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

[BDawg35]

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

What a win to start the year! Great to see Sparty go down at home. I'm excited to see what you can do with this freshman QB. He's clearly special and maybe a better passer than you expected.

It's always good to see Sparty lose. That should take care of their hopes of repeating as national champs. My job here is done. (Wipes hands together.)

Adam Shelby looks like a promising recruit to go after!
Calling your shot, huh? Natty with Rice? Alright.....I'm watching

I got a little too giddy after that game. In retrospect, I should've toned down the expectations.

(And, in calling my shot, I was in no way foreshadowing anything that is happening later in this dynasty that hasn't been reported. I am two games into the 2025 season, so Rice's junior year. I haven't won a natty yet. I guess that's the only spoiler I'll give.)

[BDawg35]

2023 SEASON, GAME 4


Air Force linebacker David Whitfield returns an interception 39 yards.

You again?
Air Force gets third victory
over UNLV since last November

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — UNLV has to be getting sick of seeing Air Force by now.

The Rebels have played the Falcons three times in their last six games. They wouldn't mind the scheduling quirk so much if they could actually beat Air Force.

Tenth-ranked Air Force beat UNLV for the third time since last Nov. 19, 31-7, on Sept. 23, 2023.

The Falcons beat the Rebels 52-14 in the next-to-last regular season game of 2022 and 42-33 in the Mountain West Conference championship game. For good measure, Air Force went to UNLV's field to play California in a bowl game to end last season.

"I'm good if we keep playing them," B-Dawg said. "I like winning."

This game was interesting for maybe a few minutes in the third quarter. After falling behind 17-0, the Rebels scored their only touchdown on a 14-yard pass from Keron Joseph to Nathan Barnes on a third-and-nine screen with 6:23 left in the third. It was UNLV's only trip to the red zone.

UNLV got the ball back with an interception 82 seconds later, but missed a 50-yard field goal try on fourth-and-five.

From there, Air Force put the clamps on the game when freshman Marion Benjamin scored on a 3-yard run with 2:52 to go in the third, making it a 24-7 game. Benjamin showed some promise, gaining a game-high 69 yards on only eight carries.

"We like to have more than one halfback involved in the offense, so it's good to see the freshman playing like that," B-Dawg said. "He's fast, too, so we have some things cooked up to take advantage of that."

Chad Rice, who threw for two touchdowns and two interceptions, capped the scoring with a 5-yard touchdown run with 4:06 remaining in the fourth quarter. Air Force got a short field for the drive when linebacker David Whitfield intercepted a pass and returned it 39 yards to the UNLV 25.

It was another big game for Whitfield, who had a team-high eight tackles, two for losses, one sack and an interception. Strong safety Nate Wilson had two sacks among his seven tackles.

Air Force spread the wealth, with 10 different receivers catching passes. Cameron Everts led the group with nine catches for 112 yards.


Cameron Everts snags a touchdown catch.

AIR FORCE FALCONS at UNLV REBELS
Sept. 23, 2023	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#10 Air Force Falcons (4-0)	10	7	7	7	31
UNLV Rebels (2-1)	0	0	7	0	7

Team Stats Comparison
	AFA	UNLV
Total Offense	413	217
Rushing Yards	35-140	25-28
Passing Yards	273	189
First Downs	6-12	5-15
Punt Return Yards	63	19
Kick Return Yards	29	20
Total Yards	505	256
Turnovers	3	1
3rd Down Conversion	6-12	5-15
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-2
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	6-4-1	1-1-0
Penalties	0-0	3-25
Possession Time	21:20	14:40

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		AFA	UNLV
5:26	(AFA) C. Everts 5 pass from C. Rice (F. Pinton kick)	7	0
1:20	(AFA) F. Pinton 36 field goal	10	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		AFA	UNLV
6:54	(AFA) B. Charles 2 pass from C. Rice (F. Pinton kick)	17	0
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		AFA	UNLV
6:23	(UNLV) N. Barnes 14 pass from K. Joseph (J. Walker kick)	17	7
2:52	(AFA) M. Benjamin 3 run (F. Pinton kick)	24	7
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		AFA	UNLV
4:06	(AFA) C. Rice 5 run (F. Pinton kick)	31	7

AIR FORCE FALCONS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chad Rice 25/33 273 2 2 Ben Brittain 0/1 0 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Marion Benjamin 8 69 8.6 1 Jared Mann 18 61 3.3 0 Chad Rice 5 10 2.0 1 Michael Freeman 2 2 1.0 0 Matt Howard 2 -2 -1.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Cameron Everts 9 112 12.4 1 Ryan Sampson 3 37 12.3 0 Brian Brown 3 27 9.0 0 Jon McMahan 2 34 17.0 0 Marcus McConnell 2 20 10.0 0 Jared Mann 2 15 7.5 0 J.B. White 1 14 14.0 0 Marion Benjamin 1 10 10.0 0 Ben Charles 1 2 2.0 1 Josh King 1 2 2.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Josh Watson 2 0 Tommy Brandt 1 0 Cole Ridgeway 1 0 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT David Whitfield 8 2 1 1 Kory Williams 7 0 0 0 Nate Wilson 7 2 2 0 DeAndre McCollum 6 1 1 0 Josh Green 5 3 1 0 Kaiser Cambra-Cho 4 1 0 0 Patrick Dowdell 2 1 0 0 Mark Monroe 2 0 0 0 Alan Richards 2 0 0 0 Halatoa Tai 2 0 0 0 Daniel Andrews 2 1 1 0 Jayden Goodwin 1 1 0 0 Quinton Sanders 1 0 0 0 Jason Pratt 1 0 0 0 Phil Riggs 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Fabrizio Pinton 1/2 4/4 7 36 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Fabrizio Pinton 2 68 34.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Marion Benjamin 1 29 29.0 29 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Marion Benjamin 6 63 10.5 14

UNLV REBELS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Keron Joseph 26/33 189 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD David Merrick 10 20 2.0 0 Keron Joseph 14 11 0.7 0 Nathan Barnes 1 -3 -3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD David Merrick 6 43 7.1 0 Steve Keller 6 41 6.8 0 Ismael Green 5 30 6.0 0 Dan Whitfield 3 27 9.0 0 Brian Ross 3 25 8.3 0 Nathan Barnes 1 14 14.0 1 Danny Pope 1 9 9.0 0 Ray Landrum 1 0 0.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Justin Davis 1 0 Brant Anderson 1 0 Luis James 1 0 Neil Muhammad 0 1 Paul Moore 0 1 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT Chris Jones 10 0 0 0 Ryan Daniels 7 2 0 0 Anthony Johnson 7 1 0 0 Josh Butler 6 1 0 1 Eric Davis 5 0 0 0 Matt Sims 5 2 0 0 Gavin Manning 4 0 0 0 Donald Brown 4 0 0 1 Preston Carrington 4 1 0 0 Gemara Young 4 0 0 0 Eric Smith 2 0 0 0 Chris Tillman 1 0 0 0 Ricky Tillman 1 0 0 0 Nathan Barnes 1 0 0 0 Steve Bell 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Jay Walker 0/2 1/1 1 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Jon Ostrander 6 275 45.8 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG David Merrick 1 20 20.0 20 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Dan Whitfield 1 19 19.0 19

[BDawg35]

2023 SEASON, GAME 5


Ryan Sampson scores on a 13-yard catch from Chad Rice.

