B-Dawg's Air Force Falcons: Flying high A.F.

[BDawg35]

2019 AIR FORCE PREVIEW




DONALD HAMMOND

QUARTERBACKS
On a team without much legit talent, Air Force has two strong options at quarterback, particularly for a Mountain West Conference school. Incumbent starter Donnie Hammond is 92 OVR and backup Isaiah Sanders is 87 OVR. On the rest of the roster, only six other players are rated in the 80s or higher. But only one player can be the quarterback. Hammond definitely earned the right to start once again after throwing for 4,125 yards and 24 touchdowns and leading the team with 760 yards and 10 touchdowns on the ground. Sanders was only 7-for-22 for 103 yards in mop-up duty. Both players have 83 SPD, but Hammond has the better arm with 88 THP and 83 THA compared to Sanders’ 83 THP and 80 THA.



KADIN REMSBERG

RUNNING BACKS
The star of this dynasty is back for two more seasons. Junior running back Kadin Remsberg will be even tougher to stop after getting a nudge from 95 SPD to 96 SPD in the offseason. He was the most dynamic player in the Mountain West Conference, though not in a traditional running back role. Remsberg broke Air Force’s single-season record for receiving yardage, gaining 1,406 yards and scoring 13 touchdowns on 72 receptions. He was rather pedestrian as a runner, averaging only 3.8 yards per carry with 703 yards and nine touchdowns on 184 carries. He will probably have fewer rushing yards, as 78 OVR senior Joseph Saucier will be formation-subbed into two-back sets to prevent Remsberg from disappearing late in games with fatigue issues.



GERAUD SANDERS

WIDE RECEIVERS
There’s nothing special about this group, which could be a concern if the Falcons air it out as much as they did last season. Senior Geraud Sanders leads the receiving corps with a 77 OVR rating. It drops off to 71 OVR for junior David Cormier. Someone will need to emerge right away from a young group of players in the 60s, most likely as slot receivers who will be called upon to move the chains. When all else fails, B-Dawg can go deep to Remsberg to get out of trouble.



KADE WAGUESPACK

TIGHT ENDS
It was a roll of the dice when B-Dawg chose to throw to his tight ends last season. As a group, tight ends caught 27 passes, but also had 11 drops. That’s not a great ratio, particularly because passes to the tight end tended to be in situations in which the Falcons were trying to convert on third down. Incumbent starter Kade Waguespack, a senior, and sophomore Chris Kane are both 73 OVR. Waguespack will start again after averaging 15.0 yards per catch last year, grabbing 23 balls for 346 yards and two touchdowns. B-Dawg is nervous about his nine drops, so Kane could end up starting of Waguespack exhibits hands of stone.



SCOTT HATTOK

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
One of these years, Air Force will actually have a good offensive line. This is not that year. Nobody is rated in the 80s, though 79 OVR senior left tackle Scott Hattok, 79 OVR junior left guard Nolan Laufenberg and 79 OVR senior center Connor Vikupitz might progress into that range as the season goes along. With 77 OVR junior Parker Ferguson at right tackle and 70 OVR senior Garrett Watts at right tackle, the Falcons will run the ball almost exclusively toward the left side of the line, for better or worse. There’s not much help waiting in the wings, with 69 OVR freshman center Graham Lakin the most promising of the reserves.



JORDAN JACKSON

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
One of the most exciting storylines for the Falcons in 2019 is the development of junior defensive end Jordan Jackson. Jackson tied for the team high with eight sacks last season and has progressed to 91 OVR, making him one of the top-rated defensive players in the Mountain West Conference. Mosese Fifita, a 79 OVR senior defensive tackle, tied Jackson with eight sacks last year. In four-man fronts, the other starters will be 72 OVR junior Brandon Gooding at right end and 71 OVR sophomore Kamakani Crosby at tackle.


LAKOTA WILLS

LINEBACKERS
Now that he’s the only linebacker with a rating in the 80s at 81 OVR, much is expected from 81 OVR junior outside linebacker Lakota Wills. Wills had 45 tackles, three sacks and two interceptions last season. He’ll have to carry the load for the linebackers, because the other starters in a three-man unit are 74 OVR senior Kyle Johnson at middle linebacker and 70 OVR junior Parker Noren at left outside linebacker. B-Dawg mixes up his formations, often having only two linebackers on the field, which might not be a bad thing with this group.



JEREMY FEJEDELEM

DEFENSIVE BACKS
On the back end, the Falcons actually have a fairly legit secondary with 84 OVR senior Jeremy Fejedelem and 81 OVR senior Garrett Kauppila manning the safety positions. Fejedelem led Air Force with 73 tackles, seven deflections and two fumble recoveries last season. Kauppila was third on the team with 67 tackles. Senior Zane Lewis and junior Milton Bugg were the team’s top two cornerbacks last year, but at 75 and 73 OVR, respectively, won’t strike fear into many quarterbacks. Lewis was fourth on the team with 57 tackles and Bugg was fifth with 46 tackles, picking off three passes.



JAKE KOEHNKE

SPECIAL TEAMS
Jake Koehnke, an 80 OVR senior kicker, wasn’t trusted with long field goal attempts last season. He was 7-for-9, with his longest field goal being only 32 yards. He had only two touchbacks in 80 kickoffs. B-Dawg hopes he’ll be able to make kicks in the 40-yard range, but may have to go for it on fourth down in those situations rather than risk coming up empty. Freshman David Chapeau is only 74 OVR, but has a promising future if he progresses at the right rate. Charlie Scott, a 75 OVR senior, returns to punt after averaging only 37.9 yards per punt, but putting 14 of 34 inside the 20. In an effort to prevent one of his players from getting an undeserved Returner of the Year award, B-Dawg will have freshman Luc Sturbelle return kickoffs and senior James Jones return punts. Sturbelle will be taken off kickoffs if he shows up as an awards semifinalist and hasn’t done anything to deserve it.

