1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:05,879 Need to get your football fix on all things Army, Navy and Air Force. 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:12,199 This is Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football. Now Here are your hosts, 3 00:00:12,199 --> 00:00:17,079 Price Atkinson, Steve Carney and Mike love All. We have lipped off 4 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,719 on the twenty twenty three college football season. Here on Yards and Stripes, 5 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,640 your home for Service Academy Football. I am Price Atkinson and he is Steve 6 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:29,399 Carney, and we have a lot to do this week on episode two as 7 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,840 we are part of the College Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast Network, coming to 8 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:38,600 you every single week with a new episode. Army, Navy, and Air 9 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:43,640 Force. At those are your teams. This is your home for pig Skin 10 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:49,640 during the twenty twenty three season as we do nothing but service Academy football. 11 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:53,200 As we preview games, look back on what happened the weekend before we give 12 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:57,200 out game balls. We have our Travismannion Foundation on a roll segment, but 13 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:02,359 we also have a new episode for you every single week and again. You 14 00:01:02,399 --> 00:01:04,480 can listen to us on the College Gritter and Coast to Coast podcast Network, 15 00:01:06,159 --> 00:01:11,359 The Spreaker, Apple Podcast, wherever it is you get your college football, 16 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:18,719 sports or whatever podcast you love listening to but get yards and stripes every single 17 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:23,519 week, and Steve, we do have lift off of As I just mentioned, 18 00:01:23,519 --> 00:01:26,239 Week zero, Navy took center stage this coming weekend. It will be 19 00:01:26,359 --> 00:01:32,120 Army and Air Force with their opening games is they will open the season on 20 00:01:32,159 --> 00:01:37,640 Saturday. In Week one, however, it was the Naval Academy going to 21 00:01:37,879 --> 00:01:44,000 Dublin, Ireland over the weekend to face the number thirteen Notre Dame fighting Irish 22 00:01:44,079 --> 00:01:48,920 and forty two to three. All I can say is probably four words, 23 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:56,000 Steve, bigger, stronger, faster, better. Yeah, that's that's pretty 24 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:02,599 succinctly sums up what we saw in Dublin. Certainly hope that the midshipman and 25 00:02:02,879 --> 00:02:10,080 coach Brad Newberry were able to get a Guinness while they were there. They 26 00:02:10,159 --> 00:02:15,639 certainly needed when afterwards to kind of dull the pain that Notre Dame put them 27 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:21,599 through for sixty minutes on the football fields. And you know, I wish 28 00:02:21,599 --> 00:02:27,240 I could say that something went right for Navy in this game, but if 29 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,240 you saw, if you watched the game, even even for a couple of 30 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:37,639 minutes, you saw that there was not much that went the way of the 31 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:43,680 midshipman because Notre Dame showed why they are one of the top fifteen football teams 32 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,759 in the country right now. And I certainly think that with how they played, 33 00:02:49,319 --> 00:02:53,080 you know, they're gonna get a lot of think. I think that 34 00:02:53,159 --> 00:02:55,719 this is now the start of Oh my god, here we go. Marcus 35 00:02:55,759 --> 00:03:00,680 Freeman has got this thing turned around for the Fighting Irish, and they're gonna 36 00:03:00,719 --> 00:03:07,319 get a lot of talk on national media. You know, the college football 37 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,280 national media is going to start looking at Notre Dame and the way that they 38 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:16,000 handled Navy. And yes, Navy is not a better team than than Notre 39 00:03:16,039 --> 00:03:20,759 Dame, They're not even close to being on the same level as the Fighting 40 00:03:20,759 --> 00:03:23,680 Irish, but the way that they handled them by nearly keeping them off the 41 00:03:23,719 --> 00:03:30,639 scoreboard completely for the entire contest, they're certainly gonna get a lot of uh 42 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:35,240 concentration and a lot of focus is going to go towards the Fighting Irish, 43 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:39,280 and you know that's that's what happens. Yeah, Notre Dame was just a 44 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:45,840 different animal with Sam Hartman behind that offensive line that just pushed Navy around all 45 00:03:46,039 --> 00:03:51,360 night long int Aviva Stadium there in Dublin. And you know, look, 46 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,039 Irish had the ball five times and they scored, you know, five touchdowns. 47 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:58,240 They were never there was never in doubt. And Sam Hartman was great 48 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,479 on third Dawn last year when he was at Wake Forest, and is just 49 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:04,719 as good or was just as good on Saturday night they're in Dublin. But 50 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:10,080 you know, I hate to be I'm never a prisoner of the moment guy, 51 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,560 and I'm not going to be in this case. But I don't I 52 00:04:12,599 --> 00:04:17,120 don't think Navy is as bad is you know, everything played out on that 53 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,800 field on Saturday night in Dublin. I don't think Navies is bad, and 54 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:25,199 I don't think Notre Dame is maybe as good is what we saw. I 55 00:04:25,199 --> 00:04:28,480 think Notre Dame is very good. They might be one of the best Notre 56 00:04:28,519 --> 00:04:32,160 Dame teams. Scott Strassmeyer, former boss mine at the Naval Academy in the 57 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,279 sports information office. You know, I saw him tweet now he thought that 58 00:04:35,319 --> 00:04:39,160 was one of the best Notre Dame teams he's seen that they have played in 59 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,920 twenty years. And well, I could agree with that. I don't know 60 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:47,439 if Notre Dame is going to be a college football playoff national championship contender. 61 00:04:47,639 --> 00:04:51,600 I certainly think they could push possibly for a playoff spot. But are they 62 00:04:51,639 --> 00:04:56,399 as good as what we saw where there's nothing that they could do wrong? 63 00:04:56,439 --> 00:04:59,800 I mean they could run it, they could pass it, they did anything 64 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,720 and everything they wanted to behind an offensive line that was just flat out outstanding, 65 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:09,800 which I did not expect to see Nabe get pushed around quite that bad, 66 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,959 especially with Navy's defensive line all returning, maybe having so much back on 67 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,240 the defensive side the football. But nonetheless, here we are forty two three. 68 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:23,600 They owned it. Yeah, they certainly did. And we talked about 69 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:28,279 this last week that Navy needed to get pressure on Sam Hartman in order to 70 00:05:28,319 --> 00:05:30,720 try and get him off the field. That was the That was the big 71 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:36,120 thing for me was can Navy keep Sam Hartman standing over there on the sideline 72 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:43,040 with his helmet off, watching the watching the midshipment offense go down the field. 