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 --> 00:00:12,160 This is Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football. Now here are your hosts, 3 00:00:12,199 --> 00:00:17,359 Price Atkinson, Steve Carney and Mike love All. Here we go another 4 00:00:17,399 --> 00:00:20,760 episode of Yards and Stripes or Hope for Service Academy Football. As we are 5 00:00:20,839 --> 00:00:26,640 part of the College Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast Network, Episode five of Yards 6 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:30,320 and Stripes. He is Steve Carney, I am Pryce Atkinson. As we 7 00:00:30,359 --> 00:00:33,719 said, we are part of the College Gridir and Coast to Coast podcast network 8 00:00:33,759 --> 00:00:37,719 that comes to you every single week with a new episode on Tuesdays. And 9 00:00:37,759 --> 00:00:40,719 we got a big week that has come and gone. As we get ready 10 00:00:40,759 --> 00:00:45,479 for another set of games is coming up weekend. Army heading back into a 11 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:49,200 dome for the second straight week, while the Air Force Academy they've got another 12 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,920 Friday Night Mountain West showdown. So we got a lot to do this week 13 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,759 our Travismandian Foundation Honor Roll segment, we got picks, we got games to 14 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:02,320 preview, we got games to recap, and we've got to welcome our first 15 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:06,680 guest of the season, Major Steve Anderson from the US Army, a former 16 00:01:06,799 --> 00:01:10,799 Army two thousand and ten team Captain linebacker, MVP of the two thousand and 17 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:14,799 ten Armed Forces Bowl, and now the co host of the Black Night Nation 18 00:01:14,879 --> 00:01:19,159 podcast with Sal Inordinado. So Steve and I will catch up with Steve Anderson 19 00:01:19,239 --> 00:01:25,280 here in just a little bit to talk all things Army and look back on 20 00:01:25,599 --> 00:01:30,120 their exciting win this past week, look ahead to their upcoming game, and 21 00:01:30,159 --> 00:01:34,599 everything that's kind of happened and transpired over this short two thousand and twenty three 22 00:01:34,879 --> 00:01:38,760 season that we have undergone so far. But Steven, what's going on, 23 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:45,239 my man? How are your friend? It has been a very interesting couple 24 00:01:45,239 --> 00:01:51,200 of days here in the Tampa Bay region outside of college football. Obviously a 25 00:01:51,319 --> 00:02:00,000 big college football weekend here in Tampa, as the USF Bulls took on Alabama 26 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:04,840 Emma and came within a hair's breadth of making it a real game. They 27 00:02:04,879 --> 00:02:10,199 lose seventeen three, you know, in a wild defensive struggle that I thought 28 00:02:10,319 --> 00:02:15,599 was very interesting. And of course, the big news here in Tampa is 29 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:20,599 the announcement here today as we're taping this on Tuesday, of the Tampa Bay 30 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,879 Rays and a brand new baseball stadium coming to the city. Of Saint Petersburg. 31 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:30,800 But it is. It is a big college football week and very exciting 32 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:37,879 for Service Academy football, especially after what was a wild week last week that 33 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:45,280 saw two victories and almost a third so close for a second consecutive sweep week 34 00:02:45,879 --> 00:02:49,840 for the Service academies. Yeah, let's dive into it. Everything was during 35 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,599 the week last week, a Thursday night game and then to Friday night tilts. 36 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,719 Let's talk about Thursday where the Naval Academy they dar near came close. 37 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,479 It almost upset Memphis in the Liberty Bowl and the American Athletic Conference opener for 38 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:07,319 both teams, but nonetheless Navy falling short to the Memphis Tigers twenty eight to 39 00:03:07,439 --> 00:03:13,039 twenty four. Again the Mountains, or excuse me, the American Athletic Conference 40 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:17,599 opener for both those teams. Is Navy now oh and four on Thursday nights 41 00:03:17,599 --> 00:03:23,560 since joining the American As Memphis wins, it's fifth straight over the Midshipman Boy, 42 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:28,400 Navy came out and looked like a different team. Steve. You know, 43 00:03:28,599 --> 00:03:30,919 I don't know where you kind of came down on this thing, but 44 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:35,479 you know, I thought maybe a key play or key series in this game 45 00:03:36,039 --> 00:03:39,680 was Navy leading fourteen to seven there late in the first half, but they 46 00:03:39,719 --> 00:03:43,560 give up a touchdown, which is twenty thirty seconds left and a half. 47 00:03:43,879 --> 00:03:46,639 You know, Memphis got the ball their owned forty and they went fifty six 48 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:52,400 yards on eight plays in just fifty six seconds to tie the game with twenty 49 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,639 three seconds left and a half. Then they get the opening second half kickoff 50 00:03:54,960 --> 00:04:00,000 and go forty seven yards on seven plays. Took two minutes in thirty six 51 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:04,240 seconds. They turned a fourteen to seven deficit into a twenty one to fourteen 52 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:08,520 lead in the span of less than three minutes, you know, spanning the 53 00:04:08,599 --> 00:04:11,360 very end of the first half and the very start of the second half, 54 00:04:11,599 --> 00:04:14,479 and that kind of flipped. I thought that kind of flipped the game. 55 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:15,759 You know, Navy was in it the rest of the way, but it 56 00:04:15,839 --> 00:04:19,000 seemed like that just kind of turned things and so where Navy was playing from 57 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,600 ahead, they were kind of chasing the rest of the way. Yeah. 58 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:27,319 Really, it certainly did. When you go from turning the ball over on 59 00:04:27,439 --> 00:04:31,959 downs at the at the end of the first half and allowing Memphis to go 60 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:36,480 down and get that touchdown with less than a minute to go, as you 61 00:04:36,519 --> 00:04:41,480 mentioned, to tie things up. They get the ball to start the second 62 00:04:41,519 --> 00:04:46,439 half and they go down. It really was a fourteen point swing at that 63 00:04:46,519 --> 00:04:48,519 point, and yeah, they got it. They got a couple of opportunities 64 00:04:48,639 --> 00:04:54,480 late in the game. You know, Memphis missed a field goal in the 65 00:04:54,480 --> 00:05:00,759 second half. Unfortunately Navy could not capitalize on that. They he had a 66 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:05,000 fumble and they couldn't capitalize on that, and then an interception Navy couldn't capitalize 67 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:10,560 on that. They have three opportunities to win this game and make our friend 68 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:15,399 T. J. Reeves very upset with everything this week. He would have 69 00:05:15,399 --> 00:05:18,959 been hating our lives if we had come on this show and been able to 70 00:05:18,959 --> 00:05:24,360 talk about how Navy was able to smoke his alma mater, the Memphis Tigers. 71 00:05:24,399 --> 00:05:27,879 But unfortunately it was not to be. It was not to be, 72 00:05:28,079 --> 00:05:31,439 as Navy coming up short and they followed a one in two overall Ozero and 73 00:05:31,519 --> 00:05:35,040 one in the American Athletic Conference. I thought one of the other differences in 74 00:05:35,079 --> 00:05:39,000 the game, Steve, I know, with the you know, the tally 75 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:43,279 sheet only says, uh, you know, twenty yards rushing for seth hen 76 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:46,360 again he was not even close to the leader, Blake Watson. You know 77 00:05:46,399 --> 00:05:48,879 had one hundred and sixty nine for Memphis, including a touchdown, But I 78 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,360 thought Seth hen again. You know, he was twenty three to thirty five 79 00:05:51,439 --> 00:05:54,759 throwing the ball, but I thought his legs, he was able to make 80 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:58,800 some plays getting out of getting out of pressure, and a couple of design 81 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:03,000 runs where you know a quarterback that can move the ball and not just with 82 00:06:03,079 --> 00:06:06,120 his arm throwing it down the field, but can make a few plays here 83 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,800 and there with his legs. I thought that was you know, that gave 84 00:06:09,879 --> 00:06:15,199 them that other weapon because I thought Navy was pretty stout defensively getting off the 85 00:06:15,199 --> 00:06:19,360 field on third down in the game. But I thought Hennigan's legs getting them 86 00:06:19,399 --> 00:06:24,720 out of trouble several times. I thought that was a key for Memphis en 87 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,759 route to the win. Yeah, we've mentioned a number of times Price that 88 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:35,319 with Navy being a smaller defensive team, you have to work on getting pressure 89 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:39,800 to the quarterback, and part of getting pressure to the quarterback is not allowing 90 00:06:39,879 --> 00:06:44,720 him to extend plays. And unfortunately, as you mentioned, he was able 91 00:06:44,759 --> 00:06:48,480 to break containment on a handful of occasions where you thought maybe he could be 92 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:54,120 hurried, maybe he could be hit, maybe he could be dropped, and 93 00:06:54,319 --> 00:07:01,439 unfortunately it led to extended plays which allowed the Memphis Receiving Corps to be able 94 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:06,959 to take advantage of the Navy defensive backfield. So once again, the Naval 95 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:13,720 Academy falling twenty eight twenty four on the road at nithis last Thursday night. 96 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:17,079 Navy will now be off as they will have the weekend to kind of lick 97 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:23,720 their wounds again before they welcome USF to Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. All 98 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,360 right, let's move to Friday. Steve, the Army Black Nights first up 99 00:07:27,399 --> 00:07:32,079 on Friday game on ESPN, and the Black Nights they go into the Alamodome 100 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:38,800 against UT San Antonio. The Black Nights they lead wire to wire get a 101 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:44,399 thirty seven to twenty nine win to move to two and one overall, utsa 102 00:07:44,519 --> 00:07:46,879 drop into one and two. You know, we're gonna talk with Steve Anderson 103 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,879 here in just a little bit about this game. And you know, again, 104 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:54,279 I thought this was one of the biggest wins of Jeff the Jeff moncan 105 00:07:54,319 --> 00:07:58,279 era Non Service Academy wins, of course, but you know, you consider 106 00:07:58,319 --> 00:08:01,639 everything, it was a darned near perfect game that the Black Knights played. 