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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