Originally Posted by
LTCOL27
I am an Air Force homer here, so take this lightly fellas, but I agree with Fish and GoldenGreek. Air Force will be fired up to rebound after their embarassment against TCU. I think that they are going to surprise a lot of people here, and stay close in this game until the end. They are very strong at home, and the coaching staff will have them ready to go up against a top ten conference opponent at home. They are also still in 4th place in the Mountain West despite their 2 game losing streak. Utah and Air Force always play each other tough as well. In the past 4 meetings when Air Force was at home against Utah (going back to December 2001), Air Force won once 38-37 as 17 point underdogs. They lost the other 3 games by 2 points, 3 points, and 7 points. The altitude, and their running game, definitely keeps them in games at home as it helps them wear down defenses in the 2nd half (probably the reason that 3 of those 4 Utah vs. Air Force games in Colorado Springs went Over as well.)