2019 AIR FORCE FOOTBALL ROSTER
#	OFFENSE	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	OVR
5	Donald Hammond	QB	6-1	206	Jr.	92
4	Isaiah Sanders	QB	6-2	214	Sr.	87
3	Zachary Larrier	QB	6-0	185	Fr.	70
13	Haaziq Daniels	QB	6-3	220	Fr.	66
24	Kadin Remsberg	HB	6-0	183	Jr.	81
28	Joseph Saucier	HB	6-0	201	Sr.	78
19	Nolan Eriksen	HB	5-9	192	Sr.	75
22	Joshua Stoner	HB	5-8	196	rSo.	70
27	Trey Taylor	HB	5-11	212	Fr.	68
34	Cole Fagan	FB	6-1	232	Sr.	85
33	Taven Birdow	FB	6-0	233	Sr.	82
25	Christian Mallard	FB	5-9	210	Sr.	69
7	Geraud Sanders	WR	6-3	212	Sr.	77
11	David Cormier	WR	6-3	206	Jr.	71
83	Luc Sturbelle	WR	6-1	185	Fr.	68
81	Hunter Williams	WR	6-2	193	Fr.	66
26	Brandon Lewis	WR	5-8	165	So.	66
86	Trent Brown	WR	5-10	181	Fr.	64
85	Chris Kane	TE	6-5	219	So.	73
87	Kade Waguespack	TE	6-2	231	Sr.	73
88	Rhett Myers	TE	6-4	226	Sr.	72
61	Scott Hattok	LT	6-5	280	Sr.	79
76	Jackson McDowell	LT	6-3	285	So.	64
66	Nolan Laufenberg	LG	6-3	296	Jr.	79
55	Jacob Miller	LG	6-2	292	Jr.	66
63	Luke Hallstrom	LG	6-2	318	Fr.	61
72	Connor Vikupitz	C	6-3	282	Sr.	79
68	Christopher Mitchell	C	6-2	272	Sr.	77
78	Graham Lakin	C	6-3	268	Fr.	69
67	Gary Campbell	C	6-7	330	Fr.	63
71	Garrett Watts	RG	6-5	286	Sr.	70
60	Ryan Keating	RG	6-3	269	Fr.	68
77	Parker Ferguson	RT	6-5	284	Jr.	77
69	Wolfgang Rehbock	RT	6-3	276	Sr.	73
#	DEFENSE	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	OVR
94	Jordan Jackson	LE	6-5	272	Jr.	91
90	Demetris Dorceus	LE	6-5	256	Fr.	64
94	Brandon Gooding	RE	6-4	237	Jr.	72
93	Hayden Isenhart	RE	6-8	257	Fr.	66
95	Jeff Porter	RE	5-10	246	Fr.	64
99	Mosese Fifita	DT	6-1	322	Sr.	79
91	Kamakani Crosby	DT	6-4	274	So.	71
98	Kyler Ehm	DT	6-3	277	Sr.	70
44	Parker Noren	LOLB	6-2	212	Jr.	70
37	Jace Bobo	LOLB	6-1	212	So.	68
46	Isaiah Nunez	LOLB	6-3	222	Fr.	64
50	Sean Lee	LOLB	6-2	213	Fr.	62
40	Kyle Johnson	MLB	6-0	223	Sr.	74
35	Christopher Musselmann	MLB	6-2	237	rJr.	73
38	Demonte Meeks	MLB	6-1	237	rSo.	68
51	David Whitfield	MLB	6-4	227	Fr.	56
8	Lakota Wills	ROLB	6-3	222	Jr.	81
30	Grant Donaldson	ROLB	6-3	235	So.	70
53	Josh Green	ROLB	6-0	213	Fr.	61
6	Zane Lewis	CB	6-1	186	Sr.	75
20	Milton Bugg	CB	5-11	166	Jr.	73
39	Auston Deason	CB	6-0	174	So.	69
16	Eian Castonguay	CB	6-0	160	Fr.	62
45	Dave Weatherford	CB	5-9	171	Fr.	60
2	Jeremy Fejedelem	FS	5-10	191	Sr.	84
4	James Jones	FS	6-2	171	Sr.	77
31	Jalen Mergerson	FS	6-2	192	Fr.	61
22	Garrett Kauppila	SS	6-2	201	rSr.	81
14	Grant Thiel	SS	6-1	195	Sr.	71
20	Ben Waters	SS	6-1	205	Sr.	70
17	Gary Mossop	SS	6-0	191	So.	69
47	Nate Wilson	SS	6-2	202	Fr.	63
#	SPECIAL TEAMS	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	OVR
92	Jake Koehnke	K	6-0	182	Sr.	80
96	David Chapeau	K	5-11	172	Fr.	74
15	Charlie Scott	P	6-1	197	Sr.	75

2019 AIR FORCE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Note: Air Force is ranked No. 64, C+ OVR, B- offense, C+ defense, C special teams; 79 OVR, 81 offense, 78 defense

AUG. 31 — at COLORADO
Preseason ranking: No. 44
Team ratings: B+ OVR, A- offense, B+ defense, B special teams; 91 OVR, 93 offense, 90 defense

SEPT. 7 — CENTRAL MICHIGAN
Preseason ranking: No. 102
Team ratings: B- OVR, B- offense, B- defense, D+ special teams; 81 OVR, 83 offense, 82 defense

