USU flags in Maverik Stadium. Photo by Clint Allen Utah State’s 2024 football signing class became official this morning as head coach Blake Anderson and his staff released the 30 athletes that will join the team for the upcoming season. The vast majority of these players were already known to be coming to USU. Many were brought on during the early signing period and virtually all of the Division I transfers announced their commitment on social media or were part of the early signing class. But now the whole class is official, although the post-spring ball transfer window could bring more players in and out of the program. As Anderson put it “very reluctant to say it’s over. I don’t think that happens at this point anymore.” There’s a lot to go over, not all of which can be covered here without doing a 4,000-word breakdown, but here’s a few key takeaways from the signing class now that it’s out. FYI real quick, a key for the list of signees below throughout the article *Enrolled at USU for the spring semester and will be with the team during spring practices. ^Player signed after the early signing period High School Signees

From left to right — former Utah QB Bryson Barnes, USU QBs Cooper Legas and McCae Hillstead, and former Iowa QB Spencer Petras LOGAN – The Blake Anderson-coached Utah State football teams have seen a lot of different players take snaps at quarterback. Every one of Anderson’s three seasons in Logan have featured at least three QBs either starting or playing extended snaps. Six different signal-callers have lined up behind center in Anderson’s offense (Logan Bonner, Andrew Peasley, Cooper Legas, Bishop Davenport, McCae Hillstead, Levi Williams) with five of those starting at least one game. That list, and the accompanying trend, could continue and get bigger in 2024. Two of the three QBs that started at some point last season, Legas and Hillstead, are expected to return (Legas even posted on his social media that he plans on coming back for one final year), with a pair of Power Five starters incoming via the transfer portal — Spencer Petras, formerly of Iowa, and Bryson Barnes, the walk-on turned starter from the University of Utah. Petras spent six years on the roster at Iowa, appearing in 36 total games, 31 of those being starts. Iowa went 20-11 with Petras in those

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Georgia State quarterback Darren Grainger (3) tries to get past Utah State defensive end Ioholani Raass (56) during the second half of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023, in Boise, Idaho. Georgia State won 45-22. (AP Photo/Steve Conner) BOISE, ID — For a second straight season, Utah State will finish with a 6-7 record. It’s also the second straight year the Aggies have lost by 20-plus points in a bowl game. That’s the reality after USU lost 45-22 to Georgia State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Saturday afternoon. Utah State seemingly had more momentum going into the bowl game, with lots of positive vibes from key players opting back in for the 2024 season and some quality recruits committing to the Aggies. That, and the fact Georgia State entered the game on a five-game losing streak and had lost a lot of star players to the transfer portal or guys opting to focus on preparing for the NFL Draft. Despite that, the Panthers were clearly the team more ready for this game, flying out to a hot start on offense and quickly adjusting on defense. Georgia State’s hot start on offense

Photo by Triston Hartfiel. LOGAN, Utah  – Utah State head football coach Blake Anderson announced portions of his fourth signing class on Wednesday, as part of the NCAA Early Signing Day. The class, which includes 19 total players, is comprised of four high school athletes, eight junior college transfers and seven four-year transfers. Of the 19 players, 13 will enroll at Utah State in January for the 2024 spring semester. Overall, 12 of Utah State’s signees are rated as at least a three-star recruit, which includes two players being rated as a four-star recruit. The states of Utah and California each produced the most signees with five, followed by three players from Arizona, two players from Texas, and one player each from Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi and Ohio. Eleven of Anderson’s signees are defensive players with five defensive linemen, three defensive backs and three linebackers. Of the eight offensive players that signed, four are linemen, two are wide receivers, one is a quarterback and one is a tight end. Utah State will announce its complete 2024 signing class on Wednesday, Feb. 7. 2024 Signing Day Release (Dec. 20) AUDIO: Blake Anderson Early Signing Period Press Conference – Dec. 20,

Utah State’s 2024 football schedule became quite a bit more clear Thursday with multiple announcements regarding the Aggies’ opponents next year. First, a three-year series with the University of Utah was announced followed by the Mountain West releasing an outline of which opponents teams will play in the conference schedule of the upcoming season. Matchups with Oregon State and Washington State, with whom the conference has agreed to a short-term scheduling alliance with, were also revealed for conference members. The three-year series with the Utes will begin in 2024 with matchups also played in 2026 and 2031. Next year’s game will be held in Logan with the latter two games played in Salt Lake City. The 2024 matchup is scheduled for Sept. 14 with the 2026 game to be held on Sept. 19 and in 2031 on Aug. 30. This agreement will re-start the oldest college football rivalry in the state of Utah, with the series dating back to 1892 and featuring 112 total games played. Utah State and Utah hadn’t met since 2015, the longest gap between matchups. Two hours after the Utah series was announced, the Mountain West released its general outline of the conference schedule. Dates for

Georgia State quarterback Darren Grainger, center front, reacts after his team turned the ball over on downs with an incomplete pass on fourth down against LSU during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton) In just under two weeks, Utah State will face off against Georgia State for the first time in program history. Here’s a longform breakdown of Georgia State’s history and how this season has gone for the Panthers. Georgia State’s football program is very young, dating back only to 2010. The Panthers began exploring the feasibility of a football program in the mid-2000s, officially announcing their intentions to field a Division I football team on April 17, 2008. Two years later in 2010, Georgia State played its inaugural season at the FCS level and in 2013 made the move to FBS, joining the Sun Belt Conference. The early goings of Georgia State’s history were, to put it mildly, rough. The first FBS season for the Panthers resulted in an 0-12 season followed up by an only slightly better 1-11 campaign in 2014. It wasn’t until 2015, the program’s third year at the FBS level,