COACH'S PET
Possession receiver gets big TD
as Air Force pulls away from Navy

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — It was a crucial third-and-goal in a seven-point game, not the time to get sentimental or play favorites when your playcalling.

But Air Force coach B-Dawg believed that Cameron Everts deserved every opportunity to get into the end zone on third-and-goal from the 3-yard line late in the third quarter.

Everts' 3-yard touchdown catch with 24 seconds left in the third extended Air Force's lead to 14 points, and the fourth-ranked Falcons went on to beat Navy for the sixth straight time in this dynasty, 30-13.

The Falcons were clinging to a 13-6 lead in what had been a defensive battle when B-Dawg called Everts' number.

"Cameron is one of those guys who deserves a lot more credit than he receives," B-Dawg said. "He's a guy who will move the chains for us several times a game. I know he's going to run good routes, he's going to get position on his defender and that he's not going to drop the ball. He just doesn't get into the end zone very much. He puts us in a position to score, but then someone else gets to celebrate in the end zone. It was his time to celebrate."

Everts finished with game-high totals of eight catches for 89 yards.

This game was closer than the final score would indicate. Navy had several opportunities to get into the end zone, but either settled for field goals or went scoreless altogether.

The first instance came after cornerback Derrick Alfred picked off a pass on Air Force's first possession and returned it to the Falcons' 14-yard line just 37 seconds into the game. After a 2-yard scramble by quarterback Brian Hall on a third-and-three left Navy with fourth-and-one at the 5, the Midshipmen chose to kick the field goal.

Early in the third quarter, Navy had second-and-four at Air Force's 5-yard line, but had to settle for three again. Freshman kicker Maurice Wilkerson, who is 70 OVR, was brought out for two unrealistically long field goals and missed both.

"Our defense came up big a few times and their CPU coaching left much to be desired," B-Dawg said. "I've won many games just because the CPU is programmed to kick field goals in any and all situations."

Navy came into the game ranked No. 6 in the country in rushing offense at 270 yards per game, but Air Force's top-ranked rush defense held the Midshipmen to 66 yards on 24 carries.

That defense also made statistical history by getting the first shared sack ever by B-Dawg players when Patrick Dowdell and Jason Pratt got credit for half a sack each.


DeAndre McCollum gets an interception for Air Force.

NAVY MIDSHIPMEN at AIR FORCE FALCONS
Sept. 30, 2023	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Navy Midshipmen (1-2)	3	0	3	7	13
#4 Air Force Falcons (5-0)	7	3	10	10	30

Team Stats Comparison
	NAVY	AFA
Total Offense	363	414
Rushing Yards	24-66	37-154
Passing Yards	297	260
First Downs	18	24
Punt Return Yards	27	12
Kick Return Yards	21	37
Total Yards	411	463
Turnovers	3	1
3rd Down Conversion	4-11	6-13
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4-1-2	5-3-1
Penalties	0-0	2-25
Possession Time	14:34	21:36

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		NAVY	AFA
7:09	(NAVY) M. Wilkerson 21 field goal	3	0
4:34	(AFA) R. Sampson 13 pass from C. Rice (F. Pinton kick)	3	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		NAVY	AFA
1:06	(AFA) F. Pinton 40 field goal	3	10
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		NAVY	AFA
7:29	(NAVY) M. Wilkerson 23 field goal	6	10
5:20	(AFA) F. Pinton 57 field goal	6	13
:24	(AFA) C. Everts 3 pass from C. Rice (F. Pinton kick)	6	20
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		NAVY	AFA
5:59	(AFA) F. Pinton 19 field goal	6	23
4:58	(NAVY) W. Little 10 run (M. Wilkerson kick)	13	23
:22	(AFA) M. Benjamin 6 run (F. Pinton kick)	13	30

NAVY MIDSHIPMEN PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Brian Hall 24/29 297 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD William Little 14 61 4.3 1 Brian Hall 7 12 1.7 0 Maurice Richardson 3 -7 -2.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Tyrone Sims 6 73 12.1 0 Jeremy Williams 6 71 11.8 0 William Little 4 72 18.0 0 Jeff Reynolds 4 46 11.5 0 Dustin Payne 2 29 14.5 0 Craig Davis 1 4 4.0 0 Alex Brown 1 2 2.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Bruce Porter 0 1 Curtis McGill 0 1 Derrick Miller 0 1 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT David James 10 0 0 0 Avery Reddick 10 3 0 0 Kevin Randle 7 4 1 0 Johnny Gunn 7 1 0 0 Michael Williams 4 0 0 0 Lenny Moore 4 2 0 0 Andre McNeal 3 0 0 0 Jermaine Robinson 3 1 0 0 Michael Harris 3 0 0 0 Herbert Hubbard 2 0 0 0 Derrick Alfred 2 0 0 1 Brian Coleman 1 0 0 0 Kevin Perry 1 1 1 0 Paul Pugh 1 1 0 0 Ted Greco 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Maurice Wilkerson 2/4 1/1 7 23 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Donnie Powers 3 124 41.3 2 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Brian Coleman 1 21 21.0 21 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Brian Coleman 2 27 13.5 16

AIR FORCE FALCONS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chad Rice 23/37 260 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jared Mann 22 120 5.4 0 Marion Benjamin 6 19 3.1 1 Michael Freeman 2 14 7.0 0 Chad Rice 6 1 0.1 0 Brad Tremblay 1 0 0.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Cameron Everts 8 89 11.1 1 Jon McMahan 5 88 17.6 0 Ryan Sampson 4 28 7.0 1 Jared Mann 3 5 1.7 0 Brian Brown 2 34 17.0 0 Marion Benjamin 1 16 16.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Cole Ridgeway 1 0 Adam Karas 1 0 Tommy Brandt 1 1 Nathan Hoffman 0 1 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT DeAndre McCollum 7 0 0 1 Nate Wilson 7 1 0 0 David Whitfield 6 2 0 0 Kaiser Cambra-Cho 5 5 0 0 Quinton Sanders 4 1 1 0 Patrick Dowdell 3 1 0.5 0 Jason Pratt 3 1 0.5 0 Cole Palmer 3 0 0 0 Jayden Goodwin 3 1 0 0 Halatoa Tai 3 0 0 0 Josh Green 2 1 1 0 Kory Williams 2 0 0 0 Mark Monroe 1 0 0 0 Jason McGill 1 0 0 0 Alan Richards 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Fabrizio Pinton 3/3 3/3 12 57 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Fabrizio Pinton 4 171 42.8 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Josh King 1 19 19.0 19 Marion Benjamin 1 18 18.0 18 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Marion Benjamin 2 12 6.0 11

[BDawg35]

2023 SEASON, GAME 6


Air Force quarterback Chad Rice fumbles in overtime when hit by Utah State defensive tackle Corey Keyes.