SEPT. 21 — NEVADA
Preseason ranking: No. 104
Team ratings: C+ OVR, C+ offense, C+ defense, C special teams; 77 OVR, 79 offense, 76 defense

SEPT. 28 — at UNLV
Preseason ranking: No. 87
Team ratings: C OVR, C+ offense, C defense, D+ special teams; 75 OVR, 77 offense, 75 defense

OCT. 5 — NAVY
Preseason ranking: No. 49
Team ratings: C+ OVR, B- offense, C+ defense, C+ special teams; 77 OVR, 81 offense, 76 defense

OCT. 12 — at UTAH STATE
Preseason ranking: No. 95
Team ratings: C+ OVR, C+ offense, B- defense, B special teams; 79 OVR, 79 offense, 80 defense

OCT. 19 — at SAN DIEGO STATE
Preseason ranking: No. 52
Team ratings: B OVR, B offense, B- defense, C+ special teams; 84 OVR, 84 offense, 83 defense

NOV. 2 — at ARMY
Preseason ranking: No. 122
Team ratings: C+ OVR, C+ offense, C+ defense, D+ special teams; 77 OVR, 79 offense, 76 defense

NOV. 9 — NEW MEXICO
Preseason ranking: No. 91
Team ratings: C OVR, C offense, C- defense, D special teams; 72 OVR, 75 offense, 70 defense

NOV. 16 — COLORADO STATE
Preseason ranking: No. 96
Team ratings: C+ OVR, B- offense, C+ defense, C special teams; 79 OVR, 81 offense, 78 defense

NOV. 23 — at WYOMING
Preseason ranking: No. 86
Team ratings: B- OVR, C+ offense, B defense, D- special teams; 81 OVR, 77 offense, 85 defense

NOV. 30 — BOY-Z STATE
Preseason ranking: No. 36
Team ratings: B+ OVR, B offense, B+ defense, D- special teams; 88 OVR, 86 offense, 88 defense

[BDawg35]

2019 NATIONAL PREVIEW




Ohio State running back J.K. Dobbins, the 2018 Heisman Trophy winner, enters
2019 ranked third on the preseason list.

1. MALCOLM PERRY, Navy, HB, Sr.
Ratings: 94 OVR, 81 SPD, 96 BTK, 85 CAR
2019 stats: 309 carries, 1,741 yards, 24 TD; 21 catches, 318 yards, 4 TD

2. KHALIL TATE, Arizona, QB, Sr.
Ratings: 91 OVR, 85 SPD, 85 THP, 82 THA
2019 stats: 275-for-489, 3,869 yards, 39 TD, 3 int.; 157 carries, 611 yards, 9 TD

3. J.K. DOBBINS, Ohio State, HB, Jr.
Ratings: 99 OVR, 91 SPD, 93 BTK, 95 CAR
2019 stats: 263 carries, 1,496 yards, 21 TD; 3 catches, 12 yards, 3 TD

4. ZACK MOSS, Utah, HB, Sr.
Ratings: 96 OVR, 84 SPD, 95 BTK, 93 CAR
2019 stats: 272 carries, 1,614 yards, 21 TD; 22 catches, 270 yards, 1 TD

5. SALVON AHMED, Washington, HB, Jr.
Ratings: 92 OVR, 97 SPD, 72 BTK, 90 CAR
2019 stats: 301 carries, 1,569 yards, 18 TD; 12 catches, 195 yards, 1 TD




FIRST TEAM
FS, Jeremy Fejedelem, Sr., 84 OVR

SECOND TEAM
HB, Kadin Remsberg, Jr., 81 OVR
DT, Mosese Fifita, Sr., 79 OVR




2019 PRESEASON
FIRST TEAM
QB, Donald Hammond, Jr., 92 OVR
HB, Kadin Remsberg, Jr., 81 OVR
DE, Jordan Jackson, Jr., 91 OVR
DT, Mosese Fifita, Sr., 79 OVR
CB, Milton Bugg, Jr., 73 OVR
FS, Jeremy Fejedelem, Sr., 84 OVR
SECOND TEAM
WR, Geraud Sanders, Sr., 77 OVR
CB, Zane Lewis, Sr., 75 OVR
SS, Garrett Kauppila, rSr., 81 OVR




2019
1. Ohio State
2. Washington
3. Michigan
4. Clemson
5. Alabama
6. Oklahoma
7. Texas A&M
8. Georgia
9. West Virginia
10. Oregon
11. Stanford
12. Mississippi
13. Utah
14. North Carolina State
15. Arizona
16. Auburn
17. South Carolina
18. USC
19. Penn State
20. LSU
21. Virginia Tech
22. Iowa
23. Florida
24. Missouri
25. Central Florida
26 Texas
27. Vanderbilt
28. Notre Dame
29. Wisconsin
30. Texas Christian
31. Texas Tech
32. Michigan State
33. Washington State
34. Florida State
35. Mississippi State
36. Boy-Z State
37. Arkansas
38. Louisiana Tech
39. Syracuse
40. Virginia
41. Georgia Tech
42. Ohio
43. Arkansas State
44. Colorado
45. Purdue
46. Florida Atlantic
47. Maryland
48. Oregon State
49. Navy
50. The U
51. Massachusetts
52. San Diego State
53. Nebraska
54. Northern Illinois
55. Memphis
56. Houston
57. Iowa State
58. Pittsburgh
59. Oklahoma State
60. Northwestern
61. Tennessee
62. Brigham Young
63. Arizona State
64. AIR FORCE
65. UCLA
66. Cincinnati
67. Middle Tennessee State
68. Tulane
69. Boston College
70. Toledo
71. Fresno State
72. Kansas State
73. Tulsa
74. Kentucky
75. Southern Methodist
76. Old Dominion
77. Western Kentucky
78. Kansas
79. Temple
80. Florida International
81. California
82. South Florida
83. Texas-San Antonio
84. Illinois
85. Duke
86. Wyoming
87. UNLV
88. South Alabama
89. Hawaii
90. Alabama-Birmingham
91. New Mexico
92. Western Michigan
93. North Texas
94. Louisville
95. Utah State
96. Colorado State
97. Miami (Ohio)
98. Troy
99. Wake Forest
100. Rutgers
101. Baylor
102. Central Michigan
103. Eastern Michigan
104. Nevada
105. New Mexico State
106. Minnesota
107. Buffalo
108. Louisiana-Monroe
109. Kent State
110. North Carolina
111. East Carolina
112. Marshall
113. Indiana
114. Bowling Green
115. Ball State
116. Akron
117. Connecticut
118. Georgia State
119. Texas State
120. Texas-El Paso
121. Southern Mississippi
122. Army
123. San Jose State
124. Idaho
125. Rice
126. Louisiana

