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Football roundup: Garland switches sides, Steelman update, Mooney recruits, schedule news

By Kevin Lilley on May 2, 2013 Air Force, Army, Football, Navy

Four academy football hits, including an Air Force standout, two Army standouts and Navy’s bipolar 2014 schedule: 1. Garland’s new gig. Star Air Force defensive lineman Ben Garland joined the Broncos in 2010, left for active-duty Air Force service in 2011 and came back in 2012. The first lieutenant returns to Denver in 2013, but on the other side of the football — The Denver Post reported he’ll play offense this time around. He has not reached the active regular-season roster during his short NFL tenure. And he’ll also need to update his Twitter background picture. 2. Black Knight to…

Air Force begins MWC play; could conference shifts continue?

By Kevin Lilley on September 18, 2012 Air Force, Football

Most of the conference realignment headlines have centered around the Big East, which formerly hosted Notre Dame in sports other than football and will host its first service academy — Navy — come 2015. But the Mountain West Conference, which has been Air Force’s home since the league’s inception, hasn’t been immune to such major changes: TCU left to join the Big East, then ended up in the Big 12 beginning this season. Boise State joined the MWC in 2011 and has already punched out to join the Big East in 2013. BYU left the football-conference game entirely, leaving the…

Altitude adjustment: Where does Air Force football go without The Mtn.?

By Kevin Lilley on April 9, 2012 Air Force, Football

If you’re not a fan of the Mountain West Conference, this item is a bit like the old riddle about the tree falling in an empty forest. Except instead of a tree, it’s a cable network. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports The Mtn., the regional all-sports network that was home to six of Air Force’s 13 football games last year as well as scores of contests in other sports, will go off the air for good May 31. When it came to the forest of pay TV, the network barely made a sound outside its home region, leaving the naturally…

Air Force Academy brass react to TCU’s MWC departure

By Mike Hoffman on November 30, 2010 Air Force, Football

The TCU tennis and cross country coaches might be shaking their heads over their administration’s money grab decision to transfer all sports to the Big East starting in 2012, but the Air Force Academy doesn’t seem to mind too much. Air Force Academy Superintendent and a former assistant football coach Lt. Gen. Mike Gould issued a bland statement of support for TCU and the Mountain West Conference’s future. “We feel very confident about the long-term sustainability of the Mountain West Conference, especially with the upcoming additions of Boise State, Fresno State and University of Nevada-Reno to the membership of the…

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