In a lot of ways, the Akron Zips can see a lot of their potential future selves in the Utah State Aggies program. The Aggies went 13 years without a winning season from 1998-2010, stuck at the bottom of the Sun Belt and WAC. The low point came in 2006 and 2007, where the program bottomed out with 1-11 and 2-10 seasons.
Gary Andersen was brought on to resurrect the program, and that he did. After two consecutive 4-8 seasons, Andersen led the Aggies to the Potato Bowl for their first time since the 1997 season and reached two more bowl games in the following seasons before bolting to be the Head Coach at Wisconsin.