1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:05,879 Need to get your football fix on all things Army, Navy and Air Force. 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:12,039 This is Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football. Now Here are your hosts, 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:17,839 Price Atkinson, Steve Carney and Mike Loveall. All right, welcome into 4 00:00:17,879 --> 00:00:22,000 another edition of Yards and Strikes are home for Service Academy Football, part of 5 00:00:22,039 --> 00:00:25,559 the College Gridron Coast to Coast podcast network on Price Atkinson, He is, 6 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:32,479 Steve Carney and Steven maybe the most eyebrow raising weekend of the season. A 7 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:36,280 pair of very surprising results that we're going to get into. We got all 8 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:41,280 three teams back in action, every body hosting Senior Day this weekend, Travis 9 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:44,280 Manning Foundation Honorall segment, We got picks. We got a lot to do 10 00:00:44,359 --> 00:00:48,359 here. But like I just mentioned, Steve, we had three games last 11 00:00:48,359 --> 00:00:51,719 weekend. What would you say? I know that probably the Army Air Force 12 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:55,560 game was probably the most shocking result. But I think all things told, 13 00:00:55,679 --> 00:01:02,079 last weekend had to be the most eyebrow raising weekend of the season considering what 14 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:07,680 transpired. Yeah, I certainly think so. You know, you saw Army 15 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:14,200 kind of have a bit of a hangover when it came to their matchup this 16 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:18,640 past weekend. You mentioned, you know, what they did against Air Force 17 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:23,120 and then coming back and we'll get into their game with Holy Cross here in 18 00:01:23,359 --> 00:01:29,079 just a minute. But you know, I really thought that the probably the 19 00:01:29,079 --> 00:01:33,519 biggest surprise had to be what what happened out West. You know, we 20 00:01:33,519 --> 00:01:38,519 we we had a certain thought that you know, the Air Force was going 21 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:42,319 to come out and they were going to play angry, and that turned out 22 00:01:42,359 --> 00:01:48,079 to not be the case. They didn't play angry this past week out in 23 00:01:48,319 --> 00:01:53,879 Hawaii, and now they're going to find themselves unfortunately, not looking for a 24 00:01:53,959 --> 00:01:59,680 for a New Year six Bowl game, but just any sort of secondary bowl 25 00:01:59,719 --> 00:02:04,000 that's gonna be willing to take them. Will Will they end up in Detroit? 26 00:02:04,439 --> 00:02:07,000 It always seems like that was the game, you know, the the 27 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:13,439 Armed Forces Bowl in Detroit. It looks like it's going to be there. 28 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:19,680 The Military Bowl at that Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium could be an option as 29 00:02:19,719 --> 00:02:24,560 well. But they've they've found themselves now in a situation where they could be 30 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:31,560 in big trouble going forward, the Falcons, and it starts with a very 31 00:02:31,719 --> 00:02:37,639 very important matchup that we'll we'll get to this week. But you know, 32 00:02:37,719 --> 00:02:44,159 it was definitely very eyebrow raising about how Army played and and how air Force 33 00:02:44,199 --> 00:02:49,599 played in two games that I think that we both believed they had pretty easy 34 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:53,879 opportunities that that ended up going by the wayside. Well, let's get into 35 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,759 the three games real quick late in the week. We'll touch on all three 36 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,280 games here really quickly, but then we'll pivot and get you ready for what's 37 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,919 ahead this weekend. But like you mentioned, let's start with Army and holy 38 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,360 Cross. Army seventeen to fourteen at home at Mikey Stadium over holy Cross, 39 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:15,400 the Crusaders number twenty two out of the FCS. You know, Army second 40 00:03:15,439 --> 00:03:20,120 straight win of the season. They got all they wanted and then some from 41 00:03:20,159 --> 00:03:23,159 holy Cross. And you know, while the Crusaders were down fourteen oh going 42 00:03:23,159 --> 00:03:27,400 into the fourth quarter, this thing was was far from over. But I 43 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,360 think the big thing is Army played mistake free football without a single turnover. 44 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:36,759 You know, holy Cross had a fumble an interception, but they outgained Army 45 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,280 three ninety five to two sixty nine and including out rushing the Black Knights by 46 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:46,840 a margin of two thirty nine to one ninety and holy Cross had fifteen more 47 00:03:46,919 --> 00:03:51,039 first downs, held the ball for five more minutes than Army did. Yet 48 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:55,000 it's the Black Knights that get a seventeen to fourteen win. Steve a couple 49 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:59,560 of big plays in this game, and it really started right out of the 50 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:05,360 gate for the Black Knights. Yeah, absolutely, you know, the they 51 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:12,080 blocked a punt on holy Cross's first drive that that ended up being returned by 52 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:16,000 Ila Medozi for a touchdown that got that got Army out to that early lead. 53 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:20,319 Because I think you're absolutely right. I thought that the Crusaders were the 54 00:04:20,319 --> 00:04:25,959 better team. Uh in this game, they looked like the stronger, the 55 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:30,000 stronger squad, They were more prepared. You know, it really amazed me 56 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:34,879 to see how Army looked so much different this week going into holy Cross than 57 00:04:34,879 --> 00:04:39,800 they did watching them dismantle Air Force. But yeah, you look. You 58 00:04:39,879 --> 00:04:46,759 mentioned the turnover battle again. After going plus six against the Falcons the prior 59 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:49,800 week, they were plus two. They had the blocked punt, which is 60 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:56,199 not part of the turnover ratio but really is another stop. Uh So you 61 00:04:56,199 --> 00:05:00,920 could say they were plus three in that case and one of them leading directly 62 00:05:00,959 --> 00:05:05,279 to six points. But they had that stretch early on and then they had 63 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:12,560 probably what I thought was one of the most one of the most pivotal moments 64 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:17,279 coming in I should say midway too late through the game. They needed it. 65 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:21,199 The Army's defense, I don't think played very well for the most part, 66 00:05:21,199 --> 00:05:25,800 but they stiffened when they needed it. In the third quarter, holy 67 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:30,639 Cross looked like they were going in for their first score and they get stopped 68 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:34,920 with two shots from the one the Crusaders had, and so it's a sixteen 69 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:40,240 play drive that the Holy Cross doesn't get six out of, they don't even 70 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:43,120 get three out of they get zero out of it. And I thought that 71 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:48,480 at that point that's when Army took over and sort of you saw things start 72 00:05:48,519 --> 00:05:56,040 to go the way of the Black Knights. You had Javari Moore Senior knocking 73 00:05:56,079 --> 00:06:00,240 away a short kind of pop over the top pass to the tight end aka 74 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,439 Peterson on that fourth and one to keep the Crusaders out of the end zone 75 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:08,920 and keep them scoreless in the game. That was late in the third quarter. 