Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday November 2 2003 — B7 had to build at least four snowmen each in order for USU to pull off a sellout “I was definitely disappointContinued from B1 ed in the crowd" USU Alhlel- stunned by a 4 20 setback ics Director Ranee Pugmire And after a couple days of admitted “Especially after I snow and fog saw 50000 fans at BYU the Pressley headed home to other night when it was colder Manchester Tenn having and snowing harder never got a real good look at “After that I was very some real big mountains' encouraged that we might get “I came on this trip because a good turnout here And with I’ve never been to the Western our performance last week (a 49-- 0 United States and I've never dismantling of Arkansas seen the Rocky Mountains” State) and the announcement ’ said Pressley who waved his about the WAC I guess I'm blue MTSU flag in vain for the just a little perplexed because better part of three quarters the weather wasn’t that bad before giving up the frigid fight “I mean it was cold but if with his Raiders trailing 35-- 0 wasn’t frigid” l "And I thought we might In order to get Romney State Utah a for action give good game ready following "" and that if I went we'd win" three days of snow a large ' V crew that included volunteers 7! ' Aggie fans clearly didn't feel the same way about Sat-- Vs 7 from the USU athletics '1 urday’s affair V: department and the Big Blue The “paid attendance” Club started shoveling snow crowd of 6988 was the small- - ' est to view a Utah State home ' loss to game since a 36-2- 0 UNLV in 1984 Take your " pick of excuses (al chilly 30 degrees at kickoff a 2--6 start boredom with the Sun Belt after the announced move to'' the WAC Halloween-indiice- d Hunter 1 -- - view-obscuri- 1 ' - ’ smaller-thari-antici- - here'"'' - -- -r r ts ' t s - s ' c ' reachout sugar hangovers) but every fan who did show up would of arid share everything including your minutes Utes Continued from sr r- - ' lot of people here — and they nessee really took to llie snow Friday afternoon and resumed Dennehy said the only weather-relI think it was a definite ated mornon that would so event were great I thank 'em all for Saturday shoveling have altered the Aggies' offen- - advantage" noted USU safety ing The field however was coming out because it's hard left covered by snow until Mike Rosencrans “I just give sive strategy on Saturday to come out when we've been would have been “bad wind" our team all the credit for jumpearly Saturday morning struggling like we have been “We left the snow on the Winds were calm throughout and it's snowing" ing on 'em and staying on 'em" field because it was so cold” the contest however and the The unfortunate part of But then the effects of low course is that few people were Pugmire explained “If we had ' Ags were able to run ( 194 temperatures are apparency there to witness Utah State's yards) and pass (301 yards) scraped it and another light directly related to your team's the ball with great success snow had fallen it might have second straight standout per- score And geography formance And yet those melted into it” “I have no toes" declared despite the damp conditions “In fact it kind of gives the ' hearty souls who did brave the That game plan — like the ' MTSU fan Denny Burke who ' " offense a little bit of an advan- - ' elements seemed rest of the Aggies' on Satur- to take it traveled from his home in — worked to perfection Marietta Ga to watch his day upon themselves to make up tage in terms of knowing for the absence of their Aggie son Dennis play linebacker '' Although there was an occa-- 1 ' where they’re going" Den- sional slip on the field the brethren as much as possible for the Blue Raiders “We pointed out nehy ' turf held up remarkably well Take an offensive unit that And their efforts didn't go might get three days like this ' ‘Toward the end of the unnoticed on the field ' I've been standing up the ' ' 7 ' suddenly really knows where it and it's started to what kind it's doing whole game because it’s “It's of disappointing” going get slipgame ” USU quarterback Travis Cox las its 90-- 0 scoring streak warmer that way” pery said USU running back -David Fiefia who ran for 101 V over the eight quarters leading said of the ‘But it's still fun because ' we csiri leave if tomorrow” yards on 23 carries “But at ' up to Saturday’s fourth-quapated turnout “But I have to ‘ ter debacle shows) add an the beginning of the game it True But after Saturday V give a lot of credit to the fans! wasn’t as bad as everybody who did come out on a day 7MTSU team that left at the hands of the shellacking ' like it was goingtobe I degree- weather in Tennessee today It was awesome forj:? Aggies the Raiders and their-- i '' them to be on Friday and you have the fans are still gojrig to be blue thought the field was pretty for rout a Raider loud were i recipe yoii V!' regardless of how warm they “They good actually"'' “I don’t think Middle Ten- - ’s - would have thought we had a Utah State head coach Mick are rf&fr trt ' B1 Moa embraced the addition- ' al duties “I love it” he said‘TU da' whatever it takes for our team to win” ' Air Force taking possession v ' first in the initial overtime got ' a: scoring run from quarterback Chance Harridge Moa responded with a ' run: taking another direct ): snap on Utah’s first series1' ' Utah’s Alex Smith threw an 'v'v r touchdown pass to L ' A- ft f' run in the third overtime but Harridge slipped ' and fell short of the goal line oh u V ' ‘''’i' V ' ’ - - - ’ S V " ' -- - - hm : ' onAnthony Butler's f“ 7 Paris Warren in the second Overtime but Air Force coun- tered on Hanidge’s pass to Alex Messerall 4 The Falcons went up 43-3- T t t ' 18-ya- rd -: s ' vT ' V ' ":'y - - the required' coaveqL'an' The Utes wort it after Smith I 'passed' 22 yards to Steve vx-'- j Savoy and Moa ran the final ! yard for the touchdown on anoth-edown! fourth r Expecting run from Moa on the2-poinconversion the Falcons left tight end Hansen uncovered in the rear of the end zonc - 7 V ' s1 - am ' Meyer said the Utes were 7 planning to have Moa thrown-'-thpass on the fourth-dow- n play but Moa promised he would run it in so they saved con- the passforthe a - - Add uptb t7 - — 3! ext ra ph brie I Iries for w : '- - ’ e unlimited night & weekend minutes in hundreds of national Anytime minutes 1000 minutes " &? no roamihig or riationwide long distance charges n" ! ’ ij ? 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