Good morning.
My story in today’s edition of The Gazette deals with Connor Dietz’s injured right hand, which will keep him out of today’s practice.
Also here’s SI.com writer Stewart Mandel’s College Football Overtime column, which talks in part about TCU.
Finally, here are ESPN.com’s bowl projections. Both writers have Air Force going back to Fort Worth for the third straight year. Not me. If Air Force finishes 7-5 (with a loss to BYU), it most likely will finish in fourth place in the conference. Even if TCU goes to the BCS, I think the New Mexico and Armed Forces Bowls would decide that the Falcons go to New Mexico and whatever other bowl eligible team in the league goes to Fort Worth. Well, if there is another bowl eligible team.
If the Falcons run the table and TCU goes to the BCS, however, it looks to me like it would be San Diego.
But there are still far too many variables to say anything even close to certain.
Jake:
The positive thing is Air Force controls its destiny to go bowling again, and I think winning out is a distinct possibility. If that happens, then Air Force would end up with an 8 – 4 season record which would mean Coach Calhoun and staff will have accomplished much with this year’s young team. GO FALCONS!