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Show UNR packs a punch teams were playing. It was very impressive by both the running back and the quarterback, and sports editor the entire Nevada offense with what they did in that stadium last night." The search for win No. 1 will continue A key for the Aggie defense will be containing Saturday for the USU football team, but things another potent offense. The Pack collected 639 won't be any easier. yards of total offense (396 rushing, 243 passThe Aggies will again have ing). Nevada is eighth in their collective hands full. the nation in yards per 01 Friday at utahstatesman. game (529.7), 12th in rushThe Nevada Wolf Pack (2com: Feature on Chris Ultnksi, ing yards (222.8), 14th in 4,0-2 in Western Athletic Conference action) comes to former Nevada rugby player points scored (38) and 17th Logan for a 1:05 p.m. match- and current USU kicker. in passing yards (306.8). up at Romney Stadium. "We're obviously very Don't be fooled by the impressed with the new quarterback (Colin Pack's record. After all, last Sunday it took Boise Kaepernick)," Guy said. "(Nevada) showed a State four overtimes on its home turf to beat the completely different aspect than we had seen in Pack, 69-67. That game was good enough to be the Fresno game where he came in and primarily named an Instant Classic by ESPN Classic. threw the football and didn't run the ball a lot "That was an impressive display," Aggie Head like they did last night (against Boise State)." Coach Brent Guy said. "To me, it was a shame that anybody had to lose that game, the way it [J See FOOTBALL, page 11 came down to it there in the end the way both Touc/zBase ^Schedules By SAMMY HISLOP USU WIDE RECEIVER KEVIN ROBINSON (6) uses a block from Aggie running back Derrvin Speight (21) against Utah, Sept. 29. Robinson is the nation's leader in all-purpose yards per game. TYLER LARSON photo Volleyball ^ THURSDAY OCT. 18 USU vs. Idaho, 7 p.m. in Spectrum SATURDAY OCT. 20 USU al Boise State, 7 p.m. Women's Soccer FRIDAY OCT. 19 USU at Nevada, 8 p.m. SUNDAY OCT. 21 USU at Fresno State, 3 p.m. Men's/Women's Tennis OCT. 17-21 USU at ITA RegionaJs, Al! day in Las Vegas, Nev. Football SATURDAY OCT. 20 This is the second in a seven-part series featuring USU'sfour redshirt returners and three new junior college transfers. Today: Redshirt Freshman Tat Wesley USU vs. Nevada, 1:05 p.m., Romney Stadium. Golf Wesley back from break n c ; OCT. 20-21 USU vs. Southern Utah, 10 a.m., Logan Country Club ; Hockey ;. A THURSDAY OCT. 18 USU at DU FRIDAY OCT. 19 BySAMBRYNER sen/or writer USU at Colorado SATURDAY OCT. 20 USU at Colorado State He's 6-foot-8, 230 pounds, and, as a redshirt freshman, Tai Wesley will look to help the Utah State men's basketball team to it's ninth-straight winning season. • Wesley was Utah's Wesley started playing basketball seriously in the sixth grade and said by the 10th Mr. Basketball in grade, he knew he had a chance to pursue 2004. the sport lurrher. • He turned down "My lOth-grade year, I started not being an offer from so uncoordinated and being able to move my feet and put the ball in the hole," he said. Utah, and didn't Growing up in a house where basketball want to go to BYU. was as common as Sunday-night dinner, • He averaged 16.7 Wesley said he really knew he was destined to play basketball long before the time he points per game in gained coordination and learned how to high school. shoot. "It was mostly those backyard games I had with my five brothers," he said. "You know, beating each other up, us against our dad, you know, just growing up in a family where we all play basketball. It was hard not to come out and play in the college level." When he said that, he wasn't kidding, as Wesley follows in the steps of older brothers Mekeli and Russel, who played at Brigham Young University and Utah Valley State College respectively. By his senior year at Provo High School, Wesley was averaging 16.7 points per game as well as eight rebounds, four assists, two blocks and one steal. As a prep senior, he led Provo High to a state title and was named Mr. Basketball from the state of Utah. Rather than follow in the footsteps of his basketball idol and brother, Mekeli, he chose