The Utah State Aggies are “set” to hire New Mexico State’s Nate Dreiling as their new defensive coordinator, according to a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
The Utah State Aggies had defeated the San Jose State Spartans 10 consecutive times entering Saturday night’s game in San Jose, California. Another win over the Spartans would have pushed the Aggies back to .500 in the season and set them up well on the path to bowl eligibility. Instead, USU played one of its worst games of the season and lost to SJSU 42-21.
FBC Mortgage Stadium, home of the UCF Knights, is going to get a new addition. On Tuesday, the Orange County Board of County Commission voted unanimously to approve a $90 million tower addition for the stadium, to be paid for by excess revenues from the Tourist Development Tax over 10 years. Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings and the county commissioners unanimously approve Tourist Development Tax (TDT) funding to construct a new football stadium tower at UCF.
A University of Utah student was arrested after threatening to detonate a nuclear reactor if the school's football team failed to win Saturday's game against San Diego.