Aim High...TCY (2004)

[MikeVick7]

Well that damn Interactive NC State Groupthink (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=30466) has inspired me to dust off TCY...install version 1.3...and start a new dynasty of my own. I ran more of a Pro Offense with my last dynasty and this time I'm going back to my option roots and stay true to Air Force and run their Flexbone offense. My favorite offense to watch these days is the Power Spread that teams like West Virginia and Utah run...but unfortunately there is no Shot Gun formation in TCY so I really wouldn't know which formation would emulate it the best. So it's back to the Flex.

Defensively...I want to try and run a bend but don't break defense. So I will be going after players who excel in zone defense...cover 2...not a lot of blitzing and just try to keep everything in front of me.

My goal in this dynasty is to win the National Championship of course. Academics are a big priority with me though...as I do look for the smarter players so I can devote more time to player development.

Feedback is always welcome.

Level: All-Star
Hire/Fire Coaches: Yes
Include Suspension: Yes
Use Bowl System: Yes
Random Team Repuations: No
Random Conference Reputations: No
Random Academic Repuations: No

Solecismic Eight: Alaska

Primary Offense: Flexbone
Primary Defense: 4-3
Current Prestige: 71
Current Academics 59
Career Record: 0-0

Coaching Staff
Syndicate Coordinator: Daryl Scott (62) - Daryl's excellent in Academic Eligibility and not much else. He'll definitely do for this year.

Offensive Coordinator: Bryant Westbrook (63) - Terrific with Play Calling...Rehabilitation and O-Lineman development. Not the greatest with Player Development altogether. We might be looking elsewhere after this season.

Defensive Coordinator: Lenny Ramirez (51) - Excellent Play Caller and with D-Lineman. Terrific with Secondary development as well. Lenny might be an actual keeper after this season.

Team Scout: Luke Harkness (34) - Luke is another quality staff member. He's Excellent with the RB's and O-Lineman...which is key. He's also Very Good with QB's and LB's. I'm only gonna keep tabs on the local scout in my updates.

Scheduling

2004 Air Force Schedule

Rival: San Diego State
Stadium Capacity: 52,500
Season Tickets Sold: 28,400

Week Opponent Result Attendance Weather Television
2 (46) CALIFORNIA
3 at Baylor
$$4 at UNLV
$$5 at (39) Utah
6 NAVY
$$7 NEW MEXICO
$$9 BRIGHAM YOUNG
$$10 at Wyoming
11 at Army
$$12 SAN DIEGO STATE
$$13 COLORADO STATE

The schedule looks...for lack of a better word...fair. Not too tough..and not terrible either. Cal and Utah will be the toughest tests and the rest are really toss-ups. It will be interesting to see how well the team works with the Flexbone in this first season.

[MikeVick7]

Starting Lineups

Offense

Player Pos Elig HT WT Current Future High School
Zawilinski, Moe QB Sr 5-11 194 48 54 Palestine, TX - Palestine
Franklin, Bo RB Sr 5-10 194 46 46 Memphis, TN - Overton
Berosik, Oliver WB Sr 5-10 191 33 33 Crystal Lake, IL - Crystal Lak
Scott, Kurt FB Jr* 5-10 203 34 61 Santa Barbara, CA - San Marcos
Burnett, D.J. FL So 6-0 183 45 70 Covina, CA - Northview
Steele, Casey SE Sr* 6-3 206 44 54 Saint George, UT - Dixie

Sutton, Bubba C Sr* 6-2 269 48 48 Brighton, CO - Brighton
Godfrey, Ricky G Sr* 6-5 297 68 69 Kersey, CO - Platte Valley
Hindman, Fernando G Sr* 6-4 299 40 63 Sacramento, CA - Valley
Elliott, Winfred T Sr 6-5 297 40 64 Geraldine, AL - Geraldine
Bernstein, Randal T Sr* 6-5 285 40 49 Sacramento, CA - Sacramento

Zawilinski - You really can't get a better name than our starting QB. Not an ideal Flexbone QB...but the best we have.
Franklin - Will be the focal point of our offense. Great breakaway speed...which is what we're looking for in this O.
Berosik - Our short yardage and 3rd down back guy. Not the greatest talent.
Scott - We're gonna depend heavily on our FB. Scott is decent but we need better.
Burnett - Has the greatest future of anyone on offense.
Steele - Steele is our big play threat on offense. He's definitely needed to stetch the field vertically.

Sutton - Just the type of run blocker we need in the middle.
Godfrey - The best player on the team. The bulk of the carries will be run behind him.
Hindman - Another good run blocker.
Elliott - Elliott is our best tackle but will mainly be responsible for protecting the QB on pass plays.
Bernstein - Bernstein will team up with Godfrey on the right side to hopefully open up some holes.

Defense

Player Pos Elig HT WT Current Future High School
Wolf, Jeffrey DE So 6-2 225 27 83 Hixson, TN - Hixson
Gatas, Courtney DE Sr* 6-2 239 44 44 Evergreen, CO - Evergreen
Mayes, Darryl DT Jr* 6-3 259 26 26 Eureka, CA - Eureka
Gibson, Renaldo DT Sr* 6-3 256 22 22 San Diego, CA - Serra

Cromwell, Tito ILB Sr 6-1 218 32 41 Aurora, CO - Hinkley
Hambrick, Brady SOLB So 6-1 208 40 50 Aurora, CO - Eaglecrest
Aufedenkampe, Edwin WOLB Sr* 5-11 204 20 59 Salinas, CA - Salinas

Ainsworth, Stephen CB Sr 6-1 182 51 60 Evergreen, CO - Evergreen
Gerhardt, Vernon CB Sr 6-0 179 38 38 Phoenix, AZ - Cortez
Larry, Aaron FS Sr 5-10 200 44 50 Basalt, CO - Basalt
Sualua, Alfred SS Sr 6-3 191 42 59 Iselin, NJ - J F Kennedy Memor

Wolf - Not the ideal pass rusher we want but has a great future with us.
Gatas - More of a balanced DE. Equally good at run defense and pass rush.
Mayes - We're definitely weak up the middle and that may cost us in Year 1.
Gibson - Read above.
Cromwell - Umm...read above again.
Hambrick - Good solid SOLB. Not a lot of upside though as a Sophmore.
Aufedenkampe - Young player with a lot of upside. Gets the starting nod because of his pass rushing skills.
Ainsworth - Our best defensive player and excellent in the zone defense and interceptions.
Gerhardt - Gets the nod over two better players because of his zone defense skills.
Larry - Excellent man to man skills.
Sualua - Good run defense and man to man skills. Will need him to blitz to help with the rush defense.

Special Teams

Player Pos Elig HT WT Current Future High School
Glover, Norm P Sr 6-2 189 43 71 Bennett, CO - Bennett
Hansen, Aaron K Fr 5-11 182 30 46 Manteca, CA - Sierra

Glover - Strong leg...not much else.
Hansen - Accurate leg..not much else.

[MikeVick7]

Mountain West Predictions

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Utah 0-0 MTW 39.00 35.00 0.00 2.76 76.76 40
Colorado State 0-0 MTW 52.00 47.50 0.00 2.60 102.1050
Brigham Young 0-0 MTW 57.00 65.00 0.00 2.56 124.5660
**Air Force 0-0 MTW 67.00 67.50 0.00 2.52 137.0267
UNLV 0-0 MTW 73.00 64.50 0.00 2.64 140.1469
New Mexico 0-0 MTW 76.00 73.00 0.00 2.68 151.6874
San Diego State 0-0 MTW 77.00 83.50 0.00 2.72 163.2279
Wyoming 0-0 MTW 96.00 106.000.00 2.80 204.80102

Hard to know where we'll be at the end of the year so I suppose 4th place is the right spot for us.

