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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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Pryce Atkinson, Steve Carney and Mike
Loveall. Sometimes you think you've seen

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it all and then again the college
football season it strikes again, Steve Carney.

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But we are Yards and Stripes your
home for Service Academy Football, part

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of the College Gridiron Coast to Coast
podcast network, Iron Price Atkinson joined by

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my man Steve Carney. And was
it one of the upsets of the year

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in college football? Maybe nationally it
won't get that billing, but boy,

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as far as we're concerned, it
certainly is up there. But we're going

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to get into the second leg of
the Commander in Chief Trophy that saw Army

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pull off an absolute shocker last week
in Denver. We've got Gary Stoken,

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the president's CEO of the Chick fil
A Bowl Peach Bowl in Atlanta. Yes,

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we had this one scheduled before this
events that transpired last weekend in Denver

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between Army and Air Force. But
we're still going to talk with Gary Stoken

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coming up here a little bit later. We've got the Travis Manning Foundation on

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a roll segment. We got three
games to preview this coming weekend, but

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before that, we are going to
look back on those two games last weekend,

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including as I mentioned, that shocking, absolutely stunning result that transpired at

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empower Field at Mile High Stadium there
in Denver, is As it was the

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second leg of the Commander in Chief
Trophy. Steve, Army and Air Force

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doing battle. Air Force needing but
a win to seal the Commander in Chief

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Trophy. But oh how quickly things
can change. Army shocking the college football

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world before a stun crowd Steve of
largely Falcon fans to win the Commander or

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to win that leg of the Commander
in Chief Trophy, forcing six count them

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up six air Force turn overs in
route to the win twenty three to three.

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As Army gets to three and six
overall, air Force is undefeated season,

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it does come to an end as
they lose and fall to eight and

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one overall. Steve unbelievably shocking turn
of events, but wow, at the

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same time, what a performance.
Where did that come from? By Jeff

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Munkins Black Knights. I don't know
Price, but I'll tell you this if

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you watched the Falcons fans in that
first period. They were wondering what in

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the hell did we just get hit
with? Because they ended up with so

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many turnovers in that first quarter.
I mean, it was seventeen nothing before

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you could even sit down. It
was unreal about how that how that game

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started. It was just turnover,
turnover, turnover, leading to touchdown,

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touchdown, field goal, and it
was like, oh my god, what

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what just happened? Like, I
mean, I remember looking at my phone

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before the game and you and I
had our good friend Mike love All,

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former co host of the show,
text us saying he was at the game

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and he was not looking forward to
what was going to happen. And I

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remember texting him, well, Pryce
and I both picked Army to cover,

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so at least you got that going
for you. And then all of a

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sudden, I get started with my
job working for the University of South Florida,

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and I get another text going,
I can't believe this from you,

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and I look down to see the
score, and at seventy to nothing in

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the first quarter, I was like, what the I mean, it was

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just unreal. How how motivated Jeff
Monkin had his players coming out of the

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tunnel for that game. We talked
about it last week. If they if

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Army wanted a chance to win this
game, they had to win the turnover

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battle. They could not be minus. They had been minus pretty much all

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season long when it came to these
games, and you know, even last

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the prior week against UMass they were
minus three in the turnover ratio and I

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was like, they can't do that
and win. And all of a sudden,

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here they come out, they're plus
six. And as I was joking

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to you before we got started taping
today, you know, it doesn't matter

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who you are. It doesn't matter
if you're air Force, it doesn't matter

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if you're Georgia, it doesn't matter
if you're a team in the NFL.

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If you're minus six in the turnover
ratio against Army, you're gonna lose the

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game. Well that's exactly what they
did, and they lost the game in

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a stunning, stunning fashion, to
put it simply, And it was by

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far Army's best game of the year
and air Force is worst. And when

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you put those two things together,
that equals what happened and Army ending the

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five game losing streak. You know, He's still kind of been a loss

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for words here as air Force was
number seventeen, but you know you mentioned

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it. Six turnovers, four fumbles, two interceptions, Zach Larrier was a

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guy that had really done a great
job taking care of the football. Jump

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Bunkin knows he is one of the
master motivators. He knows how to motivate

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a team. However, you know, I thought that. You know,

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air Force has been certainly a second
half team all season. They have their

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second halfs have been much better than
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as you said it, Army jumped
on him right away as Bryce and

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Daily took a keeper sixty two yards
to the house less than two minutes into

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the game. Before you could blink, we had points. And that's not

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something you can say a lot of
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teams feel each other out because they
know each other so well. But Daily

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takes it to the house. He
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on the field, carrying a third
a career thirty six times for one hundred

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and seventy yards and two touchdowns.
After Air Force on their next possession,

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they get it for the first time
on fourth and one, stuffed their own

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thirty four by Army. Black Knights
then take the ten to zer lead on

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that forty five yard field goal by
Quinn Moretzky, and then just four more

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plays later, Larrier puts the ball
on the ground that Leo Lowan scoops up,

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recovers, and the Black Knights punching
in forty three yards. Eleven plays

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later and it's seventeen to nothing with
one fifty three left in the first quarter

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thanks to that five yard Bryson Daily
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as he had two in the game. This game was twenty three to

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three at halftime. We didn't see
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But my goodness, you know,
air Force being that second half team couldn't

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get anything going offensively, the Black
Knights holding the Falcons to just one hundred

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and fifty five yards rushing one hundred
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The first time. Speaking of touchdowns
and being you know, shut out,

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that's the first time air Force has
not found the end zone. How

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about this, Steve since they played
the Black Knights and were shut out in

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twenty sixteen or twenty seventeen, six
years to the day, six years to

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the day was the last time that
the Falcons had not found the a zone

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in a college football game, when
they were shut out as the Black Knights.

