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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