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In the West Stadium Center of Maverik Stadium, a group of Utah State Aggie faithful gathered and quickly filled up the seating of the decently-sized room. With 10 minutes until the scheduled 9 a.m. start time, the size of the crowd overflowed into standing room only areas. The man everyone gathered to see, the newly-hired men’s basketball head coach Ben Jacobson, arrived in due time. He sported a suit and tie he’s become far more familiar with in the last few days as he’s attended far more meetings, interviews, photoshoots and press conferences. “I’ve had this suit on three times in the last six days in this same tie,” Jacobson quipped. “I haven’t had it on that many times in the last six years.” Jacobson’s opening comments took up nearly a quarter of an hour, offering his thanks to family, friends, former coaches and administrators. But chief among the topics he covered in that span was the simple question. A question he put well in his own words. “Why? After 20 years, 25 years, what is it? What are we so excited about and why am I standing here right now?” At 55 years old, with more than half of

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