Pre-Season Top 25

Overall Rankings

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Michigan 0-0 B10 1.00 1.00 0.00 0.52 2.52 1
Oklahoma 0-0 B12 2.00 3.50 0.00 1.12 6.62 2
Florida State 0-0 ACC 4.00 3.00 0.00 0.12 7.12 3
Miami of Florida 0-0 ACC 3.00 3.00 0.00 1.36 7.36 4
Ohio State 0-0 B10 5.00 6.50 0.00 0.68 12.18 5
Nebraska 0-0 B12 7.00 5.50 0.00 1.04 13.54 6
Texas 0-0 B12 8.00 8.50 0.00 1.20 17.70 7
Georgia 0-0 SEC 6.00 12.00 0.00 2.08 20.08 8
UCLA 0-0 P10 9.00 10.50 0.00 1.88 21.38 9
Florida 0-0 SEC 10.00 11.50 0.00 2.04 23.54 10
Tennessee 0-0 SEC 11.00 10.50 0.00 2.20 23.70 11
LSU 0-0 SEC 12.00 13.00 0.00 2.40 27.40 12
Wisconsin 0-0 B10 17.00 11.50 0.00 0.80 29.30 13
Penn State 0-0 B10 13.00 17.50 0.00 0.72 31.22 14
Notre Dame 0-0 IND 16.00 13.50 0.00 4.56 34.06 15
USC 0-0 P10 14.00 20.50 0.00 1.92 36.42 16
Clemson 0-0 ACC 19.00 18.00 0.00 0.04 37.04 17
Virginia Tech 0-0 ACC 18.00 19.00 0.00 1.56 38.56 18
Alabama 0-0 SEC 15.00 21.50 0.00 2.28 38.78 19
Auburn 0-0 SEC 23.00 15.00 0.00 2.36 40.36 20
Oregon 0-0 P10 22.00 21.50 0.00 1.76 45.26 21
Washington 0-0 P10 24.00 19.50 0.00 1.96 45.46 22
Kansas State 0-0 B12 20.00 25.00 0.00 0.96 45.96 23
Iowa 0-0 B10 25.00 24.00 0.00 0.48 49.48 24
Maryland 0-0 ACC 27.00 23.00 0.00 0.20 50.20 25
**Air Force 0-0 MTW 67.00 67.50 0.00 2.52 137.0267

Oh Michigan...always so powerful. We hate you.

[MikeVick7]

Week 1

Recruiting

Name Pos Rank Focus Region StrengthStatus Visit Notes
Tom Logan QB 65 Aca MW Touch Considering Exhilirated
Luke Logan RB 53 Aca+ MW Power Contacted Surprised/Very happy/Idol-Nebraska
RB
RB
Vinny Borkowski FB 73 Dist MW Power Considering Overjoyed
Sam Reynolds G 93 Dist SW Pass Considering Very Happy/Hometown
Tracy Jones G 52 Dist SW Run Considering Surprised/Mildly pleased
Rico Moore T 1 Prest SW Pass Considering Happy/Teammate/#1 Player in Nation
Kirk Dilbert T 51 Aca SW Run Contacted Surprised/Very happy
Tony Fine SOLB 36 Aca+ SW Int Contacted Surprised/Very happy
Adrian Sims CB 70 Aca MW Kick Contacted Surprised/Mildly pleased
Roy Stokes CB 29 Aca MW Run Contacted Surprised/Very happy
Jeremy Price CB -- Prest SW Int Considering Overjoyed
Dave Sousa FS 91 Aca SW Zone Considering Positively delighted/Would visit
Damon Poston SS 23 Aca SW Run Contacted Surprised/Very happy
Ellis McConnell P 64 Dist SW Hang Considering Overjoyed

If you can decipher my recruiting notes than more power to you. I didn't chronicle my recruiting travels in my Duke dynasty but in this dynasty I thought the least I could do is just copy what I have on my spreadsheet each week. Note that Tackle Rico Moore is the #1 player in the nation and he has a teammate on the team already. This could be HUGE for us in Year 1.

[MikeVick7]

Week 2

Recruiting

Name Pos Rank Focus Region StrengthStatus Notes
Tom Logan QB 65 Aca MW Touch Considering Exhilirated
Luke Logan RB 53 Aca+ MW Power Considering Surprised/Very happy/Idol-Nebraska
Raymond Sorenso RB 44 Prest DS Extra Considering Amazed
Jorge Reilly RB 13 Aca DS Speed Considering Surprised/Very happy
Vinny Borkowski FB 73 Dist MW Power Considering Overjoyed
Sam Reynolds G 93 Dist SW Pass Considering Very Happy/Hometown
Tracy Jones G 52 Dist SW Run Considering Surprised/Mildly pleased
Rico Moore T 1 Prest SW Pass Visiting Happy/Teammate/#1 Player in Nation
Kirk Dilbert T 51 Aca SW Run Considering Surprised/Very happy
Tony Fine SOLB 36 Aca+ SW Int Considering Surprised/Very happy
Adrian Sims CB 70 Aca MW Kick Considering Surprised/Mildly pleased
Roy Stokes CB 29 Aca MW Run Considering Surprised/Very happy
Jeremy Price CB -- Prest SW Int Considering Overjoyed
Dave Sousa FS 91 Aca SW Zone Considering Positively delighted/Would visit
Dale Mitchel SS 62 Dist+ MW Run Considering Happy
Ellis McConnell P 64 Dist SW Hang Considering Overjoyed

It's unreal that Rico Moore is visiting already. He's got OU and FSU also in his sights already...but he's not choosing to visit them yet. Eat it! Things look decent so far. We had to ditch Poston in week 2 since Cal was going after him and had us beat in Academics and Prestige. Dale Mitchel takes his place on our list.

[MikeVick7]

#46 California (0-0) at Air Force (0-0) (-2) No TV

Last meeting: First Meeting
Career Record against opponent: 0-0

Key Injuries - None

Preview - I was a little surprised to see us as a 2-point favorite heading into game one. But hey...I'll take it. Cal is a little stronger team overall...but maybe we got a little bit of a shot here. Again our focus on offense is to run the Flexbone. We won't be option-heavy in year one since Moe Zawilinski isn't the fleetest of foot. Our main focus on offense will be RB Bo Franklin and we'll also rely on WR Casey Steele as a viable deep threat. Cal's offense features the Wing-T...which is a run heavy offense but they will pass the ball a lot as well. Lucky for us...their RB's don't look too menacing...but they do have some decent threats at WR in Norbert Douglas and at TE in Skip Whiteside. For us defensively...hopefully our bend but don't break philosophy will keep us in the game against this little bit better opponent.

Box Score: California at Air Force
Colorado Springs, CO.

Week 2, 2004

Attendance: 36,200 (52,500).

Weather: 68 degrees, fair.

1Q: 09:23 AIRF - Oliver Berosik 9 pass from Moe Zawilinski.
1Q: 09:23 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point.
1Q: 04:38 AIRF - Aaron Hansen 25 field goal.

2Q: 12:47 AIRF - Frankie Herring 28 fumble return.
2Q: 12:47 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point.
2Q: 06:43 CALI - Jonathan Langham 2 run.
2Q: 06:43 CALI - Donnell O'Toole extra point.
2Q: 02:58 AIRF - Oliver Berosik 17 pass from Moe Zawilinski.
2Q: 02:58 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point.
2Q: 00:31 CALI - Shawn Troutman 5 run.
2Q: 00:31 CALI - Donnell O'Toole extra point.

3Q: 05:02 AIRF - Oliver Berosik 4 run.
3Q: 05:02 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point.