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Unbelievably, And now what a turn
of events is. We've got air

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Force, which could have won the
trophy outright. Now the Commander in Chief

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trophy is simply out of air Force's
hands. Now it's Army that can win

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the trophy outright with a win over
Navy in the season finale. You know,

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air Force is going to be the
biggest Navy fans. You know,

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probably the only time they are all
year in that game is they would retain

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the trophy as it would be a
one to one round robin split, and

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by virtue of being the winner of
the trophy last year, they would therefore

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retain it this year with a Navy
win. Yeah, it's amazing that if

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I had said to you before the
game that Air Force was not going to

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punt, not a single time in
the first half, You're probably thinking they're

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a big at this point. It's
amazing to see that they did not.

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They did not have to punt a
single time. But they lost. They

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they lost the football on the first
four times that they had the football.

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They finally get a field goal in
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and then they get turned over.
They turned the ball over again on their

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final uh in their final series of
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turnover on downs, fumble, fumble, turnover on downs, field goal

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interception. I mean, that's that's
unreal. How how how bad of a

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first half. I mean, I'm
sure that Zach Larrier probably went into the

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went into the locker room at halftime
and went, am I sleeping? This

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is this is a nightmare. Right, I'm gonna wake up from this and

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we're gonna go out on the field
and play the first half. Right,

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this is unbelievable. And and the
fact that you know, they had such

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an unbelievably bad first half and then
Army was able to hold on, I

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mean, you look at it.
Uh the second they were able to get

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air force to punt on the first
on the first series. They got a

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little help because the field goal was
missed on the second series. When you

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know, at that point, I
was thinking, okay, you get points

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there, and especially if you get
a touchdown you're within two scores, You're

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gonna have probably four or five more
times with the football, you've got an

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opportunity to get back into this game. Once they missed that field, I

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was like, all right, this
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completely of the mindset like, you
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and uh I was happy for for
our friend Mike Loveall, and I was

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happy for the Black Knights because,
uh, this is this is completely a

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moment that you can build on.
And yes, Army's not gonna go to

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a bowl game this year that they
can only play spoiler the rest of the

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way out. But now they've got
they've got something to build on and something

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that these players are gonna be able
to hang their hats on, or their

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covers in this case, they're gonna
be able to hang their covers up and

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go, this is this is what
we can do as a team, and

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this is how good we are.
We took an unbeaten team that thought they

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were going to be in a New
Year six Bowl game for sure, and

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we said not so fast. Yeah, you know, I think, Well,

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the reason why I'm just so surprised
not because the Air Force was one

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of eight undefeateds going into Saturday's game
and being an eighteen and a half point

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favorite, you know, because you
and I both thought Army would cover.

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We said that at the beginning.
But I think because typically in the Service

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Academy matchups, we have this narrative
and thinking we know how it's somewhat going

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to go, because the teams are
very familiar with each other and similar styles

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to play that kind of stuff,
and you know, close games down to

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the end, And I think that's
that probably is why I'm just still so

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surprised and shocked with the result,
you know, especially considering how good air

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Force had been, not just on
one side of the ball, but you

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know, across the board, special
teams defensively often everything. But you know,

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then again, you know it's Army
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like you said, I'm happy for
a friend Mike love All and the Black

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Knights because when you get unexpected results
and in those things that can't kind of

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transpire the way this game did.
I think it, you know, kind

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of at least for me. It
didn't garner more of my attention, but

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has more heads being turned, just
because you know, everybody was starting to

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realize nationally just what how good this
Air Force team was. Then all of

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a sudden it comes to a screeching
halt. That's what these Service Academy matchups

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are made about, Steve. But
you know the Black Knights again, a

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twenty three to three winner over number
seventeen Air Force. Now they can win

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the Commander in Chief Trophy with a
win over Navy in that season finale.

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All right, let's get to the
midshipman, Steve, real quick before we

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give out some game balls. Navy
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and simply put, Navy simply outplayed
by a team the mids were expected and

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honestly we both thought should have beaten, you know, as they fall to

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Temple a thirty two to eighteen,
Temple improving the three and six overall three

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and two in the American while Navy
now they are three and five, two

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and three in the American. In
a game of musical chairs, that continued

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for Navy, trying to find something
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This time they turned to Xavier r. Line, the athletic senior,

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getting the surprise start. But you
know they he was pretty much all the

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offense that Navy had in this when
thirty carries ninety seven yards. Then he

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had to start throwing the ball three
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But that was after you know.
EJ. Warner looked like his dad,

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the Temple sophomore quarterback, the son
of Kurt Warner, after missing two games

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in concussion protocol. Boy, he
was throwing darts out there, Steve,

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he couldn't miss. Had guys wide
open twenty seven or thirty three, passing

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four hundred and two d four touchdowns. Simply put at, I mean,

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a very disappointing result where Navy was
outplayed across the board as Temple gets at

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thirty two to eighteen win over the
mids. Yeah, I mean, you're

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you said it right. EJ.
Warner looked like his old man out there

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with four hundred and two yards through
the air, and you know, the

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the midshipman had troubles, uh you
know, putting the ball in the end

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zone. And it doesn't help that, uh you know, they were even

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on the on the turnover ratio.
I think that's again something that I'm I'm

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always going to harp on on these
shows is looking at what happened turnover wise,

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if you're able to keep the football
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gonna have a much better opportunity out. Temple also lost two fumbles on the

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day, so you know, things
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But the fact is that you know, Navy needed to run the ball a

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lot better than they did. They
finished with just one hundred and forty four

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yards rushing on forty eight carries,
so you're looking at under three yards under

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three yards of carry, and that's
never going to work when you are a

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team that has to rely on the
running game as much as Navy does,

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and when you're not, when you're
playing from behind the sticks and you're forced

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to throw the football, and even
it doesn't matter who it is, it

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doesn't matter if it's ty Lavitai,
it doesn't matter if it's Xavier art Line,

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it does not matter. You've got
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better than what Navy did to have
any shot of winning. And that's why

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they ended up two scores down in
this game. Now, I thought that

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the defense tried to tried to show
itself pretty well. I thought Colin Ramos

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had a good day. Obviously,
you had two interceptions of EJ. Warner

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as well, so you had those
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everything right on defense, and I
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But if you're if you're constantly stuck
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in a in an offense that requires
you to run the football and you're only

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getting two yards or three yards of
carry, and you're finding yourself in these

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long third down situations, you're gonna
find yourself in big trouble a lot.

