1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:05,879 Need to get your football fix on all things Army, Navy and Air Force. 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:12,039 This is Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football. Now Here are your hosts, 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:18,239 Pryce Atkinson, Steve Carney and Mike Loveall. Welcome into another edition of 4 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:21,800 Yards and Stripes, your home for Service Academy football, Army, Navy, 5 00:00:21,839 --> 00:00:24,879 and Air Force. That's what it's all about, and we are all about 6 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,280 bringing it to you every single week. As I'm Pryce Akinson, he is 7 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:33,159 Steve Carney. We are part of the College Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast network. 8 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:37,039 You can listen to Yards and Stripes wherever it is you get your podcasts. 9 00:00:37,799 --> 00:00:41,640 Just search College Gridiron Coast to Coast and hit that subscribe button because we 10 00:00:41,719 --> 00:00:46,799 have got a lot coming at you the rest of the season, and Air 11 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:50,200 Force brought it this week Steve. They now have a leg up in the 12 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:54,719 battle for the Commander in Chief Trophy. Yet again Army was on the road 13 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:59,560 at LSU. They took one on the chin. But we will get into 14 00:00:59,679 --> 00:01:04,000 all bit here in just as second. But Steve, welcome back in man. 15 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:08,760 It's good to see you and it was something to be hold on Saturday 16 00:01:10,159 --> 00:01:12,159 in Annapolis. But how are you what's going on this week, friend, 17 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:18,439 Yeah, it's been a good week for me. Glad to have the family 18 00:01:18,519 --> 00:01:23,879 back hole this week. My lovely wife is back from the frozen wilderness up 19 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:29,719 north, spending about a week in the Canadian Rockies for a festival. She's 20 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:37,319 just about thought out. It was actually snowing when she left Edmonton last late 21 00:01:37,519 --> 00:01:42,560 yesterday, and you know, for Florida people, we don't do snow very 22 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,400 good. In fact, this is the first time that she had seen snow 23 00:01:46,079 --> 00:01:49,280 in almost twenty five years, so it was it was definitely a sight to 24 00:01:49,319 --> 00:01:53,519 behold. But when they tell you you have to de ice the plane, 25 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,599 you start getting a little bit concerned. But she's back, she's thought out, 26 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:01,159 and she is she is ready to go, and I'm ready to go, 27 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:06,680 and it's it's been a It was a fun week for Air Force. 28 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,560 Not so much for the other two service academies, that is for sure. 29 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,960 Well let's get into it right now without further delay. The first leg of 30 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,479 the Commander in Chief Trophy. It was played in Annapolis at Navy Marine Corps 31 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:25,280 Memorial Stadium on Saturday before a record crowd of thirty eight, eight hundred and 32 00:02:25,479 --> 00:02:30,240 three that saw Air Force and Navy do battle, and in the end the 33 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:34,319 Falcons. They get their fifth straight win over the Naval Academy and win their 34 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,280 twelfth straight game overall dating back to last season, which is just now one 35 00:02:38,319 --> 00:02:43,759 shive the school record thanks to a smothering defense and also a surprise return by 36 00:02:44,319 --> 00:02:49,280 Air Force senior quarterback Zach Larrier and the Falcons number twenty two in the country. 37 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,360 They get a seventeen to six win over Navy to improve to seven to 38 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:59,240 zero. They are still undefeated. Navy dropping to three and four overall. 39 00:02:59,599 --> 00:03:02,400 Is now the Falcons have the advantage and a chance to win the Commander in 40 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:08,120 Chief Trophy outright with a win over Army in two weeks. But that's coming 41 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:12,000 up. Let's get to how it went down. As I just mentioned. 42 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,680 You know, the surprise in this one, I think was Air Force senior 43 00:03:14,759 --> 00:03:20,360 quarterback Zach Larrier coming back to play after coach Troy Calhoun saying last week he 44 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:24,479 would be out for a while after suffering a knee injury in the Wyoming game. 45 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,800 You know, Calhoun won to play some mind games every now and then. 46 00:03:29,199 --> 00:03:32,319 Was it mind games? Was it really a sudden bounce back? Wednesday 47 00:03:32,439 --> 00:03:36,360 of game week. Last week, I don't know. On the other side, 48 00:03:36,439 --> 00:03:38,439 Navy's true freshman, Braxton Woodson, he got the start, only the 49 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:44,000 sixth freshman to start at quarterback for the midshipman. He was totally ineffective, 50 00:03:44,639 --> 00:03:50,960 totally just eleven yards of total offense in one first downs for Navy through three 51 00:03:51,039 --> 00:03:55,360 quarters before he was pulled in favor of ty Lavata. But that's smothering defense 52 00:03:55,439 --> 00:04:00,159 of the Air Force Academy. It's they did the job, Steve. They 53 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:06,280 held Navy to three seventeen on third downs, could not get anything going on 54 00:04:06,319 --> 00:04:11,439 the ground through the air I believe it was twenty two yards on thirty five 55 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,680 carries. Yes, do the math quickly. That's less than one yard per 56 00:04:14,719 --> 00:04:18,480 carry. In the end, the Air Force defense almost has the shutout before 57 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:24,079 Navy gets on the board late in the game. But nonetheless, it doesn't 58 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:29,199 matter whether it's by seventeen points, shutout whatever. Navy does not have the 59 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,439 points. Air Force has more than the Naval Academy, and it's seventeen to 60 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:38,319 six Air Force with a big, big win to stay undefeated. Yeah, 61 00:04:38,319 --> 00:04:42,199 and you notice the big line that stood out to me when you look at 62 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:46,199 the box scores. The fact that Navy had to throw the ball almost thirty 63 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:51,480 times in this game, twenty nine pass attempts for the midshipmen in this game, 64 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:57,560 and that just showed you the ineffectiveness of the running game that Navy had. 65 00:04:57,639 --> 00:05:02,279 And you mentioned the numbers there, twenty two yards on thirty five carries. 66 00:05:02,879 --> 00:05:08,519 A lot of that was a lot of the minus yards come from Woodson 67 00:05:08,639 --> 00:05:14,360 being tackled in the backfield because the offensive line was not able to get the 68 00:05:14,399 --> 00:05:18,439 push at all on Navy's front, on the front seven or the front four, 69 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,560 whatever you want to say. There was no getting to the second level 70 00:05:21,959 --> 00:05:28,199 for the midshipman at all. In this game. Alec Teesa had just twenty 71 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:32,279 four yards. He only carried the ball twelve times. He actually also led 72 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:38,879 the team in receiving with four catches for twenty seven yards. And you mentioned 73 00:05:38,959 --> 00:05:45,319 Braxton Woodson's ineffectiveness having to be pulled for ty Lavitai, who ended up throwing 74 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:50,920 two interceptions, including one that went back for the final Air Force touchdown in 75 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:56,240 the game. You know, I just look at how that I don't think 76 00:05:56,279 --> 00:06:00,720 you can call that a discredit to Navy's offense, although I think that when 77 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:04,439 and when you're Brian Newberry, You're gonna look at your offensive line and go, 78 00:06:04,519 --> 00:06:08,959 you gotta get a push on these guys. You have to be able 79 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:13,439 to get off the ball UH and allow us to be able to run the 80 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:17,759 football. But that's a credit to Air Force's defense and just how good