Houston / Air Force

[Corley1011]

I know the public is on Houston because of their dynamic pass offense and they are very good... I have seen them in person and their offense is very entertaining... But AF has the 10th overall D and the 1st ranked Pass D... Can anyone give me some insight on this game?? Is the AF defense the real deal? Or did they just shut down the weak opponents?

 

[Keeko]

I know the public is on Houston because of their dynamic pass offense and they are very good... I have seen them in person and their offense is very entertaining... But AF has the 10th overall D and the 1st ranked Pass D... Can anyone give me some insight on this game?? Is the AF defense the real deal? Or did they just shut down the weak opponents?

I love A. Force. One of my biggest plays of the bowls. They win this game straight up.

 

[AR182]

i liked af at first but then read that their defense gave up 498 yds & 38 points to byu recently which makes me think that houston, with more offensive weapons will be able to do some damage in this game....but am undecided what i am going to do at this point....

 

[Corley1011]

Houston's D is horrible against the run and AF has the 3rd best run D in the country... Over maybe??

 

[Corley1011]

It seems like AF is always in this game against a team with a good offense... These 2 teams met last year and Houston won by 6... Houston racked up 415 total yards last year

 

[joefrog91]

Air Force has a stout D. They held TCU to 20 pts but that was in an ice bowl. The weather for Ft Worth, TX tomorrow is about 40 degrees and 20% chance of rain.

I like AF to keep it close.

 

[kegray1]

These two teams met last year in the regular season in Fort Worth because of Hurricane Ike and then met again in the same city in the same bowl as this year.
Last year AF got out to a big lead and held on in the regular season game 31-28.
The bowl game was different as Houston led the entire way and they were the ones holding off AF 34-28.

Houston is awful at stopping the run so I think they are always a risk against a run first team.
See the UTEP boxscore if you dont believe me.

Buckram had 32 carries for 262 yards and 4 td's.

 

[Shleprock]

These two teams met last year in the regular season in Fort Worth because of Hurricane Ike and then met again in the same city in the same bowl as this year.
Last year AF got out to a big lead and held on in the regular season game 31-28.
The bowl game was different as Houston led the entire way and they were the ones holding off AF 34-28.

Houston is awful at stopping the run so I think they are always a risk against a run first team.
See the UTEP boxscore if you dont believe me.

Buckram had 32 carries for 262 yards and 4 td's.

Houston is awful on special teams. Punt and kick return teams is pathetic they can't tackle and give up big return yards. Kicker is a joke don't have to worry about him. On defense they are very young and will have a hard time stopping air force very undisciplined. If its 4th and 10 on the twenty they will go for it because they have no confidence in kicker. High scoring game who ever gets the ball last wins.