73 00:05:43,079 --> 00:05:45,839 And if they could do that, they were going to have themselves a 74 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:50,000 chance to try and to stay in this game up. Neither of us thought 75 00:05:50,079 --> 00:05:55,279 that that Navy was going to win the game. There was really no chance 76 00:05:55,319 --> 00:05:59,759 of that happening, But the fact was that they could keep it at least 77 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:04,439 within three touchdowns if they were able to be able to move the ball at 78 00:06:04,519 --> 00:06:10,279 at at at a grind out pace, and they needed to grind it out 79 00:06:10,319 --> 00:06:15,360 to try and stay within the twenty point twenty and a half point point spread, 80 00:06:15,079 --> 00:06:19,240 and they weren't able to do that because we said, Sam Hartman gets 81 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:25,959 on the field, that fighting Irish offense was going to take chunks of yards 82 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:34,079 at a time. We certainly saw that, and unfortunately they also saw the 83 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:39,759 the Navy offensive line get taken advantage of by the Notre Dame defense, and 84 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:44,800 so they weren't able to They weren't able to push back on offense at all. 85 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,759 And when you do that, you end up going three and out and 86 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:53,439 all of a sudden, now it's time for the fighting Irish offense to take 87 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:57,959 more chunks of yards. Yea, And Notre Dame was not gonna call it 88 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,519 a perfect effort, but I mean they only had one penalty for ten yards. 89 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,399 They only had seven third down Steve. I mean they only faced third 90 00:07:04,399 --> 00:07:09,519 down seven times in the game, including one fourth down, and they were 91 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,439 five or seven on third down. You know, they converted their one fourth 92 00:07:12,439 --> 00:07:15,879 down attempt where they ran for almost two hundred through for two fifty. I 93 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,639 mean, I think the running success rate if you follow that statistic, which 94 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,680 I can show how dominant team is. I think they were over sixty five 95 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:27,680 percent in that category. So there was nothing that Notre Dame did wrong, 96 00:07:27,839 --> 00:07:30,879 or I should say maybe that Navy could force Notre Dame to do wrong, 97 00:07:31,319 --> 00:07:35,439 you know, in the football game en route to the forty two to three 98 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:40,000 win in this season opener. And we'll give out our game ball here in 99 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,839 a second, as we're going to move on from Navy Notre Dame, as 100 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:46,079 Navy will be off this weekend before they return home against Wagner for their home 101 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:53,560 opener on Saturday, November the ninth, but we will feature Air Force and 102 00:07:53,759 --> 00:07:57,839 Army Stephen this week. Is they are on tap. We you know, 103 00:07:57,879 --> 00:08:01,959 obviously Navy was the toast of the episode last week, but it's going to 104 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,519 be a lot of Air Force and Army coming up here in just a little 105 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:09,399 bit. But let's go ahead and give out the game ball. We've got 106 00:08:09,399 --> 00:08:11,519 to look long and we got to look hard. But if you do, 107 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:16,600 anybody that watched the game, anybody that looks at the box score, I 108 00:08:16,639 --> 00:08:20,879 think you can look and probably look at one two directions and it's pretty easy. 109 00:08:20,959 --> 00:08:24,959 I'll let you fire first, my man. Yeah, I unfortunately have 110 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:30,879 to give my my game ball to Sam Hartman. You know, nineteen of 111 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:35,120 twenty three, two hundred and fifty one yards and four touchdowns. Uh, 112 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:43,120 you know, he made it look easy against Navy, and so unfortunately there 113 00:08:43,279 --> 00:08:50,320 there really wasn't much that the midshipman did that allowed me to say, Okay, 114 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:54,679 that team certainly deserves something with a game ball. You look at it. 115 00:08:56,159 --> 00:08:58,879 The Middies were just two point six yards per rush. Of course they're 116 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:05,240 known for being a rushing team. Just one hundred and sixty nine total yards 117 00:09:05,039 --> 00:09:09,720 on offense. They were out penalized. I think that, you know, 118 00:09:09,799 --> 00:09:13,639 you look at everything that Navy did. Unfortunately, I can't give a game 119 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,679 ball to anybody on the midshipment side. It's got to go to some Harman. 120 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:22,120 Yeah, I'm gonna go with the Navy. Excuse me. The Notre 121 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:26,080 Dame offensive line, Steve Because, led by Joe Alt, arguably one of 122 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:31,600 the maybe the best returning offensive linemen in college football, and then certainly that's 123 00:09:31,639 --> 00:09:35,320 up for debate, but six eight offensive tackle Joe Alt leading the way they 124 00:09:35,399 --> 00:09:41,000 push Navy around all night long. I mean, as I mentioned rushing for 125 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:45,120 one hundred and ninety one yards, and Notre Dame has got a stable backs. 126 00:09:45,159 --> 00:09:48,559 But I guess behind that offensive line, you give it to most any 127 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:50,440 of them and they can go for you know, and even six yards to 128 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:56,799 carry and two touchdowns as they did carrying the ball thirty two times. So 129 00:09:56,799 --> 00:10:00,919 Sam Hartman, I think his jersey probably he could walk. I think he 130 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:05,399 could probably walk right into a pub straight from the field and look like he 131 00:10:05,519 --> 00:10:09,600 was pristine because he didn't seem like he was touched all night in the football 132 00:10:09,639 --> 00:10:11,080 game. He probably could have pulled up a you know, a pint of 133 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:16,279 guinness toast to the Notre Dame fans at a pub next door and not missed 134 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,759 a beat. They would ask, well, what section were you sitting in, 135 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,639 you know, because that jersey did probably didn't have a grass stain on 136 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:26,200 it. Stephen, But I'll go with the Notre Dame offensive line with my 137 00:10:26,399 --> 00:10:31,320 game ball. All right, let's take a quick break here, because when 138 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,879 we come back, we're going to talk about Air Force in Army. We're 139 00:10:33,879 --> 00:10:39,000 going to start looking ahead to their matchups this weekend. We've got our Travis 140 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:43,440 Mannion Foundation on a roll segment. We got our picks coming up at the 141 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,679 end. 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As I'm with my man Steve Carney, I'm Price Atkinson 166 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:41,440 continuing on here in air Force. Let's start with Air Force, Steve, 167 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:46,679 because they're going to be first up on Saturday. They're hosting the Robert Morris 168 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,840 Colonials at Falcon Stadium, which is being renovated. Right now one pm Eastern 169 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:56,960 Standard time kickoff eleven am local Mountain time. This one is going to be 170 00:12:56,039 --> 00:13:01,919 on Altitude Sports Parents Weekend for the first meeting between these two schools, Bobby 171 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,919 MO and Air Force. Bobby Mo coming out of the Big South, they 172 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:11,120 were oh in eleven last year, you know, air Force twenty six and 173 00:13:11,159 --> 00:13:18,320 oh steve all time against FCS opponents in all twenty six of those meetings coming 174 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:24,960 at Falcon Stadium, and air Force has won sixteen straight season openers, third 175 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,759 longest streak in the country, behind only Ohio State in Alabama. I'm sorry, 176 00:13:28,759 --> 00:13:31,919 man, I don't We don't have a line over under anything on this 177 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:35,720 game, at least that I've seen. But you know why we no reason? 