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Re: Air Force Academy Falcons(restarted) (ncaa08)
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08-16-2007, 01:13 AM
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Re: Air Force Academy Falcons(restarted) (ncaa08)
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08-16-2007, 01:25 AM
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Re: Air Force Academy Falcons(restarted) (ncaa08)
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08-16-2007, 05:08 PM
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Re: Air Force Academy Falcons(restarted) (ncaa08)
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08-16-2007, 08:44 PM
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Re: Air Force Academy Falcons(restarted) (ncaa08)
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08-17-2007, 12:51 AM
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Re: Air Force Academy Falcons(restarted) (ncaa08)
Bowl Week 1
Papajohns.com Bowl, Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama Saturday, December 22nd, 2007, 1:00PM Air Force (6-6), MWC vs Rice (6-6), CUSA National TV Sunny, 48F, 2mph Team Info Bowl Record AF 8-8-1 Rice 4-4 Season Streak AF Won 1 Rice Lost 1 National TV AF 0-1 Rice - Injuries AF - LOLB J.Rabold Wrist(Season) Rice - SS J.Abt Broken ankle(5 weeks), RG D.Berken Broken collarbone(Questionable) Air Force Team Leaders QB S.Carney 152-275, 1679 yds, 11 TD, 20 INT HB C.Hall 231-1161 yds, 5.0avg, 8 TD HB C.Hall 48-410rec yds, 2 TD ILB D.Fowler 112 Tkl DE J.Clayton 6 Sk FS B.Giannini 5 INT Rice Team Leaders QB C.Clement 218-384, 3026yds, 29 TD, 17 INT HB B.Benibo 145-767 yds, 5.2avg, 5 TD WR J.Dillard 79-884 yds, 9 TD LOLB T.Garmon 72 Tkl LE J.Cary 5 Sk CB J.Shepherd 4 INT Pregame AF CB Garrett Rybak and FB Ryan Williams are back from injury and will start. Rice threw for 3000+ yards? I would have had no idea. That is a bit scary because we gave up 300+ passing yards to QBs quite a few times. AF/Rice PPG 22.9 (#90) / 28.6 (#47) TOff #104 / #48 ROff #21 / #80 POff #118 / #30 TDef #59 / #110 RDef #43 / #59 PDef #80 / #115 An interesting match up. Rice can throw but can't defend the pass. We can run, but can't pass or defend the pass. Rice's biggest win of the year came against 8-4 Memphis, 41-38 in OT. We're going to go out there and run the offense that got us invited to this game. The offense we ran when we played SDSU where we loosened the restrictions on Shaun Carney. We'll try and establish the run early, air it out when the matchup is right, and try to protect the ball. Game summary First play of the game. Air Force senior HB Chad Hall goes untouched 72 yards for the opening TD. Rice is held for a 3 and out, but Chad Hall can't hold on to the ball this time. AF HB Chad Hall gets stopped in the back field and fumbles the ball. Rice is there to scoop and score. AF QB Shaun Carney threw an interception while being hit on the next possession, but Rice could not capitalize on this and missed a 51 yard field goal. Shaun Carney would make up for his mistake. A 61 yard TD pass to WR Mike Moffett puts AF up 14-7 in the 1st quarter The first quarter would end with each team going 3 and out and being forced to punt. The 2nd quarter belonged to Rice. They scored on a 4th down and goal early in the quarter, but missed the extra point. AF 14 - Rice 13. Air Force could not get their offense moving, Rice LB T.Garmon was in the backfield all day and forced us to punt. Rice drove the ball 48 yards in 8 plays and this time scored on a B.Benibo 1 yard run at the goal line. Rice took the lead, AF 14 Rice 20. On our next possession, a holding call forced us into a bad situation and we went 3 and out and punted. The half ended with a Rice field goal with 1:32 to go, and then an AF field goal as time expired. AF's offense had some momentum going into the locker room after their very well run 2 minute drill got them into field goal range. It was AF 17 - Rice 23 at the half. Rice got the ball to open the 2nd half and was stopped with a sack on 3rd down and had to punt. For the 2nd time in the game, AF HB Chad Hall fumbled the ball after getting hit in the backfield. Rice moved the ball down to the goal line, but the Air Force defense held on 4 straight plays and earned the turnover. Rice QB C.Clement is stopped by AF LB Hunter Altman inches from the endzone to force a turnover on downs  Air Force's offense managed to move the ball past midfield as the third quarter drew to a close. Early in the 4th as the drive continued, Air Force laid the ball on the ground again. This time TE Travis Dekker after getting his legs taken out, dropped the ball on the way down as he was trying to cushion his fall. Rice recovered another fumble. AF TE T.Dekker fumbles the ball right before he hits the ground early in the 4th quarter.  