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Mountain West announces scheduling agreement with Oregon State and Washington State – Cache Valley Daily

Utah State quarterback Cooper Legas (5) is pushed out of bounds by Oregon State defensive back Kitan Oladapo (28) during the second half of the LA Bowl NCAA college football game in Inglewood, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Mountain West Conference announced today a football scheduling agreement for the 2024 season between the Mountain West, Oregon State University, Washington State University, and the Pac-12 Conference. Next season, all 12 MW teams will play seven traditional Conference football games in addition to one contest against either Washington State or Oregon State for a total of eight games (four home and four away). The games against OSU and WSU will not count toward the conference standings, and neither Pac-12 school is eligible for the MW championship game. The Mountain West is currently working on the football schedule and will release matchups soon. “This is a unique and unprecedented opportunity for Oregon State and Washington State to play against highly competitive Mountain West football programs in 2024,” said MW Commissioner Gloria Nevarez. “The scheduling agreement will expand the Mountain West footprint and enhance our national brand, while providing our student-athletes with new opportunities, all in line

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Cache Valley Media Group announces All-Region 11 Football Team for 2023 – Cache Valley Daily

Sky View running back Brevin Egbert, #12, runs through a host of Bear River defenders on Sept. 15, 2023. Photo by Clint Allen. LOGAN – Yet again multiple teams from Region 11 made it to the state semifinal playoff games, and one even made it to the championship. It was a record year for Green Canyon, particularly, defeating Sky View for the first time and making the deepest playoff run in school history. The 2023 football season was full of close contests and exciting plays throughout Region 11 and the voting members* of the Cache Valley Media Group who regularly follow high school football have voted on and selected the All Region 11 1st and 2nd teams, along with an overall Most Valuable Player, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Coach of the Year. Running back Brevin Egbert from Sky View was recognized as the MVP; wide receiver Graham Livingston was recognized as the Offensive Player of the Year; defensive lineman Will Wheatley from Green Canyon was recognized as the Defensive Player of the Year; and, first-year Green Canyon head coach JT Tauilili was selected as the Coach of the Year. Region 11 MVP: Brevin

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Utah State football has nine All-Mountain West honorees, including three first team recipients – Cache Valley Daily

Utah State wide receiver Jaylen Royals converts a 2-point conversion against Fresno State on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Photo by Clint Allen. LOGAN, Utah – Utah State football had nine players garner all-Mountain West honors, including three first-team selections, as the league office announced its postseason football awards Tuesday. In all, USU had four offensive and five defensive players recognized. Utah State had three players named to the Mountain West first team in graduate senior inside linebacker MJ Tafisi Jr., junior wide receiver Jalen Royals and sophomore safety Ike Larsen. USU also had one player earn second team honors in senior Terrell Vaughn as both a wide receiver and kick returner. And five more Aggies were named honorable mention all-MW in senior defensive tackle Hale Motu’apuaka, redshirt junior linebacker Anthony Switzer, junior Micah Davis as both a wide receiver and punt returner, junior tight end Broc Lane and sophomore safety Devin Dye. Three Aggies are receiving Mountain West honors for the second time as Larsen was named to the second team in 2022, while Tafisi and Vaughn both garnered honorable mention accolades a season ago. For the first time in its 11 years in the Mountain West, Utah State had a

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Monday Cooldown – The real test begins for Blake Anderson – Cache Valley Daily

Utah State head coach Blake Anderson visits with an official during a football game against Boise State in Logan on Nov. 18, 2023. Photo by Clint Allen. LOGAN — You thought clawing his way to a bowl game with this inexperienced, young, rapidly-rebuilt Utah State team was a test for head coach Blake Anderson? Sure, it was quite the test and one Anderson did well to pass. But the real fun for him is just beginning. The Aggies’ nail-biter win over New Mexico, which made USU Bowl eligible for the third straight year, will keep head coach Blake Anderson in the good graces of (most) Utah State fans through at least the next couple of months. But those next few months will determine whether or not Anderson has what it takes to ever coming close to what he pulled off in year one at USU. Being bowl eligible is a good bench mark for Anderson to keep reaching with this team, but fans are not going to be content with barely making bowl games for long. Fans expect to be contenders late in the season. There’s not the “championship-or-fire-the-coach” mentality Boise State has (heck, they fired the head coach when

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Utah State quarterback Levi Williams named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week – Cache Valley Daily

