Utah State’s Ike Larsen Suspended

Utah State fans received very unfortunate news for the upcoming football season. As of August 15th, free safety Ike Larsen, a leader on this defense, has been suspended for six weeks due to a violation of team rules. Larsen has 217 career tackles, two sacks, nine tackles for loss, nine interceptions, and 17 pass breakups as an Aggie. This will likely mean that Ike Larsen will miss the first game of the season and the entire month of September. This means that Ike Larsen will miss games against UTEP, Texas A&M, Air Force, McNee State, and, quite possibly, Vanderbilt as well. The Aggies never had much of a chance to take on Texas A&M, but the Aggies could have certainly used Larsen against UTEP, Air Force, and Vanderbilt. It seems unlikely that Ike Larsen will get the opportunity to play against Vanderbilt because that comes one day after the six-week suspension is up. So, it seems that the earliest that Ike Larsen will be able to return to the field is against Hawaii on October 11th. The report from Utah State (via Jason Walker, who reached out to the university) states that Ike Larsen has been placed on a short-term suspension from the team, effective immediately (as of August 15th).