Luckily, Rice gave the ball right back with an interception on an overthrown ball. With 7:51 to go in the game, AF was still in decent shape, only down by 6. We just needed to get our offense going again. On a 3rd and 4 in our own territory, AF HB Chad Hall drops a pass that would have resulted in a first down. Both teams went 3 and out on their next 2 possessions. With 3:31 to go in the game, AF got the ball back on their 20. Sensing time was running out and we needed to come away with at least a field goal pretty quickly, coach Tiger decided to start putting the ball in the air. Rice CB Jacorey Shepherd got his 2nd interception of the day, and sixth of the year on an off target Shaun Carney throw. Shepherd ran stride for stride with AF WR Mark Root across the middle of the field and timed his jump perfectly to come away with the pick. He then broke a tackle and ran 23 yards for the final nail in the coffin. Rice tacked on the 2 point conversion and went ahead by 14. We couldn't move the ball as time trickled away and we turned the ball over on downs. Rice sat on the ball and won the Papajohns.com Bowl. AF 17 - Rice 31 AF offense 287 rush 24-135 pass 14-24-152 3rd 1-10(10%) QB Carney 14-24-152, 1 TD, 2 INT, 58%, long 61, 6-31rush HB Hall 14-91, 6.5avg, 1TD, 2-26rec HB Smith 3-13 WR Moffett 2-63, 1TD FB Williams 2-24rec TE Dekker 3-22 WR Root 1-11 WR Hemphill 1-6 SS Thomas 10 Tkl LB Fowler 8 Tkl, 2 Tfl, 1 Sk Rice offense 287 rush 52-183 pass 11-21-104 3rd 9-19(47%) QB Clement 10-20-101, 1 INT, 50%, 14-46rush QB Shepherd 1-1-3 HB Benibo 29-96, 3.3avg, 1TD HB Ugokwe 5-28 WR Henderson 2-29, 1-13rush, 1TD WR Armstrong 3-28 WR Dillard 3-18 LOLB Garmon 10 Tkl, 7 Tfl CB Shepherd 6 Tkl, 2 Int AF Stars of the game WR Mike Moffett, 63 yards receiving and a TD LB Drew Fowler 8 tackles, 2 for loss, and the only AF sack of the game. Postgame Ugh. Rice's SO LOLB Terrance Garmon was in our face all day. He had 7 tackles for loss. We had no answer for him in the 2nd half and we were held scoreless. This game started so well, but turnovers did us in, both fumbles and interceptions. Carney's passes were fluttering all day, even on his 61 yard TD pass. I'd just like to forget the first bowl game of my coaching career and remember our 6-6 year. We had so many great players this year and I'm going to miss every single senior that is leaving. There is a lot of work to do this offseason, we already have 5 very good prospects committed to Air Force, but we are going to need a lot more for next year's team to match this year's 6-6 record and a bowl game. ----------------------------------- Week 1 Bowl Games Papajohns.com Bowl - Air Force(6-6) vs Rice(6-6) - Rice 31 - AF 17 Rice LOLB records 7 tackles for loss and helps to shut out AF in the 2nd half. Poinsettia Bowl - Texas Tech(8-4) vs Colorado State(8-4) - Colorado State 19 - Texas Tech 18 CSU holds off a TTU 4th quarter comeback and hangs on for a one point win. TTU failed 2 4th quarter 2 point conversions. CSU HB K.Bell gets 2 receiving TDs. New Orleans Bowl - Houston(7-5) vs FIU(6-6) - Houston 41 - FIU 21 Cougars go 4-4 in the redzone for 4 TDs, win by 20. New Mexico Bowl - UNLV(6-6) vs Toledo(7-5) - Toledo 26 - UNLV 21 Rocket's QB C.Cochran throws for 222 yards and 2 TD passes in bowl win. Las Vegas Bowl - Arizona(7-5) vs #20 TCU(10-2) - TCU 42 - Arizona 6 With TCU starting HB A.Brown out injured, backup J.Cavness runs for 132 yards and 4 TDs in blowout win. Hawaii Bowl - Tulsa(8-4) vs #17 Boise State(10-2) - Tulsa 24 - Boise State 19 Despite only gaining 230 yards on offense, Tulsa beats the Broncos thanks to 3 interceptions. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Local Headlines Owls outplay Air Force, win 31-17. - Falcons return to Colorado Springs after a heartbreaking bowl loss. News and headlines from around the league Volunteers are excited about their AT&T Cotton Bowl contest with Texas. - #16 Tennessee vs #13 Texas. Texas' Okam guarantees a victory against the #16 Volunteers. Rockets pull out a close New Mexico Bowl victory over UNLV. - UNLV loses by 5 despite QB R.Hinds throwing 2 TDs. Carlson preapres his Fighting Irish for their upcoming bowl game with Miami. - #23 Miami vs Notre Dame. Lee and Kirk pick Miami. #17 Boise State ends their season with a tough loss in Hawaii Bowl. - Boise State turns the ball over 3 times and loses to Tulsa by 5. TCU caps off successful season with bowl win. - Despite missing impact HB A.Brown, TCU walks away with easy Las Vegas Bowl win. In a tight contest, Colorado State edges Texas Tech 19-18. - In an unexpected result, CSU Holds TTU's high powered offense to 18 points and wins the Poinsettia Bowl. Last edited by mudtiger; 08-17-2007 at 01:16 AM. |
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08-17-2007, 03:00 PM
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