Last weeks game between Air Force and Colorado State showed that Freshman Tim Jefferson is a great passer completing 6/8 for 171 Yards and 2 touchdowns as well as leading them to 3 rushing touchdowns. The Falcons are going to be a great challenge for the cougars because they want this game very badly. Going into Colorado Springs the cougars definitely have their work cut out for them. The falcons defense is tied for 23rd in the country for sacks, and 26th in the country for total defense. You can expect that they will be there on Saturday with their A game ready to go, in hopes of a huge upset and respect in the Mountain West Conference.

Opinionated columnist David Ramsey of Colorado posted an Article in the Gazette entitled “Falcons good enough to upset No. 17 BYU” in the beginning of the article he talks about the fact that Air Force can destroy the so called “Tomato-cans” of the conference and nation, but when it comes to the big dawgs they just can’t beat them. There is a lot of things that can be read into that statement that I don’t think he was meaning to bring out but hey. . . he wrote it!

He goes onto say in that article:

On the surface, BYU looks terrifying. The Cougars will prowl into Colorado Springs with only one loss, a powerful passing attack and four straight wins over Air Force.

That’s the bad news.

Here’s the good news:

BYU might be the most overrated No. 17 team in American football history.

The Cougars barely beat CSU a week ago and UNLV the previous week. The Cougars surrendered 109 points in three dreadful defensive weeks.

Are the Cougars powerful? No.

Vulnerable? Oh, yes.

If that statement alone doesn’t light a fire under your butt I don’t know what will. I understand that there has been some close games, but it seems to be that every team that has played BYU this year has focused more time on playing us then any of their other games, just to get a shot at beating the “Big Dawgs” in the conference. Yes we are the defending champions of 2 years, yes we are 9-1, and yes we still are in the race to share the conference title this year, but it doesn’t mean that we have to be your freakin bowl game. I realize that I’m going on a rant right now but when you have teams with a “Y” on your pads, because that is all you have in your mind “Beating BYU” it just goes to show you how important the BYU game is to everyone in the conference. Everyone knows that conference games are important to a teams season, but it seems that teams have BYU marked with a highlighter on their schedules.

Every team playing BYU leading up to Air Force so far, has been playing for something a little bit extra, Including Air Force who will be playing a team still in reach of the conference title, a team that is ranked 17th in the nation, and a team that besides the TCU game, has proven to be an offensive powerhouse. No I’m not making excuses for their loss against TCU, what I’m saying is that 3 of the top 5 teams in the nation have 1 loss, and some others really close. BYU might not be an explosive Florida team, but they definitely are not weak.

Yes The Air Force game for BYU is very important this weekend. Not only to keep the conference title in sight, but also to again prove to the world that we are not as overrated as everybody thinks we are. BYU to close the season out is facing one of the toughest schedules left in NCAA football. BYU is going to have to bring it all, and more to ensure that we keep “The Quest” alive.