CHOKE ARTISTS!
Air Force blows 24-point lead,
national title hopes at Utah St.

LOGAN, Utah — Think of all the choke jobs you’ve seen in college football history.

Now, add this one to your list.

Air Force had it all in palm of its hands with a No. 3 national ranking, the knowledge that No. 1 Stanford lost, a 5-0 record and seemingly in total control of win No. 6 with 38-14 lead midway through third quarter at Utah State.

Then the Falcons gagged as miserably as one can possibly gag.

Quraterback Chad Rice lost two fumbles while scrambling in the late stages of a game, including the walk-off gaffe in a 47-44 overtime loss to Utah State on Oct. 7, 2023.

The chase for the national championship will go on, but Air Force will no longer be part of it.

"I'm in a complete state of shock," Air Force coach B-Dawg said. "I still don't know how this one got away from us. We had this game in our hip pocket. We should've been able to withstand a turnover here or there, but everything that could possibly go wrong went wrong for us."

Air Force took a 38-14 lead with 7:27 left in the third quarter before everything totally unraveled. After struggling to move the ball in the first half, Utah State put together back-to-back touchdown drives with ease to get within 38-29 entering the fourth quarter.

Air Force scored on a 1-yard run by Marion Benjamin with 6:38 remaining in the game. Then, in what didn't seem like a big deal at the time, a 2-point pass to Ryan Sampson was thrown just a bit behind him and went off his hands. A catch would've made it a three-possession game, but Utah State still had hope, down by 15.

The Aggies appeared to be taking too long to score, running the clock from 6:38 to 1:19 before Terrance Shelton's 2-yard touchdown run with 1:19 remaining. A 2-point pass made it a 44-37 game.

Tight end Timmy Griffin recovered the onside kick for the Falcons, who needed just one first down to seal the victory. Catastrophe struck when Rice scrambled on third-and-five, went to slide to avoid the automatic EA Sports fumbling glitch on scrambles, got bent backwards and lost the ball with 1:05 to go at the Utah State 27.

So, of course Utah State scored the tying touchdown when C.J. Clark was wide open in the back left corner of the end zone with 19 seconds remaining, the Air Force defensive back seemingly distracted by something other than doing his job.

Rice scrambled for 24 yards, getting out of bounds at the Air Force 49-yard line with 12 seconds left. Two plays later, in a scene that will haunt B-Dawg from now until he finally wins a natty, the speedy Benjamin somehow got wide open deep down the field on a snap with one seconds remaining.

The pass was overthrown.

"My spirit was broken at that point," B-Dawg said. "You try to suck it up, but you know what's up."

The Falcons won the toss, elected to play defense and held Utah State to a field goal, so things were looking up.

Then, just as Air Force learned about Stanford's loss, Rice scrambled on the first play of the Falcons' overtime possession, was hit by defensive tackle Corey Keyes before he could slide, fumbled and Kyle Downs recovered to end the game.

"We have no hope now," B-Dawg said. "A team in our conference has to be perfect and get some help. We can't overcome a loss, especially as we're getting deeper into the season. We will take this loss to our graves. TO OUR GRAVES!"


Utah State's C.J. Clark forces overtime on a 24-yard catch with :19 left in
the fourth.

AIR FORCE FALCONS at UTAH STATE AGGIES
Oct. 7, 2023	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
#3 Air Force Falcons (5-1)	10	21	7	6	0	44
Utah State Aggies (3-2)	7	7	15	15	3	47

Team Stats Comparison
	AFA	USU
Total Offense	541	508
Rushing Yards	43-250	36-130
Passing Yards	291	378
First Downs	28	24
Punt Return Yards	11	8
Kick Return Yards	100	44
Total Yards	652	560
Turnovers	2	0
3rd Down Conversion	10-14	10-16
4th Down Conversion	0-0	2-2
2-Point Conversion	0-1	2-2
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	7-6-1	5-5-0
Penalties	1-10	2-10
Possession Time	17:53	18:07

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		AFA	USU
5:46	(AFA) J. Mann 4 run (F. Pinton kick)	7	0
4:19	(USU) J. Peterson 5 run (S. Freeman kick)	7	7
:44	(AFA) F. Pinton 28 field goal	10	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		AFA	USU
6:03	(AFA) M. Benjamin 1 run (F. Pinton kick)	17	7
2:06	(AFA) C. Everts 6 pass from C. Rice (F. Pinton kick)	24	7
:28	(USU) T. Brown 16 pass from J. Peterson (S. Freeman kick)	24	14
:02	(AFA) C. Everts 7 pass from C. Rice (F. Pinton kick)	31	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		AFA	USU
7:27	(AFA) C. Rice 7 run (F. Pinton kick)	38	14
4:25	(USU) P. Burgess 16 pass from J. Peterson (C. Clark catch)	38	22
1:20	(USU) T. Tyler 3 pass from J. Peterson (S. Freeman kick)	38	29
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		AFA	USU
6:38	(AFA) M. Benjamin 1 run (pass failed)	44	29
1:19	(USU) T. Shelton 2 run (J. Thompson catch)	44	37
:19	(USU) C. Clark 24 pass from J. Peterson (S. Freeman kick)	44	44
OVERTIME SCORING		AFA	USU
---	(USU) S. Freeman 41 field goal	44	47

AIR FORCE FALCONS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chad Rice 19/31 291 2 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Chad Rice 14 124 8.8 1 Jared Mann 19 83 4.3 1 Marion Benjamin 7 30 4.2 2 Brad Tremblay 3 13 4.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Cameron Everts 10 165 16.5 2 Brian Brown 4 73 18.3 0 Jared Mann 2 22 11.0 0 Ryan Sampson 2 13 6.5 0 Jon McMahan 1 18 18.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Brad Tremblay 2 0 Josh Watson 1 0 Timmy Griffin 1 0 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT Nate Wilson 13 2 0 0 Kory Williams 9 1 0 0 David Whitfield 9 0 0 0 Kaiser Cambra-Cho 7 0 0 0 Jason Pratt 6 3 0 0 Quinton Sanders 5 1 0 0 Halatoa Tai 4 0 0 0 Mark Monroe 3 0 0 0 Daniel Andrews 2 0 0 0 Jayden Goodwin 2 1 0 0 Cole Palmer 2 1 1 0 DeAndre McCollum 2 0 0 0 Alan Richards 1 0 0 0 Phil Riggs 1 0 0 0 Marion Benjamin 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Fabrizio Pinton 1/1 5/5 8 28 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Fabrizio Pinton 1 43 43.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Marion Benjamin 4 95 23.8 31 Timmy Griffin 1 5 5.0 5 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Marion Benjamin 1 11 11.0 11

