Improvement Needed Fast

Somebody asked me after the Falcons season opening win against Colgate what we learned about the Air Force football team. I replied, "Not a thing." After Saturdays loss to Utah State I don't know if things have become any clearer. But here's what I do know...The Falcons defense will face a lot of teams like Utah State this year and they need to get better fast on defense. When you are young, you learn on the fly and thats the task the Air Force defense has. The Aggies Chuckie Keeton is an excellent quarterback and will wreak havoc against a lot of teams. But you can't blow assignments, miss tackles, leave guys wide open and hope to win. And on offense I counted 6 catchable balls Air Force receiver and tight ends dropped. And if you can't get a first down in the 2nd half until there's 10 minutes left in the game, thats not good. And it only gets tougher the next 3 weeks. Friday night its Boise State with their high flying offense. A week from Saturday its Brett Smith and the Wyoming Cowboys, followed by Cody Fajardo and Nevada. 3 similiar styles of teams who can pile up the points. The defense needs stops and the offense needs first downs so the defense can rest, so they can get stops. There's a lotta "need" at the moment for the Air Force Football Team.