178 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:39,279 You know, I don't have a line on this game. Price It's 179 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,879 not just the fact that Robert Morris is an FCS team and they don't usually 180 00:13:41,879 --> 00:13:48,399 give out lines for FBS versus FCS. There isn't a line big enough for 181 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:52,159 anybody to take Robert Morris in this game. You mentioned there, and they 182 00:13:52,159 --> 00:13:56,559 were oh and eleven last year. They are four and twenty since the start 183 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:01,919 of the twenty twenty season, and last year year they averaged just nine point 184 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:09,960 nine points per game in the FCS. This is a bad, bad, 185 00:14:09,399 --> 00:14:16,320 bad team that that that is coming to Colorado's springs. Uh this year. 186 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:20,559 I mean, you look at it. Poor poor Bernard Clark, their head 187 00:14:20,559 --> 00:14:28,159 coach. He is in his sixth theories thirteen and thirty four. Uh. 188 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,480 He actually had a seven and five finished in twenty nineteen, that was his 189 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:35,919 second year. But then since then, like I said, four and twenty 190 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:41,600 that is Jeff Scott like here uh in Tampa Bay. Uh we we we 191 00:14:41,679 --> 00:14:46,720 know about four and twenty teams with the University of South Florida, and usually 192 00:14:46,759 --> 00:14:52,320 that doesn't allow you to keep your job. So but this being an FCS 193 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:58,840 club going up against a team like air Force, yeah, this is this 194 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:03,120 is ugly. This is what I like to call bowling shoe ugly. Yeah, 195 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,279 this game is not going to be pretty. Let's talk a little bit 196 00:15:05,279 --> 00:15:09,000 more about air Force because there's no question which way this game is going to 197 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:13,519 go. But you know, the Falcons they won, you know, double 198 00:15:13,559 --> 00:15:18,120 digit games again last season for the third straight full season. You know that, 199 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:22,120 you know, whip Baylor in the Bowl game and obviously won the Commander 200 00:15:22,159 --> 00:15:26,519 in Chief Trophy beating both Army and Navy last year. But probably a team 201 00:15:26,559 --> 00:15:31,519 that's going to lean the Falcons this year on its defense, because last year, 202 00:15:31,559 --> 00:15:35,519 you know, it was the Brad Roberts Haze Daniels show, including though 203 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:41,759 a defense that led the nation in total yards allowed last year just two hundred 204 00:15:41,759 --> 00:15:45,840 and fifty four point four. But nonetheless, Brad Roberts, that senior fullback, 205 00:15:45,879 --> 00:15:48,960 he was the nation's leading Russia was seventeen hundred and twenty eight yards, 206 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:52,240 one of the best to ever carry the football in Colorado Springs. And then 207 00:15:52,519 --> 00:15:56,360 how's he Daniels at quarterback. Both are gone, So it's going to be 208 00:15:56,399 --> 00:16:00,600 a team that's led by the defense side of the ball, where you likely 209 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:06,039 you're going to have ten of the eleven starting positions featuring guys that have starting 210 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,480 experience before. Three of the four top tacklers are back. Eleven of the 211 00:16:08,519 --> 00:16:12,080 top fifteen. You know, as I mentioned, they led the nation in 212 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,240 yards allowed at just two hundred and fifty four. They were third in scoring 213 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:21,519 defense at thirteen point four, which is I think a really impressive number when 214 00:16:21,519 --> 00:16:26,000 you take into consideration they play in the Mountain West against some really high powered 215 00:16:26,039 --> 00:16:29,679 offenses. You know, when they were second opponents first down allowed last year, 216 00:16:29,679 --> 00:16:30,679 which is one hundred and sixty eight. And how about this in their 217 00:16:30,759 --> 00:16:37,519 last two games San Diego State and Baylor their last two games of the season 218 00:16:37,639 --> 00:16:41,240 last year, winn to combine oh for twenty one on third down. I 219 00:16:41,279 --> 00:16:45,600 think it's going to be a team, especially early, that leans on a 220 00:16:45,679 --> 00:16:49,120 defense. Before we talk about replacing Roberts and Huzzy Daniels. Yeah, and 221 00:16:49,159 --> 00:16:53,399 the other The third person that is no longer with the team is their star 222 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:59,080 offensive tackle Average Smally. He's from Tampa. No longer on the team. 223 00:16:59,159 --> 00:17:03,679 He was, he left the only the only thing I saw was back in 224 00:17:03,759 --> 00:17:07,839 May they he departed the team that he is no longer on the team. 225 00:17:07,839 --> 00:17:11,240 He can't transfer. He's a junior, so there's no volunteer transfer there. 226 00:17:11,319 --> 00:17:18,039 But he is no longer with the football program. And so he was arguably 227 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:22,680 going to be a first team Mountain West offensive lineman. Uh this year's second 228 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,599 team last year, and they're gonna lose so they lose him as well. 229 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:29,400 So that's a third big piece on offense and part of the reason why I 230 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:33,160 think that they're going to rely even more on the defense. You mentioned something 231 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,680 a lot of the guys that are back, of course, Uh, you 232 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:41,240 look at the one one guy that's gone is of course Vince Sanford. But 233 00:17:41,319 --> 00:17:48,000 I really do think that the linebacking corps in Colorado springs with with air Force. 234 00:17:48,039 --> 00:17:52,200 They're so good, they're big, they can move. I really do 235 00:17:52,319 --> 00:17:56,640 think that that's gonna be big for them, especially uh you know, the 236 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:00,240 lines not it's not over. It's not to be a big sized lineman. 237 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:06,480 You know, they don't recruit big lineman at air Force on either side of 238 00:18:06,599 --> 00:18:11,000 the ball. But I but I certainly think that the linebacking corps is going 239 00:18:11,039 --> 00:18:15,480 to be so key, especially early, making sure that they're able to keep 240 00:18:15,839 --> 00:18:19,000 the points, the point totals down. On offense, They're going to be 241 00:18:19,079 --> 00:18:25,119 able to get pressure on quarterbacks, and I really do think that it's going 242 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:29,680 to be really, really key on the linebackers early. Yeah, I agree 243 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:33,359 with you one hundred percent. There on the offensive side of the football, 244 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,759 Steve, you know clearly Daniels and Roberts are gone. We know that Troy 245 00:18:37,799 --> 00:18:42,680 Calhoun is never one to tip his hand. If there's anybody that plays it 246 00:18:42,799 --> 00:18:47,799 closer than close to the vest, it's Troy Calhoun, the Falcon's head coach. 247 00:18:47,839 --> 00:18:49,240 And I think we found that out last year when we talked to him 248 00:18:49,279 --> 00:18:55,799 on this show. Yeah, I haven't interviewed him many many times. You 249 00:18:55,839 --> 00:19:00,319 know over the years. You know he is not one to give anything away 250 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,960 and he's not going to give it away with who is starting quarterback is going 251 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,960 to be. But what we do know is I think it will be one 252 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:14,240 of the three between Jensen Jones, Zach Larier and Ben Britain in contention. 