Peter Lusk News

FORT WORTH, Texas - As hard as he tried, despite the countless times he grabbed his coat and put on his shoes, Peter Lusk couldn't leave the pity party in his hotel room last year.

Air Force football coach Troy Calhoun outsmarted the weatherman here Tuesday. With a high-powered Houston team on the horizon in the Armed Forces Bowl, any little bit helps.

The goal remains - barely. Army needs to win its last three games to qualify for a bowl game.

You don't hear many "Beat Air Force" chants until game week at West Point. The Army-Air Force matchup is considered by some as the undercard of service-academy football.

Throughout Air Force practices this week, Metallica's "Enter Sandman," AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" and Van Halen's "Jump" blared through a pair of speakers set up about 15 yards behind the Falcons' offense.

Senior Michael Hampton's football career at Air Force has not gone according to plan.

Senior Michael Hampton's football career at Air Force has not gone according to plan.

This is part two of an ongoing Gazette series of interviews with Air Force's position coaches.

Senior Michael Hampton's football career at Air Force has not gone according to plan.