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Need to get your football fix on
all things Army, Navy and Air Force.

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This is Yards and Stripes Service Academy
Football. Now Here are your hosts,

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Price Atkinson, Steve Carney and Mike
Love All. Welcome into Yards and

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Stripes your home for Service Academy Football
episode number eight. And it doesn't happen

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every Saturday that it produces a clean
suite for all three teams. But just

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what happened on Saturday on the CBS
Sports Network triple header with Army, Navy

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and Air Force all victorious. Welcome
in, listeners. I'm Price Atkinson,

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joined by my man Steve Carney,
as we are part of the College Gridiron

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Coast to Coast podcast network, coming
to you every single week with a new

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episode during the college football season.
Steve, Army, Navy, and Air

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Force. All three teams giving up
just a total of three points ninety four

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to three. Our three teams outscoring
the opponents, including two shutout win ends

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on Saturday. It was kind of
that all the stars seemed to align for

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Service Academy Football on Saturday. Steve, Yeah, and we mentioned it last

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week. Price, We thought that
there was going to be uh one sided

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affairs for both Army and Navy going
up against one FCS clubs. We thought

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that Sam Houston, State and Air
Force was going to be a low scoring

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affair, so you can thank us
for that one. But yeah, this

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is this is exactly what the doctor
ordered U for both Army and Navy getting

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their first wins on the season,
and now Air Forces two and oh and

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so here we are. We're in
We're in really good shape for Service Academy

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fans. This is exactly where you
want these three teams going into what is

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going to be probably the first big
weekend of the season for all three of

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these clubs. I think that you're
gonna have You've got big weekends for all

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three teams, and they're all going
to start early, which is why we're

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on early here this weekend, Yards
and Stripes. That is exactly right.

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We're going to recap the three games
from this past weekend, touch on those.

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We've got game balls to give out. We're going to hit on all

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three upcoming games, which are technically
weeknight games, a Thursday game and a

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pair of Friday games. So our
three teams are going to be done and

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back relaxing on the couch watching on
Saturday this week, we got to the

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Travismanian Foundation on a roll segment to
do as we honor a fallen hero,

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one that's given the ultimate sacrifice.
And then certainly we got some picks at

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the very end to make of our
three games this coming weekend, Stephen,

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So let's get to our games from
last weekend. As we mentioned, it

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was a clean sweep and Army they
get their home opener against Delaware State and

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they ride exactly kind of what we
thought. We thought it would be a

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lot too a little, and that's
just what it was. It's Jeff Munkin's

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team gets a fifty seven and nothing
win over the visiting Hornets, riding a

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thirty six nothing halftime lead to the
shutout, Army's largest margin of victory and

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a shutout since beating Columbius sixty to
nothing in October of nineteen fifty six,

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the first shutout for the Black Nights. It's posting a fifteen oh win over

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Navy in twenty twenty, now Army
sixteen and two versus FCF's opponents in the

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Jeff Munkin era, and Steve,
this is exactly what Army needed after the

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opening weekend loss where they struggled with
mistakes execution, they didn't find the end

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zone. All of that was really
a thing of the past Saturday, except

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for that one turnover, the only
one they had in the game to start

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the second half. I don't know
how much we gleaned from this, but

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it's exactly what Jeff Munkin needed and
wanted to see from his team on Saturday.

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Yeah, obviously the superglue didn't work
for Iwan Marshall because he fumbled again.

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That's now three fumbles in two games
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that's something that that coach Munkin is
certainly going to have to address year moving

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forward. But other than that,
I mean, we mentioned it last week

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that this needed to be the week
that Army was able to go, Okay,

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we're setting the bar for what we
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and this is where Army football should
look like, and this is what it

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should look like and the place where
we need to be. And now every

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other game moving forward for Army,
they're gonna end up being looking at this

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game and going how much did we
look like the team that beat up on

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Delaware State? And that's gonna start
here on Friday but and they don't have

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another game on their schedule until you
maybe get to Holy Cross in November,

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where they can say, Okay,
this is where we can get probably get

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closest to this, you mask,
maybe around Halloween as well. But you

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look at their next one, two, three, four, five games are

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all going to be very, very
difficult, and I really do think that

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they're gonna they're gonna have a hard
time measuring up to what they did here

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this week against Delaware State. But
it gives them a really nice target to

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shoot for. And if we know
anything about the military, they all know

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about what it's like to have to
shoot for a target. And so I

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certainly think that starting here this week
against Texas San Antonio, they're gonna have

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a really nice target to look at
and go how close can we get to

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how we looked against Delaware State?
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started with Bryson Day at quarterback did
something that was rare, maybe a first

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at least going back, the first
Army quarterback since nineteen fifty six to throw

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for three touchdowns. Yes, I
said it, Army, a quarterback from

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the Black Knights and the Hudson throwing
for three touchdowns, and not only that,

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rushing for another two efficient was the
name of the game or the Army

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offense, especially Bryson Daily on Saturday, as he was eight of eleven throwing

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the football for one ninety three,
three touchdowns, no picks, and then

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he ran nine times for sixty five
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to carry his Army out gained Dell
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And then, of course, probably
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one hundred and thirty five yards receiving
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I mean he is I mean he
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he is a guy that can rise
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He is that one player on that
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and he was exactly that, especially
that touchdown he caught and took it to

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the house just before halftime on Saturday. I thought it was also interesting that

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was that was that was kind of
a Randy Moss like performance from from Austin.

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You I think most people remember the
Thanksgiving Day game, uh that the

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Minnesota Vikings had in Randy Moss's rookie
year in the NFL where he had three

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catches for one hundred and forty yards
and three touchdowns. Like that's that's exactly

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what I thought of when when I
saw what he was doing. He had

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a fifty nine yards score, he
had a seventy yard score. Uh.

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They were in really really impressive shape, and I really did think I was

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I was thinking, this is Randy
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the level of competition for Army was
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like, you know, that's that's
a that's another great comparison to make.

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And if you're Isaiah Austin, you
got to feel real good. Uh hearing

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somebody say, you know, kind
of looked like Randy Moss. There a

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man among boys, that's for sure, is what he looked like with that

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touchdown catch and then just running,
you know, away from everybody and taking

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it to the house. And I
thought also something that was interesting. We'll

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touch on defense here in a second, but Tyson Riley, who's been one

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of the main you know b backs, you know, fullbacks for this Army

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team over the years. We know
that Drew Thatcher's kind of come in and

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brought the whole running backs, that
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together into one room. Tyson Riley
lining up and playing more h back and

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tight end than he did, uh
you know the previous couple season he lined

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up his first snap as a freshman
at Army wasn't tight end. But you

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know, he doesn't even carry the
football. On Saturday, he catches two

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passes for for thirty eight yards,
including uh, you know, the touchdown

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there. And I thought it was
just interesting way to utilize Tyson Riley and

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get another playmaker or at least another
person. You know, I'm playmaker on

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that offensive the ball because he scored, you know, on a thirteen yard

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or excuse me, he had that
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So that's what made the thirty six
nothing halftime margin. But interesting to see

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some changes defensively. You can't ask
for anything more outside of maybe Kyle Lewis,

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who who maybe should be getting all
the pats on the Backstea because you

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know, he preserved he preserved the
shutout for the Black Nights, that strip

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sack and fumble recovery just before halftime
with Dell State third and goal inside the

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Army twenty that that allowed them to
keep that goose egg on the scoreboard and

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it stayed there the rest of the
way. So big shout out to Kyle

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Lewis for keeping that shutout on the
board for Army Steam. Yeah. Absolutely,

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And you look at Army's defense,
they had ten TFLs. I don't

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think I've seen a team have that
many TFLs in a long long time,

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especially a Service Academy team. To
have ten tackles for loss was just in

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crowd. I mean you look at
it. The Hornets had two. Uh,

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So you could tell the difference in
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And you're right, Kyle Lewis being
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del State from putting even a single
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because at that point you're thinking,
all right, can can they hold them

