1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:05,839 Need to get your football fix on all things Army, Navy and Air Force. 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:12,000 This is Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football. Now here are your hosts, 3 00:00:12,199 --> 00:00:17,440 Price Atkinson, Steve Carney and Mike Love. All the twenty twenty three 4 00:00:17,519 --> 00:00:23,199 college football season is upon us and you have come to your home for service 5 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:27,160 Academy football. Once again, we are Yards and Stripes your home for Service 6 00:00:27,199 --> 00:00:32,000 Academy Football as we are part of a college gridiron Coast to Coast podcast network 7 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,399 and I'm Price Atkinson and he is my man, Stephen Carney. Down in 8 00:00:36,439 --> 00:00:41,560 the Sunshine States. We're going to bring you everything that you need to know 9 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:46,320 all season long, Steve, about Army, Navy and Air Force. Is 10 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:50,759 the season is here. It's Navy and Notre Dame are kicking off in week 11 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,479 zero, and we will get into Army and Air Force in a little bit 12 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:57,000 as they will kick off next weekend. But all that aside, just for 13 00:00:57,079 --> 00:01:00,520 a second, Steven man, how has your summer been? How are you 14 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,760 It has been warm? The first thing, Price, you know, I 15 00:01:03,879 --> 00:01:11,920 work for Major League Baseball during the summer and my time is spent outdoors here 16 00:01:12,079 --> 00:01:17,599 in the Sunshine State of Florida, and with heat indexes of around one hundred 17 00:01:17,599 --> 00:01:23,079 and ten degrees trying to score nineteen or eighteen and nineteen year olds playing rookie 18 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:29,040 ball. It's definitely been a wild I feel like I've lost weight. The 19 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:33,799 scale tells me I haven't, but I feel like I have. But it's 20 00:01:33,799 --> 00:01:37,879 been It's been amazing and amazing off season for me. It's been a lot 21 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,959 of fun. But I'm excited. I mean, I don't know about you, 22 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:46,480 but college football seems to get going a little earlier every single year, 23 00:01:46,599 --> 00:01:49,120 and here we are week I know they call it week zero. This is 24 00:01:49,159 --> 00:01:55,879 a technically week double zero because zero is basically next week. But I mean, 25 00:01:56,159 --> 00:01:59,400 so we've got a couple of games that are going on, but none 26 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,640 are more important than the game that we're gonna get to here in just a 27 00:02:02,719 --> 00:02:08,199 few minutes, as Navy and Notre Dame get going in Ireland, no question 28 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:15,240 about it, the aer Lingus College Football Classic R Lingus. I don't have 29 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:20,560 the Ireland lingo down, Steven, help me out with that, but come 30 00:02:20,599 --> 00:02:27,719 on, price, it's Ireland in Dublin. Nonetheless, a Viva Stadium Navy 31 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,240 Notre Dame that the number thirteen rank Irish in both polls without a doubt. 32 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:35,360 As you said the game of the weekend that if you're going to be watching 33 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,479 college football, look, we've been starved for it all offseason. Everybody's going 34 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:42,400 to suck up every bit that you can. That's on the two. But 35 00:02:42,479 --> 00:02:46,360 if there's the like the game, it's no question about it. It's Navy 36 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:50,520 in Notre Dame, which will kick off at two thirty on Saturday. Before 37 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,360 we get into it, Steven and you know, break down the game and 38 00:02:53,039 --> 00:02:57,360 talk about you know, we'll hit on all three of the teams here real 39 00:02:57,439 --> 00:02:59,879 quick, but you know, let's start with Navy because they are on deck 40 00:03:00,039 --> 00:03:04,039 first, real fast. It has been an offseason the changes. Brian Newberry, 41 00:03:04,159 --> 00:03:07,280 first year head coach. This will be his first game leading the midshipment 42 00:03:07,319 --> 00:03:12,520 out after serving as a defensive coordinator the last several years. We obviously no 43 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:16,240 coach Kenney Mantalolo unceremoniously let go in the locker room immediately after the Army Navy 44 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:21,120 game last year. Check Glad Chuck, the athletic director at the Academy and 45 00:03:21,159 --> 00:03:27,840 Annapolis. He installs Brian Newberry as the new head coach, and for a 46 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,719 team where defense really has led the way. We will always think about triple 47 00:03:30,759 --> 00:03:35,479 option and offense, especially at the academies, but it's been the defense. 48 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,840 It's led the way for the midshipman. The last couple of seasons. You've 49 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:43,319 got nine starters back. The entire defensive line is back. They were number 50 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,840 three in the country and rush yards allowed last season, and that's after facing 51 00:03:46,919 --> 00:03:51,159 three of the top ten rushing offenses in the country. So that was no 52 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,159 fluke in terms of a number, but no doubt about it. I think 53 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:59,360 this team is going to be led on the defensive side of the football with 54 00:03:59,479 --> 00:04:02,360 Brian new Berry. That is his calling card. You move up PJ. 55 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:06,479 Volker, who move up from a position coach now as a defensive coordinator, 56 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:13,520 has been with Brian Newberry for several seasons quarterback. There's some familiar names, 57 00:04:13,599 --> 00:04:15,519 there's some new names. We're going to get into that, but you know, 58 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,920 overall, this is going to be somewhat of a little bit of a 59 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:25,639 new look for Navy with a new head coach and a brand new offensive coordinator 60 00:04:25,759 --> 00:04:29,720 that came from Kennesau State who's going to be running a little bit more of 61 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,240 a wrinkle with that spread option. Yeah. Absolutely, you look at what 62 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:38,560 Navy has done from you can go all the way back to I mean, 63 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:44,800 you can go back decades, but really with Paul Johnson moving into Kenny Neomatalolo, 64 00:04:45,319 --> 00:04:50,360 there was a very it was very clear how about what the triple option 65 00:04:50,519 --> 00:04:58,720 meant to the midshipment and now bringing elevating Brian Newberry to head coach from defensive 66 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:04,439 coordinator, and you look at what the athletic department did in bringing in a 67 00:05:04,519 --> 00:05:09,959 new a new offensive coordinator from Kennislaw State. This team is going to look 68 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:15,000 much like Kennisau State did over the last couple of years. Yes, there 69 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,279 is still going to be triple option, but you're going to see more passing 70 00:05:18,439 --> 00:05:24,040 from the midshipman this year than you have in years passed with the With the 71 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:30,839 new offensive coordinator, Grant Chestnut coming in, as I mentioned, you're going 72 00:05:30,879 --> 00:05:35,439 to see different formations. You're not going to just see the flexbone out there. 73 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:40,839 You're going to see eye formations. You're going to see pro style formations. 74 00:05:40,879 --> 00:05:44,360 You're going to see the spread option out there with a single back, 75 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,560 and I really do think that that's going to be a real interesting feel for 76 00:05:49,079 --> 00:05:57,439 the midshipman, especially the upperclassmen that have now had three or four years even 77 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:03,240 in the triple option and the flexbone that Kenya Mantalolo ran for so many years 78 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:11,439 in Annapolis. It's gonna be real interesting to see how things look with Brian 79 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,600 Newberry at the helm. And I think it's going to be to be you 80 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,199 know, to be honest, I think it's gonna be fun. I think 81 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,759 it's gonna be Uh, We're gonna be really interested to see how it looks. 82 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:26,480 Maybe not so much this week with Notre Dame, but in the upcoming 83 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:30,639 weeks when when Navy gets into its full schedule and gets back from Ireland, 84 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,839 I think you're going to see something very interesting from them. Yeah, you 85 00:06:33,959 --> 00:06:39,120 mentioned Grant Chestnut, the new offensive coordinator in the word You've said several times. 