armed forces bowl
In a rematch of last year’s Armed Forces Bowl, Houston and Air Force meet to settle, once and for all, which offense is most likely to send a defensive coordinator into early retirement. The Cougars are your 21st-century team, the one your ungrateful grandchildren like to watch when they’re not playing video games or surfing the Internet. The Falcons, on the other hand, run the same offense you ran in high school, with a playbook that relies on toughness and reliability, not speed and the shotgun snap.
Houston’s season took a rough turn following the team’s ascension into the national picture after September victories over Oklahoma State and Texas Tech. Though the Cougars were only 3-0 at that point, they had survived the most difficult part of their schedule unscathed, laying the foundation for an undefeated run. Well, a loss to UTEP on Oct. 3 changed all that, as well as giving future opponents a game plan for beating the nation’s best passing attack. Teams never did figure out how to stop Houston, but teams like Southern Mississippi and Tulsa came close and U.C.F., after another extended Cougar win streak, scored a five-point upset in mid-November. Of course, Houston is defined by its ability to move the ball through the air; the Cougars run a very similar offense to the one seen (perhaps not much longer) at Texas Tech.
Air Force may have only averaged 82.3 passing yards per game, 118th in the country (but best among the three service academies), but the Falcons have continued to be among the most successful rushing teams in the nation. The team’s third-place national ranking (again, best among the academies) gives the program a 23-year streak of ranking in the top 10 nationally in rushing, leading the academy to be defined, much like Navy, by its ability to pound the ball on the ground.
the Falcons rank first in the country in pass defense, allowing only 148.7 yards per game. Air Force met Houston twice in 2008 — both in the regular season and in bowl season — splitting the series. In the 2008 Armed Forces Bowl, the Falcons held Keenum to a 2008 season-low 252 yards passing.
Bell produces military helicopters out of its two Texas locations, Forth Worth and Amarillo, and builds commercial fliers out of its Quebec facility. While Bell specializes in helicopters, as you might imagine, the company’s talented designers and builders also create tiltroters, which combine the helicopter’s ability to take off straight into the air with an airplane’s ability to travel long distances.
In a rematch of last year’s Armed Forces Bowl, Houston and Air Force meet to settle, once and for all, which offense is most likely to send a defensive coordinator into early retirement. The Cougars are your 21st-century team, the one your ungrateful grandchildren like to watch when they’re not playing video games or surfing the Internet. The Falcons, on the other hand, run the same offense you ran in high school, with a playbook that relies on toughness and reliability, not speed and the shotgun snap.
Houston’s season took a rough turn following the team’s ascension into the national picture after September victories over Oklahoma State and Texas Tech. Though the Cougars were only 3-0 at that point, they had survived the most difficult part of their schedule unscathed, laying the foundation for an undefeated run. Well, a loss to UTEP on Oct. 3 changed all that, as well as giving future opponents a game plan for beating the nation’s best passing attack. Teams never did figure out how to stop Houston, but teams like Southern Mississippi and Tulsa came close and U.C.F., after another extended Cougar win streak, scored a five-point upset in mid-November. Of course, Houston is defined by its ability to move the ball through the air; the Cougars run a very similar offense to the one seen (perhaps not much longer) at Texas Tech.Air Force may have only averaged 82.3 passing yards per game, 118th in the country (but best among the three service academies), but the Falcons have continued to be among the most successful rushing teams in the nation. The team’s third-place national ranking (again, best among the academies) gives the program a 23-year streak of ranking in the top 10 nationally in rushing, leading the academy to be defined, much like Navy, by its ability to pound the ball on the ground.
the Falcons rank first in the country in pass defense, allowing only 148.7 yards per game. Air Force met Houston twice in 2008 — both in the regular season and in bowl season — splitting the series. In the 2008 Armed Forces Bowl, the Falcons held Keenum to a 2008 season-low 252 yards passing.
Bell produces military helicopters out of its two Texas locations, Forth Worth and Amarillo, and builds commercial fliers out of its Quebec facility. While Bell specializes in helicopters, as you might imagine, the company’s talented designers and builders also create tiltroters, which combine the helicopter’s ability to take off straight into the air with an airplane’s ability to travel long distances.
