU LOSS WOULD...
• Be Utah State's fifth loss to LA Tech in its last six meetings, falling to 3-5 in the series.
• Deal USU its third-straight loss at Ruston, dropping to 1-3 overall.
• Move the Aggies to 0-3 on the road for the sixth-straight season.
• Be USU's sixth loss in a row on Louisiana soil and drop to 2-7 in games played in the Pelican State.
• As always, be not as good as a win.
WE'RE GOING STREAKING -- Several Utah State players and the Aggie team take streaks into Saturday's game:
QB Diondre Borel
• Started 26-straight games
• Logged double-digit completions in six-straight games
• Had double-digit carries in three games in a row
RB Derrvin Speight
• Scored a rushing TD in two-straight games
• Rushed for 49 or more yards in four consecutive games
WR Dontel Watkins
• Snared at least three catches in all five games this season
LB Bobby Wagner
• Started 20-straight games
• Tallied double-digit tackles in four games in a row
CB Chris Randle
• Started 18-consecutive games
• Registered a pass-break up in three-straight games
P Peter Caldwell
• Boomed at least a 45-yard punt in six-straight games played
Utah State Offense
• Scored a touchdown in 31-straight games
• Rushed for a TD in 12-consecutive games
• Amassed at least 245 yards of total offense in 23- consecutive games, dating back to 2008
Utah State Defense
• Forced two turnovers on defense in six-straight games
• Caused at least one turnover on defense in nine games in a row
AFTERNOON DELIGHT -- Saturday is USU's first afternoon game of the season after five night games... Overall, this is the Aggies' first of four afternoon games in a row and six all together on the schedule.
USU IN CONFERENCE ROAD OPENERS -- Saturday is USU's first WAC road game of the season, after opening conference play by hosting Fresno State on Sept. 18... Utah State has lost its last seven conference road openers, including all five WAC road openers... USU's last win in its first conference road game was a 17-12 win in 2000 at North Texas in USU's final season in the Big West Conference... Here's a look at the Aggies' first conference road games in the 2000's:
Oct. 14, 2000 - W 17-12 at North Texas (Big West)2001 & 2002 - IndependentOct. 18, 2003 - L 27-37 at North Texas (Sun Belt)Oct. 2, 2004 - L 21-49 at Troy (Sun Belt)Oct. 1, 2005 - L 21-53 at Idaho (WAC)Oct. 14, 2006 - L 13-21 at San Jose State (WAC)Oct. 6, 2007 - L 37-52 at #15 Hawai'i (WAC)Oct. 11, 2008 - L 7-30 at San Jose State (WAC)Oct. 10, 2009 - L 17-20 at New Mexico State (WAC)
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING WOES -- Both Utah State and Louisiana Tech have struggled at scoring in the fourth quarter this season, as USU has scored just seven points (TD vs. Idaho State on Sept. 11), while LTU has as total of 12 points in the fourth frame (three vs. Grambling on Sept. 4 and nine vs. Southern Mississippi on Sept. 25).
44 IN THE SECOND -- Despite not putting many points on the board in the fourth quarter, both teams have been able to put points up in the second frame, as both USU and LTU have score 44 points each in the second quarters... The second stanza is the Bulldogs only quarter that they have score more than 20 points in, posting 20 points in the third quarter, 16 in the first and 12 in the fourth for a total of 92 points (18.4 ppg)... The Aggies have scored 42 points in the third quarter, 24 in the first and seven in the fourth for a total of 117 (23.4 ppg).