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to three and keep them out of
the end zone? And then you get

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the strip sack and then it's like, okay, now, now can we

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can we can we preserve the shutout
And they were able to do so,

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and team Captain Leo Lowen leading the
way four of the Army defense with nine

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stop, seven solo tackles. So
just exactly what the doctor order for Jeff

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Munkin's team, getting that fifty seven
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Army now improving to one and one
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All right, let's move to Annapolis
where a similar thing. Midshipman home

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opener for the Mids after a couple
of weeks off for one week off since

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getting back from Dublin, also their
first meeting with their opponent, hosting the

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Wagon or Seahawks, and just like
an Army, the Mids post a big

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shutout twenty four to nothing, the
first season opener or first home opener win

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for the Mids since twenty nineteen,
in a game that was delayed, I

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don't know by about fifteen twenty minutes
due to other and then the start of

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the third quarter was again delayed by
weather that was you know, making its

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way you know through the you know, the mid Atlantic in the Southeast on

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Saturday. But you know, if
you're if you're a Navy fan, a

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lot like Army, this is exactly
what you wanted to see, especially from

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Brian Newberry's team, who played pretty
much mistake free football with limiting turnovers,

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didn't have a single one in the
game, and Thai Lavatai two hundred and

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twenty six yards of total offense out
gaining the Seahawks four uh eight to two

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twenty seven. Maybe his best ever
passing day Steve with eight to thirteen for

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one hundred and sixty one yards in
a touchdown. All in all, is

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exactly what the Mids needed to get
that taste of confidence. Yeah. I

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don't know about you, Price,
but when I think of Thay Lavatai,

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I don't think of a guy that
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the fact of the matter is that
he threw thirteen passes in this game.

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And if I had said before this
game, if I had said in last

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week's episode that Thay Lavatai was going
to throw the ball more than a dozen

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times, you and I are thinking
that Wagner is winning in this game,

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uh if he's having to throw the
football. But I thought, you know,

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and we joked before the show started
that you know, this was the

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run and gun offense, not just
for Army but for Navy as well,

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showing a passing wrinkle from lavata This
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His touchdown comes as Kamari Williams decides
to play bowling ball to get into

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the end zone. But I thought
that he would. He made smart decisions,

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He was able to get the ball
down the field, He was able

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to stretch things, uh, stretch
the offense, and I really do think

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that this was a really really impressive
showing from Lavata. I know that he

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had to he had to take a
couple of plays off because he had the

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issue with his knee brace. Of
course, he's coming back from a from

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a rather serious knee injury, so
he still has the brace and he had

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the brace come loose. Uh,
And so Blake Horvath, I know,

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had to take a couple of snaps
in his place while they had to fix

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his brace. But I certainly think
that, you know, when you look

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at what Lavati was able to do, this is a really really great sign.

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And of course you had the other
bowling ball in Dabbo Fofauna getting into

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the end zone. I love when
they get fafauna involved. They need to

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do it more often. And the
fact that they were able to get to

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a point where they were inside the
five and they could just hand the ball

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off to the to the big man
and say take it to the house for

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us, and he was able to
do so. Yeah, maybe doing the

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job on both lines of scrimmage,
you know, running for two forty five

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on forty four carries, that's you
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yards of carry. But playing the
mistake, you know, the mistake free

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football is what you really needed to
do. And that's what they did.

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And you know, Brian Newberry is
head coach, his first his first official

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win, is his first win,
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Uh, you know, so the
opponent, notwithstanding you do, you're

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gonna have to throw the football at
times. We know that Army and Air

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Force and Navy for that matter,
they can all win, you know without

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throwing a forward pass if they have
to, and everything comes down the right

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way. But you're gonna have to, especially when you play, you know

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in the American Athletic when you play
you know in the Mountain West, you're

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going to have to be able to
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ball against the teams like a Memphis
coming up of the Navy this Thursday night,

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like you know what, East Carolina, the SMUs of the world,

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like Army is gonna have to face
with Syracuse coming up and just you know

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a few weeks. You have to
have some at least, I don't care

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if it's a minor threat. You've
got to have some ability to to throw

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the football instead of having ten guys
line up the box and say, Daria

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baby Ideria. Labati is not a
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of his game. But at least
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liked what you've seen, especially moving
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Thursday. Yeah. Absolutely, And
much like how Kyle Lewis had the strip

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sack fumble to preserve the shutout for
Army, you've got to give the same

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sort of shut out to Shout out
to Raywon Lane with the interception in the

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end zone that kept Wagner off the
scoreboard as well. So they had one

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opportunity to put the ball to get
some points and it ends up in an

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interception in the end zone. So
shout out to Raywon Lane and a Bravo

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Zulu for him for what he did
in that game as well. All right,

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congratulations to Navy twenty four nothing win
over Wagner. As they get their

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first win and Brian Newberry's first as
head coach, defeating the Seahawks twenty for

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nothing all right at NRG Stadium Steve
in Houston on Saturday night, the nightcap.

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We knew that this was going to
be a low scoring game. I

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did not expect it to resemble maybe
an Army Navy game as low scoring as

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it was. But Air Force they
stay undefeated two and oh they knock off

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Sam Houston State thirteen to three.
It was an absolute grinder, a slugfest

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there in Houston as the Falcons who
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ago and Saturday's performance is not gonna
hurt. With a shot for the Falcons

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to finish a top the FBS again
as they allowed just eighty total yards and

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only six first downs by the Bearcats. It took a while. It was

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like novocaine, but it did take
a while, but it finally started working

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and they got into the end zone
with Owen Burke on a five yard up

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the middle dive with five fourteen left, the Captain eleven place sixty five yard

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or sixty yard drive that basically iced
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to three. Yeah, I believe
somebody had the under there in that game.

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And like I said, if you
listen to last week's show, I

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said, take the under, thank
me later, and thankfully somebody some some

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people listened and are very very happy, uh today and listening to this week's

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episode. Uh, and what happened
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with you. This was uh the
proverbial meat grinder. And watching these two

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teams, especially in the first half, go back and forth in the kicking

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game and to see who could pin
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more difficult. I was looking at
the drive summary at the end of the

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game, and you know, apart
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the second half for air Force,
you know, the Bearcats spent most of

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their day inside their own thirty,
so they didn't have a whole lot of

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success, and it took that turnover
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their first three points as a matter
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other than that, you could tell
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was not going to be a whole
lot of scoring, that Air Force was

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easily the better of the two teams, and their defense. You mentioned just

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eighty yards of offense allowed. I
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And there's a reason why they're going
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or three defenses in all of college
football for another season. They were number

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one last year. I think they've
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again this year in total defense.
I really do like what Troy cal has

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for weapons defensively to be able to
keep opponents off the scoreboard. And it's

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my long time mentor, Steve Doomick
used to tell me, you can't win

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if you score zero, or you
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the other ways around holds true.
You can't lose if you give up zero.

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So they're in good shape. Yeah, and that's saying something too.

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That's not a fluke that's not a
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the Mountain West, all right,
let's let's be real. I mean,

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clearly, we know that there's no
teams that are really going to be fighting

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for a college football playoff berth that
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But still it's a league that puts
up traditionally a lot of high numbers on

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offense, a lot of big numbers
offensively, So what air Force did last

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year, I mean, that's it's
legit, you know they are. They

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have a darned good defense, and
clearly they have another good one this season.

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I think we're going to see more
of a test in terms of a

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more comp fleet team that they've seen
so far this year in their Mountain West

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Conference opener in Utah State this this
Friday night. But still nonetheless, uh,

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you know, through two games doing
the job where they have just you

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know, they have they have clamped
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opposing offensive has wanted to do.
And sam Houston State, which has struggled

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to throw the football, they're pretty
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team. Air Force just flat did
the job, especially with a you know,

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a strong you know linebacking corps you
know, on Saturday, and that's

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what you want to see, you
know. But as you mentioned that the

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only points at sam Houston State,
Look, this was going to be a

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shutout as well. I think if
if if Zach Larrier, who made his

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only mistake of the game where he
puts the ball on the ground, sam

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Houston State recovers and basically, uh
in Air Force territory and all they have

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to do is line up and kick
a field goal when they can't move it.