76 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,680 You know, Army was up fourteen oh going into the fourth and you 77 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:17,160 know Matthew Sluka twenty four yard touchdown passed a shorter that cuts the lead in 78 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,560 half to fourteen to seven, but a big drive by Army on the next 79 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:25,360 series just to get points, you know, a twenty six yard Quinn Moretzky 80 00:06:25,399 --> 00:06:28,519 field goal that made it a ten point margin with four fifty nine. And 81 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,720 you know, while holy Cross did get a late touchdown, you know, 82 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:36,920 Army gets the ball back and basically fourth and one game on the line with 83 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,480 one fifty to go, Bryce and Daily keeps it for two and it's a 84 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:46,040 knee from there, as is the Black Knights get the win on Veterans Day, 85 00:06:46,319 --> 00:06:47,560 a big one to get to four and six. Steve. So, 86 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,079 while you're still out of a you know, you can't qualify for a Bowl 87 00:06:51,079 --> 00:06:55,800 if you're Jeff Munkins team, still you want to be playing well down the 88 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:59,439 stretch. And that's exactly what Army's doing is obviously they're you know, kind 89 00:06:59,439 --> 00:07:02,480 of building the that crescendo. Uh with the chance to win the Commander Chief 90 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:08,199 Trophy in the Army Navy Game coming up just a few weeks away. Yeah, 91 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:13,199 you are building and now you're your your bowl game is the name is 92 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:17,120 the Army Navy Game, and that's the That's the good thing about Army's schedule 93 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,839 is yes, you're not going to go to a bowl game this year. 94 00:07:20,759 --> 00:07:26,079 You're not going to be eligible to play beyond UH Navy, but you are 95 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,720 going to be able to play in that Army Navy game, which is going 96 00:07:29,759 --> 00:07:33,079 to be obviously one of the biggest games of the year in all of college 97 00:07:33,079 --> 00:07:39,600 football. And in price you mentioned h Bryson Daly's play on fourth down UH 98 00:07:39,639 --> 00:07:44,040 to allow them to run out the clock because at that point, UH, 99 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:48,439 they had only gone one for two UH in fourth down conversions. You don't 100 00:07:48,439 --> 00:07:55,120 make that conversion, UH, and you give Holy Cross the ball back with 101 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,199 you know, at that at that time, it was like a minute and 102 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:05,199 fifty left on the clock, and in a three point game. You know, 103 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:09,000 who knows what happens with the Crusaders. The way that they had been 104 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:13,079 playing offense, I think that they had that opportunity. And you've got to 105 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:20,480 give credit to the two Armies offense to be able to put together the drive 106 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:24,839 that they needed. And yes, you know, you would would have loved 107 00:08:24,879 --> 00:08:28,920 to have seen them get the first down prior to fourth down, but you 108 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,200 knew that was going to be four down territory. You knew that Army was 109 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:35,840 going to go for it. They didn't want to pump the ball back to 110 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:39,720 holy Cross at that point, so you know you got it. I will 111 00:08:39,759 --> 00:08:45,919 give all the credit in the world to Armies offensive line and obviously to Bryce 112 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,320 and Daily who did not have the greatest day in the world, but got 113 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:54,039 the job done when they needed it. All right, Army gets to win 114 00:08:54,159 --> 00:08:58,200 seventeen to fourteen over holy Cross. Next game, let's go up to Annapolis 115 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,759 and probably the first of not probably it is the first of two surprising results 116 00:09:01,759 --> 00:09:05,879 on the day, as the Mids were a three point home underdog to visiting 117 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:11,399 UAB Steve. But in the end, it's the midshipman knocking off the Blazers 118 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:15,559 thirty one to six. And I think it's safe to say now that after 119 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:20,279 you know, musical chairs at the quarterback position, Navy has now found their 120 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:24,879 quarterback. The rest of the way is it was Xavier ard Line getting the 121 00:09:24,039 --> 00:09:28,759 start yet again, as he led the Mids with ninety four yards passing including 122 00:09:28,759 --> 00:09:33,559 a touchdown, and on the ground nineteen carries one oh nine with a touchdown. 123 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,759 And so I think right now there's no question that zavyard Line is going 124 00:09:37,799 --> 00:09:39,919 to be the guy the rest of the way. But it was a game, 125 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,399 you know, thirty one to six. Has Navy improved to four and 126 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,840 five and three and three in the American I think much closer than the final 127 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,559 score will tell you. I mean, you'll see a twenty five point difference, 128 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,879 but I mean, shoot, late in the third quarter, before you 129 00:09:54,919 --> 00:09:56,759 know, Navy gets a field goal, it was what ten to six, 130 00:09:56,799 --> 00:10:00,360 and it was it was still you know, ten to six going into the 131 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,440 fourth quarter. In a fourth quarter that was all Navy. But this thing 132 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,120 did not get away really until late. I mean it was still eleven point 133 00:10:07,159 --> 00:10:11,480 difference with less than five minutes to go before Xavier r Line, you know, 134 00:10:11,519 --> 00:10:15,159 busted up the middle for you know, virtually untouched for a fifty yard 135 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:20,200 touchdown run to make it twenty four to six, you know, with four 136 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:24,720 to twelve remaining, And that was, you know, that was the difference. 137 00:10:24,799 --> 00:10:26,679 I think, you know, there was certainly the we'll talk about here 138 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:30,399 in a second, a pick six. It was massive, but you know, 139 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,720 our line put the game out of reach right there, and Navy did 140 00:10:33,759 --> 00:10:37,279 what they needed to do to run out the clock and getting an upset. 141 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:39,519 There's no question. It was just simply a home upset because they were a 142 00:10:39,519 --> 00:10:43,720 three point underdog at home. They've been talked all season head coach Brian Nubiery 143 00:10:43,759 --> 00:10:48,360 about, you know, protecting their home turf, and they finally did that 144 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:52,320 again in the win over UAB. Steve Yeah, absolutely, and you you 145 00:10:52,879 --> 00:10:58,600 put it very succinctly there. This game was much closer than the score indicated. 146 00:11:00,399 --> 00:11:01,679 You know, you think about it. Navy was only up on the 147 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:07,200 fighting Trent Dilfords seven to six at half. It was ten six going in 148 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:11,480 to the fourth quarter, and at that point the Blazers in that fourth quarter, 149 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:15,360 there was plenty of opportunity for this game to be a hell of a 150 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,960 lot closer than it actually was, as UAB ran five plays first in goal 151 00:11:20,039 --> 00:11:24,240 late in the game, the first was taken back you mentioned ninety seven yards 152 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:30,320 for a pick six, and then Navy held with four stops on the last 153 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:33,360 drive. So you think about that's a twenty one point swing in a game 154 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:39,399 that was twenty five points. So this game had all the makings of being 155 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:43,480 a UAB win. And you can add in the fact that in the first 156 00:11:43,519 --> 00:11:50,600 half Navy turned the ball over. UAB had a chance at a practically a 157 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:54,759 chip shot field goal and ended up pushing it. So right there, there's 158 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,919 twenty four points out of twenty five that could have gone the other way. 159 00:12:00,159 --> 00:12:03,320 So this game, I know that it's going to You're going to talk about 160 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:09,000 the fact that, yes, this is a good win, a strong win, 161 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:13,120 defending your home field against a team that is a heck of a lot 162 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,600 tougher than a lot of people. Let on, UAB had one of the 163 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:24,240 toughest schedules in all of non Power five college football. They really did. 164 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:28,200 I thought that they've had such a tough schedule, and I think that's by 165 00:12:28,279 --> 00:12:33,759 design. I think Trent Dilford wanted to have his team going up against some 166 00:12:33,799 --> 00:12:35,679 of the best, and yes, he knew he was going to come out 167 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,240 on the short end on a lot of them, but he was really, 168 00:12:39,279 --> 00:12:43,240 really strong. He's got a really strong squad. And the fact is that, 169 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:46,960 you know, the Blazers had their chances, they weren't able to take 170 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:50,279 advantage of it. Navy was and that's why there They've got to still have 171 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:54,519 an opportunity here with three weeks to go to get Bowl eligible, needing two 172 00:12:54,559 --> 00:13:00,840 wins out of their last three games. Yeah, you mentioned they're still postseason 173 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:05,519 is still possible for the midshipman, but you've got to keep winning, especially 174 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:09,240 East Carolina and then SMU, which is going to be very, very tough 175 00:13:09,279 --> 00:13:11,559 before you get to the Army game, because obviously we've talked about the Army 176 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:15,279 game comes after bull bids are handing out, so you've got to get the 177 00:13:15,279 --> 00:13:18,840 work done before the Army Navy game. But Steve, you mentioned chances for 178 00:13:18,919 --> 00:13:22,919 UAB. They had a chance late in the game. You know, the 179 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:26,320 Navy defense played, you know, outstanding, especially in the second half. 180 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:28,799 They only gave up a pair of field goals in the first half and pits 181 00:13:28,879 --> 00:13:33,840 the second half shutout. But u AB almost got on the board as Jacob 182 00:13:33,919 --> 00:13:39,120 Zeno was already intercepted once in the game. But with two three remaining, 183 00:13:39,799 --> 00:13:45,240 as they were, you know, driving inside the Navy red zone. Let 184 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,399 me set this up. Navy had been flagged for let's just call him very 185 00:13:48,519 --> 00:13:58,639 questionable pass interference personal you think, yeah, very very questionable, which kept 186 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:05,840 the drive alive and got them into the red zone. And then Rayon Lane 187 00:14:05,399 --> 00:14:09,399 defensive back steps in front and makes you know, an outstanding play, picks 188 00:14:09,399 --> 00:14:13,840 off the pass at the goal line basically and takes it ninety seven yards the 189 00:14:13,919 --> 00:14:18,519 other way for a pick six, and that was with just two minutes remaining. 