107 00:08:01,639 --> 00:08:05,480 I mean, didn't have a single turnover in the game while running eighty three 108 00:08:05,519 --> 00:08:09,639 offensive plays, not a single penalty. They led in time of possession, 109 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:13,079 had the ball for almost forty five minutes, scored on their first six drives 110 00:08:13,079 --> 00:08:16,720 of the game. They didn't punt until ninety seconds left in the third quarter. 111 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:20,399 I mean, they never trailed. Quinn Maretski was fantastic three to three 112 00:08:20,879 --> 00:08:26,079 on field goal attempts, including a career long forty five yard make. I 113 00:08:26,079 --> 00:08:30,160 mean, I guess if there was anything that you know you'd be upset about 114 00:08:30,279 --> 00:08:35,559 is giving up a few of those big plays defensively. But I mean the 115 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:39,200 Black Knights were six of six on four downs. Every single time they had 116 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:43,480 to get it they did. I mean, this is a utsa team. 117 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,399 I know. Frank Harris didn't play. He was out with a toe injury, 118 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,519 which was a big loss. But still, these were the two time 119 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:54,080 defending Conference USA champions moving over to what the American this season, and they 120 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:58,519 had won seventh straight home games seventeen out of their last eighteen there in the 121 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,679 Alamo Dome in Army goes in there and gets it done with a massive road 122 00:09:01,759 --> 00:09:09,080 victory. Yeah, and especially after UTSA went into Mikey Stadium last year and 123 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:13,200 came out with a victory. So as a little bit of revenge. As 124 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,600 you mentioned, no Frankie Harris for the Roadrunners in this game. Instead, 125 00:09:16,639 --> 00:09:20,720 I think they got his godson in their Eddie Lee Marburger. He was in 126 00:09:20,759 --> 00:09:26,600 elementary school, I believe when Frankie Harris began his career at Utsay so but 127 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:33,320 and I thought that, you know, they did a good job of preventing 128 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,279 him from They didn't. He didn't have to drop back in pass thirty five 129 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:41,120 or forty times, which I think is a big plus for Army's defensive backs. 130 00:09:41,159 --> 00:09:46,279 They tried to be a little more even with their with their offense, 131 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:50,960 try and keep Army Armies defense more honest. But I actually think that worked 132 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:56,480 out better for the Black Nights because they weren't having to deal with having to 133 00:09:56,799 --> 00:10:01,440 have their defensive backs go back and cover every play. And if they had, 134 00:10:01,639 --> 00:10:07,360 if they had run say fifteen running plays and forty five pass plays instead 135 00:10:07,399 --> 00:10:11,080 of going almost fifty fifty, I think I think that the road Runners may 136 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:15,519 have had a better opportunity. And the fact that they didn't have Frankie Harris 137 00:10:15,519 --> 00:10:18,480 to do that I think was a big, big plus for the Black Knights. 138 00:10:18,279 --> 00:10:22,440 Yeah, the tone setting opening drive by Army to start the game. 139 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:26,039 I mean, going the length of the field on sixteen plays seventy five yards, 140 00:10:26,039 --> 00:10:30,960 seven and a half minutes, Hayden Reid one yard touchdown run. Hayden 141 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:35,759 read big in the game for the Black Nights, twenty carries one oh seven, 142 00:10:35,639 --> 00:10:41,120 which was a team high. But ironically on that opening drive, you 143 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,600 know that I thought was a kind of a tone setter. Bryson Daly was 144 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,799 oh four passing. You know, he didn't convert, didn't hit one of 145 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,039 those four pass attempts, but they converted every fourth down on that drive. 146 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:54,240 And you know, it was really a game. You know that Jeff Trailer 147 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:58,080 even said the UTSA head coach afterwards. You know it was they got they 148 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,600 got whipped up front, you know, on both sides of the ball, 149 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:03,000 and that was what did it for Army. I thought, Bryson Daly, 150 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:07,840 you know, just to play turnover free football, carrying at twenty four times 151 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:13,799 one hundred yards, the first Army player to surpass one hundred yards rushing and 152 00:11:13,919 --> 00:11:18,399 passing in the same game since Kelvin Hopkins did it against Tulane in October twenty 153 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:22,519 nineteen. Bryson daily is fantastic. I mean the yards that he was getting 154 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:28,000 after contact. You know, they had trouble bringing him down. It didn't 155 00:11:28,039 --> 00:11:31,240 look like it was his third game under center. He was just he was 156 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:35,960 simply flawless under centered with that Army attack. Yeah, he really was. 157 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:39,879 And that's a great That's a great thing to see when you have a young 158 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:48,200 quarterback and one that is you're hoping can grow into the offense that they're now 159 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:52,519 running there at West Point, it was. It was fantastic for UH to 160 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,000 see him be able to throw the ball down the field, be able to 161 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:01,519 use the running game as well, and keep the Roadrunners off offense off the 162 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:05,960 field. That was that was a big plus in this game. The fact 163 00:12:05,039 --> 00:12:09,879 that they had was a close to forty five minutes of the sixty minutes that 164 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,960 they spent on offense. So that's that's If you're doing that, you're gonna 165 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,559 most times come out of games with a victory. And they certainly did all 166 00:12:18,639 --> 00:12:24,080 right once again. Army a thirty seven to twenty nine winner over Ut San 167 00:12:24,159 --> 00:12:28,240 Antonio on the road, a big win for the Black Nights as they continue 168 00:12:28,279 --> 00:12:31,320 this tough stretch that they've got going on. Air Force next up on Friday 169 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:37,200 night to cap the week Mountain West Conference open or third straight time that they 170 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:41,360 have opened conference play against Utah State, a team that they had lost two 171 00:12:41,399 --> 00:12:45,919 straight to an air Force gets a big thirty nine to twenty one win over 172 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,440 Utah State to improve to three and oh overall one and oh in the Mountain 173 00:12:48,519 --> 00:12:52,759 West in a game that was you know, some people might look at the 174 00:12:52,799 --> 00:12:56,840 score and say, hmm, you know, it's two three touchdowns, not 175 00:12:56,919 --> 00:13:01,000 too bad. No, this game was not nearly as close as that score 176 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,600 might look. Air Force was up twenty one to oh nothing at the end 177 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:07,600 of the first quarter and Matthew Deport booted home a forty nine yard field goal 178 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:13,480 as time expired to give them a thirty two to seven lead at the half. 179 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:18,600 They never look back as they ran, steamrolled, literally ran all over 180 00:13:20,039 --> 00:13:22,960 Utah State with three hundred and forty four yards on the ground, no turnovers, 181 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:28,120 and they held the ball for nearly thirty nine minutes, out gaining Utah 182 00:13:28,159 --> 00:13:31,759 State four twenty eight to three zero two overall. You know, a solid 183 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,159 Mountain West Conference opening wind exactly what you want at home for the Falcons. 184 00:13:37,879 --> 00:13:45,200 I think that being able to run the ball sixty four times is just an 185 00:13:45,279 --> 00:13:50,320 amazing performance from And it really starts with the offensive line being able to get 186 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:58,919 the push that they needed and being able to allow Zach Larrier to be able 187 00:13:58,039 --> 00:14:03,200 to feel comfortable back there to run run the football as much as they did. 188 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:07,320 I mean, when you're averaging over five and a half yards an attempt 189 00:14:07,399 --> 00:14:11,759 over the course of a game and you're gonna and you're gonna end up with 190 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:16,879 sixty four carries on the ground, that really leads to a the health of 191 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:22,480 your of your offense. It keeps everybody healthy because everybody is moving forward and 192 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:26,639 be It keeps your defense healthy because they're staying off the field. And much 193 00:14:26,679 --> 00:14:31,200 like we said with Army, and the fact of the matter being that you 194 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:35,799 know Army had forty five almost forty five minutes time of possession, air Force 195 00:14:35,919 --> 00:14:41,039 was up close to forty minutes of time of possession. And you want you 196 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,919 want to see that in a game when you're gonna run the game, when 197 00:14:43,919 --> 00:14:48,600 you're gonna run the football as much as they do. Yeah, Emmanuel Michelle 198 00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:52,679 leading the way on twenty eight carries, one hundred and six yard three touchdowns, 199 00:14:52,799 --> 00:14:56,360 two of which came in the first quarter. You know, but when 200 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:01,200 you've got an offense it's just churning on all cylinders. At nine to thirteen 201 00:15:01,279 --> 00:15:05,120 on third down and they converted