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Those were the only points of the
game that were basically spotted to the

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Bearcats by Air Force. Steve Yeah, And they had one series where they

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had more than thirty yards, and
it was that that series there because they

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started outside of their own forty and
we're able to get into field goal territory

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and make the kick. Other than
that, you look at it, they

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was like three and out, three
and outs like seven yards, four yards,

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Okay, they got four. They
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I mean they did. The defense
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the Bearcats a started deep in their
own territory and b were unable to sustain

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anything and put their own defense,
which tended to be get tired, and

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you started to see it at the
end of the game the Bearcat defense was

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finally worn out and Air Force was
able to go down the field and score

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a touchdown and put the game out
of reach. Because if you were if

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you were watching the game on CBS
Sports Network, they were saying that,

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you know, if the Bearcats want
a chance, they needed to hold air

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Force to a field goal when they
were up six three, and all of

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a sudden, niergoes owen Burke for
five yards into the end zone, and

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all of a sudden, it's now
thirteen three, and you had a feeling

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that that was the beginning of the
end, the Deathnell had told for the

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Bearcats at that point. All right, Air Force two and oh on the

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season, now thirteen to three winner
over Sam Houston State. As they are

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receiving votes still once again in the
Coach's poll this week, all right,

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Steve, let's give out some game
balls. Which way you want to go

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with yours this week? Friend?
Well, I'm gonna I'm usually a fan

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of big uglies, but I'm going
with the beautiful game this week and Isaiah

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Alston, who was just absolutely tremendous. You know, I mentioned the Randy

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Moss type of game that he had. There's no way that I can't give

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it. I know Bryson Daily had
a great game, and you may you

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may end up thinking of giving yours
to Bryson Daily. I don't know yet,

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but I'm going with Isaiah Austin just
an. I think this is the

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coming out party for the Army wide
out I think that this is now what

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we've seen, and now teams are
going to have to uh game plan uh

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for him much in a much more
significant style. Three catches, one hundred

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and thirty five yards and two scores. Slap the sticker, so to speak,

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on Isaiah Austin's helmet. I'll give
it to him, all right,

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I'm gonna give my game ball to
you know, I hate going you know,

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big numbers here, but the one
team that did not post the shutout

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this weekend, the Air Force Academy. Their defense. I'm gonna give a

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game ball to that defense because you
know, they six tackles for a loss

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in the game, not nearly the
ten that Army had in the win over

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and there went over Dell State,
but Alec Mackley the way with eleven stops

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and then Bo bo Richter, you
know, two sacks, four tackles,

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both solo. The Air Force has
only given up ten points all season,

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less than you know, a point
a quarter. You know, in eight

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quarters they've given up just ten points
just over I should say point a point

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a quarter, uh, you know, but being somewhat tested, so to

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speak on Saturday between our three teams, you know, Sam Houston State and

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making the move Casey Keeler's team from
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not found the end zone this season. Who knows when Sam Houston State at

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this point, I guess we really
don't care here on this podcast that so

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we won't see them again. But
the Air Force defense doing the job yet

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again, just giving up six first
downs in eighty total yards. Just absolutely

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dominant. That's my game ball.
It's going to the Air Force defense this

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week. All right, Steve,
we got a bunch more to do,

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my man. We gotta give make
some picks. We got to look ahead

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we work our way through the college
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This week is Navy a Thursday night
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on Friday night this week, so
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out the rest of the college football
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this week, as Navy going to
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the American Athletic Conference portion of its
season on the road and the Liberty Bowl

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on Thursday night at seventh thirty pm
kickoff the ESPN Thursday Night Game of the

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week. As Navy is six and
two and AAC openers, including one and

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one on the road. Bow team's
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this week as Navy is getting fourteen
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a half. This being the ninth
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Memphis, and the Tigers lead the
series five to three, including four straight

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against the Mids. Last year,
they handled the Naval Academy thirteen thirty seven

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to thirteen in Annapolis, and ironically, this is going to be the third

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straight season that the Navy at Memphis
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The Tigers handed Navy one of its
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twenty three, and then won the
twenty twenty one meeting thirty five to seventeen,

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so familiar territory as Navy is going
to be playing in the Liberty Bowl

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on a Thursday night and their AAC
opener against the Memphis Tiger. Steve Yeah,

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and really this is going to be
a test of Navy's backfield. I

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look at what Seth Hennigan, the
Memphis quarterback, has been able to do

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in his first two games. He
went for three hundred and thirty yards against

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Bethune Cookman, who is an FCS
team, and then going to Arkansas State

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for two hundred and thirty nine yards
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has completed over seventy three percent of
his passes on the season, and seventy

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five percent against Bethune Cookman seventy two
percent against Arkansas State. And really,

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this, like I said, this
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defensive backfield. You know that the
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They have done a very good job
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points. If my math is correct, They've scored ninety three points in their

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first two games combined, and a
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as as Hennigan has four touchdowns through
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I really do think that there's gonna
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Memphis's quarterback. You're gonna have to
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line. They're big, they're ugly. You have to be quick, and

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you have to be powerful to try
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let him sit back there and go
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chance to look at his second and
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in big trouble. And I think
it's it's part of the reason why this

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00:30:49,319 --> 00:30:53,799
game is going to be very high
scoring, and unfortunately, I have a

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00:30:53,839 --> 00:30:59,519
feeling that's gonna be lopsided. I
don't think that Navy has the weapons that

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it needs to try and keep this
game close. Yeah, I'm with you

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on that. Plus history and at
least in them last few years, not

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really on Navy's side here. Since
joining the American Athletics Steve in two thousand

413
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:17,119
and seventeen, the Mids are just
three and seven in games that are not

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played on Saturday, including oh and
three in Thursday night games, So history

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00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,680
not exactly on their side. You
know, playing on a Thursday night,

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00:31:26,759 --> 00:31:30,240
playing during the week, and playing
on the road in the Liberty Bowl against

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00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:36,119
Memphis, you know, and they've
obviously lost four straight against the Tigers.

418
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As it is, with five Navy
players that are going to be going back

419
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:44,440
to the volunteer state for this one
again, the ESPN Thursday Night game seven

420
00:31:44,519 --> 00:31:48,920
thirty kickoff from the Liberty Bowl in
the American Athletic Conference opener for both teams

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00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:52,400
on Thursday night. All right,
on Friday night, Steve Army, let's

422
00:31:52,519 --> 00:31:56,000
check them out first, as they're
going to be hitting the road and playing

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00:31:56,000 --> 00:32:00,839
in the Alamo Dome a seven o'clock
kickoff Eastern Standard time on ESPN against your

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00:32:01,079 --> 00:32:07,079
University of Texas San Antonio UTSA one
and one on the season, just like

425
00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:13,920
Army, the Black Nights getting nine
points over under. Last I saw was

426
00:32:14,039 --> 00:32:17,359
forty five points in this one.
Of course, Army getting their first taste

427
00:32:17,359 --> 00:32:22,960
of victory last week. This is
going to be a little bit tougher as

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00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:27,359
they're going to be hitting the road, playing in the Alamodome where UTSA played

429
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:31,599
on and beat Texas State on Saturday
night with almost fifty thousand in the building

430
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:36,119
inside that loud that you know the
Alamodome, which can get really loud when

431
00:32:36,119 --> 00:32:39,200
it's packed. And if you know
anything about Roadrunner football the last couple of

432
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:43,279
years, you know the name Frank
Harris. Yep, he's back again,

433
00:32:43,519 --> 00:32:49,000
seventh year of college football. Is
the starting quarterback for the Roadrunners. He's

434
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,119
a guy that's got some weapons,
but he can do a lot of damage

435
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:58,240
himself. Steve, I was gonna
say, I think I remember playing against

436
00:32:58,319 --> 00:33:01,880
Frank Harris when I was in college. And by the way, I graduated

437
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:07,720
from the University of South Florida fifteen
years ago, so after my time in

438
00:33:07,759 --> 00:33:15,759
the Navy. So I just it's
unbelievable that he's getting another year of eligibility.