UTAH STATE AGGIES PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Jake Peterson 33/41 378 4 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Terrance Shelton 16 79 4.9 1 Jake Peterson 14 31 2.2 1 Bo Williams 4 15 3.8 0 Derek Carter 2 5 2.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Timothy Brown 11 157 14.2 1 Jermaine Thompson 6 47 7.8 0 Terrance Shelton 4 15 3.8 0 Patrick Burgess 3 75 25.0 1 Nick McDowell 3 25 8.3 0 Bo Williams 3 24 8.0 0 C.J. Clark 1 24 24.0 1 Sean Ralph 1 8 8.0 0 Travis Tyler 1 3 3.0 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Jermaine Thompson 2 0 John Chandler 1 0 Derek Carter 0 1 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT Shaun Stanley 9 0 0 0 Lorenzo Pennington 7 0 0 0 Kyle Downs 7 0 0 0 Kevin Gilmore 6 1 0 0 Corey Keyes 5 0 0 0 Jammal Wilson 4 0 0 0 Marcus Hall 4 0 0 0 Robert Grimes 3 0 0 0 Lonnie Williams 3 2 0 0 Daniel Brown 3 1 0 0 Joe Brown 2 0 0 0 Eric Pettway 1 0 0 0 Amir Stewart 1 0 0 0 Kevin Gilliam 1 0 0 0 Kevin Porter 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Sam Freeman 1/2 4/4 7 41 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Michael Walden 2 92 46.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Nick McDowell 2 44 22.0 22 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Nick McDowell 1 8 8.0 8

[dfsJunkie]

Re: 2023 SEASON, GAME 6

Wow.. Didn't see that coming.

[BDawg35]

Re: 2023 SEASON, GAME 6

Wow.. Didn't see that coming.

Neither did I. I had been winning comfortably and was seemingly cruising to another blowout win ... until I wasn't.

I keep a lot of records, but don't have any records for biggest blown lead. This has to be it. Maybe something else tied it. I can't imagine blowing anything larger than 24 points.

[BDawg35]

2023 SEASON, GAME 7


Ryan Sampson snares the game-winning 5-yard touchdown pass with 28 seconds left.

Saturday's hero
Sampson scores winning touchdown
with :28 left at San Diego State

SAN DIEGO — The beauty of Air Force's passing attack is that anyone can emerge as the hero on any given Saturday.

It was Ryan Sampson's turn in a 27-23 victory over San Diego State on Oct. 14, 2023.

Sampson caught a 5-yard pass with 28 seconds remaining to give the 17th-ranked Falcons the victory in a clash between two Mountain West Conference teams who came in with 5-1 records.

Sampson made the big catch on a day in which Cameron Everts, one of quarterback Chad Rice's favorite targets, didn't even have a catch. Everts moved from slot to outside receiver during the game when Brian Brown was injured, which limited Everts' chances of catching the ball. B-Dawg tends to target his slot receivers in his offense, because balls to the outside are too difficult or risky to complete.

"I don't go into a game looking to get a certain guy his touches," B-Dawg said. "Sometimes a guy will end up with 100, 150 yards, but it's not by design. It's all about what the defense gives us what what looks we get in certain downs and distances."

The Aztecs got a 19-yard field goal from Anthony Hawkins with 2:08 remaining to take a 23-20 lead. San Diego State chose to run the ball on third-and-nine, but Zach Castillo was stopped for a 7-yard gain at the 3-yard line, forcing the field goal attempt.

"We had trouble stopping Castillo early in the game but, c'mon," B-Dawg said. "At least try to win."

Castillo had 115 yards on 18 carries, getting 91 yards on nine carries in the first half, as the Aztecs jumped out to a 17-3 lead. San Diego State scored two touchdowns in the first quarter in a span of 1:11, but didn't get in the end zone the rest of the day.

"Those early touchdowns had me feeling uneasy the whole game," B-Dawg said. "They always felt dangerous to me. It wasn't until after the game that I realized they didn't have a touchdown in the final three quarters."

Air Force's winning touchdown drive was a nine-play, 75-yard march. The Falcons faced third down only once, a third-and-one situation that was converted when Maron Benjamin ran for four yards. Rice hit Sampson on the next play for the touchdown. Sampson had three catches for 39 yards on the drive.

Worried he might have left the Aztecs too much time, B-Dawg did a high kickoff to force a return that would milk some seconds, but still allowed the coverage team to contain Jacob McNeal at the 24.

In another example of poor CPU clock management, the Aztecs let the clock run after a completed pass with six seconds remaining. They snapped the ball in time and got off another pass, but time ran out.


Kaiser Cambra-Cho (21) forces a fumble.

AIR FORCE FALCONS at SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS
Oct. 14, 2023	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#17 Air Force Falcons (6-1)	3	7	3	14	27
San Diego State Aztecs (5-2)	14	6	0	3	23

Team Stats Comparison
	AFA	SDSU
Total Offense	461	474
Rushing Yards	41-176	40-142
Passing Yards	285	332
First Downs	25	27
Punt Return Yards	8	23
Kick Return Yards	37	62
Total Yards	506	559
Turnovers	2	1
3rd Down Conversion	9-15	5-12
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	5-3-2	4-2-2
Penalties	0-0	1-5
Possession Time	20:14	15:46

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		AFA	SDSU
3:21	(AFA) F. Pinton 26 field goal	3	0
2:12	(SDSU) S. Dotson 2 pass from D. Banks (A. Hawkins kick)	3	7
1:01	(SDSU) D. Banks 5 run (A. Hawkins kick)	3	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		AFA	SDSU
6:35	(SDSU) A. Hawkins 42 field goal	3	17
2:16	(AFA) M. Benjamin 2 run (F. Pinton kick)	10	17
1:14	(SDSU) A. Hawkins 37 field goal	10	20
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		AFA	SDSU
4:00	(AFA) F. Pinton 20 field goal	13	20
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		AFA	SDSU
8:01	(AFA) J. Mann 4 run (F. Pinton kick)	20	20
2:08	(SDSU) A. Hawkins 19 field goal	20	23
:28	(AFA) R. Sampson 5 pass from C. Rice (F. Pinton kick)	27	23

AIR FORCE FALCONS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chad Rice 20/39 285 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jared Mann 22 101 45. 1 Chad Rice 9 50 5.5 0 Marion Benjamin 10 25 2.5 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jon McMahan 5 82 16.4 0 Ryan Sampson 5 81 16.2 1 Marcus McConnell 4 53 13.2 0 Jared Mann 3 38 12.7 0 Brian Brown 2 25 12.5 0 J.B. White 1 6 6.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Jon McMahan 2 0 Adam Karas 1 0 Tommy Brandt 1 0 Josh Watson 1 1 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT Nate Wilson 10 2 1 0 Halatoa Tai 7 0 0 0 David Whitfield 7 2 0 0 DeAndre McCollum 6 1 0 0 Mark Monroe 6 0 0 0 Cole Palmer 5 2 0 0 Daniel Andrews 4 2 0 0 Phil Riggs 3 1 0 0 Kaiser Cambra-Cho 3 0 0 0 Quinton Sanders 3 2 1 0 Josh Green 2 1 1 0 Kory Williams 2 0 0 0 Patrick Dowdell 2 1 1 0 Paul Kenney 1 1 0 0 Jayden Goodwin 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Fabrizio Pinton 2/2 3/3 9 26 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Fabrizio Pinton 4 183 45.8 2 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Marion Benjamin 2 37 18.5 19 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Marion Benjamin 1 8 8.0 8

SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Danny Banks 28/31 332 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Zach Castillo 18 115 6.3 0 Joel Sykes 5 23 4.6 0 Danny Banks 17 4 0.2 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Zach Monroe 6 96 16.0 0 Andy Gallagher 4 65 16.3 0 Brandon Thompson 4 53 13.2 0 Eddie Bell 4 25 6.3 0 Zach Castillo 4 9 2.2 0 Joel Sykes 1 10 10.0 0 Steve Dotson 1 2 2.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Eddie Bell 2 0 Bobby Jack 0 1 Daniel Jackson 0 1 Tom Cabral 0 1 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT Gerald Harris 16 0 0 0 Jon Peterson 15 0 0 0 Anthony Rich 7 2 0 0 David Lane 3 0 0 1 Brock Fox 3 1 0 0 Brenton Stewart 3 0 0 0 Robert Fontaine 2 0 0 0 Marvin Gonzalez 2 0 0 0 Rodney Patton 2 1 1 0 Lynn Dixon 2 0 0 0 Jacob McNeal 1 0 0 0 Tremayne Barnes 1 0 0 0 Shelton Bass 1 0 0 0 Robbie Cox 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Anthony Hawkins 3/4 2/2 11 42 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Jonathan Willis 3 124 41.3 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Zach Castillo 2 41 20.5 21 Jacob McNeal 1 21 21.0 21 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Jacob McNeal 2 22 11.0 16 Marvin Gonzalez 1 1 1.0 1

[BDawg35]

2023 SEASON, GAME 8


Fabrizio Pinton kicks the winning 38-yard field goal with one second left.


Cameron Everts grabs one of his three catches for 56 yards on the game-winning drive.

WHEW!!!
Air Force survives scare by Army,
rallies with two late field goals

WEST POINT, N.Y. — B-Dawg thought he could breathe easily, another victory over Army secured, when Fabrizio Pinton booted the go-ahead 38-yard field goal with only one second on the clock.

After all, what can possibly happen in one measly second?

A lot, actually.

If not for a touchdown-saving tackle from an unlikely source, receiver Marcus McConnell, the ninth-ranked Falcons would have been on the business end of an instant classic and one of the all-time blunders instead of 27-24 winners.

Having left one second on the clock, the Falcons were forced to kick off to Army when they should have scoping out the stands for shawties with whom to celebrate 'til 6 in the morn.

B-Dawg called for a squib kick, hoping it would end up in the hands of someone ill-equipped to run back the ball. It ended up in the hands of 80 OVR tight end Anthony Miller, who nearly caused a collective heart attack in Air Force nation.

Miller took off down the right sideline before McConnell made contact. B-Dawg was still terrified, because the CPU always seems to have a way of breaking free from first contact. Cornerback Phil Riggs saved the day by cleaning up from behind, helping bring down Miller at the Air Force 14-yard line to end the game.

"I would've been opening myself up to all kinds of second-guessing," B-Dawg said. "Why did I not run the clock down another second before calling timeout and kicking the field goal? Why didn't I just boom it into the end zone and dare a team that can't pass the ball to throw a 75-yard Hail Mary? Hopefully, I learned a lesson without learning it the hard way."

Army had taken a 24-21 lead with 5:57 remaining after DeAndre McCollum stopped a third-and-goal run from the 4-yard line for only a 1-yard gain.

Dodging a near-interception by Jermaine Franklin on third-and-five, Air Force got the game-tying 40-yard field goal from Pinton with 2:19 to go.

The Falcons got the ball back with 22 seconds remaining following a drive that stalled in large part because of a sack by Patrick Dowdell on second-and-three.

There was only one player B-Dawg trusted to get the ball with the game on the line. Cameron Everts, who had no catches the previous week, caught three straight passes for 56 yards to get the Falcons in position for the winning kick. Everts finished with 13 catches for 167 yards, while nobody else had more than one catch for the Falcons.

"He's not the fastest receiver around, he hardly ever gets in the end zone, but when the ball goes his way, it will be caught," B-Dawg said. "There's a lot to be said about that. I've had my fill of soul-sucking dropped passes in clutch situations."

This was as big a game as you could hope to see from two service academies. Air Force came in with a 6-1 record, having jumped eight places back into the top 10 after a devastating loss to Utah State two games earlier. Army had an 8-1 record, but didn't have the national respect, failing to make the top 25.

Army has one of the top running backs in the country but, as usual, J.P. Anderson was largely neglected by the Black Knights. Anderson averaged 15.4 yards per carry and scored twice, but had only five carries. He has 1,404 yards and 12 touchdowns on 204 carries this season.

A year ago, Anderson averaged 24.3 yards per carry and had a touchdown against Air Force, but got only four carries for 97 yards.

"I'm frightened to think what would happen if Army gave him the ball 20 times a game," B-Dawg said. "The CPU seems to know a good thing when simming games, but not actually playing them."

Such poor game management is a reason why Air Force is 6-0 against Army and 12-0 against the service academies in this dynasty.


Patrick Dowdell gets a key sack late in the game.

AIR FORCE FALCONS at ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS
Oct. 28, 2023	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Air Force Falcons (7-1)	0	14	7	6	27
Army Black Knights (8-2)	7	0	14	3	24

Team Stats Comparison
	AFA	ARMY
Total Offense	432	347
Rushing Yards	48-194	31-234
Passing Yards	238	113
First Downs	28	9
Punt Return Yards	32	30
Kick Return Yards	59	56
Total Yards	523	433
Turnovers	1	0
3rd Down Conversion	8-13	6-12
4th Down Conversion	1-1	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3-3-0	3-2-1
Penalties	1-12	0-0
Possession Time	22:27	13:33

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		AFA	ARMY
6:07	(ARMY) J. Anderson 69 run (D. Barber kick)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		AFA	ARMY
4:26	(AFA) M. Benjamin 2 run (F. Pinton kick)	7	7
:33	(AFA) J. Mann 4 run (F. Pinton kick)	14	7
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		AFA	ARMY
7:02	(ARMY) J. Anderson 10 run (D. Barber kick)	14	14
2:24	(ARMY) C. Silva 19 run (D. Barber kick)	14	21
:20	(AFA) M. Benjamin 4 run (F. Pinton kick)	21	21
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		AFA	ARMY
5:57	(ARMY) D. Barber 20 field goal	21	24
2:19	(AFA) F. Pinton 40 field goal	24	24
:01	(AFA) F. Pinton 38 field goal	27	24

