I love the Aggies in this position like I said Denhey has to win and he has to win conference games or he is in trouble. Cox had a great game against the vandals last year and he loves to spread the ball out to alot of different guys. A little thing that might be worth saying is that this is the Aggies first game on their new sprintturf. The Aggies have speed and this might help them a bit.
Good Luck
USU-IDAHO SERIES -- Saturday's game will mark the 31st meeting between Utah Sate and Idaho with the series knotted at 14-14-2. The Aggies lead the series in Logan by a narrow 6-5 count and have won three of the last four here. The last meeting in Logan was a 31-14 USU win in 2000, but the Vandals posted a road win here in 1998 with a 26-14 victory. While USU has won 12 of the last 17 meetings, including five straight from 1971-97, Idaho has claimed three of the last four games since that streak. USU head coach Mick Dennehy is 1-2 all-time against Idaho in his head coaching career with a 33-30 loss at Montana in 1999 and a 31-14 win in 2000 and a 20-13 loss last year while at USU.
USU-IDAHO LAST YEAR -- Career days by quarterback Travis Cox and tight end Chris Cooley (now with the Washington Redskins) were not enough as Utah State allowed Idaho to rally from a 13-3 deficit, as the Vandals scored 10 points in the final quarter to beat the Aggies 20-13 in last year's season finale at Moscow, Idaho. Cox threw for a career-high 322 yards and one touchdown, while Cooley pulled in a career-best 10 catches for 125 yards, the second-best yardage total of his career. USU ran up 436 yards of total offense, its second-best of the season, but Idaho controlled the clock in the second and fourth quarters en route to 393 yards of its own. IU held the ball for 10:11 of the fourth quarter. LB Rodney Wilson recorded a career-best 19 tackles in his final game at USU, while Cox had a 41-yard run, the longest by an Aggie quarterback since 1992.
HOME IN THE DENNEHY ERA -- While Utah State has struggled on the road with a 4-22 record in the fifth year of the Mick Dennehy era, the Aggies have performed much better at home in Logan. USU has produced a 12-8 home record, including a perfect 5-0 record against conference foes at home. However a 23-14 loss to Troy last year counted as a Sun Belt game, even though Troy was a year away from joining the league. Here is a look at USU's home record against league foes since Dennehy arrived in 2000: 2000 - W 31-14 vs. Idaho, W 44-31 vs. Arkansas State 2001 - Independent 2002 - Independent 2003 - W 28-10 vs. UL-Monroe, W 49-0 vs. Arkansas State, W 41-20 vs. Middle Tenn.
FRESHMEN SUCCESS -- USU's two touchdowns in its opener at Alabama were scored by true freshmen as WR Kevin Robinson caught a 35-yard pass from Travis Cox for a first-quarter touchdown and TB Chris Forbes hauled in a 21-yarder from Cox in the third quarter. All of last season only two USU freshmen scored touchdowns in TB Travis Davis (rush) and FS Terrance Washington (interception return).
Good Luck
USU-IDAHO SERIES -- Saturday's game will mark the 31st meeting between Utah Sate and Idaho with the series knotted at 14-14-2. The Aggies lead the series in Logan by a narrow 6-5 count and have won three of the last four here. The last meeting in Logan was a 31-14 USU win in 2000, but the Vandals posted a road win here in 1998 with a 26-14 victory. While USU has won 12 of the last 17 meetings, including five straight from 1971-97, Idaho has claimed three of the last four games since that streak. USU head coach Mick Dennehy is 1-2 all-time against Idaho in his head coaching career with a 33-30 loss at Montana in 1999 and a 31-14 win in 2000 and a 20-13 loss last year while at USU.
USU-IDAHO LAST YEAR -- Career days by quarterback Travis Cox and tight end Chris Cooley (now with the Washington Redskins) were not enough as Utah State allowed Idaho to rally from a 13-3 deficit, as the Vandals scored 10 points in the final quarter to beat the Aggies 20-13 in last year's season finale at Moscow, Idaho. Cox threw for a career-high 322 yards and one touchdown, while Cooley pulled in a career-best 10 catches for 125 yards, the second-best yardage total of his career. USU ran up 436 yards of total offense, its second-best of the season, but Idaho controlled the clock in the second and fourth quarters en route to 393 yards of its own. IU held the ball for 10:11 of the fourth quarter. LB Rodney Wilson recorded a career-best 19 tackles in his final game at USU, while Cox had a 41-yard run, the longest by an Aggie quarterback since 1992.
HOME IN THE DENNEHY ERA -- While Utah State has struggled on the road with a 4-22 record in the fifth year of the Mick Dennehy era, the Aggies have performed much better at home in Logan. USU has produced a 12-8 home record, including a perfect 5-0 record against conference foes at home. However a 23-14 loss to Troy last year counted as a Sun Belt game, even though Troy was a year away from joining the league. Here is a look at USU's home record against league foes since Dennehy arrived in 2000: 2000 - W 31-14 vs. Idaho, W 44-31 vs. Arkansas State 2001 - Independent 2002 - Independent 2003 - W 28-10 vs. UL-Monroe, W 49-0 vs. Arkansas State, W 41-20 vs. Middle Tenn.
FRESHMEN SUCCESS -- USU's two touchdowns in its opener at Alabama were scored by true freshmen as WR Kevin Robinson caught a 35-yard pass from Travis Cox for a first-quarter touchdown and TB Chris Forbes hauled in a 21-yarder from Cox in the third quarter. All of last season only two USU freshmen scored touchdowns in TB Travis Davis (rush) and FS Terrance Washington (interception return).