College football preview 2010--Part II Utah State Aggies

2010 Utah State Aggies
Storyline: Can the Aggies go bowling?

2010 Offensive MVP: QB Diondre Borel, Sr

Questions to the 2010 Season
-How can the Aggies compensate for the loss of Robert Turpin?
-How can USU keep crowds coming to Merlin Olsen Field?
-Can the Aggie defense continue to be solid?
-How soon will Gary Anderson's recruiting pay dividends in wins?

Schedule and Predicted Results
September 4: @ Oklahoma (Loss)
September 11: Idaho State (Win)
September 18: Fresno State (Loss)
September 25: @ San Diego State (Loss)
October 1: BYU (Loss)
October 9: @ Louisiana Tech (Loss)
October 16: (BYE)
October 23: Hawai'i (Win)
October 30: @Nevada (Loss)
November 6: New Mexico State (Win)
November 13: @ San Jose State (Win)
November 20: Idaho (Win)
November 27: Bye
December 4: @ Boise State (Loss)

Key Games: Fresno State to Louisiana Tech.  The Aggies will need to win at least one of these four games in order to get to a bowl game this year.  Each will stretch the team in a different way.  The most winnable is September 25 at San Diego State.  The other three all have unanswered replacement questions and will be winnable if these teams are unable to answer them.

Outlook: The Aggies have the 2nd-best/3rd-best quarterback in the WAC in Borel, but this year he will be without the service of Robert Turbin to keep defenses honest and force opponents to respect the running game.  They still have the services of power running back Michael Smith.  If Borel can respond to the pressure, be mobile, find open receivers and avoid turnovers...doing what he does best; then the Aggies should be just fine.  He has Stanley Morrison as a primary target. The Aggies will be close, but probably not get to go bowling.  5-7