86 00:06:39,199 --> 00:06:43,360 Look, I think what fans are going to look and see is they're 87 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,600 going to see an offense uses a lot more form different formations, and a 88 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:51,079 lot more motion to go along with a quicker passing attack. You know, 89 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:56,879 the fullbacks. Uh Daba Fofana has talked about, you know this August camp 90 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:01,240 about you know, yes, full back will be continually used in that triple 91 00:07:01,319 --> 00:07:04,959 option style with this offense. But you know, coming out of the backfield 92 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:10,079 catching some quick passes or two which will almost act like his runs in a 93 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,319 lot of ways. But it's just something to try and keep the defense going 94 00:07:13,399 --> 00:07:15,160 to side to side. They didn't want to show their cards certainly, and 95 00:07:15,319 --> 00:07:17,160 you know a lot of the things they've talked about, you know, with 96 00:07:17,279 --> 00:07:20,040 what the offense is going to look like. But you go back and watch 97 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:24,079 some of the film from when Grant Chestnut was a kind of Saw State for 98 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:28,199 several seasons running the spread option. I mean, they had some big offensive 99 00:07:28,279 --> 00:07:31,759 numbers where they ranked in the top three in the FCS in rushing offense six 100 00:07:31,839 --> 00:07:34,639 of the last seven years. You know, Brian Bohannon, the head coach 101 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:40,240 at kind of Saw obviously as a disciple of Paul Johnson and Kenney and Mantalolo, 102 00:07:40,319 --> 00:07:44,959 having played it coached at the Naval Academy when all those guys were there. 103 00:07:45,079 --> 00:07:47,759 So I think you're just it's going to have a different look, in 104 00:07:47,839 --> 00:07:54,000 a different feel, but certainly the onus is still going to be on running 105 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,639 the triple option, and it's going to be a little bit like what I 106 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,959 think that you're going to see, not identical in any way shape or four, 107 00:08:00,279 --> 00:08:01,800 but Army changing things up. We'll get to that in a little bit. 108 00:08:01,879 --> 00:08:07,000 But it's an evolution. It's a it's an evolution. I think I 109 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,279 think I think you would you would agree if me saying, you know, 110 00:08:09,399 --> 00:08:16,560 the triple option has evolved over over the years from what Paul Johnson ran at 111 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,759 the Academy, from what Kenny ran for so many years, and now with 112 00:08:22,199 --> 00:08:28,680 what Brian behind did at at Kennesaw State. You see a little bit of 113 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,320 the evolution. And now it comes back to Annapolis. It's gonna it's gonna 114 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:37,200 get tweaked again and the good parts are going to be accentuated. Some of 115 00:08:37,279 --> 00:08:41,919 the things that may not work with Navy are going to be kind of phased 116 00:08:41,039 --> 00:08:46,120 out, and you're gonna see what the new Navy triple option and flexbone offense 117 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:52,279 kind of looks like going forward, yeah, and pulling the strings. It's 118 00:08:52,279 --> 00:08:54,519 all about the quarterback right in the triple options. Oh my god. And 119 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:58,240 you look at what what what they have this year. We know that tay 120 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:03,639 Labattai got hurt last year, the knee injury. He missed springball, still 121 00:09:03,879 --> 00:09:09,240 trying to work back from that knee. That knee injury, Xavier Arline, 122 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:13,399 who took over for laviti He plays lacrosse during during the spring, he got 123 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:18,159 banged up playing lacrosse, and so there's a question of just how close to 124 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:24,759 one hundred percent he's gonna be uh coming into this, uh this college football 125 00:09:24,879 --> 00:09:28,600 season. How is he still dealing with some of the bumps and the bruises 126 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,840 that he took from the lacrosse sticks. Out there on the field, They've 127 00:09:31,879 --> 00:09:37,159 got guys like tadros Gleeton and Blake Horvath of course as an as an option 128 00:09:37,279 --> 00:09:43,759 guy. I really do think that you're going to see a plenty. You're 129 00:09:43,759 --> 00:09:48,879 gonna see plenty of these guys, especially in different situations. I think that's 130 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:52,519 that's certainly something you could see like, oh my god, there's a there's 131 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:56,080 been somebody else that we don't expect under center. And I wonder how much 132 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,840 of a surprise that brings to Notre Dame. We'll going into the game this 133 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,440 week. Brian Newbery has said that ty Lavatai and Blake Horvath are basically one 134 00:10:03,519 --> 00:10:09,279 A and one B. Both are likely going to play. You know, 135 00:10:09,399 --> 00:10:13,840 obviously we know what Lavitai has done. He's primarily a runner Blake Horvath came 136 00:10:13,919 --> 00:10:16,159 and you know he ran the scout team and played mostly all JV last year. 137 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:20,320 He comes from a triple option offense in high school, but also Teddy 138 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:24,639 Gleaton. He was actually the starter at quarterback coming out of the spring, 139 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,879 but he's been limited all August because he's been in summer school and because of 140 00:10:28,919 --> 00:10:33,600 the practice schedule where they practice in the mornings. He's only been at like 141 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:37,200 one or two or three practices, most of which are on the Saturday into 142 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:41,519 things, so he has hardly even practice. Who knows if he'll even make 143 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,200 the trip to Dublin. But then you mentioned Zavier Areline, probably the most 144 00:10:45,279 --> 00:10:48,600 electric runner of those that we've talked about at quarterback. I think that you'll 145 00:10:48,639 --> 00:10:52,879 see him take a bunch of snaps at slot back and there'll be some special 146 00:10:52,919 --> 00:10:56,320 packages here and there for him, because when you have somebody with that kind 147 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:01,360 of athleticism can't throw the ball. We all know that everybody was watched film 148 00:11:01,399 --> 00:11:05,559 on Navy knows Arline can't throw it. Somebody give him a stitch, Somebody 149 00:11:05,639 --> 00:11:11,759 came out no kidding the guy is. They're going to take advantage in special 150 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:16,840 situations, and certainly as I mentioned Daba Fafana, you know, the fullback. 151 00:11:16,879 --> 00:11:18,879 He burst on the scene last year at a time where Navy for several 152 00:11:18,919 --> 00:11:24,080 seasons has not had that. You know that that fullback, you know he's 153 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:28,440 back as a junior, ran for one hundred and fifty nine yards as a 154 00:11:28,519 --> 00:11:31,320 career high last year against Tulsa. He's only five eight, but two oh 155 00:11:31,399 --> 00:11:33,279 five. I mean he's kind of that guy that you've been Really is he 156 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:39,240 really two oh five Price? I don't believe that he's two oh five. 157 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:43,799 He is every bit of two twenty five that that you could put on that 158 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:48,120 frame. I don't know how he's only two oh five. He looks two 159 00:11:48,279 --> 00:11:52,120 twenty five, two thirty. I want to be listed as two oh five. 160 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:56,399 I'm closer to three oh five, but that's I want to be on 161 00:11:56,519 --> 00:12:00,840 that. I want to be on that scale. Yeah. Yeah, he's 162 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:03,279 a stun and they've got him back. You just want to keep him healthy, 163 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,360 you know, That's what you also want with a lot of a lot 164 00:12:07,399 --> 00:12:11,679 of experience back, and you've got a bunch of offensive linemen that are returning. 165 00:12:11,759 --> 00:12:13,720 I believe you've got what four offensive lineman back, so things should be 166 00:12:13,799 --> 00:12:16,799 pretty solid on the offensive side of the football, you just want to continue 167 00:12:16,799 --> 00:12:20,799 to make strides. But I think defense, you know, the defense with 168 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:26,879 the entire secondary, the entire defensive line, especially a guy that's I mean 169 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,480 talk about a nose guard under size six foot, two hundred and fifty six 170 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:37,120 pounds Donald Bernair Junior. I mean, you just don't find many of those. 