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  • AF running back Getz added to Doak Walker Award watch list

    Air Force senior Cody Getz has been added to the watch list for the Doak Walker Award, which is presented annually to the nation's top college running back.Getz leads the nation in rushing with a 177.4 per-game average and is the first Falcon in school history to record three 200-plus yard rushing

  • Navy torpedoes Falcons, 28-21, in OT

    Three fumbles and two missed field goals cost Air Force the win, and likely the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, in a 28-21 overtime loss to Navy at Falcon Stadium Oct. 6.Navy captured the momentum in the second quarter, forcing three turnovers on three successive Air Force drives, and never gave

  • Falcons fall to Eagles in another tournament heartbreaker

    "I feel like Bill Murray in 'Groundhog Day.' Here we are again."Those were the words of a frustrated Coach Frank Serratore who's Falcons came up short in another close game against another top-ranked hockey team in the first round of the NCAA Hockey Tournament after losing to the Boston College

  • Spring football practice kicks off

    The face of Falcons Football's 2012 team is being forged with the start of spring football practice.Spring ball started Feb. 24 and runs through March 22.That face will be mostly new, with only three starters returning on offense, and two on defense. Special teams skill positions will be solid, with

  • Wings of Blue wins national championship, drops into bowl games

    The Air Force Wings of Blue Parachute Team won the 2011 National Collegiate Parachuting Championships, held in Eloy, Ariz., Dec. 28-Jan. 2, and represented the U.S. Air Force at two nationally televised bowl games Dec. 30 and Jan. 4.Wings of Blue bowl game appearances included the Insight Bowl in

  • Toledo edges Air Force in 42-41 shootout

    A failed two-point conversion gave the Toledo Rockets a 42-41 win over Air Force in the Military Bowl Dec. 28.The game was an expected offensive shootout featuring two teams that scored a combined 920 points this season. The two teams gave just that to a national television audience, with 35 points

  • Cadets visit wounded warriors

    Sitting at tables, working with physical therapists, lifting weights, the wounded warriors worked out. Some were alone, while others had family around them. It's Dec. 27 and a quiet day at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda's rehabilitation facility. On this day, a few members of

  • Air Force to remain in Mountain West

    The Air Force Academy will stay in the Mountain West Conference, declining an offer to join the expanding Big East Conference, Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould announced Dec. 7.The Academy was one of several schools courted by the Big East, which extended feelers and formal invitations to

  • Air Force to face Toledo in Military Bowl Dec. 28

    Air Force will play Toledo in the 2011 Military Bowl in Washington Dec. 28 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, NCAA officials announced Dec. 4.ESPN will televise the first meeting between the Falcons, who are in the Mountain West Conference, and the Rockets, who are in the Mid-American