Air Force is 6-0 and is the first military academy to start the season 6-0 in 20 years. What's working for the Falcons?
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Just outside Denver, in the Front Range Urban Corridor, the best college football team in Colorado is flying under the radar.In this context, though, success leads to visibility. Off to the best start by a service academy in more than two decades and carrying the nation's fourth-longest winning streak , No.
Roughly seven years ago, Calhoun went on a coach's tour to visit troops overseas. There were multiple stops in Europe and the Middle East. At Ramstein Air Base in Germany, he was greeted by current Air Force defensive assistant Anthony Wright. At Aviano Air Base in Italy, he ran into former players who were flying F-16 fighter jets. And in Bahrain he saw an old nemesis: former Navy quarterback Ricky Dobbs, who set the NCAA record for touchdown runs by a quarterback in 2009 .
In 2019, a policy change removed the requirement for service academy graduates to spend two years on active duty before they were allowed to pursue a career in professional sports. Instead, they were able to seek a waiver to defer their service and pursue professional sports immediately after graduation.
That's what it took to keep his NFL dream alive. Hall worked in aircraft maintenance after graduation. For several current Air Force seniors, the possibility of making an immediate attempt at an NFL career while the rules still permit it is intriguing.
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