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And that's what happened. Yeah,
and maybe it was three of fifteen on

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third down. You mentioned the third
longs. I mean three of fifteen is

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not going to get it done.
You know, you throw in the fourth

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down conversions. You know they were
six of nineteen on third and fourth down,

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while Temple you take them, which
this largely negated. The four turnovers

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was two things. The fact that
Temple was seven to ten. Just do

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the math. That's seventy percent verting
on third and fourth down. Even I

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could do that penalty in the game. Yeah, yeah, exactly. So

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you know those things combined, you
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but largely it's more on style of
play and Temples scoring quickly. In this

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one is again E. J.
Warner looked like a first round draft pick

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with guys that were wide open all
over the field. I mean, for

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again, four o two passing with
four touchdowns. Obviously he's got to clean

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up the two picks, but maybe
you got to get this thing corrected very

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quickly, as you know, I
know, Brian Newberry was, you know

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what he talked about after the game, incredibly disappointed in his team, especially

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coming off that bye week against Air
Force and now you know, losing you

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know, to a team that honestly
you should have beaten, which was really

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kind of a back breaking loss considering
if you're trying to get Bawl eligible now,

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which technically maybe still has a shot
at Yeah, and it blows my

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mind that that Temple did not commit
a penalty the entire game. That's that's

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just an incredible number to see and
to see the difference. Navy was seven

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penalties for eighty one yards and to
see Temple have zero dash zero just mind

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blowing. You can't make those mistakes
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it. Yeah. Again, Navy
falls thirty two to eighteen at Temple mids

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now three and five overall, two
and three in the American. All right,

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time to give out some game ball, Steven. I know you love

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defense. I do too this week, but which way you want to go

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with your game ball? Fire first, my man? Yeah, I obviously.

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I think we're both going to end
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same eleven. I have my game
ball going to the senior linebacker from Austin,

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Texas, Leo Loewen, who had
twelve tackles, nine of them were

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solo. He also recovered one of
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ground by the Air Force Falcons.
So a huge day in a huge win

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for a senior who is going to
end up going out and serving his country

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at the end of this year.
And he can definitely smile when he thinks

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about how he and his teammates went
into Denver and smacked the Falcons around a

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little bit. Mm hmm. All
right, I'm gonna keep it on that

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side of the ball, because,
boy, when you turn in that kind

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of performance that the Army defense did, forcing six turnovers, you get the

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salute from us, the proverbial salute, right, Steve, and you go

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with Leo Loan, I'm gonna go
with the Navy or excuse me. Army

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senior defensive back Bo Nicholas Paul,
who had two picks picked off Zach Larrier

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twice in the game. He had
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so had his hand in three of
the six takeaways as he probably turned in

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his best performance as a Black Nun. That did. The senior from Irvington,

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New Jersey named College Football Networks named
to their Team of the Week for

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his efforts. First Army player to
pick off two passes in a single game

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since Elijah Riley, the current Pittsburgh
Steelers safety, did so in twenty sixteen

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against North Texas in the Heart of
Dallas Bowl and now has three interceptions this

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season. The last Army player to
pick off three passes in a season with

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Josh Jenkins with four back in twenty
fourteen. So, Nate, Army defensive

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back Bo Nicholas Paul two picks and
five tackles of fumble recovery, he gets

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my game Ball for an outstanding performance
there as the Army defense leading the way

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in the win over the number seventeen
Air Force Falcons. All right, we

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got a whole lot more to do
here, Steve. We got our Travis

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Manning Foundation on a roll. We
got three games to look ahead to,

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but we got a guest coming up
next, Gary Stoke and the CEO and

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president of the Chick fil A Beats
Bowl Air Force. Yes, they are

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still in the hunt for a Group
of the Group of five spot in the

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new year six. They are not
out of it. Yes, it hurts

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losing that game to Army, but
they are not out of it yet,

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as they still could win the Mountain
West Conference championship if they went out,

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certainly would be along with the American, you know, the the top two

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group of five conferences. I don't
think anybody would argue that between the American

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and the Mountain West. Steve two
Lane I think right now has probably got

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that inside track. But we'll talk
a little bit more about that with Gary

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Stoke and the CEO and president of
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All right, welcome back in here
on Yards and Stripes. You're home

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for Service Academy Football. Bryce Atkinson
joined by my man Steve Carney. But

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joining us now, as we told
you a little bit earlier, Gary Stoke

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and the CEO and president of the
Chick fil A Bowl coming up on Saturday,

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December the thirtieth, at twelve noon
in Atlanta, Georgia. And Gary,

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I think we're you know, not
a day late, but a week

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late. We should have had you
on last week, but you know,

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working ahead this week. And you
know Air Force does drop that twenty three

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to three decision to Army. But
still nonetheless we're never going to pass up

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the chance to talk with Gary Stoken
from the Chick bowl A Bowl. How

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are your friends. It's been probably
a few acc media days since i've you

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and I've sat down. I really
appreciate you guys having us. It's great

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to talk to you. You know, we we operate and manage the Dodd

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Trophy and and uh we had coach
Hatfield uh the Wyoming game celebrate his anniversary

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of his winning the Dodd Coach of
the Year at air Force. So that

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was a great, great experience for
coach Hatfield for our team up there.

