Troy Calhoun is an angry man. I cannot recall a head coach yelling at officials as often as Mr. Calhoun. As is heard at the beach, “Chill, dude. Have a fish taco.”
For most of the game, I thought Cole Fagan, the Air Force fullback, would beat us single-handedly. Mr. Fagan had a superb game. Thankfully, he did not beat us.
The Aztecs played lucky football. Ryan Agnew was showing his lack of experience with one bad decision after another. The stumble into the Aztec end-zone for a safety was pure high school freshmen football. I was waiting for Jeff Horton to pull him and re-introduce Christian Chapman to the offensive line. Yet, while 9/25 with an interception is indeed awful, Mr. Agnew, through the good graces of his receivers, averaged almost 24 yards per completion. Of course, a blocked punt via Kaelin Himphill scooped by Trenton Thompson for a touchdown is almost required to win ugly.
Among other low lights was John Barron finally missing a field goal. Rare. 2/12 on third down conversions. 84 yards total rushing. 13 first downs. The offensive line struggling to block the Air Force front seven the entire first half. The lightning strikes and delays, delays, delays.
Winning ugly is better than any brand of losing.
5-1/2-0. Go, Aztecs.
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