Tag: air force football
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David Ramsey: Air Force quarterback Arion Worthman must improve his passing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On his first pass of 2018, Air Force quarterback Arion Worthman dropped back and saw Ronald Cleveland running slightly open in the Stony Brook secondary. Worthman ripped a 15-yard throw … straight toward the hands of free safety Synceir Malone. Bad throw. Bad start. Bad…
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David Ramsey: Air Force, once king of service-academy football, has fallen behind Navy and Army
For decades, Air Force swaggered as mighty big brother in its service-academy football rivalry with Navy and Army. Most seasons, muscular big brother pounded scrawny little brothers. Payback has arrived as little brothers developed their own swagger. Tangling with service-academy brethren never has been more perilous. From 1982 to 2002, Air Force soared to a…
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David Ramsey: Air Force, once king of service-academy football, has fallen behind Navy and Army
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For decades, Air Force swaggered as mighty big brother in its service-academy football rivalry with Navy and Army. Most seasons, muscular big brother pounded scrawny little brothers. Payback has arrived as little brothers developed their own swagger. Tangling with service-academy brethren never has been more…
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David Ramsey: Palmer Ridge star Isaiah Sanders battles for Air Force starting quarterback job
On opening day of school at Monument’s Grace Best Elementary, teacher Tom Pulford was walking to class when he saw a fourth grader named Isaiah. “He’s picking up trash in the hallway that wasn’t his trash,” Pulford says. “His first day at a new school, and he was doing the right thing, and nobody had…
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David Ramsey: Palmer Ridge star Isaiah Sanders battles for Air Force starting quarterback job
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On opening day of school at Monument’s Grace Best Elementary, teacher Tom Pulford was walking to class when he saw a fourth grader named Isaiah. “He’s picking up trash in the hallway that wasn’t his trash,” Pulford says. “His first day at a new school,…
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David Ramsey: Defense must play defense for Air Force football to return to winning in 2018
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Troy Calhoun is embarking on a fresh football season, and he’s excited. I’d try to explain his feelings, but divine help is needed to paraphrase Calhoun. We’ll let him talk. “The unknown, quite frankly,” he says of the 2018 season as he stands in twilight…
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David Ramsey: Defense must play defense for Air Force football to return to winning in 2018
Troy Calhoun is embarking on a fresh football season, and he’s excited. I’d try to explain his feelings, but divine help is needed to paraphrase Calhoun. We’ll let him talk. “The unknown, quite frankly,” he says of the 2018 season as he stands in twilight following an evening practice. “You’re just forging a trail. Not…
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Mountain West Media Summit notes: Troy Calhoun’s secrecy major topic of discussion
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Evasive Calhoun The questions kept flying at Troy Calhoun on Tuesday, whose secretive nature about filling a key staff vacancy turned into the most mined-at piece of information Tuesday. Do you have a defensive coordinator and you’re just not telling us? Are you trying to…
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David Ramsey: Jemal Singleton, Air Force football captain, joins forces with once-mighty Raiders
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jemal Singleton’s cell phone rang and soon he heard that famous football voice, a voice filled with gravel and passion, a voice inspired by a fresh mission. Jon Gruden wanted to talk to Singleton about a job on his Oakland Raiders coaching staff. The call…