Wyoming 32 GGSM{Utah State} 18

It seems that Utah State could have the makings of an interesting season. Down 14-3 midway through the 3rd quarter at Wyoming on Saturday, the Aggies scored 15 points in 1:25 to take a 18-14 lead, only to let it slip away in the fourth quarter. A couple of interesting things stood out to me in the box score:

Utah State did not convert a single third down. They were 0-13. However, they did convert 4 of 5 fourth downs attempts.

Utah State QB Leon Jackson was 17-25 for 147 yards and a touchdown. He also ran the ball 13 times for 28 yards. And he punted 4 times for 186 yards. He was the regular punter during his freshman season, then did not punt his sophomore season before resuming the punting duties last year. He had a 62 yard punt, but his 24 yard punt in the fourth quarter when they had a 18-17 lead gave Wyoming good field position to start the drive on which they took the lead. On the Aggies' following drive, Jackson fumbled and gave Wyoming even better field position for their touchdown that put the game out of reach. Generally it is not a good thing when your quarterback has more yards punting than total yards.

Next week, the Aggies travel to Norman to take on the 3rd ranked Oklahoma Sooners.