[moose141]

Re: 2019 NATIONAL PREVIEW

Great preview of the team for the upcoming season! Will be interesting to see how the Air Raid attack is able to function this season with what looks to be a better HB corps than receiving corps. Non-conference schedule looks to be fairly winnable for you, are you just scheduling what the game gives you, trying to follow the real life schedule, or just scheduling your own? Also, funny to see that Washington won the 2018 title over Oklahoma in your file, same thing happened in mine!

[bh446066]

Re: B-Dawg's Air Force Falcons: Flying high A.F.

Oh my god, BDawg this just made my day!!!

Welcome back, sir! Now I can make a daily return to the boards myself!

[BDawg35]

Re: B-Dawg's Air Force Falcons: Flying high A.F.

Great preview of the team for the upcoming season! Will be interesting to see how the Air Raid attack is able to function this season with what looks to be a better HB corps than receiving corps. Non-conference schedule looks to be fairly winnable for you, are you just scheduling what the game gives you, trying to follow the real life schedule, or just scheduling your own? Also, funny to see that Washington won the 2018 title over Oklahoma in your file, same thing happened in mine!

I am doing my own scheduling. Army and Navy show up every year on my schedule. I could actually change those games if I wanted to, but they are a must. That leaves me with only two nonconference opponents every year, which kind of sucks because I like the variety of playing different teams and going to different venues. I've leaned toward a cupcake schedule, quite frankly, because I'm having enough trouble qualifying for bowl games with my regular schedule. Normally, I schedule a game at Michigan (my favorite team) early in a dynasty, even if it means I'll take a beat-down, but I've stayed away from that through my first five seasons.

It's crazy how we both had the same national championship result. EA Sports plays favorites, for sure.

Oh my god, BDawg this just made my day!!!

Welcome back, sir! Now I can make a daily return to the boards myself!

You just made my day by checking in! Thanks! It's seemed quieter over here than I remember. I don't know if fewer people are reading dynasty reports or if my stuff so far just sucks.

[BDawg35]

2019 SEASON, GAME 1


Kadin Remsberg hauls in a touchdown pass before halftime.

Double threat
Air Force halfbacks achieve rarity
in opening victory over Colorado

BOULDER, Colo. — Joseph Saucier doesn’t want to be known as that guy who only comes in to give Kadin Remsberg a breather.

More than just a placeholder, Saucier ran 25 times for 106 yards and three touchdowns for Air Force in a season-opening 45-27 victory at Colorado on Aug. 31, 2019.

And Remsberg?

Let’s just say he was doing Kadin Remsberg things.

The speedy junior running back had the third 200-yard receiving performance of his career, hitting 200 yards on the button on eight catches, scoring two touchdowns. He did so after losing four yards on his first catch of the game.

If it sounds like a rarity to have one running back rush for 100 yards and another hit triple digits receiving, it’s because it is. In a coaching career that goes back to NCAA ’04, this has happened only twice for a team coached by B-Dawg.

It happened in back-to-back games when B-Dawg was coaching Michigan in NCAA ’12 with two players he wrote about when they were in high school in the Flint, Mich. area. Thomas Rawls of Flint Northern ran for 138 yards and Justice Hayes of Grand Blanc had 123 receiving yards against Ohio State on Nov. 28, 2015 in that version of the game. In the next contest, Rawls had 120 rushing yards and Hayes had 144 receiving yards against Wisconsin in the Big Ten Conference championship game.

Saucier reached the 100-yard mark with a 30-yard run with 18 seconds left in the game.

“We are going to be a much more dangerous team if we can throw a fresh running back at people, make them respect the run, then hit Kadin for the deep ball,” B-Dawg said. “Back when I was at Michigan, Justice was almost like having a receiver in the backfield, so we lined him up in the slot and let Thomas tote the rock.”

In all, B-Dawg has coached 23 games in which he had a 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver from the running back position. Vanderbilt’s Bryant McClellan (NCAA ’07) did it seven times, a record Remsberg is sure to break.

Eventually, Air Force won’t have the 96 SPD of Remsberg to bail it out of trouble, but it was certainly good to have his wheels available against Colorado. With Colorado leading 17-14, Remsberg hauled in a 59-yard touchdown pass from Donald Hammond, who was 18-for-30 for 355 yards and two touchdowns.

After the Buffaloes responded with a touchdown, Hammond hit Remsberg with a 56-yard scoring strike with 10 seconds to go in the first half to give the Falcons a 28-24 lead at the break. The Falcons used two timeouts on Colorado’s last drive of the half and got the ball back with 17 seconds to go, more than enough time to hit Remsberg for six.

