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Want academy football this weekend? Watch the Coast Guard

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By on Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy, Uncategorized

As many fans know by now, this weekend’s service academy football games are questionable. Or doubtful. Or “50/50.” Or definitely happening, per an ESPN reporter’s Twitter account. Or definitely happening, but then maybe not happening, per the Naval Academy’s Twitter account. Or probably happening after some fancy financial magic and a few extra legal bills, but awaiting final sign-off from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, per another ESPN report. Or could involve Air Force, of all teams, flying commercial as a charity case. (One of few positives to social media bursts in this situation — United Airlines announced this particular PR…

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Army men, women win all-service softball titles

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By on Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy

Army captured the men’s and women’s titles for a second consecutive year in the Armed Forces Softball Tournament held last week at Fort Sill, Okla. Air Force finished runner-up in both brackets. The Army women beat Air Force in the championship game Sept. 18, 6-3. Army finished the tournament unbeaten and went 8-0 in round-robin play. The Army men won their gold medal Sept. 19, beating Air Force, 23-8. In this game, Army never trailed, taking control of the game with a 10-run fourth inning. Army scored 217 runs in nine games, an average of 24.1 runs per game. The…

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Academy standouts Garland, Mooney return to NFL practice squads

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By on Air Force, Army, Football, nfl

Former Army Black Knight Collin Mooney, the team’s single-season rushing leader, rose from the Tennessee Titans’ practice squad to the game-day roster late last season, playing in his first two NFL games and even making the stat sheet — five carries, 19 yards. Former Air Force Falcon Ben Garland recorded 115 tackles as a collegiate defensive lineman and spent all of 2012 in that same position with the Denver Broncos practice squad, only to transfer to offensive guard in preseason workouts this year in a move designed to improve his chance to make the 53-man game-day roster. Despite Mooney’s game…

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Casino makes Mids the (very, very) early favorite in Army-Navy clash

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By on Air Force, Army, Army-Navy game, Football, Navy

First, the traditional warning: Wagering on sports is illegal in nearly every state, can result in a career-destroying (or worse) compulsion, and is never as glamorous as even a poorly reviewed Hollywood movie would have you believe. Still, some sports fans like to know how Las Vegas sees things, and the Golden Nugget has released an early version of that insight, listing the lines of 10 key college football matchups late last week before following up with more than 200 other big games. One of those games is the last one on the Football Bowl Subdivision regular-season schedule: Dec. 14…

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Your 2013 service academy football TV schedule*

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By on Air Force, Army, Football, Navy, Uncategorized

(Updated May 28) Note the big asterisk — all of the times and networks are subject to change, but here’s a composite schedule for academy football fans entering the 2013 schedule. Bookmark this page and check back for updates. All times Eastern. Click the links for channel availability in your area. Friday, Aug. 30 Morgan State at Army, 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network Saturday, Aug. 31 Colgate at Air Force, time/TV TBA Saturday, Sept. 7 Army at Ball State, time/TV TBA Utah State at Air Force, 3:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network Navy at Indiana, 6 p.m., Big Ten Network Friday,…

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Prince Harry gets American football lessons from Air Force coach Calhoun

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By on Air Force, Football, Uncategorized

There are high-profile recruits, and then there are high-profile recruits. Prince Harry, who is visiting Colorado Springs, Colo., to attend the annual Warrior Games competition for wounded service members, swung by the Air Force Academy on Sunday and took in a football demonstration. That’s American football, not the kind he’s used to playing in a suit, or the kind he’s apparently mastered in video-game form. Air Force head coach Troy Calhoun did the teaching, according to this (Colorado Springs) Gazette report, after receiving a special waiver from the NCAA allowing him to pal around with the prince in an official…

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

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By on 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…

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Big Monday roundup: NFL Draft notes, ESPN on Wetzel, Grantland on Army-ND, more

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By on Air Force, Army, Basketball, Football, Navy

Seven quick hits for an unusually busy Monday in military-themed sports. Non-football links after the jump. 1. Draft history with Air Force twist. A must-read feature by our good friends at USA Today on Charley Trippi, the oldest living top NFL draft pick. The Chicago (later St. Louis, later Phoenix, later Arizona, still Super Bowl-championship-less) Cardinals drafted Trippi, star Georgia running back, in 1945, while he was serving with the Third Air Force at the tail end of World War II. Trippi, now 91, returned to college after the war and led Georgia to an undefeated 1946 season, finishing second…

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Air Force hoops heads to Hawaii for postseason opener

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By on Air Force, Baseball, Uncategorized

While armchair bracketologists begin pretending to understand college basketball and sinking workplace productivity, the Air Force men’s hoops team will be taking a long road trip to begin play Wednesday in an unheralded postseason tournament. After the NCAA selects its 68 teams and the NIT grabs 32, the folks at CollegeInsider.com choose 32 teams for their event, which begins Tuesday and runs through an April 2 title game that will air live on the CBS Sports Network. Home teams reportedly pay about $35,000 for the right to participate, with road teams receiving some money to help cover travel costs. The…

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Former Air Force wideout Ernie Jennings joins elite list of College Football Hall of Fame nominees

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By on Air Force, Football

A blast — well, more of a bolt — from Air Force’s football past will be eligible for the College Football Hall of Fame this year, but he’s got a crowded field to deal with. Ernie Jennings, a first-team All-American wide receiver in 1970 who led the Falcons to the 1971 Sugar Bowl, was among the 77 players and coaches to make the Hall’s first cut, the Air Force Academy announced Tuesday. His 74 catches for 1,289 yards and 17 touchdowns remain single-season Air Force records; he also holds all the school’s career marks (148 catches, 2,392 yards, 28 TDs).…

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