439
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:22,039
It's and it's also amazing that he's
thrown three picks so far this year.

440
00:33:22,119 --> 00:33:24,920
I know that the Roadrunners love to
throw the football, and they've shown

441
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:30,200
that they love to throw the football
again uh this year, and they're averaging

442
00:33:30,559 --> 00:33:38,960
uh three hundred and ninety four yards
of offense uh in a game this year

443
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:44,640
and most of that coming through the
air. I think that this the I

444
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:52,400
know that Army is is almost a
two full scores underdog. You look at

445
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:58,279
it that they've almost got uh,
you know, they're nine point underdogs.

446
00:33:58,519 --> 00:34:01,000
I think this game is going to
be close than people think. I really

447
00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:07,920
do like the way that we've saw
Bryson daily this week against Delaware State.

448
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:13,800
As I mentioned in the first segment, now you have a target to shoot

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00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,400
for, and now that they've seen
what they can do, I think that

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00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:21,719
they're going to be able to go. Okay that I think that the coaching

451
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:25,280
staff and more importantly, I think
the players are smart enough that they can

452
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:30,519
make adjustments in game and not have
to wait for halftime. I think that

453
00:34:30,519 --> 00:34:34,159
they're gonna they're gonna find out what
works and what doesn't work early on.

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00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:37,719
They're gonna be able to make the
adjustment within a series or two, uh,

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00:34:38,079 --> 00:34:42,079
and be able like if something doesn't
work in the first quarter, I

456
00:34:42,119 --> 00:34:46,719
think by the second quarter they've got
something working and being able to exploit the

457
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:52,159
Roadrunner defense, which is not as
good. I think I think Army's defense

458
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:54,079
is better than than the Roadrunners defense, and I think that they're going to

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00:34:54,159 --> 00:35:00,960
be able to keep this game a
lot closer than most people think. Yeah,

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00:35:00,039 --> 00:35:05,679
and some of these recent matchups have
been close, including last year when

461
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:12,000
the Army Black nights fall in overtime
forty one to thirty eight. The series

462
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:15,079
going Armies way, they have two
wins to one loss. Of course,

463
00:35:15,119 --> 00:35:20,280
as I just mentioned, that loss
was last season. But those two wins

464
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,039
for Army coming on the road in
San Antonio in two thousand, nineteen and

465
00:35:23,119 --> 00:35:27,599
two thousand and twenty, so they've
got a history of going on the road

466
00:35:27,639 --> 00:35:30,760
Steve and getting it done down there
in San Antonio. But this is gonna

467
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:37,199
be again. Frank Harris started college
started playing his UTSA career in two thousand

468
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,880
and seventeen. Think about that,
the fall of two thousand and seventeen,

469
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:50,639
still playing college football. He was
born. I did check HELFO clearly he

470
00:35:50,679 --> 00:35:55,559
does born in March of nineteen ninety
nine and is still under center. As

471
00:35:55,639 --> 00:36:00,440
the six foot red shirt senior from
shirts Texas As. He will be under

472
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:06,360
center. The Conference USA Most Valuable
Player First Team All League last year once

473
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:12,920
again is Army and the Texas University
of Texas San Antonio Roadrunners doing battle seven

474
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:17,800
o'clock Friday night from the Alamo Dome
on ESPN Last game of the week.

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00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,559
Air Force also a Friday night tilt, this one against Utah State going to

476
00:36:22,639 --> 00:36:27,719
be the Mountain West Conference opener.
There hadn't been a single conference game played

477
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,719
in the mount West Conference yet this
year, well, this will be the

478
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:32,559
first one of the season, as
UTAs State and air Force is going to

479
00:36:32,639 --> 00:36:37,840
do battle at eight o'clock Eastern Standard
Time on Friday, CBS Sports Network,

480
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:42,960
air Force giving nine and a half
over under forty four and a half or

481
00:36:43,559 --> 00:36:49,159
one in one, Utah State coming
to Colorado Springs. The last eight meetings,

482
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:52,960
six of which had been decided by
ten points or less. Air Forces

483
00:36:53,079 --> 00:36:59,400
thirteen and eleven and Mountain West openers
going back to nineteen ninety nine, including

484
00:36:59,519 --> 00:37:02,199
seven five at home. This is
gonna be the second time in three seasons

485
00:37:02,199 --> 00:37:07,119
that air Force is opening mount West
Conference play against Utah State. And you

486
00:37:07,159 --> 00:37:10,360
know, Steve, this is going
to be a game not just because it

487
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:15,599
is the opener for the Mountain West
Conference for both teams, but this is

488
00:37:15,639 --> 00:37:19,239
a game that air Force really is
going to want to win. After the

489
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:23,079
last couple of seasons. Yeah,
you look at it. The Falcons have

490
00:37:23,199 --> 00:37:28,760
lost i believe, each of the
last two seasons to the Aggies of Utah

491
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:34,199
State, once in Colorado Springs and
once in Logan, uh So they they

492
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:37,360
have, they have revenge on their
minds, and really you look at it,

493
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:42,320
the Utah State games each of the
last two years have kept the Falcons

494
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:46,960
out of the Mountain West UH Conference
championship. For all intents and purposes,

495
00:37:47,079 --> 00:37:52,320
I really do think they are going
to want to especially the upperclassmen. You

496
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:58,960
know, the upperclassmen have not beaten
Utah State as a team, and so

497
00:37:59,039 --> 00:38:04,360
they they are so certainly in a
desire uh. They they want this,

498
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:07,159
They want to win this game.
They want to make sure that they get

499
00:38:07,199 --> 00:38:14,440
their conference UH play off on the
right foot. And while this this game

500
00:38:14,519 --> 00:38:21,760
is certainly not going to be UH
the same sort of slog that we saw

501
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:29,400
in Houston, I do think that
we're in for another low scoring affair.

502
00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:34,280
I really do think that this is
going to be another grind and I think

503
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,800
that the Falcons are good with that. I think they want to put the

504
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:43,880
Aggies through the grinder and and grind
out a tough, hard fought victory.

505
00:38:44,039 --> 00:38:46,679
And I think that in order to
do so, h in order to win,

506
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:51,000
they're going to have to do so. I think that if Utah State

507
00:38:51,079 --> 00:38:54,480
can throw gets to throw the football
and gets time and gets protection from their

508
00:38:54,559 --> 00:38:59,760
quarterback there, and I think the
Falcons are in trouble. Yeah, I

509
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:02,400
think that this is actually gonna be
a higher scoring game. I think that

510
00:39:02,559 --> 00:39:07,599
you know history and not that you
know history has got any bearing on you

511
00:39:07,599 --> 00:39:10,320
know, one season to the next, but it traditionally has been a a

512
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:15,079
fairly high scoring affair. And last
year it was you know, a total

513
00:39:15,159 --> 00:39:19,960
of what sixty one points, thirty
four to twenty seven with Utah State,

514
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:25,000
you know, beating air Force and
logan, my gut says that this is

515
00:39:25,039 --> 00:39:30,239
a higher scoring affair than what we
think because not not because of the seventy

516
00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:35,559
eight points that Utah State hung last
week on Idaho State, or you know

517
00:39:35,639 --> 00:39:38,400
the fact that they went and played
Iowa close in their season opener. You

518
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:45,920
know, Utah State is just typically
one of those very explosive offensive teams sometimes

519
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:51,360
struggles defensively to get off the team
on the field on third down, and

520
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:53,239
I think that's a lot of what
can happen. But that defense, boy,

521
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:57,800
they sure turned some points or turnovers
into points last week. I think

522
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:01,079
they were turned two interceptions. Again, take the opponent into consideration, Idaho

523
00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:05,599
State, but still, yeah,
you got to go out and do it.