the 81 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:23,800 Falcons are this year all around. And you were right about Zach Larrier UH 82 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:27,560 showing up and playing in this game. We talked, of course, to 83 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,680 Pete Medhurst, the voice of the Midshipman in last week's episode. I would 84 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,839 definitely recommend you go back and listen to that because it was a great conversation 85 00:06:34,439 --> 00:06:38,720 that we had. Even though UH Navy came out on the on the short 86 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,959 end of the stick, but he had said that he that Zach Larrier wasn't 87 00:06:42,959 --> 00:06:46,800 going to play. All the reports out there were that Zach Larrier was going 88 00:06:46,879 --> 00:06:50,279 to was not going to play, And when he came out and started to 89 00:06:50,319 --> 00:06:55,920 warm up, I remember watching and going, wait a minute, what is 90 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:00,720 he doing out there. He's not supposed to be out there. And you 91 00:07:00,759 --> 00:07:05,480 actually saw the line move at the very end of the game, going from 92 00:07:05,519 --> 00:07:10,000 Air Force minus ten and a half to Air Force minus eleven. The over 93 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:15,680 underwent down as well. It actually went down below thirty five. It was 94 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:16,920 at thirty six and a half. It got all the way down to thirty 95 00:07:16,959 --> 00:07:23,560 four at kickoff. So if you had waited to get yeah, if you 96 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:28,040 had waited to get the under, you were probably kicking yourself because you're going 97 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,319 I could have had it at thirty six and a half and felt really good 98 00:07:30,319 --> 00:07:33,480 about it. It turned out turned out it didn't. You know, the 99 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:38,680 total ended up being twenty three. So if you took the under, you're 100 00:07:38,759 --> 00:07:46,600 welcome. But I was. I was blown away with just how incredible on 101 00:07:46,839 --> 00:07:50,319 all sides of the football the Falcons were again this week. Every week I 102 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:56,199 seem to think, you know, they are they going to finally find that 103 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,839 level where they're like, okay, we can't go any further than we have, 104 00:08:00,439 --> 00:08:03,600 And every week they just get better and better and better. And it's 105 00:08:03,639 --> 00:08:07,439 why I think, not only are they gonna win the Commander in Chief Trophy 106 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:15,120 for a second consecutive year outright, but I have a feeling that they could 107 00:08:15,279 --> 00:08:20,800 end up being like a top fifteen team, and who knows if they might 108 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:28,839 be the highest ranked group of power group of five team when all is said 109 00:08:28,839 --> 00:08:31,120 and done, and they may end up in a New Year six Bowl game 110 00:08:31,279 --> 00:08:37,200 with how they're playing. M hmm, yeah, it's certainly possible. I 111 00:08:37,279 --> 00:08:41,080 mean you're looking right now at a team that very well could have the edge 112 00:08:41,279 --> 00:08:45,200 on the you know New Year's Day six, that group of five spot, 113 00:08:46,639 --> 00:08:50,080 and they could be the Falcons you know, that are playing, you know 114 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,000 on New Year's Day, that New Year six that you know, a group 115 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:56,440 of five is just guaranteed for and it's it's not out of the question. 116 00:08:56,519 --> 00:08:58,600 It is certainly right there on the table, and they may even have the 117 00:08:58,639 --> 00:09:03,159 inside track for it at this point. But you know, again that that 118 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:07,080 Air Force defense so dominant, I mean they were air Force dominating really the 119 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:11,360 line of scrimmage on both sides of the football. Brian Newberry said afterwards for 120 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:15,200 Navy that you know, they just got out physical, you know, in 121 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,120 terms of what that Air Force defense was able to do. You know, 122 00:09:18,159 --> 00:09:22,600 they lose the shutout late, which would have been Air Force's first ever shutout 123 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,399 over Navy and only the second shutout in the series. The first and only 124 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:30,600 one was in nineteen seventy five when Navy beat the Air Force seventeen. Oh. 125 00:09:30,639 --> 00:09:33,480 But you know, defense was the name of the game in the first 126 00:09:33,519 --> 00:09:39,200 quarter, but the offense came alive for Air Force temporarily in the second quarter, 127 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:43,320 when on the very first play of the second Stanza Larrier connects with Dane 128 00:09:43,399 --> 00:09:50,240 Kinneman down the right sideline a ninety four yard touchdown passes he outruns two Navy 129 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:56,279 defenders, the longest pass play in Air Force School history. And you know, 130 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:01,399 obviously from there you get that, you get that touchdown that evidently it 131 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:07,159 could be heard audibly in the press box Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium allowed it's 132 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:11,480 over coming from the Air Force coaches box. They just run away from it 133 00:10:11,519 --> 00:10:15,080 from there. You know, you mentioned having to throw the ball late. 134 00:10:15,399 --> 00:10:20,120 You know, ty Lavati comes in relief four Braxon Woodson plays the final quarter 135 00:10:20,159 --> 00:10:22,759 and they basically had to throw it, you know, the rest of the 136 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:24,559 lay to even try and get back in it. It was ten to nothing 137 00:10:26,039 --> 00:10:28,080 with what four minutes to go, and maybe had the ball, but Lava 138 00:10:28,159 --> 00:10:33,039 Tits picked off twice, including the pick six by Air Force standout linebacker Alec 139 00:10:33,159 --> 00:10:37,159 Mock with three point fifty one to go, and that was it. Lavataye 140 00:10:37,159 --> 00:10:41,120 got Navy on the board to end the shutout. With a fifteen play seventy 141 00:10:41,159 --> 00:10:45,840 eight yard drive that you know ended in a ten yard touchdown pass to Eli 142 00:10:45,879 --> 00:10:48,759 heyden Wright. But it didn't matter at that point. It was game, 143 00:10:48,799 --> 00:10:54,399 set match. As now air Force set up to play once again for the 144 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:58,679 Commander in Chief trophy coming up in just two weeks against Army, and as 145 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:03,000 we met, who knows could they be the group of my representative in the 146 00:11:03,039 --> 00:11:07,279 New Year's Day six? We will find out, but air Force seventeen Navy 147 00:11:07,399 --> 00:11:11,720 six is air Force now stays at a perfect seven to zero on the season, 148 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,519 as they will move up the rankings. We'll tell you about that in 149 00:11:13,519 --> 00:11:18,360 a little bit. Steve is exactly what we thought in Baton Rouge, where 150 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:26,120 Army traveled to take on the number nineteen LSU Fighting Tigers and homecoming matchup only 151 00:11:26,159 --> 00:11:30,720 the second meeting ever between the two teams, coming ninety two years apart, 152 00:11:31,279 --> 00:11:37,279 and we thought this would be lopsided, and it certainly was LSU sixty two 153 00:11:37,399 --> 00:11:41,519 to nothing over Army. It's going back now spanning three games that the Black 154 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:48,840 Knights have not found the scoreboard. It was I believe eleven minutes left in 155 00:11:48,879 --> 00:11:54,759 the game against Boston College that Army got their last points, spanning again three 156 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,759 games as they were shut out for the second game in a row, number 157 00:11:58,799 --> 00:12:03,279 nineteen. LSU scoring on six of seven first half possessions, led by a 158 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:07,679 Heisman Trophy candidate jayde and Daniels three touchdown passes, had another one rushing, 159 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:11,240 and he finished with two seventy nine through the air before giving it up to 160 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:16,679 backup gear at Neusmayer in the third quarter on a night when Louisiana Governor John 161 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:22,120 Bell Edwards and actually an eighty eight graduate of West Point, was the ceremonial 162 00:12:22,159 --> 00:12:24,960 captain for the game and did the coin flip that might have been maybe the 163 00:12:26,039 --> 00:12:30,519 only luck Army had the entire game, because they couldn't get it going on 164 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,639 offense either, you know, while it was a game of big plays or 165 00:12:33,639 --> 00:12:37,919 a lack thereof, LSU had seven plays offensively of twenty three yards or more. 166 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:43,519 Army had zero offensive plays of twenty or more. Their longest of the 167 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:48,120 game was an eighteen yard run by Kanye Udo, who again a big bright 168 00:12:48,159 --> 00:12:50,879 spot for the Black Knights, as it was all LSU in this one. 169 00:12:50,919 --> 00:12:56,240 Steve sixty two to zero is Army now falling to two and five overall. 