Category Archives: Jim Arthur’s Air Force Falcons Blog

Where is the Air Force Offense?

   I’m still trying to figure out how Running Back Tim Mcvey  for Air Force did not have a single carry through 3 quarters in Saturdays loss to San Diego State. In the 4th quarter he finally got the ball 7 times and scored a touchdown. I get that Mcvey is not Marshall Faulk, but he…MORE

THE GAUNTLET

Tom Hanks, in “A League Of Their Own” had a great line, when talking to Geena Davis, who had quit baseball, saying it was too hard. Hanks looked at her and said, “It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great!!” It’s still my…MORE

BIG HOUSE = BIG OPPORTUNITY

BIG HOUSE = BIG OPPORTUNITY Ahhh, the Big House, the home of the Michigan Football team. Air Force heads to Ann Arbor to meet the Wolverines Saturday September 16th. It’s a grand stage for Troy Calhoun and his Falcons, the same field that welcomed an unknown quarterback named Tom Brady, the same 100 yards that…MORE

WELL, WELL, WELL…..

WELL, WELL, WELL….. Finally, the College Football season is here…Nothing worse than the wait for the season to kickoff. However it’s been an important time for Troy Calhoun and his Air Force Football team. When you lose 32 seniors off last year’s 10-3 team, every day is invaluable. I remember walking around practice in August…MORE

Time Is Running Out

Here we are, already in February, and before you know it we will be talking Conference Championships and March Madness in College Basketball.  For Air Force, the clock is ticking as well, for a team that is good enough to beat anybody in the Mountain West, and, as we have seen, good enough to lose…MORE

3’s the key

It’s a shot 20 feet 9 inches away from the basket. College Basketball introduced the 3 point shot in the 80’s as a way to give smaller players and great shooters a way to influence the game, much the same as a 7 footer does standing in the lane. It’s an attempt to balance the…MORE

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