LOGAN, Utah-Thursday, Utah State football coach Gary Andersen is advocating for the upcoming college football season to be shortened if players cannot commence some sort of mini-camp by June 1.

The Aggies were able to get two spring practices in before the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the remainder of them earlier this month.

Andersen expressed his biggest fear is that injuries will skyrocket if the Aggies are to play a full season should there be no pre-June 1 camps or drills.

If no football activities can occur before this date, Andersen has proposed that the Aggies only play a Mountain West Conference season.

Utah State’s Mountain West season is to commence October 10 at home against San Diego State.

Andersen concluded his statements by saying “we have to keep the kids [his USU football players] at the forefront.”