Utah State lost its sixth straight football game on Saturday. Unlike the previous five, the margin was within one score, 50-45. And yet, for all it mattered, the score might as well have been 50-0. The Aggies lost yet again and any hopes of salvaging the season may very well be gone. There are a lot of moments that could be deeply examined but the most controversial one is worth diving into the most (especially since I didn’t dive all that deep into it in my recap). That moment being Utah State’s decision to go for it on fourth down on its own 34-yard line up just two points, 45-43, with about two-and-a-half minutes left in the fourth quarter. With just one yard to go, the Aggies didn’t have to gain much but the stakes were massive. New Mexico had two timeouts and holding USU meant getting the ball just on the edge of field goal range. Let’s break down New Mexico’s field goal range to get a better picture of the math behind this. Having the ball on the 34 makes a field goal attempt about 51 yards (conventional wisdom for the calculation is to add about 17 yards