Game MVP: AIRF 27 Oliver Berosik

California 0 14 0 0 - 14
Air Force 10 14 7 0 - 31

Team Statistics CALI AIRF

Net Rushing Yards 56 193
Passing Yards 247 175
Total Yards 303 368

Air Force Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
27 Berosik 13 119 9.1 31 1 2 0
2 Zawilinski 12 -8 -0.6 6 0 2 4
46 Franklin 12 67 5.5 26 0 3 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
2 Zawilinski 22 13 175 7.9 34 2 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
27 Berosik 7 77 11.0 44 17 2
34 Scott 2 18 9.0 11 9 0
81 Burnett 2 28 14.0 11 18 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
38 Sualua 8 1 0.0 1 0 0
49 Ainsworth 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
90 Gatas 4 1 1.0 0 0 0
73 Blackburn 2 0 1.5 0 0 0
92 Martinez 0 0 0.0 1 17 0

Post-Game - Well...I had no idea that we would play this well...but we really took it to the Bears. The biggest surprise of the game...besides the overall defensive play...was WB Oliver Berosik. Just thought to be a nice compliment to RB Bo Franklin...he was the main option against Cal as he racked up 196 yards of total offense to go with all three offensive touchdowns that we put on the board. Franklin was really held in check other than breaking out a 26 yard run in the 4th quarter. It was great to see our running game wear down the Bear D in the 2nd half and racking up 193 yards on the ground in the process. Defensively...SS Alfred Sualua's great game was somewhat overshadowed by Berosik's. But he ended up with 8 tackles and an interception. Back-up FS Frankie Herring added a fumble recovery for a TD. As far as scoring went...we went up 17-0 before Cal scored their first TD to make it 17-7. Then we both traded TD's to wrap up the 1st half. Then we went on to shutout the Bears in half #2. Overall I'm very happy with our opening game.

Next up - at Baylor

[Icy]

Nice, will follow this, as you, to enter in the groupthink made me start TCY too. I have picked up Toledo for the stupid reason that the Spanish city where i live is named Toledo too :)

[Peregrine]

Great performance by Berosik! I wonder if he'll continue to be good, taking advantage of the defensive attention given to your RB. What were your run stats set at for that game?

[MikeVick7]

Peregrine - I'll be able to post those either late tonight or for sure on Saturday. Yeah I was totally surprised with my WB's performance. Probably just a fluke considering he's just a 33 overall rated RB.

Thanks for reading.

[MikeVick7]

For Peregine - The Run percentages are just the default for the Flexbone offense. Otherwise everything else was edited by myself.


Run percentage in normal situations
1-2 Yds to Go 3-7 Yds to Go 8-10 Yds to Go 11+ Yds to Go
First Down 90 88 73 56
Second Down 90 81 59 52
Third Down 92 39 29 33
Fourth Down 94 38 23 31

Run Direction LE LT LG C RG RT RE
5 5 10 15 30 20 15

Use of Option - 45

Percentage of overall Carries by position
RB - 45
FB - 20
QB - 25
WB - 10

Pass Distribution
Screen 1-10 Yards 11-20 Yards 21-30 Yards 31+ Yards
10 50 15 15 10

[MikeVick7]

Week 3

Recruiting

Name Pos Rank Focus State Strength Status Notes
Tom Logan QB 65 Aca MO Touch Considering Exhilirated
Luke Logan RB 53 Aca+ NE Power Considering Surprised/Very happy/Idol-Nebraska
Raymond SorensonRB 44 Prest TX Extra Considering Amazed
Jorge Reilly RB 13 Aca TX Speed Considering Surprised/Very happy
Eills Cucina RB 10 Aca NY Extra Considering
Vinny Borkowski FB 73 Dist NE Power Considering Overjoyed
Sam Reynolds G 93 Dist CO Pass Considering Very Happy/Hometown
Tracy Jones G 52 Dist NV Run Considering Surprised/Mildly pleased
Rico Moore T 1 Prest CO Pass Visiting Happy/Teammate/#1 Player in Nation
Kirk Dilbert T 51 Aca UT Run Considering Surprised/Very happy
Tony Fine SOLB 36 Aca+ AZ Int Considering Surprised/Very happy
Adrian Sims CB 70 Aca NE Kick Considering Surprised/Mildly pleased
Roy Stokes CB 29 Aca SD Run Considering Surprised/Very happy
Jeremy Price CB -- Prest CO Int Considering Overjoyed
Dave Sousa FS 91 Aca CO Zone Visiting Positively delighted/Would visit
Dale Mitchel SS 62 Dist+ MN Run Considering Happy
Ellis McConnell P 64 Dist CO Hang Considering Overjoyed

RB Luke Logan is now giving Wake Forest serious consideration...so we now throw Ellis Cucina in the mix from out East. We're still in the lead in the race for Rico Moore. Fingers are still crossed. And FS Dave Sousa has decided to visit as well.

[MikeVick7]

#46 Air Force (1-0) (-1) at #50 Baylor (1-0) TV5

Last meeting: First Meeting
Career Record against opponent: 0-0

Key Injuries - None

Preview - We were definitely please with last week's win over Cal...but now we have our first road game of the year vs Baylor. Baylor likes to put the ball in the air in their Single-Back offense...but they may not have the QB to do that effectively. QB Lionel Fazzini threw for 326 yards in their opening game win vs UAB...but also threw 5 picks as well. So like Cal last week...it looks like this team does not have their best players in key positions. Their best player on O is RB Chuck Rathbone...who is their highest rated skill position player. He ran the ball 18 times last week for 79 yards. The story for us last week was WB Oliver Berosik. Berosik averaged 9.15 yards per carry while racking up 196 yards of total offense and 3 TD's. I'm not sure if that was a fluke or not...but if we can get performances out of our WB then we're in a pretty good spot. We suffered no injuries at all last week so we're feeling pretty good heading into this matchup.

Box Score: Air Force at Baylor
Waco, TX.

Week 3, 2004

Attendance: 44,400 (50,000).

Weather: 75 degrees, fair.

1Q: 11:41 AIRF - D.J. Burnett 49 pass from Moe Zawilinski.
1Q: 11:41 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point.
1Q: 08:57 AIRF - D.J. Burnett 10 pass from Moe Zawilinski.
1Q: 08:57 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point.

2Q: 10:36 AIRF - Aaron Larry 59 interception return.
2Q: 10:36 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point.
2Q: 10:27 BAYL - Chuck Rathbone 93 kickoff return.
2Q: 10:27 BAYL - Calvin Kester extra point.
2Q: 05:02 BAYL - Chuck Rathbone 7 run.
2Q: 05:02 BAYL - Calvin Kester extra point.
2Q: 04:43 BAYL - Arnold Humphrey 34 pass from Lionel Fazzini.
2Q: 04:43 BAYL - Calvin Kester extra point.
2Q: 01:47 BAYL - Howard Otis 21 pass from Lionel Fazzini.
2Q: 01:47 BAYL - Calvin Kester extra point.

3Q: 12:32 AIRF - Stephen Ainsworth 81 interception return.
3Q: 12:32 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point.
3Q: 07:07 BAYL - Arnold Humphrey 11 pass from Lionel Fazzini.
3Q: 07:07 BAYL - Calvin Kester extra point.
3Q: 03:28 AIRF - Bo Franklin 1 run.
3Q: 03:28 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point.

4Q: 09:25 AIRF - Vernon Gerhardt 66 punt return.
4Q: 09:25 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point.
4Q: 06:39 AIRF - D.J. Burnett 78 pass from Moe Zawilinski.
4Q: 06:39 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point.
4Q: 05:37 BAYL - Arnold Humphrey 14 pass from Lionel Fazzini.
4Q: 05:37 BAYL - Calvin Kester extra point.