170 00:12:56,360 --> 00:13:01,840 LSU six and two overall. Yeah, I started to turn away from this 171 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,960 game in the second quarter, right right around the time where it seemed like 172 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:13,159 the Black Knights where we're starting to have their issues, you know, maintaining 173 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:18,120 possession of the football. You saw the interception at the end of the first 174 00:13:18,279 --> 00:13:24,320 quarter that that led to an LSU touchdown to start the second, and then 175 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:28,600 they would fumble the football and the Tigers would take that in for a touchdown. 176 00:13:28,639 --> 00:13:31,039 They would turn the ball over on downs, they would go down and 177 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:35,639 kick a field goal, and then a three and out that turned into a 178 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:39,720 seventy two yard drive on just three plays to make it thirty eight nothing. 179 00:13:41,159 --> 00:13:43,840 And about that point, I was like, all right, I think I'm 180 00:13:43,879 --> 00:13:48,080 the watching this game heavily, but I kept it on. You know, 181 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:54,279 I'm in the background while I was while I was paying attention to to the 182 00:13:54,320 --> 00:14:00,639 baseball playoffs, and so I did get a chance to watch any judo. 183 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:03,840 As you mentioned, one hundred and eight yards on the ground on twenty one 184 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:11,519 carries that I think was was was a pretty impressive performance for a guy who 185 00:14:11,639 --> 00:14:18,039 was taking on a defense that obviously was leaps and bounds better than anything that 186 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:22,360 Army could provide in practice or in any of the games that he has seen 187 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:26,519 so far. And the fact is that, you know, they turned the 188 00:14:26,519 --> 00:14:31,679 ball over three times or they had three interceptions and a and a fumble loss, 189 00:14:31,679 --> 00:14:39,200 so they were minus minus four when it came to the turnover battle, 190 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:46,840 and you know, with all you're gonna be, you know, obviously out 191 00:14:46,879 --> 00:14:52,519 athleted. You know, the athletic level was definitely going to be on LSU 192 00:14:52,639 --> 00:14:56,159 side from the get go. But we had said that for them to have 193 00:14:56,240 --> 00:15:01,279 any sort of possibility to even keeping this game close, they were gonna have 194 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:03,840 to keep jayde and Daniels on the sideline, they'd have to get the running 195 00:15:03,879 --> 00:15:09,039 game going, and they couldn't turn the ball over. And unfortunately, they 196 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:11,159 didn't do any of those three things. So obviously this game was gonna get 197 00:15:11,159 --> 00:15:16,519 out of hand early. And then at that point you get into the fourth 198 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:22,039 quarter and you can start you could start seeing Brian Kelly, you know, 199 00:15:22,159 --> 00:15:26,200 starting to bring in the substitutes. The scout team got an opportunity, and 200 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:28,919 so when you saw Garrett and a Smyer get into this game, you started 201 00:15:28,919 --> 00:15:35,679 seeing guys like Mason Taylor and Logan Diggs getting opportunities in this game, so 202 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:41,919 you weren't going to see Jane Daniels and Trey Holly and Malik Neighbors and the 203 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:45,720 likes, uh for the for the entire game. They were able to get 204 00:15:45,759 --> 00:15:50,480 some of those guys off of their feet for a homecoming day. That was 205 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:56,000 very very good for for the folks in Baton Rouge and not so good for 206 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:00,759 for Army. And unfortunately the Black Knights get through the they they're now through 207 00:16:00,799 --> 00:16:03,679 their hard part of their schedule. The bad part is is that they finished 208 00:16:03,679 --> 00:16:08,240 that hard part of their schedule oh and four. Yeah, absolutely, you 209 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:14,159 mentioned, uh, you know, oh to four and that difficult part four 210 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:18,039 game losing streak that Army is now going to try and snap this coming weekend. 211 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,279 We'll tell you about their upcoming game. But you mentioned the turnovers just 212 00:16:21,519 --> 00:16:25,639 you know, plaguing Army once again, you know, four turnovers seventeen now 213 00:16:25,679 --> 00:16:27,919 on the season. You know, the bright spot I think maybe if you're 214 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:33,960 looking for one. You obviously had two freshmen under center at quarterback, but 215 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:38,879 freshman running back Kanye Udo again another bright spot for Army, as he finished 216 00:16:38,919 --> 00:16:42,279 with twenty one carries in one hundred and eight yards. The first leave or 217 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:47,360 freshman to go over one hundred yards and back to back games for the Black 218 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:51,519 Knights since all time leading rusher Mike Mayweather did it in the last two games 219 00:16:51,559 --> 00:16:55,399 of the eighty seven season. Is that a little four show foreshadowing for you 220 00:16:55,519 --> 00:16:59,120 do? We don't know, but certainly that's nice company to be involved with. 221 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:03,079 But nonetheless, it was still LSU getting that win sixty two to nothing 222 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:07,440 over Army on Saturday night in Baton Rouge. Is now Army two and five 223 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,640 looking to snap a four game losing streak coming up. All right, we 224 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:15,160 got some game balls to give out. Steve, which way do you want 225 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:18,319 to go with your game ball? Well, you know me, Price, 226 00:17:18,599 --> 00:17:21,799 I am always about the defense when it comes to game balls, Yes, 227 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:26,240 but not this week. But not this week. I'm going with Dane Kineman 228 00:17:26,319 --> 00:17:30,039 and the ninety four yard bomb that he was able to take to the house 229 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:37,039 for air Force. It was obviously there were only five attempts by Zach Larrier. 230 00:17:37,079 --> 00:17:41,680 He completed four of them. Kineman that was his only reception, but 231 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,880 he made it a good one, as he was the one that made it 232 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,720 seven to nothing. As you mentioned, you could hear the exclamation coming from 233 00:17:48,799 --> 00:17:55,799 the from the coaches booth at Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium for the Falcons, 234 00:17:56,240 --> 00:18:03,039 exclaiming that quote it's over, and that turned out to be a correct statement. 