Monday Cooldown – Aggies’ offense is making strides, the defense is not | Sports
After Utah State’s 32-point loss at Boise State on Saturday, the postgame press conference featuring interim head coach Nate Dreiling, quarterback Spencer Petras and safety Ike Larsen was a mix of trying to identify why the team is where it is while also trying their best to put on a brave face for the media. The contrast between Petras and Larsen’s comments was pretty apparent, as the offense took one of its biggest steps up on the season with stars performing at the highest level they have all season compared to a defense that allowed the most points any Aggie defense has yielded since 2008. Petras fielded questions about his own improvement and the offense as a whole. “We made some improvements just from the last time we were out. The temple game, where I felt like, starting with me, there was just too many miscommunications and just issues,” Petras said. “Some of it just kind of comes with the time I had missed. But some of it, we had to really look at what was going wrong. And I think we improved on a lot of those things.” Larsen had to play defense yet again for his guys and bolster the perception of
