College football arrives in Cache Valley this Saturday as Utah State hosts Idaho State on Merlin Olsen Field in the soon-to-be-renamed Jim Laub Family Stadium. It ends a _-day span since the last time the Aggies officially played a gridiron football contest. All throughout the seven-plus months without Aggie football, questions have slowly built up as to what the 2026 version of the team would look like. Bronco Mendenhall enters his second season as head coach, hoping to make Utah State the third program he’s taken from the doldrums of mediocrity to the upper echelons of college football. Since nothing has happened on the field yet, exactly zero questions posed by fans, media, or any other interested parties have officially been answered. That changes in three days. Although there are plenty of crucial questions which will remain unanswered even after the conclusion of Saturday evening’s entertainment, we’ll at least get something. Here are the most pressing questions that will get significant, even if incomplete, answers this weekend. Is the offense what the USU coaches and players say? Utah State’s offense is a vast ocean of unknowns and speculations. The unit is returning only a handful of rotation players from last

Here is the final release of the Top 25 Aggies of 2026, as revealed on the Full Court Press last week. These are the players ranked 5th through first, the projected best of the best for the 2026 Utah State football season. These rankings were based on ballots from staff at Cache Valley Daily, 106.9 The FAN, and KVNU, the home of KVNU Aggie Game Day. Top 25 Aggies of 2026 — No. 10-6 Top 25 Aggies of 2026 — No. 15-11 Top 25 Aggies of 2026 — No. 20-16 Top 25 Aggies of 2026 — No. 25-21 5. Tyree Morris (DT) Tyree Morris transferred to Utah State last offseason from Lafayette and became the full-time starter on the interior defensive line. He started all 13 games he appeared in, playing 661 total snaps. Morris recorded 48 total tackles, including 5.5 tackles for loss and four sacks. Morris’ size and versatility on the defensive line allow the Aggies to use him in multiple ways, including lining up across from guards and tackles, forcing offenses to react to varied attacks and blitzes that defensive coordinator Nick Howell dials up for the unit. 4. Brevin Hamblin (S) Brevin Hamblin is entering his second

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