235 00:18:03,039 --> 00:18:07,960 It was a profetic statement because Navy only got six points on the afternoon 236 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,319 that would that made it seven to nothing. Turned out to be all that 237 00:18:11,759 --> 00:18:17,440 the Falcons needed. So Dan Kiddeman gets this yards and stripes game ball from 238 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:22,839 me. All right, I am going defense. We're on the opposite ends 239 00:18:22,839 --> 00:18:26,480 this week, because I thought no doubt about it what air Force did defensively 240 00:18:26,599 --> 00:18:32,839 holding Navy to its worst rushing output of the Triple option era and just twenty 241 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:37,240 two yards rushing Navy's lowest since they were held to twenty by San Diego State 242 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:41,759 in nineteen ninety four. Riley Rithman, you can make a case he could 243 00:18:41,759 --> 00:18:45,279 get a game ball from somebody because he had probably had more action than anybody 244 00:18:45,799 --> 00:18:49,839 on the on the Navy field during the day, since he punted, you 245 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:56,039 know, ten times. But the Midshipmen were forced to nine three and outs 246 00:18:56,079 --> 00:19:00,960 in fourteen possessions, and that was led by partially led by Air Force senior 247 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:07,039 linebacker Jonathan Youngblood out of Atlanta, who posted a career high thirteen tackles in 248 00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:11,400 the game, seven solo, including two for a loss. His previous high 249 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:15,799 of tackles coming into the season was eight, so he easily eclipsed at the 250 00:19:15,839 --> 00:19:18,839 eight that he had against Boise State last year. But you know, that 251 00:19:18,079 --> 00:19:22,200 entire Air Force defense, you know, almost posting a shot out. Look, 252 00:19:22,279 --> 00:19:23,920 if they had posted that shut out, I may have gone, you 253 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:27,400 know, maybe just with the entire Air Force defense because they were that good. 254 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,759 Alex Mott getting the pick six late, But you know, Jonathan Youngblood 255 00:19:30,839 --> 00:19:37,079 leading the way at linebacker with thirteen career high tackles, seven solo, two 256 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:42,240 for a loss. Jonathan Younglood getting my game ball this week. All right, 257 00:19:42,279 --> 00:19:45,519 we got more games to preview. We got a pair coming up this 258 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:52,160 weekend. Umassied Army Navy is off. We've got Air Force at Colorado State 259 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,599 for that ram Falcon Trophy. We got the Travis Manning Foundation on a roll 260 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:57,519 segment. We got picks to make. We got a lot more to do 261 00:19:57,559 --> 00:20:02,160 here on this episode of Yards and stra which you can hear on the College 262 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:06,359 Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast network. Just search College Gridiron, Coast to Coach 263 00:20:06,759 --> 00:20:11,480 or Yards and Stripes. Wherever it is you get your podcasts, you can 264 00:20:11,519 --> 00:20:15,400 listen to us in an array of college football podcasts all season long there on 265 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:19,200 the College Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast network. He is Steve Carney on Price 266 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:23,599 Atkins and we will be right back to look ahead at this week's games coming 267 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:27,240 up on Yards and Stripes. You're home for service Academy Football. Yards and 268 00:20:27,279 --> 00:20:33,200 Stripes is sponsored in part by ticket Smarter. 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The 285 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:53,839 latest with Navy, Army and Air Force on Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football 286 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,640 right continuing on here on Yards and Stripes. We've got a lot more coming 287 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:00,160 up. We've got our Travis Mania Foundation segment. We got picks to make. 288 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,519 But before we make picks, we gotta tell you about the games. 289 00:22:03,839 --> 00:22:07,200 He's Steve Carney on Price Atkinson. Let's get into it, Steven first game 290 00:22:07,279 --> 00:22:11,519 of two on Saturday. Again, Navy is off this weekend before returning to 291 00:22:11,559 --> 00:22:15,720 action against Temple on Saturday, November the fourth, but two games this weekend 292 00:22:17,279 --> 00:22:21,680 with Army on deck. First, they return home to Mikey Stadium looking to 293 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:26,920 snap a four game losing streak, and in that shutout streak that has spanned 294 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:30,119 three games, their last score coming with eleven forty three left in the fourth 295 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:36,559 quarter against Boston College at twenty seven to twenty four loss. But this game 296 00:22:36,599 --> 00:22:41,319 against visiting UMass one in seven Army two and five. This one is gonna 297 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,119 kick off on the CBS Sports Network at twelve noon Eastern Standard Time, as 298 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:48,799 Army has been installed as a ten point favorite. Over under in this one 299 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:53,720 is forty eight in a series that Army leads all time five wins, no 300 00:22:53,920 --> 00:23:02,440 losses, including last year when the Black Knights visited McGirk Alumni State in Amherst 301 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,519 and came away with a big forty four to seven win. I would expect 302 00:23:06,599 --> 00:23:10,599 Army to do something similar or the same, but I think Army would say, 303 00:23:10,599 --> 00:23:11,559 you right now, we don't care how it comes about, how many 304 00:23:11,559 --> 00:23:15,039 points, we just need a win. As they are two and five on 305 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:19,359 the season. Stephen, Yeah, and especially if they don't have Bryson Daily 306 00:23:21,079 --> 00:23:26,759 under center again this week, they are certainly going to be in need of 307 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:30,400 just getting some confidence for some of these young players. You know, whether 308 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:37,119 you look at whether it's Davis or the like, I think that they really 309 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:45,480 do need to be able to get some confidence going under center for these young 310 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,079 players. And they found a perfect place for this to happen. I think 311 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:52,920 that you know, obviously, if Daily could have played this week against LSU, 312 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,920 he would have played. But this is a this is the perfect spot 313 00:23:56,240 --> 00:24:03,960 for a pleab for a first year quarterback to be able to have a little 314 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:08,039 bit more of a of an opportunity here. You can make mistakes against the 315 00:24:08,079 --> 00:24:14,079 minute men, you can you can have things go wrong against you Mass, 316 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:21,960 because they are probably one of the bottom five programs right now in in Division 317 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:26,359 one FBS football. And I think that you're gonna be able to run the 318 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,480 football against you Mass. I think that you're gonna be able to throw the 319 00:24:29,519 --> 00:24:33,880 ball if you need to against the minute men, and you're gonna find yourself 320 00:24:33,079 --> 00:24:37,279 in really good shape. And you know, if you get to you get 321 00:24:37,279 --> 00:24:41,720 to three and five on the year, and then you know, when you 322 00:24:41,759 --> 00:24:48,599 look at the rest of Army schedule going forward, can they get two uh? 323 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:53,680 Can they get to six wins? I don't think so. I think 324 00:24:53,759 --> 00:24:59,839 it's gonna be really difficult, especially because of the fact that they're gonna play 325 00:25:00,039 --> 00:25:04,640 Holy Cross after the game against air Force, and you only get one Division 326 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:10,759 one FCS team to count towards ball eligibility, and they already have that win 327 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:15,720 with their win over Delaware State earlier this year, so that game is not 328 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,519 going to count. So you need this game and then you probably are gonna 329 00:25:19,519 --> 00:25:25,119 have to to win. You're gonna have to win out uh to try and 330 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:29,359 get ball eligible. And of course the game after this is air Force, 331 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:34,559 so that means that means going and beating the you know, probably the best 332 00:25:34,559 --> 00:25:40,000 team of the Service academies this year. Granted that game is at home, 333 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:48,799 but you're gonna have an opportunity here to to maybe get yourself in position two. 334 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,880 And then you also have to beat Coastal Carolina, who's a who's a 335 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,480 Who's a pretty good team, not as good as they have been in years 336 00:25:55,559 --> 00:25:57,920 past, but you know, you've got to beat the chant Clears, you've 337 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:03,319 got to beat Navy, and you've got to be an Air Force after this 338 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:07,559 week if you want any chance of being Bowl eligible. Yeah, I mean, 339 00:26:07,559 --> 00:26:11,720 you can make the case that they're not going to play another true road 340 00:26:11,799 --> 00:26:14,359 game, and you know, I know Air Force is in Denver, but 341 00:26:14,759 --> 00:26:18,599 you know, if you're looking for any you know positive or you know when 342 00:26:18,599 --> 00:26:22,400 you're looking to try and split hairs coming down the stretch, because like he's 343 00:26:22,599 --> 00:26:26,960 like you just said and articulated that Armies basically to get ball eligible, they 344 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,720 have to win out the rest of the way. They cannot lose again. 