524
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:08,719
But This is going to be a
big game for both teams because you

525
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:14,360
want to start conference play the right
way, especially when your Air Force opening

526
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:19,000
conference play at home. You always
wanted to defend that home turf against a

527
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,639
team that's had your number lately.
But again, Utah State and Air Force

528
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:30,159
a eight o'clock Eastern Standard time six
pm local kickoff from the Falcon Stadium there

529
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:34,920
in Colorado Springs on the CBS Sports
Network on Friday night. All Right,

530
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,880
we got some picks to do,
Steve when we come back. We got

531
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:43,320
our Travismanion Foundation Honorall segment. Especially
I don't want to say it's got more

532
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,760
meaning this week, but certainly nine
to eleven we all stopped in pause,

533
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:51,280
you know earlier this week with you
know, tributes that poured in from coast

534
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:54,559
to coast going back to two thousand
and one, but so many of our

535
00:40:54,559 --> 00:41:00,119
fallen heroes who have given the ultimate
sacrifice over the years and opera in support

536
00:41:00,119 --> 00:41:06,559
of Operation Enduring Freedom. Yeah.
Absolutely, I was able to to give

537
00:41:06,639 --> 00:41:12,559
my thoughts on September eleventh and and
talk about where I was and what happened

538
00:41:14,039 --> 00:41:17,719
with because I was I was active
duty for September eleventh, two thousand and

539
00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:23,000
one. So I was able,
I was able to give my own uh

540
00:41:23,159 --> 00:41:30,760
recounting of that day, and and
I just the one thing that I'll leave

541
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:35,559
it at this the one thing I
will remember about September eleventh. I want

542
00:41:35,599 --> 00:41:39,880
to remember how it started because it
was just such a beautiful day. I

543
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:49,079
know that it was a devastating day, but I look at how we came

544
00:41:49,159 --> 00:41:54,840
together and were able to grow collectively
and hopefully that that's the sort of thing

545
00:41:54,960 --> 00:42:00,679
that we never forget. It's amazing
to me to think that, you know,

546
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:06,800
there are so many people that I
know that were not born on September

547
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:09,639
eleventh, two thousand and one.
I mean, your children weren't uh so

548
00:42:10,559 --> 00:42:15,000
uh you know your your your kids
are all younger uh than that, and

549
00:42:15,039 --> 00:42:21,039
they don't remember what what what America
was like prior to September eleventh. And

550
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:25,519
it's, uh yeah, it's up
to it's up to those of us that

551
00:42:25,599 --> 00:42:32,800
do remember to keep that memory alive
and keep those people's memories alive. Yeah.

552
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:37,239
Yeah, I thought last night at
my son's uh boy scout meeting,

553
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:45,199
I thought his scout master made a
kind of a interesting observation as he was

554
00:42:45,199 --> 00:42:49,480
closing up things last night and talking
about September eleventh, is you know,

555
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:53,360
telling all the kids because they were
all none of them were born clearly that

556
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:58,639
this you know, they go by
memories or videos and things they've seen and

557
00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:01,719
read a memory that people have had
from nine to eleven. But his message

558
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:05,239
to them was, you know,
to go back and look at some of

559
00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:08,440
the videos and read some of the
stuff from September twelve because at a time

560
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:13,960
where we're just you know, seemingly
like divided and torn apart, people coming

561
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:16,360
at us from all angles, you
know, around the world nowadays, you

562
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:21,119
know, that American spirit that we
had the day after nine to eleven was

563
00:43:21,159 --> 00:43:23,039
tough, and the days after were
very tough. But that the way that

564
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:29,960
American spirit came alive and we all
came together the day after nine to eleven

565
00:43:30,079 --> 00:43:32,639
was something he wanted all the Scouts
to go back and take a look at

566
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:38,079
and read and watch because that's needed
kind of now more than ever, Steve.

567
00:43:38,159 --> 00:43:40,760
But I will digress from there,
all right, when we come back

568
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:45,320
our Travis Mannion Foundation Honor Roll segment
and we got some picks to do here

569
00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:47,119
in Yards and Stripes. Pryce Atkinson, Steve Carney will be right back.

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00:43:49,679 --> 00:43:52,239
In two thousand and seven, Marine
First Lieutenant Travis Mannion was killed in Iraq

571
00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:57,639
after saving his wooded teammates. Travis's
legacy lives on through the words he spoke

572
00:43:57,719 --> 00:44:01,119
before his final deployment. If not
me, then who words that today fuel

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00:44:01,159 --> 00:44:06,280
the spirit of Travis Manion Foundation and
through TMF these words can live in you

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00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:09,679
too. Show the world what you're
made of. Because character is invisible until

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00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:14,960
it's not. Find out how you
can strengthen the character of your community alongside

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00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:19,559
empowered veterans, families of the fallen, and inspired civilians at Travismanian dot org.

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00:44:24,119 --> 00:44:27,800
I continuing on in Yards and Stripes, you know that it's time for

578
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:31,559
our Travis Manion Foundation Honor Roll segment
where we honor remember a fallen hero one

579
00:44:31,559 --> 00:44:36,039
that has given the ultimate sacrifice.
And we take the time every week to

580
00:44:36,079 --> 00:44:38,599
honor those men and women that you
know have given the ultimate sacrifice for our

581
00:44:38,639 --> 00:44:42,480
freedoms, for our country, for
our flag and everything that we hold so

582
00:44:42,559 --> 00:44:45,599
dear. In this one week,
it probably hits home just a little bit

583
00:44:45,639 --> 00:44:49,519
differently as we all stopped and observed
nine to eleven. You know, from

584
00:44:49,559 --> 00:44:55,039
coast to coast, and that fateful
day you twenty two years ago, which

585
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:59,400
seems like yesterday in many ways,
but you know, this week on the

586
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:02,719
Travis Indian Foundation Honor Roll segment,
we're going to and remember Lieutenant Colonel Michael

587
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:07,280
Phillips from the United States Air Force. Lieutenant Colonel Phillips passed away March fifth,

588
00:45:07,519 --> 00:45:12,280
twenty ten, at the age of
forty three, following a long and

589
00:45:12,519 --> 00:45:16,079
difficult but valiant in battle with cancer. He was born in Lyria, Ohio,

590
00:45:16,159 --> 00:45:21,719
and graduated from Alyia High School and
earned a physics degree from Akron University.

591
00:45:22,079 --> 00:45:24,400
But his passion was flying and that
led him to his commission in the

592
00:45:24,519 --> 00:45:30,360
Nited States Air Force in nineteen ninety. He proudly served as a navigator and

593
00:45:30,519 --> 00:45:35,679
B one B weapons system Officer and
Director of Operations with a six hundred and

594
00:45:35,679 --> 00:45:40,360
twelfth Combat Plans Squadron and with an
Air Force Special Operations Command. He was

595
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:45,159
a graduate of the US Air Force
Weapons School BE one Division and a decorated

596
00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:50,639
veteran of many combat operations throughout the
Middle East. Most importantly, Lieutenant Colonel

597
00:45:50,639 --> 00:45:53,480
Phillips was a loving husband and a
father and protector. He loved his wife,

598
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:58,559
Deanna and his daughter fully it's a
loyal friend and wise counsel all those

599
00:45:58,599 --> 00:46:02,079
that knew him with many interest that
included museums, parks, star wars,

600
00:46:02,639 --> 00:46:07,440
hiking, astronomy, and rainy days. He had many gifts included teaching,

601
00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:10,000
writing, and created play and research. But his passions were his family,

602
00:46:10,119 --> 00:46:15,000
the Lord and flying. He will
be missed and left a lasting mark on

603
00:46:15,039 --> 00:46:19,239
this world through his face, faith, relationships, and his beloved family.

