Comments about ‘Utah State football: Aggies inching closer to naming Andersen new coach’

to the Aggie family coach Andersen!

For years the so-called experts have said that USU needs better facilities, better pay for the HC, better pay for the coordinators, more $ for recruiting, etc. It looks like all of those "excuses" are going to go by the wayside thanks to Barnes.

Now, all that's left is to just win baby!

We a'comin'! Go Aggies!!

When Did USU get a football team?

jared taking the day off?

congrats aggies

I hope we can return to the respectable, tough tradition that USU once had. In the late 1970's and early 1980's USU was a tough team and always put up a fight, even in the "money" games they weren't supposed to win. Go Aggies - we will be back soon!

I'm an Aggie and I'm laughing my head off from your comment. I've wondered the same thing while attending Aggie Football games. I thought for sure I must have been watching Logan High! But I think Andersen is just the person to turn the tides.

Make the offical announcement already!

I'm so excited to see the administration get behind the athletics program; it has been a long time coming. Coach Anderson has a plan and he will have the resources he needs to bring pride back to Aggie football.

I might finally be able to move past the Merlin Olsen days!! Adam thats for you.

No, you're not an Aggie. That "joke" is so stale its atoms have decomposed.

actaully its gonna be john L, every aggie fan said it was a done deal months ago...

I grew up on Aggie football as a child just over the state line in Idaho and I am greedy. Forget the late 1970s and early 1980s; I want to return to the days when the Aggies produced pros like Merlin Olsen from the early 1960s.

on the half life of the atoms. if it was one of the Lanthanides or Actinides it wouldn't be very long. haha. carry on.

Come on USU, are you to scared to look outside of Utah for a coach? You need someone to concentrate on recruiting Utah- why? Because Utah is such a hotbed of talent? Go ahead and fill up your team of Cache Valley kids like people seem to think you need to, and see how many wins that gets you. This hire is so uninspiring to this Aggie alum

With the hiring of Coach Anderson we will have two teams beating up on the mighty Utes. Enjoy this year while you can. Go BYU!!! Go Aggies!!!

How'd the last two hires from outside Utah go?

Guy was from the recruiting hotbed of Texas and proceeded to be the worst coach in USU history. Gary Andersen is a winner. At least USU hired a winner instead of a guy from a mediocre program.

instead of redistricting votes, we should study college locations; and travel less to compete. it still leaves the pros open. such as: utah, utah state; byu; boise state; unlv; oregon; washington state

ugghh doesn't get it. Tons of great talent that is passed over in Utah for mediocre talent from Texas, that was Brent Guys recipe. Look at what snow does and how many of them move on to D1 schools. Anderson is a great choice and a big loss for Utah.

Brent Guy was hired outside of Utah, recruited outside of Utah. It really seemed to work didn't it? Only time will tell just how inspired or uninspired this decision is.

If the Utes were not undefeated and without the help of Whittingham nobody in Cache Valley would even know who Anderson is.

TERRIBLE MISTAKE!!

I am so mad right now. This is a very stupid decision

We could be BYU and profess a "Quest for Perfection" and then fall flat on our face. At least we only project two or three wins and then by all means go out and win two or three games! I'd be a 2 or 3 win Aggie anyday over a can't think or act for yourself, "Quest obsessed Cougar."

Nice hire Aggies. Baer would have stayed MUCH longer and has Big Conference experience and success but I still like the hire a LOT.

While not quite to the level of Merlin Olsen yet, USU does have a couple NFL stars in Cooley and Curtis.

As both an Aggie alum and a Cache Valley native, I've followed the Aggies through a lot of difficult times. The plan that Barnes has outlined has me hopeful for a bright future for USU football. As far as the hire goes, I think this is a pretty good hire. Committing the extra resources that he has will go a long way to give Andersen opportunities for success that frankly the last several coaches just didn't have.

Best news this football program has had in over a decade. I might actually drive up to a couple of games from SLC next year. (I think the administration would like to hear that). Build the program and the fans will follow. I love that USU is finally understanding they have to invest in the program. Go Aggies!