345 00:26:32,279 --> 00:26:34,720 Will it be difficult, absolutely, but you got to start somewhere, and 346 00:26:34,759 --> 00:26:40,200 it starts with U Mass a team on Saturday at twelve noon that you should 347 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,680 be they have. U Mass has not tasted a victory since the opening game 348 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,799 of the season when they beat New Mexico State forty one to thirty, and 349 00:26:45,839 --> 00:26:49,920 now have lost seven straight times, and in many of those times they haven't 350 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:56,079 even looked competitive at all. So I would expect Army to come out and 351 00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:00,519 really do their thing. But we'll see whether it's Champ Harris again, freshman, 352 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,640 Larry Robinson another freshman, or is Bryson Daily back. Jeff Munkin provided 353 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:08,400 no update at least so far this week on Bryson Daily status, so we 354 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:12,079 will have to see. But UMass An Army going to kick it off at 355 00:27:12,079 --> 00:27:17,680 twelve noon Saturday, CBS Sports Network again Army a ten point favorite at home. 356 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:22,200 Over under is forty eight. Our other games Stephen this weekend. The 357 00:27:22,319 --> 00:27:29,079 ram Falcon Trophy It's back on the line is number nineteen air Force now seven 358 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:33,319 to oh four and oh in the Mountain West Conference, taken on Colorado State 359 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,240 up in Fort Collins, who is three and four one and two in the 360 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:41,359 Mountain West a seven pm Eastern Standard Time kickoff five o'clock locally there in Fort 361 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,680 Collins. This one on CBS Sports Network again, air Force installed is a 362 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:52,799 twelve point favorite over under twenty nine and a half as the Falcons are off 363 00:27:52,799 --> 00:27:57,039 to their best start since nineteen ninety seven and its best start ever since joining 364 00:27:57,039 --> 00:28:00,240 the Mountain West Conference. At nine and oh, they are won of nine 365 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:07,079 undefeated FBS teams, the one of only two in the Mountain West and three 366 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:08,960 in the group of five. But, as I mentioned, the ram Falcon 367 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:14,440 Trophy on the line once again the forty third time is air Force holding a 368 00:28:14,519 --> 00:28:21,559 twenty seven to fifteen advantage in the ram Falcon Trophy games. The trophy originally 369 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:26,799 dating back to Shelley Godkin, who was a former ROTC TC commander at Colorado 370 00:28:26,839 --> 00:28:30,799 State, Steve who watched the teams play in the seventy eight game and sought 371 00:28:30,799 --> 00:28:36,279 to translate his impression into a trophy of symbolic into a symbolic that symbolic of 372 00:28:36,319 --> 00:28:40,799 the annual game, and that first ram Falcon Trophy game was played a couple 373 00:28:40,839 --> 00:28:45,799 of years later in nineteen eighty is. The overall series is led by air 374 00:28:45,839 --> 00:28:49,200 Force, as you would expect, thirty eight to twelve and one, and 375 00:28:49,319 --> 00:28:55,480 the Falcons have won six straight and fourteen of the last sixteen, including three 376 00:28:55,559 --> 00:28:59,119 straight in Fort Collins. Steve, so you know air Force is gonna have 377 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:03,319 to rebound once again. We don't know about Zach Larrier. Is he gonna 378 00:29:03,319 --> 00:29:04,839 be good to go? Will they go with Jensen Jones? My guess is 379 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,880 Larrier will go again, But who knows. Just the staff think they can 380 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,720 get it done without Larrier? We don't know. But what we do know 381 00:29:12,319 --> 00:29:18,680 is it will be another in interstate battle between Air Force and Colorado State on 382 00:29:18,799 --> 00:29:22,440 Saturday night. I always laugh when I when I hear about the ram Falcon 383 00:29:22,519 --> 00:29:29,160 Trophy because you would think that the way that these two teams play, that 384 00:29:29,319 --> 00:29:33,960 the air Force would be that air Force would be the Rams and Colorado State 385 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:37,000 would be the Falcons. Because if you look at these two teams, all 386 00:29:37,039 --> 00:29:42,160 of air Force's you know, production comes for the most part on the ground. 387 00:29:42,319 --> 00:29:45,799 All of Colorado State's production for the most part comes through the air. 388 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,440 So it should be the other way around. It should be the Colorado State 389 00:29:49,519 --> 00:29:53,960 Falcons and the Air Force Rams. But that's not how it is. But 390 00:29:55,799 --> 00:30:00,880 you know, when you look at at Colorado State and you know the guy 391 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:06,400 that you're probably going to have to make sure has has an issue, it's 392 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:11,279 going to be Colorado State's quarterback, their freshman quarterback, Braden follow Nickelosi. 393 00:30:11,279 --> 00:30:15,720 You know, this is a guy, a kid who is now thrown for 394 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:23,519 He's thrown for almost twenty two hundred yards so far this season. But he 395 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:29,920 has shown that he's a freshman. You know, he's thrown eleven interceptions here. 396 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,920 He's a red shirt freshman because he did actually get into games in the 397 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,640 in the twenty twenty two seasons, so he's not a true freshman. But 398 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:47,160 he's certainly been able to take advantage of his experience from last year to run 399 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:52,279 this game, to run how this offense for Colorado State wants to be run, 400 00:30:53,000 --> 00:31:00,559 and of course his big target is the senior Tory Holton, who has 401 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:07,519 sixty five catches already this season after a career high seventy one all of last 402 00:31:07,599 --> 00:31:12,160 year. So obviously that's that's the guy that you got to watch out on 403 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:18,839 the outside for Colorado State. But this is gonna be all about how quickly 404 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:29,000 can the front four of air Force get pressure on Fowler, Nickelosi and Ken 405 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:33,720 the secondary hang with Tory Horton, because if you can, you're gonna have 406 00:31:33,759 --> 00:31:40,359 an opportunity to really put a hartin on this team. And as you mentioned, 407 00:31:40,359 --> 00:31:45,160 the line is twelve, the over under is forty nine, so obviously 408 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:51,480 the folks in Las Vegas believe that there's gonna be some scoring done in this 409 00:31:51,559 --> 00:31:56,359 game. And obviously, if Colorado State's gonna want to push this pace, 410 00:31:56,599 --> 00:32:01,119 air Force is gonna want to try and keep the pace slow. But I 411 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:07,000 really, I really love watching this game just because it's so fun to watch 412 00:32:07,519 --> 00:32:13,240 the irony in this being the ram Falcon Trophy and how it goes well. 413 00:32:13,279 --> 00:32:16,160 You mentioned Fowler Nicolosi's thrown a pick in every single game. The only game 414 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:20,000 he has not thrown a pick in was one, and that was last week 415 00:32:20,079 --> 00:32:24,359 in the loss to UNLV, which Colorado State came from behind in that game 416 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:30,480 last week three times only to lose it. Ramkicker Jordan Noyce. He drills 417 00:32:30,519 --> 00:32:34,599 a fifty five yard field goal that seemed like that would be for the win 418 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,119 with forty four seconds left, but here comes UNLV. They get the ball 419 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:42,519 back and Jose Pizzano, who I think made six field goals in the game, 420 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,119 his six and final one coming with two seconds left from twenty eight yards 421 00:32:45,119 --> 00:32:52,640 out and air Force excuse me, Colorado State dropping that game to UNLV and 422 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,920 his UNLV and the Rebels staying undefeated. You know, a game behind air 423 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:59,799 Force in the standings. You got to think the air Force was certainly cheering 424 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:05,359 their Colorado brethren in the Rams to win that one. But UNLV does get 425 00:33:05,359 --> 00:33:09,720 the win. Is now had the Rams are three and four on the season. 