Fisher DeBerry
Fisher DeBerry
James Fisher DeBerryis a retired American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the United States Air Force Academy from 1984 to 2006, compiling a record of 169–109–1. DeBerry led 17 of his 23 Air Force Falcons squads to winning records and captured 12 bowl game bids. Three times his teams won the Western Athletic Conference title, in 1985, 1995, and 1998. DeBerry retired on December 15, 2006 with the most wins and highest winning...
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What was disappointing for our football team was the number of penalties we got. It was very, very uncharacteristic of Falcon football. Penalties will take away your momentum quicker than anything in the world.
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This team has sort of had our number the last three years,
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It's obvious we didn't tackle very well. We were in position all night to make plays and we couldn't tackle.
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It's up to us to go out and play 60 minutes of the kind of football that I think this football team is capable of playing. . . . They've got some great players, but I think we've got some great players, too.
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The offensive line has played well. Coach (Pete) Hurt has done a great job with them. To me, the hardest place to learn to play in college football is in the offensive line. A lot of people just think it's pushing and shoving, but it's a lot of skill and a lot of exactness, a lot of technique and a lot of precision. We've done a good job.
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It's very obvious to me the other day that the other team had a lot more Afro-American players than we did, and they ran a lot faster than we did, ... It just seems to be that way, that Afro-American kids can run very, very well. That doesn't mean that Caucasian kids and other descents can't run, but it's very obvious to me they run extremely well.
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I want everyone to understand that I never intended to offend anyone.
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It just seems to be that way, that Afro-American kids can run very, very well.
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The other team had a lot more Afro-American players than we did and they ran a lot faster than we did.
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We felt like we had some young players that were developing at the free safety position that might have a little bit more range and might give us the potential to get more interceptions back there. That's the main reason.
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We also understand that standards have to be maintained. We have to move on with our preparations for this season, but we'll do all we can to help Marcus continue his education at another school.
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We had another breakdown in the kicking game, which really has me baffled. That was big, not being able to take advantage of those turnovers. (Utah) did.
fine football guys played prepared ready
We prepared very well and I thought our guys were ready to play. Obviously, TCU was ready to play and they played a fine football game.
fine football guys played prepared ready
We prepared very well and I thought our guys were ready to play, ... Obviously, TCU was ready to play and they played a fine football game.