Brent Briggeman

Army gambled. Air Force capitalized. The Black Knights bounced right back. The Falcons lost. In the end, 60 minutes of rugged, back-and-forth action came down to that dramatic, gutsy-perhaps-to-a-fault series of events over the final 2:20 as Army prevailed 20-17 in front a sold-out Falcon Stadium. “It’s football. A lot happens in games,” Air Force […]

The CBS broadcast showed a glimpse of snow-covered Pikes Peak, then cut to a skirmish between Air Force and Army personnel in the pregame tunnel. In an instant, the setting and tone were established for the national audience. The televised bit of the skirmish showed staff members from the two teams shoving each other and […]

There is only one aspect of Air Force’s bye week timing leading up to its clash with Army on Saturday that isn’t a glowing positive for the Falcons – the visiting Black Knights will be enjoying the same advantage. The schedules for Air Force (2-5) and Army (3-4) each had them idle this past weekend, […]

Reagan Tubbs couldn’t explain his lack of nerves, but it paid off handsomely for the kicker and Air Force. Tubbs was honored as Mountain West special teams player of the week on Monday after calmly connecting on all three of his field-goal attempts in his first game of the season in that role. He also […]

Air Force (1-5, 0-4 Mountain West) has reached the halfway point of a bizarre season that has seen the team post one of the best offenses in the nation and one of the worst defenses. Let’s try to make sense of it all. MVP – Liam Szarka, so., QB Szarka has played just four full* […]

LAS VEGAS – At 5-foot-11, UNLV cornerback Mumu Bin-Wahad is not undersized for his position. There’s a reason West Virginia, UConn and the Rebels, along with Navarro College, have included the well-traveled Atlanta native on their rosters. But at 6-5, Air Force tight end Bruin Fleischmann towered over Bin-Wahad. This wouldn’t matter if the Falcons […]

Details from a heartbreaker in Las Vegas, as Air Force scored the most points in a loss in program history. Air Force Player of the Game Owen Allen, jr., fullback The fullback ran for a career-best 192 yards, at times battering his way to yards and at other times running remarkably untouched – like on […]

LAS VEGAS – The good and bad news for Air Force – in a season that keeps bringing both in droves, often on successive offensive and defensive possessions – is that it’s been here before. And there’s a good chance they’ll be here again down the road. The Falcons (1-4, 0-3 Mountain West) head to […]

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