426 00:33:09,759 --> 00:33:13,720 Most people will remember when you talk about Colorado State, the one thing 427 00:33:13,839 --> 00:33:17,920 that they know is they took that then the Colorado Buffaloes to double overtime and 428 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,240 d and coach Prime, you know before they lost a close one forty three 429 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:27,279 to thirty five. Steve, But you know, a team certainly that's not 430 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:30,720 going to roll over. This game is in Fort Collins. You know, 431 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:35,359 dare we say it? I don't think it's any stretch. You know. 432 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:39,119 Air Force the best team in the state of Colorado right now in this season. 433 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:43,720 I don't think that's any kind of secret. But it will be on 434 00:33:43,799 --> 00:33:49,359 the line with the ram Falcon Trophy on Saturday again. This is a seven 435 00:33:49,359 --> 00:33:53,839 o'clock kickoff Saturday night on the CBS Sports Network and air Force nineteenth in the 436 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:59,240 country in both poles is a twelve point favorite in this one. We will 437 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:01,440 pick some games coming up in a few minutes. But coming up next, 438 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:06,319 we got our Travismanian Foundation Honorable Segment. Steve, we're you honor remember a 439 00:34:06,359 --> 00:34:08,679 fallen hero that has given the ultimate sacrifice. We'll do that and then we'll 440 00:34:08,679 --> 00:34:12,239 come back and close up shop here on Yards and Stripes, your home for 441 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:16,199 Service Academy Football. In two thousand and seven, Marine First Lieutenant Travis Mannion 442 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:21,519 was killed in Iraq after saving his wooted teammates. Travis's legacy lives on through 443 00:34:21,519 --> 00:34:24,280 the words he spoke before his final deployment. If not me, then who 444 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:30,119 words that today fuel the spirit of Travis Manion Foundation and through TMF. These 445 00:34:30,159 --> 00:34:32,079 words can live in you too. Show the world what you're made of, 446 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:37,639 because character is invisible until it's not. Find out how you can strengthen the 447 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:42,480 character of your community alongside empowered veterans, families of the fallen, and inspired 448 00:34:42,519 --> 00:34:51,559 civilians at Travismanion dot Org. As we continue on here on this episode of 449 00:34:51,639 --> 00:34:55,079 Yards and Stripes, it's time for our Travismenian Foundation Honorable Segment Maori Honor Remember 450 00:34:55,119 --> 00:35:00,639 a fallen hero, one that has given the ultimate sacrifice, and this week 451 00:35:00,679 --> 00:35:05,000 we're going to honor our members. United States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Liam Flynn. 452 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:09,599 Flynn was born on December eighth, nineteen eighty one, and he gave 453 00:35:09,599 --> 00:35:15,639 the ultimate sacrifice on March tenth, twenty fifteen, when he died as a 454 00:35:15,639 --> 00:35:21,159 result of injury sustained during a training exercise in Florida. His U eight sixty 455 00:35:21,199 --> 00:35:27,840 black helicopter crashed, killing six other Marines and four Louisiana National Guard members in 456 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:32,239 the crash. Staff Sergeant Liam Flynn was born in England and raised in Kline, 457 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:37,280 Ireland by two loving Irish parents, along with his seven siblings. In 458 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,440 July two thousand and two, he immigrated to the United States and settled in 459 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:44,199 New York City, where he found work as a construction worker, but always 460 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:49,199 dreamed of joining the United States Marine Corps. Once Flynn became a US citizen, 461 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,880 he enlisted in the Marines in two thousand and six, and he dreamt 462 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:58,159 of graduating from the Marine Corps Recruiting Depot in Paras Island in two thousand and 463 00:35:58,199 --> 00:36:01,559 seven, which he did and began and his training as an infantryman in the 464 00:36:01,639 --> 00:36:07,039 US Marine Corps School of Infantry. He served with the second Battalion, eighth 465 00:36:07,079 --> 00:36:09,880 Marines based out of Camp Lejune, North Carolina, and he did four deployments 466 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:15,519 during his time with the Marine Corps in Iraq and Afghanistan. He met his 467 00:36:15,559 --> 00:36:20,320 wife, Destiny in twenty twelve at a Starbucks in Fort Benning while they were 468 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:23,719 both attending Airborne School. They were married one year later in twenty thirteen, 469 00:36:24,079 --> 00:36:28,079 and then had a daughter, Leilani, who was born in twenty fourteen. 470 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,440 Staff Sergeant Flynn was honored with a Bronze Star Medal with Valor, a Purple 471 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:37,280 Heart, and a Navy and Navy Marine Corps Achievement Medal for Valor. His 472 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:43,000 wife, Destiny wrote quote Liam never talked about himself, nor did I ever 473 00:36:43,039 --> 00:36:45,800 hear him speak ill will about anyone. The one constant thing I heard about 474 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:51,840 Liam was his humility. At Liam's funeral, a friend kindly approached me and 475 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,679 said, I would not be here if it wasn't for him, and my 476 00:36:54,800 --> 00:37:00,719 daughter would have been the one to receive the folded flag years ago. At 477 00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:02,960 that moment, I realized how much he meant to so many people, and 478 00:37:04,119 --> 00:37:08,239 how he left a print on people that from his wife Destiny would take the 479 00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:14,039 time to remember United States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Liam Flynn for giving the ultimate 480 00:37:14,079 --> 00:37:17,679 sacrifice for our nation and for our freedoms. You can find out more information 481 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:23,239 about the Travis Manion Foundation online at Travismanion dot org, and there you can 482 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:29,239 find out ways that you can support TMF and also families who have lost loved 483 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:34,280 ones carry on the legacy of commitment and service in their communities across the country. 484 00:37:34,559 --> 00:37:37,880 Once again, check out Travismanion dot org. Travis Manion Foundation's nine to 485 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:43,679 eleven Heroes Run five kra series unites communities across the country and around the world 486 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,800 to honor the sacrifices of September eleventh and the war since join your community this 487 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:52,400 September and register to run, walk or rock by visiting nine eleven heroesun dot 488 00:37:52,519 --> 00:38:00,320 org. The latest with Navy, Army and Air Force on Yard Stripes Service 489 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:06,199 Academy Football. All right, wrapping up this episode of Yards and Stripes se 490 00:38:06,199 --> 00:38:08,119 is Steve Carney, Iron Price Akinson a couple of news and notes to pass 491 00:38:08,159 --> 00:38:12,559 along real quick. As we mentioned number nineteen, air Force, they are 492 00:38:12,679 --> 00:38:15,119 nineteen, and both the AP and the Coaches poll moving up three spots from 493 00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:21,079 number twenty two last week. So air Force now nineteen. How high will 494 00:38:21,119 --> 00:38:23,639 they rise? We'll find out. Navy at Temple, their game coming up 495 00:38:23,639 --> 00:38:29,559 on Saturday, November the fourth, announces a two pm kickoff on ESPN Plus. 496 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:34,760 Again that one going to be from Franklin Field on excuse me