Utah State was projected to win just 3.5 games at the beginning of the season and were underdogs in seven games, and it seemed like Anderson's team was overlooked the moment he stepped off the plane from Jonesboro, Arkansas, to Logan in December. They did everything I asked them to do to prepare this week, and I felt very confident that they'd come in and play their best ball, and we played our best ball when we had to have it." I think we used that just to fuel our week of prep. "Just across the country, all the conversation and all the chatter was really about San Diego State. "The only people that really truly believed we could do this were the guys in the room," head coach Blake Anderson said. Utah State's opponent will be made known sometime Sunday. The Aggies will now play in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl against a Pac-12 school on Dec 18. And Utah State coasted to a 46-13 victory over San Diego State to win its first Mountain West Conference championship. Utah State's special teams unit blocked two punts and recovered a muffed one. Utah State's defense stymied the Aztecs offense and the Aggies scored more points on San Diego State than anyone all season.
They were snubbed on several postseason accolades, and they faced the 19th ranked team in the country.
The Aggies were accused of sneaking into the championship game because they played an easy schedule. Despite winning nine regular season games, Utah State wasn't expected to make much noise in the Mountain West Conference championship game Saturday afternoon.
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