Support your Falcons in 2011 Military Bowl

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  • By Troy Calhoun
  • Air Force Football Coach
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. --  This year's football team has earned an incredible leadership opportunity to represent the Academy with an invitation Dec. 4 to the 2011 Military Bowl.

The chance to play in a significant bowl game happens because of the terrific accomplishments of our cadets, along with the guidance and backing of the fine leadership of our Academy general officers and staff.

This year's Military Bowl will kick off at 4:30 Dec. 28 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., vs. 8-4 Toledo on ESPN. Such postseason and bowl opportunities provide an unparalleled opportunity to globally share our mission of the Air Force Academy.

Air Force fans, we need your help to fill RFK Stadium with the great Falcon spirit by purchasing bowl tickets. Even if you cannot attend, the tickets you buy will be passed to Airmen and Soldiers stationed at the Pentagon and other bases throughout the D.C., Maryland and Virginia area.

We earned this bowl invitation in part because of the deserved reputation we have gained the past four years as a school that strongly backs our teams in postseason contests. To get to it, each December our conference-affiliated bowls diligently work to invite the Air Force Academy. The reasons they do so include: first and foremost, the respect bowls have for our commitment to the mission of building leaders of character; we play a good brand of football; and Academy backers display their support by purchasing bowl tickets.

As many know, this has been an amazing four-year run by this group of senior cadets. In their officer development, each is on track to become a second lieutenant as a part of the greatest team -- the United States Air Force. And on the football field their accomplishments have been remarkable, including: their fourth winning season, five straight service academy wins, four bowl game appearances, back to back Commander-in-Chief's Trophies and consecutive bowl championships.

It's time to go after our third in a row. We kick off in three weeks, so let's purchase tickets and make sure we have the Military Bowl full of Falcons pulling for America's future leaders. Thanks for your help, and as always -- Go Air Force!

Editor's Note: Tickets are available for purchase via www.militarybowl.org or through TicketMaster.