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So uh yeah, we we were
surprised. Todd Mankins or Coach moncin is

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a good friend, so I was
happy for him, But tough for coach

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Calhoun, uh, losing that tough
one at home when they had the opportunity

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to you know, finish out and
be in the the group of five top

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right champion. You never know,
as long as there's games on the schedule,

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you never know. That's exactly right, And let's just touch it talk

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about it real quick, because you
know, obviously air Force is not out

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of it. They're sitting at eight
and one in a position still to likely

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play for the Mount West Conference championship
game. And you win the Mount West

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Conference championship, I mean that's certainly
no slouch now, you know. And

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you've got Tulane that's you know,
only got one loss, and you know,

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if you're looking at losses, theirs
is not a bad one. Losing

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Old Miss and then you got Liberty
that's undefeated. So you know there's you

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just mentioned it. There's a ton
of football left to play, but air

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Force still in it. You know, what are the kind of chances you

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know, you know, considering the
lost Army that you know, you know,

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getting out of this thing with just
one loss in the regular season,

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and if they're a Mount West Conference
champion, you know, the chance that

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they could get to Atlanta, the
Capitol College Football for this Chick fil A

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Peach Bowl. Well, it's really
interesting how you become the biggest fan of

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Army now if you're an air Force
person, uh, and the biggest fan

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for Old miss uh to to lose
some games because you know, with Tulane

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sitting there. So it's really interesting
how things work out after you play teams.

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And you know, when you look
at the selection committee, I've been

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lucky enough to uh, fortunate enough
to be in gay Lord and sit there

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in the room and go through a
mock selection process with all the computers there,

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and it's amazing how much information and
data and analytics they have in front

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of them really helps the process.
You know, they have a great process.

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They get it right, and you
know, the way the process will

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work this year is the CFP Selection
Committee will put number one geographically advantaged in

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either Sugar or Rose Bowl because those
two bowls host the semis this year,

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and then they'll put number two in
the other bowl, number three to play

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number two and number four to play
number one, and then the Orange Bowl

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committee will make the next selections.
And that's because they have contracts with the

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ACC to take the highest ranked ACC
team that's not in the playoffs, So

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Florida State were to go up and
right now if the season ended today,

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you know you're looking at Louisville,
and then the Orange Bowl will select from

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the highest ranked team between the Big
ten, the SEC and Notre Dame,

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and they'll match them up against the
highest RNGKED ACC team. Then the selection

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it comes back to the selection committee
and they will place the group of five

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highest ranked champion in either the Fiesta, the Cotton, or the Peach,

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and then they'll put the other five
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and the Peach. Where US three
are at large cf pe bules this year,

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so that's why the selection process will
run. Garry, how how much

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do you relish having the opportunity to
have the highest ranked game, the non

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the group of five team in your
bowl game because you a couple of years

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ago, and I say a couple
of years ago. Now it's now been

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seven years since UCF played Auburn in
your game, and everybody talks about how

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we exciting the game that was,
especially for the guys in Orlando who then

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went and put up twenty seven twenty
sixteen national champions on their on their band

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on their stadium. But but is
it how exciting is that to to go

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to give a team like a UCF, or like a Tulane or a Liberty

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or an air Force this year that
opportunity. Yeah, we didn't know it,

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but in twenty seventeen we hosted two
national championship games. We hosted Auburn

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Florida State and Pick Play Peach Bowl, and then Georgia and Alabama in the

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CFP National Championship Game. You know, it's it's Cinderella's chance to dance,

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right, It's the opportunity to play
against the big boy in a in a

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New Year six bowl game, huge
exposure. We've always found that the Group

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of five champion, we've had them
three times now, they they will sell

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their allotment out and be excited and
ready to because it does it gives them

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a chance to really prove that,
you know, they can compete on the

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highest level. And we've seen it
when in our games. Let's see TCU

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beat Old Miss, you CF beat
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So we've had the Group of Five
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the ball games. Uh. And
that just shows, you know, when

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you have teams that want to be
there. So much of the Bull season

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obviously is about teams that really are
excited to be there. And I know,

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you know, how can he not
be excited to be in Atlanta.

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I mean, I'm a stone's throw
over in Greenville, South Carolina, so

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I get over to Atlanta. I'm
lucky to live you know, pretty close

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by to to you Gary. But
you know, what would it mean,

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you know, just hypothetically, if
if say Air Force, can you know,

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make their way you know, to
the New Year six and be that

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G five representative? You know,
you know what would it mean you know,

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in signal maybe even to the other
two academies in a time where you

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know the landscape of the sport is
changing beneath us and maybe not necessarily ways

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or advantageous. If you're a service
academy, you know what would that mean?

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You know, if Air Force could
be the Group of five representative,

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you know in the New Year six, whether it's in the Chick fil A

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Bowl or wherever that may be,
well, you know, you always root

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for the their air Force or Navy
or army. The academies are very very

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special, and I think anytime you
can host them, it's, uh,

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it's a great honor. So yeah, if the selection committee we're able to

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uh uh or air Force were able
to get in the UH as a Group

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of five champion, we'd be honored
to have them, for sure. Garry,

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I'm curious to get your perspective on
the future of college football with the

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change that's coming with the CFP expanding
to twelve teams. How do you how

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do you see that affecting your game
in the matchups that you can have in

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your game. Yeah, in the
next two years, obviously the CFP will

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start the twelve team playoff, will
host a quarterfinal game, which means we'll

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host either number one, two,
three, or four against the winner of

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a first round game in the Chick
fil A Peach Bowl, and then in

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twenty five we'll host the National CFP
Semi Final like we did last year with

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Georgia and Ohio State, So you
know, two great years. Plus we've

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got Georgia Clemson to kick off the
game in the AFFLEC Kickoff Game next year

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to start the season, and then
we have South Carolina Virginia Tech in the

411
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:45,920
Beamer Bowl in twenty five, along
with Tennessee and Syracuse. So we've got

412
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:49,000
some great games coming up over the
next couple of years. And then in

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00:30:49,079 --> 00:30:55,240
twenty six, you know, we
think that the new year six bowl games