After the teams traded field goals in the third quarter, Air Force got some breathing room when Saucier scored on a 3-yard run with 6:06 left in the game. Saucier added a 1-yard touchdown run with 56 seconds remaining.

On the drive that put the Falcons up by two possessions, Remsberg made an 8-yard catch on third-and-9 from the 10. On fourth and inches, fullback Cole Fagan moved the ball to just outside the goal line. Saucier lost three yards total on the next two plays before scoring on third-and-goal on an ISO play.

“We figured we were in four-down territory,” B-Dawg said. “Joseph took away the decision from me, scoring easily.”


Robo-QB and unstoppable back

For a while there, it didn’t look like Air Force would be able to stop Colorado quarterback Steven Montez or running back Beau Bisharat.

Montez went full robo-QB by completing his first 10 passes, while Bisharat made the Falcons’ defenders his beeyotch by running them over on his way to 115 yards on 15 carres in the first half.

The Falcons slowed him down in the second half, as he finished with 143 yards on 20 carries while Colorado failed to get into the end zone after halftime.

“I just thought we were going to play one of those high 40s, low 50s games you expect to see in a video game, not real football,” B-Dawg said. “We switched to some 3-4 man looks and it seemed to work. It might not work next week, but it seemed to give Colorado problems.”



Joseph Saucier ran 25 times for 106 yards and 3 touchdowns.

The list

Following is the list of times B-Dawg has had 100-yard rushing and receiving performances from the running back position in the same game:

Joey McBride, Michigan (139 rush, 129 receiving), Minnesota, Oct. 5, 2013 (NCAA ’05)
Joey McBride, Michigan (227 rush, 112 receiving), Notre Dame, Sept. 5, 2015 (NCAA ’05)
Bryant McClellan, Vanderbilt (148 rush, 106 receiving), Central Michigan, Sept. 5, 2015 (NCAA ’07)
Bryant McClellan, Vanderbilt (111 rush, 104 receiving), Illinois, Sept. 26, 2015 (NCAA ’07)
Bryant McClellan, Vanderbilt (152 rush, 130 receiving), Georgia, Oct. 17, 2015 (NCAA ’07)
Bryant McClellan, Vanderbilt (153 rush, 109 receiving), Tennessee, Nov. 21, 2015 (NCAA ’07)
Bryant McClellan, Vanderbilt (177 rush, 114 receiving), West Virgina, Dec. 5, 2015 (NCAA ’07)
Bryant McClellan, Vanderbilt (175 rush, 192 receiving), Florida State, Jan. 8, 2016 (NCAA ’07)
Brandon Alexander, Vanderbilt (188 rush, 101 receiving), Florida, Nov. 9, 2019 (NCAA ’07)
Marques Horne, Vanderbilt (137 rush, 106 receiving), UCLA, Jan. 8, 2021 (NCAA ’07)
Earl Lee, Vanderbilt (123 rush, 105 receiving), Mississippi, Oct. 29, 2022 (NCAA ’07)
Greg White, Eastern Michigan (102 rushing, 101 receiving), Kansas, Sept. 8, 2012 (NCAA ’08)
Pat Brady, Oregon State (126 rush, 115 receiving), California, Oct. 17, 2009 (NCAA ’09)
Pat Brady, Oregon State (143 rush, 137 receiving), Arizona, Nov. 21, 2009 (NCAA ’09)
Zach Frederick, Oregon State (126 rush, 122 receiving), Central Michigan, Aug. 27, 2011 (NCAA ’09)
John Morton, Oregon State (330 rush, 100 receiving), Washington, Nov. 12, 2011 (NCAA ’09)
John Morton, Oregon State (132 rush, 109 receiving), Arizona, Oct. 20, 2012 (NCAA ’09)
John Morton, Oregon State (107 rush, 128 receiving), Texas Tech, Jan. 8, 2013 (NCAA ’09)
Thomas Rawls, Michigan (138 rush) and Justice Hayes (123 receiving), Ohio State, Nov. 28, 2015 (NCAA ’12)
Thomas Rawls, Michigan (120 rush) and Justice Hayes (144 receiving), Wisconsin, Dec. 12, 2015 (NCAA ’12)
Roy White, Michigan (155 rush, 121 receiving), LSU, Jan. 9, 2019 (NCAA ’12)
Kadin Remsberg, Air Force (108 rush, 123 receiving), Brigham Young, Oct. 27, 2018 (NCAA ‘14)
Joseph Saucier (106 rushing) and Kadin Remsberg, Air Force (200 receiving), Colorado, Aug. 31, 2019 (NCAA ’14)

AIR FORCE FALCONS at COLORADO BUFFALOES
Aug. 31, 2019	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Air Force Falcons (1-0)	7	21	3	14	45
Colorado Buffaloes (0-1)	10	14	3	0	27

Team Stats Comparison
	AFA	COLO
Total Offense	541	348
Rushing Yards	47-186	37-173
Passing Yards	355	175
First Downs	24	19
Punt Return Yards	30	10
Kick Return Yards	98	155
Total Yards	669	513
Turnovers	0	1
3rd Down Conversion	11-16	5-10
4th Down Conversion	2-2	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	5-4-1	4-3-0
Penalties	0-0	3-24
Possession Time	21:42	14:18