171 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,639 And then you've got a converted nose guard that plays like is a tackle 172 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:45,360 and six three, two hundred and ninety two pound Clay Cromwell. It's always 173 00:12:45,399 --> 00:12:50,600 good when you've got that that much returning experience up front on offense and defense, 174 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:52,559 and that's what Navy has. You're going to be looking for a few 175 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:58,039 of those playmakers like uh, you know, the linebacker, the hybrid outside 176 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,440 linebacker, defensive endspots. But the couple candidates like John Marshall and Nicholas Straw 177 00:13:01,519 --> 00:13:07,480 who are standing out so far. That's really your one question on defense for 178 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:11,759 Navy is who's gonna just that that playmaker you know at linebacker. Yeah, 179 00:13:11,799 --> 00:13:18,120 And and for me, I'm looking more on the offensive side. If they 180 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:22,799 look to try and play some some spread option, that's gonna lead that's gonna 181 00:13:22,879 --> 00:13:26,200 lead to some some big moments for these wide receivers, and I look at 182 00:13:26,279 --> 00:13:30,399 Jade Numbarger, who you know, these guys are mostly meant to block, 183 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:35,679 but he had sixteen catches last year and and two touchdowns. I think that 184 00:13:35,159 --> 00:13:41,679 they could probably surprise teams early on by by throwing a spread option in their 185 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:46,240 first series, you know, and trying to trying to get the ball down 186 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:50,440 the field at least once or twice in the first couple of series, you 187 00:13:50,519 --> 00:13:56,159 know, make defenses try and play Navy honest, and then then you can 188 00:13:56,240 --> 00:14:01,519 go back to shoving the ball down their throats with fafauna incoming. M Yeah, 189 00:14:01,639 --> 00:14:05,559 Navy. It also get gets out of August camp pretty much injury free, 190 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:09,519 outside of sophomore wide receiver Nathan Kent, he's missed most of with a 191 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:11,840 knee injury. Six foot three, one hundred and seventy five pound wide receiver 192 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:18,120 who was rookie of the Meat at the Outdoor Patriot League Track and Field Championships 193 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,759 last year, winning the two hundred meter and placing second to four hundred. 194 00:14:20,799 --> 00:14:24,320 So you got some speed outside. But he's on the shelfer right now. 195 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:28,960 But the big thing is for Navy avoid a lot of the injury asolutely in 196 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,679 August camp and that's always a win for any program. As you get ready 197 00:14:33,759 --> 00:14:37,159 for the first game of the season. Navy picked to finish ninth out of 198 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:41,360 fourteen teams and the new look American Athletic Conference this season, two lane was 199 00:14:41,799 --> 00:14:43,600 the choice to win the league. I don't think that's a big surprise. 200 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:48,279 But we know UCF, Cincinnati, Houston, they are gone to the Big 201 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:52,679 twelve, which is sad because remember remember Navy beat UCF at the end of 202 00:14:52,799 --> 00:14:56,600 last year. That was a big win for the midi's last year and that's 203 00:14:56,679 --> 00:15:00,679 that's a win that they're not going to have the year. But as you 204 00:15:00,759 --> 00:15:05,120 mentioned, there's there's new group. There's a new group coming in with UNC 205 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:11,480 Charlotte, with Rice, with North Texas. I believe is or is it? 206 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:16,159 Is it North Texas. That's that's now in the American UAB Charlotte, 207 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:20,360 FAU, North Texas, Rice, UT San Antonio. Man, you got 208 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:22,159 a litany of new teams, Stephen. I mean, it's gonna be a 209 00:15:22,279 --> 00:15:26,679 new look. It'll it'll be a way, it'll be wild first year of 210 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:28,720 the new look American Athletic Conference, that's for sure. All I know is 211 00:15:28,799 --> 00:15:33,080 my alma mater, the University of South Florida. I had to do well. 212 00:15:33,679 --> 00:15:37,200 We will, we will see. Navy will play the longest regular season 213 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,279 in the country this year, as they will open up obviously we know against 214 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:46,960 Notre Dame this weekend, the earliest Navy has ever opened the season. Also 215 00:15:46,039 --> 00:15:52,360 August the twenty six with their final game regular season game that is December the 216 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,639 ninth, against Army in New England. All right, let's turn our attention 217 00:15:54,639 --> 00:15:58,120 because we're gonna talk a little bit more Navy here in a minute, Stephen, 218 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:00,759 is they get ready for to take gone the number three Notre Dame fighting 219 00:16:00,799 --> 00:16:06,320 Irish in Dublin, Ireland. Let's such an army and an air force real 220 00:16:06,399 --> 00:16:10,399 quick, let's talk Army first. You know six and six a year ago, 221 00:16:10,919 --> 00:16:14,360 you know five Bowl games in the last six seasons where they went four 222 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:18,399 and one in those you know, three two or three double digit win seasons, 223 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,720 you know in the last couple of years, including eleven wins in twenty 224 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:23,200 eighteen. But last year was a little bit of a step back, no 225 00:16:23,399 --> 00:16:26,600 question about it. And you know, while six and six and years pass 226 00:16:26,679 --> 00:16:33,120 would have been totally fine with any Black Night fan after what they had endured 227 00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:36,879 before Jeff Munkin arrived. That's not good enough. The schedule is a little 228 00:16:36,879 --> 00:16:38,840 bit tougher this year. I don't think there's any question that it's been beefed 229 00:16:38,919 --> 00:16:42,919 up a little bit. But new offensive coordinator Drew Thatcher. We touched on 230 00:16:44,039 --> 00:16:45,879 him at the end of last season on the podcast. He's coming in from 231 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:51,639 Nebraska. Carney a high power rushing, you know, spread option attack. 232 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:56,000 He's got options back though he's gonna have to find your quarterback. But Jacobe 233 00:16:56,080 --> 00:17:00,919 Buchanan his back at fullback. And then we know that six for wide receiver 234 00:17:00,039 --> 00:17:03,400 Isaiah Alston, who's gotten NFL looks he's going to be back as well. 235 00:17:03,519 --> 00:17:07,559 That will help the new signal caller up at West Point, Steve. Yeah. 236 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:12,680 And looking at Army's schedule, we mentioned they'll they'll actually start a week 237 00:17:12,839 --> 00:17:18,240 from Saturday on the road in Monroe, Louisiana. But they've got quite the 238 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:23,480 schedule in front of them as they will have to go to Syracuse. They 239 00:17:23,559 --> 00:17:30,359 will go two number five LSU as well, and they will host teams like 240 00:17:30,839 --> 00:17:36,799 and of course going to Air Force as part of the Commander in Chiefs Trophy 241 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:40,960 run there. But then they also have to go home, and they will 242 00:17:41,039 --> 00:17:45,880 host teams like Coastal Carolina who was very good last year. Boston College will 243 00:17:47,039 --> 00:17:52,039 will also come to Mikey Stadium as well. So you mentioned their their schedule, 244 00:17:52,079 --> 00:17:56,119 they they definitely have quite the schedule in front of them. Should be 245 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,839 a fun one if you're a Black Knights fan. I mean, how often 246 00:18:00,039 --> 00:18:03,599 do you get to go down into the Bayou and take on LSU. That 247 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:08,119 should be a fun one. And we need not remind any Army football fan 248 00:18:08,319 --> 00:18:12,400 right here that what they've done to scare the dickens out of some of these 249 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:18,000 high major Power five programs over the year, Brian Kelly and company better be 250 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:22,440 ready for that one, which I'm sure they will be and probably be in 251 00:18:22,519 --> 00:18:26,279 mid season fourm But Army Black Knights, we know, will have they will 252 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:30,880 have the undivided attention of the LSU Tigers when they go down there. All 253 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,680 right, let's take a look at air Force real quick. Is there's no 254 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,000 question. See we talked about it all last season and when we wrapped it 255 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:41,599 up, and the Air Force was the toast of the town when it comes 256 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:45,000 to service Academy football tenant to five and three in the Mount West. You 257 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:48,559 beat Baylor in the bowl game. They beat both Army and Navy to win 258 00:18:48,599 --> 00:18:53,880 the Commander in Chief Trophy again. Brad Roberts the standout of last season, 259 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:59,839 the best offensive player amongst any of these three academies. He's gone Hasy Daniels 260 00:19:00,079 --> 00:19:04,599 quarterbacks starting quarterback from Troy Calhoun's Falcons. He has also gone going to be 261 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,720 a lot of new faces, especially on the offensive sign of the football. 