SOUTHERN 21 -- While Utah State does not have any players from the state of Louisiana, the Aggies have 21 players on their roster from surrounding states:
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School)FLORIDA - 6 3 Quinton Byrd CB 5-11 182 SO 1L Miami, Fla. (Miramar HS) 5 Mikhail Morgan WR 6-3 192 SO 1L Port Charlotte, Fla. (Port Charlotte HS) 6 Nevin Lawson CB 5-11 180 FR HS Lauderhill, Fla. (Piper HS)16 Tavaris McMillian ^ LB 6-1 205 FR HS Miami, Fla. (Miami Jackson HS) 18 Rashard Stewart WR/CB 5-11 170 FR HS Miami, Fla. (Miami Jackson HS) 80 Travis Reynolds WR 6-0 169 FR HS Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. (Boyd Anderson HS)
GEORGIA - 224 Isaiah Jones ^ CB 5-10 188 SO RS Macon, Ga. (Mount De Sales Academy) 74 Tariq Polley OL 6-4 296 SR 2L Warner Robbins, Ga. (Houston County HS/Hutchinson JC)
MISSOURI - 245 Jerome Barbour DE 6-4 222 SR 2L Fort Leonard, Mo. (La Mirada [Calif.] HS) 81 Kellen Bartlett TE 6-2 242 JR 2L Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs South HS)
OKLAHOMA - 1 2 Cameron Sanders CB 5-10 168 FR RS Oklahoma City, Okla. (Millwood HS)
TENNESSEE - 1 85 Dontel Watkins WR 6-2 193 SO TR Nashville, Tenn. (Antioch HS/Butler CC)
TEXAS - 9 4 Walter McClenton S 5-11 193 JR 1L Arlington, Texas (Bowie HS)11 Stanley Morrison ^ WR 5-9 158 JR 2L Denison, Texas (Denison HS) 20 Maxim Dinka-Mba LB 5-11 218 SR 3L Plano, Texas (Plano HS) 21 Derrvin Speight RB 5-9 209 SR 2L Irving, Texas (MacArthur HS)38 Washington Igboeli ^ S 5-11 186 SR SQ Grand Prairie, Texas (South Grand Prairie HS/Navarro JC) 42 Robert Marshall RB 6-1 235 FR HS Dallas, Texas (A. Maceo Smith HS)65 Chris Friesen ^ OL 6-4 286 FR RS Mansfield, Texas (Mansfield Summit HS)79 Robert Hill OL 6-2 285 JR 2L Southlake, Texas (Carroll HS) 97 Robert Tidwell ^ DE 6-4 244 SO SQ Humble, Texas (Atascocita HS)
^ = Not on travel roster
Pronunciation Guide 5 Mikhail Morgan = Mc-Hail 20 Maxim Dinka-Mba = Max-um Dink-uh-Mm-bah 21 Derrvin Speight = Spate 38 Washington Igboeli = Ig-bo-lee 56 Tavaris McMillian = Tuh-varis McMill-in 65 Chris Friesen = Freeze-n 74 Tariq Polley = Tah-reek Polly
WAC SUPERLATIVES -- Three Utah State players are among the WAC's superlatives list with a total of six marks, while the Aggies have nine marks for the team list:
INDIVIDUALSDiondre BorelNo. 10 - Total Offense - 327 at Okla. 9/4No. 8 - Passing Yards - 341 at Okla. 9/4Bobby WagnerNo. 1 - Tackles - 17 vs. FS 9/18Peter CaldwellT-No. 1 - Longest Field Goal - 50 vs. FS 9/18
TEAMNo. 9 - Total Offense - 542 vs. ISU 9/11No. 5 - Rushing - 275 vs. ISU 9/11No. 8 - Rushing - 242 vs. BYU 10/2No. 10 - Passing - 341 at Okla. 9/4T-No. 2 - INT's - 2 at Okla. 9/4; vs. ISU 9/11; vs. BYU 9/18T-No. 5 - Sacks - 3 at Okla. 9/4
NEW LOOK HELMETS/HELMET STICKERS -- Utah State's helmets got a new look this summer, as the white helmet with larger navy blue metallic paint flakes is an upgrade from the white helmet with small silver metallic flakes last year, while the navy blue facemasks replace white masks that have adorned the white helmet with U-State logo since the mid-90's.
Additionally, helmet stickers will be awarded to players, with a "Block A" for academic achievement and community service and a bull head for athletic recognition. All helmets will also have a "71" sticker on the back, honoring USU legend Merlin Olsen, who passed away March 11, 2010.
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