Utah State routes Hawai’i in best performance of the year for Aggies | Sports
LOGAN – A chilly afternoon on Merlin Olsen Field was the setting for the hottest performance of the year from Utah State, a 55-10 domination of Hawai’i that featured career-bests from several players and team feats that haven’t happened in more than 20 years. After the game, Utah State head coach Nate Dreiling was able to be all-out positive about his team’s performance at home for the first time since August. The two players that joined him for the post-game press conference — Rahsul Faison and Bronson Olevao Jr. — were able to speak about career-high performances instead of talking about what went wrong (again). There were so many negative storylines that could have weight down Dreiling, these two players and their teammates going into this game. Just last week Utah State was eliminated from bowl contention and entered this week with a 2-7 record. There is a growing list of injuries (increasing this week with center Falepule Alo missing today’s game). USU also entered the day second-to-worst defense in the country and an offense that didn’t fare much better on box scores. The Aggies didn’t care about what’d been making the headlines or going around social media, or even