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00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:24,039
And Lieutenant Michael Phillips is recognized with
the top character strength of leadership that he

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00:46:24,119 --> 00:46:29,639
demonstrated, you know, every single
day, especially while serving in the United

606
00:46:29,639 --> 00:46:34,320
States Air Force. And we take
this time to remember those heroes like Lieutenant

607
00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:37,280
Colonel Phillips that gave the sacrifice for
our freedoms and foreign nation to enjoy the

608
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:40,559
things that we do on Saturdays or
anything, I guess you should say,

609
00:46:40,559 --> 00:46:45,360
in this case, on Thursday and
Friday this week. But uh, you

610
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:52,920
know are heroes come in many different
forms, and though Michael did not lose

611
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his life in the battlefield, he
certainly gave his life before ending a tough

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battle with answer. He gave it
to the United States Air Force and serving

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the men and women around him.
So if you would like to take the

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Army and Air Force on Yards and
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on Yards and Stripes as we begin
wrapping things up. To appreciate the Travis

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So check them out. Travismanion dot
org. All right, Steve got

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some news and notes just real quick
to pass along before we pick a few

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games here. Armies September twenty third
game against a Syracuse is going to air

633
00:48:37,239 --> 00:48:40,920
on the ACC Network, a twelve
noon kickoff between Army and Syracuse, the

634
00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:45,280
first meeting between the two New York
programs. It's nineteen ninety six. Is

635
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:53,199
that'll be at Military Appreciation Day at
Syracuse? Were you really? Yeah?

636
00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:57,920
That was that? I believe that
was at the Carrier Down. I believe

637
00:48:57,920 --> 00:49:01,400
they played in Syracuse. I was
there for that game. I was there.

638
00:49:02,559 --> 00:49:08,840
Wow, what one of many at
a powerhouse of a program in Syracuse

639
00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:12,360
back then. But I'm sure that
that time, you're just looking for any

640
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:15,880
kind of college football you get your
hands on, especially live. Oh absolutely,

641
00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:22,559
and and and watching. I was
curious to see how Donovan McNabb handled

642
00:49:22,599 --> 00:49:27,880
the triple option offense at that time, and uh, you know I was.

643
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:34,000
I was very impressed with how uh
coach p coach Paul PASQUALONEIU, who

644
00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:39,159
you know obviously went on to UH
further six UH success at Syracuse and then

645
00:49:39,199 --> 00:49:45,039
at the University of Connecticut. I
really thought that they handled the Black Knights

646
00:49:45,079 --> 00:49:50,239
well, and I'll be curious to
see how this one goes out. Paul

647
00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:52,480
Pasqualonis a name I hadn't heard in
a long time. That's a guy that

648
00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:57,880
knew his football and was one of
the more underrated coaches, I think in

649
00:49:57,880 --> 00:50:00,920
college football over the years. But
I did his army in Syracuse. They'll

650
00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:05,320
meet on September twenty three on the
ACC Network. All Right, air Force

651
00:50:05,360 --> 00:50:10,800
a couple honors pouring in this week, certainly after the thirteen three win over

652
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:16,960
sam Houston State. Air Force senior
linebacker Alec mackneamed the Conference Defensive Player of

653
00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:21,559
the Week. Led the team in
tackles with eleven, six of which were

654
00:50:21,599 --> 00:50:25,320
solo stops, had a tackle for
a loss. Four of his eleven stops

655
00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:30,400
fource third downs, with the Bearcat's
failing to convert on third each time,

656
00:50:31,039 --> 00:50:34,760
leading that defense that just gave up. As we mentioned a little bit ago,

657
00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:37,960
eighty total yards, the fourth lowest
total ever by an Air Force opponent

658
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:43,880
in program history. Air Force junior
kicker Matthew Deport also honored by the Mountain

659
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:46,719
West Conference as he was named the
Special Teams Player of the Week, tying

660
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:51,280
a career high with two field goals
in the win over Sam Houston State,

661
00:50:51,360 --> 00:50:55,800
hitting a pair of field goals from
plus forty. So Matthew Deport getting honored

662
00:50:55,800 --> 00:51:01,320
by the Mountain West as well.
And then Steve Stay in the PAC twelve,

663
00:51:01,519 --> 00:51:09,039
You had an interesting observation with we
talked about last week Air Force.

664
00:51:09,159 --> 00:51:13,320
Could they or excuse me, Army, could they be on the move to

665
00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:17,320
a conference? My Air Force have
a new home moving forward. Yeah,

666
00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:22,119
you look at what's happened with the
PAC twelve. Of course, ten of

667
00:51:22,159 --> 00:51:27,480
the twelve teams that are currently in
the conference will be playing elsewhere next year.

668
00:51:27,559 --> 00:51:31,519
The two remaining teams, Oregon State
and Washington State, just filed an

669
00:51:31,519 --> 00:51:43,039
injunction in court and Washington that basically
has ground all of the goings on in

670
00:51:43,079 --> 00:51:45,960
the PAC twelve to a halt.
There was supposed to be a Board of

671
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:53,400
directors meeting and Oregon State Washington State
filed an injunction to stop it because they

672
00:51:53,519 --> 00:52:00,400
didn't want the ten teams that are
leaving to have any sort of say on

673
00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:05,920
the future of the conference because they
could just dissolve the conference and take all

674
00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:09,199
of the assets with them on their
way. We've got four teams going to

675
00:52:09,599 --> 00:52:13,400
the Big Ten, four more going
to the Big twelve, and two to

676
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:19,840
the ACC and these two teams,
the Beavers of Oregon State and the Cougars

677
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:23,599
of Washington State, are being left
behind, and they want to say that

678
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:30,400
if if the future off the PAC
twelve is to go on, they want

679
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:34,639
to be the ones that are in
charge of rebuilding it. And my thought

680
00:52:34,719 --> 00:52:39,199
process when that happened was, well, it sounds like these two teams are

681
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:46,119
going to start inviting Mountain West teams
and teams from the Whack maybe to join

682
00:52:46,199 --> 00:52:52,199
them in a new look Pack twelve
conference. And my question do you,

683
00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:58,840
Prices, does Air Force A want
to be of the part of play the

684
00:52:58,880 --> 00:53:05,199
part in a new Pack twelve conference
and and be you know, I'm curious

685
00:53:05,239 --> 00:53:07,920
to as to your thoughts of what
a new PAC twelve could look like.

686
00:53:10,679 --> 00:53:19,000
It's interesting because the the PAC twelve
basically being left well not basically, but

687
00:53:19,519 --> 00:53:23,639
is basically well it is Oregon State
in Washington State. And I was I

688
00:53:23,679 --> 00:53:30,960
won't say excited, but I was
pleased to see a court ruling that basically,

689
00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:35,320
you know, allow them to you
know, for lack of a better

690
00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:38,599
term, take control of the league. Because when everybody else you know,

691
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:42,920
departs the premises, you know,
and you're the only two left standing,

692
00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:45,400
well, I mean, you're the
ones that should be calling the shots,

693
00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:47,559
not somebody else, you know,
not somebody from you know, an office

694
00:53:47,559 --> 00:53:51,599
building on the other side of the
country. And you know, I like

695
00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:54,000
the fact that they're going to be
able to at least kind of determine,

696
00:53:54,159 --> 00:53:58,559
you know, moving forward, what
the PAC twelve you know, to a

697
00:53:58,599 --> 00:54:01,920
greater extent will look like. I
guess when it comes down to it is,

698
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:07,400
if you're if you're those two schools, do you try and absorb most

699
00:54:07,440 --> 00:54:12,480
of the mount West and just rename
it the PAC twelve and leave the mountain

700
00:54:12,519 --> 00:54:15,920
basically almost flip flop and leave the
Mountain West in ruins, you know,

701
00:54:15,960 --> 00:54:19,719
so to speak. Where you've got, you know, just a handful of

702
00:54:19,760 --> 00:54:22,280
teams left, or are you just
going to go pluck you know, Air

703
00:54:22,320 --> 00:54:24,960
Force and a couple of other teams
from the mount West and then try and

704
00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:29,239
look around and see what else you
can augment them with like, you know,

705
00:54:30,960 --> 00:54:34,639
pick your school, you know,
you know, Gonzaga maybe in basketball.