253 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,319 You know, as far as Brad Roberts, I think it's going to be 254 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:22,799 a probably a replacement by committee to start the year. But senior John Lee 255 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:27,599 Eldridge had two and seventy six yards rushing last year where he could play, 256 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:32,480 you know, with the slot at slash, tailback or fullback. I think 257 00:19:32,519 --> 00:19:36,559 he got several other guys that you know, Jalen Johnson, Dane Kinneman that 258 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:40,799 you know, there's going to be a multitude of guys until you can find 259 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:45,119 who that replacement is. But you've got an abundance of options and air force 260 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,880 has been known. I mean we know that Troy Cannon, especially early and 261 00:19:49,079 --> 00:19:53,400 especially against the team that you're probably going to have a game in doubt at 262 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:57,680 halftime, you're going to be able to play basically everybody that's dressed out, 263 00:19:57,799 --> 00:20:02,799 and you might even are pulling you know, running backs and quarterbacks out of 264 00:20:02,839 --> 00:20:06,079 the stands if you need a few snaps within five minutes of the four in 265 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:07,880 you know, the game ending in the fourth quarter. State. Yeah, 266 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:12,759 absolutely. I think that there are going to be times, especially this early 267 00:20:14,599 --> 00:20:18,039 in the season, that if you and I were in the stands at Falcons 268 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:22,799 Stadium, that Troy Calhoun may pull one of us down to try and get 269 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:27,519 some snaps at fullback. Because I think it's gonna be that. It's gonna 270 00:20:27,559 --> 00:20:30,559 be that sort of Hey, I'm gonna play, I'm gonna try and play 271 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:34,960 everybody. Uh, you know, you've got a team in Robert Morris that's 272 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:41,440 really very bad and is going to struggle here. And I think that this 273 00:20:41,559 --> 00:20:45,359 is going to be a perfect you know, having having spring football and having 274 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:49,640 training camp is all well and good. You know, when you're going up 275 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:53,160 against guys that are wearing the same color helmet, you know, you can 276 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:56,200 at least see, you can at least determine. Okay, these are the 277 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,440 guys that I think are going to be good, And these are the guys 278 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:02,720 that I think are going to be Scout team, guys, this is going 279 00:21:02,759 --> 00:21:06,680 to be the game when you've got someone else with a different colored helmet and 280 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:11,359 with an RMU on the side of that helmet, you're gonna be able to 281 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,920 find out. Okay, these are the guys that I'm going to make sure 282 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,759 that when a game is on the line late, They're the ones that I'm 283 00:21:18,759 --> 00:21:22,039 going to have to be sure that these are the guys that I'm gonna want 284 00:21:22,079 --> 00:21:26,960 to give the football too. Yeah. Absolutely, for those scoring at home, 285 00:21:27,279 --> 00:21:30,799 well, just real quickly, on the offensive line, you've got to 286 00:21:30,839 --> 00:21:33,720 one thing that always helps you when you're breaking in a new quarterback is to 287 00:21:33,759 --> 00:21:40,519 have a veteran center and Thorpe Pagley along who was named to the watch list 288 00:21:40,559 --> 00:21:44,240 for the Lombardi and the Outland Trophy. And then you also have an offensive 289 00:21:44,279 --> 00:21:48,440 guard back along with three other guys that you know at least split time and 290 00:21:48,519 --> 00:21:52,319 drew some spot starts here there last year on the offensive line. But you 291 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:56,759 know, for those scoring at home, Steve preseason, Mountain West Pole, 292 00:21:56,119 --> 00:22:00,759 I think air Force getting a lot of respect this year is well they should, 293 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,759 but is it too much respect, especially when you're having to replace a 294 00:22:03,759 --> 00:22:07,880 lot you know of on the offensive side of the ball. Air Force picked 295 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:12,839 to finish second in the Mountain West behind Boise State. Boise State getting twenty 296 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:15,960 eight first place votes, followed by Air Force with two of the first place 297 00:22:17,039 --> 00:22:22,440 votes, Fresno State third or five first place votes in San Diego State with 298 00:22:22,519 --> 00:22:26,319 one first place vote. Mountain West is scrapping divisions. They're going, you 299 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:30,000 know, like a lot of these leagues have done, so you're going to 300 00:22:30,079 --> 00:22:32,960 take the two best. You're not playing the divisions anymore. It'll be the 301 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:37,640 two best teams to finish in the regular season that square off for the conference 302 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:41,880 championship. So I think a lot of respect for the Falcons being picked second 303 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:45,480 this year in the preseason Bowl, especially from a team that when they had 304 00:22:45,599 --> 00:22:48,279 Hazee Daniels and Brad Roberts last year, they did within them on West championship. 305 00:22:48,319 --> 00:22:52,279 They didn't even get into the title game last year. So I think 306 00:22:52,279 --> 00:22:56,519 that's that's a lot of respect, and I think it's well deserved. But 307 00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:00,960 I think that now the pressure is on. Now you've got to perform, 308 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:04,200 all right, Robert Morris at Air Force Saturday, one pm Eastern Standard Time 309 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,839 on Altitude Sports. All right, let's get to the Army Black Night, 310 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:12,640 Steve, because the Black Nights. They are opening up the season on the 311 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:18,680 road at the Warhawks at ul Monroe, Louisiana, Monroe a seven pm Eastern 312 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:22,119 Standard time kickoff. It's going to be a whiteout at Malone's Stadium. On 313 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:26,960 the NFL Network, Army giving ten points over under last I check forty seven 314 00:23:26,039 --> 00:23:30,599 and a half. Let's talk about Army at a high level. We touched 315 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,799 on him last week, but a new quarterback, Bryson Daily, he's going 316 00:23:33,839 --> 00:23:41,960 to be taking the snaps in this new shotgun style option offense. Meredith was 317 00:23:41,039 --> 00:23:45,400 hurt. Senior Alex Meredith who was hurt. He was battling for the starting 318 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:49,079 job and preseason suffered a season ending knee injury as he was battling with Bryson 319 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:53,039 Daily. Now Daily, the six foot junior from Abernathy, Texas, he 320 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:57,880 will be the starter under center. You've got Dwayne Coleman listed as the number 321 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,920 two, and then freshman lay Robinson is going to be third on the Army 322 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,519 depth chart at quarterback. And it's all about the quarterback, especially at Army, 323 00:24:04,559 --> 00:24:08,920 pulling the strings. You know. He Daily played five games last year, 324 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:15,440 including his first career touchdown a sixty four yard run against U. L. 325 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,839 Monroe. But this is going to be a little bit different. Obviously, 326 00:24:18,039 --> 00:24:22,000 new look offense with a new quarterback. Army has been blessed with several 327 00:24:22,039 --> 00:24:26,160 guys, you know, over the last few years with a ton of experience. 