their only fourth down attempt. You know, 202 00:15:05,159 --> 00:15:09,120 you're gonna win a lot of football games, especially when your defense. You 203 00:15:09,159 --> 00:15:13,759 throw that in there where they only gave up three hundred yards of total offense, 204 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:18,000 five sacks, nine tackles for a loss, forcing two turnovers. You 205 00:15:18,039 --> 00:15:20,600 know, Alec Mock. You heard his name last week. You're hearing it 206 00:15:20,639 --> 00:15:24,799 again for a reason. I mean, just all over the place was the 207 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,440 senior linebacker or excuse me, the senior defensive end, you know, responsible 208 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:33,639 for a game high eleven tackles for the Falcons, eight solo, which was 209 00:15:33,679 --> 00:15:37,039 a career high, two tackles, two TFLs, forced the fumble. I 210 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:43,799 mean, just he continues to lead the way with that that that Falcon defense 211 00:15:43,919 --> 00:15:48,360 that is you know, again playing in the Mount West. Commerce talked about 212 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:52,399 it last week. The numbers and what they're doing defensibly are no joke because 213 00:15:52,399 --> 00:15:58,039 they play in the league with some high octane offenses and they are shutting teams 214 00:15:58,159 --> 00:16:02,200 down. Obviously, this is the first Mountain West Conference game. Many more 215 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:06,279 to come, but boy, it was a complete team effort Steven on both 216 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:11,320 sides of the football for Troy Calhoun's team. Oh absolutely. And the other 217 00:16:11,399 --> 00:16:15,960 thing that you want to say about the defense is the fact that they were 218 00:16:15,039 --> 00:16:19,240 able to get into the passing lanes. Everybody was able to I mean they 219 00:16:19,279 --> 00:16:23,919 had seven passes defense in that Alex Mock you mentioned all of all of his 220 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,559 numbers. He got his big ugly hands up there and knocked down a pass 221 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,639 as well. He got into the passing lane as well. But you look 222 00:16:32,679 --> 00:16:37,320 at it. Jamari Bellamy had a pair of pds, Jonathan young Blood had 223 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:41,919 one, CJ. Boyd had two. So the not only were the defensive 224 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:47,120 backs getting into the passing lanes and breaking up passes, but the big uglies 225 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:52,120 were doing it up front as well. Yeah, the mount West Conference Fresno 226 00:16:52,279 --> 00:16:56,840 State, you know, is certainly a surprise team early right now, you 227 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:00,519 know. But the Air Force Falcons, you know, they were picked tie 228 00:17:00,559 --> 00:17:03,320 for a reason. And you know, you look down at Boise State, 229 00:17:03,399 --> 00:17:06,400 that's one in two right now. Boy, if you're an Air Force Bean, 230 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:08,640 you gotta feel awfully good. Steve where things are at right now. 231 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:11,240 I know it's just three games into the season. You gotta go on the 232 00:17:11,319 --> 00:17:15,119 road here, play your first road conference game. But boy, things are 233 00:17:15,279 --> 00:17:22,160 churning along just perfectly right now for the air Force Falcon's thirty nine to twenty 234 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:26,279 one winner over Utah State at Falcon Stadium last Friday night. All right, 235 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:29,519 let's give out some game ball Steve, I'll fire first this week. I 236 00:17:29,519 --> 00:17:32,880 think you went first last week. I'm gonna I'm gonna get by game ball 237 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:36,599 out. I'm gonna go back to the Black Nights in San Antonio. You 238 00:17:36,599 --> 00:17:42,359 know, I'm just so so impressed by what Army did offensively in this game 239 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:47,319 where bryceon Daily you know had you know, you know, had mistakes, 240 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:51,680 had errors, you know, first first career start against Uel Monroe. Uh, 241 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,960 you know, then comes home and plays, you know, fantastic against 242 00:17:55,039 --> 00:17:57,039 Dell State. I don't know, you can't read a whole lot into that 243 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:00,759 kind of a win over Dell State, but clearly took that momentum from that 244 00:18:00,799 --> 00:18:06,920 Delaware State win right home. As the Texas native goes back home, you 245 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,079 know, and he carries a twenty four times for one hundred yards played. 246 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:15,440 Turnover free football they converted converted every fourth down. As I mentioned, I 247 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:18,279 gotta go Bryson Daily, you know, a game ball, just the way 248 00:18:18,279 --> 00:18:21,680 he looked and what he did leading that offense. You know, I know 249 00:18:21,759 --> 00:18:26,319 they have you know, eight offensive linemen that return the season that have started 250 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:30,960 games, but boy that you know, in a in a new offense, 251 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:33,079 it just does not look like they're missing a whole lot right now, Steve, 252 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:37,079 So, Bryson Daily gonna get my game ball this week, and well 253 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:45,240 deserved. I'm gonna stick around in Colorado Springs and the air Force Falcons had 254 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:52,279 five touchdowns on the ground, and I gotta go with Emmanuel Michelle. Twenty 255 00:18:52,319 --> 00:18:55,839 eight carries one hundred and six yards. As you mentioned in three scores, 256 00:18:56,319 --> 00:18:59,160 he doesn't get into the end zone. Air Force doesn't win that game, 257 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:03,759 and so well, I really I got to give my hats off to Emmanuel 258 00:19:03,799 --> 00:19:07,640 Michelle and he gets my game ball this week, well deserved, no doubt 259 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:11,079 about it. All Right. We told you that we are a part of 260 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:15,920 the College Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast Network. We've got podcasts coming out at 261 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:21,400 you every single day of the week to tickle your fancy no matter what it 262 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:25,319 is. In college football. We got it for you. 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Ticket Smarter the latest with Navy, 290 00:21:26,839 --> 00:21:33,000 Army and Air Force on Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football all Right continuing 291 00:21:33,079 --> 00:21:37,759 on here on Yards and Stripes, your home for service Academy football, Army, 292 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,079 Navy, and Air Force. But it is the Army Black Knights that 293 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:45,079 we're going to specialize in this segment right now. And we've got a first 294 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:48,960 time guest here with the Steve. We've got Major Steve Anderson. He's a 295 00:21:49,039 --> 00:21:53,039 co host of the Black Knight Nation podcast with my Man sal Inner Donado. 296 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:57,039 You can check him out online Black Knight Nation dot com. Steve was a 297 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:02,359 team captain for the Army Black Nights two thousand and nine, two ten, 298 00:22:03,039 --> 00:22:07,240 MVP of the Armed Forces Bowl and a big win over SMU sixteen to fourteen. 299 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:11,160 Man, Steve, it's it's great to have you on. And before 300 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:12,759 I go a step further, man, just thank you so much for your 301 00:22:12,759 --> 00:22:17,559 service. As you are a major in the US Army and you're out there 302 00:22:17,599 --> 00:22:21,880 and Fort Levinworth, Kansas. Man, we can't say enough for your patriotic 303 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:23,920 duty and serving America. So thank you so much for joining us to night. 304 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,680 Steve. Yeah, no, I appreciate you guys having me. Any 305 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:32,400 opportunity to talk Black Knight football is a good opportunity, So again, thanks 306 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,559 for having me and look forward to the conversation tonight. Well, we're excited 307 00:22:34,599 --> 00:22:38,759 to talk the Black Nights and I mean, look after last Friday Night, 308 00:22:38,839 --> 00:22:41,640 I mean, we're gonna talk a good bit about him right now. Let's 309 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:48,119 get started with that win over UTSA thirty seven to twenty nine, Steve. 310 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:49,839 And you know, I was talking, you know, after the game with 311 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,200 some buddies and you know, tweeted it out. I think that was one 312 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:57,440 of the most impressive wins of the Jeff Muncaneer and anybody that follows college football, 313 00:22:57,519 --> 00:23:02,960 especially the Army Black Knights. You know what kind of opponent UTSA was. 314 00:23:03,319 --> 00:23:06,480 Granted, Frankie Harrison did not play, but still that's a big team, 315 00:23:06,519 --> 00:23:08,400 that's a fast team. You went on the road, you have a 316 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:14,240 new quarterback that was in what his third start, you made, you jumped 317 00:23:14,279 --> 00:23:18,880 on him early, got off the field with some key play. Top five 318 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,359 at least win wins in the Jeff Munkin era. You know that may not 319 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,759 be named you know, Navy or air Force. That was a big one 320 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:30,279 on Friday night, Steve. Yeah, absolutely, I was gonna ye added 321 00:23:30,279 --> 00:23:33,799 the caveat at the end there with the not Navy air Force win because I 322 00:23:33,799 --> 00:23:37,960 was gonna say it's uh yeah, the breaking the streak, and then the 323 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,000 c C was, you know it's gonna be tough to beat that totally these 324 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:45,319 old Army fans, right, but yeah, No, I think the most 325 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:52,319 impressive thing about the victory was the way we won. Watching Bryson Daily really 326 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:57,720 kind of come out of that shell, almost as if the Delaware State game 327 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:03,440 was like solidified the trust between the offensive coordinator in the quarterback and said, 328 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:07,759 