190 00:14:18,919 --> 00:14:22,879 But Pete Medhurst's call, I don't know if you've heard it, Steve. 191 00:14:22,039 --> 00:14:24,720 If you, if anybody has not heard it, to go back and 192 00:14:24,759 --> 00:14:30,840 find it on Twitter online. But Pete Medhurst may have had the most outstanding 193 00:14:30,879 --> 00:14:35,279 call of his illustrious career when he called the touchdown and the pick six. 194 00:14:35,639 --> 00:14:39,320 Did you hear it? I mean it was he'd let the when they say 195 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:43,279 you let it all hang out, he certainly did. I did not catch 196 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:48,399 it live. I wish, I wish I had. I've heard everybody talking 197 00:14:48,399 --> 00:14:52,480 about it, and I just have I haven't had that the opportunity to go 198 00:14:52,559 --> 00:15:00,120 back and relive it myself. But h I plan on doing that here for 199 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,559 too long because you know, obviously med is an old friend of yours, 200 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:09,960 he's an old friend of mine, and you know, obviously he's gonna have 201 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:13,559 one of the great calls of his career doing that, because that's that's a 202 00:15:13,799 --> 00:15:18,840 that's a fun uh that that's a fun call to make when it's when it's 203 00:15:18,879 --> 00:15:22,399 going your way. I can only imagine if that had gone the other way, 204 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:26,279 how how desperate that would have sounded. Uh, you know, yo, 205 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:31,080 stop him. Please stop him. Somebody, somebody get in front of 206 00:15:31,159 --> 00:15:35,159 him. But uh, but I I just I love being able to hear 207 00:15:35,639 --> 00:15:39,879 uh the good people and and our friends have those calls like that. I've 208 00:15:39,919 --> 00:15:43,000 not heard it live though, I've got to. I've got to go back 209 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,600 and listen to it. Well, I said it to you, so you're 210 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,200 gonna be a listen after this recording. But thirty one to six the midshipment 211 00:15:48,279 --> 00:15:52,039 over UA B maybe now four and five three and three in the American you 212 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:56,360 a be dropping to three and seven two and four in the league. The 213 00:15:56,200 --> 00:16:00,960 you know mentioned two very surprising results, NA being won the last game of 214 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:07,960 the day if you stayed up after dark. A shocking result in Hawaii is 215 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:11,960 the Air Force Falcons handed their second straight loss of the season, but more 216 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:17,879 importantly, their first loss of the Mountain West Conference, dropping into a tie 217 00:16:17,879 --> 00:16:22,399 now with you on LV for first as they fall to the Hawaii Rainbows twenty 218 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,799 seven to thirteen. Hawaii improves to four and seven, two and four in 219 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,600 the Mountain West, but Air Force now has dropped two in a row after 220 00:16:29,639 --> 00:16:33,759 the eight to no start. You know, the good thing is you got 221 00:16:33,759 --> 00:16:37,600 a chance to really make some Hey this weekend as you're gonna if the Falcon 222 00:16:37,679 --> 00:16:40,360 is going to be taken on UNLV with first place on the line. We'll 223 00:16:40,399 --> 00:16:41,840 talk about that in a little bit, But you know, air Force has 224 00:16:41,879 --> 00:16:45,799 been no doubt about it a second half team all year. I guess they 225 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:51,440 thought they could do that again. They got behind from the get go as 226 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:55,759 the Rainbows took the opening kickoff seventy five yards on twelve plays over seven minutes 227 00:16:55,799 --> 00:17:00,519 off the clock. The first to two Branden Schrager TD p asses to Profelli 228 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:06,359 Ashlock, and Hawaii led the rest of the way, going wired to wire 229 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:10,480 to win their second straight game of the season. But simply put, it 230 00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:15,680 was just a flat, a flat out flat performance by the Falcons, committing 231 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:22,279 four turnovers, fumble, three interceptions. Quarterbacks Jensen Jones Ben Britten didn't play 232 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,680 very well. Zach Larrier did not play in the game, nor did Air 233 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:29,160 Force leading rusher Emmanuel Michelle. That certainly doesn't help you. But the fact 234 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:33,119 you turn it over four times to a team and a program that has struggled 235 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:38,799 mightily over the years, and that's being kind, you know, I think 236 00:17:38,839 --> 00:17:44,400 that's certainly Troy Calhoun's got some work to do. As they've now lost two 237 00:17:44,599 --> 00:17:48,880 straight as they get ready to take on you and LV Steve. Yeah, 238 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:53,000 you're absolutely right. The fact of the matter is that you can't be minus 239 00:17:53,079 --> 00:18:00,599 ten and in two games and expect to come away with wins in either of 240 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:03,119 them. Uh, you know, after going minus six minus four is just 241 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:08,799 uh, it's it's unacceptable. You mentioned Jensen Jones and Ben Britten. Zach 242 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:15,440 Larrier actually did get into two plays early. They have him listed as two 243 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:22,880 carries for one yard, but obviously not having Larrier, not having Emmanuel Michelle 244 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:27,119 in this game at all, who he did not play at all. You 245 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:30,480 know that that's gonna, that's gonna, that's gonna harm you. Uh you 246 00:18:30,519 --> 00:18:37,839 know, you're gonna you're basically playing offense with your hand tied behind your back 247 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:41,000 and your and your feet tied together. Uh at that point. And so 248 00:18:42,599 --> 00:18:47,720 I know you mentioned that that Air Force always feels like they're a second half 249 00:18:47,759 --> 00:18:51,440 team, but uh, you know, they just found themselves in a in 250 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:56,880 a situation where it just was just it was too difficult to come back from 251 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:02,559 and now they've got a very very big it's you know, the there there 252 00:19:02,559 --> 00:19:06,680 are seasons not over by any stretch. Of the imagination they can still come 253 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:11,799 away with a Conference USA championship. They've got their work cut out for them, 254 00:19:11,279 --> 00:19:18,039 as you know, as you mentioned with UNLV coming uh to Falcon Stadium 255 00:19:18,319 --> 00:19:22,680 this upcoming week, and we'll get into that here uh later on in the 256 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:26,000 show. But you know, the fact of the matter is is that if 257 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:30,039 if they wanted a New Year six Bowl game, it disappeared uh late Saturday 258 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:37,240 night out out in Hawaii, because now they are just too far behind uh 259 00:19:37,319 --> 00:19:40,400 the other teams that are that have the inside track. You know, you 260 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:44,319 look at Tulane, UH, they probably have the inside track. They've got 261 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:48,680 the better schedule, they only have one loss. They they've got a pretty 262 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:55,960 uh a pretty tough finish, I would say, uh to try and get 263 00:19:56,440 --> 00:20:03,079 to the American Conference Championship. They have FAU this week, they have UTSA 264 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:07,440 next week, and then they'll probably play SMU in the in the conference championship 265 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:12,559 game. I think Liberty has a much easier track. They've got UMass who 266 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:15,839 only has three wins, one of them being against Army, and they have 267 