328 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,160 That's not going to be the case this year, but you do have 329 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:33,240 a lot of experience around him, maybe at a fullback in a running back 330 00:24:33,279 --> 00:24:37,359 spot that is the deepest position on the offensive side of the ball. Yeah. 331 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,119 We talked about last week about the new the new look offense for Navy. 332 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:45,680 The new look offense for Army, I think could be even more interesting 333 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,640 with Drew Thatcher coming on as offensive coordinator. Of course, Thatcher was at 334 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:56,079 my favorite Division two program, University of Nebraska Carney, So I think that 335 00:24:56,759 --> 00:25:02,440 having the shotgun style option offense, I think this is going to be very 336 00:25:02,519 --> 00:25:07,759 interesting. Hearing reports from UH from their scrimmage that took place a couple of 337 00:25:07,759 --> 00:25:12,920 weeks ago, UH the first couple of series they came out three wide. 338 00:25:14,599 --> 00:25:18,920 They they were coming out three wide with a tight end and a single running 339 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,640 back UH and and trying to throw the football, which I think is going 340 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,559 to be very interesting. They have one of the most I think, maybe 341 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:32,319 the most interesting wide receiver to come out of a triple option style offense since 342 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:38,960 Calvin Johnson. In Isaiah Alston, he is really really impressive. And from 343 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,559 the reports that I've gotten, he was Moss and guys in spring camp, 344 00:25:42,599 --> 00:25:48,039 he was Moss and guys in uh, in the in the scrimmage that took 345 00:25:48,079 --> 00:25:52,559 place. I really think that you know, if they get anywhere close to 346 00:25:52,599 --> 00:25:57,079 the end zone and went by anywhere clause I'm talking within thirty yards of the 347 00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:02,319 end zone, don't be surprised to see the Black Knights take a shot early, 348 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,759 uh, and just put the ball up there, let Austin run under 349 00:26:06,799 --> 00:26:11,519 it. And because he's like six foot four, uh, you know, 350 00:26:11,599 --> 00:26:14,240 six three or six four, he's a lot bigger than a lot of the 351 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:18,359 defensive backs that he's going to see this year. And I could see him 352 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,359 outside of you know, the game against LSU that we'll talk about later on 353 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,240 in the season. Uh, you know, going up and taking the ball 354 00:26:25,279 --> 00:26:30,640 away from defensive backs and getting army touchdowns that they're not going to have to 355 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:34,880 grind out. M Yeah, Jeff munkin the army head coach. You know, 356 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,160 pretty frustrated, you know, after the last couple of seasons when they 357 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:42,119 you know, basically the NC doublea eliminated cut blocking. Whether that's you know, 358 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,799 directly indicative to that Army record of six and six last year, we 359 00:26:45,799 --> 00:26:49,160 don't know, but what he What we do know is it's going to have 360 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:53,000 a new look to this Black Night offense this year, I think, largely 361 00:26:53,039 --> 00:26:57,640 predicated by you know, some of the offensive struggles last year, but also 362 00:26:57,799 --> 00:27:02,400 some of the rule changes as well as it's going to look different this year. 363 00:27:03,519 --> 00:27:06,839 What they've done, what Army's done, is basically going to the shotgun. 364 00:27:06,839 --> 00:27:10,119 They've combined the B backs, you know, with the A backs. 365 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:14,079 The B backs were traditionally what was known as the fullback. Jakobe Buchanan and 366 00:27:14,839 --> 00:27:19,519 Tyson Riley both back to standouts at that position, ton of experience, but 367 00:27:19,559 --> 00:27:25,079 then you throw them in with Hayden Reid and mark ll Johnson and Jarelle Dixon, 368 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,799 and then you know Miles Stewart and you got a freshman Kanye Udo, 369 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:33,200 and then we're not even talking about Tyroll Robinson just yet. He's not going 370 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:37,160 to be ready for the opener. That dynamic running back last year who hurt 371 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:41,640 his knee season ending ACL injury against wake Forrest in October. He's not going 372 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,920 to be ready for the season opener. Boy, he was electric when he 373 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,799 played last year. Three touchdowns all of forty two yards or more in Armies 374 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:53,079 first five games before they lost him. That's another dynamic athlete you have in 375 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:57,960 the offensive backfield. It's going to be very, very deep, at least 376 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:03,279 for this new look offense. On defense, you know inside linebacker Leo Loewen, 377 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,799 he's going to leave the charge. And I think Army's one of those 378 00:28:06,799 --> 00:28:11,640 teams that has been fairly underrated defensively in the past few seasons. It's always 379 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:15,799 the offense at an academy, especially triple option. But we will see what 380 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:23,079 this Army offense looks like as they will kick off Steve at seven pm against 381 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:29,400 Louis M. Monroe on the NFL Network Saturday night. Yeah, it should 382 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:33,839 be a fun one, that is for sure. All Right, Army finishing 383 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,559 six and six last year. Can they do better? We will see as 384 00:28:37,599 --> 00:28:41,559 they are going to get underway. We are underway here on Yards and Stripeshire 385 00:28:41,599 --> 00:28:47,200 Home for Service Academy Football. We got some picks to do for this weekend's 386 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:51,319 games. We got our Travis Mannion Foundation Honorable segment coming up where honor a 387 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:55,160 fallen hero that has given the ultimate sacrifice. You can find out more about 388 00:28:55,039 --> 00:28:59,039 the Travis Mannion Foundation online at Travis Mannion dot org. We'll do that when 389 00:28:59,039 --> 00:29:02,640 we come back here on Argent Stripes. Steve Karney, I'm Pryce Akinson here 390 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:07,000 on yarg and Stripes. In two thousand and seven, Marine First Lieutenant Travis 391 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:11,400 Mannion was killed in Iraq after saving his wooded teammates. 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As we continue on in this episode of the yardg 398 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:45,599 and Stripes, you know we've come to that point where we want to remember 399 00:29:45,599 --> 00:29:48,559 a fallen hero won the his gimmon, the ultimate sacrifice for our nation, 400 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:53,160 for our Freedoms and our Travis Manion Foundation Honor Roll segment, and in this 401 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:57,839 week's TMF Honroll, We're gonna remember Russell E. Madden, United States Army. 402 00:29:59,119 --> 00:30:03,079 He was a member of the one hundred and third Airborne Brigade Combat Team 403 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:07,759 when Army Specialists Madden died in a rocket propelled grenade attack on his convoy in 404 00:30:07,799 --> 00:30:12,720 Afghanistan during Operation and Enduring Freedom. He was just twenty nine years old. 405 00:30:14,799 --> 00:30:18,680 Specialist Madden was a native of Dayton, Kentucky. Graduated from Bellevue High School, 406 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,519 where he was a standout athlete in football. He loved sports, animals, 407 00:30:22,519 --> 00:30:25,640 and music. He played running back, linebacker, kicker, and punt 408 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:30,160 returner until he graduated in two thousand. The Bellevue High School football team went 409 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:33,000 twenty two and three in his last two years at the school. He also 410 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:37,079 wanted to be on the front lines helping his fellow soldiers fight the war. 411 00:30:37,279 --> 00:30:40,519 He was on his first tour of duty as a lead gunner for the convoy 412 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:44,720 escorts and always said