He's not right Guy for USU football

For those still willing to defend Utah State football coach Brent Guy's 4-29 record, there's always the argument that if he's fired, the Aggies will have to start over again.

Start over from what? They're already the worst team in America.

How much worse can it get?

With New Mexico State (4-7) and Idaho (1-9) left on the schedule, there's always a chance the Aggies could sneak a win or two. Regardless, they're at rock bottom, lower than a shoestring tackle. They have lost 16 straight games, 21 of the last 22 and 27 of the last 29. The last winning season was in 1996.

Somewhere MacArthur Lane is weeping.

Utah State isn't getting better, at least not in the area that counts. The only important way to tell if a team is improving is by wins.

After nearly three seasons, the results are in.

Wrong place.

Wrong time.

Wrong Guy.

This doesn't mean USU is guaranteed to fire Guy at the end of the season. Athletic director Randy Spetman has voiced support for his coach. The school still owes Guy around $600,000, which is a lot for a program like USU's. Combined with the cost of building a north end-zone facility to house sports medicine, equipment, locker rooms and team offices, firing Guy could be relatively expensive.

But no more expensive than keeping him.

How easy can it be to attract donors when your coach has four wins in three years? Guy's .121 winning percentage is the lowest in USU history. Dave Arslanian was fired after two years for going 7-15 (. 318). Chris Pella was axed after three years and a 9-24 (.273) record.

The Aggies are 0-3 against Utah and 0-1 against BYU under Guy.

If Guy were to stay, he'd have to average about seven wins over the remaining two years on his contract just to match Mick Dennehy (19-37, .339) — the last USU coach to be fired.

There's always the argument that Guy hasn't had enough time; you don't turn around a depleted program overnight. Yet Bronco Mendenhall turned BYU around in his second year, winning the conference championship, and he's headed for a second. Sonny Lubick led Colorado State to a 10-2 record in his second year. Dennis Erickson has Arizona State in the Top 10 in his first season.