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:21,799 a three win UTEP team that they'll play before they play. I believe it's 268 00:20:21,839 --> 00:20:26,200 already been decided they're going to play New Mexico State in the Conference USA Championship 269 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:30,880 game, but they've got an opportunity Liberty does to be thirteen to zero, 270 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:37,359 and so I think that having Liberty, even though they're their schedules stinks and 271 00:20:38,559 --> 00:20:44,480 Tulane in front of them. They've got no shot now to be in a 272 00:20:44,519 --> 00:20:48,000 New Year six Bowl game, and I think that's got to be pretty disappointing 273 00:20:48,039 --> 00:20:51,200 if you're a Falcons fan. Yeah, especially starting eight to no. But 274 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:53,319 you know, if there is a silver line and you're still right there in 275 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,759 the thick of the mount West Conference championship race, you still have a chance 276 00:20:56,839 --> 00:21:02,920 to win a conference championship and that's something that air Force has not done since 277 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,119 you know, joining the Mountain West. At least I can't remember back when 278 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,039 their last one was. It has been it has been a long while, 279 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:11,079 but the fact that this would be the chance to play in their first Mountain 280 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:17,799 West Conference championship game in school history would be big. And it's still there 281 00:21:17,839 --> 00:21:21,640 on the table. But he Troit coach Calhoun's got to get them refocused and 282 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:25,680 with just very little time to do it, especially coming back, you know, 283 00:21:25,799 --> 00:21:29,960 from Hawaii and making that long trip getting ready for UNLB coming to town 284 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,079 this weekend. All right, let's give out some game ball, Stephen. 285 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:36,279 I think I think we got a couple of big plays that we're going to 286 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:41,119 be highlighting with our game ball. Go ahead, brother, Yeah, I'm 287 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:48,359 going special teams with Army and Elo Medozi, who was able to return Holy 288 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:53,519 Cross's block punt for the first touchdown of the of the afternoon for the Black 289 00:21:53,640 --> 00:22:02,799 Nights turned out to be huge for them because obviously the offense did not have 290 00:22:02,839 --> 00:22:06,759 a whole heck of a lot going on against the Crusaders. They needed every 291 00:22:06,799 --> 00:22:10,599 point they could get to pull out the victory. So I'm gonna give my 292 00:22:11,039 --> 00:22:15,559 game ball to Ela Medozie for the block punt, how about you. I 293 00:22:15,599 --> 00:22:22,039 Am going to go with another big play obviously in that game, but I'm 294 00:22:22,079 --> 00:22:26,240 going to go with the big play that Jabbari Moore made late in the third 295 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:30,160 quarter. Is the Black Knights nursing a fourteen oh lead, trying to keep 296 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:33,599 the Crusaders out of the end zone. And you know on that fourth and 297 00:22:33,839 --> 00:22:37,960 fourth and one that you know the pop pass that Sluca tries to throw and 298 00:22:38,279 --> 00:22:44,000 get to the tight end, it's knocked away. There the six pass break 299 00:22:44,079 --> 00:22:48,160 up this season for the for the senior out of Hoover, Alabama, Jabari 300 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:52,839 Moore and now has twenty six in his career for the Black Knights, second 301 00:22:52,839 --> 00:22:56,119 most in school history behind Derrick McNally's twenty nine. But you know, while 302 00:22:56,440 --> 00:23:00,039 you know, we agree that the Army got you know, honestly, Holy 303 00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:04,119 Cross outplayed them. They just outplayed them. Ye, obviously the scoreboard didn't 304 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:08,359 show that, but just too many mistakes, too much. You know, 305 00:23:08,559 --> 00:23:12,880 they didn't execute when they needed to. But the reason is because of some 306 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:17,039 of the big plays like you mentioned the block punt by Medozie and then Jabari 307 00:23:17,079 --> 00:23:22,039 Moore coming up big there to keep a Holy Cross off the scoreboard until they 308 00:23:22,079 --> 00:23:26,079 got to the fourth quarter. So Jabbari Moore, the senior defensive back, 309 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:30,000 getting my game ball this week. All right, Steven, let's step away 310 00:23:30,079 --> 00:23:33,559 real quick, come right back. We got three games to tell you about. 311 00:23:33,599 --> 00:23:37,000 All Senior Days is Navy, the Air Force Academy, and the Army 312 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:41,960 Black Knights all honoring their seniors. Coming up this weekend, we have the 313 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,839 Travis Manning Foundation on a roll. We got some picks to make, bro, 314 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,440 So let's do that. 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Just search College Gridiron Coast to Coast wherever it is you get 340 00:25:41,079 --> 00:25:45,000 your podcasts, Apple, Spotify, Spreaker, doesn't matter, you will find 341 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:52,119 us in much more on the College Gridiron Coast to Coast Podcast Network. ACC 342 00:25:52,279 --> 00:25:56,079 This week, get off my pylon, Florida Football Insiders. That's just a 343 00:25:56,200 --> 00:26:00,279 name of you. We got so much more there that is there for your 344 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,880 listening pleasure as we barrel down the home stretch of the college football season. 345 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:08,839 But let's barrel toward these games, Steve that we have this weekend. As 346 00:26:08,839 --> 00:26:12,720 I mentioned, all three teams are at home, hosting their respective senior Day 347 00:26:14,079 --> 00:26:18,200 and up first will be the Naval Academy host in East Carolina, the Pirates 348 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,400 two and eight one and five out of the American taking on Navy again four 349 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:25,279 and five, three and three in the Conference, a twelve noon kickoff on 350 00:26:25,599 --> 00:26:30,799 ESPN News and ESPN Plus from Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Navy installed is 351 00:26:30,839 --> 00:26:33,039 a three point favorite. Yes last week they were a three point dog. 352 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,759 Well, this week they're a three point favorite at home. The over and 353 00:26:36,839 --> 00:26:41,559 under thirty one and a half, as the Mids can still get Bowl eligible 354 00:26:41,559 --> 00:26:48,559 with wins over ECU this weekend and then with an upset at SMU before the 355 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:52,720 Army game obviously, which is after the Bowl bids were handed out, but 356 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:56,720 Navy leading the all time series against ECU eight to two, including five and 357 00:26:56,799 --> 00:27:02,799 one in conference games. However, both of East U's wins have both come 358 00:27:02,839 --> 00:27:06,640 at Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, where Navy's just three and two against the 359 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:11,400 Pirates and EASCU ruined Navy Senior Day the last time they were there in twenty 360 00:27:11,519 --> 00:27:15,319 twenty one, a thirty eight thirty five win. Navy got a thriller, 361 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:21,319 won a thriller last year in double overtime twenty three to twenty. But the 362 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:26,799 Pirates coming in Mike Houston's team with a defense with three defensive touchdowns, which 363 00:27:26,839 --> 00:27:30,359 is ninth most in the country. Their offense has only lost two fumbles this 364 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,119 season, which ranked six in the country. As they are coming off a 365 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:40,559 twenty two to seven upset over FAU and then nearly knocked off nationally ranked Tulane 366 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:42,720 thirteen to ten two weeks ago. So all the Pirates are two to eight, 367 00:27:42,759 --> 00:27:47,039 playing better football down the stretch, and you know, nothing is a 368 00:27:47,079 --> 00:27:49,519 given for this Navy team. Gonna have to come out and play another clean 369 00:27:49,599 --> 00:27:55,319 game on Saturday. Steve, Yeah, absolutely, And you can call them 370 00:27:55,400 --> 00:28:02,480 ECU. I would call them FGU because they're their kicker. Andrew Conrad has 371 00:28:02,519 --> 00:28:06,799 certainly gotten his work in. He's He's one guy that isn't having to do 372 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:11,599 post game conditioning work. That's that's for sure. He had five field goals 373 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:15,839 in their win over the Owls over in Boca Ratone last week. And you're 374 00:28:15,839 --> 00:28:21,440 you're absolutely right. You would think that a team that is two and eight, 375 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:26,920 that they're the perfect patsy to have, INDI your stadium for Senior Day. 376 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:32,279 But East Carolina is is a much tougher and a much grittier team than 377 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,200 than a lot of people will let on. And yes, they they were. 378 00:28:34,599 --> 00:28:40,240 They suffered from the from a bad, bad start. You know, 379 00:28:40,279 --> 00:28:45,000 they got they got their their butts handed to them by SMU at home. 380 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:49,200 You know. They they lost at home to Charlotte the forty nine ers, 381 00:28:51,279 --> 00:28:56,000 that I think is maybe one of the most shocking results of the year because 382 00:28:56,039 --> 00:29:00,359 the forty nine ers aren't very good either. But uh but but I I 383 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:06,680 certainly think that between uh there the last couple of weeks, they they certainly 384 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:11,480 have looked much much better after after they went to the Alamodole and lost to 385 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:17,079 ut s A. I think that that something clicked with them. Their their 386 00:29:17,119 --> 00:29:22,880 ball possession has gotten much much better. They're controlling the pace of play. 387 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:29,319 They have slowed things down, which I think is big for for East Carolina. 