262 00:19:07,759 --> 00:19:12,279 But they have got things rolling there in Colorado Springs as Air Force will open 263 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:18,440 up with Robert Morris next Saturday at one o'clock. I didn't know Bobby Moe 264 00:19:18,519 --> 00:19:21,480 had a football team until I looked it up and saw that today, Stephen, 265 00:19:21,599 --> 00:19:25,240 they're playing the Big South Slash OVC. I had no idea Bobby mo 266 00:19:25,839 --> 00:19:27,799 who's known for some upsets over the years in basketball, I didn't know they 267 00:19:27,839 --> 00:19:32,519 played college football. Dude. Yeah, I was kind of surprised when I 268 00:19:32,559 --> 00:19:36,119 saw Robert Morris. I was thinking, wait a minute, that that doesn't 269 00:19:36,279 --> 00:19:40,200 sound right, But yeah, Robert bars in the OVC in the Big South 270 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,319 for football. I think that. You know, when you look at what 271 00:19:44,599 --> 00:19:49,319 Troy Calhoun has done in Colorado Springs every year, it's never rebuild. It's 272 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:55,880 always reload. They've won ten games four out of the last five years and 273 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:57,799 the only reason it's not five out of five is they only played six games 274 00:19:57,839 --> 00:20:03,640 in twenty twenty, so uh, you know, and even without Brad Roberts 275 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:07,759 and without how's he Daniels. Daniels tried to transfer for a graduate year and 276 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:14,039 was denied, so instead he's actually working at the prep school, UH this 277 00:20:14,279 --> 00:20:18,039 year, helping out the football players at the prep school as he gets ready 278 00:20:18,599 --> 00:20:22,480 to embark on his on his officer career with the United States Air Force. 279 00:20:22,599 --> 00:20:26,680 But not having those guys on the field they're going it's going to be very 280 00:20:26,759 --> 00:20:32,960 big for both for kid coach Calhoun to try and find out where he's going 281 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:37,000 to get those yards from. But he's got plenty of options there. The 282 00:20:37,079 --> 00:20:41,599 Falcon's gonna play three Friday night games this year. They're gonna play at home 283 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:45,079 against Utah State and then on the road at San Jose State and at Boise. 284 00:20:45,279 --> 00:20:48,079 Of course, Falcon Stadium undergoing a major renovation right now, so they'll 285 00:20:48,079 --> 00:20:52,319 play a couple of neutral site games, including that game against Army in Denver 286 00:20:53,039 --> 00:20:57,640 at Mile High Stadium. They're gonna have they're gonna have the longest schedule of 287 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:03,119 anybody I believe. I saw they're going to be They do five time zones 288 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,680 in nine weeks, five different times they could be playing games, and so 289 00:21:07,039 --> 00:21:11,039 wow, unbelievable, especially because you're going to go to San Jose State, 290 00:21:11,519 --> 00:21:15,440 then you come back, you know, across you know, to Annapolis, 291 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,680 and then you play Hawaii Hawaii. Yeah, it's it's just insane. But 292 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,920 if you're Troy Calhoun, who I think we'd all agree is one of the 293 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,599 most underrated coaches in college football, with what he gets out of his crew, 294 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:30,079 the Falcons or are going to be more than ready to pick up where 295 00:21:30,079 --> 00:21:36,559 they left off and last season. And Coach Calhoun mate, not this year, 296 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:40,519 but maybe next year may have a couple of new teams that he's gonna 297 00:21:40,559 --> 00:21:47,160 have to worry about playing because of the four remaining teams left in the Pac 298 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:51,240 twelve that have not left, I would assume that the Mountain West takes a 299 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:56,319 large, a huge run at cal Stanford, Oregon State, and Washington State. 300 00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:00,599 Those would be big gets for air Force. Boy would they would they? 301 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,519 Ever? We're gonna talk a little bit more about that coming up. 302 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:08,079 We're going to break down Navy and Notre Dame. Is there more pressure on 303 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:12,279 Notre Dame than first year head coach Brian Newberry and what Marcus Freeman and his 304 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:17,759 second season guiding the Irish boat team is going to be donning some new look 305 00:22:18,079 --> 00:22:22,279 uniforms for this game that under Armour has supplied them as Notre Dame just signed 306 00:22:22,319 --> 00:22:29,960 a massive long term apparel deal with under Armour to be their official apparel provider 307 00:22:30,039 --> 00:22:33,799 for Notre Dame football. Navy obviously has been with under Armour since two and 308 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:38,599 fourteen. We'll talk a little bit about that and we'll get some picks in 309 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:42,079 our predictions. 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As we're back here on Yards and Stripes, your 340 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,079 home for Service Academy Football, Price Atkinson and Steven Carney, and we're gonna 341 00:24:56,079 --> 00:25:00,759 get into the matchup as Notre Dame, last I checked, is giving the 342 00:25:00,839 --> 00:25:07,359 Midshipman twenty and a half points over under is an even fifty for this matchup, 343 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:11,599 the ninety six all time meeting between Navy and Notre Dame in a series 344 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:17,680 that the Irish lead eighty one, thirteen and one. They won the last 345 00:25:17,759 --> 00:25:22,720 five, including a thriller last year that well, what became a thriller, 346 00:25:22,839 --> 00:25:26,799 I should say it was a snoozer at halftime, but the midshipman roor I 347 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:33,599 mean row back and make a furious comeback and fall short thirty five thirty two 348 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:37,839 in Baltimore. It was a catch of the year, a touchdown pass from 349 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,880 quarterback Drew Pine. I think it was one of plays of the year where 350 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:45,079 Notre Dame wide receiver catches it basically with pins it against the Navy defenders back. 351 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:52,240 It was, I mean, just incredible stuff. Man. But the 352 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:57,759 last time these two teams played in Ireland was at Aviva Stadium in twenty twelve 353 00:25:57,799 --> 00:26:03,680 when Notre Dame knocked off them and Shipman fifty to ten. But Stephen, 354 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,759 this game is sold out and you told me a little nugget a little bit 355 00:26:06,799 --> 00:26:11,000 earlier, you know, from our folks and our partner this season at ticket 356 00:26:11,079 --> 00:26:15,640 Smarter. Yeah, it's it's certainly going to be an affordable ticket to get 357 00:26:15,839 --> 00:26:22,759 in if you have the ability to get over to Ireland, if you are 358 00:26:22,079 --> 00:26:26,000 looking at just going over and maybe you realize, oh my god, I 359 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:32,359 can go watch Navy and Notre Dame out of Viva Stadium through ticketsmarter dot com. 360 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:37,400 You can get into the building for as little as eighty nine dollars and 361 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,240 you can be down in the lower bowl in the Navy end zone for as 362 00:26:41,279 --> 00:26:47,079 little as two hundred and seventeen dollars. So it's a it's not a bad 363 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:51,880 proposition for one of the one of the biggest games and one of the longest 364 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,039 running rivalries and all of college football. I mean, this is the ninety 365 00:26:55,200 --> 00:27:00,279 sixth time that Navy and Notre Dame will face off on the football field, 366 00:27:00,319 --> 00:27:03,319 and as you mentioned, it's been a lot of Notre Dame, but it 367 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:07,880 hasn't been easy for the fighting Irish over the years. And some people might 368 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,079 ask why, you know, I know, a lot of our listeners are 369 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:12,920 familiar, but there's some that aren't, because, honestly, without Navy, 370 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,920 there's a chance that Notre Dame football may not even exist today. Because you 371 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:22,319 know, during World War Two, when Notre Dame the student body population basically, 372 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,960 you know a number of students at the school fell very, very low, 373 00:27:27,799 --> 00:27:30,680 and you know, Navy came to the rescue when they set up a 374 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:36,400 base there training special training base on the campus there in South Bend. That 375 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:41,559 essentially kept the University of Notre Dame afloat at a time when so many young 376 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:48,480 people were being drafted into serving And so you know, pretty much from that 377 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:52,839 point on, Notre Dame, their administration and folks there at the school made 378 00:27:52,839 --> 00:27:56,920 a commitment that as long as we have a football program moving forward, we 379 00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:00,920 will continue to play the United States Naval Academy. And that is why this 380 00:28:00,079 --> 00:28:04,559 matchup is played every year. But it's a little bit unique when you're taking 381 00:28:04,599 --> 00:28:08,640 it across the pond and going over to the Motherland for Notre Dame to play 382 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:15,279 it in Dublin. And you know, Navy's pulled this one off before. 