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Show StatesmanSports Page 10 Monday, Nov. 12, 2007 3 Not a storybook ending 52-point beat down by Boise State on Senior Day pushes Aggie record to 0-10 , By SAMMY HISLOP sports editor Frustration spewed forth in the fourth quarter Saturday for the Utah State football team. The main reason for it was a 45-0 deficit the Aggies had against the Boise State Broncos with about 10 minutes remaining in the game. After Aggie quarterback Jase McCormick had thrown his first interception, the Aggies uncharacteristically committed what would be the first of four personal foul penalties. The Broncos took advantage, scored another touchdown and slammed the Aggies down to 0-10 on the season with a 52-0 victory. Boise State improved to 9-1 overall and 6-1 in Western Athletic Conference play. Aggie sophomore safety James Brindley said the loss after loss after loss pattern is getting to some of the players. "Yeah, I think so," Brindley said. "You could tell at the end when those LEON JACKSON III has a punt blocked by Boise State's Ellis Powers (18) in the Aggies' 52-0 personal fouls came in. Usually we loss Saturday at Romney Stadium to the Broncos, la Falo picked up the block and ran it in for a don't do that. I think people are starttouchdown in the first quarter to give BSU a 14-0 lead. CAMERON PETERSON photo ing to get frustrated and took it out at the wrong time." Added Aggie Head Coach Brent Guy, "I'm extremely disappointed with the whole thing. I don't think we played well at all. I thought it was •The Broncos have won their last seven games against our worst performance. Towards the end it was very disappointing, and we the Aggies with a combined score of 338-150. not going to do that. We are going • The punt block was the first the Aggies have allowed are to do what is called, we are going to in the past three years. play hard and clean, and we are not going to play and have personal fouls •The Aggie defense allowed more than 400 yards of and embarrass Utah State like we did total offense for the sixth time this season. today." •The Aggies have had a field goal blocked in their past The Broncos hadn't had a road shutthree games. out since 1976, when they beat Idaho State. Notes Like current events? Or i sports or features your thing? The Statesman is looking for new writers. Visit us at TSC 105 UtahState UNIVERSITY DIVERSITY AWARDS PRESENTATION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2007 4:15 P.M. TO 4:30 P.M. SUNBURST LOUNGE - TAGGART STUDENT CENTER Held in Conjunction with AS USU Diversity Week Activities 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Diversity Carnival 2:30 to 4:15 p.m. - Cultural Showcase 4:15 to 4:30 p.m. - Diversity Awards Presentation 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. - Mr. & Ms. International (TSC Ballroom) 9:00 p.m. to Midnight - Dance (TSC Ballroom) Presented by (he USU Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Office In cooperation with the President's Office, and ASUSD Recipients of the 2007 Diversity Awards are: • USU Administrator: • USU Faculty Member: • USU Staff Member: • USU Student: • Community Member: Steven H. Hanks, Vice Provost for International Affairs John Ribera, Associate Professor, Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education Hector Mendiola, Extension Educator & Director of Spanish Programs, Cache County Extension Ariel E. Rosario, Graduate Student, College of Business Kelly Johnson, Training Coordinator, Miller's Blue Ribbon BeeffSwift Beef Corporation, Hyrum For information or requests for accommodation, please call the USUAA/EO Office at (435) 797-1266 no later than Monday, November 12" opportunity again. There's nothing They started the game in the preyou can do about it — just go out i cise way the Aggies did not want them there and have fun." ! to. With at least half the crowd in The Broncos would score 14 in the • orange and blue cheering for them, second and third quarters and seven : they took their first drive down the ; field for a touchdown in 10 plays. The in the final frame. Aggies got the ball back, gained six The other statistical differences yards on three downs and then had between the Broncos and Aggies are > a Leon Jackson III punt blocked by staggering. Ellis Powers and ran in by la Falo for BSU had 484 yards of total offense another touchdown. to USU's 236; 26 first downs to USUV 11; 28-of-32 passes to USU's 12-of-24; The Aggie offense then began to three interceptions (all thrown by click. Midway through the next drive, McCormick) to USU's zero. < Jackson completed a 26-yard pass to "I felt like we were wide receiver Otis mmmmm^^^^^ • • ^ ^ Nielson. Utah State out-coached, outplayed i got as close as the during the entire game," Bronco 26-yard line. Guy said. "They are a USU 0 The Broncos' Orlando very good football team. Scandrick then the best football BOISE ST. 52 It's blocked a 42-yard team we have seen since field goal attempt by Oklahoma from top to USU's Peter