Game MVP: AIRF 81 D.J. Burnett

Air Force 14 7 14 14 - 49
Baylor 0 28 7 7 - 42

Team Statistics AIRF BAYL

Net Rushing Yards 139 94
Passing Yards 214 321
Total Yards 353 415

Sacked/Yards Lost 0-0 5-28

Time Of Possession 25:30 34:30

Air Force Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
46 Franklin 14 25 1.7 7 1 3 0
27 Berosik 12 52 4.3 15 0 2 0
2 Zawilinski 8 43 5.3 24 0 2 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
2 Zawilinski 11 8 214 19.4 78 3 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
81 Burnett 3 137 45.6 61 78 3
27 Berosik 2 23 11.5 8 14 0
3 Steele 2 34 17.0 15 24 0
84 Velazquez 1 20 20.0 3 20 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
35 Gerhardt 2 74 37.0 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
38 Sualua 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
28 Larry 6 2 0.0 1 59 1
97 Wells 3 1 1.0 0 0 0
90 Gatas 2 3 2.5 0 0 0
49 Ainsworth 2 0 0.0 1 81 1
96 Gibson 1 1 1.0 0 0 0

Post-Game - It took 21 points from our defense and special teams but we'll take it in what turned out to be a flat-out shootout against Baylor. We started out great. Moe Zawilinski hit DJ Burnett on our first play from scrimmage with a 49 yard TD pass. Then after a blocked punt Zawilinski found Burnett for another 10 yard TD pass on our 3rd play from scrimmage to make it 14-0. Then after a couple of possessions our FS Aaron Larry picked off a Lionel Fazzini pass and took it back for a 59 yard interception return for a TD to make it 21-0. But that finally woke Baylor up...Chuck Rathbone to the ensuing kickoff back for a 93 yard TD return. After that...Baylor found the end zone three more times in the 2nd quarter to take a 28-21 halftime lead. In the 2nd half...we finally slowed down Baylor and outscored them 28-14 to hold on for a 7 point win. That 28 points included a 81 yard interception return for a TD by Stephen Ainsworth and a 66 yard punt return for a TD by Vernon Gerhardt. Zawilinski was again impressive from the QB spot going 8-11 for 214 yards and 3 TD's with no ints. All three TD passes went to DJ Burnett who took all 3 catches into the end zone. Bo Franklin was again held in check as he gained just 25 yards on 14 carries...but he did score a TD. And SS Alfred Sualua led the team in tackles with 7. We may have lost DE Courtney Matas with a serious injury. Update in Week 4.

Next up - at UNLV

[MikeVick7]

Week 4

Recruiting

Name Pos Rank Focus State StrengthStatus Notes
Tom Logan QB 65 Aca MO Touch Considering Exhilirated
Luke Logan RB 53 Aca+ NE Power Considering Surprised/Very happy/Idol-Nebraska
Raymond SorensonRB 44 Prest TX Extra Considering Amazed
Jorge Reilly RB 13 Aca TX Speed Considering Surprised/Very happy
Eills Cucina RB 10 Aca NY Extra Considering Mildly pleased
Vinny Borkowski FB 73 Dist NE Power Considering Overjoyed
Sam Reynolds G 93 Dist CO Pass Visiting Very Happy/Hometown
Tracy Jones G 52 Dist NV Run Considering Surprised/Mildly pleased
Rico Moore T 1 Prest CO Pass Visiting Happy/Teammate/#1 Player in Nation
Kirk Dilbert T 51 Aca UT Run Considering Surprised/Very happy
Tony Fine SOLB 36 Aca+ AZ Int Considering Surprised/Very happy
Adrian Sims CB 70 Aca NE Kick Considering Surprised/Mildly pleased
Roy Stokes CB 29 Aca SD Run Considering Surprised/Very happy
Jeremy Price CB -- Prest CO Int Considering Overjoyed
Dave Sousa FS 91 Aca CO Zone Visiting Positively delighted/Would visit
Dale Mitchel SS 62 Dist+ MN Run Considering Happy
Ellis McConnell P 64 Dist CO Hang Considering Overjoyed

Little movement here in Week 4. G Sam Reynolds from here in Colorado Springs decided to pay a visit to the ol' campus. We're still feeling confident about Rico Moore even though he is visiting the OU campus this week.

[MikeVick7]

Coaches Poll

School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Michigan 2-0 B10 1 1 1.00 1
Oklahoma 2-0 B12 2 3 2.50 3
Florida State 1-0 ACC 3 2 2.50 27
Ohio State 2-0 B10 4 8 6.00 17
Nebraska 2-0 B12 5 4 4.50 13
Texas 2-0 B12 6 7 6.50 2
Florida 2-0 SEC 7 14 10.50 29
UCLA 1-0 P10 8 9 8.50 12
LSU 2-0 SEC 9 13 11.00 23
Tennessee 1-0 SEC 10 10 10.00 34
**Air Force 2-0 MTW 38 37 37.50 32

Mountain West

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Utah 2 0 0 1.000 58 14 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 2
**Air Force 2 0 0 1.000 80 56 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 2
San Diego State 0 1 0 .000 24 28 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
UNLV 0 2 0 .000 17 106 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
New Mexico 0 2 0 .000 10 111 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
Wyoming 0 2 0 .000 10 112 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
Colorado State 0 2 0 .000 13 115 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
Brigham Young 0 2 0 .000 9 111 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2

[MikeVick7]

#38 Air Force (2-0) at UNLV (0-2) (-1) No TV

Last meeting: First Meeting
Career Record against opponent: 0-0

Key Injuries
DE Courtney Gatas - Reconstructive Knee Surgery - Out Season
OLB Edwin Aufedenkampe - Hyperextended Elbow - Out 5 weeks
DT Darryl Mayes - Broken Nose - Probable 2 weeks

Preview - For the 3rd week in a row we face an opponent that is very comparable to us in overall talent. But it's hard to gauge exactly how good UNLV is when they've had to face Tennessee and Wisconsin on the road in their first two games. So their stats are a little skewed because of this and thus it's hard to get a read. But we do know that they like to throw the ball out of their Trips Formation and against a similiar team last week...in Baylor...it may certainly give us trouble. We had our first big injury blows of the year happen in last week's game. We lost DE Courtney Gatas...our best pass rusher...for the season to a knee injury and then we lost WOLB Edwin Aufedenkampe for the next 5 weeks or so with a hyperextended elbow. So our already porous defense just got a little more porous. I've been very pleased with the play of our QB Moe Zawalinski...so far on the year he is 21-33 for 389 yards with 5 TD's and only 1 int. That's exactly what we need to open things up for the Flexbone option game.

Box Score: Air Force at UNLV
Las Vegas, NV.

Week 4, 2004

Attendance: 30,800 (36,800).

Weather: 83 degrees, fair.

1Q: 10:05 AIRF - Casey Steele 21 pass from Moe Zawilinski.
1Q: 10:05 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point.

2Q: 08:16 UNLV - Marshall Dunlap 3 pass from Donnell Hines.
2Q: 08:16 UNLV - Bo Brazinski extra point.

3Q: 07:41 UNLV - Bo Brazinski 26 field goal.
3Q: 07:35 AIRF - Vernon Gerhardt 90 kickoff return.
3Q: 07:35 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point.
3Q: 04:53 UNLV - Junior Meier 2 run.
3Q: 04:53 UNLV - Bo Brazinski extra point.

4Q: 04:05 AIRF - Bo Franklin 4 run.
4Q: 04:05 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point.
4Q: 01:43 UNLV - Chester Fein 25 pass from Donnell Hines.
4Q: 01:43 UNLV - Bo Brazinski extra point.
4Q: 00:07 AIRF - Aaron Hansen 39 field goal.
OT: 14:42 AIRF - Oliver Berosik 15 run.

Game MVP: AIRF 81 D.J. Burnett

Air Force 7 0 7 10 6 - 30
UNLV 0 7 10 7 0 - 24

Team Statistics AIRF UNLV

Net Rushing Yards 174 137
Passing Yards 231 245
Total Yards 405 382

Air Force Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
46 Franklin 16 58 3.6 23 1 3 0
27 Berosik 9 51 5.6 15 1 2 0
2 Zawilinski 6 0 0.0 6 0 0 2
34 Scott 4 20 5.0 15 0 0 0
37 Coffey 3 29 9.6 21 0 0 0
84 Velazquez 1 16 16.0 16 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
2 Zawilinski 25 13 231 9.2 33 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
81 Burnett 6 136 22.6 44 33 0
3 Steele 3 58 19.3 10 21 1
27 Berosik 2 20 10.0 6 10 0

Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
46 Franklin 3 73 24.3 0
35 Gerhardt 1 90 90.0 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
98 Hambrick 9 1 1.0 0 0 0
38 Sualua 7 2 0.0 0 0 0
92 Martinez 3 2 1.0 0 0 0
97 Wells 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
71 Wolf 1 0 1.0 0 0 0

Post-Game - We had another barnburner for the 2nd week in a row. This time it took us OT to beat the Rebels by the score of 30-24. We really controlled the majority of the first half but only had 7 points to show for it. We took the opening drive and shoved it down their throats with ease...but then really never reclaimed that running game dominance the rest of the game. But the game came down to a last minute drive in the 4th. Down 21-24 we put together a drive that got the ball to the Rebel 22 yard line for our kicker Aaron Hansen. Hansen had been 0-2 in FG's during the game but somehow sucked it up and kicked a 39 yarder to send it in to OT. In OT...UNLV self-destructed on their drive as they ended up with a 4th and 25 from the 40 and came away with no points. Then they committed a defensive holding penalty to give us the ball on the 15 yard line and on the 2nd play from scrimmage Oliver Berosik took it in from 15 yards out for our 3rd win of the season. WR DJ Burnett took home MVP honors for the 2nd week in a row. He didn't score but caught 6 passes for 136 yards. And Vernon Gerhardt had his 2nd return for a TD in as many weeks. This time it was a 90 yard kickoff return in the 3rd quarter.