383 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:22,319 Navy's defeated four ranked team four ranked Notre Dame teams in the past. Now, 384 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:26,000 an upset on Saturday would make Brian Newberry the very first head coach in 385 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:32,599 Navy history to beat a ranked opponent in his first game. But the Irish 386 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:36,000 are no slouts. We know that there is a ton of talent there for 387 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:40,400 Marcus Freeman's team as he's entering his second year after they finished nine and four, 388 00:28:40,519 --> 00:28:42,279 knocked off South Carolina and the Gator Bowl last year. But they've got 389 00:28:42,359 --> 00:28:47,279 eleven starters returning thirty one letter winners off that team from a season ago. 390 00:28:48,279 --> 00:28:51,519 Boy, Steven, I think that all eyes are on the quarterback. Sam 391 00:28:51,599 --> 00:28:56,039 Hartman, who graduates from Wake Forrest set all kinds of records there at Wake 392 00:28:56,160 --> 00:29:02,160 and Winston Salem and across the ACC He's now toking over as Tommy Reese offensive 393 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:07,039 coordinator has gone to Alabama. Jared Parker takes over as the offensive coordinator. 394 00:29:07,119 --> 00:29:11,000 But Boy, after Tyler Buckner and Drew Pine they both transfer, I don't 395 00:29:11,039 --> 00:29:15,599 think you could have found a much better replacement at quarterback than Sam Hartman, 396 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,240 who, in my opinion is probably the most talented quarterback they've had in South 397 00:29:18,279 --> 00:29:22,400 Bend since Brady Quinn. Yeah, I think that's probably the right the name 398 00:29:22,599 --> 00:29:26,680 there to go back to. You look at some of the names that you 399 00:29:26,839 --> 00:29:32,119 saw it at Notre Dame in the in the nineties when you're looking at guys 400 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,160 like Ron Polis and the like. But yeah, you've got to go back 401 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:41,839 to Brady Quinn to find a quarterback that was as talented as Sam Hartline is. 402 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:47,839 I mean, you look at it, thirteen thousand yards that he threw 403 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:52,119 for at wake Forest and led the Demon Deacons to the top of the ACC. 404 00:29:52,319 --> 00:29:56,200 I mean, you think about it, all the all the teams that 405 00:29:56,279 --> 00:29:59,440 are in the ACC is the Florida State, it's the Miami, He's the 406 00:29:59,599 --> 00:30:04,880 clem Sins. Wake Forest was up there and running with the best of them, 407 00:30:06,079 --> 00:30:12,359 and it is a certainly a credit to Sam Hartman and his time under 408 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:19,359 center in Winston Salem and now moving from a small program and let's face it, 409 00:30:19,559 --> 00:30:26,720 Wake Forest the smallest school in the ACC and moving to perhaps the biggest 410 00:30:26,839 --> 00:30:33,880 college football program in the country and being their quarterback for just a single season. 411 00:30:33,559 --> 00:30:38,799 I think Sam Hartman's got himself in a perfect situation and to be able 412 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:45,359 to start out going to Ireland and taking on a Navy team that is coming 413 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:51,480 off a disappointing year with a first year head coach and a number of different 414 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:55,319 looks that they're going to have this year and kind of question marks that are 415 00:30:55,359 --> 00:30:56,880 out there, I think that he's found himself in a really good spot. 416 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:02,440 Yeah, no question. I think Notre Dame is going to be better defensively 417 00:31:02,599 --> 00:31:07,400 than they were a year ago, especially obviously Marcus Freeman his defensive pedigree. 418 00:31:07,519 --> 00:31:10,559 But you know, Hartman's going to have a couple of big time talents at 419 00:31:10,599 --> 00:31:12,880 wide receiver to throw it to, and Jaden Thomas and Tobias Maryweather. But 420 00:31:14,279 --> 00:31:18,839 you know one thing has remained the same for the Fighting Irish over the year, 421 00:31:18,079 --> 00:31:22,440 Stephen, and that's that running game, running the football, because you 422 00:31:22,559 --> 00:31:27,319 know how many guys they produced and put in the NFL from the offensive line 423 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,240 year in and year out, and what's his name, Joe Ault. You 424 00:31:30,279 --> 00:31:36,680 know, it's leading the way this year as a preseason All American first team 425 00:31:36,759 --> 00:31:38,880 by a lot of people. And last year Notre Dame was seven and zero 426 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:42,960 when they ran the football for more than one hundred and fifty yards a game. 427 00:31:44,119 --> 00:31:45,640 When they were under one hundred and fifty yards a game rushing, they 428 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:49,880 were two and four. That's in. Yeah, I can go back and 429 00:31:51,039 --> 00:31:53,720 get you some statistics from the last like ten years when they run for over 430 00:31:53,759 --> 00:31:59,720 one fifty, but it just says it remains the same Notre Dame when they 431 00:31:59,799 --> 00:32:04,319 take advantage of that big offensive line, those outstanding tight ends with Michael Mayer 432 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,759 now off to the NFL, but they still have, you know, some 433 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:10,200 guys at tight end that any school in America would want lining up, you 434 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:15,759 pound in ground, but now you've got a guy and Sam Hartman can then 435 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:19,920 throw it all over the yard. I'm curious to see what this Notre Dame 436 00:32:20,039 --> 00:32:22,519 offense looks like where you're going to take advantage of his arm. But at 437 00:32:22,559 --> 00:32:25,759 the same time, you're playing, especially a Navy team, where you're bigger, 438 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,039 you're stronger, you'll want to wear them down and just run it right 439 00:32:30,079 --> 00:32:34,119 down their throat at times. Yeah, and you think about it, the 440 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:39,759 best way to keep Sam Hartman from throwing the ball all over the field is 441 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:44,640 to not let him get the ball to begin with. And I think that 442 00:32:44,799 --> 00:32:49,599 Navy's got themselves in a very good situation in that case, because, let's 443 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:52,480 face it, Notre Dame gets on the field, Hartman starts throwing the ball 444 00:32:52,799 --> 00:32:58,839 to guys like Merriweather and the like. We know that Navy secondary is I 445 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:04,160 don't want to use the word substandard, but it's definitely not up to par 446 00:33:04,359 --> 00:33:08,359 with some of the other with a lot of the other schools in the FBS. 447 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:14,799 They their corners got picked on mercilessly last year, and I don't think 448 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:21,079 that the defensive secondary has improved significantly to make that any different. This year. 449 00:33:21,559 --> 00:33:23,880 So I think that if you're going to let Hartman throw the ball, 450 00:33:24,279 --> 00:33:29,559 he's going to have success. But if he doesn't have all the time in 451 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:34,279 the world to throw the ball because he's not on the field, that certainly 452 00:33:34,799 --> 00:33:38,000 swings the odds a little closer to even. And I think that's the reason 453 00:33:38,119 --> 00:33:43,759 why I think Navy can make this a much closer game than the odds will 454 00:33:44,079 --> 00:33:47,960 indicate. Yeah, and while you mentioned that secondary, you've got everybody back. 455 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:52,400 You know, it was a secondary last year that ranked one hundred and 456 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:58,720 twenty fourth out of one hundred and thirty one FBS teams and pass defense efficiency 457 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:05,519 and teams average ninety six yards per completion nineteen yards per completion against that Navy 458 00:34:05,599 --> 00:34:09,000 secondary. That just cannot happen in boy Oh, when you got a guy 459 00:34:09,119 --> 00:34:14,840 like Sam Hartman that's slinging it this thing, if that hasn't improved, it 460 00:34:15,079 --> 00:34:17,960 could get ugly by a guy that is as good as has been in college 461 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,159 football in the last you know, five ten. I mean, Sam Hartman 462 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,039 is the real deal. Yeah, he's gonna be. I mean they called 463 00:34:25,159 --> 00:34:29,039 Sammy Boss, sling and Sammy Ball. I think they're gonna start calling him 464 00:34:29,079 --> 00:34:32,920 sling and Sammy Hartman a year before before too long, that's gonna end up 465 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:37,320 being his college his college nickname. And we'll see what Hartman wants to do 466 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,760 if he if he's thinking that this is going to be the way to get 467 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:45,800 himself to the NFL. I mean, I don't think that there's a team 468 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:49,559 that would take a look and go, hey, there's a guy that's thrown 469 00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:55,000 for you know, sixteen or seventeen thousand yards in his college football career. 