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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I want everyone to understand that I never intended to offend anyone.
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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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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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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 just seems to be that way, that Afro-American kids can run very, very well.
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They're on top of the world right now and we're still clawing and scratching, but if you're a competitor, you want a shot at guy who is on top,
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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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This team has sort of had our number the last three years,
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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.
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We just want to win a football game. You got to face reality of where we are. We're playing right now for the pride of the academy, the lightning bolts we proudly wear on the side of our helmets, for a winning season and position in the conference. I don't know anymore that you can play for.
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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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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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We had some chances to make some big plays,
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You have to give TCU credit, they're a fine team, ... I'm sorry we weren't more of a competitive team for them today.