Author: Jake Schaller
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The Gazette’s All-Time Air Force Football Team: Some picks easy, some made only after plenty of debate
On the field after Air Force’s 23-16 overtime loss at Utah last season, a group that included several former academy players discussed the Falcons’ standout defense. It had held the Utes to just 267 yards (with 90 coming on one play) and forced a pair of turnovers to continue what would become one of the…
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The Gazette’s All-Time Air Force Football Coach
So now that The Gazette has announced its all-time Air Force football team — a dream squad with 25 of the best players in academy history — we’re left with a question: Who should coach them? Only six men have served as head coach at the academy, so we’ll go through them one-by-one, until we…
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The Gazette’s All-Time Air Force Team
Here is a look at The Gazette’s All-Time Air Force Team:OFFENSE Quarterback Dee Dowis Earned Letters: ’86, ’87, ’88, ’89 Best Known For: Finishing sixth in voting for the 1989 Heisman Trophy and one of the most remarkable single-game performances in academy history — an eye-popping 249 rushing yards and six touchdowns on just 13…
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Gazette picks Air Force’s all-time football coach
So now that The Gazette has announced its all-time Air Force football team — a dream squad with 25 of the best players in academy history — we’re left with a question: Who should coach them? Only six men have served as head coach at the academy, so we’ll go through them one-by-one, until we…
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Air Force all-time football team player capsules
THE GAZETTE’S ALL-TIME AIR FORCE FOOTBALL TEAMOFFENSEQuarterbackDee DowisEarned Letters: ’86, ’87, ’88, ’89Best Known For: Finishing sixth in voting for the 1989 Heisman Trophy and one of the most remarkable single-game performances in academy history — an eye-popping 249 rushing yards and six touchdowns on just 13 carries in a 1989 victory over San Diego…
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Gazette picks all-time AFA football team: Some choices easy, others full of debate
On the field after Air Force’s 23-16 overtime loss at Utah last season, a group that included several former academy players discussed the Falcons’ standout defense. It had held the Utes to just 267 yards (with 90 coming on one play) and forced a pair of turnovers to continue what would become one of the…
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Crop of freshmen set to join Air Force Academy men’s basketball squad
Eight freshmen are slated to join the Air Force men’s basketball team this season, including six who attended the academy prep school. Among the freshmen are: • Jamil Bailey, a 6-foot-4 guard who was the top shooter at the prep school last season, making 103-of-181 shots from the floor (56.9 percent). • Bryce Brady, a…
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Air Force men’s hoops adding eight freshmen
Eight freshmen are slated to join the Air Force men’s basketball team this season, including six who attended the academy prep school. Among the freshmen are: -Jamil Bailey, a 6-foot-4 guard who was the top shooter at the prep school last season, making 103-of-181 shots from the floor (56.9 percent). -Bryce Brady, a 6-3 guard…
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Air Force linebacker corps concerns Calhoun
Heading into the 2010 football season, the most obvious areas of concern for Air Force on both sides of the ball are up front. The Falcons must replace all five starting offensive linemen and two of three starting defensive linemen from their 2009 squad. But coach Troy Calhoun seemed plenty concerned about his linebacker corps…
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Thompson satisfied with MWC’s swap
In the span of a few days earlier this month, the Mountain West Conference went from entertaining the notion of expanding to 12 schools to bracing for the possibility of losing several and immediately becoming irrelevant. Instead, the expected seismic shift of the college athletics landscape ended up being a mere tremor. Just four schools…