470 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:59,199 Let's let's pass on him. I think there's gonna be a lot of people 471 00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:01,280 that take a look at him the next level. We'll give you our picks 472 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:05,199 here in just a little bit. The Navy Insider Show will air from twelve 473 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:09,119 to one thirty Saturday on WBA L and w NAV and Annapolis, with the 474 00:35:09,159 --> 00:35:14,519 pregame show getting underway at one thirty before kickoff again at two thirty pm on 475 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:19,320 NBC that you can watch live nationally across the country. The boat teams are 476 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,639 going to wear special under armour uniforms. They're both outfitted, obviously by under 477 00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:30,440 Armour, these Gaelic style jerseys with stylized striping in the aer lingus classic in 478 00:35:30,559 --> 00:35:37,480 that in that vein that with the Strengthen Unity concept and tagline. It's reference 479 00:35:37,559 --> 00:35:40,280 to the origins of this Navy Notre Dame series, you know, in mentioned 480 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:45,719 World War Two just a little bit ago. So that Ireland collection by under 481 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:50,679 Armoured you can check out online and on under Armour's social media. But it's 482 00:35:50,679 --> 00:35:53,000 gonna be pretty cool. It just adds to you know, if you look 483 00:35:53,039 --> 00:35:55,559 good, Stephen, you play good, right, And I think it's going 484 00:35:55,599 --> 00:36:00,400 to be exciting for these teams to strap on some of these new look reds, 485 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,719 you know on Saturday as you're playing before a brand new audience here in 486 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:07,920 Dublin. Oh yeah, absolutely. I mean you're gonna have just such such 487 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:13,760 awesome looks. I mean I just saw what what Notre Dame is wearing. 488 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:19,079 Uh. And and of course Navies looks from under Armour you can see them 489 00:36:19,159 --> 00:36:22,840 both. Under Armour has them online on their on their social media feeds and 490 00:36:23,079 --> 00:36:28,760 taking a look at both of them. They're both beautiful. The Gaelic looks 491 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:35,320 for them, uh really calling to uh the Irish that will be in the 492 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,480 stadium. It's gonna be a lot of fun. Yeah, it absolutely is. 493 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:42,079 Before we get to our picks, we'll step away, uh, and 494 00:36:42,159 --> 00:36:45,119 then hit on what's ahead for Army and Air Force again next week. But 495 00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:50,800 real quickly, Stephen, you know, Notre Dame was a slow starting team 496 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:54,760 last year. You know, they two lost Ohio State, then you know, 497 00:36:55,000 --> 00:37:00,480 literally laid an egg at home against Marshall. You know, is there 498 00:37:00,519 --> 00:37:02,920 more pressure on Marcus Freeman this season? I think, you know, with 499 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,559 Brian Newberry coaching his first game as head coach, you gotta feel like you're 500 00:37:07,679 --> 00:37:10,800 I mean, nothing's gonna happen to you after one game. But Marcus Freeman, 501 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:13,719 you know, trying to kind of you know, they went nine and 502 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,519 four, you know, trying to recapture what Brian Kelly did. You know, 503 00:37:17,039 --> 00:37:20,880 there's Brian Kelly detractors out there, but I mean he took them to 504 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:24,920 the college football playoffs several times, a BCS National championship game. Granted he 505 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:30,079 didn't win any of those games, and he was beat soundly several more times 506 00:37:30,119 --> 00:37:32,239 than not you know, but you know, with Notre Dame, you know, 507 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:39,119 trying to get back into that playoff hunt amongst the turmoil with conference realignment. 508 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:44,519 Where will Notre Dame land in this? Will they stay independent? Will 509 00:37:44,559 --> 00:37:49,920 they end up bending to the acc or possibly the Big Ten, and then 510 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,960 with an NBC TV contract that's going to be renegotiated. You know, they've 511 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:58,360 been with NBC since nineteen ninety one, but it's it's scheduled to be well, 512 00:37:58,639 --> 00:38:01,320 I guess the question is will they still be at NBC when that twenty 513 00:38:01,559 --> 00:38:06,679 twenty five season starts and the former NBC Sports chairman, he's going to actually 514 00:38:06,679 --> 00:38:12,719 be taking over for Jack Swarbrook as athletic director next July. All that being 515 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,800 said, it feels like there's just a ton of pressure on Marcus Freeman to 516 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:19,840 get this done this year because you don't want to be going to a TV 517 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:23,079 contract negotiation, you know, with an eight and four type of regular season, 518 00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:28,719 especially as you're trying to show value for your TV contract and everybody knows 519 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,199 what the Notre Dame brand is, you know, if you're potentially going to 520 00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:36,440 move conferences. Yeah, it's going to be very interesting to see. And 521 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:40,159 I agree that definitely the pressure is on Marcus Freeman much more than than Brian 522 00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:44,599 Newberry. I would think that the pressure is on Marcus Freeman more than it 523 00:38:44,639 --> 00:38:47,840 would be on Kenny Neumatalolo if he had stayed on as as the Navy head 524 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:52,639 coach, and the question had been, Okay, can can he turn this 525 00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:57,679 thing around? Or is there going to be a fourth consecutive disappointing season for 526 00:38:57,719 --> 00:39:02,719 the midshipment? But I think your abs right. The question mark hanging over 527 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:07,119 all of college football, not just service academy football, but all of college 528 00:39:07,119 --> 00:39:13,320 football. What is the top tier of college football going to look like in 529 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,639 the future. I put out a couple of weeks ago on social media. 530 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:23,840 My thought is that they end up going to an eighty team, four conference 531 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:32,679 upper tier of college football and go into a form of promotion and relegation, 532 00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:38,559 much like they do in professional soccer in Europe. Where you start out, 533 00:39:38,639 --> 00:39:43,159 Okay, these are the eighty teams and the four conferences that have a shot 534 00:39:43,519 --> 00:39:46,840 at winning the national championship this year. You break them into eight ten team 535 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:52,679 divisions. Most of them are geographically based. There are a couple of places 536 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:57,039 where you can't really do that. With the West Coast folks, I had 537 00:39:57,079 --> 00:40:02,400 to put poor Texas Tech in there with BYU Colorado and all the all the 538 00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:08,719 schools out west. But and you have to think of Okay, now you 539 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:14,079 have to worry about where are the independent is going to play where no. 540 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,960 PYU is no longer an independent, so you don't have to worry about them. 541 00:40:17,199 --> 00:40:21,800 But you got to worry about the University of Connecticut. They're an independent. 542 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:23,719 They they've got to you've got to find a place for them. Air 543 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:28,000 Force UH in the Mountain West, you want to move. You want to 544 00:40:28,119 --> 00:40:31,840 keep them with the with the other service academy teams, and of course Army 545 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:36,800 is an independent. You know, what do you do with an independent and 546 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:39,960 a and a team in the in the Mountain West that really doesn't have a 547 00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:45,719 spot that you can that you can put in the in the group of eighty. 548 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:50,159 I found spots for Army and for Navy. It was very difficult, 549 00:40:50,599 --> 00:40:52,559 and you have to go, Okay, what do you do with air Force? 