hey, I can do this. You know, I had a little had 329 00:24:07,799 --> 00:24:11,519 a little you know, anxious nerves during ULM. Hey that's in the in 330 00:24:11,519 --> 00:24:15,240 the rear view mirror, now, coach, let's let's open this thing a 331 00:24:15,279 --> 00:24:19,880 bit and and get after it. And I just really really enjoyed watching the 332 00:24:21,319 --> 00:24:26,079 complete game through and through, not the not the halftime, you know, 333 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:30,799 you know, goof up with the bomb at halftime. But other than that, 334 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,319 a pretty complete game. I was I was joking with with Price that, 335 00:24:36,079 --> 00:24:40,400 uh, Frankie Harris, the quarterback for UTSA, you may have played 336 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:44,519 against him because he's been there with the Road Rivers. Uh, this is 337 00:24:44,559 --> 00:24:48,480 his seventh year in college football, so I was joking that he might he 338 00:24:48,559 --> 00:24:52,079 might have played against you in one of those games back in the day. 339 00:24:52,319 --> 00:24:56,960 I really want to ask you about Isaiah Alston because he's been one of my 340 00:24:56,039 --> 00:25:00,160 favorite guys to watch this year. I know that he's not going to get 341 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:06,000 the sort of targets that a team that runs a true spread offense looks at. 342 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:07,799 Uh, well, we'll get but still, you know, we had 343 00:25:07,839 --> 00:25:14,480 two catches. He had was two catches for sixty eight yards in that game. 344 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,440 Is he maybe one of the best receivers that you'll see come out of 345 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:22,359 a service academy, you know, in the last like ten years, because 346 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:29,279 I really love the size and how that could relate at the next level. 347 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:33,319 You know, we've started to see guys getting an opportunity to play at the 348 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:37,720 next level of football. Could he be the next guy that gets that that 349 00:25:37,839 --> 00:25:45,559 opportunity. Yeah, I think he's definitely got the frame for it, and 350 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:51,599 he's getting plenty of experience blocking. So you know, it's very undervalued but 351 00:25:51,839 --> 00:25:56,640 important skill to have in the NFL because most teams are on a you know, 352 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,680 a fifty fifty sixty forty. Uh, So you gotta be able to 353 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,559 block if you want to see the field. Uh And as long as he 354 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,599 just keeps developing those tools. Look, he's not gonna get the nine ten 355 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:11,400 targets that you're gonna see in a spread spread offense, but he will get 356 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:19,079 you know, three four five targets. As Bryson Daily continues to you know, 357 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:25,440 get more comfortable in the RPO style offense, and we start to really 358 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:30,559 open up the playbook and in the the open space really starts to show itself 359 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:34,480 on the on the slant, so the slugos or even the fly routes, 360 00:26:34,559 --> 00:26:41,079 and it's gonna be up to that chemistry to make those targets count. It's 361 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:45,039 very I mean what you uh, sixty eight it was the sixty eight yards. 362 00:26:45,279 --> 00:26:48,880 Yeah, two catches for sixty eight yeah right, So you add a 363 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,559 couple more catches, uh, and he's up to one hundred and twenty yards. 364 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:59,160 So the the impact to the game. And I agree with you. 365 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:04,960 I think he is just a fascinating player, huge frame, Uh, just 366 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:11,519 great route running and he's not afraid to go for the catch because you know, 367 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,279 he's he's gonna put his head in there because he's like, look, 368 00:27:14,319 --> 00:27:17,079 this is one of my find all right, Like I'm going for this ball. 369 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:22,039 Steve Carney and Pryce Atkinson were joined this week by our man and special 370 00:27:22,079 --> 00:27:25,960 guest Steve Anderson. He's a co host of the Black Knight Nation podcast Major 371 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:30,759 US Army Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, a former Army team captain. And you 372 00:27:30,799 --> 00:27:33,519 know, Steve, no, a lot was made the beginning of the season, 373 00:27:33,559 --> 00:27:37,000 and rightfully so, you know, Drew Thatcher bringing in uh, you 374 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:41,079 know, a new new look offense, you know, to the Hudson and 375 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,559 you know it's still a run first. You know, Jeff Munkin told us 376 00:27:44,559 --> 00:27:47,359 before the season and he's, look, we still want to run the dad 377 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,359 gum football. That's what we're gonna do. But they're doing it out of 378 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:55,079 different formations. You know, it certainly doesn't look the same, and it 379 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:57,200 doesn't look the same, especially when you think about some of the guys like 380 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,400 Tyson Riley, who's you know, been what I think maybe been moved to 381 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:06,039 h back tight end full time. Jacoby Buchanan's not really you know, carrying 382 00:28:06,079 --> 00:28:08,920 that ball that much. But then you got the emergence of Hayden Reid and 383 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,240 we're still waiting on Tyrell Robinson to work his way back from injury. But 384 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:17,400 it has a different look, especially with a lot of the you know, 385 00:28:17,519 --> 00:28:21,799 non household names right now that we're so used to call in their name with 386 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,079 just you know, twenty twenty five carries a game. It's a lot of 387 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:29,599 new faces right now. Yeah, I think the I think the best meme 388 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:40,880 I saw was a quadruple barrel shotgun. One of the formations somebody sent me. 389 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:42,720 They're like, what is the offense? Is this correct? And they 390 00:28:42,759 --> 00:28:45,839 just sent me a you know, essentially a quadruple barrel shotgun. I was 391 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:52,240 like, yeah, that's that's basically how we're gonna run this same But yeah, 392 00:28:52,279 --> 00:28:55,200 a lot of new faces. And as a you know, as a 393 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,920 prior player, as a guy who knows the coaching staff and a guy that 394 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:03,759 knows is what it takes, you know, to get on that field. 395 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:11,759 Those guys have done thousands of reps, thousands of reps from when UH coach 396 00:29:11,839 --> 00:29:17,640 thatcher showed up thousands, So you can you can best. You know, 397 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,599 you can sleep easy and I know, and the best players at those positions 398 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:23,920 are on the field with what we got right now, And you know, 399 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,400 it was a tough pill to swallow. I'm sure for some of those guys 400 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:33,240 moving positions or taking a lesser role, but you saw, you know, 401 00:29:33,319 --> 00:29:38,480 Buchanan got his shots. They're they're given the two matters, they're capitalizing in 402 00:29:38,599 --> 00:29:42,839 certain situations, and those guys are they're answering the call. And that is 403 00:29:44,599 --> 00:29:49,920 what the true sign of commitment work ethic brotherhood that you love to see is, 404 00:29:51,359 --> 00:29:53,759 you know, go from a guy that's gotten thirty carries a game, 405 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,759 twenty five carries a game to hey, you're gonna get maybe five or six, 406 00:29:57,839 --> 00:30:03,039 but they're gonna be important and carries that we need you to be dialed 407 00:30:03,119 --> 00:30:07,480 in when your numbers called. Be ready. I don't think anybody was concerned 408 00:30:07,519 --> 00:30:11,839 or word that you can't wouldn't be ready, But you know, it's it's 409 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:15,640 something that a lot of people just take for granted in the game of football 410 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,759 because a lot of guys are just they're just football players. They're not people 411 00:30:18,319 --> 00:30:21,839 to a lot of fans and to a lot of people, and they just 412 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:26,400 don't understand what the impacts can have on on a player's psyche or you know. 413 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:29,039 But that's why it's you know, a physical, mental, emotional, 414 00:30:29,119 --> 00:30:33,920 spiritual game. You have to be ready to do that, and those no 415 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:37,200 better place than the academy to understand that, you know, team over self 416 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:41,920 because that's exactly what these guys will go to in a year, two years, 417 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:45,519 three years from now. Yeah, you talk about leaders of men, 418 00:30:45,599 --> 00:30:48,480 I want to turn to the other side of the to the defensive side of 419 00:30:48,559 --> 00:30:52,720 the football and talk about Leo Lowen and the linebacking corps. Uh there, 420 00:30:52,759 --> 00:31:00,240 because I really you know, being senior leaders and being being through this and 421 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:03,680 having gone through this now for four years, you got you gotta feel like 422 00:31:03,759 --> 00:31:08,839 those guys are just like coaches on the field and and they've got these guys 423 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:15,680 ready to go at a moment's notice, and they understand just how to make 424 00:31:15,759 --> 00:31:21,279 that that defense work at its best. Yeah, and I you know, 425 00:31:21,799 --> 00:31:27,079 Leo Lowen is has become one of my favorite players to watch. Obviously, 426 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:32,160 Mark cal brought turned a lot of heads last year and that was super fun. 427 00:31:32,279 --> 00:31:40,559 But watching that, watching Loans just evolved from role player to player to 428 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:47,200 leader has been you know. And of course I'm biased as a linebacker having 429 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:51,920 gone through of a similar process, but you know, I said this on 430 00:31:52,039 --> 00:31:56,000 Black Night Nation the other day, Lowen's gotta understand. You know, we 431 00:31:56,039 --> 00:32:00,799 are routine a lot of defensive linemen throughout the game, and that is what 432 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:06,759 makes a linebacker truly special is not just getting the players in the right position, 433 00:32:06,799 --> 00:32:12,680 but understanding all the different types of defensive linemen that's in front of him, 434 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:15,480 and when you got the big boys, or when you got the quick 435 00:32:15,519 --> 00:32:19,720 guys, or when you got the younger guys first older guys, and those 436 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:24,359 those small intricacies that nobody else will notice, but that middle linebacker has got 437 00:32:24,359 --> 00:32:29,759 to know because the fits are just slightly different, the steps are just slightly 438 00:32:29,799 --> 00:32:35,400 different, the reads or the keys. It just might be the slightest difference. 