Author: Jake Schaller
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AFA hires White as defensive assistant
Air Force has hired Brad White to be a defensive assistant coach who will work primarily with linebackers. The 28-year-old White, who coached safeties at Murray State last season, was a standout linebacker at Wake Forest, where he started for three seasons (2002-04). During that time, White crossed paths with Air Force coach Troy Calhoun,…
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Spotlight on offensive line as Falcons open spring practices
Both quarterbacks who made starts, every player who gained yards on the ground and six of the top seven receivers from the 2009 season – all are expected to be back for Air Force in 2010. But who’s going to block for them? “That’s a big question mark right now,” sophomore quarterback Tim Jefferson said…
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Air Force football – five spring storylines
SPRING STORYLINES (OTHER THAN THE OFFENSIVE LINE)1. Filling big shoes on defenseAir Force’s 2009 defense was one of the best, statistically, in academy history. But the Falcons lost defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter, who left to become the defensive coordinator at Texas A&M. And they will have to replace several key players who are set to…
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Air Force at BYU – 3 Things to Watch
AIR FORCE at BYU 3 THINGS TO WATCH 1. AIR FORCE’S OFFENSIVE OUTPUTSince scoring 70 on Jan. 30 against Wyoming in their lone Mountain West Conference victory, the Falcons have averaged 48.7 points in three consecutive losses. Air Force went scoreless until the 10:14 mark of the first half in a loss at San Diego…
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AFA’s sharp-shooting Fow trying to diversify offensive game
In Tuesday’s loss to Colorado State, Air Force twice ran a play in which junior Evan Washington drove into the lane to free freshman Todd Fletcher for a 3-point shot. Both times, a Ram defender left Fletcher to help on Washington. And both times, Washington fed the ball to Fletcher in the corner for open…
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Try as they might, Falcons fall to CSU in basketball
Air Force had plenty of energy this time. But not nearly enough baskets or clutch plays down the stretch. The Falcons scored just four points and had no field goals in the last 7 minutes Tuesday night and lost to Colorado State 51-47 in front of an announced crowd of 1,709 at Clune Arena. Just…
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Falcons basketball team needs to find way to win on road
Air Force has lost 15 straight games on opponents’ home floors and has not recorded a true road victory since Dec. 6, 2008, when it defeated Northern Colorado 71-64. That does not bode well for the Falcons, whose next two games are not only on the road but at two of the toughest venues in…
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Rams are on the rise
During his first two seasons as coach at Colorado State, Tim Miles felt like he had “a knife in a gun fight,” he said Monday. Miles took over a program in need of a major rebuilding job and, at times during his first season in Fort Collins (2007-08), he had just seven scholarship players available and…
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Air Force vs. Colorado State – 3 Things to Watch
1. AIR FORCE’S ENERGY Falcons coach Jeff Reynolds was disappointed that his team played with “no energy” in Saturday’s loss to TCU. They’ll need plenty of energy to have a chance against a Colorado State team that has won three of its past four and beat Air Force by 22 points Jan. 9. The Falcons’…
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AFA’s Parker playing at ’65 percent’
Air Force men’s basketball coach Jeff Reynolds praised senior forward/center Grant Parker’s “heart” following the Falcons’ 65-51 loss to TCU on Saturday. Parker, according to Reynolds, is playing at “about 65 percent” because of the stress reaction in his pelvis that kept him out for 10 games from early December through late January. Reynolds, whose…