Utah State’s hope of giving Bronco Mendenhall a dream season in his return to the state hit a speed bump Saturday night in Honolulu.

After dropping two tough “money” games at Texas A&M and Vanderbilt earlier this season, the former BYU, Virginia and New Mexico coach learned how difficult it can be to win after a long road trip to the Hawaiian islands.

Hawaii’s Micah Alejado threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score Saturday night to help Hawaii beat the Aggies 44-26 in a Mountain West Conference game that started at 10 p.m. MDT.

“There is a small margin in conference, especially on the road,” said Mendenhall postgame, now 3-3 in his inaugural season with the Aggies. “We had our chances. Hawaii just made more of the critical plays at the critical times, especially down the s

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