USU defeats San Jose State Spartans in Football

Gary Andersen Postgame

Rajric Coleman Postgame

Robert Turbin Postgame

Utah State football broke through this week for a third time. The Aggies checkmated the Spartans from San Jose, 24-9, in front of a very slim home crowd.

The big story in this game was Robert Turbin. The man is a beast. He ran for nearly 200 yards, passing the 1,000-yard mark for the season. Turbin's father was also in attendance at today's game. The signature play of Turbin's game today was a 37-yard TD run that began slow. Turbin drifted toward the left side of the field, and San Jose's entire defense shifted and gained momentum. Turbin saw it and came back the other way. Two cutbacks later, Turbin was in the endzone, celebrating a two TD lead.

On the downside, the defense still needs a lot of work, especially heading into the Boise game. One small bright spot shines in that USU allowed only 56 yards of rushing this week after being lit up by the Warriors last week on the islands. The downside? USU allowed 245 yards passing.

My thoughts on this game are scattered. Firstly, a winning record at home is awesome for this team. The completion of one of the teams major goals coming into this season should bring much excitement to the boosters and to the students. However, the Aggies played San Jose today. The Spartans only have one win this season, and that win came at the expense of Cal Poly. I know, right? A real college football Mecca... Next week, the Aggies can ruin everything for Boise State... and the WAC in general by beating the #5 team in the country. I am not sure this is something they can do, and even if they can, I don't know that winning is something USU should do. If Boise goes undefeated (and if TCU loses) the WAC will have its third BCS representative in five years. That means $$$ for the Aggies.

So you can see my dilemma heading into next week. Obviously, I want the Ags to pull it out. But watching Boise win again in the BCS will also make me happy.

All in all though, this win wraps up a great, great, great 24 hours for USU Athletics. The Ladies' Basketball team has beaten Utah, the men beat Weber on the road, and USU football finally got itself back to winning ways.

Go Aggies.
-lmh