Air Force starting quarterback Connor Dietz broke a bone in his right hand and will miss at least three weeks. The Falcons will not have to turn to an inexperienced backup, though. Sophomore Tim Jefferson will take over for Dietz. He started last year as a freshman and the first three games this year before an ankle injury forced him out. Jefferson has thrown for 319 yards, two touchdowns and one interception this year. He’s also saying all the right things after not getting his starting spot back from coach Troy Calhoun after he returned from injury. “I think the…
Lee Corso, Chris Fowler and Kirk Hirbstreit will be headed to the Air Force Academy to host ESPN’s College Gameday on Nov. 7 when Air Force hosts Army. It’s the third time the Air Force Academy has hosted Gameday, a college football pre-game show which has become appointment television for any college football fan. Gameday last came to Colorado Springs, Col., in 2002 when Air Force narrowly lost to Notre Dame 21-14. It also came the year before for a special 9/11 broadcast which preceded an Air Force win over Army, 34-21. ESPN will broadcast from the Academy Terrazzo, which…
1. Navy (6-2): It wasn’t pretty Saturday, but a win in a driving rain storm against an ACC opponent is a win, right? The Midshipmen’s starting quarterback, sophomore Kriss Proctor, made his first start, but didn’t attempt a pass the whole game. Turns out the Middies did not need him to beat the Demon Deacons in the regular season for the second straight year. Fullback Vince Murray ran for a career high 175 yards to help take the pressure off his young quarterback. Air Force made a run with their upset bid against a top-25 opponent this weekend, but so…
The Marine Corps Marathon brings out all kinds — even superheroes.
Navy sophomore quarterback Kriss Proctor will start over Ricky Dobbs this Saturday. Dobbs didn’t practice Thursday and will be out against Wake Forest. Dobbs hasn’t practiced all week after he re-aggravated a knee injury he suffered in high school after he took a hit against Southern Methodist University last weekend. He didn’t come out of the game and played through the pain, but the knee stiffened up this week. This will be Proctor’s first collegiate start. He played towards the end of the Rice blowout and scored three touchdowns.
Is your normal job taking up the time you could be using to practice your penalty kicks? Are you working so much at your assignment in the U.S. that you can’t learn new jujitsu moves? Well break out of that rut and get yourself to the world’s new sportsman’s paradise — Iraq! Iraq is so placid these days that American troops stationed there have plenty of time to just cool out, according to this story in USA Today. Rather than loading up the vehicles and going out to crush some skulls, today’s forces sound like college freshmen taking eight credit…
It’s the first week of college basketball season and Navy’s team is already getting some national attention. Fox Sports writer Jeff Goodman compiled a list of the top 50 college basketball marksmen and listed Navy senior guard Chris Harris 21st. Harris made 85 3-point baskets his junior year and has shot 40 percent from behind the arc over his last 51 games. Expectations are high for his senior year as he was chosen as the preseason Patriot League Player of the Year. Arkansas sophomore guard Rotnei Clarke topped the list, shooting 39 percent from behind the arc his freshman season.…
Former West Point football great Caleb Campbell is trying to make the U.S. Olympic Bobsled Team.
If you think the Marine Corps Marathon is tough, try kicking up clouds of sand as you run 3,000 feet above sea level. That’s exactly what Maj. Lauren Edwards, who is assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 2 at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, and her fellow All-Marine Running Teammate, 1st Lt. Erin Demchko, have been training to do. After months of grueling training, Demchko returned to the U.S. last month, but Edwards remained behind working with Brigade headquarters Group, 5th Battalion, 10th Marines to receive approval for a satellite Marine Corps Marathon at Camp Leatherneck. Looks like her wish was granted. From…
The Maryland and South Carolina football teams will wear camouflage designs on their uniforms for their games Nov. 14 to honor veterans and promote the Wounded Warrior Project. The program helps troops wounded in combat deal with the non-medical issues they face as they transition back to duty or into civilian life. All gear including camouflage shoes (pictured below) will be auctioned off after the games with proceeds going to the Wounded Warrior Project “We’re honored to be associated with these brave men. I like that word courage. We’re trying to encourage our football players to play with a little…