Next up - at Utah

[MikeVick7]

Week 5


Coaches Poll

School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Michigan 3-0 B10 1 1 1.00 1
Oklahoma 3-0 B12 2 3 2.50 2
Florida State 2-0 ACC 3 2 2.50 13
Ohio State 3-0 B10 4 7 5.50 16
Nebraska 3-0 B12 5 4 4.50 7
Florida 3-0 SEC 6 11 8.50 24
Texas 2-0 B12 7 6 6.50 3
UCLA 2-0 P10 8 8 8.00 6
LSU 3-0 SEC 9 9 9.00 11
USC 3-0 P10 10 13 11.50 4
**Air Force 3-0 MTW 32 29 30.50 27

Mountain West

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
**Air Force 3 0 0 1.000 110 80 1 0 0 1.000 30 24 Won 3
Utah 3 0 0 1.000 86 27 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 3
San Diego State 0 2 0 .000 31 96 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
Wyoming 0 2 0 .000 10 112 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 2
New Mexico 0 3 0 .000 34 162 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 3
Colorado State 0 3 0 .000 41 153 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 3
Brigham Young 0 3 0 .000 9 169 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 3
UNLV 0 3 0 .000 41 136 0 1 0 .000 24 30 Lost 3

[MikeVick7]

Recruiting

Name Pos Rank Focus State Strength Status Notes Contacts
Tom Logan QB 65 Aca MO Touch Considering Exhilirated
Luke Logan RB 53 Aca+ NE Power Considering Surprised/Very happy/Idol-Nebraska
Raymond SorensonRB 44 Prest TX Extra Considering Amazed
Jorge Reilly RB 13 Aca TX Speed Considering Surprised/Very happy
Eills Cucina RB 10 Aca NY Extra Considering Mildly pleased
Vinny Borkowski FB 73 Dist NE Power Visiting Overjoyed
Sam Reynolds G 93 Dist CO Pass Visiting Very Happy/Hometown
Tracy Jones G 52 Dist NV Run Considering Surprised/Mildly pleased
Rico Moore T 1 Prest CO Pass Visiting Happy/Teammate/#1 Player in Nation
Kirk Dilbert T 51 Aca UT Run Considering Surprised/Very happy
Tony Fine SOLB 36 Aca+ AZ Int Considering Surprised/Very happy
Adrian Sims CB 70 Aca NE Kick Considering Surprised/Mildly pleased
Roy Stokes CB 29 Aca SD Run Considering Surprised/Very happy
Jeremy Price CB -- Prest CO Int Visiting Overjoyed
Dave Sousa FS 91 Aca CO Zone Visiting Positively delighted/Would visit
Dale Mitchel SS 62 Dist+ MN Run Considering Happy
Ellis McConnell P 64 Dist CO Hang Considering Overjoyed

Again not much movement this week...but we're still early. We had one more recruit visit...CB Jeremy Price...another Colorado product. The race for Rico Moore has heated up. Now he has visited Michigan...Nebraska and Oklahoma. Our chances are dwindling a bit...but we were still the first school that he visited...so we'll see.

[MikeVick7]

#32 Air Force (3-0) at #21 Utah (3-0) (-5) TV2

Last meeting: First Meeting
Career Record against opponent: 0-0

Key Injuries
DE Courtney Gatas - Reconstructive Knee Surgery - Out Season
OLB Edwin Aufedenkampe - Hyperextended Elbow - Doubtful 4 weeks
DT Darryl Mayes - Broken Nose - Probable 1 week

Preview - Well we had our first big blow of the season...non-injury related...as our top CB...Stephen Ainsworth...committed a violation of team rules and we had no choice to suspend him. Now it's been a while since I've played TCY and had a player suspended...but I believe this is for the rest of the year. Hopefully I'm wrong because this is an important player to lose. So with the loss of Ainsworth we have to make a change in the way we cover the opposing teams receivers. Without his strong zone presence in the game we have to switch over to more of a man to man defense. It will be interesting to see how much this effects us.
Looking at Utah...this looks to be our toughest test of the year. While we're a combined 6-0...the rest of the conference is 0-16. Ouch. Utah also likes to run the Flexbone and they seem to have a little bit more talent than Cal did. Better talent combined with the loss of one of our best players on defense and I don't like how this one is shaping up. We'll also still be w/o the services of Gatas and Aufedenkampe. On offense for us this year...so far we're 32nd in scoring (36.6) and 27th in rushing yards (506) through the first three games.

Box Score: Air Force at Utah
Salt Lake City, UT.

Week 5, 2004

Attendance: 45,600 (45,600).

Weather: 62 degrees, rain.

1Q: 09:41 UTAH - Gene Upchurch 1 pass from Nicky McWilliams.
1Q: 09:41 UTAH - Ernest Randle extra point.

2Q: 11:18 UTAH - Deron Crouch 8 fumble return.
2Q: 11:18 UTAH - Ernest Randle extra point.
2Q: 00:57 UTAH - Carlton Marshak 63 pass from Nicky McWilliams.
2Q: 00:57 UTAH - Ernest Randle extra point.

3Q: 01:59 UTAH - Danny McCormick 86 interception return.
3Q: 01:59 UTAH - Ernest Randle extra point.

4Q: 08:55 UTAH - Blake Cancilla 4 run.
4Q: 08:55 UTAH - Ernest Randle extra point.
4Q: 03:42 AIRF - Casey Steele 61 punt return.
4Q: 03:42 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point.

Game MVP: UTAH 94 Deron Crouch

Air Force 0 0 0 7 - 7
Utah 7 14 7 7 - 35

Team Statistics AIRF UTAH

Net Rushing Yards 64 145
Passing Yards 125 197
Total Yards 189 342

Sacked/Yards Lost 6-36 3-16
Interceptions 3 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1

Air Force Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
2 Zawilinski 12 -16 -1.3 6 0 0 6
27 Berosik 10 38 3.8 16 0 2 0
46 Franklin 6 17 2.8 12 0 2 0
37 Coffey 2 18 9.0 9 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
2 Zawilinski 33 9 125 3.7 28 0 3
9 Holm 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
3 Steele 3 55 18.3 7 28 0
81 Burnett 3 45 15.0 9 28 0

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
3 Steele 2 52 26.0 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
98 Hambrick 9 2 0.0 0 0 0
54 Cromwell 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
38 Sualua 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
71 Wolf 4 0 1.0 0 0 0
28 Larry 3 2 1.0 0 0 0
92 Martinez 3 1 1.0 0 0 0

Utah Individual Statistics

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
94 Crouch 3 0 2.5 0 0 0

Post-Game - Man...I don't know what happened here...but we just flat out sucked it up. It may have been the 6 sacks that we gave up. It may have been the 4 turnovers that we had. It may have been that we finally got beat by a better team. Whatever it was...it wasn't enjoyable to watch. We really were in this game in the first half and then gave up a crushing 63 yard TD pass with just :57 left before halftime. Then as were trying to put up our first score of the game in the 3rd quarter we gave up an 89 yard interception return. The consolation to all this is that the rest of our schedule only gets easier.

Next up - Navy at home.

