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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The intent is to honor those who have been the most instrumental in a young man being at the academy,
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Their defense had 11 Afro-American kids on their team and they were a very, very good defensive football team. It just seems to me that Afro-American kids can run very, very well.
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I'm very pleased to get the monkey off our back. Our fullback played an outstanding game, and I thought we played with passion and emotion all day.
emotion monkey passion played pleased
I'm very pleased to get the monkey off our back, ... Our fullback played an outstanding game, and I thought we played with passion and emotion all day.
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He sends them a letter expressing his appreciation to them for their inspiration, guidance and encouragement for him being at the academy. It is not a motivational ploy to try to get our football team excited to play our opponent. If you're not excited about playing Wyoming then you are brain dead.
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because he knows if he doesn't practice on Wednesday, he ain't going to start on Saturday. Boy, then he goes out and plays his heart out on Saturday.
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Good teams are going to find a way to win the close games. That's why they're good teams. That's why they play in bowl games and why they win championships. I think we've been competitive. We've proven that. I haven't analyzed it as to why it so happens that's how they turned out.
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I'm not going to answer that until I evaluate the film. He certainly did a great job of rallying our football team.
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All things being equal, we'd much rather be playing here,
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All the games have come right down to the wire, and this Saturday should be no exception.
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I most disappointed in our football team in the number of penalties. That was very uncharacteristic of Falcon football. We had a breakdown in all three areas of the game. We didn't kick the ball very well. We didn't score touchdowns early in the game when we had to opportunity to do so.