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WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Army coach Jeff Monken is set to begin year three at the helm, which means half his roster includes players he has signed.Right now, he likes that mix.I think were getting better as a program and better as a team, Monken said. Weve got a lot of guys that have played in games that find themselves in pretty important roles this year. Weve just got to perform, execute.Army finished last season 2-10, the finale against Navy a heartbreaking 21-17 setback. It was the 14th straight defeat suffered in the series by the Black Knights, who came oh-so-close to ending the skid.Lost in the emotion of the moment was that Army quarterback Chris Carter was a freshman making only his second career start leading the complicated triple option. And he nearly led the Black Knights to victory against a heavily favored Navy team led by record-setting senior quarterback Keenan Reynolds.For a kid to not play in this offense in high school, learn the offense and the very next year hes starting in the Army-Navy game, thats a lot to ask, Army offensive coordinator Brent Davis said. It was a huge test. He really elevated his game. I think theres something there.Carter returns this season along with junior Ahmad Bradshaw, the starter in 2015 before injuries sent him to the sidelines.Its important that we start to show some improvement, Davis said. Guys that we recruited our first year ... for what our vision of the offense is are working their way into the lineup. Thats exciting.Other things to know about Army heading into the new season:QB SHUFFLERunning the option usually requires more than one quarterback to get the job done because of the punishment that goes with the position. Army seems to be set there. Bradshaw, a junior, sparkled at times (468 yards rushing with five touchdowns) when he wasnt ailing -- he missed four games -- and Carter has two big games (Rutgers was the other) under his belt.Its not a finished deal, Davis said. We think its a good situation to have two guys we feel good about.WHAT PRESSURE?Armys run totals were down in 2015. The Black Knights outgained opponents 2,931-1,982, but their per-game average was just 244.3 and their 4.8-yard average per run was barely better than their opponents (4.5). Thats a far cry from the 2012 team, which averaged 369.8 yards to lead the nation.A lot is expected this season.We need a guy to rush for 1,000 yards out of that position, Davis said. That makes us really dangerous.TOO MANY TURNOVERSLast season, Army lost 13 of 38 fumbles and suffered nine interceptions in just108 throws, while the defense had six picks and five fumble recoveries.Not a recipe for success.We cant turn the ball over and weve got to find a way to get more balls back from the other team, Monken said. That may be the biggest statistic in football in terms of who wins and who loses. We didnt do a very good job with it the last two years.NOT-SO-GREEN DEFENSEArmy, which was forced to start two freshmen on defense last season, has some experience to count on this time. The two-deep preseason depth chart features four seniors, four juniors and zero freshmen.I hope we can execute this year, said senior Jeremy Timpf, who tied fellow linebacker Andrew King for the team lead in tackles with 92. Our fundamentals are coming together. We have a bunch of veterans now on defense and a bunch of good guys on offense. I think this year its just putting the pieces together and executing.King, also a senior, had 4.5 of Armys 15 sacks, while defensive Brandon Jackson had 50 tackles and three picks as one of those two freshman starters.PREDICTIONArmy plays only one of its first five games at Michie Stadium -- Rice on Sept. 10 -- and hosts rival Air Force in November. The Black Knights also play Notre Dame in San Antonio in November before the annual season finale against Navy. With Lafayette and Morgan State of the FCS, and North Texas also at home and road games against Buffalo and Wake Forest, a total of five wins doesnt seem out of the question.---Online: AP College Football Website: www.collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Kekis on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Greek1947 Dario Saric Suns Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. Dan Majerle Suns Jersey . 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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Coyotes endured more than their share of injuries, losses and tough travel to start the season, but there is one area in which Arizona is fortunate. The team is tied for the fewest number of games played in the league at 17.That is about to change.Starting with a Wednesday home game against the Vancouver Canucks at Gila River Arena, Arizona will play every other day or back-to-back days for the next 46 days -- a total of 23 games. They wont have more than one day off in a row until Dec. 24-26.The World Cup of Hockey created a condensed schedule for all NHL teams, and the Coyotes are about to pay the piper, eliminating much of their practice time and forcing coach Dave Tippett to get creative.There are times when rest is going to be a better factor, but you still dont stop preparing even though you use rest to allow you to play better in games, Tippett said. With our group, we still do lots of video because weve got a young group thats still learning a lot of situations. You dont stop teaching. You dont stop finding solutions in a game. Sometimes its just not through practice.The Canucks (19 games played) face a similar situation with only two two-day rests on the schedule for the next month and 16 games on the slate. That doesnt bode well for a team whose early-season struggles nearly matched the Coyotes. Vancouver (16 points) and Arizona (14 points) are two of the bottom three teams in the league standings.Vancouver is still smarting from blowing a three-goal, third-period lead against the Blackhawks on Saturday and losing in overtime at home. The collapse began when Chicago scored two goals in the first 4:06 of the third period.I dont think we panicked, but they got momentum off it and started coming at us and were hard to handdle, Canucks coach Willie Desjardins said.dddddddddddd We needed to be more aggressive, and we didnt sustain enough. We had to get after it. We didnt want to sit back.While the Coyotes earned points in each of their past three games (1-0-2), the Canucks are 3-2-1 in their past six games, including a 3-2 overtime win over the Coyotes in Vancouver on Thursday.Arizona settled its fluctuating center position this week when it sent 2015 first-round pick Dylan Strome back to juniors on Sunday to play for Erie of the Ontario Hockey League. The move came one day after the team lost veteran center Brad Richardson to a broken tibia and fibula in the game against Vancouver. Richardson will be sidelined indefinitely.With both of those players gone, the Coyotes will rely on a depth chart of Martin Hanzal, rookie Christian Dvorak, rookie Laurent Dauphin and converted left winger Jordan Martinook, who played center in juniors.I feel like every game I get more and more comfortable, Martinook said. Now that I know its set in stone, Ill focus a little more on the little things like faceoffs. Wherever they put me, wherever they want to play me, Ill do it and Ill do it with a smile on.Arizona right winger Ryan White (upper body) and defenseman Alex Goligoski (illness) practiced Tuesday and are expected to play. Mike Smith will start in goal.Vancouver forwards Derek Dorsett (shoulder), Jannik Hansen (undisclosed) and Anton Rodin (knee) and defenseman Chris Tanev (lower body) are on injured reserve. Goalie Ryan Miller is over his case of the flu and is expected to start. The Canucks recalled forward Joseph Labate from Utica of the AHL on Tuesday. ' ' ' |
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