706
00:54:34,639 --> 00:54:37,119
I don't think you would be able
to do that. But you know,

707
00:54:37,159 --> 00:54:38,480
do you go look at you know, some of those type of schools

708
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:40,920
that are you know, you know, a good bit lower. Are you

709
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:45,360
going to maybe try and you know, entice some teams that are upper one

710
00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:50,440
double A, you know FCS opponent, you know schools to try and make

711
00:54:50,480 --> 00:54:52,639
the move up. It's going to
be interesting to see what the PAC twelve

712
00:54:52,639 --> 00:54:57,360
looks like. But I think the
PAC twelve will you know, cease to

713
00:54:57,440 --> 00:54:59,880
continue. It's just a matter of
how many teams are going to be in.

714
00:55:00,159 --> 00:55:02,199
Is it gonna be the PAC six? Is it ultimately going to get

715
00:55:02,199 --> 00:55:06,039
back to twelve teams or more?
But if it were me, I would

716
00:55:06,079 --> 00:55:09,360
go try and maybe absorb maybe half
of the top level of the Mountain West

717
00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:15,199
Conference and move forward that way.
Yeah, I really look at im because

718
00:55:15,280 --> 00:55:20,360
you look at the Mountain West,
there are already twelve teams in the Mountain

719
00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:22,800
West. You know, do you
do you too, do you absorb?

720
00:55:23,320 --> 00:55:27,519
Do you do you merge with the
Mountain West and start calling it the Pack

721
00:55:27,679 --> 00:55:31,119
fourteen? You know, could you
could you go that route or do you

722
00:55:31,239 --> 00:55:35,960
change it or do you make it
the PAC twelve, the new Mountain West

723
00:55:36,440 --> 00:55:40,119
you know, go that route and
just go with fourteen teams moving forward.

724
00:55:40,159 --> 00:55:46,760
I think that whatever teams are part
of what will end up being a new

725
00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:52,320
look PAC, PAC twelve or PAC
fourteen, whatever you want to call it,

726
00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:55,760
it's going to be a big plus
for those teams. I think this

727
00:55:55,880 --> 00:56:00,320
is there. Is the PAC twelve
ever gonna be what the PAC twelve has

728
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:04,840
been in the past. No,
absolutely not Without UCLA, without USC,

729
00:56:05,039 --> 00:56:09,960
without Oregon, without CAL, without
Stanford, you don't have a PAC twelve

730
00:56:10,519 --> 00:56:16,519
that is like it was. But
I think that by taking the Mountain weston

731
00:56:16,639 --> 00:56:22,000
and I mean, if you get
if you if you get Boise State and

732
00:56:22,679 --> 00:56:29,679
Air Force and Utah State and you
know, San Jose State, and I

733
00:56:30,079 --> 00:56:32,320
really do think that you you've got
to and even Wyoming, you know,

734
00:56:32,360 --> 00:56:38,039
Wyoming looks good this year. I
think that you could have a very You

735
00:56:38,039 --> 00:56:45,480
could have a conference that rivals like
the Atlantic sun uh in in strength,

736
00:56:45,679 --> 00:56:49,880
and you know, it's not going
to be the Big ten or it's not

737
00:56:49,920 --> 00:56:52,039
gonna be the Big twelve, and
it's certainly not going to be the SEC

738
00:56:52,840 --> 00:56:59,000
but I think that that pack that
Pacific Conference because I don't know, I

739
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:01,480
don't want to call it the Pac
twelve. There's gonna be fourteen teams and

740
00:57:01,559 --> 00:57:06,559
I don't know what they what they
would call it, but I think it's

741
00:57:06,599 --> 00:57:12,559
better than the American right now.
To be honest, I think that that

742
00:57:12,920 --> 00:57:16,440
that uh, that conference with those
Mountain West teams would be a much better

743
00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:21,000
conference than the American if they have
if they add Oregon State in Washington State,

744
00:57:21,639 --> 00:57:23,079
I do agree with you. I
think it would be much better than

745
00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:27,719
the American because I think the American
moving forward after this year is going to

746
00:57:27,760 --> 00:57:30,679
be more like you know, the
Sun Belt Slash Conference USA. You know,

747
00:57:30,719 --> 00:57:34,719
it's it's not going to be that, you know, like Mike Rresco

748
00:57:34,800 --> 00:57:39,039
had positioned them to be the power
sixth or sixth you know conference they are.

749
00:57:39,079 --> 00:57:42,280
You know, to me, that's
all gone. You know that that's

750
00:57:42,360 --> 00:57:45,840
laughable now that with you know,
losing you know, the Cincinnatis of the

751
00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:49,559
world. Look, they're lucky to
still have Memphis around. And you know,

752
00:57:49,599 --> 00:57:52,599
I'm surprised Memphis at this point wasn't
plucked, you know, to go

753
00:57:52,719 --> 00:57:57,679
somewhere. But I guess, you
know, in a perfect world, I

754
00:57:57,719 --> 00:58:01,320
would see you know, those two
schools, Washington State and Oklahoma or Oregon

755
00:58:01,400 --> 00:58:07,440
State merging with the current Mountain West
Conference schools and then calling themselves the PAC

756
00:58:07,519 --> 00:58:10,800
twelve. What you know, the
legal ease of all that will be difficult,

757
00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:15,960
you know to try, and you
know, with naming and you know,

758
00:58:15,320 --> 00:58:17,840
rights and all that kind of stuff. I'm glad I'm not a lawyer

759
00:58:17,840 --> 00:58:21,639
when it comes to that, but
to me, that would be the easiest,

760
00:58:21,679 --> 00:58:25,760
most logical move forward. Yeah.
For for lawyers, there's it's the

761
00:58:25,800 --> 00:58:31,719
two greatest words in the English language, billable hours. Because, uh,

762
00:58:32,039 --> 00:58:37,480
with the with the Mountain West television
deal, the PAC twelve television deal,

763
00:58:37,239 --> 00:58:42,119
Uh, possible possibilities, I really
do think. And then you know,

764
00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:47,480
God forbid the streaming moves on.
I certainly think it could be very very

765
00:58:47,519 --> 00:58:52,440
interesting. Yeah, I agree with
you. It'll be something to watch moving

766
00:58:52,440 --> 00:58:55,239
forward, no doubt about it.
All Right, Steve, let's get to

767
00:58:55,440 --> 00:59:00,159
some picks this week. Let's talk
about our three game and let's start on

768
00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:06,760
Thursday night. Navy at meant the
seven to thirty on ESPN, the Thursday

769
00:59:06,840 --> 00:59:10,039
night game of the week again,
maybe getting fourteen and a half over under

770
00:59:10,119 --> 00:59:15,599
forty seven and a half, and
this one, I guess I'll fire first.

771
00:59:15,679 --> 00:59:19,280
I like Memphis. I like Memphis
with the solid victory. I like

772
00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:22,440
him maybe to the tune of thirty
three to ten. I think they're just

773
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:25,199
too big and strong for Navy and
you know, maybe having to kind of

774
00:59:25,199 --> 00:59:29,800
go back up in wait class,
so to speak, this week, playing

775
00:59:29,840 --> 00:59:34,000
one of the perennial I won't say
contenders, but I think gonna be positioned

776
00:59:34,119 --> 00:59:37,639
Meanphis to be maybe kind of one
of those teams to beat in the American

777
00:59:37,920 --> 00:59:40,559
moving forward. But I like the
Tigers thirty three to ten at home set

778
00:59:40,599 --> 00:59:45,280
this Thursday night. Yeah, I
agree with you completely on that. I

779
00:59:45,480 --> 00:59:50,760
certainly think that Memphis's passing game,
I think is going to be too much

780
00:59:51,119 --> 00:59:55,840
for the Navy defensive backfield. And
I just see Sam Hennigan having another field

781
00:59:55,920 --> 01:00:01,159
day with Navy, and does he
does he throw for four hundred yards?