he was never going to leave one of his battle buddies 413 00:30:44,759 --> 00:30:48,519 and had a heart of gold. Specialist Madden was a young man who was 414 00:30:48,559 --> 00:30:52,319 focused on getting his life to be the best he could be. He was 415 00:30:52,359 --> 00:30:56,319 a good father, a good husband, a good son, and a good 416 00:30:56,359 --> 00:31:02,559 brother. His legacy is that he was selfish and his humility as the character 417 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:07,759 trait used to describe him through TMF quote, he was someone very unselfish end 418 00:31:07,839 --> 00:31:11,279 quotes at his high school football coach Charlie Coleman, to be your high school 419 00:31:11,319 --> 00:31:15,359 quarterback and willing to give up that position to go play another position to make 420 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:19,000 the team better. That's how I remember Russell Madden end quote. He focused 421 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,680 on other things while putting himself on the back burner and showing people that they 422 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:29,160 were part of something bigger than themselves. His pride shoulder as a soldier should 423 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:33,920 translate into a sense of pride for all of us. Sergeant Madden Specialist Maddens 424 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,720 survived by his wife Michelle, his son Parker, his stepson Jared, his 425 00:31:37,759 --> 00:31:41,079 mom and dad, and many many friends there back in Kentucky. So we 426 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:45,119 take the time to honor and remember folks like Russell Madden who gave that ultimate 427 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:49,640 sacrifice for our freedoms. And you can check out more online that Travismanion dot 428 00:31:49,759 --> 00:31:53,920 org as their nine to eleven Heroes runs are coming up in communities across the 429 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,160 country. You can sign up to ruck, run, walk, whatever it 430 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:04,240 is to honor a fallen hero that you know or somebody in from your community 431 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:09,640 and acquaintance. These are happening again all across America during the month of September. 432 00:32:09,759 --> 00:32:14,559 Again. 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Check them out online at Travismanion dot 441 00:32:51,759 --> 00:32:54,559 org. You can find out ways that you can support TMF. They've got 442 00:32:54,559 --> 00:33:00,960 The nine to eleven Heroes Run are happening nationwide in a community near you. 443 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,319 You can run, walk, rut whatever it is you want to do to 444 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,640 honor a fallen hero, someone that you know, or just support TMF in 445 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:13,359 general. And they're doing just fantastic work in communities across the country to honor 446 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:17,480 the legacy of service of those that have given the ultimate sacrifice. Again online 447 00:33:17,519 --> 00:33:23,400 Travismanion dot Org. All right, Stephen, a few news and notes to 448 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:29,359 pass along with your friend. The Air Force Academy. They announcing some new 449 00:33:29,559 --> 00:33:32,680 uniforms. Alternate uniforms. Boy, those are the those are favorites of the 450 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:39,720 academies as they showdown usually with new you know threads for every service Academy matchup. 451 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:45,519 Well, the Air Force Academy is going to where these new uniforms that 452 00:33:45,559 --> 00:33:49,960 are going to pay tribute to the Doolittle Raiders in their game against the Naval 453 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:54,599 Academy on October the twenty feet. These will honor the participants in the air 454 00:33:54,640 --> 00:34:00,359 attack on Japan during World War Two. It's it's scarnered some you know, 455 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:05,839 mostly positive reactions, especially with those chrome dome helmets. A little bit of 456 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:10,760 negative, but these things are sharp and the pictures they showed online with the 457 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:15,119 Air Force Academy and making the announcement the all white, white top, white 458 00:34:15,119 --> 00:34:21,800 bottoms, but those chrome helmets again honoring the do Little Raiders, the group 459 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:25,519 of eighty pilots led by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle himself at bomb targets in Tokyo 460 00:34:25,559 --> 00:34:30,199 and other military locations in Japan on April the eighteenth, nineteen forty two, 461 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:36,519 as a response to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor more than four months earlier. 462 00:34:36,559 --> 00:34:39,880 Steve Color me a fan. I think they are sharp. Yeah, 463 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:45,760 they are as as the kids like to say fire. They're fantastic looking uniforms. 464 00:34:46,159 --> 00:34:52,039 You mentioned the chrome helmets with the Beach twenty five bomber on the side 465 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:58,760 in silhouette, and I really do like them. I think they're really really 466 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:04,559 sharp looking. And I'm I agree with you that there are times when you 467 00:35:04,559 --> 00:35:09,800 know, the shiny helmets don't do a whole lot, uh for for a 468 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:15,800 uniform. You know, sometimes it's nice to have the Matt colored uniform, 469 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:20,880 the Matt uniform, the Matt helmet to go with your uniform. I especially 470 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:25,920 like the Matt black look when it comes to uniforms. But these chrome helmets, 471 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:30,679 especially if you know what to be twenty five looks like and how shiny 472 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:37,840 and and you know how chromed out those were. You have to you have 473 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:40,519 to respect, you know, the look, And I think they look fantastic. 474 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,880 Yeah, I'm with you. I mean they're they're the simpleness of the 475 00:35:46,039 --> 00:35:49,639 all white, the white top and the white pants. I like that, 476 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:52,599 and then the chrome on top. That simple is usually a winner for me. 477 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:57,679 All right. A couple other news around for the Air Force Cademy Blue 478 00:35:57,679 --> 00:36:01,039 and Silver Club tickets sold out for this sea season's it's a yup, it's 479 00:36:01,079 --> 00:36:05,400 a patch works. Yeah. When you win a ten games, double digit 480 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:10,119 wins three out of the last four seasons, you're bound to put butts in 481 00:36:10,199 --> 00:36:15,360 the seats. And that's what Troy Calhoun's program is doing as they are renovating 482 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:19,679 the east side of Falcon Stadium. Schedule to be done next season, but 483 00:36:20,679 --> 00:36:23,880 looking for another special year there in Colorado Springs a place that I love going 484 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:29,639 to watch a college football game. Senior safety Trade Taylor second team All Mountain 485 00:36:29,679 --> 00:36:34,320 West Conference selection a year ago. He's been named to the Negursky the Jim 486 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:37,159 Thorpe watch list, as well as the Chuck bed Nerrick Award watch list. 487 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:43,320 Also to the Reese's Senior Bowl, prestigious All Star Game at the end of 488 00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:47,960 the season. So he has been littering a lot of the preseason watch list. 489 00:36:49,039 --> 00:36:52,159 Speaking a preseason watch list Army team captain and inside linebacker Leo Loewen. 490 00:36:52,679 --> 00:36:58,000 He's nominated for the Campbell Trophy, which is the nation's top football scholar athlete. 491 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,960 He's also on the Big Nerrick Award watch lists. If you remember, 492 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:07,000 he had a career high sixteen tackles in that Army Navy game last season when 493 00:37:07,039 --> 00:37:10,559 he was named the Army Navy Game Player of the Game voted on by the 494 00:37:10,639 --> 00:37:15,280 Philadelphia Sports Writers Association, and then Austin Hill Army defensive lineman named to the 495 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:20,559 Werfel Trophy watch list. That's for community service and not to be outdone. 