439 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,720 But as we know, this game continues to be a game of inches. 440 00:32:37,799 --> 00:32:42,480 It's proven every week why it's a game of inches, and that's what 441 00:32:42,599 --> 00:32:46,319 matters. All right, continue with Steve Anderson and Steve on stay on defense 442 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:51,160 real quick, because maybe I'm wrong. I could be right. I'm not 443 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:54,759 right very often, but I feel like, take me back to Jay Bateman, 444 00:32:55,200 --> 00:33:00,559 because I feel like when Jay Bateman took over as defensive coordinators several years 445 00:33:00,599 --> 00:33:04,319 ago. I can't remember if he was the first DC under Monk and U 446 00:33:04,519 --> 00:33:07,079 in Army. Obviously he was there for what four or five seasons before he 447 00:33:07,119 --> 00:33:12,519 went on to North Carolina. Now Nate Woody defensive coordinator who's been you know, 448 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,079 several of the you know, top universities over the years. I feel 449 00:33:15,119 --> 00:33:20,839 like when Jay Bateman took over a defensive coordinator, really things began to change, 450 00:33:21,519 --> 00:33:24,559 you know, for Army football. Certainly everybody knows triple option, but 451 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:30,400 Jay Bateman seemed like he brought in this attacking, playmaking style defense that wasn't 452 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:34,720 a kind of what I've always thought of, you know, from the Service 453 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,400 academies as a ben but don't break you know, type of defense. You 454 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,839 know, I feel like that it was you know, look, we're not 455 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:44,039 gonna sit on our heels, We're gonna go after make plays, We're gonna 456 00:33:44,079 --> 00:33:46,680 move guys around. And I feel like that really kind of in a way 457 00:33:46,839 --> 00:33:52,240 has changed the game defensively across Service Academy football. Because Nabe obviously, you 458 00:33:52,279 --> 00:33:55,680 know, they had Buddy Green for years, you know, who was a 459 00:33:55,759 --> 00:34:00,119 real ben, but don't Break guy. They bring in Brian Newberry. He 460 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:05,279 kind of tries to bring in that same attacking style. And then obviously you 461 00:34:05,319 --> 00:34:07,039 see what Air Force is doing defensively. To me, they look like they're 462 00:34:07,159 --> 00:34:13,000 night and day different than what they were ten years ago. Am I crazy 463 00:34:13,079 --> 00:34:16,280 to think that Jay Bateman kind of changed the game defensively for Service Academy football. 464 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:21,320 When it comes to playing defense. Well, you know, I think, 465 00:34:21,559 --> 00:34:24,880 you know, when I was there, we ran the double legal flex, 466 00:34:25,079 --> 00:34:29,920 right, and that the whole mentality was, Hey, we don't have 467 00:34:30,039 --> 00:34:32,119 the size. We've got to rely on our quickness, our speed, and 468 00:34:32,119 --> 00:34:37,920 we've got to just attack and just to the quarterback before they throw a ball 469 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:43,079 because we're you know, we don't have we don't have the capability of just 470 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:47,639 letting the quarterback stand back there for five six seconds. So I think there 471 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:52,239 was a little you know, there's a little leeway before Bateman that we're changing 472 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,360 defenses. We're getting out of the double legal flex, we're going back to 473 00:34:55,400 --> 00:35:00,760 the standard four three three four five two six you want, you know, 474 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,840 whatever you want to you know, depending on whatever you want to call it 475 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:07,360 based on the package. Uh. But but yeah, I think I think 476 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,199 what happens, right, and this is what you hope as a coach, 477 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:13,719 you know, I you know, I coach all little league now, so 478 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:20,159 it's it's it's way different. But as a coach, you're not just coaching 479 00:35:20,199 --> 00:35:24,119 football players. You're coaching men, all right, And the most important thing 480 00:35:24,159 --> 00:35:30,519 about these men is they're gonna go lead other men and women in combat. 481 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:35,280 And it's not it's not a question of it question of when right you have 482 00:35:35,599 --> 00:35:42,000 got to us. You've got to reiterate what they learn at the military academy 483 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:46,559 in the game of football. And I think what happens is is it it's 484 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:51,239 it's a mentality that's brought out, you know, from players. I still 485 00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:55,599 believe the best leadership class I got it West Point was Army football. And 486 00:35:58,599 --> 00:36:02,199 what you're doing is it's continues to trickle down and it builds and it builds 487 00:36:02,199 --> 00:36:07,360 and it builds, and year after year, those linebackers or those that those 488 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:10,800 safeties or those linemen, they get a little piece of what excellence looks like 489 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:15,119 and they grab that piece from those seniors right that have been in the program, 490 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:19,760 and then now they're the seniors, and now those juniors through freshmen grab 491 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,440 a little bit piece of them and they keep building off of. And that's 492 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:25,519 what I think our defense has been able to do over the years is continue 493 00:36:25,599 --> 00:36:32,920 to increase that mentality or build off that mentality to where they're looking at the 494 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:37,199 good stuff that they really like from their position groups or what they liked from 495 00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:40,159 their defensive captains and build off of it. And I think that is what 496 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:45,280 great programs can do. It's not just you lose a coach, you lose 497 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:49,079 a senior class and you're starting from scratch. You're building off of what you 498 00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:53,360 learned. A excuse me. And I think that is what I see is 499 00:36:53,480 --> 00:37:00,760 it's almost a residual effect that's exponentially growing with the new last I see it 500 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:05,639 every year where they're finding their identity and then it's there and then it's building 501 00:37:05,679 --> 00:37:07,840 off of that. And I think it's really it's really special to watch, 502 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:13,880 and they're gonna see a big piece of identity get grown because I always find 503 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:19,800 that when you have a opposition like they have this week, you know, 504 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:24,159 it really does build character. And they've got a big character building test here 505 00:37:24,199 --> 00:37:29,320 this week. They go to the Carrier Dome to take on Syracuse. It's 506 00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:32,079 the first time since nineteen ninety six. As I was said to Price last 507 00:37:32,079 --> 00:37:36,800 week, I was at that game at the Carrier Dome as a student for 508 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:42,119 Syracuse. My friend Donovan McNabb, who I had classes with, was of 509 00:37:42,119 --> 00:37:46,400 course the quarterback there and in that game, as I had to look up, 510 00:37:47,119 --> 00:37:52,800 the Orange got five hundred and nine yards of offense. And really was 511 00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:58,400 the last time that Syracuse was any good was back in the in the nineties. 512 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:02,159 But now now here we are. Syracuse is three and zero going into 513 00:38:02,199 --> 00:38:08,280 into this matchup, and it's the Black Knight's opportunity to end a losing streak 514 00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:14,199 in ninety six Army at an eleven game unbeaten streak going into that game at 515 00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:17,039 the Carrier Dome. They got a chance to pay a little payback this week. 516 00:38:19,559 --> 00:38:23,880 Yeah, I've got a great mentor, coach, Ben Kweka. I'll 517 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:28,920 still call him coach to this day. He coached me at prep school as 518 00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:32,159 my defensive coordinator, and obviously he's still coaches to this day in the NFL 519 00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:36,480 for the Denver Broncos. You know, start a middle linebacker for the ninety 520 00:38:36,519 --> 00:38:40,320 six team. And I know that game quite a bit. We've got a 521 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:45,920 chance to talk, you know, just over the years and through his mentorship. 