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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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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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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All the games have come right down to the wire, and this Saturday should be no exception.
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He's certainly a tremendous young man and competitor. He has a great attitude and willing to do whatever he can to help the team.
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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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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.
honor intent man
The intent is to honor those who have been the most instrumental in a young man being at the academy,
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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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Our team stayed in a little truck stop up there once and in the restaurant there, you could have your food prepared two ways: fried or deep-fried.