[MikeVick7]

Week 6


Coaches Poll

School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Michigan 4-0 B10 1 1 1.00 2
Oklahoma 3-0 B12 2 3 2.50 3
Florida State 3-0 ACC 3 2 2.50 1
Ohio State 3-0 B10 4 6 5.00 12
Florida 4-0 SEC 5 8 6.50 19
Nebraska 3-0 B12 6 4 5.00 7
Texas 3-0 B12 7 5 6.00 4
LSU 4-0 SEC 8 7 7.50 10
USC 3-0 P10 9 9 9.00 5
Kansas State 3-0 B12 10 10 10.00 6
**Air Force 3-1 MTW 52 48 50.00 38

Mountain West

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Utah 4 0 0 1.000 121 34 1 0 0 1.000 35 7 Won 4
**Air Force 3 1 0 .750 117 115 1 1 0 .500 37 59 Lost 1
San Diego State 1 2 0 .333 65 103 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
Colorado State 1 3 0 .250 78 153 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Won 1
Wyoming 0 3 0 .000 27 136 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 3
New Mexico 0 4 0 .000 34 182 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 4
Brigham Young 0 4 0 .000 9 218 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 4
UNLV 1 3 0 .250 64 153 0 1 0 .000 24 30 Won 1

[MikeVick7]

Recruiting

Name Pos Rank Focus State Strength Status Notes Contacts
Edward Stanton QB 17 Aca VA Timing Considering Surprised/Mildly pleased
Raymond SorensonRB 44 Prest TX Extra Considering Amazed
Jorge Reilly RB 13 Aca TX Speed Considering Surprised/Very happy
Eills Cucina RB 10 Aca NY Extra Considering Mildly pleased
Vinny Borkowski FB 73 Dist NE Power Visiting Overjoyed
Sam Reynolds G 93 Dist CO Pass Visiting Very Happy/Hometown
Tracy Jones G 52 Dist NV Run Considering Surprised/Mildly pleased
Rico Moore T 1 Prest CO Pass Visiting Happy/Teammate/#1 Player in Nation
Kirk Dilbert T 51 Aca UT Run Considering Surprised/Very happy
Tony Fine SOLB 36 Aca+ AZ Int Considering Surprised/Very happy
Adrian Sims CB 70 Aca NE Kick Considering Surprised/Mildly pleased
Roy Stokes CB 29 Aca SD Run Considering Surprised/Very happy
Jeremy Price CB -- Prest CO Int Visiting Overjoyed
Dave Sousa FS 91 Aca CO Zone Visiting Positively delighted/Would visit
Dale Mitchel SS 62 Dist+ MN Run Considering Happy
Ellis McConnell P 64 Dist CO Hang Considering Overjoyed

Not much change going into Week 6 on the recruiting trails. No one visited this week...which is a little depressing but then again we've only loss RB Luke Logan to Indiana. We've already been looking at Cucina from NY though...in his place. One major shake-up is that we've stopped going after that Logan kid at QB as Vandy has stepped into that picture and has us beat in both Acadamics and Distance. So we're making a major play for Edward Stanton...an option QB out of Virginia. He's listed as the 17th best QB...but he's only been offered 2 scholarships so far and we have them beat in the Academics category. So we're hoping this could be a big breakthrough for us.

[MikeVick7]

Navy (2-2) at Air Force (3-1) (-14) No TV

Last meeting: First Meeting
Career Record against opponent: 0-0

Key Injuries
DE Courtney Gatas - Reconstructive Knee Surgery - Out Season
OLB Edwin Aufedenkampe - Hyperextended Elbow - Questionable 3 weeks

Preview - Well last week was quite a jolt to our system as Utah took us apart. This week...however we're really looking at getting back into the saddle with a home game vs Navy. Navy...like in real life...are not all that talented and their offense will not make anyone run and hide. But...we're not world-beaters either in year one...so we just gotta play solid football. We continue to be relatively injury-free so far this year. Our biggest loss has been the suspension of our top CB Stephen Ainsworth. We're already 107th in the nation in pass defense...so a relatively easy schedule the rest of the way out has just become a little harder. It looks like Audenkampe will be out at least one more week as well with

his elbow injury.

Box Score: Navy at Air Force
Colorado Springs, CO.

Week 6, 2004

Attendance: 38,900 (52,500).

Weather: 59 degrees, fair.

1Q: 04:21 AIRF - Aaron Hansen 38 field goal.
1Q: 00:00 NAVY - Marshall Swope 5 pass from Andrew Pickering.
1Q: 00:00 NAVY - Erik Abrams extra point.

2Q: 02:06 AIRF - Aaron Hansen 29 field goal.

3Q: 03:32 NAVY - Erik Abrams 30 field goal.

4Q: 12:52 AIRF - Aaron Hansen 37 field goal.
4Q: 08:47 NAVY - Erik Abrams 31 field goal.
4Q: 02:01 AIRF - Aaron Hansen 20 field goal.

Game MVP: NAVY 70 Mo Austin

Navy 7 0 3 3 - 13
Air Force 3 3 0 6 - 12

Team Statistics NAVY AIRF

Net Rushing Yards 160 198
Passing Yards 117 239
Total Yards 277 437

Penalties 1 11
Penalty Yards 15 112
Time Of Possession 21:59 38:01

Navy Individual Statistics

Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
70 Austin 0 0 0 0 5 0

Air Force Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
46 Franklin 19 104 5.4 20 0 5 0
27 Berosik 10 63 6.3 19 0 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
2 Zawilinski 26 18 239 9.1 45 0 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
3 Steele 4 70 17.5 9 45 0
81 Burnett 4 82 20.5 18 32 0
34 Scott 3 24 8.0 10 10 0
46 Franklin 2 12 6.0 6 9 0
27 Berosik 2 14 7.0 5 9 0
40 Evans 2 28 14.0 20 17 0
84 Velazquez 1 9 9.0 2 9 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
38 Sualua 8 2 0.0 0 0 0
98 Hambrick 8 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Cromwell 4 1 0.0 0 0 0

Post-Game - Well this one was truely embarrassing. We outgained them 437-277...had the ball for almost twice as long...only had one turnover...and lost just to a bad team. I guess committing 11 penalties to their 1 didn't help any. But man...this one sucked. Bo Franklin finally had a good game...which he hasn't done yet this year...and yet we still couldn't stick the ball in the end zone. Just unreal. And one of their offensive linemen received MVP honors...a true first in all my years of TCY'in it. Not sure what else I can say on this one...so I'll just advance to week 7.

Next up - New Mexico comes to Colorado Springs

[MikeVick7]

Week 7


Coaches Poll

School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Michigan 5-0 B10 1 1 1.00 1
Oklahoma 4-0 B12 2 3 2.50 2
Florida State 4-0 ACC 3 2 2.50 3
Ohio State 4-0 B10 4 5 4.50 6
Florida 5-0 SEC 5 8 6.50 10
Nebraska 4-0 B12 6 4 5.00 9
Texas 4-0 B12 7 6 6.50 5
LSU 5-0 SEC 8 7 7.50 7
USC 4-0 P10 9 10 9.50 4
Miami of Florida 3-1 ACC 10 9 9.50 11
**Air Force 3-2 MTW 54 54 54.00 54

Mountain West

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Utah 5 0 0 1.000 159 41 2 0 0 1.000 73 14 Won 5
Colorado State 2 3 0 .400 115 159 1 0 0 1.000 37 6 Won 2
**Air Force 3 2 0 .600 129 128 1 1 0 .500 37 59 Lost 2
San Diego State 1 3 0 .250 65 158 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 1
Wyoming 0 4 0 .000 33 167 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Lost 4
UNLV 2 3 0 .400 99 160 0 1 0 .000 24 30 Won 2
New Mexico 0 5 0 .000 41 220 0 1 0 .000 7 38 Lost 5
Brigham Young 0 5 0 .000 15 255 0 1 0 .000 6 37 Lost 5

[MikeVick7]