388 00:29:29,319 --> 00:29:33,039 I don't think it's gonna matter as much this week because Navy likes to 389 00:29:33,079 --> 00:29:38,160 play that grind them out style as well. Whereas you know, Fau likes 390 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,799 to throw the football they like, they would love, they would love a 391 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:47,359 much faster pace. Tulane the same way, likes a much faster pace and 392 00:29:47,519 --> 00:29:52,920 was able to only escape Greenville with a three point win in a game that 393 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:56,519 was only twenty three points totaled. Uh, So that that's not the way 394 00:29:56,519 --> 00:30:00,279 that Tulane likes to play, It's not the way that East Caro Line of 395 00:30:00,319 --> 00:30:03,279 Lakes to play, but it is the way Navy likes to play. And 396 00:30:03,319 --> 00:30:07,480 so I do think that there's gonna be This is actually a better matchup for 397 00:30:07,559 --> 00:30:12,559 the midshipman then you will see about against just about anybody going up against East 398 00:30:12,559 --> 00:30:18,279 Carolina all year. Yeah. East Carolina's defense ranks twenty fifth in the country 399 00:30:18,319 --> 00:30:22,799 and rush yards per game given up just one hundred and fourteen. Sonyvy gonna 400 00:30:22,799 --> 00:30:26,920 face a fairly stout run defense in the East Carolina also eighteenth in the country 401 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:32,400 and tackles for loss per game. Maybe just one of two quarterbacks, Steve. 402 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:36,599 A note from Scott Straismeyer the Navy sid's game notes this week. Maybe 403 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:41,519 is one of two schools in the FBS this season to start four different quarterbacks 404 00:30:41,799 --> 00:30:45,960 this fall, Ty Lavatie, Blake Corbath, Brack Stott, Woodson, and 405 00:30:47,039 --> 00:30:51,400 now Xavier R. Line. But Navy and Duke are the only two schools 406 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:55,839 in the FBS to win a game with three different starting quarterbacks. As Lavatai 407 00:30:56,079 --> 00:31:00,640 was the starter against Wagner and Charlotte, Horvath started against in the win over 408 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,039 North Texas and then our line in the win last week over UAB. So 409 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:07,799 a little while there as we get ready for East Carolina and Navy twelve noon 410 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:12,079 kickoff on ESPN News and ESPN Plus. Again, maybe a three point home 411 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:18,119 favorite. All right, traveling up to Mikey Stadium. Back to back games, 412 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:22,759 this is going to be on Saturday. If Armed Forces Service Academies is 413 00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:26,079 your thing, the Armed Force as well, you're going to have back to 414 00:31:26,119 --> 00:31:29,839 back with Army and Air Force playing on the CBS Sports Network. But Armies 415 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,720 up first, hosting Coastal Carolina. The Shants seven and three taken on the 416 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:37,640 Black Knights four and six a noon kickoff on the CBS Sports Network. The 417 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:42,240 Chanta Clears are a four point favorite over under set at forty three and a 418 00:31:42,279 --> 00:31:48,359 half. Mentioned Mikey Stadium will be the scene for Senior Day. Is the 419 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:53,519 Black Knight's gonna honor a host of a seniors playing their final game? But 420 00:31:53,599 --> 00:31:56,920 this all time series they've only played once and that was last year when Coastal 421 00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:00,119 won it thirty eight to twenty eight. I believe that was the season opener 422 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:06,640 down in Conway and was heel turf. Yeah, the Shots making their fourth 423 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,799 ever trip to the Empire State though one and two all time heading up to 424 00:32:09,799 --> 00:32:14,839 New York. But I guess the big question for the chant of Clears is, 425 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:19,599 you know I just mentioned three quarterbacks you know playing you know, in 426 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:24,079 winning games for Navy and Duke this year. You know, might that change 427 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:29,880 on Saturday? As the Shots have had to really mix things up this season 428 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:34,880 at quarterback themselves. Where Grayson McCall, the outstanding signal caller who surprised a 429 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:38,920 lot of people, I think by returning for another season at Coastal, you 430 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:42,640 know, got hurt. I believe it was the Arkansas State game. He 431 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:47,000 got drilled and had to be taken off the field on that in that game 432 00:32:47,079 --> 00:32:52,559 on October the twenty first on a stretcher. He's remained in concussion protocol hasn't 433 00:32:52,599 --> 00:32:55,319 been still hasn't been cleared by the doctors yet, so they've had kind of 434 00:32:55,319 --> 00:33:00,759 a hodgepodge at quarterback. There. Ethan Vasco, a freshman, has been 435 00:33:00,799 --> 00:33:05,759 the main guy lately, but Tim Beck has had to play uh three quarterbacks, 436 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:08,160 three different ones since McCall has been out with the injury. I think 437 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:12,519 that will be one of the big stories to watch, is what might happen 438 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:15,519 Who might be the guy If it's not Vasco. Could McCall make his return 439 00:33:15,559 --> 00:33:21,119 this week? Yeah, I think I think that that's that's gonna be the 440 00:33:21,119 --> 00:33:25,640 big question because obviously, if if Vasco is ineffective, Blake Boda, who 441 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:32,359 has also thrown UH and Kyle Duplessis, who has not been has not been 442 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:38,799 very good. Jared Guest had had a little bit of success against Marshall, 443 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:43,920 but it's been it's been both. It's been the Ethan Basco show UH for 444 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:50,200 the last three or four weeks. UH. Now, I really do think 445 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:59,960 that it could It could most certainly end up being a return of Grayson McCall 446 00:34:00,079 --> 00:34:02,279 if he's healthy. I think I think if McCall is healthy. And and 447 00:34:02,799 --> 00:34:07,039 I went back and I watched, uh when you when you mentioned the the 448 00:34:07,159 --> 00:34:13,440 hit against Arkansas State for Coastal, that's a that's a very very scary moment. 449 00:34:14,079 --> 00:34:19,360 Uh. And to watch your quarterback uh basically out on the turf and 450 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,559 have to be carried off the field on a on a stretcher, that's that's 451 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:28,159 not what you want to see. Coastal is A is not the same team 452 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:31,800 as they were last year. Obviously, we all thought that Coastal may have 453 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:37,159 been one of the best non Power five teams in all of college football last 454 00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:42,039 season. This year, they only have three losses, as you mentioned. 455 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,280 Uh. Two of them are to Georgia teams Georgia State and Georgia Southern, 456 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:51,000 obviously taking bulldog scraps uh in both of those teams. Uh. And then 457 00:34:51,039 --> 00:34:54,360 they lost to UCLA the first game of the year before we all realized that 458 00:34:54,440 --> 00:35:01,159 UCLA is not Washington or USC uh in the Pack twelve. But yeah, 459 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,800 at that point, you see, you know a lot of people thought that 460 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:10,239 u c. L A could be a Pac twelve conference title contender. Uh. 461 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:15,360 And so uh, this is still a very good Chanticleer team. And 462 00:35:15,639 --> 00:35:21,400 UH, I certainly think that Army is going to have its work cut out 463 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:24,400 for them, especially if if the Chanticleers are able to throw the football, 464 00:35:25,599 --> 00:35:29,880 and and if Grays and McCall is in the game. I really do think 465 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:32,599 that they're going to work to try and throw the football as much as possible. 466 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:37,880 Yeah, I just double checked, and McCall is going to miss the 467 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:42,360 game on Saturday. Vasco has been named the starter. Uh well then so 468 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:46,199 then then then you're you're you're still gonna see the Chanticleers throw the football. 