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and catches the pass, or one 

of the receivers is in single 
coverage. So yes, they will throw. 
It’s not a trick play for Air Force 
to throw the ball, but because 
the ground game becomes such 
an emphasis for the defense, 
that usually when they do go to 
the air somebody can find a way 
to get open.

TMD: Tim McVey, I feel like 

he might fly under the radar 
given that he goes to Air Force, 
what have you seen out of him? 
I mean the amount of yards 
he has racked up is kind of 
ridiculous.

BB: I mean, he’s Air Force’s 

all-time leader in yards per 
carry, he’s second in yards per 
reception and he’s third in yards 
per kickoff return. He’s been 
the most efficient weapon in 
program history.

It was shocking. When he was 

a sophomore — and he’s only 
5-foot-8, 185 — and he’s putting 

up all these numbers in garbage 
time. … They were impressive 
numbers but it was like, ‘Well 
what’s he gonna do against 
a first-string defense?’ Then 
he got a bigger role and it was 
exactly the same, and it hasn’t 
stopped now for three years. 
He’s got really good vision and 
acceleration, 
and he’s a 4.4-
speed guy. He 
can 
burn 
and 

he understands 
where he needs 
to be, and then 
obviously 
he’s 

in 
an 
offense 

that gives him 
a chance. And 
he’s even more 
effective 
with 

Worthman 
at 
quarterback, 

because Worthman will get 
the option three or four yards 
downfield before a defense has 
to collapse on him, and then he’ll 
flip it out to him. So he’s a very 
explosive player. He doesn’t pass 
the eyeball test. He’s not gonna 
wow you when he gets off the 

bus, but when he gets the ball in 
his hands, he just finds a way to 
make plays.

TMD: Is there any talk of him 

trying to go to the next level?

BB: There’s always talk for 

big time Air Force players, 
especially with last year, when 
the rule changed so they can 

explore 
that 

immediately. … I 
think he’s a guy 
(who will) get in 
an NFL minicamp 
if he can prove 
himself. Two years 
down 
the 
road 

he’ll 
be 
serving 

active duty; maybe 
he’ll get a training 
camp 
invitation 

and see what he 

can do. I don’t know that he has 
the strength to make it to that 
level. If they could use him as 
a third-down guy — because he 
can catch the ball and he can run 
the ball. I think somebody might 
find a spot for him, but there’s 
a good chance he has reached 
his max as a really good college 

player.

TMD: Is there one thing that 

Air Force has to do to pull off 
this upset?

BB: There’s gonna have to be 

some luck involved, and part of 
that is they’re gonna have to get 
to the quarterback at Michigan. 
By and large when they’ve lost 
over the past few years, it’s 
because 
quarterbacks 
have 

picked them apart with the deep 
ball. Air Force does a lot to stop 
the run, and they’re really good 
against the run, and they’re 
pretty good against short passes. 
But because they blitz so much, 
they’re asking their corners to 
do a lot of one-on-one coverage, 
and not many corners are gonna 
win that battle once they’re 
25, 30 yards downfield. If a 
quarterback is accurate enough 
to hit that pass, they don’t stand 
a chance.

They need to get to Speight 

with those blitzes, or they 
need Speight to be inaccurate 
downfield. If those combinations 
hit, then Air Force can stay in 
this game.

SAM MOUSIGIAN/Daily

Redshirt junior quarterback Wilton Speight could capitalize on a blitz-heavy defense against Air Force on Saturday to rebound from a rough two weeks.

He’s been the 

most efficient 

weapon in 

program history.

T E A M S T A T S

MICH
OPP

Points/Game
34.5
15.5

First Downs/Game
17.5
11

Rush Yards/Game
204
39.5

 Yards/Rush
4.7
1.4

 Rushing TDs
1
1

Passing Yards/Game
219.5
156.5

 Completion %
49.6
43.9

 Yards/Pass
8.8
4.6

 Passing TDs
7
0

 Interceptions
1
2

Offensive Plays/Game
70.5
64.0

Total Offense
479.5
281.5

3rd-down Conversions
60.0%
12.0%

4th-down Conversions
75.0%
42.9%

Sacks/Game
3.5
1.0

Kick return average
19.0
15.6

Punt return average
6.6
2.0

Punting average
35.6
43.8

Field Goals-Attempts
6-8
1-3

Fumbles/Lost
3/2
6/3

Penalty Yards/Game
61.5
37.5

Time of Poss
32:20
27:40

I N D I V I D U A L S

PASSING

Player
Cmp
Att
Yds
TD
INT

Speight
28
54
402
3
2

O’Korn
1
1
37
0
0

TOTALS
29
55
439
3
2

RUSHING

Player
Att
Yds
Avg
Lg
TD

Isaac
31
247
8.0
53
0

Evans
27
93
3.4
29
0

Peoples-Jones
1
44
44
44
0

Higdon
11
41
3.7
12
1

Hill
2
5
2.5
4
0

McDoom
1
4
4.0
4
0

RECEIVING

Player
No.
Yds
Avg
Lg
TD

Perry
8
112
14.0
33
1

Black
6
94
15.7
46
1

Crawford
5
86
17.2
43
1

Eubanks
2
61
30.5
48
0

Gentry
2
41
20.5
36
0

McKeon
5
38
7.6
10
0

Wheatley
1
7
7.0
7
0

DEFENSE

Player
Solo Ast
Tot
TFL
SK
PBU

Kinnel
11
4
15
2.5
1.0
1

Bush
9
5
14
3.5
2.5
1

Hudson
6
4
10
3.5
3.0
1

McCray
3
5
8
1.0
1.0
-

Hurst
3
5
8
1.0
-
-

Gary
3
3
6
0.5
0.5
-

Metellus
5
1
6
-
-
1

Winovich
5
1
6
2.0
1.0
-

Hill
4
1
5
1.5
-
2

Furbush
1
4
5
0.5
-
1

Thomas
3
1
4
0.5
-
-

Schoenle
3
-
3
-
-
-

Solomon
1
1
2
0.5
-
-

Watson
1
1
2
1.0
-
3

Uche
2
-
2
-
1.0
-

Marshall
1
1
2
-
-
-

Kemp
1
-
1
-
-
-

Long
-
1
1
-
-
-

St-Juste
1
-
1
-
-
-

Glasgow
-
1
1
-
-
-

Gil
-
1
1
-
-
-

Mason
1
-
1
-
-
-

Wroblewski
1
-
1
-
-
-

A P T O P 2 5 P O L L

1. Alabama
14. Louisville

2. Oklahoma
15. Auburn

3. Clemson
16. Virginia Tech

4. USC
17. Miami

5. Penn State
18. Kansas State

6.Washington
19. Stanford

7. Michigan
20. TCU

8. Ohio State
21. Washington State

9. Oklahoma State
22. South Florida

10.Wisconsin
23.Tennessee

11. Florida State
24. Florida

12. LSU
25. UCLA

13. Georgia

