Nelson Hernandez

Lots of kids thinking they are going to get paid out after putting up numbers in lower level leagues… sometimes it doesn’t translate Its not about how many points you scored, its about how you scored those points

@TylerNewbold VCU does it had to go play return game there when I was at LSU brutal

I’d love for a buyout to be a little lower but require a home and home with the school that hires our coaches. Having games against Cincinnati the next few years would feed families.

Cincinnati has agreed to a deal with Utah State head coach Jerrod Calhoun, source told @thefieldof68. Calhoun, 44, graduated from Cincinnati before starting his coaching career at Walsh University. Calhoun was the head coach at D-2 Fairmont State for 5 seasons before taking over at Youngstown State - where he was 118-106 in seven seasons at the helm. Calhoun went to the NCAA each of the last two years at Utah State.

We've turned college basketball coaches into general managers as if it's not a completely different skillset and responsibility. It's incomprehensible that any top-tier program is trying to do this without a real GM. In this climate, it's a 24/7 gig that most coaches can't do.

I asked the four Utah State players at today's post-game press conference -- seniors Kolby King, Zach Keller, Garry Clark and Drake Allen -- what this season playing for the Aggies and in Logan meant to them. KING - "It meant a lot. I appreciate Aggie Nation and Calhoun for taking me in, especially all the sacrifices we made as a group. It's probably been like the best team I've been on so far in my career. And I appreciate what Logan has done for us." KELLER - "From the time I got on campus this summer, I understood it was a standard and expectations that I wasn't used to. Dealing with the returners, they got us in tune with how things are ran. And they did a great job. We understood how things should be run and how we gotta handle things. I just want to thank the returners for embracing us new guys as much as they did." CLARK - "The culture at Utah State is the best part about what's going on from the fan bases to the culture we have on the basketball team, a brotherhood a great community and if you don't want to play for a great community, then I don't know why else would you play college basketball. From the day we all stepped on here, we were welcomed with open arms and it's been a blessing to play in this uniform." ALLEN - "It hurts. I don't want to take the uniform off. Knowing it's going to be my last time wearing it it means so much. And it really just feels like family, everybody in Logan, it feels like one big family. I really want to give glory to God just because I feel like nothing -- everything happens for a reason. I think that these group of guys were put together for a specific reason, a special reason, not only these group of guys but these coaches as well. I think that everything happens for a reason. I think God has put us here. It's all according to His plan. I'm just very grateful that we've been able to experience this in Logan, being Aggies. It doesn't get better than that."

From Clemson Ventures to LSU's The Brand, the biggest schools are now building out full media divisions to cater to athlete content. @EllynBriggs⁩ with another terrific inside look at this world in today's @FOS Sunday Memo frontofficesports.com/college-sports…

@goJohnnyA It’s gonna be one pal.

@NelsonElliot718 Nay. Not a rivalry. VPI, Pitt, Cuse are rivals.

Gonna be must see TV next season when WVU plays Cincy. Gonna be real intense rivalry if the new coach is who we think it is.

Utah State is entering the Round of 32 stripped of the sport's markers of power. Coach Jerrod Calhoun's roster sits at $2.4 million, well short of what it'd take to "go really deep." Yet, here the Aggies are, outlasting programs with fuller pockets. How? nytimes.com/athletic/71378…

Proud of my Aggies hell of a season great job by the players and staff, made me so happy as I’m sure they did for Aggies everywhere. Arizona is a great team and wish them success moving but it’s always GO AGGIES for me !!!!

The @usuHURD got LOUD from the quad! We love our Aggies! #usuaggies #marchmadness #loganutah

Not a bad view of the game🤩 #gwaggies #utahstatebasketball #marchmadness

Arizona men's basketball coach Tommy Lloyd learned something from Duke last year. You can still win with a flock of freshmen in the portal era. And sometimes the portal is just plain "overpriced" usatoday.com/story/sports/n…

Coaches win games Administration wins championships real simple from the man himself….

Coach Cal with nothing but praise for the High Point coaching staff and administration. 🤝

Jerrod Calhoun said Utah State went from $800,000 in NIL for last year's roster to $2.4 million this year "We have a lot of great people, not just in Logan but all over this state and Aggie Nation."

Bobby Wagner delivered the pre-game message for Utah State today, per Calhoun. Says he spoke about making Aggie nation proud

@PeteyTheRef I’m sure we will see each other real soon and if u really wanna have a conversation not hard to get my number

@NelsonElliot718 Sorry we missed each other in Dayton. I was looking forward to chatting! Stay safe and be well!

You can’t escape karma

With Jerrod Calhoun as head coach, when Utah State scores 80 or more points in a game, they are 34-0. #AggiesAllTheWay