469 00:35:46,519 --> 00:35:50,280 Uh, They're gonna want to throw the football a lot. They're gonna want 470 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:54,119 to try and exploit Army's defensive backfield. But it would have been it would 471 00:35:54,119 --> 00:35:59,239 have been a much more potent offense with with McCall under center, that's for 472 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:04,039 sure. No question Army has won two straight, they've got the mojo going 473 00:36:04,119 --> 00:36:07,800 now. But the Shants have won five in a row themselves, as you 474 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:10,519 mentioned there. But we know the last time that Air Force Army went up 475 00:36:10,559 --> 00:36:15,159 against a team with a hefty winning streak and the Air Force, we remember 476 00:36:15,199 --> 00:36:19,039 what happened in that one. So Mike won that long agot the same thing, 477 00:36:19,119 --> 00:36:22,239 And no it was not. It was just a couple of weeks ago, 478 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:25,519 so might they be able to do that to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers coming 479 00:36:25,599 --> 00:36:30,280 up from Conway just outside of Myrtle Beach. We will find out, but 480 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:34,039 should be a good one there at Mikey Stadium again a twelve noon kickoff there. 481 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:37,800 Coastal a four point favorite in that matchup. All right, last game 482 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:42,639 of the day, and this one is a big one, Stephen, no 483 00:36:42,679 --> 00:36:45,079 other way to put it. First place in the mount Less Conference it is 484 00:36:45,199 --> 00:36:49,320 on the line, as UNLB is eight and two, five and one in 485 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:53,519 the mount Less heading to Colorado Springs to take on identical record Air Force eight 486 00:36:53,559 --> 00:36:59,519 and two, five and one a three thirty pm Eastern Standard time kickoff one 487 00:36:59,639 --> 00:37:05,199 thirty locally there in the Springs on the CBS Sports Network in the matchup for 488 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:08,079 first place in the Mountain West. Air Force installed is a field goal favorite 489 00:37:08,119 --> 00:37:14,280 at home over under is forty seven and a half as air Force is simply 490 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,760 put trying to snap that two game losing streak after the eight to no start 491 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:23,000 and when they rose to number seventeen in the polls. Big game for two 492 00:37:23,079 --> 00:37:29,119 reasons. Obviously that first place is on the line. But you ask, 493 00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:31,639 well, what happens next week. Who does each team play well. Air 494 00:37:31,679 --> 00:37:37,000 Force will be heading to Boise State to play on the Smurf Turf. UNLV 495 00:37:37,159 --> 00:37:40,440 will be hosting San Jose State, So while next week air Force will be 496 00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:45,199 on the road, UNLV will be at home. Both Boise State and San 497 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:50,559 Jose State have identical records five and five four into in the Mountain West, 498 00:37:51,519 --> 00:37:54,960 but the Senior Day, final home game of the season and up for the 499 00:37:55,079 --> 00:38:00,400 careers at Falcon Stadium is over forty six players managers. They're gonna be honored 500 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:05,360 in the pregame ceremony with a senior class that has gone thirty one and eleven 501 00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:10,719 overall, eighteen and eight in Mountain West Conference games during their tenure there in 502 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:16,079 Colorado Springs. The Falcons lead the overall series eighteen to six, including nine 503 00:38:16,079 --> 00:38:21,760 and two versus the Rebels at home. The Falcons have won five straight overall 504 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,400 in this series. Might they make it six a big one on Saturday? 505 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:30,000 Steve, It's gonna be huge, especially because the question was, you know, 506 00:38:30,159 --> 00:38:35,239 is UNLV real this year? We had that We had that question come 507 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:37,239 up a couple of weeks ago. I posed, you know, hey, 508 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:40,920 could I know a lot of people are looking at that Boise State game to 509 00:38:42,079 --> 00:38:46,119 end the year as being the biggest test for air Force the rest of the 510 00:38:46,159 --> 00:38:50,159 way, and I was like, well, don't look out for UNLV. 511 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:52,800 It's gonna be that's gonna be a big game. And the question was, 512 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:57,400 you know, you know who is UNLV played, have they have they done 513 00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:01,760 anything? You know? Really you know, really they're their toughest opponent at 514 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:06,800 that point was coming up. Uh, they were going to go to Fresno 515 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:09,480 State. They end up losing that game in Fresno, but then they turned 516 00:39:09,519 --> 00:39:14,639 around. They beat Wyoming by twenty at home. And you know, Wyoming 517 00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:17,880 is is not a bad team at all, and so I think they that 518 00:39:19,039 --> 00:39:22,880 is a that's a that's a very good win, uh for un l V. 519 00:39:22,039 --> 00:39:27,199 But this is going to be a much different type of opponent, uh 520 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:30,519 for the REVS. I I really do think that, you know, this 521 00:39:30,679 --> 00:39:34,519 is a game. You know, if you're uh, if you're Fresno State, 522 00:39:34,599 --> 00:39:37,480 you certainly are rooting for un l V because at that point, uh, 523 00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:44,079 you've got you've got the conference championship on your track, it's on your 524 00:39:44,199 --> 00:39:46,800 racket, you know, if you're Fresno State and you're seeing that you're gonna 525 00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:51,880 have to go to Colorado Springs for a for a Mount West title game. 526 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:54,519 That's certainly that's not something that you want to you want to consider. You 527 00:39:54,559 --> 00:39:58,519 want you want to be able to go to Las Vegas, uh and and 528 00:39:58,679 --> 00:40:04,159 especially because of the way that things end if you're air Force, you need 529 00:40:04,199 --> 00:40:07,239 this win and you need this win badly. And I think that they're going 530 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:10,760 to come out and get this and get the win that they need and honor 531 00:40:12,119 --> 00:40:15,239 what has been. You know, I think you can say that this may 532 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:19,639 be the most successful senior class going back to the Fisher to Barry days, 533 00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:22,719 you know, being twenty games over five hundred. This this is a very 534 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:28,679 very strong senior class, and they're they certainly are going to want to go 535 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:32,480 out and get a and get another win here in their final home game and 536 00:40:32,519 --> 00:40:37,320 send send the fans. I'm happy for sure, Yeah, no doubt about 537 00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:39,360 it. The impact of the senior class for the Falcons has had on the 538 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:44,719 program and sixteen and four record in Falcons Stadium. Really want to make that 539 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:47,639 seventeen and four to have the inside track with one more regular season game at 540 00:40:47,639 --> 00:40:52,760 Boise State left, but this class has been Bowl eligible all four years, 541 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,880 you know, post to two to zero bowl records with back to back wins 542 00:40:55,880 --> 00:41:00,920 over Power five programs in those bowls. And you know I won the Commander 543 00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:05,239 in Chief Trophy in two thousand and two. So no doubt about a legacy 544 00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:09,880 of success, to say the least for these seniors that are going to be 545 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:15,199 going out. But a big one on Saturday is Air Force last year of 546 00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:19,159 fourteen to forty two to seven win in Las Vegas. A couple early fumbles 547 00:41:19,159 --> 00:41:22,400 by UNLV helped Air Force build a quick fourteen oh lead and then a twenty 548 00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:27,800 eight to seven advantage. But Barry Odom has got this thing flipped right now, 549 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,920 and with his defensive background, you know he's going to have something dialed 550 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:37,719 up for Air Force. On Saturday is the Falcons, a three point favored 551 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:42,760 again three thirty Eastern Standard time, kickoff one thirty locally in the Springs on 552 00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:45,360 the CBS Sports Network. We got some games to pick, We got our 553 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:49,239 Travis Manning Foundation on a roll segment. We got a couple of news notes 554 00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:51,800 to pass along. We got that to do when we wrap it up here 555 00:41:52,039 --> 00:41:57,800 on this episode of Yards and Stripes, your home for Service Academy Football in 556 00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:00,320 two thousand and seven, Green First Lieutenant trap Vis Manion was killed in Iraq 557 00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:05,679 after saving his wooted teammates. Travis's legacy lives on through the words he spoke 558 00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:08,840 before his final deployment. If not me, then who? Words that today 559 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:14,159 fuel the spirit of Travis Manion Foundation and through TMF these words can live in 560 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,159 you too. Show the world what you're made of. Because character is invisible 561 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:22,199 until it's not. 