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Air Force notes: Four sophomores among five first-time starters for Falcons out of bye week
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Four sophomores among five first-time starters for Falcons out of bye week Coming out of a bye week, Air Force made several personnel moves and gave five players their first starts. At tailback, sophomore Kade Remsberg started after Joseph Saucier had received the nod in…
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Air Force at Utah State: Subplots, numbers and a quote as Falcons prepare for MW opener
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Odds and ends to prepare you for Air Force’s Mountain West opener at Utah State at 8:15 p.m. Saturday on ESPN2 (and KVOR 740 AM) SUBPLOTS WE’ll WATCH Can Air Force move the chains? In its thrilling 38-35 victory over Utah State in last year’s…
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Player of the game, numbers and more from Air Force’s loss at Florida Atlantic
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Odds and ends from Air Force’s 33-27 loss at Florida Atlantic on Saturday in Boca Raton, Fla. AIR FORCE PLAYER OF THE GAME Garrett Kauppila, junior safety Kauppila made a team-high nine tackles, including 1.5 for loss. He also broke up a third-down pass and…
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Notebook: Isaiah Sanders fulfills ‘dream’ in making start at quarterback for Air Force
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sanders fulfills ‘dream’ in starting at QB for Air Force Isaiah Sanders said he knew early in the week that he’d “take the first snap” at quarterback for Air Force. Turns out, he played the entire game. This wasn’t the first start for the Palmer…
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Air Force notes: Joseph Saucier makes debut as starting tailback
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Joseph Saucier makes debut as starting tailback Joseph Saucier has won Air Force’s biggest fall competition. At least for now. The junior made his career debut Saturday as the starting tailback and ran for a team-high 71 yards on 10 carries. His longest run went…
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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 hockey, winning big, increases season-ticket prices
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A few years back, I was on a Colorado Springs sports radio talk show when the host brought up the new $10 fee to park at Air Force Academy football games. I said the fee would hurt ticket sales and inspire an avalanche of protest…
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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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Onside kick every time? New NCAA rules have Mountain West coaches pondering possibilities
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pondering the impact of the change in kickoff rules, Brent Brennan drew a laugh from a room of coaches and journalists. “We’re going to onside kick every time,” the San Jose State coach said. One person not laughing was the coach sitting next to him…