522 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:49,920 So I know it's huge. I know this is a big game because 523 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:53,840 one everybody says it is right. So if everybody says it is, usually 524 00:38:53,840 --> 00:39:00,599 it. But the other thing is Syracuse is good. They're a good team 525 00:39:00,599 --> 00:39:04,159 this year. Uh, there're not the cues of all its kind of you 526 00:39:04,199 --> 00:39:10,639 were saying, and they've got some weapons offensively and defensively that if we do 527 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:15,199 not, you know, if we don't play really sound Army football, it 528 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:22,639 could get ugly. All right. As we begin wrapping up with Steve Anderson, 529 00:39:22,119 --> 00:39:27,400 Major Steve Anderson, former Army team captain now co host of the Black 530 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:30,840 Night Nation podcasts, and Steve, you know, with Syracuse up next this 531 00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:35,199 weekend, then you got the off week, and then you got home against 532 00:39:35,199 --> 00:39:38,320 Boston College, Troy and LSU. I don't want to, I don't want 533 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:42,559 to ask is it a make or break stretch here? Because certainly, even 534 00:39:42,599 --> 00:39:45,480 if you lost all four, you you got you know, plenty more to 535 00:39:45,519 --> 00:39:49,840 go and play for, especially considering you haven't even played a Service Academy yet. 536 00:39:50,159 --> 00:39:52,159 I mean, but these next four are gonna be tough. I mean, 537 00:39:52,199 --> 00:39:54,719 certainly two ACC schools. You got Troy, who won twelve games a 538 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:58,920 year ago. We know how good LSU is. I mean Boston College. 539 00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:00,840 Shoot, I mean I think there one and two, but I think they're 540 00:40:01,119 --> 00:40:06,079 what they're different. I think eight points separates, you know, the point 541 00:40:06,119 --> 00:40:09,880 differential combined and their three games. Uh, you know, Syracuse is explosive 542 00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:14,719 on offense. I mean, how critical is this next four game stretch for 543 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:17,920 Army in the black nights the way this season could go. Yeah, I 544 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:22,840 mean it's the gauntlet of the season right now. And you know, we 545 00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:30,599 just talked about building off of you know, the previous senior class generations. 546 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:35,760 I don't know if we've had a stretch of four games like this, uh, 547 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,440 you know for quite some time. I mean, this is you know, 548 00:40:38,559 --> 00:40:43,559 we've had these teams on schedule, these type of teams on the schedule, 549 00:40:43,639 --> 00:40:49,599 but they haven't been you know, consistently, you know good. You 550 00:40:49,639 --> 00:40:52,480 know, you know in the same year. You know, Troy has been 551 00:40:52,519 --> 00:40:55,440 good. You know, you know a team has been bad. But we've 552 00:40:55,440 --> 00:41:01,440 got four teams now that are they're good, and you know, you say, 553 00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:06,199 it's not make or break, but we've definitely gotta we've got to come 554 00:41:06,199 --> 00:41:12,440 out of here with with with at least a few uh you know, we 555 00:41:12,519 --> 00:41:15,400 gotta we gotta feel at the very minimum, we gotta feel good about these 556 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:22,679 four games because uh, it's definitely gonna be a fight each and every week. 557 00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:24,760 I mean, you there is no not that Army you know, ever 558 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:30,000 does this because you know, again, I know, these guys, they're 559 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:34,320 only focused on Syracuse this week, and uh, they're gonna give it everything 560 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:37,760 they're got. And I'll tell you this right now. We don't turn the 561 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:39,719 ball over and you hold the ball for forty five minutes. Hey, we're 562 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:43,960 coming out of all four and we're coming all four of those gay who w 563 00:41:44,639 --> 00:41:46,320 I'll tell you that right now. Yeah, you get if you can get 564 00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:51,920 to forty five minutes of time of possession, I would I would say you're 565 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,079 four and oh as well, absolutely, yeah. I mean we were just 566 00:41:54,280 --> 00:42:01,679 short of forty five minutes on on Friday nights. So I think the confidence 567 00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:07,800 is there. I think the mentality is there. You just have to take 568 00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:10,960 it one play at a time. And I know it's such a cliche, 569 00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:16,320 but these games are you know, every play is gonna matter with these these 570 00:42:16,599 --> 00:42:20,960 four games coming up, and the coach will have him ready, that's for 571 00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:22,840 sure. These guys, these guys have been in big games. There's play 572 00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:28,159 a build off of from last year in the previous years, so it would 573 00:42:28,159 --> 00:42:31,440 be a great first test of the season. Score prediction against Syracuse hit us 574 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:37,400 on the way out. I think it's gonna be twenty four twenty one. 575 00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:42,960 Army there he heard it. You heard it from Major Steve Anderson. She 576 00:42:43,159 --> 00:42:46,800 is a former team captain servant in the United States Army Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 577 00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:52,159 and more importantly, he is the co host this season of the Black 578 00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:54,519 Night Nation podcast. But we Steve, we cannot thank you for the time, 579 00:42:55,159 --> 00:42:59,199 and we cannot thank you for your service to our country. Thank you 580 00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:02,000 so much for everything tonight and today and this week on this episode. Can't 581 00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:05,719 wait to do it again here moving forward this season, getting you back on 582 00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:08,639 with us, Bud. Absolutely, thanks guys for having me in. Hey 583 00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:13,519 go Army be Syracuse. All right, once again, thanks to Steve Anderson 584 00:43:13,599 --> 00:43:16,920 for joining us to talk all things Army Black Nights, and we're going to 585 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:22,119 talk about more about their game coming up against Syracuse. Here in just a 586 00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:25,159 second, we've got our Travis Mannion Foundation on a roll segment. We're gonna 587 00:43:25,159 --> 00:43:30,760 make some picks for this weekend set of games here in just a little bit. 588 00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:35,599 But let me let's tell you about these games that we do have ahead 589 00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:38,719 this weekend. Navy is off, as we mentioned, they have got a 590 00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:45,280 bye week this weekend before they will return home to Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium 591 00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:51,159 against USF next weekend, but mention at the very outside of the show, 592 00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:55,360 Steve Army, I excuse me, air Force Friday Night Tilt once again. 593 00:43:55,440 --> 00:44:00,239 This is gonna be another mount Less Conference affair, except this time air Worse 594 00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:04,280 is hitting the road this Friday night and they're traveling out to San Jose State 595 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:07,920 is undefeated. Air Force three and zero one and O in the mount Less 596 00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:13,159 going to take on the San Jose Spartans San Jose State Spartans, who are 597 00:44:13,159 --> 00:44:15,920 one in three. This will be the Spartans mountain Less Conference opener, a 598 00:44:16,079 --> 00:44:22,360 Friday night kickoff at ten thirty pm Eastern Standard time, seven thirty pm Local. 599 00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:25,519 This wasn't gonna be televised on Fox Sports one. And I'm a little 600 00:44:25,559 --> 00:44:30,639 bit surprised to see air Force only giving three and a half points in this 601 00:44:30,679 --> 00:44:35,400 game. The last I've seen over under is set at forty seven. But 602 00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:38,159 I'm a little surprised Steve, that that line is just over a field goal. 603 00:44:38,159 --> 00:44:42,039 I'm not sure about you. Maybe that's just about right. Usually the 604 00:44:42,039 --> 00:44:45,079 guys in Vegas know a lot more about these things than I do. Though, 605 00:44:45,599 --> 00:44:50,320 Yeah, I was kind of surprised when I saw that San Jose State 606 00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:55,199 was only an underdog by three or three and three or three and a half 607 00:44:55,239 --> 00:45:00,079 points. They've had a really tough schedule to start things off. I mean 608 00:45:00,119 --> 00:45:06,280 when you start off with USC at the Coliseum and then having to go up 609 00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:12,000 to Corvallis or excuse me, having to host Oregon State coming down from Corvallis, 610 00:45:12,039 --> 00:45:15,079 and both of those teams are top twenty clubs. Uh, you get 611 00:45:15,239 --> 00:45:19,719 you get a kind of a break week with cal Poly, but then you 612 00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:22,360 got to go to Toledo and take on a Rockets team. And you know, 613 00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:27,400 the MAC is a really good conference this year, and so yeah, 614 00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:30,920 you leave uh Toledo with a with another loss. I think all three of 615 00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:35,599 their losses, none of them are horrific, you know. I yeah, 616 00:45:35,639 --> 00:45:38,760 okay, you you get doubled up by USC. USC is supposed to be 617 00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:44,119 one of the five best teams in the country. You know Oregon State, 618 00:45:44,639 --> 00:45:49,320 Uh, losing to Oregon State at home is not is not ideal either, 619 00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:52,039 But again, they're they're a top twenty team. I thought that, you 620 00:45:52,079 --> 00:45:55,519 know, they could have let they could have won that game in Toledo and 621 00:45:55,599 --> 00:45:59,800 been two and two, and I think that I think that's what you're seeing 622 00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:05,519 in this line is that this team is a lot better than its record indicates. 623 00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:09,239 I still think that this is still an air Force team that's going to 624 00:46:10,159 --> 00:46:15,079 take teams behind the woodshed this year, I think, and especially if they 625 00:46:15,079 --> 00:46:19,000 can run the football like they did last week against Utah State, I think 626 00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:22,039 you will see them want to do the same thing to the Spartans this week. 627 00:46:22,079 --> 00:46:24,280 And if they do that, I think they're in really good shape. 