***According to our team sources that Aztecs will travel to play Air Force this Thursday night. We did out best today to keep everyone updated with info gathered from team sources aka players on the team. We wanted to make sure the information was correct on both the Air Force side and the San Diego State side. The players had not heard at 11:30 am this morning if the game would be played. We got a response from one of the players at 11:51 a.m. that the game would be played as stated.  Below is the original Tweet stating the game would be played.*** 

Source: “Game on.” Air Force/San Diego State will play Thursday.

— Brent Briggeman (@BrentBriggeman) October 8, 2013

NCAA SEASON LEADERS FBS

Team	Total Offensive	Pass OFF	Rush OFF	Pass Def	Run Def
SDSU	68th	45th	81st	116th	39th
AFA	89th	121st	11th	99th	111th

San Diego State Overall (2-3) Conference (1-0)

The Aztec Defensive line should be ready to stop the Air Force ground attack. In the last three games the SDSU rush defense has given up 105 carries for 227 yards an Average of 2.16 YPC. Colin Lockett did not play against Nevada due to a concussion that he suffered against New Mexico State. It is not known yet if Lockett will play against Air Force on Thursday. The Aztecs will be in hands of red shirt freshman Eric Judge who played a hell of a game Friday night against Nevada on ESPN (6 catches for 54 yards and two touchdowns).

The Air Force rush defense will be busy trying to figure out how to stop the Aztec rushing attack. Donnel Pumphrey the speedster can beat you on the outside and Adam Muema can beat you running inside the tackles. Pumphrey has recorded over 200 rushing yards in back to back games and Muema looks to be the same running back we saw last season. It will be interesting to see if the Aztecs decide to stick with walk on quarterback Quinn Kaehler (2-1 record as a starter) or if the Aztecs decide to change back to Adam Dingwell. Dingwell was injured in the Aztecs loss at Ohio State and has been on the bench ever since.

Loss: vs. Eastern Illinois = 19 – 40

Loss: at. Ohio State = 7 – 42

Loss: vs. Oregon State = 30 – 34

Win at. New Mexico State = 26 – 16

Win vs. Nevada = 51- 44

at. Air Force

vs. Fresno State

vs. New Mexico

at. San Jose State

at. Hawaii

vs. Boise State

at. UNLV

Injury Report: For San Diego State (Link For The Report):

Date	Pos	Player	Injury	Status
10/06/13	WR	Colin Lockett	Ankle	“?” Thursday vs. Air Force
10/06/13	OL	Paul Rodriguez	Heart	“?” Thursday vs. Air Force
10/06/13	S	Tony Bell	Personal	“?” Thursday vs. Air Force
10/02/13	DL	Dan Kottman	Shoulder	out indefinitely
10/02/13	LB	Jake Fely	Foot	expected to miss 8 weeks
09/24/13	Backup RB	Chase Price	Shoulder	expected to miss 2-3 weeks
09/18/13	Backup RB	De’Saan Hardwick	Personal	quit the team
08/23/13	LB	Scott Graves	Bicep	out for season

Air Force Academy Overall (1-5) Conference (0-4)

The San Diego State defense who has been having trouble against the passing game will not have to worry about this inferior Air Force team. Air Force who is normally a good team lost their quarterback early on in the season with a season ending knee injury. Air Force was able to keep chugging along with the talented sophomore quarterback Jaleel Awini. Awini has been suspended by the Air Force Academy which is a major blow to the team.

Awini, officials said in a news release, is “no longer a cadet in good standing and not eligible to represent the academy in any outside activities” including football. The announcement said: “All cadets are held to the same high standards — honor, physical fitness, academics and military aptitude — and each case is handled on its own individual merits.” (Link)

Air Force is now down to their last quarterback according to the Air Force roster. Air Force has been one of the worst teams in the nation this year at throwing the football. That mean’s it is all up to the strong defensive line of the Aztecs to shut down the Air Force run game.

Win vs. Colgate = 38 – 13

Loss vs. Utah State = 20 -52

Loss at. Boise State = 42 – 20

Loss vs. Wyoming = 23 – 56

Loss at. Nevada = 45 – 42

Loss at. Navy = 28 – 10

vs. San Diego State

vs. Norte Dame

vs. Army

at. New Mexico

vs. UNLV

at. Colorado State

Injury Report: For Air Force Academy (Link For The Report):

Date	Pos	Player	Injury	Status
10/06/13	WR	Myles Barnes	Knee	“?” Thursday vs. San Diego State
10/06/13	FB	Aaron Clinton-Earl	Hand	“?” Thursday vs. San Diego State
10/06/13	WR	Ty MacArthur	Concussion	“?” Thursday vs. San Diego State
10/06/13	DB	Chris Miller	Concussion	“?” Thursday vs. San Diego State
09/25/13	QB	Jaleel Awini	Suspension	out indefinitely
09/17/13	DL	Joseph Champaign	ACL	out indefinitely
09/05/13	QB	Kale Pearson	Knee	out for season

Total Offensive Stats

Team	Total Passing	Total Rushing	Total Offensive
SDSU	1300 Yards	727 Yards	2027 Yards
AFA	484 Yards	1480 Yards	1964 Yards

Total Offensive Plays

Team	Total Offense		Total Plays	Average Per Play	Average Per Game
SDSU	2027		381	5.3	405.4
AFA	1964		343	5.7	392.8

Rushing Stats

Team	Yards	Attempts	YPC	YPG	TD
SDSU	727	184	4.0	145.4	9
AFA	1480	273	5.4	296	15

Passing Stats

Team	Yards	Comp/Att/Int	Avg Per Catch	APG	TD
SDSU	1300	110-197-8	11.8	260	6
AFA	484	35-70-2	13.8	96.8	3

Penalties

Team	Penalties Yards	Avg Per Game
SDSU	31-303	60.6 yards
AFA	29-222	44.4 yards

GAME DAY INFORMATION

Game information: Kickoff 7:00 p.m. MT United States Air Force Academy, Colorado.

Spread: San Diego State – 4

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TV: CBS Sports Network

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