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER		AFA	COLO
7:35	(COLO) B. Bisharat 2 pass from S. Montez (J. Stefanou kick)	0	7
3:07	(AFA) D. Hammond 6 run (J. Koehnke kick)	7	7
1:27	(COLO) J. Stefanou 58 field goal	7	10
SECOND QUARTER		AFA	COLO
6:59	(AFA) J. Saucier 2 run (J. Koehnke kick)	14	10
4:45	(COLO) B. Bisharat 5 run (J. Stefanou kick)	14	17
3:24	(AFA) K. Remsberg 59 pass from D. Hammond (J. Koehnke kick)	21	17
1:32	(COLO) M. Bell 12 pass from S. Montez (J. Stefanou kick)	21	24
:10	(AFA) K. Remsberg 56 pass from D. Hammond (J. Koehnke kick)	28	24
THIRD QUARTER		AFA	COLO
5:32	(AFA) J. Koehnke 31 field goal	31	24
2:51	(COLO) J. Stefanou 57 field goal	31	27
FOURTH QUARTER		AFA	COLO
6:06	(AFA) J. Saucier 3 run (J. Koehnke kick)	38	27
:56	(AFA) J. Saucier 1 run (J. Koehnke kick)	45	27

AIR FORCE FALCONS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Donald Hammond 18/30 355 2 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Joseph Saucier 25 106 4.2 3 Kadin Remsberg 11 39 3.5 0 Donald Hammond 9 38 4.2 1 Cole Fagan 2 3 1.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Kadin Remsberg 8 200 25.0 2 Geraud Sanders 4 102 25.5 0 David Cormier 4 44 11.0 0 Brandon Lewis 1 10 10.0 0 Cole Fagan 1 -1 -1.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Team 0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Milton Bugg 7 0 1 0 Kyle Johnson 7 0 0 0 Garrett Kauppila 7 1 0 0 Christopher Musselmann 6 0 0 0 Grant Donaldson 5 1 0 0 Lakota Wills 5 0 0 0 Zane Lewis 4 0 0 0 Jeremy Fejedelem 3 0 0 0 James Jones 2 0 0 0 Jordan Jackson 2 0 0 0 Brandon Gooding 2 1 0 0 Mosese Fifita 2 2 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Jake Koehnke 1/2 6/6 9 32 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Charlie Scott 1 39 39.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Luc Sturbelle 3 98 32.7 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD James Jones 3 30 10.0 0

COLORADO BUFFALOES PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Steven Montez 16/19 175 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Beau Bisharat 20 143 7.1 1 Brady Russell 5 22 4.4 0 Tony Brown 1 10 10.0 0 Steven Montez 11 -2 -0.1 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Beau Bisharat 6 44 7.3 1 Laviska Shenault 3 34 11.3 0 K.D. Nixon 2 53 26.5 0 Chris Bounds 2 20 10.0 0 Maurice Bell 2 15 7.5 1 Brady Russell 1 9 9.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK William Sherman 0 2 Brady Russell 0 1 Tim Lynott 0 1 Colby Pursell 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Derrion Rakestraw 11 0 0 0 Carson Wells 8 0 0 0 Israel Antwine 8 0 0 0 Nate Landman 8 0 0 0 Delrick Abrams 7 0 0 0 Aaron Maddox 5 0 0 0 Dante Wigley 4 0 0 0 Davion Taylor 3 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG James Stefanou 2/2 3/3 9 58 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Adam Williams 3 112 40.7 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Chris Miller 3 79 26.7 0 Laviska Shenault 3 76 25.3 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Chris Miller 1 10 10.0 0

[bh446066]

Re: B-Dawg's Air Force Falcons: Flying high A.F.

You just made my day by checking in! Thanks! It's seemed quieter over here than I remember. I don't know if fewer people are reading dynasty reports or if my stuff so far just sucks.[/QUOTE]

Yea, I couldn't tell ya, I've been largely absent once you quit and Mudcat slowed down (think he's using another name here). I can tell you I'll be back daily now! By the way, I was on those MM boards as well, wish there was a way to go back and read all those classics.

They should pay you to post on here.

[BDawg35]

Re: B-Dawg's Air Force Falcons: Flying high A.F.

Yea, I couldn't tell ya, I've been largely absent once you quit and Mudcat slowed down (think he's using another name here). I can tell you I'll be back daily now! By the way, I was on those MM boards as well, wish there was a way to go back and read all those classics.

Random ish I think about: Just the other day, I wondered if that entire site still exists offline and could be turned on if someone bought the domain name. Or is everything gone forever?

I saved everything I wrote starting in NCAA 2004 and every photo. If I was ever inclined to reconstruct one of those old dynasties (and I'm not), I could.

[bh446066]

Re: B-Dawg's Air Force Falcons: Flying high A.F.

Random ish I think about: Just the other day, I wondered if that entire site still exists offline and could be turned on if someone bought the domain name. Or is everything gone forever?

I saved everything I wrote starting in NCAA 2004 and every photo. If I was ever inclined to reconstruct one of those old dynasties (and I'm not), I could.

God I would get nothing done for like a week if that site was turned back on. Think about the timing, all those classic PS2 versions of the NCAA/Madden series from the early-mid 2000's. Freakin' heyday...

[Careless Whisper]

Re: B-Dawg's Air Force Falcons: Flying high A.F.

Already hard to come up with superlatives for Remsberg, and with Saucier hopefully giving you some more consistency running the ball, it could be a very good year for the Air Force offense! Robo-QB mode was one of the few things I disliked about NCAA '14, seems like you couldn't avoid it at times unless you bumped the difficulty down to varsity.

[BDawg35]

Re: B-Dawg's Air Force Falcons: Flying high A.F.

God I would get nothing done for like a week if that site was turned back on. Think about the timing, all those classic PS2 versions of the NCAA/Madden series from the early-mid 2000's. Freakin' heyday...

