A win’s a win but can the Aggies build off it? – Cache Valley Daily
As Utah State football coach Blake Anderson sat down to address the media following his team’s thrilling 34-33 win over UConn, one that included a 17-point rally — the fourth largest comeback in USU history — a list of accomplishments regarding recent rallies during Anderson’s tenure was read off for the benefit and reference of the media members assembled. Along with noting that it was the fourth-largest comeback, it was noted that the Aggies have won 13 games under Anderson in which they trailed at some point. It’s an impressive resume for Anderson and it was well worth pointing out. And there’s some pride to be found in Anderson over his team’s ability to rally and he’s said as much in previous weeks and said so after the win over UConn. But Anderson wasn’t entirely thrilled by those factoids. “I don’t like any of those stats he just gave you cause that means we’re really really struggling early in the games,” Anderson said. Slow starts have remained an issue for the Aggies all season. The stats explored in last week’s Monday Cooldown regarding first quarter vs post-first quarter stats could simply be updated. What the heck, let’s do that but