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And 570 00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:07,760 this week we're going to honor remember a member of the United States Navy, 571 00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:14,280 Commander Peter G. Oswald. Commander Oswald, he gave the ultimate sacrifice on 572 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:17,320 August the twenty seventh, two thousand and two, from injury sustained during a 573 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:24,079 training related accident in southern El Salvador. The exercise he was conducting US standard 574 00:43:24,079 --> 00:43:30,679 fast roping technique to exit Blackhawk helicopter. Oswald was the commanding officer of the 575 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:35,199 Naval Special Warfare Unit based out of Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, a unit 576 00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:38,639 in charge of Naval special operations, missions and training for the Southern Command. 577 00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:45,199 Oswald was a native of Bellingham, Washington, a star student and athlete at 578 00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:50,559 the United States Naval Academy, where he graduated in nineteen eighty four. He 579 00:43:50,679 --> 00:43:52,480 was survived by his parents, brother, two brothers, his wife, and 580 00:43:52,519 --> 00:43:55,599 three daughters. Quote. He was on the fast track to being one of 581 00:43:55,679 --> 00:44:00,559 the top leaders of the community. This is a tight knit community. Most 582 00:44:00,599 --> 00:44:05,199 of the Seals knew him and are devastated by his tragic loss. That being 583 00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:09,639 Lieutenant Commander Darren James, spokeman spokesman for the Naval Special Warfare Division based out 584 00:44:09,639 --> 00:44:15,880 of San Diego Commander Peter Oswald was honored through the travisman and Foundations Character Doesn't 585 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:22,880 Matter program presented to campers in the Naval Academy Summer Seminar program and the Academy's 586 00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:30,079 Stem camp for rising eleventh graders. And again, you can get involved with 587 00:44:30,159 --> 00:44:35,360 TMF online at travismann In dot org. Find ways that you can honor a 588 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:39,199 fallen hero, ways you can honor somebody it is that you know in your 589 00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:45,800 local community. Just go on line at Travismanion dot org. 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Welcome back here to Yards and Stripes. 595 00:45:12,559 --> 00:45:16,320 Fryce Atkinson Steve Farney want to thank the Travis Manny Foundation for allowing us 596 00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:22,440 to partner with him yet again the season highlighting veterans that have given that ultimate 597 00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:29,440 sacrifice, and not just that, but the legacy of commitment that their families 598 00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:34,480 are carrying on in communities across the country. You can get involved at Travismannon 599 00:45:34,519 --> 00:45:38,480 dot org. This month, the month of November Veterans Day obviously this past 600 00:45:38,559 --> 00:45:42,920 weekend or he stopped and you know, as I like to say, you 601 00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:46,000 know, Veterans Day. To me, it should be every day thanking veterans 602 00:45:46,039 --> 00:45:51,320 like your self, Steve. People that have served that you know, have 603 00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:55,480 given that many many years. Some have given their lives, you know of 604 00:45:55,559 --> 00:46:00,719 service twenty years, twenty five years of active duty, you know to our 605 00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:07,599 nation. But the Travis Manning Foundation has got a drive going on during the 606 00:46:07,599 --> 00:46:13,039 month of November where you can donate to help give to our nation's heroes a 607 00:46:13,079 --> 00:46:15,880 path to improve their mental health. And you can go online to donate. 608 00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:21,800 Now find out more information about what the Travis Manion Foundation is doing to help 609 00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:24,800 improve the mental health for our nation's heroes that come home that have served. 610 00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:30,760 So check that out online at Travismannion dot org. Steve a couple of news 611 00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:36,880 notes just real quickly to pass along a big announcement though earlier this week is 612 00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:44,519 Air Force Superintendent Lieutenant General Richard Clark named the next executor the executive excuse me, 613 00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:47,719 the next executive director of the College Football Playoff. He'll be replacing the 614 00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:53,880 first and only executive director, Bill Hancock. Bill just a wonderful person I've 615 00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:58,199 had the chance to work with during his time at the College Football Playoff and 616 00:46:58,199 --> 00:47:01,800 then at the Olympics. Bill's going to be stepping away but the College Football 617 00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:09,039 Playoff and naming Air Force Superintendent Lieutenant General Richard Clark to take over next summer, 618 00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:14,559 as he'll officially start the job in June. A former Air Force player, 619 00:47:15,119 --> 00:47:17,880 had a thirty eight year a military career. He'll be moving over to 620 00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:23,119 the College Football Playoff and obviously a lot of big changes going under or underway, 621 00:47:23,159 --> 00:47:28,559 with the Playoff expanding to twelve teams next year, likely a new TV 622 00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:32,239 deal that's going to be expected to be a multi billion dollar deal most likely, 623 00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:37,119 and who knows. If you know the College Football Playoff, you know 624 00:47:37,239 --> 00:47:42,920 they evolve into an organizing body for college sports, specifically for college football. 625 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:47,599 So a lot happening, is a big transition times he'll take over executive director 626 00:47:47,639 --> 00:47:52,119 of the College Football Playoff. Steve Yeah, what a great, what a 627 00:47:52,159 --> 00:47:58,199 great piece of news for General Clark. I really do think that it was 628 00:47:58,239 --> 00:48:02,519 funny. We were joking about this on the uh on the broadcast for the 629 00:48:02,679 --> 00:48:08,679 University of South Florida that you know, obviously with with Dick Clark taking over, 630 00:48:09,119 --> 00:48:13,480 uh in the college football play if you're gonna have Ryan Seacrest obviously hosting, 631 00:48:13,599 --> 00:48:16,000 right, Uh, that's that's how it's how it works. Uh. 632 00:48:16,119 --> 00:48:19,679 But you know, you know, joking, you know, with a little 633 00:48:20,079 --> 00:48:22,840 little name word play there. But uh, you know it's a it's a 634 00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:29,840 great responsibility, uh that General Clark is taking over. Uh. You know, 635 00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:35,960 Bill Hancock did a did a fantastic job running the college football Playoff and 636 00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:42,480 the executive committee. But there there's nobody that I could see that can get 637 00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:49,800 things in shape and you know, any sort of excess and any sort of 638 00:48:51,599 --> 00:48:59,760 thought that there's going to be some sort of uh favoritism towards certain conferences, 639 00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:05,559 you know, once this uh, once the the playoff expands to twelve, 640 00:49:06,159 --> 00:49:09,920 I don't see I don't see anything better than a than a military officer being 641 00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:15,519 in charge of this because it's a it's gonna be a much it's gonna be 642 00:49:15,519 --> 00:49:20,760 like wrangling cats and obviously. Uh. In the military, you end up 643 00:49:21,079 --> 00:49:23,719 having to deal with all sorts of people in all sorts of walks of life. 644 00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:29,480 UH. And I think that he's going to have a lot of success 645 00:49:30,079 --> 00:49:31,480 UH doing what he's doing, and a lot of people are going to be 646 00:49:31,559 --> 00:49:37,519 very happy with how the college football Playoff will look moving forward with the twelve 647 00:49:37,599 --> 00:49:42,280 team format because of what Richard Clark is able to do, UH, for 648 00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:46,519 the for the committee, totally, no question about it. Now standing honor 649 00:49:46,559 --> 00:49:52,119 in a big opportunity for for General Clark. ESPN announcing the College Game Day 650 00:49:52,159 --> 00:49:54,480 going to travel to the one hundred and twenty fourth Army Navy Game, presented 651 00:49:54,480 --> 00:50:00,960 by USA and Foxborough. The broadcast will be live on Saturday morning, December 652 00:50:00,039 --> 00:50:05,719 ninth, from ten am to twelve noon outside of Gillette Stadium. Their week 653 00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:10,159 fifteen show taking on the Army Navy game yet again, so that they will 654 00:50:10,159 --> 00:50:14,639 be live again from ten am to twelve noon outside of Gillette Stadium there in 655 00:50:14,679 --> 00:50:17,519 Foxborough. And one final note to pass along Steve before he picked some games, 656 00:50:17,599 --> 00:50:24,280 Navy's game next weekend at SMU, obviously SMU having a fantastic season. 