496 00:37:20,559 --> 00:37:23,800 The Naval Academy senior quarterback Ty Lavati coming back from that knee injury, and 497 00:37:24,079 --> 00:37:29,039 also junior defensive back to Shaun Peel. They are have been named to the 498 00:37:29,079 --> 00:37:32,119 watch list for the twenty twenty three Comeback Player of the Year awards. So 499 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:37,000 a lot of Academy players on preseason watch list. Stephen, Yeah, it's 500 00:37:37,119 --> 00:37:40,519 it's good to see, you know, being being on some of those uh, 501 00:37:40,639 --> 00:37:45,480 some of those Trophy watch List, the Thorpe, the Beneric uh, 502 00:37:45,599 --> 00:37:49,960 those are those are fantastic groups to be a part of. And of course 503 00:37:50,039 --> 00:37:53,960 the Campbell Trophy for Community service that I would think that should go to a 504 00:37:54,039 --> 00:37:59,440 Service Academy Football member every single year, if you, if you ask me, 505 00:37:59,559 --> 00:38:04,159 even though uh you'll you'll see that get get spread the love gets spread 506 00:38:04,199 --> 00:38:08,519 around. But there should always be Service Academy Football members on the Campbell watch 507 00:38:08,639 --> 00:38:14,559 List to peel the layers back a little bit for your listeners. Typically most 508 00:38:14,639 --> 00:38:19,119 of these watch list comes down to the Sports Information director for football filling out 509 00:38:19,159 --> 00:38:22,239 a form uh and then usually being signed off by the coaching staff that's sent 510 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:27,280 in and then sometimes they have committees. Sometimes they just take all the nominees 511 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:31,400 and put them on the preseason lists. So I filled out several forms of 512 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:35,880 those in the past. All right, So it's cool. It's cool to 513 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,360 get it's cool to get the look behind the scenes, because I never would 514 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:45,239 have known that that some watch lists aren't being you know, they just that 515 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:49,039 they just throw all the all the sheets in a pile. I figured that 516 00:38:49,079 --> 00:38:52,760 at least they would have an intern or somebody going through going okay, I 517 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:57,400 get that when I get that one, I get that one. Let me 518 00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:00,159 take a look at that one. No, not on that one. Uh 519 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:06,800 what Alabama Alabama communities are No, no, no, you know, some 520 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:09,679 are a little bit more extensive than other. Some have voting committees where you 521 00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:13,320 can vote on like player of the Week and stuff like that. I think 522 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,320 the four Award is one of those. Uh one I've been on the selection 523 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:20,199 committee for. I believe that one's based out of Tallahassee. I think, 524 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:24,320 you know, some are just different, you know. And what's the offensive 525 00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:28,760 line? When the Colt Kublick, that's uh, that's a fairly for the 526 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,719 in depth. No, it's not Lombardi. It's for the young Oh god, 527 00:39:32,119 --> 00:39:36,519 the block. No, it's not a it's for the best offensive line 528 00:39:36,559 --> 00:39:44,239 collection valet. What is it called Michigan's That's what it sounds like. But 529 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,760 it's not. It's I can't remember. I'm not going to belabor the point 530 00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:50,719 now. I can't remember the name of it, but it's it's basically almost 531 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:54,159 a three man committee and they're looking at statistics every week, and they're looking 532 00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:57,719 at, you know, the way players great and stuff like that. So 533 00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:00,679 that one's a little bit more extensive, especially when you're talking about a full 534 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:06,480 unit versus like one player. All right, time to get down to the 535 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:10,280 picks. Two games again, we've mentioned the Naval Academy off. They will 536 00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:15,599 return home for their home opener on Saturday, September night against Wagner their Navy 537 00:40:15,639 --> 00:40:20,039 Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, but getting the weekend off as they got back from 538 00:40:20,119 --> 00:40:25,199 Dublin. But the first game this weekend. Steve Robert Morris at Air Forces 539 00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:29,599 mentioned a little bit earlier. Air Force is one of the best in the 540 00:40:29,679 --> 00:40:35,679 country, a streak right now, sixteenth straight. You know openers that they've 541 00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:40,159 won, only trailing Ohio State and Alabama never lost to an FCS opponent, 542 00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:46,840 especially there in Falcon Stadium. It's gonna be a lot to a little when 543 00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:50,960 it comes to a pick in this one. I don't know how bad the 544 00:40:51,039 --> 00:40:52,920 spread will be. I'm gonna just say something to the tune of like sixty 545 00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:57,480 two to three. Yeah, I t I tend to As I said, 546 00:40:57,519 --> 00:41:02,360 there's no current line for or as we're recording this for Air Force and Robert 547 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:07,440 Morris, and normally you won't see a line because it's FBS versus FCS and 548 00:41:07,599 --> 00:41:12,599 really, there's no line that's big enough for a smart better to take Robert 549 00:41:12,679 --> 00:41:16,119 Morris, and no and no betting house anywhere is going to make a line 550 00:41:16,159 --> 00:41:21,519 big enough for someone to take Robert Morris. This is going to be ugly. 551 00:41:21,679 --> 00:41:25,679 As I said, bowling shoe ugly. Sixty two to three sounds right. 552 00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:30,880 I wouldn't be surprised if it was fifty six nothing. Uh, you 553 00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:34,239 know, I think it would be very, very difficult for Robert Morris to 554 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:37,280 even get on the scoreboard. This is going to be uh now, what 555 00:41:37,519 --> 00:41:44,840 seventeen home openers in a row for the Falcons. It's it's not even going 556 00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:47,840 to be close. Like, anybody that's worried about Robert Morris needs to have 557 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:53,800 their head examined. Yeah. I's mentioned that Bobby Moe waszer and eleven last 558 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:58,960 year. They've got sixteen starters back, eight on defense. But how they're 559 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,280 going to even keep with the Falcons? There? One of their big one 560 00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:06,000 of their big I mean, one of their big acquisitions this year in the 561 00:42:06,039 --> 00:42:09,800 transfer portal is a guy that played at Robert Morris for three years, transferred 562 00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:15,000 out to Lakawana College and now he is back for another year at Robert Morris. 563 00:42:15,119 --> 00:42:20,719 I mean, if if a big acquisition is a guy that you got 564 00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:27,039 rid of last year, you can't you can't be any good folks. Those 565 00:42:27,119 --> 00:42:30,599 are the only kind of nuggets you get here on Yards and Stripes from Steve 566 00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:35,960 Carney. How about delivering forty right there with that Bobby Moe nugget again, 567 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,679 the first ever meeting between the two schools. Eleven am Local time, one 568 00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:44,559 pm Eastern on Altitude Sports Network, Robert Morris at Air Force. All Right, 569 00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,119 the Black Nights hitting the road. It's gonna be a white out at 570 00:42:47,159 --> 00:42:52,119 Malone Stadium. Is they're going to take on Louisiana Monroe the Warhawks on NFL 571 00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:57,400 Network seven pm Eastern Standard time, Standard time for this one. The fighting 572 00:42:57,559 --> 00:43:00,639 Terry Bowdens with led by Defensive Corps nator Vick Coney, a couple of guys 573 00:43:00,679 --> 00:43:06,559 that, yeah, I've certainly got a little bit of history with from their 574 00:43:06,599 --> 00:43:09,840 time you know here at Clemson. Terry Balden most recently was on Dabos Sweeney 575 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:15,599 staff several years ago as an analyst before he got the job at UL Monroe. 