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Air Force report: What's with Navy?

By Jim Benton, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)

Published September 30, 2008 at 10:33 p.m.

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Air Force, which has played 10 freshmen this season, is the 14th-youngest Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) team in the country in terms of freshmen who are playing. Teams that have played the most true freshmen this season, according to a survey conducted by college sports information directors.

Florida State 22

Miami 21

Arkansas 16

Alabama 15

Southern Methodist 15

Minnesota 14

Georgia 12

Tulane 12

Alabama-Birmingham 11

Central Michigan 11

Rice 11

Iowa State 11

Air Force 10

Arizona State 10

Florida 10

North Texas 10

San Jose State 10

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AIR FORCE ACADEMY — Service- academy rival Navy will bring a 3-2 record into Falcon Stadium for Saturday's Commander-in-Chief's showdown against Air Force.

The Midshipmen are coming off wins against Rutgers and No. 16 Wake Forest after starting 1-2.

Navy's losses came to Ball State, now 4-0, and Duke, which is 3-1.

"I think they were playing pretty good football," Air Force coach Troy Calhoun said when asked about Navy's slow start. "They played some pretty good teams. Anytime you can beat Rutgers and Wake Forest, it is an excellent squad."

Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo downplayed the Navy turnaround.

"It is never as good as it looks, and it is never as bad as it looks," Niumatalolo said. "We just had to keep going. I knew we weren't far off. On the other hand, we know it could go back the other way, too. We just have to continue to progress and try to get better."