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Utah State football: Aggies aim to play keep away

Go Aggies! Thanks for the great coverage on the team!

Playing not to lose is not a strategy to win.
Enough said, BYU by 40

I don't think it's the Aggies who will be playing the game of keep away. In the Utah game I think USU's defense was on the field 3x as long as their offense. Playing keep away isn't exactly what the Aggies do best. The best the Aggies can do is stop BYU's shutout streak. BYU 56 USU 13.

Coach Guy is saying all the right things and putting a brave face on being competitive Friday night, but, deep down, he knows he's overmatched.

He's a football coach. He's watch film of BYU. He knows the type of offense BYU has and knows he doesn't have the defense to stop them.

He knows BYU has a young defense and that the only chance Utah State has is to try to keep the Aggie offense on the field to prevent BYU's offense from working their magic. That strategy won't work, because BYU's defense will prove to be much tougher than he's hoping for.

I expect the Aggies to put up a good fight, but in the end, BYU will win this game handily. I just hope both teams can come out of this game without any serious injuries.

BYU 45 Utah State 10

I am sorry...but the Utah State Program is a joke. They don't practise as much as many high school teams and the coahing staff is so disorganized that they let quality LDS players slip through their hands. Of one of the fews days they pracitse...Sunday??? Guy and his staff need to go.

Good strategy - try to play keep away. Maybe they should bring out the basketball team (can't hurt).

I'm betting that the BYU defense scores more than the USU offense - again.

It's going to be fun to watch my favorite team beat up on my alma mater.

We're hearing the same o'l same o'l from Brent Guy, he's already talking like he's lost the game "we want to compete" or "we want to match play for play" bs, come one coach, you know byu is going to beat us, but for gawd sake put your game face on and tell the world we're going DO WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN THIS GAME, not the same o'l "we'll run the football..." *snooozzzzzz*

Bring on John L!

To all the arrogant BYU fans out there: yes, we realize our football team isn't very good, at all. I don't know of any USU alum who isn't painfully aware of that. Some poor deluded souls still hold out hope that we might win, but most of us are just hoping for a good game, whatever that means. I'm not sure what phrases like "the Utah State Program is a joke" accomplish, other than to show you to be the shallow folks we all suspected you were. Enjoy your team's success. BYU is quite good this year, but to berate others shows a total lack of class.

The upset of the year...USU 28, BYU 21. BYU's mistake is going for a shutout...they mentioned it was not on their minds but we are humans we know better!!! BYU is going to try to do too much to impress the BCS and end up with the spank of the season.

Ummm, I read that comment, again, about the Utah State program being a joke, and I have one question: How do you know that was a BYU fan???!!! It actually sounded like it was a USU fan that posted that comment. So before you go off and ASSUME that it was a posted by a Cougar, why don't you read it again! I really don't think a BYU fan would want to get rid of your coaching staff... sounds like an Aggie to me. Oh yeah, and to "Jack"... keep dreaming!

yeah!!! 3 shutouts in a row... how do they do it??? i dunno they just do it. koji!!

come on guys... byu creamed ucla 59-0. USU football is a joke.

BYU 35 USU 0

Prevent the cougars from shutting us out!

This game will be fun to watch untill half time. Then it's all over. the aggie defense will be sucking air and ready to quit. I know they want to win but lets be real USU BYU With Max hall. No such game as keep away. USU Will just want to get the ball . Then its 3 and out. good game to watch for a loot of laughs.

Go Aggies!! Keep the faith, unlike those who claim to have it. Love you BIG BLUE!!!

The mark of a true champion is winning with class.

Everyone knows the Aggie football program is struggling and that BYU is very good, so the likelihood of a blowout win by the Cougars is a near certainty.

Still, there are a few juvenile BYU fans, who can't resist rubbing it in.

Probably the same ones who picked on the nerdy little kid back in grade school just so they could feel better about their own insecurities.

It's too bad that the Quest that BYU's football team is striving for this season is being besmirched by a few childish BYU fans who haven't quite caught the true vision of what the Quest is all about.

The Quest is about much more than football, by the way.

Right now the score is 0-0 and anything can happen during any given football game. That is why I am so disappointed in Coach Guys' comments and his apparent "lets play to keep the ball away" instead of playing to WIN. The team is a reflection of the leadership and that mostly comes from the head coach and his staff. How in the world are his comments supposed to fire up and inspire his football players to come on to the football field ready to play and to play like winners? Unbelievable but, coming from Coach Guy, what we have come to expect.

Re: Show some class. The mark of a true champion is winning with class. I am glad that the BYU players understand the Quest. Otherwise, if they thought like a few of the "juvenile BYU fans" USU would have a good shot at an upset. Aggies are stuggling but hope is that they will rise again and the game will be a good in state rivalry.

TO: Show some Class.
As I read the posts, I am not sure it is the BYU fans causing the problems
I really think its your own fans that are showing no class. I am a BYU fan for sure...but I am a Utahn first and foremost. I dont like to see the Aggies or the Utes lose...except when they play the Cougars.

I think Coach Guy is taking a sensible approach. He knows his team can't play catch-up with BYU. He knows they can however, come out and play with intensity, and play to stay level with BYU. And at the end, on a few good breaks, maybe come out ahead and win. He is instilling a winning attitude in his players, he's just taking the sensible approach, rather than than saying "Let's go out and WIN!" and then the team gets demoralized at the end of the first quarter when the score is 28-0.