576 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:19,920 They've got eleven starters back, four on offense, five on defense. 577 00:43:20,079 --> 00:43:24,840 Is this will be third season four Terry Bowden overhauling a roster sty with forty 578 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:30,119 five scholarship newcomers, twenty six on defense, nineteen on offense. The Warhawks 579 00:43:30,159 --> 00:43:37,159 are one of four in Cuba FBS programs they have added forty or more scholarship 580 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:40,360 newcomers for the upcoming season. That would tell you that their personnel last year 581 00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:45,400 on that four and eighteen didn't get the job done. Now you look at 582 00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:49,960 what they were able to do, and they won four games last year at 583 00:43:50,039 --> 00:43:55,280 Malone Stadium. One was against Nichols, which I believe is of an FC 584 00:43:55,639 --> 00:44:02,320 is an FCS club then of course, uh they beat Louisiana Lafayette in the 585 00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:07,280 Battle on the Bayoux, so they beat La La or as they now just 586 00:44:07,519 --> 00:44:13,320 call it, Louisiana and Texas State, so they do not. I mean, 587 00:44:13,519 --> 00:44:19,639 they've got handled pretty well against the big teams in the Sun Belt Conference, 588 00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:23,280 whether you're looking at Troy, who they lost on the road, they 589 00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:30,639 lost at South Alabama, and they lost at home to Coastal Carolina, And 590 00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:35,559 I think that army is better than at least two of those three teams. 591 00:44:35,639 --> 00:44:40,000 I don't know about Coastal, but I certainly think that they You know that, 592 00:44:40,159 --> 00:44:47,480 I think that Army shouldn't have a big problem moving the football, especially 593 00:44:47,599 --> 00:44:52,679 if they come if they come out like they did in their in their scrimmage 594 00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:57,199 three wide, I think that Terry Bowden's jaw is gonna hit the floor. 595 00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:01,119 So it's gonna it's gonna hit the it's gonna get the turf at Malone's State, 596 00:45:01,159 --> 00:45:05,239 I'm like, oh my god, what in the world is this. 597 00:45:07,119 --> 00:45:10,760 I think that this is going to be a very, very big day and 598 00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:15,360 I think could be a very could be the the coming out party for Isaiah 599 00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:19,840 Alston. I would think that, uh this, this should be fun. 600 00:45:20,559 --> 00:45:25,599 I don't think I believe the spread now, is is it ten or ten 601 00:45:25,679 --> 00:45:32,320 and a half? I think that I think that's gonna be tough, uh 602 00:45:32,679 --> 00:45:39,480 to to cover. Uh mostly because I think that the total is going to 603 00:45:39,559 --> 00:45:45,239 be so low. Right now, the total is at forty seven. I 604 00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:50,559 would take the under on that one all day. But I think that, 605 00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:55,079 you know, if you look at I think this is gonna be twenty twenty 606 00:45:55,119 --> 00:46:00,360 four, twenty four fourteen maybe, uh So, I think I think it's 607 00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:02,519 gonna be tough for the Black Nights to cover. I think that they win 608 00:46:02,599 --> 00:46:07,039 this game. But I don't think they cover. Yeah, I'm with you. 609 00:46:07,239 --> 00:46:10,320 I like Army like you know, twenty six to twenty something like that. 610 00:46:12,639 --> 00:46:16,920 You know, graduate student Jia Wright is going to be the starting quarterback 611 00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:21,719 for the first time for ULM. He's the only guy with any he's the 612 00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:25,480 only guy with any any experience in this offense exactly. But he does have 613 00:46:25,559 --> 00:46:30,519 a big time super senior, Tyrone Howell, who led the team in receptions, 614 00:46:30,679 --> 00:46:34,320 touchdowns, receiving guards, basically every receiving category last year, was a 615 00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:37,880 preseason All Sun Belt second team selection by the media and head coaches, and 616 00:46:38,639 --> 00:46:42,480 you know, that's that's a weapon that they're going to have on the outside. 617 00:46:42,639 --> 00:46:45,039 But you know, even with it being Drew Thatcher's first game, this 618 00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:53,079 new look shotgun kind of style, you know, offensive option, We're going 619 00:46:53,159 --> 00:46:59,039 to find out a whole lot more what this offense really looks and feels like 620 00:46:59,239 --> 00:47:00,679 on Saturday. But even with that being said, you know, you know, 621 00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:05,000 there's going to be some growing pains, especially with you know, getting 622 00:47:05,079 --> 00:47:09,119 calls in and you know, a new quarterback under center. There's just going 623 00:47:09,199 --> 00:47:12,679 to be a few growing pains here. So I don't think the Army is 624 00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:15,119 going to run away with this one by any means. I do think they're 625 00:47:15,119 --> 00:47:17,639 going to go down. I think I think that it'll be a lesson. 626 00:47:17,719 --> 00:47:21,239 I'll think it'll be a single digit win, but I think it'll be an 627 00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:24,599 Army win. Nonetheless, I'll just say twenty six to twenty. Yeah, 628 00:47:24,679 --> 00:47:29,960 I'll go twenty four fourteen. All right, there you have it. We've 629 00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:32,480 got picks in, We've got you ready for both the games. This weekend, 630 00:47:32,599 --> 00:47:37,440 we took a look back on Navy and Notre Dame, and then for 631 00:47:37,559 --> 00:47:40,599 the first time this season, we'll have all three teams in action the following 632 00:47:40,679 --> 00:47:45,480 weekend, and so we will talk all about that on next week's episode of 633 00:47:45,639 --> 00:47:50,159 Arch and Stripes, your Home for Service Academy Football. Steven appreciated my man 634 00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:52,840 stay safe in the meantime down there with the hurricane coming through. All thoughts 635 00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:57,440 and prayers to you guys, and you know, everybody in the state of 636 00:47:57,480 --> 00:48:00,840 Florida along the South Carolina coast. Is it start making its way up, 637 00:48:00,519 --> 00:48:05,400 Yeah, it's gonna It's definitely a hunker down time for those of us here 638 00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:10,239 in the Sunshine State. But we're not going anywhere, and we're expecting a 639 00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:14,679 little bit of as we like to call it here in Florida, reign with 640 00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:21,440 the name here you go. Don't forget another episode next week Yards and Stripes, 641 00:48:21,679 --> 00:48:24,400 Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, wherever it is you listen to your podcast. 642 00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:27,840 We'll do it again. In the meantime, Have a safe, blessed, 643 00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:32,480 and enjoyable Labor Day weekend with football wall to wall starting on Thursday night all 644 00:48:32,519 --> 00:48:36,320 the way through Monday. Enjoy the weekend. We'll talk to you next week. 645 00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:44,159 Join us again next time for Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football. To 646 00:48:44,239 --> 00:48:47,679 get more on all things Service Academy Football, like Yards and Stripes on Facebook 647 00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:52,880 and follow them on Twitter at yards and Stripes. 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