550 00:40:52,679 --> 00:40:57,519 And I think air Force deserves a spot more than the other two because 551 00:40:57,599 --> 00:41:00,480 of how well they've played over the last five years. I think that they 552 00:41:00,519 --> 00:41:06,679 would be the first of the service teams into an eighty team UH upper tier 553 00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:12,639 before like a premier league to get into UH college football. So it's it's 554 00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:15,639 a huge question mark, and it's and it's definitely pointed. The sort of 555 00:41:15,679 --> 00:41:22,280 damocles is certainly pointed at Marcus Freeman because A nerd Dame's independent. B. 556 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:27,400 They've got a television contract coming up. See how much more can television contracts? 557 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:30,280 B. We all know that streaming is the future. You know, 558 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:36,760 television network television is has has hit and nadier for watch, you know, 559 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:40,400 for watching you know, hours watched. So more there are more people that 560 00:41:40,559 --> 00:41:46,119 are that are streaming things now. I mean I've cut the cable chord completely 561 00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:52,480 now, yeah, so I'm I'm I'm also I'm all on streaming and with 562 00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:57,000 with an antenna in my window here, uh that that I'm using to pick 563 00:41:57,039 --> 00:42:00,679 up some of the local channels. But you know that that's that's a huge 564 00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:05,400 question that the folks at Notre Dame, the higher ups, the athletic director, 565 00:42:05,519 --> 00:42:07,960 the president, the chancellor, are all gonna have to worry about when 566 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:12,440 they go into that negotiation. And that's gonna that's gonna trickle down into the 567 00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:16,519 football program. Yeah, there's no question that Notre Dame is the biggest wildcard 568 00:42:16,599 --> 00:42:23,079 when it comes to the college football landscape, and as it continuously continuously shifts, 569 00:42:23,119 --> 00:42:25,920 and it's going to continue shifting. I did think I don't know if 570 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:30,880 you saw this as Steve, I think it may have been Andy Staples who 571 00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:35,280 posted this proposed the idea, but I thought it was interesting of taking the 572 00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:39,400 three service academies, Notre Dame and then callin Stanford and having almost like a 573 00:42:39,559 --> 00:42:45,440 small mini football conference which would preserve all your rivalries that you've had and a 574 00:42:45,519 --> 00:42:50,159 lot of non conference games that the teams, you know, play against each 575 00:42:50,159 --> 00:42:53,079 other. I kind of think it would be a great idea and love to 576 00:42:53,159 --> 00:42:57,800 see all all six of those institutions together. I mean, you think about 577 00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:02,159 it. You can take and you could find a way to make a almost 578 00:43:02,239 --> 00:43:07,000 like an IVY league of football schools. Now the IVY Leagues. The IVY 579 00:43:07,039 --> 00:43:09,440 League does play football, but they play at the FCS level, But I'm 580 00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:15,599 talking about in an FBS level, taking the three service academies, callin Stanford, 581 00:43:15,159 --> 00:43:19,360 Georgia Tech, uh, and you could and you can get a couple 582 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:22,440 of and there there are a couple of others like Vanderbilt. You know, 583 00:43:22,639 --> 00:43:27,639 you look at teams, you know, programs that are more known for their 584 00:43:27,679 --> 00:43:31,679 academics than for their athletics and make and make a football conference out of Unfortunately 585 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:35,639 Notre Dame probably in a winning month of the years, but that's another story. 586 00:43:35,679 --> 00:43:38,639 For another time, but you could certainly do that. Yeah, And 587 00:43:39,119 --> 00:43:43,800 you can't convince me that down the road with you know, especially the ACC 588 00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:50,559 kind of changing its model to more of a performance based you know, pay 589 00:43:50,639 --> 00:43:52,960 out if you will, you know, to the different schools that do more, 590 00:43:53,079 --> 00:43:58,280 that have more success versus you know, basically the same check that Vanderbilt 591 00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:01,760 and you know, Alabama and Auburn would get in the SEC that eventually, 592 00:44:02,039 --> 00:44:07,079 way down the road, I have this feeling that you're going to see like 593 00:44:07,199 --> 00:44:12,639 the Vanderbilts, the Boston colleges, the Georgia Techts, wherever, whatever league 594 00:44:12,639 --> 00:44:15,480 they might be playing in at the time, get squeezed out because people saying 595 00:44:15,559 --> 00:44:19,519 what are they doing? What are they bringing to the table, And that's 596 00:44:19,599 --> 00:44:22,360 where you know, you could see them, you know, if everything were 597 00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:25,400 to fall right in the timing, you know, to making that kind of 598 00:44:25,519 --> 00:44:30,039 academic league, if you will. But I think it would be interesting and 599 00:44:30,119 --> 00:44:32,559 fascinating to see. But I think we're certainly going to see more happening, 600 00:44:32,599 --> 00:44:37,599 There's no question. Yeah, I think I think you're all right, Stephen. 601 00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:39,559 Let's let's step away here because we're going we need to get back here 602 00:44:39,599 --> 00:44:42,800 and we need to do some picks, which we will do here on the 603 00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:45,159 other side, don't forget as we come to you every single week during the 604 00:44:45,199 --> 00:44:51,559 college football season as we are part of the College Gridiron Coast to Coast Podcast 605 00:44:51,679 --> 00:44:54,280 Network. We have an array of podcasts right there, the football Florida Football 606 00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:59,119 Insiders. Get off my pylon. I mean, there is there is something 607 00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:02,800 for every there, especially if you're a college football fan. There is a 608 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:08,199 ton to keep you busy all week as you get ready for kickoff on Saturdays. 609 00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:12,800 And we are getting ready for kickoff on Saturday between Navy and Notre Dame 610 00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:15,400 and Steve Carney and I are going to make some picks win. Come back 611 00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:19,559 here on Yarchs and Stripes or Home for Service Academy Football. In two thousand 612 00:45:19,559 --> 00:45:22,199 and seven, Marine First Lieutenant Travis Manion was killed in Iraq after saving his 613 00:45:22,239 --> 00:45:27,599 wooded teammates. Travis's legacy lives on through the words he spoke before his final 614 00:45:27,719 --> 00:45:30,840 deployment. If not me, then who words that today fuel the spirit of 615 00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:35,840 Travis Manion Foundation and through TMF, these words can live in you too. 616 00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:39,199 Show the world what you're made of. 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And the Travis Manning Foundation Honor Roll segment were so blessed to 624 00:46:13,679 --> 00:46:19,559 have them on board with us yet again this season to highlight these fallen heroes, 625 00:46:19,719 --> 00:46:23,159 but also the amazing work that the Travis Maaning Foundation is doing in communities 626 00:46:23,239 --> 00:46:27,920 across the country and the words that Travis himself spoke, If not me, 627 00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:32,119 then who? And on this very first episode here of Yards and Stripes getting 628 00:46:32,119 --> 00:46:37,840 ready for the twenty twenty three college football season, we're gonna remember Navy Seal 629 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:43,960 Kevin Everett who gave the ultimate sacrifice on November the twenty four, twenty twelve, 630 00:46:44,039 --> 00:46:47,239 when he was killed in action supporting stability operations in Afghanistan. He was 631 00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:51,599 just thirty two years old at the time of his death. 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Quote and Kevin Evert survived by his wife, Ursula, his 640 00:47:25,639 --> 00:47:29,920 mother, and his sister, as well as two step sisters, stepfather, 641 00:47:30,159 --> 00:47:34,239 and other relatives. In two twenty three, Kevin's wife, Ursella, participated 642 00:47:34,239 --> 00:47:38,920 in the Travis Manning Foundations Survivors Summit Expedition in Granby, Colorado. Ursula and 643 00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:45,320 twelve other surviving lives friends excuse me, fiance's and girlfriends carried on the legacy 644 00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:49,880 of their fallen hero as they experienced the healing power of the Mountains. Ersla 645 00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:54,599 also participated in the twenty fourteen Survivor's Summit expedition in Lima, Peru in honor 646 00:47:54,760 --> 00:48:00,519 of her late husband. Kevin's sisters Samantha Evert mar Tinas has honored her brother 647 00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:06,119 in many TMF expeditions and races. His mother, Charlie Jordan has honored him 648 00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:10,800 as part of the two nineteen TMF Guatemala expedition. And as these heroes like 649 00:48:10,920 --> 00:48:16,760 Kevin Ebert who give that ultimate sacrifice for all of us every single day, 650 00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:22,960 but they're never forgotten, and we certainly want to highlight and want to more 651 00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:28,960 than highlight, remember and recognize their service and their commitment to service of these 652 00:48:29,039 --> 00:48:34,559 fallen heroes. And the Travismanion Foundation is doing just amazing work in communities across 653 00:48:34,639 --> 00:48:38,679 the country keeping the memory and the legacy of servicing commitment of these fallen heroes. 