That's when video games were most fun to me. I was just getting into them (right around the age of 40) and was playing a fair amount online, so connecting with people in that community for some straight online games was part of the fun. I still keep in touch with some of the guys I used to play against, even though some moved on to the PS4 or next-gen XBox or some aren't really playing much now. I played one of the guys in NCAA '14 about two years ago and had a great game. He moved and said his PS3 is still packed away - I think he's just ducking me.

I still have a PS2 and copies of NCAA 2003 and 2004. I LOVED 2004! Probably because it was the first version that you could play online, so it was kind of like a first love. I've thought how fun it might be to dust them off (and I still have a memory card that SHOULD have the rosters), but there would be so many gameplay features missing that we take for granted now that the luster might wear off pretty quickly.

Already hard to come up with superlatives for Remsberg, and with Saucier hopefully giving you some more consistency running the ball, it could be a very good year for the Air Force offense! Robo-QB mode was one of the few things I disliked about NCAA '14, seems like you couldn't avoid it at times unless you bumped the difficulty down to varsity.

I swear, I just feel like putting down the controller and letting the CPU pick my defense and watch the play unfold. It's like I have zero control sometimes. I wound up dropping the CPU QB accuracy a little bit and the CPU WR catching slider a little bit in my third or fourth season, because otherwise I was just going to hate my life every time I play this game. It's made a minor difference, enough to make things bearable.

I've heard that some people have come up with varsity sliders that make the game play well. I can't imagine it would be a challenge on varsity mode (All-American with sliders in the CPU's favor has always become too easy for me), but maybe the slider gurus have found the secret sauce somehow.

[djp73]

Re: B-Dawg's Air Force Falcons: Flying high A.F.

always nice to kick off a new season with a win.

place is definitely quieter, all the action is on youtube these days but there's still room for us dinosaurs

[BDawg35]

Re: B-Dawg's Air Force Falcons: Flying high A.F.

always nice to kick off a new season with a win.

place is definitely quieter, all the action is on youtube these days but there's still room for us dinosaurs

I follow a dude named Flemlo Raps on YouTube. His dynasties are off the hook! He does commentary while playing his games. He cracks me up. He hasn't posted a dynasty video in a couple years though. I wish I could do something like that, though I would make my videos shorter than his. I'm not sure people want to watch long videos (that's what I'm told in my real job in the newspaper business, where I do a lot of video).

[BDawg35]

2019 SEASON, GAME 2


Central Michigan quarterback Tony Poljan stiff-arms air as he scores on a 13-yard run.

Robo-TE?
Central Michigan QB simply can’t miss
in high-scoring victory over Air Force

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Is a tight end the greatest robo-QB of all-time?

Tony Poljan of Central Michigan certainly staked a claim to being the CPU QB1 #GOAT in the Chippewas’ 55-49 victory over Air Force on Sept. 7, 2019.

In real life, Poljan played quarterback at CMU for his first two seasons before moving to tight end in 2019, then transferring to Virginia for his senior year in 2020.

On the 2018 season roster B-Dawg downloaded from Operation Sports community editors, Poljan is still a quarterback — and not necessarily an overly impressive one, based on his ratings. The red-shirt junior is only 79 OVR, one of the lower-rated quarterbacks to start against Air Force in the first two seasons of this dynasty.

He completed only 51.7% of his passes in real life for CMU in 2018 — hence the move to tight end.

But against the Falcons, cyber Poljan had B-Dawg wondering why he even bothered trying to pick a defense.

Poljan simply couldn’t miss, completing 38 of 42 passes for 387 yards and four touchdowns. He completed his first 11 passes, as the Chippewas jumped out to a 17-0 lead. Poljan did not overthrow or underthrow a pass the entire game, as his four misses were on deflections by Zane Lewis and James Jones, a dropped pass and an intentional throwaway.

“I don’t think he could have been more accurate throwing against air with his boys during summer workouts,” B-Dawg said. “It was like ratings don’t even mean anything if a 79 OVR quarterback can be so surgically accurate. Yes, we have defensive issues, but Central Michigan shouldn’t be able to shred us like that.”



Kadin Remsberg hauled in 10 passes for 248 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Balanced attack

Six different Chippewas had at least 42 receiving yards. By contract, the Falcons were heavily reliant upon the speed of quarterback Donald Hammond and running back Kadin Remsberg. Hammond was the team’s leading rusher with 180 yards on 17 carries and Remsberg had his fourth career 200-yard receiving performance with 248 yards and three touchdowns on 10 catches.

“Donald is great and Kadin is special, but we really need to develop some balance if we’re going to be successful beyond the first three years of this dynasty,” B-Dawg said. “A defense wouldn’t hurt, either.”

Remsberg had touchdown catches of 79, 48 and 30 yards. Tight end Kade Waguespack hauled in a 79-yard touchdown pass for the Falcons.


Lucky break

Down 31-21 at halftime, the Falcons could have seized moment if they stopped the Chippewas on the first possession of the second half.

Air Force looked like it might get the stop it needed when Brandon Childress fumbled outside the goal line after making a catch. However, Drayton Law was right there to recover the ball just over the goal line to extend CMUs’s lead.

“Our defense was getting torched,” B-Dawg said. “We needed that break. We had a player right there to recover it, but their guy got there first. That’s the kind of game it was. Call it a robo fumble recovery.”


Playing catch-up

Air Force chased the game after falling behind 17-0. The Falcons got within 38-35 with 53 seconds left in the third quarter on back-to-back short touchdown runs by Joseph Saucier, but CMU responded by scoring the next 14 points.

The Falcons still had a chance when Remsberg caught a 30-yard touchdown pass from Hammond with 56 seconds left in the game, but the ever-predictable suction onside kick recovery by CMU receiver Cameron Cole sealed Air Force’s fate.