AIR FORCE FALCONS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chad Rice 18/29 238 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jared Mann 26 103 3.9 1 Chad Rice 15 79 5.2 0 Marion Benjamin 6 10 1.6 2 Brad Tremblay 1 2 2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Cameron Everts 13 167 12.8 0 Jared Mann 1 27 27.0 0 Marcus McConnell 1 19 19.0 0 Jon McMahan 1 11 11.0 0 J.B. White 1 9 9.0 0 Ryan Sampson 1 5 5.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Tommy Brandt 2 0 Jon McMahan 1 0 Adam Karas 1 0 Nathan Hoffman 1 3 Josh Watson 0 1 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT Nate Wilson 7 3 0 0 Kory Williams 6 0 0 0 Halatoa Tai 5 1 0 0 David Whitfield 4 1 0 0 Patrick Dowdell 3 2 2 0 Josh Green 2 1 0 0 Quinton Sanders 2 0 0 0 Mark Monroe 2 0 0 0 DeAndre McCollum 2 0 0 0 Jason Pratt 2 1 0 0 Jayden Goodwin 2 0 0 0 Jason McGill 1 0 0 0 Kaiser Cambra-Cho 1 0 0 0 Willie Andrews 1 0 0 0 Phil Riggs 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Fabrizio Pinton 2/2 3/3 9 40 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Fabrizio Pinton 3 83 27.6 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Marion Benjamin 3 59 19.7 20 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Marion Benjamin 4 32 8.0 9

ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chris Silva 10/14 113 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Chris Silva 14 86 6.1 1 J.P. Anderson 5 77 15.4 2 Quinn Lewis 6 52 8.6 0 Cornelius Robinson 6 19 3.1 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Cornelius Robinson 4 25 6.3 0 J.P. Anderson 3 52 17.3 0 Anthony Miller 2 27 13.5 0 Scott Alford 1 9 9.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Greg Rivera 2 0 Terrell Benson 0 2 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT James Campbell 12 0 0 0 Jermaine Franklin 10 1 0 0 Dustin Young 7 2 0 0 Eric Jones 6 0 0 0 Shawn Kelly 5 2 2 0 Willie Woods 5 0 0 0 Matt McDuffie 4 2 1 0 James Watkins 4 0 0 0 Kevin Simmons 3 0 0 0 Frank Arnold 2 0 0 0 Brian Bryant 2 0 0 0 Sam Richardson 2 1 1 0 John Parker 1 0 0 0 Cornelius Martin 1 0 0 0 Glenn Banks 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Darius Barber 1/2 3/3 6 20 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 David Pettway 4 156 39.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Anthony Miller 1 56 56.0 56 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Quinn Lewis 2 30 15.0 17

[dfsJunkie]

Re: 2023 SEASON, GAME 8

Two late rallies after blowing the big lead a few games ago. Coach B-Dawg must have laid the smackdown on his players.

[bh446066]

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

Nice rally to save the season! Well, I guess it's not over yet, but you get it

[BDawg35]

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

Two late rallies after blowing the big lead a few games ago. Coach B-Dawg must have laid the smackdown on his players.

I didn't say a word. I just sat there and let the players suffer in their own thoughts. They knew what needed to be done.

Nice rally to save the season! Well, I guess it's not over yet, but you get it

Those games are so much fun to play. It's what keeps me coming back to the PS3 in this dynasty, whereas I got bored in my last one on All-American mode.

[BDawg35]

2023 SEASON, GAME 9


Air Force free safety Halatoa Tai picks off an option pitch on his way to the first of two fumble return touchdowns.

Fumble-6 x 2
Senior takes two fumbles to house,
Air Force stomps New Mexico, 50-7

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — You never know when you fire up the PS3, even in a matchup you know you'll win easily, when something special might happen.

That happened for B-Dawg when his Air Force football team hosted New Mexico on Nov. 4, 2023.

Halatoa Tai, an 80 OVR senior free safety, scored two defensive touchdowns for the eighth-ranked Falcons in a 50-7 rout of the Lobos.

That, in and of itself, is pretty noteworthy. In 1,289 games of NCAA Football dynasty mode dating to NCAA 2004, it's only the ninth time a B-Dawg player has scored two defensive touchdowns.

But what made Tai's achievement particularly incredible was that both of his touchdowns were scored on fumble returns, something that has never been done by a B-Dawg player. They also both took place in the second quarter, making him the first player to score two defensive touchdowns in a quarter.

"We don't get a lot of fumbles, we get even fewer fumbles taken to the house, so it's truly takes the right alignment of the moon and stars for something like this to happen," B-Dawg said. "It was pretty cool to see."

Air Force was up only 7-0 after one quarter when Tai turned the momentum of the contest with a huge second quarter. He snagged an option pitch when Air Force was in an all-out blitz, taking it 48 yards for six points with 8:40 left in the second quarter, making it a 14-0 game.

With the Falcons up 21-0, quarterback Anthony Rutledge coughed up the ball when he was sacked. Tai pounced on it and took it seven yards for a touchdown with 4:05 to go in the second quarter.

Tai was hardly the only defensive star for the Falcons.

Air Force got only the second safety in the history of this dynasty when defensive end Quinton Sanders sacked Rutledge in the end zone on third-and-16 with 4:50 to go in the third quarter.

"You know 'Safety Dance' was playing on my PS3 when that happened," B-Dawg said. "Safeties are only two points, but they're my favorite play in football. It's the only play that has its own theme music in my game."

Sanders had a monster performance, with all six of his tackles going for losses, three of them sacks.

Linebacker David Whitfield set the tone for the day by getting four tackles, three for losses, on New Mexico's first possession. He finished with 10 tackles, five for losses.

Defensive tackle Josh Green had two sacks and three tackles for losses.

It all added up to minus-8 yards on 28 carries for a New Mexico ground game that was ranked fourth in the nation with 260.3 yards per game.


Most defensive touchdowns

Following is a list of B-Dawg players who have scored two defensive touchdowns in a game:

Tavarious Sanders (Buffalo) vs. Nevada, 2004 Humanitarian Bowl, 17 FR, 72 INT (NCAA 2004)
Kyle Schmidt (Vanderbilt) at Florida, Nov. 6, 2021, 67 INT, 30 INT (NCAA 2007)
Alfred Moore (Eastern Michigan) at Akron, Sept. 14, 2013, 30 INT, 52 INT (NCAA 2008)
Brad Ransom (Eastern Michigan) at Ohio State, Sept. 29, 2018, 32 INT, 58 INT (NCAA 2008)
Jeff Cox (Oregon State) vs. The 'Nati, Sept. 5, 2009, 46 INT, 23 INT (NCAA 2009)
Vince Agnew (Central Michigan) vs. Ball State, Oct. 2, 2010, 96 INT, 71 FR (NCAA 2011)
Delonte Hollowell (Michigan) at Purdue, Nov. 1, 2014, 35 INT, 54 INT (NCAA 2012)
Dailen Sutton (Air Force) at Western Michigan, Sept. 1, 2018, 49 INT, 42 INT (NCAA 2014)
Halatoa Tai (Air Force) vs. New Mexico, Nov. 4, 2023, 48 FR, 7 FR (NCAA 2014)


Milestone coming

The victory was the 999th victory for B-Dawg in NCAA dynasty mode since NCAA 2004. He has 290 losses.

The first opportunity to reach the 1,000 milestone will be next Saturday at home against Colorado State.


Quinton Sanders sacks Anthony Rutledge for a safety.