654 00:48:39,159 --> 00:48:43,199 That you can find out a lot more information at Travismanion dot org. 655 00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:46,880 Ways that you can get involved in support the Travis Mannion Foundation and the work 656 00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:51,880 they're doing in these local communities. So we take this time here on Yards 657 00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:55,639 and Stripes remember the fallen heroes like Kevin Ebert who gave the Ultimate Sacrifice. 658 00:48:55,880 --> 00:49:00,440 Travis Mallion Foundations. Nine to eleven Heroes are on five K series units communities 659 00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:05,400 across the country and around the world to honor the sacrifices of September eleventh and 660 00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:08,320 the war since. Join your community this September and register to run, walk 661 00:49:08,519 --> 00:49:14,880 or rock by visiting nine eleven Heroes on dot Org. The latest with Navy, 662 00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:21,559 Army and Air Force on Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football. All right, 663 00:49:21,599 --> 00:49:24,480 final segment here on Yards and Stripes, Price seconds and Steve Carney appreciate 664 00:49:24,599 --> 00:49:29,719 everybody tuning in. Is we get you ready for yet another season of Army, 665 00:49:29,960 --> 00:49:35,239 Navy and Air Force and we will certainly folks, don't worry Army and 666 00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:37,280 Air Force fans. We're going to talk a lot about you guys next week 667 00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:42,519 and gets you ready for Robert Morris at Air Force next Saturday and then Army 668 00:49:42,639 --> 00:49:46,480 at U. L. Munroe there at Malone Stadium. Is Jeff Munkins team 669 00:49:46,559 --> 00:49:51,320 going to take on the Warhawks down there on Saturday night in a primetime affair. 670 00:49:51,840 --> 00:49:55,159 We will talk and preview those games next week. But Stephen Navy and 671 00:49:55,239 --> 00:50:00,960 number thirteen Notre Dame, the thirteenth rank Irish in both polls. As we 672 00:50:00,079 --> 00:50:06,159 mentioned, big favor over the Midshipman over Under is fifty. In this game, 673 00:50:06,559 --> 00:50:12,000 they're given twenty and a half points to the Midshipman and the ninety six 674 00:50:12,159 --> 00:50:15,599 all time meeting. Which way are you going or do you think Navy can 675 00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:20,039 shock the world and pull an upset Brian Newberry's first game, or do they 676 00:50:20,079 --> 00:50:25,039 have enough wrinkles Maybe with this new offense against Irish team that's gonna be breaking 677 00:50:25,079 --> 00:50:29,559 in some new bodies and some new faces at some key positions, but still 678 00:50:29,679 --> 00:50:32,599 talented all across the board. Nonetheless, you know, I would love to 679 00:50:32,679 --> 00:50:36,800 be able to say that Navy is going to shock the world, that Brian 680 00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:40,360 Newberry is going to become the first Navy head coach to ever beat a ranked 681 00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:46,519 opponent in his debut. But it's not gonna not unfortunately. I think. 682 00:50:46,559 --> 00:50:52,760 I think Notre Dame just has way too many weapons. Their offense is just 683 00:50:52,079 --> 00:50:55,840 so high powered that I think that when they do get on the field, 684 00:50:57,199 --> 00:51:00,880 they're not going to have much trouble getting down in the field and getting huge 685 00:51:01,159 --> 00:51:07,880 chunks of yards, especially against a Navy secondary that has not lived up to 686 00:51:07,159 --> 00:51:14,199 the standard of what you would expect from an FBS defensive backfield. That being 687 00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:16,880 said, I think twenty and a half is a lot of points to give 688 00:51:17,519 --> 00:51:21,679 a rivalry like this. I don't think it. I don't think it gets 689 00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:23,840 to three times. I think it gets to three touchdowns. But I think 690 00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:29,639 that Navy can get a late touchdown and actually cover backdoor. I think this 691 00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:34,880 ends up being a thirty four seventeen type of game. You end up you 692 00:51:35,039 --> 00:51:38,079 see, you see it as a seventeen, And I think that people that 693 00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:44,320 put that will take the twenty and a half points and take Navy may find 694 00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:51,119 themselves smiling as they head back to the pay window. Yeah, I'm with 695 00:51:51,239 --> 00:51:53,360 you and a lot of that. I certainly I think Notre Dame is gonna 696 00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:57,679 win the football game. I think they just got too many weapons offensively, 697 00:51:57,840 --> 00:52:01,960 especially Sam Harton Hartman, that can overwhelm any defense. You know, maybe 698 00:52:02,280 --> 00:52:06,000 you know they did the job on the ground last year and they were able 699 00:52:06,039 --> 00:52:08,639 to get off the field a bit better. They ranked thirty second in total 700 00:52:08,719 --> 00:52:13,480 defense, given up just three hundred and thirty nine yards per game, and 701 00:52:13,519 --> 00:52:15,880 they were twenty third in sacks at almost three a game. And they're gonna 702 00:52:15,880 --> 00:52:19,800 need to be that good, if not better, But with so many starters 703 00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:22,000 back on defense, I think they can be better. The problem is you've 704 00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:25,199 got Sam Hartman over there pulling the strings, and I'm just not sure if 705 00:52:25,199 --> 00:52:31,519 this new the new wrinkles in the Navy offense are are going to be, 706 00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:36,320 you know, if it's gonna be fully ready, you know we're gonna see 707 00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:40,679 you know, you know we're gonna see as ready as it's going to be. 708 00:52:42,400 --> 00:52:45,559 But it's going to I think that offense is going to get better, 709 00:52:45,719 --> 00:52:50,480 especially as the year goes on. You know, it's new terminology, different 710 00:52:50,599 --> 00:52:53,199 terminologies they're using, so the players are going to have to adapt and adjust. 711 00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:58,679 I just don't think Navy has especially the offensive firepower. I don't. 712 00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:02,000 I'm thinking a thirty six to thirteen type of result. I think that Notre 713 00:53:02,079 --> 00:53:05,960 Dame is going to find a way to cover the twenty and a half. 714 00:53:06,079 --> 00:53:08,800 But I just think it's gonna be a long afternoon for the midshipman over there 715 00:53:09,039 --> 00:53:15,159 in Dublin at the aer Lingus College Football Classic, a place where they played 716 00:53:15,199 --> 00:53:19,239 twice before and come up empty handed. And I think that's what's going to 717 00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:22,039 be the case for the mids on Saturday, Steve. Yeah, I don't 718 00:53:22,079 --> 00:53:25,320 think it's gonna be forty to ten like the like the folks in Vegas feel 719 00:53:25,400 --> 00:53:30,519 that it's going to be. But yeah, I think that that Navy, 720 00:53:30,599 --> 00:53:35,159 and I think the number is probably pretty close to what you're looking for. 721 00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:40,159 So I see them as just barely backdoor covering and price obviously you see Notre 722 00:53:40,239 --> 00:53:45,639 Dame being able to cover that is indeed correct. All right, we will 723 00:53:45,719 --> 00:53:49,639 step away, and we will hope we got you ready for kickoff. I 724 00:53:49,719 --> 00:53:52,400 think we did yeoman's work here and getting ready for this twenty twenty three college 725 00:53:52,440 --> 00:53:57,760 football season, especially Navy and Notre Dame on week zero, which I think 726 00:53:57,880 --> 00:54:00,840 is the stupidest thing in the world. If it's if you're playing games, 727 00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:05,320 it's week one in my opinion, But that's another debate for another podcast. 728 00:54:06,320 --> 00:54:08,199 Army and Air Force, we got you next week. Don't worry. We're 729 00:54:08,199 --> 00:54:12,000 gonna talk a lot about the Falcons and the Black Night, Steve. But 730 00:54:13,039 --> 00:54:15,719 we appreciate everybody tuning in again. You can catch a new episode all season 731 00:54:15,840 --> 00:54:20,599 long here of Yards and Stripes, your home for Service Academy Football and the 732 00:54:20,639 --> 00:54:24,920 College Gridiron. Coast to Coast podcast Network Apple podcast a, Spotify, wherever 733 00:54:25,159 --> 00:54:30,039 it is that you listen to your podcast, you can find Yards and Stripes 734 00:54:30,119 --> 00:54:34,559 with Steve until next week. Enjoy the games, my man, we will 735 00:54:34,599 --> 00:54:39,320 do it again. Then join us again next time for Yards and Stripes Service 736 00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:44,920 Academy Football. To get more on all things Service Academy Football, like Yards 737 00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:49,400 and Stripes on Facebook and follow them on Twitter at yards and Stripes. 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