Aggies shut out by Utes 33-0 in Battle of the Brothers | Sports
SALT LAKE CITY — There are well over one million words in the English language, with nearly 200,000 in active use in the modern dialect. But it doesn’t take very many to describe what the Utah Utes did to Utah State Saturday afternoon during the 114th edition of The Battle of the Brothers. The Utes made the Aggies look like the little brother in this sibling rivalry. Utah put on an almost complete evisceration, a 33-0 win on the final score tally, for the entertainment of the announced sellout crowd of Rice-Eccles Stadium. Within the first two possessions, the Utes had already outgained the visiting Aggies by more than 100 yards and held a 13-0 lead. Essentially the perfect start for the home side. “That was the script we presented as Utah’s ideal. And to their credit, they executed and got to that point, and we didn’t,” said USU head coach Bronco Mendenhall. Utah ultimately scored on their first four possessions — five if you count the fact they recovered a muffed punt and scored a touchdown after taking back over on offense — and outgained the Aggies on offense 301-85 in the first half alone. “It’s hard for us putting the defense on
