LOGAN, Utah -- The first 30 minutes looked much like the first two games for Arkansas State, when too many penalties and a stagnant offense kept it from competing.
The second half included signs of life -- fewer penalties, too. But a first half that included 12 penalties and only 92 offensive yards put ASU into too deep of a hole to prevent it from avoiding its worst start in more than a decade.
Justice Hansen led two third-quarter touchdown drives to give ASU a chance, but Utah State's 17-point first quarter made it so not even ASU's best quarter of the season mattered in a 34-20 loss at Maverik Stadium.