Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday September 7 2002 — B5 TTie defense played well enough to win" West Side coach Lyle Hender- - son said “When you hold a team to one touchdown you should win it" West Side’s defense was outstand-ing On paper the Pirates appeared to be horribly overmatched West Side only had four seniors lining up against an experienced Bulldog squad of 10 upperclassmen Ririe has seven players weighing over 200 'pounds — West Side only has three Continued from B1 warn to look stupid out there" Will the large crowd of close to 78000 fans bother the don’t mind at all" Glasper said “You want to come out and play your best and Nebraska will probably ' bring that out of you If it doesn’t then maybe you shouldn’t be out there” Meanwhile ova the past 1 1 seasons die Aggies have been up and down Current head coach Mick Dennehy is the fifth coach at USU since 1991 It was Chuck Shelton who last guided a USU team against Nebraska in a 8 loss where Aggie quarterback Ron LopeZ passed for 373 yards and Rod Moore had 220 yards receiving USU head trainer Dale Mildenberger was the only current staff member on that trip Strength coach rt Shawn Griswold was a with the team After their disappointing 23-- 3 loss in die season opener to Utah last Saturday this is not exactly the game the Aggies want next “We don’t have a choicfc” Dennehy said’We have known for several years now that we were going to line up and two are sophomores But despite being smaller and younger the Pirates muzzled Ririe’s offense and only allowed 70 total yards and five first downs While the Pirate defense was strong the offense was many times dysfunctional West Side doubled Ririe’s offensive output with 153 total yards and there were several strong Pirate drives However the Pirates penalized themselves with a whopping seven turnovers (four interceptions and three fumbles) “We couldn’t sustain on offense” Henderson said “We’d have some good plays and move the ball and nerback Ade Jimoh said “But we are working on getting better and this will be a great game to go play in” The Aggie defense hung tough against Utah for three quartos but were on the field for most of the fourth quarto The USU offense ran just six plays in the final period while the Utes scored 16 points and used a power running game to run the clock Today the Aggie D will face another attack this time is it Only keyed by option quarterback Jammal Lord who leads the Huskers in rushing with 195 yards ' “Lord is a great quarterback” Jimoh said “I will have to help make a lot of run-orient- ed then have a bad play and muff a handoff or lose yards" “You've got to get in the end zone That’s the secret to winning" The most costly turnover came in the third quarter With third-and-line quarter- on the Pirate back Kevin Beckstead was flushed out of the pocket Instead of running for a short gain Beckstead tried to force a pass into tight coverage where it was easily picked off Despite the difficult field position West Side’s defense appeared to hold Ririe on its next drive But on a fourth- and-filine play from the that inside reverse an Frecker ran Tyler 12 38-ya- rd - As a defense we tackles need to be disciplined because they will suck every- one up with the run then run a play-acti- pass” on 16-ya- rd ve Dennehy credited the scout team for giving the starting defense a good look all week! Team speed was hard to imitate but the scout team worked hard to show the defense how Nebraska runs the option the coach said Aggie linebacker Jesse Busta led the defense last week with 12 stops and will surly get plenty of opportunities today to make tackles Glasper was second On the team with 11 tackles The biggest problem a week ago came on offense USU ‘ popped him alone into West Side's secondary for an easy score “Coach Brown went out and cau- tioned them about an inside reverse which they ran" Henderson said “We got caught with the flow and got sucked in and he was free to go where he wanted to" West Side had a prime opportunity to tie the game midway through the fourth quarter ’After having several 7 73 passes dropped Beckstead yards) finally connected with Robert gain On the Bingham for a next play Bingham snuck behind the entire Ririe defense and was open at the line Beckstead's throw : ' (7-2- 13-ya- rd 20-ya- rd picked up only nine first ' downs and never seemed to get on track This week the Aggies spent time simplifying things “We better get better because Nebraska is going to be a huge challenge” wide receiver Kevin Curtis said The Aggies rushed for minus-nin- e yards against Utah and allowed quarterback Jose Fuentes to be sacked three times “We (offensive line) got mentioned a lot in the Utah game but that was because we didn’t perform like we are supposed too” offensive tackle Jim Newton said “When you look at the rushing how many times Jose was sacked and chased around you look was off a few yards and Bingham appeared to stop running toward it Instead of scoring a touchdown Bingham watched the pass land untouched After failing to grab this golden opportunity Beckstead was inter- cepted on the next play after a strong pass rush West Side wouldn't get past its own 31 --yard line the rest of the game West Side's current task is to forget the sloppiness of Friday's game and prepare for Rich A smaller school with a strong football tradition and a physical style of play West Side will host Rich Friday at 7 pm at us We're certainly going to clean that up” There will be two new starters on offense today Running back James Samuel gets the nod as does guard Trevor Hutton David Fiefia who started against Utah will back up Samuel Aggie punto Steve Mullins certainly got plenty of work last week punting the ball 10 times If die offense can’t get things going and is forced to boot the ball away that many times it could get costly Nebraska has one of the nation’s best punt returners in DeJuan Groce who returned two punts for touchdowns last week Dennehy has already hinted he will instruct Mullins to punt away from Groce The Aggies were without their equipment for Friday's light workout The truck hauling it from Logan was stuck in Kearney Neb several hours away The team walked through plays got a feel for the turf and felt some of the heat that has been scorching the Midwest It is supposed to be 90 degrees at kickoff today “In the final analysis all we can ask bur kids to do is to go in play the game the way it's supposed to be played do the things that you are taught to do play as well as you can play and I think the score will take care of itself” Dennehy said “I’m more concerned with how we play and playing well” 59-2- red-shi- against Utah on Aug 3 1 and Nebraska the next week We knew coming out of the chutes we had a couple of very very big challenges in front of us” The Aggie players don’t seem to be bothered with who die opponent is today They get that from Dennehy who has preached all week to worry about executing and improving as a team not on who they are lining up against “We are not going to be able to fix everything” USU cor-- Huber Continued from B2 the right choice this time” Huber added In the end proximity won out "The biggest reason I decided on Utah State was because my family can come see me play” Huber said “I didn’t realize until I started talking to than that over the last four years they’ve had one of the winningest programs in the country win their league all the time and have such a great coaching staff” Off the Court Huber said he plans to earn his bachelor’s degree in business management with a minor in Korean On the court he said the Aggies plan to have him play primarily at point guard but also some shooting guard I “That’s fine with me” said Huber who will have three years of eligibility remaining when he arrives at Utah State “I really don’t have any prof- erence where I play: I just want to work hard and contribute to the team “I’m excited for the opportunity to play up there but I’ve obviously got things to take care of here at Dude first They won a national championship hoe last year and we’d like to The 190-poun- d V Hubo said he’ll play point for die Rebels this season replacing Kevin (Woodbrcy who signed with Brigham Young in April He said that “basketball is fun again” for him and he’s “really enjoyed" St George The Aggies just hope not too much “It will be 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