782
01:00:01,239 --> 01:00:06,400
Probably not, but I certainly could
see him throwing for three hundred and fifty

783
01:00:06,519 --> 01:00:09,599
or three hundred and seventy yards and
four touchdowns in this game. So yeah,

784
01:00:09,400 --> 01:00:15,760
I would say this is going to
be a pretty easy victory for Memphis

785
01:00:15,800 --> 01:00:21,800
when all is said and done.
All right, Friday night, let's move

786
01:00:21,840 --> 01:00:25,440
to Friday His Army and University of
Texas, San Antonio in the Alamo Dome,

787
01:00:25,599 --> 01:00:30,880
seven o'clock on ESPN. Army getting
nine points in this game. Steve,

788
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:36,400
what do you think anyway that the
Army defense can slow down the right

789
01:00:36,519 --> 01:00:43,360
arm of Frank Harris, the seventh
year starting quarterback for the Roadrunners. I

790
01:00:43,400 --> 01:00:45,840
think it's gonna be tough. I
think they can, though, you know,

791
01:00:46,719 --> 01:00:51,599
you look at what the Roadrunners have
done this year, and they've done

792
01:00:51,639 --> 01:00:55,679
something that with Frank Harris that you
don't expect. They've made mistakes, They've

793
01:00:55,719 --> 01:01:01,280
turned the ball over, and I
think that Army take advantage of those.

794
01:01:01,559 --> 01:01:05,320
If they make mistakes, I think
that they're going to be able to turn

795
01:01:05,360 --> 01:01:09,519
it into points. So yeah,
I would take I don't know if Army

796
01:01:09,599 --> 01:01:13,880
is gonna win this game, but
I would definitely take the Black Nights to

797
01:01:13,920 --> 01:01:17,079
cover. So, you know,
I really do think that they can cover

798
01:01:17,159 --> 01:01:22,239
this game, and I would think
that this is going to be a much

799
01:01:22,320 --> 01:01:30,960
closer game than some people think.
Yeah, I also think UTSA is just

800
01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:35,239
gonna be a little too much,
too much explosiveness on offense. I don't

801
01:01:35,239 --> 01:01:38,039
think it's gonna be super high scoring, but I I like the Roadrunners,

802
01:01:38,199 --> 01:01:43,840
you know, to the tune of
something like twenty eight to seventeen in this

803
01:01:43,880 --> 01:01:47,519
one, all right, last game
of the week Friday night again, eight

804
01:01:47,519 --> 01:01:52,920
o'clock kick off Eastern Standard time,
six pm Local there from Colorado Springs on

805
01:01:52,920 --> 01:01:57,679
the CBS Sports Network, Utah State
at air Force in the Mountain West Conference

806
01:01:57,719 --> 01:02:01,599
opener. Steve teams have played some
shootouts before, a little bit lower scoring

807
01:02:01,719 --> 01:02:05,679
last year. You think that you
mentioned a little bit ago that you think

808
01:02:05,719 --> 01:02:07,920
this could be a little bit lower
scoring, not the shootout, not the

809
01:02:07,960 --> 01:02:13,719
Mountainless shootout that you know. Maybe
this series is featured before, but it's

810
01:02:13,719 --> 01:02:15,760
been a fairly close game over the
last eight years. Is it going to

811
01:02:15,800 --> 01:02:21,119
be close again on Friday Night?
I do think it's going to be close

812
01:02:21,159 --> 01:02:24,519
again. And I do think it's
going to be lower scoring because air Force

813
01:02:25,159 --> 01:02:31,440
has that's become their philosophy to you
know, to put it mildly, I

814
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think that they want this to be
a much lower scoring affair. I think

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that they're perfectly fine with just throwing, having the ball stay in the middle

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of the field, stay within the
forties, I would say, and being

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able to try and pin UTAs date
back and make them go sixty seventy yards

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just to get into field goal range. I really do think that they're okay

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with bending and not breaking on defense, especially when they start uh deep in

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their opponent's territory, when the defense
starts deep in their opponent's territory. And

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I do think that this is going
to be a much lower scoring affair than

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it has been in years past.
So this is not going to be thirty

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thirty one twenty four. This is
not going to be uh thirty eight thirty.

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I think this is going to be
uh twenty four fourteen. I think

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that this could this could end up
being a one score game. I think

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that you know, with a late
with a late score, I think air

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Force can get it to beyond one
score. But I really do think that

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this is twenty four fourteen or twenty
one fourteen. I think this is a

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much lower scoring affair than most people
think it's going to be. See I

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disagree. I think this is going
to be a little bit more high scoring.

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I like, you know, you
mentioned some of those you know scores.

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I think I'm gonna go like something
to the two of thirty eight to

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twenty three. I think this is
no doubt about it going to be the

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first time we really see Zach Larry
or tested. You know, especially when

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you play conference opponents. You know, you're you're talking about teams that know

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each other, you know a lot
better than teams you may have you know,

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never played, you know, in
the non conference, or seldom play

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in the non conference. And you
know, air Forces to first two opponents

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were teams that you know, we're
not familiar with them, or the triple

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option. But Utah State certainly knows
what's coming. I just think that this

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is going to be, you know, a typical Friday night if offense you

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like it, I think it's gonna
be. I'll just say, I think,

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you know, air Force by two
touchdowns somewhere in the neighborhood of thirty

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eight twenty three, thirty eight twenty
one type of game. But we will

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see interesting though, that all three
games are going to be before we even

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get to Saturday morning. Our weekend
will be in the book, so to

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speak, before you know, Saturday
in college game Day kicks off on Saturday

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morning. But Steve appreciate it once
again, man, great work. Appreciate

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all the hard work you do get
in the podcast produced up every single week

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01:05:09,880 --> 01:05:14,239
on the College GRIDIR and Coast to
Coast Podcast Network that you can listen to

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01:05:14,280 --> 01:05:18,760
on Apple's podcast Spotify, wherever it
is you get your podcast. Steve tell

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01:05:18,800 --> 01:05:25,519
everybody once again what they can hear
on College GRIDIR, Coast to Coast Podcast

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01:05:25,559 --> 01:05:31,239
Network. Yeah, it keeps growing
right now. We've got we've got six

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podcasts per week on college football.
We're getting a seventh up and running as

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01:05:38,480 --> 01:05:44,400
well, so it's going to be
multiple. You're gonna have multiple shows on

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days of the week. We go
Monday through Friday, so there's a new

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01:05:47,480 --> 01:05:54,039
episode pretty much every day of the
week as you get ready for your college

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01:05:54,079 --> 01:05:58,519
football Saturday. Along with us on
Yards and Stripes, you've got the Florida

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01:05:58,559 --> 01:06:02,599
Football Insiders, Jason Powers, We've
got to Get Off My Pylon with Matt

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01:06:02,679 --> 01:06:09,800
Zemmick, the Big twelve Breakdown with
Tyler Jones and Thomas Bridges, Big Ten

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01:06:09,880 --> 01:06:13,480
Paradigm with the Voice of College Football, Mark Rogers, and a couple of

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01:06:13,480 --> 01:06:18,559
others that are just getting started.
One very heavy acc So obviously you're gonna

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01:06:18,559 --> 01:06:24,280
be talking a lot about callin Stanford
and SMU next year, but the real

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01:06:24,360 --> 01:06:29,679
ACC for this year and Eyes on
the Irish with our Notre Dame guy Nick

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01:06:29,719 --> 01:06:34,119
Shepkowski, which gets started this week
as well. All Right, once again,

866
01:06:34,159 --> 01:06:38,519
thanks my man Steve Carney for all
his hard work, Thanks to our

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friends at ticket Smarter and the Travis
Mannion Foundation, and thanks to you for

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investing time out of your week every
single week to listen to us here on

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Yards and Stripes, enjoy the games
on Thursday and Friday night. We will

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do it again next week. Have
a great week and weekend. Everybody,

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join us again next time for Yards
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