NEW MEXICO LOBOS at AIR FORCE FALCONS
Nov. 4, 2023	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
New Mexico Lobos (4-5)	0	0	0	7	7
#8 Air Force Falcons (8-1)	7	28	5	10	50

Team Stats Comparison
	UNM	AFA
Total Offense	176	400
Rushing Yards	28-(-8)	34-189
Passing Yards	184	211
First Downs	14	20
Punt Return Yards	0	34
Kick Return Yards	43	45
Total Yards	219	479
Turnovers	2	1
3rd Down Conversion	5-14	10-14
4th Down Conversion	1-1	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1-1-0	5-4-1
Penalties	0-0	3-25
Possession Time	13:40	22:20

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		UNM	AFA
5:27	(AFA) M. Benjamin 15 run (F. Pinton kick)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		UNM	AFA
8:40	(AFA) H. Tai 48 fumble return (F. Pinton kick)	0	14
4:40	(AFA) C. Everts 5 pass from C. Rice (F. Pinton kick)	0	21
4:05	(AFA) H. Tai 7 fumble return (F. Pinton kick)	0	28
1:02	(AFA) J. Mann 2 run (F. Pinton kick)	0	35
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		UNM	AFA
5:22	(AFA) F. Pinton 34 field goal	0	38
4:50	(AFA) Safety, Q. Sanders sacks A. Rutledge	0	40
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		UNM	AFA
8:58	(AFA) M. Benjamin 1 run (F. Pinton kick)	0	47
6:25	(UNM) A. Rutledge 5 run (P. Parker kick)	7	47
3:48	(AFA) F. Pinton 56 field goal	7	50

NEW MEXICO LOBOS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Anthony Rutledge 24/32 184 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Emmanuel Williams 12 34 2.8 0 Tommy Thompson 1 1 1.0 0 Garrett Babcock 1 0 0.0 0 Zach Frye 1 -2 -2.0 0 Anthony Rutledge 13 -41 -3.1 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Zach Frye 7 58 8.2 0 Emmanuel Williams 6 3 0.5 0 Tommy Thompson 3 42 14.0 0 Garrett Babcock 2 35 17.5 0 Keith Riley 2 14 7.0 0 Michael Little 2 11 5.5 0 Napoleon Anderson 1 12 12.0 0 Erik Jenkins 1 9 9.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Emmanuel Williams 0 1 Matt Reynolds 0 2 Michael McKinney 0 2 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT Leon Martin 12 2 0 0 Clifton Young 9 0 0 0 Tom Harrison 6 0 0 0 Albert Gates 5 0 0 0 C.J. Jackson 5 0 0 1 Gary Hayes 4 1 1 0 Taylor Palmer 4 0 0 0 Will Thompson 3 2 0 0 Michael Smith 2 0 0 0 Kyle Ball 2 0 0 0 Adrian Williams 2 0 0 0 Nick Downing 2 1 0 0 Graham Church 1 0 0 0 Ryan Holmes 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Paris Parker 0/1 1/1 1 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Andrew Adams 5 208 41.6 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Taylor Palmer 2 43 21.5 22 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Team 0 0 0.0 0

AIR FORCE FALCONS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chad Rice 12/16 149 1 1 Ben Brittain 6/9 47 0 0 Kevin Moyer 4/7 15 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Marion Benjamin 12 83 6.9 2 Jared Mann 8 35 4.3 1 Chad Rice 6 30 5.0 0 Ben Brittain 4 20 5.0 0 Matt Howard 2 10 5.0 0 Kyle White 1 6 6.0 0 Michael Freeman 1 5 5.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Cameron Everts 6 48 8.0 1 J.B. White 4 28 7.0 0 Ryan Sampson 2 51 25.5 0 Marcus McConnell 2 21 10.5 0 Marion Benjamin 2 20 10.0 0 Jared Mann 2 6 3.0 0 Brian Brown 1 22 22.0 0 Timmy Griffin 1 10 10.0 0 Jon McMahan 1 8 8.0 0 Michael Freeman 1 -3 -3.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Chris Holt 1 0 Cole Ridgeway 1 0 Josh Watson 1 1 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT David Whitfield 10 5 0 0 Nate Wilson 8 1 0 0 DeAndre McCollum 7 1 1 0 Mark Monroe 7 0 0 0 Quinton Sanders 6 6 3 0 Kory Williams 4 1 0 0 Josh Green 3 3 2 0 Kaiser Cambra-Cho 2 0 0 0 Jayden Goodwin 2 0 0 0 Halatoa Tai 1 0 0 0 Adam Karas 1 0 0 0 Jason Pratt 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Fabrizio Pinton 2/2 6/6 12 56 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Fabrizio Pinton 2 91 45.5 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Marion Benjamin 2 36 18.0 24 Josh King 1 9 9.0 9 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Marion Benjamin 4 34 8.5 13

[BDawg35]

2023 AWARDS FINALISTS



BEDNARIK
1. Nate Wilson
2. David Whitfield

NAGURSKI
1. David Whitfield

LOMBARDI
1. Josh Green

BUTKUS
1. David Whitfield

THORPE
1. Nate Wilson
2. DeAndre McCollum

[BDawg35]

2023 SEASON, GAME 10


Strong safety DeAndre McCollum forces Colorado State quarterback Joel Bean to cough up the ball.


B-Dawg gets milestone coaching win
in dismantling of Colorado State

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — There are statues erected in his honor outside of college football stadiums across America, declaring the coaching greatness of B-Dawg.

There will be one outside of Falcon Stadium one day, too. You can count on it.

All of the winning that made B-Dawg a legend in places like Ann Arbor, Buffalo, Waco, Nashville, Ypsilanti, Corvallis and Kalamazoo has added up over the years.

Do the math, and it now adds up to a nice, round, shiny 1,000.

B-Dawg achieved the milestone while patrolling the sideline (from his couch) for sixth-ranked Air Force in a 60-13 beat-down of Colorado State on Nov. 11, 2023.

This game was actually played on Feb. 25, 2021. His first official coaching victory came on July 26, 2003 while leading Michigan to a 63-28 rout of Central Michigan University in NCAA 2004. B-Dawg actually began playing the NCAA Football series in NCAA 2003, but cheesed it up so much with cheat pennants and such that he doesn't count those games in his official records.

"I didn't get into this game for the accolades," B-Dawg said. "I got into it for the relationships. At a moment like this, I think back to some of my earliest recruits like Antonio Haines and Joey McBride at Michigan and guys like Bryant McClellan at Vanderbilt and Jeff Cox at Oregon State and David Landrum at Western Michigan. Controlling those guys with my hands was an indescriable thrill you can only get coaching a virtual football team."

How does B-Dawg's milestone match up with real life?

Well, the record for college football coaching wins is 489 set by John Gagliardi at Carroll (Montana) and St. John's (Minnesota). It took him an incredible 64 seasons to rack up those victories. Disgraced Penn State coach Joe Paterno has the most victories for a major college coach with 409 in 46 seasons.

