Let’s just say that Alabama doesn’t have to worry about Air Force coach Troy Calhoun dropping it from the top of his weekly ballot anytime soon.
“Hands down, I think the most talented team in all of football right now is Alabama,” Calhoun said during his weekly press conference. “That includes the New England Patriots. They’re close to there.”
Just in case you thought Calhoun was joking about Alabama being more talented than the team that finished just short of winning the Super Bowl last year, he expressed the same sentiment on the Mountain West coaches teleconference and followed it up with, “And I’m serious about that too.”
Well then.
The subject came up because Calhoun was asked if Michigan showed any vulnerability in a loss to the 1978 Pittsburgh Steelers Alabama last weekend. Not surprisingly, his opinion of Michigan didn’t change much because of that loss.
“You looked at enough tape and seen enough of the guys who are going to play this Saturday to know they’re still a top 10 football team,” Calhoun said.
I truly believe Air Force can beat Michigan, key will be to win the turnover battle by +2 or more.
Air Force 28 Michigan 27 Final
Calhoun is exaggerating…just trying to keep the Falcons from dismissing a Michigan team that will look bad in film study sessions. In the old College All-Stars vs the NFL, the NFL won 40 times, and lost 9. Its good
At this point, I’m crossing my fingers that Denard Robinson throws as poorly against us as he did against ‘Bama. Otherwise, with our defensive backs 10-15 yards off the ball, he’ll have plenty of room to work the routes.
I honestly thought that we altered our defensive coverage in the second half against ISU so as not to show too much. At least that’s what I hope. If the Bengals were operating that effectively against our best defensive coverage, then we might be in for a long afternoon this Saturday.
I know our kids will leave it all on the field.
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