657 00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:29,280 That game on Saturday, November the twenty fifth, that will be a twelve 658 00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:36,039 noon kickoff eleven am locally there in Dallas on ESPN two. So Navy and 659 00:50:36,239 --> 00:50:39,679 SMU on Saturday, the November twenty fifth, Thanksgiving weekend going to be a 660 00:50:39,719 --> 00:50:45,960 twelve noon Eastern Standard Time kickoff on ESPN. All right, brother, let's 661 00:50:45,960 --> 00:50:49,119 get to some games and get out of here. Let's pick all three of 662 00:50:49,159 --> 00:50:52,800 these games, and let's start in the order of which we brought them to 663 00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:57,079 you and kind of preview to East Carolina at Navy noon kickoff there. East 664 00:50:57,079 --> 00:51:00,719 Carolina two and eight, maybe four and five mids a field goal favorite over 665 00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:04,760 Unders thirty one and a half. Which way you're gonna go on Senior Day 666 00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:09,199 in Annapolis? Steve, Yeah, I think you you understand that they are 667 00:51:09,519 --> 00:51:14,840 a team the Pirates are that are gonna want to try and slow the pace 668 00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:19,639 down, which I think is gonna work right into Navy's wheelhouse. I think 669 00:51:19,679 --> 00:51:24,639 you're gonna see You're gonna see some kicks from their kicker, from from East 670 00:51:24,679 --> 00:51:30,079 Carolina's kicker. It's what he's been known for here over the last few weeks. 671 00:51:30,639 --> 00:51:32,639 But I think I think Navy is gonna is gonna be able to handle 672 00:51:34,199 --> 00:51:38,800 the Pirates pretty easily. I have them beating East Carolina twenty four to nine 673 00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:44,639 on Senior Day twenty four to nine. I've got the Mids buy a field 674 00:51:44,639 --> 00:51:47,000 goal, not a not an East Carolina field goal, but obviously yes, 675 00:51:47,039 --> 00:51:51,519 a Navy field goal. I think Navy's gonna win it on Senior Day twenty 676 00:51:51,559 --> 00:51:55,519 to seventeen and get that win to stay in the hunt for a bowl game, 677 00:51:55,800 --> 00:52:00,440 as they will then move to Dallas to take on SMU the following weekend. 678 00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:04,639 So we're both going with Navy on Senior Day there. Well, let's 679 00:52:04,639 --> 00:52:08,400 do Senior Day at Army up at Mikey Stadium, the Black Knights hosting Coastal 680 00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:14,119 Carolina Coastal seven and three Army four and six. This one again a twelve 681 00:52:14,159 --> 00:52:17,320 noon kick off with the CBS Sports Network. Coastal installed is a four point 682 00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:22,719 favorite over under forty three and a half. Can the Army Black Knights? 683 00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:27,599 Can they stop another big winning streak? On Saturday steven? Can they stop 684 00:52:27,639 --> 00:52:31,840 another big winning streak? Price they can? Will they stop another big long 685 00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:38,199 winning streak is another question to ask and unfortunately, on my on my mind, 686 00:52:38,599 --> 00:52:43,400 that answer is no. I think that Coastal does get the win. 687 00:52:44,199 --> 00:52:49,840 I think this is twenty seven fourteen. I think that unless Bryce and Daily 688 00:52:51,119 --> 00:52:54,480 can have a big game under center for Army, I think that this is 689 00:52:54,519 --> 00:53:00,199 going to end up being more than a one scorer lead for the share to 690 00:53:00,239 --> 00:53:05,679 clears. So I have them winning by thirteen. Yeah. I like Coastal 691 00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:08,559 by ten. I like the Shans thirty four to twenty four, even without 692 00:53:08,559 --> 00:53:13,000 Grayce. If Grayson McCall was playing, I think I might go by a 693 00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:16,199 bigger margin. But with freshman Ethan Basco going to be under center for the 694 00:53:16,239 --> 00:53:22,639 injured McCall still out after that hit back on October twenty first against Arkansas State, 695 00:53:23,039 --> 00:53:25,079 I think it's gonna be a little bit closer. I think Army is 696 00:53:25,079 --> 00:53:28,519 gonna be game. I just think Coastal is just going to have a little 697 00:53:28,519 --> 00:53:31,599 bit too much and a little bit too much speed and playmakers to pull it 698 00:53:31,639 --> 00:53:36,519 off. I think it'll blow the over but I think it'll be a ten 699 00:53:36,519 --> 00:53:39,159 point margin, So we're pretty close there. Finally, Air Force first place. 700 00:53:39,199 --> 00:53:44,280 As we mentioned on the line against UNLB, both teams identical eight to 701 00:53:44,280 --> 00:53:47,840 two records overall five and won the Mount West three thirty Eastern Standard time kickoff 702 00:53:47,880 --> 00:53:52,800 on the CBS Sports Network. Air Force a field goal favorite at home over 703 00:53:52,280 --> 00:53:57,400 under is forty seven and a half. Who's going to have the inside track 704 00:53:57,559 --> 00:54:00,920 to go to the mount West Conference champmanship game after this one? Steve, 705 00:54:01,599 --> 00:54:06,199 Oh, you're gonna falcon it up there? Price, I have air Force 706 00:54:07,079 --> 00:54:12,599 taking this one. I have them going over as well. So I have 707 00:54:12,760 --> 00:54:15,480 the Falcons beating the Rebels thirty one to twenty seven, and what's going to 708 00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:22,280 be a wild affair at Falcons Stadium because I know that UNLV wants this one 709 00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:25,119 bad. They really do. They want to They want to be able to 710 00:54:25,199 --> 00:54:31,679 say that we've got the inside track of things and to try and push air 711 00:54:31,679 --> 00:54:37,920 Force out of a Mountain West Conference playoff scenario. But I don't think it's 712 00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:42,599 going to happen. I think the Falcons win. I think they win close, 713 00:54:42,679 --> 00:54:45,400 but I think in what's going to be a very high scoring game. 714 00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:53,840 What was your score prediction? Thirty one to twenty seven? I knew, 715 00:54:53,920 --> 00:54:57,239 I knew it. I want to make sure I heard that right. That's 716 00:54:57,280 --> 00:55:00,800 exactly what I had down for you. Ah, thirty one to twenty seven 717 00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:05,239 is I literally identical. I had it typed out just before we started this 718 00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:09,199 segment, So great minds think alike, especially if Air Force gets the win. 719 00:55:09,639 --> 00:55:13,679 One thing to keep an eye on this one. If this one does 720 00:55:13,760 --> 00:55:17,679 come down to a field goal, I believe it's Jose Pizzano, the field 721 00:55:17,719 --> 00:55:25,199 goal kicker for UNLV lou Grosia Award semi finalist. I won't, you know, 722 00:55:25,360 --> 00:55:30,000 tip my hand fully on that one, but he definitely was in my 723 00:55:30,079 --> 00:55:34,320 top three in the balloting. Is we cast lou Gros Award votes the other 724 00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:37,000 day I had him in my top three, you know, for the Glue 725 00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:42,960 Grows Award this year for the nation's most outstanding kicker. But this guy is 726 00:55:43,119 --> 00:55:46,280 accurate. He can hit him from deep and he could be that weapon that 727 00:55:46,360 --> 00:55:50,280 could decide this thing. But you and I are alike, man. We 728 00:55:50,320 --> 00:55:53,159 think that the Falcons are going to get it done by the identical score of 729 00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:58,480 thirty one to twenty seven. So if it lands on thirty one to twenty 730 00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:01,079 seven, we must have some kind of fun Thanksgiving week because I'll be probably 731 00:56:01,079 --> 00:56:07,079 headed right out to the closest otb I can find if people nail that one. 732 00:56:07,320 --> 00:56:12,320 Steve, always appreciate you, my friend, great work as always as 733 00:56:12,360 --> 00:56:17,039 you help keep things straight to produced lined up and out everybody on the College 734 00:56:17,039 --> 00:56:22,400 Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast network, where you can listen to us every single 735 00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:25,960 week during the college football season wherever it is you get your podcasts. We 736 00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:30,000 will be back again with you next week as we will get you ready as 737 00:56:30,039 --> 00:56:35,880 we come down the stretch in the final regular season week of the season on 738 00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:38,679 Thanksgiving week next week. But steve until then, man, we will talk 739 00:56:38,719 --> 00:56:42,599 to you then. Hope everybody has a great week. Enjoy the games on 740 00:56:42,719 --> 00:56:45,000 Senior Day. Go Army, Go Navy, Go air Force, and we 741 00:56:45,039 --> 00:56:51,760 will talk to you. Then join us again next time for Yards and Strikes 742 00:56:51,800 --> 00:56:55,360 Service Academy Football. To get more on all things Service Academy Football, like 743 00:56:55,519 --> 00:57:00,280 Yards and Stripes on Facebook and follow them on Twitter at Yards and Stripes and 744 00:57:00,440 --> 00:57:06,800 make sure that you're subscribing to the College Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast feed on 745 00:57:06,880 --> 00:57:12,079 Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google and wherever you get your podcasts.