628 00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:29,840 Yeah. This will be the seventh all time meeting between Air Force and San 629 00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:35,519 Jose State. Air Force leading the series four to two, Falcons just one 630 00:46:35,599 --> 00:46:38,280 and two on the road though at San Jose State. But that last meeting 631 00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:43,039 between these teams was won by the Spartans there at San Jose State in twenty 632 00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:45,800 twenty seventeen to six. But Air Force has got a bit of a streak 633 00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:50,000 on the line here, Steve. They've won eight straight games dating back to 634 00:46:50,079 --> 00:46:53,199 last season, the fifth longest active streak in the nation, and they've won 635 00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:58,639 five away from home, you know, dating back to last season as well. 636 00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:04,000 So you know, a few streets on the road against a San Jose 637 00:47:04,199 --> 00:47:07,400 State team that I guess, like you mentioned, you know, their beneficiaries 638 00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:13,119 of the respect of the teams and the opponents that they played with the two 639 00:47:13,159 --> 00:47:15,679 games against two teams from the PAC twelve ranked in the top twenty. So 640 00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:22,239 be interesting to see what the San Jose State Spartans, you know, dial 641 00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:25,320 up there at home in their first Mountain West Conference opener, because you know, 642 00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:29,199 anytime you're playing a conference game, especially your first one at home, 643 00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:31,639 you've got to come out fired up. If you don't, something is very 644 00:47:31,719 --> 00:47:36,480 wrong. Yeah, and their fan base is going to be very fired up. 645 00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:42,559 I don't know if for people that don't think that folks on the West 646 00:47:42,599 --> 00:47:47,679 Coast care about their football, all you have to do is look at some 647 00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:52,840 of the some of the cities and towns that have schools out on the West 648 00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:57,599 Coast and just see how rabid a fan base they have. And yes, 649 00:47:57,639 --> 00:48:01,800 San Jose is a much is much different then Eugene, Oregon, or Corvallis 650 00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:07,559 or Pulman, Washington. But I really do think that they love their football 651 00:48:08,079 --> 00:48:14,199 in that area, and they've got a lot of college football to be around, 652 00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:17,679 whether you're talking about Stanford and down in Palo Alto, cal in Berkeley, 653 00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:22,360 or of course San Jose State, they really do love their college football 654 00:48:22,679 --> 00:48:27,039 in that area. And I think they are going to be fired up well 655 00:48:27,039 --> 00:48:30,880 once again. Air Force at San Jose State on Friday night, ten thirty 656 00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:37,360 pm Eastern Standard time, seven thirty local kick there on Fox Sports One. 657 00:48:37,639 --> 00:48:40,079 Air Force a three and a half point favorite. Last I've seen, and 658 00:48:40,159 --> 00:48:44,159 the game that we just talked to Steve Anderson about. You heard his pick 659 00:48:44,199 --> 00:48:49,800 there, But Army two and one going to undefeated Syracuse Saturday, a twelve 660 00:48:49,880 --> 00:48:55,000 noon kickoff on the ACC Network. Army getting two touchdowns right now, Steve, 661 00:48:55,039 --> 00:49:00,559 the last I've seen over under is set at an even fifty in a 662 00:49:00,599 --> 00:49:02,519 game that's going to be in the Carrier Dome. Back to back Dome games 663 00:49:02,559 --> 00:49:07,880 for the Black Nights after going to the Alamo Dome. Now going to Syracuse 664 00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:10,920 and certainly going to be a highlight on the you know, the season schedule 665 00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:15,639 with the first meeting between these New York programs. It's nineteen ninety six when 666 00:49:15,719 --> 00:49:20,639 you were there. McNabb led the Syracuse Orange to a forty two seventeen win 667 00:49:20,719 --> 00:49:23,599 that snapped an Army eleven game winning street back in ninety six. But you 668 00:49:23,599 --> 00:49:27,480 know, two teams that just don't play each other. I wish this one 669 00:49:27,559 --> 00:49:30,480 was honestly on the schedule every single year when you talk about you know, 670 00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:36,360 you know, power conference major college football in the state of New York. 671 00:49:37,239 --> 00:49:40,559 Yeah, and this is a Syracuse team that's unlike a lot of the Syracuse 672 00:49:40,599 --> 00:49:45,599 teams that we've seen in recent years. Syracuse has been on a very big 673 00:49:45,639 --> 00:49:51,760 down swing since moving over to the ACC. But they're three and ozh this 674 00:49:51,840 --> 00:49:55,320 year. And look, they're not quite to the level that they were in 675 00:49:55,360 --> 00:50:00,760 the Big East when I was there, when Donovan McNabb was quarterbacking and Conrad 676 00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:05,199 was in was in the backfield, and Antonio Anderson was on the defensive line. 677 00:50:05,639 --> 00:50:07,960 Uh. You know, those are three guys that all played UH and 678 00:50:08,079 --> 00:50:15,000 had some some pretty good careers in the National Football League, and uh, 679 00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:19,559 Syracuse isn't to that point yet, uh coming back, but I think they 680 00:50:19,599 --> 00:50:24,519 look much better this year. There's a great this is another great milestone, 681 00:50:25,039 --> 00:50:30,000 uh piece for UH for Army. And you know we mentioned this with Steve 682 00:50:30,039 --> 00:50:35,480 Anderson. You know, he mentioned the this is the start of a very 683 00:50:35,639 --> 00:50:40,960 difficult stretch of their schedule. And when you go at Syracuse and then you 684 00:50:42,119 --> 00:50:45,679 take on Boston College, who gave Florida State all they can Handle and then 685 00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:51,159 Troy, who all Troy did was win twelve games last year and then finishing 686 00:50:51,159 --> 00:50:54,800 it up at LSU. Uh. Yeah, this is a very very difficult 687 00:50:54,880 --> 00:51:00,159 stretch, uh for Army, and I would love to see them go out 688 00:51:00,199 --> 00:51:05,599 there and use their size on the outside. You know, having Isaiah Austin 689 00:51:05,639 --> 00:51:08,840 out there, I think is going to be kind of strange for Syracuse defensive 690 00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:14,360 backs to see a Service Academy player bigger than them, But I think that 691 00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:16,000 could be that could be a big plus. And if they can get a 692 00:51:16,079 --> 00:51:21,239 quick score early, if they can get if they can get that first score, 693 00:51:21,239 --> 00:51:25,039 I think they can really put the orange on their on their heels and 694 00:51:25,159 --> 00:51:29,079 see way where they can go from there. You know, Syracuse won a 695 00:51:29,199 --> 00:51:34,119 thirty nine teams still unbeaten in terms of FBS teams only. They've only given 696 00:51:34,199 --> 00:51:37,800 up twenty seven points in their twelve quarters this season, outscoring opponents forty nine 697 00:51:37,920 --> 00:51:42,679 to nine. And you know, you look at their the victory so far. 698 00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:45,519 You know, it gets Colgate in Western Michigan. That's not going to 699 00:51:45,599 --> 00:51:47,559 do I know, a whole lot for you. But going on the road 700 00:51:47,639 --> 00:51:52,320 and beating up Perdue team pretty handily thirty five to twenty a game. They 701 00:51:52,360 --> 00:51:58,159 four six fumbles, recovering four last week, and they also got an interception 702 00:51:59,239 --> 00:52:02,360 in that ball game. A deep receiving corps and a defense that really is 703 00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:07,199 stout against the pass. Well, luckily for US Army, they're not gonna 704 00:52:07,199 --> 00:52:08,840 be throwing the ball a lot. But Army is certainly going to have to 705 00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:15,320 account for quarterback Derrick Schrader, Mississippi State transfer. He carried the ball last 706 00:52:15,320 --> 00:52:17,400 week, Steve and the win over Purdue one hundred and ninety five yards on 707 00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:23,039 the ground and a quarterback school record four rushing touchdowns. The one hundred ninety 708 00:52:23,039 --> 00:52:27,920 five yards on the ground by Schrader last week against Purdue the second most by 709 00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:32,440 a quarterback in Syracuse history and ninth most by a quarterback in ACC history. 710 00:52:34,039 --> 00:52:38,119 So a big, big test for the Black Nights going on the road. 711 00:52:38,159 --> 00:52:43,239 And you know you mentioned schedule. Maybe could this be one that Syracuse looks 712 00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:45,639 ahead a little bit on. We don't know, but after this Army game, 713 00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:51,039 Syracuse is going to be faced with probably the three best teams in the 714 00:52:51,159 --> 00:52:55,840 entire ACC, playing Clemson, at North Carolina and at Florida State their three 715 00:52:55,920 --> 00:53:00,559 games coming up immediately following Army, so they better have their eye on the 716 00:53:00,599 --> 00:53:05,599 prize this week, and that's the Black Nights instead of looking ahead to some 717 00:53:05,639 --> 00:53:09,559 of these challenges they've got Steve in the acc. All right, we've got 718 00:53:09,599 --> 00:53:13,719 our Travis Mannion Foundation on a roll segment coming up. We got a few 719 00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:16,800 note news and notes to pass along, and we got some picks to make 720 00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:20,320 this week, Steve, So let's do that when we come back here on 721 00:53:20,360 --> 00:53:24,840 the Yards and Stripes, your home for Service Academy Football. 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All right, 729 00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:00,000 welcome back into the Yards and Stripes, your home for His Academy Football, 730 00:54:00,039 --> 00:54:05,519 and we continue on with our Travis Manon Foundation honorall segment ORIY honor a fallen 731 00:54:05,599 --> 00:54:08,360 hero one that has given the ultimate sacrifice. And you can find out more 732 00:54:08,360 --> 00:54:14,400 about the Travis Mannion Foundation online at Travismanion dot org. And this week we're 733 00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:17,880 gonna remember somebody that used to reside right here where I do in Easily, 734 00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:24,000 South Carolina, Captain kimberly In Hampton, U S Army. She gave her 735 00:54:24,079 --> 00:54:29,119 life on January the second, two thousand and four, in Fellujah, Iraq. 736 00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:34,000 Captain Hampton was piloting a helicopter when it was shot down by enemy ground 737 00:54:34,039 --> 00:54:37,159 fire and crashed, and she later died as a result of her injuries from 738 00:54:37,159 --> 00:54:42,599 the crash. She was living out a dream of hers commanding a US Army 739 00:54:42,639 --> 00:54:46,239 Air Cavalry troop, one of the things she will be remembered for amongst the 740 00:54:46,280 --> 00:54:50,880 many things that she stood forward and she lived for, but was also being 741 00:54:50,880 --> 00:54:58,199 the America's first female military pilot killed in combat by the enemy. Captain Hampton 742 00:54:58,280 --> 00:55:01,559 was assigned to the eighty second Aviation in Battalion, the eighty second Airborne Division 743 00:55:01,559 --> 00:55:05,480 out of Fort Bryan, North Carolina. She was born in Greenville, South 744 00:55:05,519 --> 00:55:09,400 Carolina. She attended Easley High School before going on to Presbyterian College, where 745 00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:15,719 she was enrolled in the ROTC and graduated in nineteen ninety eight. She served 746 00:55:15,719 --> 00:55:19,760 in Korea in Afghanistan before being deployed to Iraq. In August. At twenty 747 00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:23,480 twenty three, she was posthumously awarded the Bronze Medal in the Purporal Heart. 