in Philly 497 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:40,119 against Temple on Saturday, November fourth, a two pm kickoff on ESPN Plus. 498 00:38:40,519 --> 00:38:47,360 Speaking of Navy senior striker Xavier MacDonald and Army senior defensive lineman Austin Hill, 499 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:52,280 they have been both named as candidates for the Werfel Trophy, given to 500 00:38:52,480 --> 00:39:00,639 college football's Premier service award winner. So that one going to college football's recognition 501 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:06,519 of community service. Is senior striker from the Naval Academy, Xavier MacDonald and 502 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:13,239 Army Senior Defensive Alignment Austin Hill up for the Werfol Trophy and also Steve real 503 00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:16,480 Quick. You mentioned air Force one of nine undefeated teams. I mentioned that 504 00:39:17,119 --> 00:39:21,760 UNLV in that group. UNLV undefeated in them Mount West, but air Force 505 00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:29,320 one of nine undefeated FBS teams in the country, still remaining one of three 506 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,880 group of five teams. And Bill Connley's got a ESPN Plus article the kind 507 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:37,880 of dives into that takes a look at the remaining undefeated teams, ranking them 508 00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:43,519 in some of the biggest questions remaining. Where did he have Air Force? 509 00:39:44,039 --> 00:39:47,280 Yeah, he has them seventh out of the nine. Last week they were 510 00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:53,320 the ninth best out of eleven. The only two teams that are behind them 511 00:39:53,320 --> 00:40:00,079 are of course James Madison and Liberty, but he says that they're they're The 512 00:40:00,119 --> 00:40:04,679 next biggest test is going to be week thirteen, their matchup when they go 513 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:08,360 to the Blue Turf in Boise to take on Boise State. But he says 514 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:15,000 their biggest remaining question is that can the dominance continue with a less dominant Zach 515 00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:19,920 Larrier. Obviously, the knee injury that he suffered against Wyoming. He ended 516 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:27,280 up playing this week, but there there is still questions of just how will 517 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:31,280 Larrer be able to handle the rest of the season knowing that one of his 518 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:37,280 knees is not at one hundred percent. I'm I'm kind of interested in why 519 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:43,960 the next big test. I know it's a road game against Boise State as 520 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:49,559 opposed to a home game against UNLV, which is the team that you're that's 521 00:40:49,639 --> 00:40:54,559 currently trying to chase you down for the top spot in the conference. And 522 00:40:54,599 --> 00:40:58,519 you and I had this conversation off air. I do want to I do 523 00:40:58,559 --> 00:41:04,159 want to bring it on air here about why it's Boise State and not UNLV, 524 00:41:04,159 --> 00:41:07,599 because un LV schedule, apart from one game that they lost, has 525 00:41:07,679 --> 00:41:12,400 not been a very good one, right mm hmm, oh yeah, it's 526 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,039 not been good at all. I mean they play un LV in terms of 527 00:41:15,079 --> 00:41:21,719 teams they played and much less beaten. I mean, they've the only team 528 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:25,599 of any significance that UNLV has played is is obviously Michigan, who they lost 529 00:41:27,519 --> 00:41:30,159 by four touchdowns, but you know everybody else they don't. They have not 530 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:37,079 played a team with a winning record currently on their schedule. Even Colorado State 531 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:43,599 was five hundred last week, so there they will not play a team with 532 00:41:43,639 --> 00:41:47,960 a winning record, especially when it comes to conference until this Saturday night against 533 00:41:49,079 --> 00:41:53,679 Fresno State on the road, and I believe we'll see Wyoming would be next, 534 00:41:53,760 --> 00:42:00,159 followed by air Force, so you know, we'll see what UNLV has. 535 00:42:00,199 --> 00:42:01,719 But I just think un LV at this point is there's just a lot 536 00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:06,559 more questions about him, and UNLV hasn't had, you know, certainly much 537 00:42:06,599 --> 00:42:10,559 success in college football much less been at this point in the season at six 538 00:42:10,599 --> 00:42:13,960 and one, three to know in the Mountain West, and I don't know 539 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:16,400 how long. So you know, they're like to me their lack of you 540 00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:20,679 know, playing in big games and you know kind of sustaining this. At 541 00:42:20,679 --> 00:42:24,119 what point does the pressure maybe kind of you know rear its head for you 542 00:42:24,119 --> 00:42:29,039 know, this rebel team. I just think there's no question that that Air 543 00:42:29,079 --> 00:42:32,079 Force's biggest test, without a doubt, is going to come against Boise State 544 00:42:32,159 --> 00:42:37,760 on the smurf turf on Black Friday. Yeah, And it makes sense because 545 00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:44,239 you know, Boise State is a is a team that has been tested obviously, 546 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:50,400 has had success in seasons past. They're they're not. They are not 547 00:42:50,559 --> 00:42:55,320 the team that beat Oklahoma in the Festival all those years ago. Can you 548 00:42:55,400 --> 00:43:00,920 believe that that was like seventeen years ago? Now? Was my mind? 549 00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:04,840 I keep thinking, oh, you know that that young, little upstart Boise 550 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:08,960 State that was almost two decades ago that they beat Adrian Peterson and Oklahoma in 551 00:43:09,039 --> 00:43:13,199 the Fiesta Bowl in one of the most amazing games. I still go back 552 00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:19,039 and watch the fourth quarter of that game because that if you want to see, 553 00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:24,239 you know, two teams standing there and just slugging each other like Rocky 554 00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:30,800 Balbo at Apollo Creed with no defense being played, you definitely want to watch 555 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:37,119 the fourth quarter of the two thousand and seven Fiesta Bowl between Boise State and 556 00:43:37,199 --> 00:43:42,239 Oklahoma. But yeah, it makes sense. And the fact is that you 557 00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:45,280 know, you get, You've got that game and then whatever the Mount West 558 00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:52,840 Championship will be at that point. And then the question then becomes has Air 559 00:43:52,880 --> 00:44:00,760 Force done enough to be the team that is selected from the from the group 560 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:04,880 of five for a New Year's Day six Bowl game? And I'm really excited 561 00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:09,000 about that opportunity. You know, it's been a long time since the Service 562 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:13,559 Academy has played in a New Year Six Bowl Game. I think you gotta 563 00:44:13,559 --> 00:44:20,639 go back to the seventies to find the last time that that a Service Academy 564 00:44:20,679 --> 00:44:22,960 played in a New Year six Bowl game. I think it was like one 565 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:28,480 of the Navy. Navy teams in the late seventies played in a New Year 566 00:44:28,639 --> 00:44:32,400 six. But it's been a long time, and if Air Force gets that 567 00:44:32,519 --> 00:44:37,159 opportunity, it's going to be great to see them be able to do so 568 00:44:37,559 --> 00:44:43,800 in what is going to be a huge stage and to show off what Service 569 00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:49,159 Academy football means to a much bigger audience than what they've been able to do 570 00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:52,159 so far this year. Yeah, no question about it. Excited to see 571 00:44:52,199 --> 00:44:55,800 how it does play out the rest of the season. Steve, let's get 572 00:44:55,800 --> 00:45:01,760 some picks. We got two games. Let's start with the UMass Minutemen heading 573 00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:06,960 to Mikey to take on Army again. Army at ten point favorite over under 574 00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:08,599 forty eight. What do you think of this one? Yeah, I don't 575 00:45:08,599 --> 00:45:13,159 know about the total in this one. It seems a little high. Although 576 00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:17,199 you know, the Black Knights did be Delaware State fifty