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This year
There are football seasons for some schools that really stand out for different reasons. Maybe you win the conference championship, a Power 4 school makes a surprise playoff appearance, a highly thought of team flounders and misses a bowl. This Air Force season stands out for a lot of good reasons, and there are still 3 games left. The obvious reason is the Falcons will finish with a winning record and put the last two losing seasons behind them. The second reason is winning the Commander-In-Chiefs trophy, which has, honestly, been elusive as of late. And winning it at Army where it is such a tough place to win will be a memory that will stay with fans and players for decades. But even more so this year Air Force has done some amazing things. Winning using 2 quarterbacks. It came out of necessity because of the injury to Even Medders, but nobody saw Kemper Hodges jump back into the position (he played it some last year then asked to be moved back to Fullback this year in August) and keep the Falcons rolling without missing a beat. There is a saying in football that, if you have 2 quarterbacks, you don’t have a quarterback. The Falcons have blown that theory up, and I expect them to continue to do that……4th quarter comebacks. Not usually a strength of Air Force because of their offense, but they trailed Nevada after 3, took the lead in the 4th and won in overtime. They were down 24-20 to UNLV in the 4th then outscored the Rebels 21-7 and won. Then at West Point, trailing 21-17 going into the 4th and having seemingly lost momentum they righted the ship with an Evan Medders touchdown pass to Simon Kibbee and a Korey Johnson interception to beat Army. So, with 3 games left in the regular season, and now bowl bound, with the CIC Trophy, the Falcons hope to win out, get a couple of breaks (they will need several) and make it to the Mountain West Championship game. It could happen. It’s been that kind of year.
Air Force and San Jose State, Saturday at 5 on 740 KVOR.
