Utah State Fans Excited; Aggies Back In Top 25
Oct 30, 2018, 12:19 PM | Updated: 5:17 pm
(Photo credit: USU Football Facebook page)
(Photo credit: USU Football Facebook page)
LOGAN, Utah – Fans of Utah State football are ecstatic as the Aggies cracked the AP Top 25 poll for the first time since 2012 and the second time since 1961. They went from unranked to No. 18 after a 61-19 win over New Mexico and seven teams dropping from the Top 25.
Utah State fans took to social media to express their excitement of the Aggies recent accomplishment.
Surprised To Be No. 18
Before Utah State beat New Mexico, they were not ranked. They received the second-most votes outside of the Top 25. 11 teams in the AP Top 25 lost over the weekend and the Aggies jumped up nine spots.
Utah State fan, Cole Nelson was surprised in his tweet that USU came in at No. 18 in the country.
Wait. Did I see that right? @USUFootball is ranked 18th? Let’s go! #AggiesAllTheWay @USUAggies
— Cole Nelson (@colenelson77) October 28, 2018
Aaron Peck of the Herald Journal pointed out on Twitter, that Utah State was predicted to finish fourth in the Mountain Division in the preseason media poll.
In celebration of @USUFootball being ranked #18 in the country let’s take a look back to the preseason @MountainWest polls to see how wrong they were. #AggiesAllTheWay #USU pic.twitter.com/5CIhsRz7A9
— Aaron Paimon Peck (@AaronPeck) October 28, 2018
Aggie fan Amy Farmer expressed her excitement on Facebook that Utah State jumped up in both the Coaches poll and the AP poll.
Ryan Corbett gives a shout out on Twitter to his beloved Aggies.
BIG shoutout to my boys @USUFootball for being nationally ranked!!! #18 and still climbing! #AggiesAllTheWay #lovethisschool https://t.co/zFRSznNy7v
— Ryan Corbett (@Kobethe2nd) October 28, 2018
USU fan Michael Lundberg expected the Aggies to be ranked but didn’t think they would jump nine spots.
Aggies ranked 18th and 20th in the AP and Coaches’ poll, respectively! I expected a ranking, but didn’t think they’d start that high! #USU #AggiesAllTheWay
— Michael B. Lundberg (@lundberglaw) October 28, 2018
Aggies First Half Offensive Performance
In just two quarters of play, Utah State quarterback Jordan Love threw for 448 yards and four touchdowns. He didn’t play in the second half. That performance earned him the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week award. His fourth of the season. Utah State piled up 557 yards of total offense by halftime.
Jason Nelson was impressed as a fan with Love’s performance and showed it on Twitter.
Jordan Love sprayed the field with precision today as @USUFootball played with vengeance – special talent and team in Logan. Let’s go 1-0 next week #AggiesAllTheWay #UState pic.twitter.com/gaJK26kVyM
— Jason Nelson (@JnelAgs) October 28, 2018
Sarah Hunt enjoyed the Aggies win, but really enjoyed the first half.
What an awesome win @USUFootball ! That first half was SO much fun to watch! On the next. #AggiesAllTheWay
— Sarah Hunt (@sarahrebecca227) October 27, 2018
Tooele Aggie was a fan of the first half of action, using a flame emoji.
🔥🔥🔥#AggiesAllTheWay #LighttheABlue pic.twitter.com/v7rxKqXjOb
— Tooele Aggie (@Bomanator95) October 27, 2018
In the previous game against Wyoming, the Aggies had only 194 yards of total offense but the defense and special teams lifted Utah State to the 24-16 win.
Utah State fan Nicholas Blackburn was pleased to see the offense back in rhythm and not having to rely on the defense.
Glad to see that the Utah State offense is back this week. #AggiesAllTheWay #MeetTheChallenge
— Nicholas Blackburn (@nikenic44) October 27, 2018
Utah State will face Hawaii (6-4, 3-2) on the island on Saturday at 10 p.m. The game will stream on WatchStadium.com.
