341) SD State +17 vs the academy, 1% play --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Who has Air Force played?
A team ranked nationally in the bottom 5,New Mexico LW. They lost to a Goldy Gopher team 13-20 that completed 20/29 passes for 220 yards, and yielded 1 sack to AF.
SD State for the 1st time in a century(lol) has finally assembled a solid coaching staff. With Brady Hoke coming in from Ball State to take over as HC, he brings in a solid defensive mind, former head coach of New Mexico Rocky Long.
Here are the last 5 years rushing stats of Air Force facing a Rocky Long coached New Mexico team.
Year---- Rushing attempts/yards
2008, ----69/227
2007,-----49/212
2006,-----?/262
2005------60/278
2004------53/239
This year in lined games SD State has yielded 3.7 yards per rush, vs UCLA and Idaho. Yes Idaho, the much improved team that dropped 412 yards on Univ of Washington. LW in the game vs Idaho, SDSt had a huge momentum change on the road when Lindley and the Aztecs were moving nicely down the field and he threw an early pick 6 returned for 74 yards and ended up losing 34-20. I believe State is going through some growing pains learning the new systems, but are improving and will get better as the year moves forward.
I have yardage projections in this upcoming game of:
AForce -----> rush~270, pass~100
Sd State ----> rush~90, passing~250.
With AF starting QB Jefferson dinged up with a bad ankle, and their rush defense yielding 5.6 ypr, and pass defense yielding 6.5 yp/pass.
I made the line 11, and feel 17 is enough to cash this ticket.
https://www.thedailyaztec.com/sports/...view-1.1911810
https://www.denverpost.com/colleges/ci_13383622
https://www.thedailyaztec.com/sports/...tecs-1.1904922
Good Luck