SALT LAKE CITY — Utah State football coach Matt Wells says this is what he thought of his team last August: “Really good vibe, with some talented players. I thought if we jell and stay healthy, we have a chance to be better than people thought.”
How hard could that be?
People thought they were ghost ship Mary Celeste.
Now they’re bowl eligible, after a one-year hiatus.
“Not everything needed to be changed,” Wells said.
By most measurements, the Aggies shouldn’t have been bowl-eligible this year. They were coming off a 1-7 conference season, 3-8 overall.