Utah State came agonizingly close to clinching bowl eligibility in year one of the Bronco Mendenhall era, losing to UNLV 29-26 in double-overtime at Allegiant Stadium on Saturday evening.

Twice, the Aggies lined up for walk-off field goals, one from 44 yards and the other from 41 yards away. Placekicker Tanner Rinker, who entered the evening a perfect 10-for-10 on field goal attempts this year, missed both of them.

The first of those kicks came with two seconds left in regulation and the game tied 23-apiece. Bryson Barnes had marched the Aggies 49 yards to get into field goal range, including a 21-yard scramble. Once the offense got well within Rinker's range, they ran the ball up the gut to burn the rest of the time off the clock. But the kick left hash, went wide right off the foot of

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