Rhett Wilkinson

LOGAN -- Adam Kennedy looked left, squared his footing in the pocket and fired down the opposite sideline of Merlin Olsen Field. The ball dived short of his intended target, senior Chuck Jacobs. It was a sampling of the USU offense's struggles to find a flow in the second half of Saturday's Blue-White scrimmage.

Kennedy's errant throw marked an aberration, however, to what USU coach Gary Andersen called an "unbelievable" day for the Aggie football program and the general athletics department.

Before the game, USU athletics director Scott Barnes led a conference where several new athletics logos were unveiled, including a new "U-state" look, an abstract Aggie bull cartoon and sharp lettering, with the familiar navy blue, white and gray coloring. During the game, former USU running back Michael Smith was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the seventh round of the NFL Draft, joining Bobby Wagner and Robert Turbin (each chosen by Seattle) as the third 2011 Aggie football player chosen this weekend.

LOGAN -- Utah State football coach Gary Andersen faces an interesting prospect as the Aggies dive into spring football action.

Last season, quarterback Chuckie Keeton was an elusive, mobile 18-year-old athlete who was putting up big numbers, but an injury more than halfway through the season at Hawaii placed Keeton on the sidelines and opened the door for Adam Kennedy to lead the Aggies to the postseason, their first such appearance in 14 years.

Andersen reiterated this week during the first week of USU spring practices that there was never any talk about Keeton redshirting in favor of Kennedy.

LOGAN — Without a doubt, Stew Morrill liked what he saw Sunday evening as his team shellacked Oakland University for 105 points at the Smith Spectrum.

LOGAN -- Utah State was leading Loyola Marymount 67-58 with 1:26 left and the Aggies' Preston Medlin was headed to the free throw line after being fouled by the Lions' Jarred DuBois.

LOGAN -- You would've thought that the emotion which permeated the Smith Spectrum when the hobbled Brady Jardine was honored for Senior Night may have been strong enough to sustain Utah State Friday against Idaho.

Eventually, it did. It just took more than 15 minutes of game time and a lot of Preston Medlin for it to happen.

LOGAN -- It's safe to say everyone in the Smith Spectrum suspected something was a bit strange about the Aggies' contest against Montana Tech when USU stars Kyisean Reed and Brockeith Pane did not start the game. Instead, coach Stew Morrill opted to go with E.J. Farris and redshirt freshman Ben Clifford to begin.

It only got stranger throughout the first half, when the Aggies (14-13) trailed the NAIA Orediggers (11-12) for the majority of the period before intermission. USU spent nearly seven minutes early in the second half to build a 17-4 run and defeat Montana Tech 70-58.

LOGAN -- They are just days removed from the disappointing news that the career of star big man Brady Jardine is finished due to a foot surgery from an injury he sustained more than two months ago.

Starting center Morgan Grim was hindered the entire game due to that nagging foot injury that has restricted him all season.