When the Utah State Aggies take the field at Maverik Stadium on August 30, many of them will be experiencing Utah State football for the first time.

A select group of Aggies will not be experiencing it for first time ever, exactly, but no longer will they be the opposition. Included in that group are six transfers — Bobby Arnold, Noah Avinger, Hyrum Hatch, Javen Jacobs, D’Angelo Mayes and Bryson Taylor — from New Mexico, players who followed Bronco Mendenhall and his staff to Utah State this past winter.

It isn’t abnormal for players to follow their coaches, particularly in the current NIL and transfer portal era of college football. A year ago multiple former New Mexico State players followed then-USU defensive coordinator Nate Dreiling to Utah State, and when Blake Anderson took over t

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