CENTRAL MICHIGAN CHIPPEWAS at AIR FORCE FALCONS
Sept. 7, 2019	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Central Michigan Chippewas (1-1)	17	14	7	17	55
Air Force Falcons (1-1)	7	14	14	14	49

Team Stats Comparison
	CMU	AFA
Total Offense	564	648
Rushing Yards	41-177	42-254
Passing Yards	387	394
First Downs	25	24
Punt Return Yards	16	12
Kick Return Yards	79	225
Total Yards	659	885
Turnovers	0	2
3rd Down Conversion	10-15	4-9
4th Down Conversion	0-0	1-4
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	7-4-2	3-3-0
Penalties	1-5	1-15
Possession Time	17:48	18:12

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER		CMU	AFA
7:22	(CMU) J. Sabbagh 26 pass from T. Poljan (A. Madison kick)	7	0
5:35	(CMU) T. Poljan 13 run (A. Madison kick)	14	0
3:49	(CMU) A. Madison 36 field goal	17	0
:10	(AFA) K. Remsberg 79 pass from D. Hammond (J. Koehnke kick)	17	7
SECOND QUARTER		CMU	AFA
5:09	(CMU) D. Law 12 pass from T. Poljan (A. Madison kick)	24	7
3:12	(AFA) K. Remsberg 48 pass from D. Hammond (J. Koehnke kick)	24	14
2:22	(CMU) B. Raimann 32 pass from T. Poljan (A. Madison kick)	31	14
:23	(AFA) G. Sanders 12 pass from D. Hammond (J. Koehnke kick)	31	21
THIRD QUARTER		CMU	AFA
6:55	(CMU) D. Law fumble recovery in end zone (A. Madison kick)	38	21
4:16	(AFA) J. Saucier 1 run (J. Koehnke kick)	38	28
:53	(AFA) J. Saucier 2 run (J. Koehnke kick)	38	35
FOURTH QUARTER		CMU	AFA
7:39	(CMU) R. Ross 5 run (A. Madison kick)	45	35
3:59	(CMU) J. Sullivan 12 pass from T. Poljan (A. Madison kick)	52	35
3:46	(AFA) K. Waguespack 74 pass from D. Hammond (J. Koehnke kick)	52	42
2:02	(CMU) A. Madison 46 field goal	55	42
:56	(AFA) K. Remsberg 30 pass from D. Hammond (J. Koehnke kick)	55	49

CENTRAL MICHIGAN CHIPPEWAS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Tony Poljan 38/42 387 4 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jonathan Ward 17 101 5.9 0 Tony Poljan 16 50 3.1 1 Romello Ross 5 14 2.8 1 Drayton Law 2 5 2.5 1 Jacorey Sullivan 1 7 7.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jamil Sabbagh 8 99 12.3 1 Cameron Cole 6 57 9.5 0 Brandon Childress 6 47 7.8 0 Bernhard Raimann 5 86 17.2 1 Jacorey Sullivan 5 42 8.4 1 Drayton Law 4 44 11.0 1 Jonathan Ward 3 7 2.3 0 Romello Ross 1 5 5.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Steve Eipper 0 1 Derek Smith 0 1 Romello Ross 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Xavier Crawford 8 0 0 0 Christian Mercer 8 0 0 0 Devonni Reed 7 0 0 0 Michael Oliver 6 0 0 0 Da'Quaun Jamison 5 0 1 0 Norman Anderson 4 0 0 0 Keegan Cossou 2 0 0 0 D'Andre Dill 2 0 0 0 Robi Stuart 2 0 0 0 Sean Bunting 2 0 0 0 Trevor Conklin 2 0 0 0 Troy Brown 2 0 0 0 Mitch Stanitzek 2 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Andy Madison 2/2 7/7 13 46 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Matt Brown 3 117 39.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Romello Ross 3 75 25.0 0 Cameron Cole 1 4 4.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Romello Ross 1 16 16.0 0

AIR FORCE FALCONS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Donald Hammond 15/32 365 5 1 Isaiah Sanders 1/1 29 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Donald Hammond 17 180 10.5 0 Joseph Saucier 21 66 3.1 2 Isaiah Sanders 1 3 3.0 0 Kadin Remsberg 2 3 1.5 0 Cole Fagan 1 2 2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Kadin Remsberg 10 248 24.8 3 David Cormier 2 42 21.0 0 Kade Waguespack 1 74 74.0 1 Geraud Sanders 1 12 12.0 1 Brandon Lewis 1 10 10.0 0 Luc Sturbelle 1 8 8.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Team 0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Kyle Johnson 13 1 0 0 Jeremy Fejedelem 13 0 0 0 Garrett Kauppila 11 0 0 0 Christopher Musselmann 6 0 0 0 Lakota Wills 6 1 0 0 Zane Lewis 3 0 0 0 James Jones 3 0 0 0 Jordan Jackson 3 1 0 0 Mosese Fifita 2 1 0 0 Grant Thiel 2 0 0 0 Kamakani Crosby 2 0 0 0 Grant Donaldson 2 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Jake Koehnke 0/0 7/7 7 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Charlie Scott 1 38 38.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Luc Sturbelle 8 225 28.2 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD James Jones 2 12 6.0 0

[bigbob]

Re: B-Dawg's Air Force Falcons: Flying high A.F.

I follow a dude named Flemlo Raps on YouTube. His dynasties are off the hook! He does commentary while playing his games. He cracks me up. He hasn't posted a dynasty video in a couple years though. I wish I could do something like that, though I would make my videos shorter than his. I'm not sure people want to watch long videos (that's what I'm told in my real job in the newspaper business, where I do a lot of video).

I would love to throw some commentary on a video for you. I love that stuff.

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