Caldwell. bottom, including special teams. The) took advantage of every opportunity." The Broncos got a field goal on their next drive. Jackson ran off the field limping after taking a hard hit in the end zone It's safe to say the Aggies' 15 seniors late in the third quarter. Guy said it weren't looking for this type of start was an ankle injury he suffered, but to Senior Day. he did not know the seriousness of it. In his final game at Romney Stadium, Utah State moneyman/wide Junior backup quarterback Sean receiver/return specialist Kevin Setzer replaced Jackson on the ensuRobinson didn't catch a pass (the first ing drive, completing a two-yard pass. time in 16 games he hasn't had at least McCormick was inserted on the final one reception), had -3 return yards on three drives of the game, throwing an punts and 83 on kickoffs. He ended interception on each. with a net of 77 all-purpose yards — a Robinson rejected the assertion season-low mark for a man who was that this loss was the knockout punch second in the nation in that statistic for an Aggie team that has only two ' coming into the game. games remaining. "I was just remembering the good "We're going to fight like we always times I've had with these guys and do," Robinson said. "We've still got just trying to make more memories," the mentality that when we're out Robinson said. "At the end of the there we're going to win the game. game I was just out there having fun We'll go out there next week and we're and joking around with my buddies, going to fight." because I'm never going to get this - samael.hislop@aggiemail.usu.edi GameOver Pair of 8th place finishes for Aggie cross country By JACKSON OLSEN staff writer first-place runner Lopez Lomong from Northern,; Arizona. I The men's team came into the meet seeded No. 7, but also finished in eighth place. All seven of ! the teams finishing in front of the Aggie men were ranked in the top 30 in the country. > "You can't really argue too much about that," > Gensel said. "You've got to be happy when they ! run that well." , Wold's performance was backed by impres- 1 sive showings from freshmen Nick Bolinder, who1 placed 46th with a time of 32:16.2, and Chio i Lopez, who finished in 32:29.3. Lopez, who was ! named the WAC Freshman of the Year, placed i 50th. f It was the University of Colorado that claimed i the regional crown, with the University of TexasEl Paso and Northern Arizona coming in at sec- ; ond and third place. j With the top two teams from all nine regions going to nationals and only 13 other at-large bids the season is over for Utah State. The women's ! team will lose seniors Egan, Dorius and Becky < Bostwick, while the men's team is not graduating a single member of the team. "I'm happy with the results." Gensel said. "They ran their hearts out. and I'm proud of then for the great season they had." •jackson.olsen@aggiemail.usu.edi Close, but no cigar. That's the all-too-familiar phrase describing USU men's and women's cross country 6uting to the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships Saturday. Both teams finished in the top 10 but fell short of qualifying for nationals. The Aggie women were led by senior Amy Egan, who finished 33rd overall against runners from 17 other schools. The women were the No. 10 seed coming into the meet, held at Schneiter's Riverside Golf Course in Ogden, but finished in eighth place to cap off one of their strongest performances of the season. "Our women improved," Head Coach Gregg Gensel said. "They ran better as a team than I expected them to." Egan finished the 6K course with a time of 21:57.1. Senior Stacie Dorius wasn't far behind, finishing at 22:11.07 to take 40th overall. The two seniors led the team, as they have all season, and finished within three minutes of first-place runner Sally Kipyego of Texas Tech University. It was Colorado State, however, that ended up taking home first place, followed closely by Northern Arizona and Brigham Young University, who took second and third place, respectively. Three other Aggies finished within a minute of Egan's team-best time -junior Caroline Berry, freshman Alicia Holt and junior Vanessa Gledhill. While the women's eighth-place finish didn't buy them a ticket to nationals, it was enough to get the best of in-state rival University of Utah and conference rival University of Nevada, both of which had beaten USU earlier in the season. On the men's side, the Aggies were led by junior Seth Wold, who finished 39th overall against runners from 15 other schools. Wold, who was named the Western Athletic Conference Men's Athlete of the Year, MEMBERS OF THE AGGIE MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY run at the Western Athletic Conference Championships Oct. 27.The men, who won the finished the 10K race WAC title, took eight place at regional.The runners from left to right are: freshwith a time of 31:53.8, just two minutes behind man Chio Lopez, sophomore Jason Holt, freshman Steve Strickland and freshman Nick Bolinder. TYLER LARSON photo |