FILE – Utah State quarterback Levi Williams (16) during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt) LOGAN, Utah – Utah State graduate junior quarterback Levi Williams was named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career it was announced by the league office on Monday. Williams, a 6-foot-5, 230-pounder from Canyon Lake, Texas (Smithson Valley HS/Wyoming) is the second Aggie to earn MW Player of the Week honors this season. Sophomore safety Ike Larsen was named the MW Defensive Player of the Week following USU’s 32-24 double-overtime win at San Diego State and Larsen was also named the MW Special Teams Player of the Week following USU’s 34-33 win at UConn. Williams, who was making his first start in his two-year Utah State career, led the Aggies to a 44-41 double-overtime win at New Mexico to become bowl eligible. Against the Lobos, Williams accounted for 351 yards of offense and five touchdowns, including both of USU’s scores in overtime. Williams posted his third-career 100-yard rushing game, including his first at Utah State, as he gained a season-high 153 yards on a career-high

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Multiple projections for the bowl-bound Aggies – Cache Valley Daily

The Utah State football team sprints onto the field before their game against Boise State on Nov. 18, 2023. Photo by Clint Allen. LOGAN – After defeating New Mexico 44-41 in double overtime on Friday, the Utah State Aggies finished their regular season with a 6-6 record, reaching bowl eligibility for the 11th time in the last 13 seasons (missing bowl opportunities only in 2016 and 2020). Since 2011, USU is 5-5 in bowl games and Blake Anderson’s 2023 team will have a chance to not only get a winning record on the year but also a winning record in bowl games during this 13 year period. Since conferences have championship games still to play next week, all available bowl spots will not be known definitively until Sunday, Dec. 3rd when the College Football Playoff Committee releases its final rankings. That leaves us to speculate where USU may be headed, and who they may be facing. The following are the projections for Utah State from various national media outlets (as of Nov. 26), including who the Aggies may face and what their records are (listed in order of when the bowl game will take place). USU vs Arkansas State in

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A heroic day a long time in the making for Levi Williams – Cache Valley Daily

Utah State quarterback Levi Williams (16) during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt) During the fourth quarter of Utah State’s loss to Boise State, the Aggie coaching staff had to face what would become a great and terrible truth. Levi Williams was going to have to start against New Mexico. In the game that would decide if USU would become bowl eligible, the team’s third-string quarterback would be the one leading the offense since Utah State’s two other quarterbacks, starter Cooper Legas and part-time starter McCae Hillstead, were both injured during the game against the Broncos. As such, Williams was playing at quarterback for just the third time that season in the game against BSU. Those two injuries to Legas and Hillstead made the decision for head coach (and QB coach) Blake Anderson. “We knew that Coop’s shoulder was bad and that was the second time that McCae had gotten rolled up on the same ankle,” Anderson said. “And honestly just at this point — I think it’s not McCae’s fault — he’s just not himself. He’s had the concussion two ankles and it’s taken a toll

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Levi Williams leads Aggies in thrilling 2OT win over New Mexico to make USU bowl eligible – Cache Valley Daily

Utah State Aggie football players celebrate a touchdown. Photo by Robert K. Scott. In what was essentially a win-or-go-home game for Utah State, the team had to turn to the third-string quarterback, Levi Williams, to lead its offense to a road victory over New Mexico. The performance wasn’t pretty in many cases, riddled with penalties and other self-inflicted errors, but Williams’ 351 total yards of offense and five total touchdowns, powered the Aggies to a 44-41 victory in double-overtime over the Lobos, making USU bowl eligible in the last breath of the regular season. Williams started off essentially perfect, leading USU on back-to-back scoring drives that led to a 14-7 lead. The junior quarterback completed 6 of 7 passes for an even 100 yards and a pair of touchdown passes to Jalen Royals, also adding an eight-yard rush for good measure. Where things weren’t pretty came mainly on defense, starting from the very first drive. On a 2nd & 9, Utah State looked to have a screen pass completely sniffed out, rallying hats toward New Mexico running back Andrew Henry for what looked like would be as much as a five-yard loss. Except, none of the roughly eight Aggies who

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Aggies must get bigger or stay mediocre – Cache Valley Daily

Utah State vs Boise State football on Nov. 18, 2023. Photo by Clint Allen LOGAN – Utah State head coach Blake Anderson spent much of his post-game comments following the Aggies’ humiliating 45-10 loss to Boise State talking, not about the game but rather about one major improvement his team needed. After all, there’s not a whole lot to go into detail on when you lose a game by 35 points. The week leading up to the loss to the Broncos, Anderson stated it would be “a critical part of the game” to be able to control the line of scrimmage. Well, Utah State didn’t not stop the run, giving up a season-worst 352 rushing yards, and it did not hold the line on offense, giving up nine sacks between the three quarterbacks that ended up playing in the game. Not exactly controlling the line of scrimmage by most definitions. “We got manhandled on both fronts,” Anderson said after the game. “Our O-line got manhandled and our defensive front got manhandled, and that’s that’s the nature of the night. We’ve got to close the gap somehow. We’ve got to recruit and got to developed and get better in those areas

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Boise State 45, Utah State 10 – Cache Valley Daily

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