Utah State vs. Weber State

• Kickoff: Saturday, 5 p.m. MDT.
• Venue: Merlin Olsen Discipline at Maverik Stadium (25,513 capability).
• TV: None
• Livestream: Mountain West Community
• Radio: Sirius XM 390 / SXM App 980
• Collection: Utah State and Weber State will likely be assembly for the sixteenth time. The Aggies lead the sequence over the Wildcats 14-1 and are 9-1 at dwelling.
• Climate: Sunny with temperatures within the excessive 70s at kickoff, with a 0% likelihood of precipitation.

The tendencies

For Utah State: The Aggies are 1-1 after a season opening win over UConn, adopted by a 55-0 dismantling by No. 1 Alabama. The Aggies are hoping for a bounceback efficiency earlier than their first bye of the season.

For Weber State: The Wildcats are 1-0, coming off a 41-5 season-opening win over Western Oregon. Weber State is making an attempt to bounce again from a considerably disappointing 2021 season, when the Wildcats went 6-5 and completed in the course of the Massive Sky Convention.

What to observe for

Utah State is coming off one among its worst performances in years, in a shutout loss to top-ranked Alabama.

The Aggies had been merely overmatched by the Crimson Tide and should now discover a technique to put the loss behind them.

Up to now this season, Utah State hasn’t been fairly in a position to put collectively a whole efficiency, one thing the Aggies will look to do towards the “on paper” overmatched Wildcats.

Weber State, in the meantime, is hoping to place 2021 behind it and return to the highest of the Massive Sky and the FCS Playoffs, each of which have turn into common occurrences in Ogden of late.

Weber State has been near pulling off an upset of an FBS staff lately. In 2019, the Wildcats misplaced to each San Diego State and Nevada by solely six factors.

Key participant

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Calvin Tyler Jr., RB, Utah State: Up to now, Tyler Jr. has been the Aggies’ only and harmful offensive weapon. Within the season opener towards UConn, Tyler carried the ball a career-high 33 instances for a private finest 161 yards.

Alabama, with its vaunted defensive entrance and elite linebacking corps, shut Tyler down, however Weber State will not be Alabama and Tyler is poised to have a bounce again efficiency.

In his Utah State profession, Tyler has rushed for 1,058 yards and 7 touchdowns on 241 makes an attempt (4.4 yards per carry). He’s one among 33 Aggies all-time to hurry for 1,000 yards in a profession.

Quotable

“Weber goes to come back on this week with their hair on fireplace. That is the Tremendous Bowl this week for lots of fellows on that roster. Jay (Hill) can have them coached up. They’re good at what they do. They’re coming off a giant win and so we’ve got to reset and refocus and play our greatest ball.” — Utah State head coach Blake Anderson, on dealing with Weber State.

“They need to be ready towards us. … They are often very explosive offensively. They go quick with their tempo, can run it from unfold formations. (Logan) Bonner does a fantastic job of getting it out of his hand. And defensively they’ll create quite a lot of havoc.” — Weber State head coach Jay Hill, on dealing with Utah State.

Subsequent up

Utah State has a bye earlier than resuming competitors at dwelling on Sep. 24 towards UNLV. Weber State will host Utah Tech on Sept. 17.

Utah State schedule

Aug. 27 — Utah State 31, UConn 20

Sept. 3 — No. 1 Alabama 55, Utah State 0

Sept. 10 — Utah State vs. Weber State.

Sept. 17 — BYE.

Sept. 24 — Utah State vs. UNLV.

Sept. 29 — Utah State at No. 25 BYU.

Oct. 8 — Utah State vs. Air Drive.

Oct. 15 — Utah State at Colorado State.

Oct. 22 — Utah State at Wyoming.

Oct. 29 — BYE.

Nov. 5 — Utah State vs. New Mexico.

Nov. 12 — Utah State at Hawaii.

Nov. 19 — Utah State vs. San José State.

Nov. 25 — Utah State at Boise State.

All instances MDT.