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By Thursday afternoon, several media outlets, including the Denver Post and the Mercury News, had reported Utah State coach Gary Andersen had been contacted by California and Colorado about their open head coaching positions.

Aggies fans are not happy about the rumor mill.

After a 10-2 season in which Utah State won its first outright conference title since the 1930s, Utah State faithful are hoping Andersen stays in Logan to keep building the program. It's been a hot topic of late — Gordon Monson wrote about Andersen's dilemma on Thursday morning.

A Twitter hashtag started by Cache Valley Daily's Eric Frandsen caught some steam as Aggies offered Andersen some arguments on why he should remain. Here's a sampling of some of the responses.

— Kyle Goon

Twitter: @kylegoon