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will maintain the opportunity to host the
quarters and semis and then they rotate the

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00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:04,279
national Championship as they're doing in twenty
four and twenty five, but that has

416
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to be negotiated. CFP has to
get their TV deal done first and then

417
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:15,559
they'll negotiate with some bowl games.
So, you know, I think the

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00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:19,279
playoff you ask what my perspective is, I think, you know, will

419
00:31:19,319 --> 00:31:25,119
help college football in a lot of
ways. Number One, there'll be probably

420
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:30,799
thirty forty, you know, upwards
of maybe even fifty teams that will still

421
00:31:30,839 --> 00:31:37,319
be eligible to be in the twelve
team playoff going into October November, whereas

422
00:31:37,359 --> 00:31:42,119
now, you know, no team
with two team loss two losses has ever

423
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:48,000
gotten into the CFP playoffs, so
you know, it gets cut down pretty

424
00:31:48,079 --> 00:31:52,279
quickly. What does that mean?
That means more attendance, more interest for

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00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:59,519
college football into November. Number one
and number two we're seeing this year that's

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00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:06,960
college football celebrating its highest viewership on
TV, and I think that's primarily due

427
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:13,480
to NBC, Now, CBS,
ESPN, Fox, you know, all

428
00:32:13,519 --> 00:32:19,599
broadcasting college football, and so they're
promoting college football on every network and so

429
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,160
that really helps. And I think
that I think the CFP will move to

430
00:32:24,119 --> 00:32:30,119
at least two, if not more
networks or TV broadcasters coming into the playoffs

431
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:35,799
as they move forward in twenty twenty
six. So that's gonna help, you

432
00:32:35,839 --> 00:32:38,680
know. I'm fortunately, you know, I hate to see what happened to

433
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:46,880
the PAC twelve because that viewership,
that attendance increase will all help. We

434
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:51,920
appreciate you taking the time. I've
always said that you're you know, you've

435
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,200
got the best job in college football
because not just because you're the guy,

436
00:32:54,359 --> 00:32:58,720
or maybe not the guy, but
one of you know, you and your

437
00:32:58,759 --> 00:33:02,200
guys bringing in the cooler of Chick
fil A sandwiches at media days and you

438
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:07,519
know, being the most popular guy. But I think the best job because

439
00:33:07,559 --> 00:33:09,960
you've got is sitting in Atlanta,
the capitol college football. There's no other

440
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:15,200
place I'd rather go for big games
and the matchups you guys put together,

441
00:33:15,279 --> 00:33:17,279
whether it's you know in pre you
know, the kickoffs to start the season,

442
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:22,599
you know obviously the postseason, and
not to mention your golf tournaments you

443
00:33:22,599 --> 00:33:27,519
put together in the summer where I
know that Jeff Munkin and I know Paul

444
00:33:27,599 --> 00:33:30,160
Johnson, former Navy you know head
coach, has played in many many times

445
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:34,440
over the years. You guys have
got a great thing going, Gary,

446
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:38,759
and we obviously can't thank you enough
of your time today. That's a nice

447
00:33:38,759 --> 00:33:43,160
confliment come from you, guys.
I appreciate what you do for college football

448
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,480
and anytime you get over to Atlanta
come see us. We look forward to

449
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:50,799
hosting you. Gary. We really
want Gar don't threaten us with a good

450
00:33:50,839 --> 00:33:55,240
time, Yeah, no doubt don't. You might see me over there being

451
00:33:55,279 --> 00:33:58,759
a Stones throw away. So but
Gary, really thanks. I'll make the

452
00:33:58,839 --> 00:34:01,720
drive up from Tampa. Yeah he
will. He definitely will, but we

453
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:06,240
always appreciate you. Gary. Thank
thank you so much for doing this and

454
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,360
giving us a few minutes. So
uh, just good luck the rest of

455
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,920
the ways. Uh you know,
hope to hope to see again real soon.

456
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:16,880
Well, yeah, thank you very
much and have a great Christmas and

457
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:21,440
a great Thanksgiving all right. Once
again, thanks to Chick fil A,

458
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:25,639
Peach Bowl CEO and President Gary Stoken
for joining us there and always great to

459
00:34:25,679 --> 00:34:29,280
catch up with with Gary. It's
been a while, but like you said,

460
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,360
Steve, probably am maybe a week
late on that one. But that's

461
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:35,039
okay because you know, we do. We do our work, try and

462
00:34:35,079 --> 00:34:37,559
bring everything we can for our listeners. And we're still going to bring Gary

463
00:34:37,599 --> 00:34:39,920
to you because as we talked about, and he'd mentioned, you know,

464
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:44,559
air Force not out of it yet. But you know, too Lane,

465
00:34:45,199 --> 00:34:47,480
maybe even Liberty could have the inside
track. I know that tou Lane right

466
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:52,079
now. In most every Bowl projection
you look at, Steve Tulane is the

467
00:34:52,079 --> 00:34:57,400
one that's getting that group of five
slot for the new year six. But

468
00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,119
Liberty right there is undefeated. Yes, I think strength the record, just

469
00:35:00,199 --> 00:35:04,400
you know, strength the schedule.
All that is certainly in Temple or in

470
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:08,039
TWU Lane's favor even with one loss, their one loss being a close one

471
00:35:08,079 --> 00:35:13,480
to Ole Miss that I think still
outweighing Liberty. But Liberty, nonetheless,

472
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:15,880
there is undefeated. You know,
two Lane still got a few land minds

473
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:21,000
to navigate, including what you know, an American Athletic Conference championship game,

474
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:22,880
and certainly air Force is not out
of it yet either. You know,

475
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:27,719
if air Force can win out get
to the Mount West Conference championship game,

476
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,800
you know they still have Boise State
left in the regular season. You know,

477
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:32,599
then get into the Mount West Conference
championship game, you know you're going

478
00:35:32,679 --> 00:35:37,119
to play a solid opponent. Could
it be Fresno State, We'll see.

