Thread by @ESPN_BillC, There's an appalling lack of Air Force Football GIFs on Twitter, so [...]

Bill Connelly

ESPN_BillC

There& #39;s an appalling lack of Air Force Football GIFs on Twitter, so HERE& #39;S A GIF FROM AIR FORCE ONE INSTEAD.

IT& #39;S AIR FORCE DAY.

Surge and rebuild, surge and rebuild. Troy Calhoun& #39;s had a very *cyclical* tenure at Air Force. But last year& #39;s surge was the best yet. This team was REALLY good the second half of last year.

THE AIR FORCE OFFENSE RADAR KINDA LOOKS LIKE A PLANE.

(The Air Force offense was awesome last year, btw, and returns 3 of the main reasons why: QB Donald Hammond III, RB Kadin Remsberg and LG Nolan Laufenberg.)

Per SP+, Air Force had its best offense since 1998 AND its best defense since 2010. With no lineman >275 pounds, they were excellent against the run. Swarmed and swarmed.

This teams has lots of continuity, except in one spot: the secondary. And with 7 relative tossups on the schedule, how well the DBs fare could be the difference between 5-7 and 10-2.

Air Force& #39;s last 4 hires: Troy Calhoun, Fisher DeBerry, Ken Hatfield ... and Bill Parcells.

Also, 1985: underrated Weird Year. If Air Force scores 1 more TD vs BYU, we& #39;re having an argument between 11-1 OU and 12-0 AFA for the title. (OU probably wins that argument, but still.)

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