Aggies claim dominant 80-61 win over Broncos on Stew Morrill night – Cache Valley Daily
LOGAN — After Utah State’s practice on Friday, head coach Danny Sprinkle ended the practice by talking to his players about the legacy that would be honored during their next game. Former head coach and Aggie legend Stew Morrill would have the court of the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum named in his honor at halftime, a constant reminder of the legacy Morrill and his 402 career wins for the Aggies. A specific point of that chat was that the team hadn’t honored that legacy the way they’d played on Tuesday against Nevada. Utah State’s 77-63 loss at home to Nevada was one of its poorer showings of the season, and first loss in the Spectrum this season. “Tuesday wasn’t who we are,” Sprinkle later said. “And it wasn’t who we’ve been all year.” The Aggies got Wednesday off (of which Sprinkle said “Thank God, because I needed a day away from them”) and had what Sprinkle called a “truth” film session, and then a practice for the ages. “We had a great practice which was probably similar to one of Bear Bryant’s back in the day,” Sprinkle said, later adding the details that they were “if you gave up a