748 00:55:24,119 --> 00:55:28,679 She has survived by her parents, Dale and Anne Hampton, and the Travis 749 00:55:28,760 --> 00:55:34,119 Mannion Foundation honored Captain Kimberly in Hampton through the Character Doesn't Matter program on May 750 00:55:34,159 --> 00:55:37,840 the twenty first, twenty twelve, at the Ambler Theater in Ambler, Pennsylvania, 751 00:55:38,079 --> 00:55:44,039 where Kimberley's story was shared with seventy three student athletes. And the Kimberly 752 00:55:44,079 --> 00:55:49,840 Hampton Memorial Foundation has formed to celebrate the life and honor and the memory of 753 00:55:49,880 --> 00:55:53,079 their daughter and only child, Kimberly, and their mission is to raise funds 754 00:55:53,119 --> 00:55:59,920 to provide scholarships for reserving Easley High School students, support the Captain Kimberly Hampton 755 00:56:00,119 --> 00:56:05,719 Memorial Library, and you can find out more information online at Captain Kimberly Hampton 756 00:56:06,360 --> 00:56:10,199 dot org. Travis Mallion Foundations Nine to eleven Heroes run five k race series 757 00:56:10,320 --> 00:56:15,639 units communities across the country and around the world to honor the sacrifices of September 758 00:56:15,679 --> 00:56:19,599 eleventh and the war since. Join your community this September and register to run, 759 00:56:19,760 --> 00:56:25,039 walk or rock by visiting nine eleven Heroes run dot Org. The latest 760 00:56:25,119 --> 00:56:30,880 with Navy, Army and Air Force on Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football. 761 00:56:36,599 --> 00:56:38,840 All right. Wrapping up this episode of Yards and Stripes, see Steve carnem 762 00:56:38,880 --> 00:56:44,039 Price acketson Appreciated every by tuning in again. A new episode coming at you 763 00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:51,239 every Tuesday, mostly Tuesdays here on the College Gridiron Coast to Coast Podcasts network 764 00:56:51,280 --> 00:56:53,960 that you can find on Apple podcast, Spotify wherever it is that you listen 765 00:56:54,039 --> 00:57:00,000 to your podcasts, and we just preview the games ahead. Are two games 766 00:57:00,079 --> 00:57:02,519 coming up this weekend. But first of all, before we give some picks 767 00:57:02,559 --> 00:57:07,280 a couple of news and notes to pass along to you, Army Jeff Jeff 768 00:57:07,360 --> 00:57:12,800 Munkin, their head coach, agrees to a contract extension through twenty twenty seven 769 00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:16,320 at West Point. I'll pay him reportedly of an average of more than two 770 00:57:16,519 --> 00:57:22,639 million per year. As Jeffmunkin has led the Black Nights to three CIC trophies 771 00:57:22,679 --> 00:57:27,239 and four Bowl wins, including that Academy record eleven victories in twenty eighteen. 772 00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:30,239 So you know, Mike Buddy and the brass there at West Point excited to 773 00:57:30,239 --> 00:57:37,199 get Jeff Munkin locked in with that contract extension through twenty twenty seven. Air 774 00:57:37,239 --> 00:57:42,119 Force Emmanuel Michelle mentioned to him just a few minutes ago as he got Steve's 775 00:57:42,159 --> 00:57:45,519 game ball. This week, he was also named the Mountain Less Offensive Player 776 00:57:45,400 --> 00:57:50,159 of the Week, rushing for one oh six, a career high, second 777 00:57:50,199 --> 00:57:55,480 most by a Falcon this season, including three touchdowns in the win over Utah 778 00:57:55,519 --> 00:58:00,400 State. And also air Force continuing to receive votes in the USA Today Coaches 779 00:58:00,639 --> 00:58:06,639 poll or for a fourth straight week, they received nine votes to rank thirty 780 00:58:06,639 --> 00:58:08,360 seventh. If you're going to go down and count where that might sit. 781 00:58:08,519 --> 00:58:14,719 So as we move forward, Steve a couple of games to pick this weekend. 782 00:58:15,199 --> 00:58:17,559 Let's start Friday night. Let's the first one up Air Force in San 783 00:58:17,679 --> 00:58:20,800 Jose State. Which way are you're going to go in this woman? Man? 784 00:58:21,800 --> 00:58:24,400 Yeah, I still think that air Force is the cream of the crop 785 00:58:24,639 --> 00:58:30,320 when it comes to the Mountain West. And so even though they're giving points 786 00:58:30,519 --> 00:58:36,760 on the road to a team in their home opener, home conference opener. 787 00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:40,599 I should say, I really do think that it's going to be a heavy 788 00:58:40,679 --> 00:58:45,199 run fest. I think that you're going to see air Force and the Falcons 789 00:58:45,400 --> 00:58:52,440 try and run the ball as much as they did against Utah State. They 790 00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:59,760 may not get to was it sixty four out of sixty eight plays we're running 791 00:58:59,760 --> 00:59:00,760 play? I don't know if they I don't know if it's going to be 792 00:59:00,880 --> 00:59:07,119 that high of a percentage, but I would love to see the Falcons and 793 00:59:07,239 --> 00:59:15,519 Coach Calhoun go with somewhere in the fifty to sixty running plays, maybe maybe 794 00:59:15,599 --> 00:59:20,239 keeping the Spartans a little more honest with a couple of extra passes. But 795 00:59:20,320 --> 00:59:23,639 I really do think that, uh, for the Falcons to come out of 796 00:59:23,639 --> 00:59:28,199 this with a with another victory, it's got to be it's got to be 797 00:59:28,239 --> 00:59:34,079 a heavy run dose and they end up with a with a touchdown or or 798 00:59:34,119 --> 00:59:37,039 maybe more when on an out of this out of this game in San Jose, 799 00:59:38,679 --> 00:59:43,679 Yeah, I agree with you. I think it'll be a heavy uh 800 00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:46,039 dose of the running game, probably on both sides. I think it'll be 801 00:59:46,599 --> 00:59:52,519 much lower scoring than what we saw from air Force in Utah State. Last 802 00:59:52,519 --> 00:59:54,559 week. But ultimately, I think air Force is just too strong on both 803 00:59:54,599 --> 00:59:58,920 sides of the football. I think it'll be closer, you know, than 804 00:59:59,360 --> 01:00:01,519 most people might. I think when you think airs, you know, air 805 01:00:01,519 --> 01:00:06,000 Force in San Jose State. But I'm gonna go with air Force on the 806 01:00:06,079 --> 01:00:12,679 road. Maybe something like twenty eight to twenty win for Troy Calhoun's team. 807 01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:17,000 All right, second game, the one game we have on Saturday this week, 808 01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:21,599 Army at Syracuse. I don't know, man, this is a little 809 01:00:21,599 --> 01:00:22,679 bit tougher one to pick. Which way do you want to go in this 810 01:00:22,719 --> 01:00:28,480 one? Stephen, Yeah, I know. Steve Anderson when we asked him, 811 01:00:28,679 --> 01:00:34,360 said twenty four twenty one Army. I don't think that Army is gonna 812 01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:38,760 be able to keep the orange on their heels as much as our friend, 813 01:00:38,920 --> 01:00:45,000 uh yeah, Major Anderson thinks that he will. Maybe maybe it's all that 814 01:00:45,480 --> 01:00:50,360 that hot, dusty air in Leavenworth, Kansas. I think that Syracuse ends 815 01:00:50,400 --> 01:00:54,840 up winning this game. I think it's probably closer than most of the college 816 01:00:54,840 --> 01:00:59,960 football experts would say. I still think that they can keep it within two 817 01:01:00,239 --> 01:01:05,360 scores, and so I'm gonna say it's gonna be twenty four fourteen Syracuse. 818 01:01:07,519 --> 01:01:09,639 Yeah, it's I was, you know, leaning in something a little bit 819 01:01:09,719 --> 01:01:14,239 like that. I think that I think that Army will keep this thing closer 820 01:01:14,280 --> 01:01:20,880 than the fourteen points that they're getting right now. Yeah, I'm thinking kind 821 01:01:20,880 --> 01:01:25,119 of something in the long along the lines of a twenty three to thirteen, 822 01:01:27,920 --> 01:01:30,400 you know, somewhere along there, twenty four or fourteen kind of a ten 823 01:01:30,480 --> 01:01:35,960 point spread maybe, But I think Army will cover. I just think Syracuse 824 01:01:36,039 --> 01:01:38,400 at home. I do think Syracuse is uh, you know, I think 825 01:01:38,400 --> 01:01:42,239 the attention to detail is going to be a little bit difficult, you know, 826 01:01:42,320 --> 01:01:45,199 playing an option team, a triple option team, and then with what 827 01:01:45,440 --> 01:01:49,480 Syracuse has coming ahead, I think they're gonna kind of walk out there and 828 01:01:49,519 --> 01:01:52,000 think that they can cake walk all over Army, and that's not going to 829 01:01:52,079 --> 01:01:54,719 be the case. They're gonna find themselves in a football game there in the 830 01:01:54,760 --> 01:01:59,840 second half that I think ultimately that they're going to you know, slow, 831 01:02:00,320 --> 01:02:04,079 you know, pull away or distant themselves and get the win there at home. 832 01:02:04,199 --> 01:02:07,559 So there you have it, my man, We've got air Force, 833 01:02:07,679 --> 01:02:13,239 we've got Army. Both taken on opponents on the road this week. We 834 01:02:13,320 --> 01:02:17,400 got Navy off. Let us thank major Steve Anderson once again for joining us 835 01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:22,159 this week. Co host of the Black Night Nation podcast was souther inner Donado. 836 01:02:22,920 --> 01:02:27,039 Awesome having Steve with us and going to join us again a few times 837 01:02:27,280 --> 01:02:30,480 more this season. Can't wait to have him back to talk some more Army 838 01:02:30,519 --> 01:02:36,639 Black Nights and appreciate the Travis Mannion Foundation once again for stepping up and supporting 839 01:02:36,840 --> 01:02:42,400 us on the podcast this year and the opportunity to partner with TMF with our 840 01:02:42,519 --> 01:02:45,320 TMF honor Roll and don't forget. Nine to eleven Heroes runs are going on 841 01:02:45,599 --> 01:02:49,719 all throughout the rest of the month in a community near you. You can 842 01:02:49,760 --> 01:02:53,519 sign up online at Travis Mannion dot org. Steve, there's nothing left to 843 01:02:53,519 --> 01:02:55,559 do but get ready for the games. So man, I hope you enjoy 844 01:02:55,599 --> 01:03:00,760 him this weekend, friend, Oh absolutely, I'm looking forward to it. 845 01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:06,440 I'll certainly be looking forward to next week when we can talk about my two 846 01:03:06,480 --> 01:03:10,199 favorite teams in college football, that being Navy and USF going head to head. 847 01:03:10,280 --> 01:03:15,000 But that's for next week. I'll be enjoying Army and Air Force this 848 01:03:15,039 --> 01:03:19,760 week for sure. Well until next week, don't forget. 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