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Article: Falcons tame the Green/ AFA stumps North Texas with play-action passing
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- September 14, 2003
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North Texas had Air Force quarterback Chance Harridge in its
sights all week - at least they had his feet in their sights - so
Falcons coach Fisher DeBerry removed the target in Air Force's 34-21
win Saturday at Falcon Stadium.
Expecting a steady dose of Air Force's usual triple option attack,
the Mean Green (1-2) instead got a collective lesson in the
effectiveness of Harridge's right arm.
"We felt like they would be so zeroed in and that's the reason why
we run the option," DeBerry said. "It's very difficult for a defense
to get ready for in a week's time. I knew they would spend all their
time defending the option, which they did a good job of at times, but
we had some misdirection passes ...