Recruiting

Name Pos Rank Focus State Strength Status Notes Contacts
Edward Stanton QB 17 Aca VA Timing Considering Surprised/Mildly pleased
Raymond SorensonRB 44 Prest TX Extra Considering Amazed
Jorge Reilly RB 13 Aca TX Speed Considering Surprised/Very happy
Eills Cucina RB 10 Aca NY Extra Considering Mildly pleased
Vinny Borkowski FB 73 Dist NE Power Visiting Overjoyed
Sam Reynolds G 93 Dist CO Pass Visiting Very Happy/Hometown
Tracy Jones G 52 Dist NV Run Considering Surprised/Mildly pleased
Rico Moore T 1 Prest CO Pass Visiting Happy/Teammate/#1 Player in Nation
Kirk Dilbert T 51 Aca UT Run Visiting Surprised/Very happy
Tony Fine SOLB 36 Aca+ AZ Int Considering Surprised/Very happy
Adrian Sims CB 70 Aca NE Kick Considering Surprised/Mildly pleased
Roy Stokes CB 29 Aca SD Run Considering Surprised/Very happy
Jeremy Price CB -- Prest CO Int Visiting Overjoyed
Dave Sousa FS 91 Aca CO Zone Committed Positively delighted/Would visit
Dale Mitchel SS 62 Dist+ MN Run Considering Happy
Ellis McConnell P 64 Dist CO Hang Visiting Overjoyed

Not a whole lot of attention needed in the recruiting wars this week. But we finally did land our first recruit. Dave Sousa...a FS...from right here in Colorado signed with us. Dave is just the 91st rated Safety...but was a nice little score for us. Hopefully this will open up the flood gates for us.

[MikeVick7]

New Mexico (0-5) at Air Force (3-2) (-18) No TV

Last meeting: First Meeting
Career Record against opponent: 0-0

Key Injuries
DE Courtney Gatas - Reconstructive Knee Surgery - Out Season
WR Casey Steele - Sprained Neck - Probable 3 weeks
T Winfred Elliott - Bad Cold - Probable 1 week
OLB Edwin Aufedenkampe - Hyperextended Elbow - Probable 1 week

Preview - Last week we faced a bad team in Navy and came away with a big L. This week we may face an even worse team in New Mexico. If we can't beat this team then I may have to just resign from my job. New Mexico comes into this game 0-5 on the season and their QB Daryl Andersen has thrown for exactly 0 TD's on the year to go along with his 10 ints. Plus he's completing passes at a 43% clip. The Lobos run their offense out of the I-Formation and their starting RB...Chuck Kenner...is out for the rest of the season with broken ribs. Again I reiterate...if we don't win this game...I WILL RESIGN! On our side of things...we got nicked up a bit last week but overall everyone should be ready to play including WOLB Edwin Aufedenkampe. I definitely like the way our defense played last week but the offense...who can move the ball up and down the field without problems...needs to put it in the end zone.

Box Score: New Mexico at Air Force
Colorado Springs, CO.

Week 7, 2004

Attendance: 34,700 (52,500).

Weather: 47 degrees, fair.

1Q: 12:01 NMEX - Nicky Turnbull 7 pass from Daryl Andersen.
1Q: 12:01 NMEX - Grady Rivas extra point.
1Q: 04:01 AIRF - Oliver Berosik 4 run.
1Q: 04:01 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point.

2Q: 08:21 AIRF - Aaron Hansen 28 field goal.

3Q: 06:06 AIRF - D.J. Burnett 3 pass from Moe Zawilinski.
3Q: 06:06 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point.
3Q: 03:39 NMEX - Nicky Turnbull 3 run.
3Q: 03:39 NMEX - Grady Rivas extra point.

4Q: 08:45 AIRF - Moe Zawilinski 17 run.
4Q: 08:45 AIRF - Aaron Hansen extra point failed.
4Q: 02:39 AIRF - Aaron Hansen 18 field goal.

Game MVP: AIRF 75 Ricky Godfrey

New Mexico 7 0 7 0 - 14
Air Force 7 3 7 9 - 26

Team Statistics NMEX AIRF

Net Rushing Yards 100 147
Passing Yards 116 282
Total Yards 216 429

Interceptions 3 0
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/1

Air Force Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
27 Berosik 26 93 3.5 17 1 8 0
34 Scott 6 27 4.5 14 0 1 0
2 Zawilinski 5 12 2.4 17 1 4 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
2 Zawilinski 38 22 282 7.4 43 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
3 Steele 10 144 14.4 38 43 0
81 Burnett 5 68 13.6 14 20 1
27 Berosik 3 43 14.3 12 17 0
84 Velazquez 2 16 8.0 1 10 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
54 Cromwell 7 2 1.0 0 0 0
38 Sualua 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
98 Hambrick 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
96 Gibson 2 1 1.0 0 0 0
73 Blackburn 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
78 Mayes 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
28 Larry 2 2 0.0 1 10 0
20 Ferrer 2 0 0.0 2 0 0

Post-Game - Well we got the win and my job IS safe. But I really didn't feel good about this one either. Oh sure we put up 429 yards of total offense...we can move the ball up and down the field at will...just not all the way into the promised land. Oliver Berosik had to pick up the slack as we lost Bo Franklin to a knee injury. Berosik ran the ball 26 times for 93 years and added 43 more threw the air. Casey Steele had his best game of the year catching 10 passes for 144 yards. We once again doubled up our opponent in yardage but not on the scoreboard. We definitely have to tweak our offense during the bye week. Maybe that's just the thing that we need?

Next up - Bye week

[MikeVick7]

Mid-Season Team Report
2004 Summary for Air Force

Record: 4-2
Rank: 51

Air Force Team Rank
Rushes 237 15
Rushing Yards 915 28
Yards Per Carry 3.86 51 (T)
Pass Attempts 155 58 (T)
Completions 83 59 (T)
Passing Yards 1266 36
Yards Per Attempt 8.16 37
3rd Down Conversions 42.8 26 (T)
Points Per Game 25.8 55 (T)
Turnovers 9 41 (T)
Turnover Margin +2 49 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 199 87 (T)
Rushing Yards 692 65
Yards Per Carry 3.47 53
Pass Attempts 151 49 (T)
Completions 84 61 (T)
Passing Yards 1243 88 (T)
Yards Per Attempt 8.23 99
3rd Down Conversions 26.0 22
Points Per Game 23.6 54
Turnovers 11 50 (T)

Primary Formation: Flexbone Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
2 31 CALI (62) 14
3 49 at BAYL (80) 42
4 30 at UNLV (66) 24
5 7 at UTAH (14) 35
6 12 NAVY (70) 13
7 26 NMEX (120) 14
9 BRIG (112)
10 at WYOM (106)
11 at ARMY (113)
12 SDST (99)
13 CLST (68)

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
2 Zawilinski QB 155 83 1266 8.16 7 6
Team --- 155 83 1266 8.16 7 6

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
27 Berosik RB 80 416 5.20 3 17 26
46 Franklin RB 67 271 4.04 2 16 21
2 Zawilinski QB 51 34 0.66 1 23 96
34 Scott FB 22 88 4.00 0 3 4
Team --- 237 915 3.86 6 62 157

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
81 Burnett WR 53 23 496 21.5 157 4
3 Steele WR 35 23 379 16.4 79 1
27 Berosik RB 28 17 190 11.1 80 2
84 Velazquez WR 14 5 79 15.8 9 0
34 Scott FB 8 7 56 8.0 30 0
46 Franklin RB 7 4 27 6.7 17 0
37 Coffey RB 7 1 5 5.0 0 0
Team --- 155 83 1266 15.2 401 7

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
38 Sualua S 40 8 0.0 8 1 2
98 Hambrick OLB 38 6 1.0 7 0 3
54 Cromwell ILB 26 13 1.0 3 0 2
28 Larry S 20 8 1.0 4 2 0
32 Penrice CB 18 2 0.0 1 0 2
20 Ferrer CB 17 3 0.0 2 2 2
94 Marzano OLB 14 6 0.0 2 0 1
35 Gerhardt CB 14 4 0.0 1 0 1
92 Martinez ILB 11 4 2.0 2 1 1
49 Ainsworth CB 11 5 0.0 0 1 3
71 Wolf DE 10 3 3.0 5 0 0
73 Blackburn DE 9 1 3.0 4 0 0
97 Wells DE 9 7 2.5 2 0 0
85 Hutton TE 7 0 0.0 0 0 0
90 Gatas DE 6 4 3.5 4 0 0
96 Gibson DT 6 3 2.5 3 0 0
44 Aufedenkampe OLB 6 2 0.0 0 0 1
47 Plageman CB 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
Team --- 313 97 21.0 50 7 22

[Peregrine]

And one of their offensive linemen received MVP honors...a true first in all my years of TCY

Wow, this is rare, I've only seen that happen once. I've also only seen a punter get MVP once.

