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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We felt Mark was a pretty good tackler but unfortunately he didn't make a lot of things happen as far as getting interceptions and forcing turnovers and things like that,
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We feel like we have some depth in our offensive line and obviously we have two good quarterbacks with game experience. That second unit built some pride. There are a lot of those second-unit guys that could be just as effective as the first-unit guys. We'll continue to use two units like that. What periods of the game we'll use them or when we'll use them, we're not going to say.
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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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They've got a lot of good players, ... Unfortunately they had a lot of injuries last year, and a lot of those players are back from injuries. They return 19 starters, so the cupboard is not bare. We'll have to be at our very best if we expect to stay on the field with them.
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Your opponent has a lot to do with that. We knew we were playing a good team. I told my wife before I left home that we were more ready to play than we've been in a long time.
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I thought we did a good job against Kyle Bell the first half. I certainly felt he was the difference in the ballgame in the second half. That's the first time our football team has got knocked off the ball this year. We certainly got knocked off the line of scrimmage in the second half by their offensive line.
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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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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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We had some chances to make some big plays,
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We had several breakdowns where the players didn't execute the defense that was called.
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We had it in our grasp and we let it slip away.
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We have to play for 60 minutes. Adam Fitch gave us a spark, and we made a run at them.
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That's the way we substitute, ... That's the way we call plays.
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When the challenges come up, it doesn't concern me one bit, because I know it ain't going to go in our favor.