479
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,760
But you know, nonetheless, there
is still a lot more football in the

480
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:45,760
month of November. Is I call
it championship month because that's when championships are

481
00:35:46,039 --> 00:35:51,719
you're set up for and that's when
you kind of make that run to your

482
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,840
conference championship game. September and October
set up months. This is the time

483
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:58,639
where you make the move. And
you know, if that's any indication,

484
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:00,679
it's not looking good for air Force, but there's still a lot more on

485
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:07,119
the table left. Yeah, you're
absolutely right, there's there's plenty to still

486
00:36:07,119 --> 00:36:10,760
play for if you're a Falcons,
if you're a Falcons fan, you still

487
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:15,679
have an opportunity. Yes, you're
not in the inside track anymore as the

488
00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:21,079
Green Wave have overtaken you on the
inside, but if you get the help

489
00:36:21,119 --> 00:36:23,480
that you need, and you know, the American is a much tougher conference

490
00:36:23,519 --> 00:36:29,360
than people let on, I certainly
think that you've got an opportunity, uh

491
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:31,519
to see air Force in the Chick
fil A Peacha Bull and a one lost

492
00:36:31,559 --> 00:36:38,239
air Force team in that in that
matchup is still a very good uh opportunity.

493
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:43,599
Uh. And and I'm sure Gary
uh privately, Will would say this

494
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:46,199
that you know, they would love
to see air Force in that because that

495
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:51,320
means you get the whole uh,
the whole school coming down. You get

496
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:57,320
a huge number of tickets sold because
everybody that has any connection to the Air

497
00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,360
Force is going to want to be
at that game. M yeah, right

498
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:04,880
now, just for those scoring at
home. Some Bowl projections, I typically

499
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,840
don't even begin looking at Boll projections
until the month of November, just because

500
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:12,360
it's almost like looking at you know, March's Madness projections. You know,

501
00:37:12,519 --> 00:37:15,920
in November, in the middle of
the summer just because they're you know,

502
00:37:15,199 --> 00:37:19,440
you just got to get down the
road before you can really start projecting.

503
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:23,519
But twenty four Sports twenty four to
seven Sports has air Force right now projected

504
00:37:23,519 --> 00:37:28,239
to play in the Finway Bowl against
Georgia Tech. That would be on December

505
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:34,480
the twenty eighth. USA today has
air Force slated to play Memphis in the

506
00:37:34,519 --> 00:37:38,559
Hawaii Bowl that would be on December
twenty third, and then ESPN dot Com

507
00:37:38,639 --> 00:37:45,280
has air Force slated for a matchup
in the LA Bowl with UCLA that would

508
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:49,599
be December sixteenth. And Brett McMurphy, who I think personally from the Action

509
00:37:50,119 --> 00:37:52,800
Network, I think Brett's one of
the best when it comes to projecting bowls.

510
00:37:53,119 --> 00:37:57,960
He also has air Force slated to
play the Bruins in the LA Bowl

511
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,039
on December sixteenth. So that's kind
of a quick snapshot on some of the

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00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:07,840
bowl projections right now. Fifty one
teams are currently Bowl eligible to fill the

513
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:12,039
games. That means thirty one more
teams are needed to get their six win

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00:38:12,679 --> 00:38:15,599
in the last week of the season. That can still happen, although I

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00:38:15,639 --> 00:38:21,360
think that it's kind of taking some
shape right now where there could be some

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00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:25,159
five win teams that get in.
You know Navy, yes, we talked

517
00:38:25,159 --> 00:38:30,199
about them a little bit earlier.
But you know, the challenge for Navy

518
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:32,760
is, you've got to get Bowl
eligible in eleven games at this point because

519
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:38,719
you have to basically went out with
what you have left before the Army Navy

520
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:44,480
game, because the bowl bids coming
out before Army Navy. You know,

521
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:51,199
you got to get your work done
before that game essentially. And so they

522
00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:54,440
could possibly get in if they have
a good enough APR, but not likely

523
00:38:54,519 --> 00:39:00,280
this season obviously. We know that
Army is out of it too. Yeah,

524
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,559
with their their situation with wins,
and you know, a couple wins

525
00:39:02,599 --> 00:39:07,519
over one double a FCS team,
So gonna be an uphill climb there,

526
00:39:07,559 --> 00:39:12,719
certainly for Navy to get Bowl eligible
with the Air Force. Stevestely absolutely.

527
00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:16,480
I mean, you look at Navy's
remaining scheduled before the Army Navy game.

528
00:39:16,559 --> 00:39:21,079
They've got UAB coming up this week, we'll talk about that here, and

529
00:39:21,119 --> 00:39:27,360
then they have ECU and then SMU, who is obviously I would say probably

530
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:30,440
the cream of the crop as they
are the team that is actually leaving the

531
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:36,000
American to go to the Big Twelve
next year. So they've they've got they've

532
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:39,800
got a definitely their work cut out
for them. If Brian Newberry wants to

533
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:45,159
be in a bowl in his first
year, that's that's a very tough ask.

534
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:49,920
Uh, It's possible, but still
a very tough ask. All right,

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00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,880
we'll step away again. We got
a couple of games, three games

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00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,280
in fact, to look ahead to. We've got our Travis Manian Foundation on

537
00:39:55,360 --> 00:40:00,079
a roll. Segment will give our
picks for our games, along with a

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00:40:00,119 --> 00:40:02,000
few news and notes coming up here
on Yards and Stripes your home for Service

539
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:07,360
Academy Football as we are part of
the College Gridiron Coast to Coast Podcast Network.