seven nothing, so 577 00:45:17,239 --> 00:45:22,800 they would have covered this forty eight by themselves. I do like the nine 578 00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:25,800 and a half. You know, I certainly think that this is a game 579 00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:31,280 that the Black Knights can use to try and sort out any wrinkles that they 580 00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:36,079 that they've had, you know, to kind of smooth out the way that 581 00:45:36,119 --> 00:45:39,920 their offense is playing. And I think it's the perfect opportunity for them to 582 00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:45,000 hit the reset button. You know, this was a really, really tough 583 00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:49,280 part of their schedule. We had talked about this earlier in the year, 584 00:45:49,639 --> 00:45:54,679 you know, at Syracuse home for Boston College and for Troy and then at 585 00:45:54,800 --> 00:46:00,719 LSU. You know, there there was talk that they could go and four 586 00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:04,440 that in that stretch. I remember saying I thought that they could they that 587 00:46:04,519 --> 00:46:07,920 they may not win one of those games, and they ended up going oh 588 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:13,480 and four in that stretch. So it's the perfect place for them to be 589 00:46:13,519 --> 00:46:16,639 able to hit the reset button. I like the Black Knights. I would 590 00:46:16,679 --> 00:46:20,519 give the nine and a half in this game if I was betting it. 591 00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:23,800 Uh, the weather's gonna be yucky. It's gonna be you know, mid 592 00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:30,679 fifties and raining on Saturday. That's the forecast is in West Point. So 593 00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:35,039 it just really makes me think that this is gonna be a game that's decided 594 00:46:35,079 --> 00:46:37,679 on the ground and who's better on the ground, Army is. Yeah, 595 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,880 Yeah, I think I think Army gets a win. I think they're gonna 596 00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:45,519 cover the spread. I think that also, it's probably gonna come over like 597 00:46:46,159 --> 00:46:50,639 you said, you know, forty eight. I think it's a little bit 598 00:46:50,719 --> 00:46:52,880 high. You know. I like Army to the tune of say, maybe 599 00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:58,639 a thirty to thirteen. You know, I think they'll win, you know, 600 00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:00,960 in a game that kind of gets away, you know, in late 601 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:04,159 in the third quarter, fourth quarter, you know, fairly low scoring to 602 00:47:04,199 --> 00:47:06,559 start. But like you said, you know, running the ball, the 603 00:47:06,599 --> 00:47:08,360 team, which team can run it better? It's Army. I think Army 604 00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:14,039 wins, you know something to the tune of thirty to thirteen. Other games 605 00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:17,760 out, I have thirty, I have thirty four to three for min thirty 606 00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:28,000 four to three. Okay, wow. Air Force Colorado State in Fort Collins 607 00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:31,960 Falcons, you know, favored in this one by twelve over under forty nine 608 00:47:32,039 --> 00:47:36,199 and a half. You know, an in state rivalry. Yeah, I 609 00:47:36,519 --> 00:47:38,199 gotta say, you throw the record books out the window, but you know 610 00:47:38,239 --> 00:47:43,519 the record for air Force right now looking really good at seven to oh while 611 00:47:43,519 --> 00:47:47,519 Colorado State they're licking their wounds after letting one get away against unlv A last 612 00:47:47,599 --> 00:47:54,079 week. What do you think about the Falcons in Fort Collins on Saturday night 613 00:47:54,119 --> 00:47:59,920 at seven o'clock Eastern Standard time. Yeah, if Zach Larrier is under center, 614 00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:02,719 this is this is a no doubter. Uh. You know, I 615 00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:08,400 I don't use stone cold locks very often on this on this show, but 616 00:48:09,079 --> 00:48:14,199 I would say that this is a stone cold lock if if I've ever seen 617 00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:19,159 one. So I would think that this is a game that you're gonna see. 618 00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:23,320 Uh, You're gonna see a lot of bludgeting from the from the Falcons 619 00:48:23,719 --> 00:48:28,199 on the ground, whether it's Larrier, whether it's Emmanuel Michelle, whether it's 620 00:48:28,239 --> 00:48:32,280 John Lee Herritge third. I really do think that you're you're gonna you're gonna 621 00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:39,719 watch the Falcons really put the hammer down on on the Rams in this game. 622 00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:45,960 I would, yeah, lay in the twelve is fine. I would 623 00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:50,960 I would say this is probably. Yeah. I'm gonna say thirty eight ten. 624 00:48:52,119 --> 00:48:55,239 I'm going I'm going big on this one, So I will I will 625 00:48:55,239 --> 00:49:01,400 take air Force at a thirty eight ten clip over Colorado State. We're fairly 626 00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:06,199 close, you know. I think I like Colorado State to score a little 627 00:49:06,199 --> 00:49:09,280 bit more. But I think that I do think that they blow the you 628 00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:14,599 know, the over over under forty nine and a half. I like air 629 00:49:14,599 --> 00:49:17,599 Force to win thirty eight to twenty four. Obviously, that's what Zach Larry 630 00:49:17,639 --> 00:49:21,480 or playing. I think Colorado State we'll be able to score some points and 631 00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:24,519 you know, find some offense in this one, you know, behind that 632 00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:28,639 young quarterback. But you know, in the end, you know, air 633 00:49:28,639 --> 00:49:30,360 Force is just too complete on both sides of the ball. I can't go 634 00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:35,559 stone cold lock or even you know, close to a stone cold lock because 635 00:49:36,119 --> 00:49:38,480 you never know. And I've seen this game when air Force, you know, 636 00:49:38,639 --> 00:49:42,239 was on the other side of this one when they had no business. 637 00:49:42,599 --> 00:49:46,239 Jim mckawain's last year at Colorado State. I was there in the Springs when 638 00:49:46,679 --> 00:49:51,440 air Force got a last second field goal on Black Friday to win it. 639 00:49:51,519 --> 00:49:53,400 Say, you never know sometimes, you know, especially with these rivalry games. 640 00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:57,960 But like we have talked about all season, especially in the last few 641 00:49:57,960 --> 00:50:01,000 episodes and here today, air Force Orse is just too complete on both sides 642 00:50:01,039 --> 00:50:05,559 of the football. Yeah, I like air Force to win also thirty eight 643 00:50:05,599 --> 00:50:07,639 to twenty four. All right, Steve, that is going to do it 644 00:50:07,679 --> 00:50:12,280 here on this edition of Yards and Stripes anything else before we get out the 645 00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:15,280 door, buddy, No, just want to make sure that everybody checks out 646 00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:21,760 the other podcasts on the College Good Iron Coast to Coast podcast Network. Obviously 647 00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:27,480 this week in the ACC drops on Mondays, We've got Florida Football Insiders and 648 00:50:27,519 --> 00:50:31,360 Get off My Pylon that drop around us on the Tuesday Wednesday time frame, 649 00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:37,320 and then later on in the week we've got the Big Twelve Breakdown in Big 650 00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:40,400 Ten Paradigm which come out later on in the week. But definitely check us 651 00:50:40,559 --> 00:50:49,199 all out. You've got great college football talk for whatever teams you're excited for 652 00:50:49,679 --> 00:50:53,079 in college football across the country. It is a great time to be a 653 00:50:53,119 --> 00:50:58,760 college football fan, and it's great that you've been able to check us out 654 00:50:58,760 --> 00:51:02,320 here on the College Good Iron Coast podcast Network. You heard it. That's 655 00:51:02,320 --> 00:51:06,719 Steve CARNEI I'm Price Atkinson. We will do it again next week here on 656 00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:09,440 Yards and Stripes. You're home for Service Academy Football as we are part of 657 00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:13,679 the College Gridiron Coast to Coast Network. Have a great week, have a 658 00:51:13,719 --> 00:51:15,079 great week, and enjoy the games. We'll talk to you next week. 659 00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:22,880 Join us again next time for Yards and strikes Service Academy Football. 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