Aggies Host No. 6 Boise State on ESPN2 Friday on USU's Senior Night
No. 6 BOISE STATE at UTAH STATE
Friday, Nov. 20 — 7:30 p.m. (MT)
Romney Stadium (25,513)
Logan, Utah
QUICKLY — Utah State (3-7, 2-4 WAC) welcomes the ESPN network to Logan for the first time ever for the Aggies' battle with No. 6 Boise State (10-0, 5-0 WAC), Friday, Nov. 20. Kickoff for USU's home finale is slated for 7:30 p.m. at Romney Stadium (25,513). Friday is USU's Senior Night, as the Aggies honor 15 seniors.
SENIOR NIGHT — USU will recognize 15 seniors Friday night who make their final Romney Stadium appearance in an Aggie uniform. That group includes DT Alan Bishop, WR Xavier Bowman, S James Brindley, LB Adrian Bybee, WR Chase Griffiths, WR Nnamdi Gwacham, LB Paul Igboeli, DE Antonio May, C Brennan McFadden, TE Jeremy Mitchell, CB Kejon Murphy, WR Omar Sawyer, PK Chris Ulinski, LB Chris Williams and TE Zac Zimmerman.
FRIDAY'S STORYLINES — Things to watch for in Friday's battle between the Aggies and Broncos:
- ESPN2's broadcast is the first-ever visit to Logan by the network for a football game. It is the first time that USU has been on national television since the 1997 Humanitarian Bowl game in Boise, Idaho, which was also televised on ESPN2.
- With a No. 6 ranking, Boise State is the highest ranked opponent to visit Romney Stadium since No. 6 Oregon came to face the Aggies on Sept. 29, 2001.
- That was the only other time that USU has faced a 6th-ranked opponent.
- The Broncos have been nationally ranked in each of the last three meetings with the Aggies, ranked No. 9 last year, No. 19 in 2007 and No. 13 in 2006.
- USU is 6-1 all-time on Nov. 20, winning its last three in a row on the date.
- Last Saturday's win [Nov. 14, 2009] guaranteed Utah State its first winning home record since 2003 when USU was 3-2.
- BRRR-ing your long johns, the Nov. 20 forecast is calling for rain and snow showers with a low temperature of 23 degrees.
- Friday features a pair of quarterbacks who take care of the ball, as USU junior QB Diondre Borel and BSU sophomore signal-caller Kellen Moore each have only thrown three interceptions, the fewest in the WAC. Borel had the third-longest streak in the country with 228 pass attempts without an interception, which was halted at Hawai'i, while Moore owns the 12th-longest streak with 135 attempts.
- Moore leads not only the WAC, but the NCAA in pass efficiency at 172. 5, while Borel is fifth in the WAC and 48th in the NCAA at 133.3.
THE GAME
ON TV — Friday's battle between the Aggies and Broncos will be nationally televised on ESPN2, the first-ever visit to Logan by the ESPN family of network for a football game. Joe Tessitore will handled play-by-play duties with analysis from Rod Gilmore.
ON THE AIR — All Utah State football games are carried live on KVNU 610 AM and KLZX 95.9 FM in Logan; 1320 AM in Salt Lake City; on KLZX 105.3 FM in Montpelier, Idaho, and on the Internet at www.UtahStateAggies.com by clicking on "Listen Live". Al Lewis normally handles the play-by-play duties while Craig Hislop provides analysis, but Al will be with the men's basketball team in Boston, so Hislop will do play-by-play while former Aggie player John Pappas will handle analysis.
ON THE INTERNET — USU home football games are also streamed on the Internet through "Aggies All Access," by clicking on the "Live Aggies Video" link in the right hand column on the home page of www.UtahStateAggies.com.
Friday's battle between the Aggies and Broncos will also be available live online via ESPN360.com — ESPN's signature broadband sports TV network. The game is available completely free to any student on campus (in fact, to any student on any U.S. college campus -- nearly 18 million people).
GAMETRACKER — Fans can follow all USU Aggie home games through the USU Web site at www.UtahStateAggies.com via GameTracker, a free service, which updates play-by-play and statistics throughout the game.
UP NEXT — Utah State concludes regular-season action against Idaho at Moscow, Idaho, Saturday, Nov. 28, in a 3 p.m. (MT) kickoff.
Senior LB Adrian Bybee, who is from Pocatello, Idaho, is the lone Aggie player from the state of Idaho. Bybee and the Aggies host sixth-ranked Boise State Friday, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m. (MT) in a nationally-televised game on ESPN2.
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