540
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,199
New episodes from us coming out every
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541
00:40:10,199 --> 00:40:15,400
college football season. You can get
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542
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543
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544
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545
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Podcast Network, including yours, truly, Yards and Stripes. We'll be back

546
00:40:35,039 --> 00:40:39,840
with a lot more here coming up
on this episode. The latest with Navy

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00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:46,280
Army and Air Force on Yards and
Stripes Service Academy Football. All right,

548
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:52,039
we got three games coming up this
weekend. Let's start, Steve up at

549
00:40:52,079 --> 00:40:55,239
Mikey's Stadium where the victorious Army Black
Knights. They are going to go into

550
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:59,719
this one on a high, to
say the least. They're going to welcome

551
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:05,840
the whole Crossed Crusaders to Mikey Stadium. Army three and six taking on number

552
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:09,880
twenty three holy Cross out of the
FCS. The Crusaders are six and three.

553
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:15,719
This one a twelve noon kickoff on
the CBS Sports Network. I haven't

554
00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:19,679
seen a line on this one yet, Steve. Obviously it's an FCS matchup.

555
00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:22,440
Typically those are a little bit harder
to find. But Army leads this

556
00:41:22,519 --> 00:41:28,920
series seventeen to six and won every
game in this series has been played at

557
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:32,639
West Point. But holy Cross they
did win the last meeting thirty to twenty

558
00:41:32,679 --> 00:41:36,960
one, but that one was over
twenty years ago, back on September the

559
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,440
seventh in two thousand and two.
Nonetheless, it might have been twenty one

560
00:41:40,519 --> 00:41:45,880
years but this is another dangerous opponent
for the Black Knights, playing a top

561
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:51,599
twenty five team out of the FCS. Currently ranked what number twenty three in

562
00:41:51,679 --> 00:41:54,760
the latest FCS Coaches Poll, and
the Crusaders have won two out of their

563
00:41:57,039 --> 00:42:00,480
two straight and three out of their
last four losses. Steve, I mean,

564
00:42:00,679 --> 00:42:04,320
if you want to start, you
know, scoring losses. I mean

565
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:07,880
they only lost by a field goal
to Boston College, lost by field goal

566
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:12,480
to Lafayette out of the Patriot League, and then by ten to number nineteen

567
00:42:12,559 --> 00:42:16,239
Harvard. So a very very solid
opponent that's going to be coming into Mikey

568
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:20,440
Stadium. Don't be surprised if they're
hanging around late in this one too.

569
00:42:21,119 --> 00:42:24,159
Yeah, and they like to run
the football as well. They are much

570
00:42:24,199 --> 00:42:29,760
more balanced attack than than Army is
are the Crusaders. And they've got a

571
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:35,039
really good junior full running back named
Jordan Fuller who is averaging almost seven yards

572
00:42:35,079 --> 00:42:37,480
per carry. That's a guy that
they're gonna have to worry about stopping.

573
00:42:37,519 --> 00:42:42,920
And if they can stop him,
well, then you've got their senior quarterback

574
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:47,639
Matthew Sluku can also throw the football
around. He's got seventeen touchdowns this year

575
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:52,440
and just four interceptions, so he
certainly knows how to take care of the

576
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:57,840
football. And I think that the
Crusaders are going to give the Black Knights

577
00:42:58,559 --> 00:43:01,480
a little more than most people expect, but I don't think it's going to

578
00:43:01,519 --> 00:43:06,079
be more than Army can handle.
I think that they're going to end up

579
00:43:06,679 --> 00:43:12,320
winning this one pretty handily. But
really I think that Holy Cross is the

580
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:15,679
right kind of opponent for them.
After that Air Force game, gets their

581
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:23,719
mindset off of the flexbone, the
triple option and back onto more traditional style

582
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:28,840
of football offenses. And that's what
Armies got the rest of the way up

583
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:32,920
until the Navy game. So get
holy Cross in here, get back and

584
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:38,360
prepared to take on a traditional offense
and do well on it, and find

585
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:44,840
yourself with an opportunity for another victory
at home. M H. You mentioned

586
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:49,199
Fuller went for two twenty eight last
week as they rallied to beat Lehigh.

587
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:52,719
He's run for over a thousand yards
already this season, Steve averaging just under

588
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:55,719
seven yards of carry. You mentioned
the eighteen touchdowns, But Sluka, the

589
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:59,920
senior quarterback, you know, while
he's capable of doing it through the year,

590
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:02,920
he's also less than one hundred yard
shy of going over one thousand on

591
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:07,880
the ground this year as well.
He's run for nine eleven and seven touchdowns

592
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:12,760
on the ground. So a guy
that can you know, can make the

593
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,920
plays with his arms or with his
arm and with his legs, kind of

594
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:21,360
resembling a little bit maybe of Garrett
Schrader from Syracuse, a guy that was

595
00:44:22,079 --> 00:44:25,880
really a true dual threat. But
Army gonna had their hands full against number

596
00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:30,880
twenty three Holy Cross. The Crusaders
against six and three coming to this one

597
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:35,639
out of the FCS, taken on
Army three and six, looking to build

598
00:44:35,679 --> 00:44:38,880
off that win last week against air
Force. Next game up on Saturday,

599
00:44:39,599 --> 00:44:45,599
the University of Alabama Birmingham coming to
Annapolis UAB three and six, two and

600
00:44:45,639 --> 00:44:49,679
three in the American to take on
Navy now three and five two and three

601
00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:53,679
in the American a three thirty kickoff
there on the CBS Sports Network UAB installed

602
00:44:54,039 --> 00:44:59,679
last I've seen Steve a three point
favorite in this one over under fifty four

603
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:04,679
in half. But as we mentioned
just a little bit ago, Navy they

604
00:45:04,719 --> 00:45:07,840
can get Bowl eligible with wins over
ua B and ECU coming too Annapolis and

605
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:12,519
then gonna have to go to Dallas
and knock off SMU. That's all before

606
00:45:12,599 --> 00:45:17,679
the Army game. But still,
and surprisingly, you know, Bowl bid

607
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:22,320
is on the table, and the
Mids do have an opportunity to garner or

608
00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:28,079
share the Commander in Chief trophy if
you can get a win over Army thanks

609
00:45:28,159 --> 00:45:31,440
to that Black Knight's upset over Air
Force last Saturday. But the problem for

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00:45:31,519 --> 00:45:35,719
the Mids is, you know,
with that Temple aerial attack and E.