"Those guys coached games only once a week in the fall," B-Dawg said. "I was out there grinding away 12 months a year, often playing three or four games a night until 4 a.m. when I was married to a woman who didn't make it worth my while to go to bed early, if you know what I'm sayin'. Let's see Nick Saban do that! If NCAA 2006 wasn't complete trash and I quit it early and if I didn't enjoy maybe two or three versions of Madden in my early years, this number would be higher."

B-Dawg doesn't play as much as he once did, mostly because of life changes. He won 685 games from NCAA 2004 through NCAA 2009, but only 315 in the 13 years of real life since then.

He has an all-time record of 1,000-290 in 102 seasons of dynasty mode, winning 14 national championships. He is 53-21 in six seasons at Air Force.

Colorado State, which gave Air Force problems early in this dynasty, provide little resistance. The Falcons opened the scoring with 7:12 left in the first quarter when Chad Rice hit wide-open tight end Jon McMahan for a 56-yard touchdown on fourth-and-inches. The Rams' defense bunched the middle, which automatically stops any dive play, so B-Dawg called an audible before throwing to an uncovered McMahan.

Colorado State fell behind 24-3 before making a bit of a run by scoring 10 points in the final 1:10 of the first half. It was all Air Force after halftime, as the Falcons outscored the Rams 36-0 in the second half.

In a controversial move, B-Dawg scored a touchdown with eight seconds left in the game, then tacked on a 2-point run by Marion Benjamin.

Why go for two points?

"Because I couldn't go for three," B-Dawg said. "I remember these guys running it up on us when they could have taken a knee a few years back. My memory is long and I believe revenge is a dish best served cold. Don't like it? Then stop me. I'm a freakin' coaching legend! I don't answer to the fans or the media and certainly not to the other team."


Tight end Jon McMahan hauls in a 56-yard touchdown pass.

COLORADO STATE RAMS at AIR FORCE FALCONS
Nov. 11, 2023	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Colorado State Rams (7-4)	3	10	0	0	13
#6 Air Force Falcons (9-1)	17	7	7	29	60

Team Stats Comparison
	CSU	AFA
Total Offense	300	536
Rushing Yards	26-71	40-221
Passing Yards	229	315
First Downs	15	28
Punt Return Yards	15	34
Kick Return Yards	43	44
Total Yards	358	614
Turnovers	3	3
3rd Down Conversion	3-14	10-14
4th Down Conversion	0-0	2-2
2-Point Conversion	0-0	1-1
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2-0-2	6-6-0
Penalties	0-0	0-0
Possession Time	12:47	23:13

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		CSU	AFA
7:12	(AFA) J. McMahan 56 pass from C. Rice (F. Pinton kick)	0	7
5:53	(CSU) A. Jackson 31 field goal	3	7
3:12	(AFA) F. Pinton 56 field goal	3	10
1:29	(AFA) J. Mann 1 run (F. Pinton kick)	3	17
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		CSU	AFA
5:57	(AFA) R. Sampson 8 pass from C. Rice (F. Pinton kick)	3	24
1:10	(CSU) A. Jackson 22 field goal	6	24
:38	(CSU) K. Kelly 24 pass from J. Bean (A. Jackson kick)	13	24
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		CSU	AFA
1:32	(AFA) C. Rice 13 run (F. Pinton kick)	13	31
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		CSU	AFA
6:20	(AFA) C. Everts 3 pass from C. Rice (F. Pinton kick)	13	38
5:46	(AFA) P. Dowdell 54 fumble return (F. Pinton kick)	13	45
2:51	(AFA) M. Benjamin 3 run (F. Pinton kick)	13	52
:08	(AFA) M. Benjamin 1 run (M. Benjamin run)	13	60

COLORADO STATE RAMS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Joel Bean 24/38 229 1 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Joel Fletcher 18 102 5.6 0 Tyler Tyler 1 4 4.0 0 Joel Bean 7 -35 -4.9 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Pat Battle 8 96 12.0 0 Tyler Tyler 5 57 11.4 0 Kirby Kelly 3 32 10.7 1 Joel Fletcher 3 18 6.0 0 Alex McDowell 3 12 4.0 0 James Foster 1 8 8.0 0 Corey Ridgeway 1 6 6.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Gary Campbell 1 0 Charles Kirby 0 1 Joel Fletcher 0 1 Kirby Kelly 0 1 Nick Walker 0 2 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT Bryant Chambers 10 2 0 0 Bobby Spencer 8 2 0 0 Jonathan Baker 7 0 0 0 Chris Armstrong 7 0 0 1 Andrew Hunter 4 0 0 0 Corey Ridgeway 4 0 0 0 Earl Riley 3 0 0 0 Mike Vickers 3 0 0 0 Michael Newsome 3 1 0 0 Ed Carter 3 1 0 1 Neal Fellows 2 0 0 0 Justin Ward 2 0 0 0 Ryan Huffman 1 0 0 0 William Justice 1 1 0 0 Mike Washington 0 0 0 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Aaron Jackson 2/3 1/1 7 31 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Kevin Foster 6 272 45.3 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Corey Ridgeway 1 26 26.0 26 Alex McDowell 1 17 17.0 17 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Corey Ridgeway 1 15 15.0 15

AIR FORCE FALCONS PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Chad Rice 20/32 244 3 3 Ben Brittain 8/10 71 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Jared Mann 19 91 4.7 1 Chad Rice 12 85 7.0 1 Marion Benjamin 7 33 4.7 2 Ben Brittain 1 14 14.0 0 Brad Tremblay 1 -2 -2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jared Mann 5 31 6.2 0 Jon McMahan 4 84 21.0 1 Ryan Sampson 4 71 17.8 1 Cameron Everts 4 39 9.8 1 Josh King 3 20 6.7 0 J.B. White 2 26 13.0 0 Ben Charles 2 23 11.5 0 Marcus McConnell 2 8 4.0 0 Marion Benjamin 1 14 14.0 0 Brad Tremblay 1 -1 -1.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK Cole Ridgeway 1 0 Jon McMahan 1 0 Adam Karas 1 0 Josh Watson 1 0 DEFENSE TACK TFL SACK INT Nate Wilson 10 2 1 0 DeAndre McCollum 7 1 1 0 Kory Williams 7 2 0 0 Mark Monroe 3 0 0 0 Quinton Sanders 3 2 2 0 Kaiser Cambra-Cho 3 0 0 1 Jayden Goodwin 3 1 1 0 Halatoa Tai 2 0 0 1 David Whitfield 2 0 0 0 Daniel Andrews 2 1 1 0 Jason McGill 2 0 0 0 Nick Lindsey 1 0 0 0 Josh Green 1 0 0 0 Kevin Leonard 1 1 0 0 Grant Hayden 1 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Fabrizio Pinton 1/1 7/7 10 56 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Fabrizio Pinton 2 72 36.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Marion Benjamin 2 44 22.0 22 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG LONG Marion Benjamin 2 34 17.0 21

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

Oh, man! I need to add up my wins! I've played 9 versions of NCAA, only going over 10 seasons twice. Doubt I'm there, BDawg, congrats!