LOGAN – Senior safety Ike Larsen has been suspended by the Utah State football team. News of the suspension was first reported by Brian Phillips and later confirmed by a Utah State spokesman. Source link
Oh boy, this is the spicy matchup every Mountain West fan has circled on the calendar. The return of Bronco Mendenhall to New Mexico but at the head of the Utah State Aggies. Lobo faithful have not forgiven Mendenhall for his betrayal in December and there’s nearly a full season building up toward this moment. This game should be billed as quintessential college football because despite both of these teams not being in the national picture, everything that makes college football great should be present. Passion between fanbases and hard-fought football from players and coaches seeking to prove themselves on the field. This is the in-depth preseason preview of Utah State’s eighth opponent of the season, the New Mexico Lobos. Other Opponent Previews Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 1 – UTEP Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 2 – Texas A&M Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 3 – Air Force Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 4 – McNeese State Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 5 – Vanderbilt Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 6 – Hawaii Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 7 – San Jose State Game Info
We cross the mid-way point of the upcoming season with this edition of the opponent preview series. Utah State will have played half of its games by this stage of the season with quite a bit of its season’s fortunes already decided. Will the Aggies be fighting for mere bowl eligibility or will they be gunning for a spot in the Mountain West title game? These are the kinds of storylines that will be forming by mid-October. By preseason expectations and projections, this could be another coin flip game, much like USU’s matchups with Air Force and Hawaii in the weeks preceding. That makes it a crucial contest and one the Aggies can hardly afford to lose if bowl game or contenting statuses are going to stick around beyond October. This is the in-depth preseason preview of Utah State’s seventh opponent of the season, the San Jose State Spartans. Other Opponent Previews Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 1 – UTEP Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 2 – Texas A&M Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 3 – Air Force Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 4 – McNeese State Utah State Football 2025 Opponent
Utah State’s sixth game of the season will be coming off a bye week in early October, though its opponent that week, Hawaii, will also be fresh off a bye when it travels to Logan to take on the Aggies. Both teams are likely to be on the fringe of bowl eligibility and will see this game as a very winnable contest that will further their goals. This game will also feature coaches in two different situations. On the one hand, Timmy Chang is hanging on to his job at Hawaii by a thread as he enters year four with an overall record 12 games under .500. On the other hand is Bronco Mendenhall, a first-year head coach with the full support of the fanbase and athletics department. Although this matchup isn’t a rivalry by most, there’s some pride that will be mixed up in this game. Utah State has a long winning streak going against Hawaii and could end its Mountain West era undefeated against it. The Warriors would certainly like to leave at least one mark on the Aggies before this series goes on hold. This is the in-depth preseason preview of Utah State’s sixth opponent of the
As Utah State closes in on the mid-way point of the season (and its first bye in Week 6) it’ll travel to Tennessee to take on the Vanderbilt Commodores. It’s a team that’s been on the wrong end of plenty of jokes for being a struggling SEC team that has rarely managed a winning record in the last decade or so. But the 2024 season provided some hope for Vandy as it tries to find a new path forward in a conference stacked with football powerhouses. For the Aggies, this game will be a chance to earn some sorely-needed credibility. A win over a power conference team sparked the eventual 2021 conference title-winning team. Perhaps this game will provide a similar boost if USU can pull off the road win. This is the in-depth preseason preview of Utah State’s fifth opponent of the season, the Vanderbilt Commodores. Other Opponent Previews Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 1 – UTEP Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 2 – Texas A&M Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 3 – Air Force Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 4 – McNeese State Game Info Game Day: Sept. 27 Location:
Three departing members of the Mountain West Conference are suing the league, alleging it improperly withheld millions of dollars and misled them about a plan to accelerate Grand Canyon’s membership. Boise State, Colorado State and Utah State filed an updated lawsuit in the District Court of Denver arguing the conference and Commissioner Gloria Nevarez willfully disregarded the league’s bylaws by “intentionally and fraudulently” depriving the schools of their membership rights. The three schools, which are all headed to the Pac-12 after the 2025-26 school year, are seeking damages for millions of dollars of alleged harm caused by the Mountain West, including the withholding of money earned by Boise State for playing in last year’s College Football Playoff. “We are disappointed that the Mountain West continues to improperly retaliate against the departing members and their student athletes,” Steve Olson, partner and litigation department co-chair for the O’Melveny law firm, said in a statement. “We will seek all appropriate relief from the court to protect our clients’ rights and interests.” The Mountain West declined further comment outside of a statement released last week. The conference has said the departing schools were involved in adopting the exit fees and sought to enforce those
Games against FCS opponents are (usually) a load of fun. Utah State has typically done well against them, recording blowout victories even in relatively down years. The Aggies managed a solid 36-14 win over Robert Morris last year, even as an eventual 4-8 team that also lost its starting quarterback in the first half. Perhaps it’s not worth the significant effort to preview a team Utah State is supposed to beat by 28-plus points, but that kind of attitude handed the Aggies a loss to an FCS opponent a mere three seasons ago. This is the in-depth preseason preview of Utah State’s third opponent of the season, the McNeese State Cowboys. Other Opponent Previews Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 1 – UTEP Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 2 – Texas A&M Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 3 – Air Force Game Info Game Day: Sept. 20 Location: Merlin Olsen Field (Logan, UT) Kickoff Time: 6 p.m. TV Broadcast: KMYU, Mountain West Network Radio Broadcast: KVNU 102.1 FM / 610 AM Quick-Hit Info on McNeese Head Coach: Matt Viator (1st season in second stint at McNeese, had 78-33 record in 10 seasons with team from
Utah State’s sports season will officially begin when its soccer team travels to Pullman, Washington for the season opener of the reigning Mountain West champion Aggies. The team is coming off a historic season in which it had a 18-1-5 record, reached No. 7 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll, won a second consecutive conference tournament title, and hosted an NCAA Tournament game. Unsurprisingly, the program that is coming off back-to-back victories in the Mountain West Tournament was selected to win it all this year in the preseason poll. Utah State garnered six of the 13 first-place votes. Behind them are Boise State, which got three first-place votes with Colorado State and San Diego State in third and fourth, respectively, each getting one top vote. New Mexico received two first-place votes but were seventh in the poll. The 2025 Mountain West Women’s Soccer Preseason Poll There’s clearly a lot Utah State has to live up to, but it’s a task that Manny Martins, who agreed to a contract extension last summer, is set to tackle. And the fifth-year head coach of the Aggies joined the Full Court Press on 106.9 The FAN last Friday to discuss the team’s offseason and
Conference play will begin early for Utah State as its Week 3 opponent, Air Force, will kick things off for its Mountain West slate of games. Both the Aggies and Falcons are coming off rare seasons in which they didn’t make a bowl game. In fact, 2024 was the first (non-COVID) season in which neither Utah State or Air Force made a bowl game since 2006. An early-season matchup between two rebuilding teams could help define which team manages to have a bounce-back year, or whether one stays in the cellar of the conference for another year (or, the third option of it being a matchup against contenders that no one is paying attention to yet). This is the in-depth preseason preview of Utah State’s third opponent of the season, the Air Force Falcons. Previous Opponent Previews Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 1 – UTEP Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 2 – Texas A&M Game Info Game Day: Sept. 13 Location: Merlin Olsen Field (Logan, UT) Kickoff Time: 7:45 p.m. TV Broadcast: FS1 Quick-Hit Info on Air Force Head Coach: Troy Calhoun (19th season at AFA, 135-89 record) 2024 Record: 5-7 2024 Offense Rank: 125th (18.9
Week 2 will be easily the toughest game on Utah State schedule by preseason rankings as it takes on a fellow Aggie school, Texas A&M. This will likely be a ranked game, with the Coaches Poll recently releasing and having the opposing Aggies ranked 21st in the poll. That’s honestly a bit of an under-rank based on what most outlets have been projecting Texas A&M at, many of which have it inside the top 15. Buy games like this are never easy and rarely won for Utah State. Plenty have been close but plenty have resulted in very lopsided scores. This is the in-depth preseason preview of Utah State’s second opponent of the season, the Texas A&M Aggies. Previous Opponent Previews Utah State Football 2025 Opponent Preview Vol. 1 – UTEP Game Info Game Day: Sept. 6 Location: Kyle Field (College Station, TX) Kickoff Time: 10:45 a.m. TV Broadcast: SEC Network Quick-Hit Info on Texas A&M Head Coach: Mike Elko (2nd season, 8-5 record) 2024 Record: 8-5 2024 Offense Rank: 50th (30.4 points per game) 2024 Defense Rank: 35th (22.2 points allowed per game) Returning Production Rank: 7th Returning Starters: 15 (8 offense, 7 defense) 2025 Preseason Average Ranking: 13.3