[MikeVick7]

Week 8


Coaches Poll

School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Michigan 6-0 B10 1 1 1.00 2
Oklahoma 5-0 B12 2 3 2.50 1
Florida State 5-0 ACC 3 2 2.50 3
Ohio State 5-0 B10 4 4 4.00 4
Florida 6-0 SEC 5 5 5.00 7
USC 5-0 P10 6 6 6.00 5
Kansas State 5-0 B12 7 9 8.00 9
Miami of Florida 3-1 ACC 8 11 9.50 15
South Carolina 6-0 SEC 9 10 9.50 6
Nebraska 4-1 B12 10 7 8.50 14
**Air Force 4-2 MTW 51 47 49.00 49

Mountain West

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Utah 5 0 0 1.000 159 41 2 0 0 1.000 73 14 Won 5
Colorado State 2 3 0 .400 115 159 1 0 0 1.000 37 6 Won 2
Wyoming 1 4 0 .200 57 184 1 0 0 1.000 24 17 Won 1
**Air Force 4 2 0 .666 155 142 2 1 0 .666 63 73 Won 1
UNLV 3 3 0 .500 136 185 1 1 0 .500 61 55 Won 3
San Diego State 1 4 0 .200 82 182 0 1 0 .000 17 24 Lost 2
New Mexico 0 6 0 .000 55 246 0 2 0 .000 21 64 Lost 6
Brigham Young 0 6 0 .000 40 292 0 2 0 .000 31 74 Lost 6

[MikeVick7]

Recruiting

Name Pos Rank Focus State Strength Status Notes Contacts
Edward Stanton QB 17 Aca VA Timing Visiting Surprised/Mildly pleased
Raymond SorensonRB 44 Prest TX Extra Visiting Amazed
Jorge Reilly RB 13 Aca TX Speed Visiting Surprised/Very happy
Chester Zuccato RB 40 Dist ME Speed Considering Would accept
Vinny Borkowski FB 73 Dist NE Power Visiting Overjoyed
Sam Reynolds G 93 Dist CO Pass Committed Very Happy/Hometown
Tracy Jones G 52 Dist NV Run Visiting Surprised/Mildly pleased
Rico Moore T 1 Prest CO Pass Visiting Happy/Teammate/#1 Player in Nation
Kirk Dilbert T 51 Aca UT Run Visiting Surprised/Very happy
Tony Fine SOLB 36 Aca+ AZ Int Visiting Surprised/Very happy
Adrian Sims CB 70 Aca NE Kick Visiting Surprised/Mildly pleased
Roy Stokes CB 29 Aca SD Run Visiting Surprised/Very happy
Jeremy Price CB -- Prest CO Int Visiting Overjoyed
Dave Sousa FS 91 Aca CO Zone Committed Positively delighted/Would visit
Dale Mitchel SS 62 Dist+ MN Run Visiting Happy
Ellis McConnell P 64 Dist CO Hang Committed Overjoyed

We landed two more recruits this week. Two more local guys in G Sam Reynolds and P Ellis McConnell. Kind of like Sousa...not the greatest of players...but local guys that should contribute in a few years. We're still in the Rico Moore hunt and Edward Stanton is visiting now. We did lose RB Ellis Cucina...our 2nd RB recruit lost. So now we're going after Chester Zuccato from Maine. He's the 40th ranked RB in the nation and not receiving a lot of attention right now. Nor has he been offered a scholarship even though his GPA is something like 3.93.

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Bye Week

Key Injuries
DE Courtney Gatas - Reconstructive Knee Surgery - Out Season
RB Bo Franklin - Arthroscopic Knee Surgery - Out 6 weeks
WR Casey Steele - Sprained Neck - Probable 2 weeks

Next up - Brigham Young at home.

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Week 9


Coaches Poll

School Record Conf Coach Fans Ave Rank
Michigan 7-0 B10 1 1 1.00 2
Oklahoma 6-0 B12 2 3 2.50 1
Florida State 6-0 ACC 3 2 2.50 3
Ohio State 6-0 B10 4 4 4.00 4
Florida 6-0 SEC 5 5 5.00 5
Miami of Florida 4-1 ACC 6 8 7.00 14
Nebraska 5-1 B12 7 6 6.50 11
Texas 5-1 B12 8 11 9.50 6
South Carolina 7-0 SEC 9 9 9.00 7
LSU 5-1 SEC 10 12 11.00 9
**Air Force 4-2 MTW 48 45 46.50 47

Mountain West

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Utah 6 0 0 1.000 204 48 2 0 0 1.000 73 14 Won 6
Colorado State 3 3 0 .500 153 172 2 0 0 1.000 75 19 Won 3
Wyoming 2 4 0 .333 73 194 2 0 0 1.000 40 27 Won 2
**Air Force 4 2 0 .666 155 142 2 1 0 .666 63 73 Won 1
UNLV 4 3 0 .571 157 195 2 1 0 .666 82 65 Won 4
San Diego State 1 5 0 .166 95 220 0 2 0 .000 30 62 Lost 3
New Mexico 0 7 0 .000 65 267 0 3 0 .000 31 85 Lost 7
Brigham Young 0 7 0 .000 50 308 0 3 0 .000 41 90 Lost 7

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Recruiting

Name Pos Rank Focus State Strength Status Notes Contacts
Edward Stanton QB 17 Aca VA Timing Visiting Surprised/Mildly pleased
Raymond SorensonRB 44 Prest TX Extra Visiting Amazed
Jorge Reilly RB 13 Aca TX Speed Visiting Surprised/Very happy
Chester Zuccato RB 40 Dist ME Speed Visiting Would accept
Vinny Borkowski FB 73 Dist NE Power Committed Overjoyed
Sam Reynolds G 93 Dist CO Pass Committed Very Happy/Hometown
Tracy Jones G 52 Dist NV Run Visiting Surprised/Mildly pleased
Rico Moore T 1 Prest CO Pass Visiting Happy/Teammate/#1 Player in Nation
Kirk Dilbert T 51 Aca UT Run Committed Surprised/Very happy
Tony Fine SOLB 36 Aca+ AZ Int Visiting Surprised/Very happy
Adrian Sims CB 70 Aca NE Kick Visiting Surprised/Mildly pleased
Harold DavenportCB 54 Prest GA Zone Considering Surprised
Jeremy Price CB -- Prest CO Int Committed Overjoyed
Dave Sousa FS 91 Aca CO Zone Committed Positively delighted/Would visit
Dale Mitchel SS 62 Dist+ MN Run Committed Happy
Ellis McConnell P 64 Dist CO Hang Committed Overjoyed

Ok...now the recruits are starting to commit. We landed four more prospects this week bringing our running total to 7. This week we got commits from FB Vinny Borkowski from the great state of Nebraska...a run-blocking tackle from Utah in Kirk Dilbert...a local product from here in Colorado...CB Jeremy Price and a run stopping SS from Minnesota...Dale Mitchel. Nothing that sticks out as the more prestigious recuits are still making up their minds. We had to go after a new CB as we lost Roy Stokes to Indiana. Thanks buddy.

The game against 0-7 BYU to follow.

[MikeVick7]

Wow, this is rare, I've only seen that happen once. I've also only seen a punter get MVP once.

This actually happened again in the next game as Ricky Godfrey took home MVP honors.

I wonder if a small adjustment was made by Jim as to how game MVP's are determined when 1.3 came out?