not to go to Brigham Young University and also turned down an offer from the University of Utah. Wesley said he chose to come to Utah State because of its openness throughout the recruiting process. "Utah State in their recruiting process was really honest with me, and I really liked that," Wesley said. During a reshirt season in 2005, Wesley saw current Aggie teammate Fast StatS {M See WESLEY, page 13 BCS standings Games through Oct. 14. RANK 1. tEAH BCSAVE. Ohio State ~"^~ .9416 2. South Florida 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. "'""".9200 .8906 Boston College LSU •^\w& V if Oklahoma ' .7623 I South Carolina .7432 Kentucky ' .6833 Arizona State .6831 West Virginia . '6624 Oregon .6369 Virginia Tech _ -6298 California t Kansas .5170 Southern California .4724 15. FloridaJ^'JIL^.. • 4 5 I 5 2 16. Missouri^C >fe- -3818 17. Auburn" "" .3373 18. Hawaii ^ ^ j ^ ^ ; . 2 8 4 1 19. Virginia .2290 20. Georgia . - - ^ 3 L -2244 AGGIE REDSHIRT FRESHMAN T A I WESLEY poses at practice Tuesday. Wesley redshirted in 2005 and has returned from an LDS Church mission. He will help anchor the power forward position for the Aggies. Wesley is a native of Provo. In high school he averaged 16.7 points per game and eight rebounds. TYLER LARSON photo Hawaii 3-0 Aggies in need of faith BySETH R.HAWKINS editor in chief UTAH STATE OUTSIDE HITTER MELISSA OSTERLOH (3) gets her shot blocked by Hawaii defenders. Monday night in the Spectrum. The I Ith-ranked Rainbow Wahine blanked the Aggies, 3-0 (3027, 30-17, 30-22). Outside hitter Amandan Nielson led USU with 16 kills. The Aggies host Idaho Thursday at 7 p.m. and travel to Boise State Saturday night. CAMERON PETERSON photo If scoring goals was as easy as saying a prayer, the USU soccer team would be more than saved, but building their faith in their ability is a work in progress. USU Head Coach Heather Cairns said she feels her team is improving on both ends of the field but seems to lose faith if early shots don't hit their mark immediately, creating a weakness in focus and vision on which opponents have capitalized. "I think it's another mental thing," Cairns said. "We've gotto be better at having faith that we're going to score. I think what happens is we get so many chances early and we don't put them away. We get flustered 'and then that manifests itself in giving away goals in the second half. We have to be stronger and just have faith - keep them off the board, give our attack a chance to put the ball in the back of the net. We have to just be strong with that, knowing that those goals will come. I think we're doubting it a little bit, which is why we kind of get our heads down. But were scoring goals, so there's no reason to doubt it. It's just being a little bit stronger mentally as a team." The Aggies fire offmore shots than their opponents in the first half but are inconsistent at finishing those shots. They are also effective at eliminating opponents' opportunities to score in the opening half, allowing only five goals all season. But once the second half hits, something changes and the Aggie attack and defense break down, allowing opponents to score, often deciding the outcome of the game. The Aggies outshoot their opponents in the second \1 See SOCCER, page n 21. Tennessee .1953 22. 23. 24. 25. 1799 .1192 .1052 .0783 Texas ^"ll^v Cincinnati Texas T e c h . . Michigan USU golf takes 15th-place at Cullum Invite BY USU ATHLETICS Utah States men's golf team posted their best round of the tournament at the 2007 Bill Cullum Invitational on Tuesday, but didn't improve their overall standing finishing in 15th-place with team score of 933. UC Santa Barbara won the tournament with a team score of 870, while Portland was second (881), Loyola Marymount was third (886), Southern Utah was fourth (887) and Sacramento State was fifth (887). Junior Devin Daniels (Smithfield, Utah) was once again Utah State's top finisher as he shot a final round 72 to finish tied for 30th with a 54hole score of 226. Senior Jeremy Pack (Salt Lake City, Utah) led the Aggies after 36-holes, but shot a final round 82 to tie for 58th with a for a 54-hole score of 231. « Aggie freshman Tom Peterson who finished tied for 63rd-place with a 234 (80-8173). |