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Denver Post: Air Force grounds down South Dakota on way to running into TCU
By Woody Paige
The Denver Post
AIR FORCE ACADEMY — On a September Saturday afternoon that felt like fall — rather than the blast-furnace conditions of August in Colorado — Air Force got off to a cool, flying football start.
The Falcons' first offensive play of the 2011 season — a sleight-of-handoff, zippity-zoomie wide receiver reverse — went for 80 yards and a touchdown.
Very cool.
The triple- or quadruple-option offense of the academy led 7-0 in 16 seconds and before 39,105 Falconfanatics could settle in and the South Dakota Coyotes could gasp their first breath of thin air.
The Falcons were on pace for 1,575 points, but managed to lead by 23 at halftime and win by 17. ...
By Woody Paige
The Denver Post
AIR FORCE ACADEMY — On a September Saturday afternoon that felt like fall — rather than the blast-furnace conditions of August in Colorado — Air Force got off to a cool, flying football start.
The Falcons' first offensive play of the 2011 season — a sleight-of-handoff, zippity-zoomie wide receiver reverse — went for 80 yards and a touchdown.
Very cool.
The triple- or quadruple-option offense of the academy led 7-0 in 16 seconds and before 39,105 Falconfanatics could settle in and the South Dakota Coyotes could gasp their first breath of thin air.
The Falcons were on pace for 1,575 points, but managed to lead by 23 at halftime and win by 17. ...