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J. Warner throwing for four h
two, that's got to get cleaned up

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00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:44,559
quickly. Because UAB mentioned three and
six led by Trent Dilfer. Everybody that

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anybody around college football, especially around
the NFL and your area, Steve remembers

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00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:54,760
Trent Dilfer. They have a quarterback
in Jacob Zeno who's thrown for almost twenty

615
00:45:54,760 --> 00:46:00,079
four hundred yards seven touch seventeen touchdowns
in just seven picks and nine games.

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00:46:00,519 --> 00:46:05,800
The Baylor transfer has been one of
the country's best this year. If you

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00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:07,639
thought EJ. Warner could light you
up, they've got another guy that could

618
00:46:07,639 --> 00:46:12,559
come in and light things up.
Agin this weekend by the Blazers, Oh

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absolutely, I mean, and Jacob
Zeno you mentioned him for the fighting for

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the fighting Trent delphers as I have
started calling you Ab. How about last

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week against Florida Atlantic four hundred and
eighty four yards and five touchdowns in a

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00:46:29,199 --> 00:46:35,199
forty five forty two win over the
FAU Owls. And you're absolutely right if

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00:46:35,239 --> 00:46:39,760
you thought that EJ. Warner gave
Naves defensive backs fits. Jacob Zeno is

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00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:45,840
going to have them tied up in
knots like pretzels. This is not the

625
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:49,639
guy that you want to have a
bad game against if you're a Navy defensive

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00:46:49,679 --> 00:46:53,159
back, because he will scorch you
left, right, and center. He

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00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:58,519
knows how to throw the football,
and he's got a ton of amazing receivers.

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00:46:58,519 --> 00:47:05,320
I get a chance to see earlier
this year as UAB played USF at

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in Birmingham and came out with a
fifty six to thirty five win. At

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00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:16,559
that time, that was the second
most points ever put on a USF squad.

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Ever, that has now since been
eclipsed by Memphis, who did it

632
00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:23,440
last week. They put up fifty
nine on the Bulls. But we're not

633
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:29,280
going to talk about that game because
that was very depressing. But yeah,

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00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:34,239
they really know how to throw the
football. And Trent Dilfer is not one

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00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:37,960
of these guys that is going to
take it easy on Navy. He's going

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00:47:37,039 --> 00:47:42,119
to if they get down. If
they get up on Navy, they're going

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00:47:42,199 --> 00:47:46,199
to step on the midshipman's throats.
Yeah, and UAB is a team that

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can score quickly. You mentioned the
Baylor transfer Jacob Zeno. He's completing seventy

639
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:54,960
five percent of his throws, fourth
best in the country. But they can

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00:47:55,000 --> 00:48:00,119
strike quickly. Seven touchdown drives this
year under one minute for third most in

641
00:48:00,159 --> 00:48:05,559
the country. Navy, meanwhile,
scored six has six touchdown drives under a

642
00:48:05,559 --> 00:48:08,360
minute, which is six most in
the country. But the UA defense is

643
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:14,719
something that they're also very good at
is takeaways. Nine fumble recoveries this year,

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00:48:15,039 --> 00:48:19,239
fifth best in the country. They've
come up with sixteen turnovers total on

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00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:23,159
the season, twenty fourth best in
the country. So not just doing it

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00:48:23,199 --> 00:48:25,760
on one side of the ball.
They can take it away. And you

647
00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:30,360
know, if you're talking fumble recoveries, a team that struggled to get any

648
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:34,639
kind of semblance going of an offense
that has been the midshipman, they are

649
00:48:34,679 --> 00:48:37,599
going to have to find something quickly. Who is going to be a starting

650
00:48:37,679 --> 00:48:39,920
under quarterback At this point, we
have no idea, but Navy's got to

651
00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:45,280
try and find something that hasn't been
there yet this season. UAB and Navy

652
00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:52,039
a three thirty kickoff on the CBS
Sports Network again UABA field goal favorite on

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00:48:52,239 --> 00:48:54,920
the road, fifty four and a
half, the over under final game of

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00:48:55,119 --> 00:48:58,519
the weekend. It's a late one, folks, especially if you're on the

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00:48:58,559 --> 00:49:00,800
East Coast. But air Force eight
and one, five and zero in the

656
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:05,639
Mountain West, getting back to conference
play, They're traveling out to Hawaii to

657
00:49:05,719 --> 00:49:08,159
take on the three and seven Rainbows
one in four out in the Mountain West

658
00:49:08,519 --> 00:49:15,400
again, an eleven pm kickoff Eastern
Standard time now nine pm there locally in

659
00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:20,679
Colorado Springs. This one is going
to be shown on local television Spectrum there

660
00:49:20,719 --> 00:49:22,719
in the Colorado Springs area. But
air Force is a eighteen and a half

661
00:49:22,760 --> 00:49:28,679
point favorite. The last I've seen
Steve over under forty eight and a half

662
00:49:29,239 --> 00:49:32,559
in a series that air Force does
lead fourteen to seven and one. The

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00:49:32,559 --> 00:49:38,360
Falcons are eight five and one in
games play there in Honolulu, winning the

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last matchup fifty six to twenty six
in twenty nineteen. Simply put, air

665
00:49:43,960 --> 00:49:47,000
Force, they got to get right
and do it quickly as they are hitting

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00:49:47,079 --> 00:49:52,440
the road to play in all five
time zones this season. This will be

667
00:49:52,639 --> 00:49:55,760
the fifth time zone that they've hit, but taken on Hawaii out of the

668
00:49:55,760 --> 00:50:00,760
Mountain West as well. Timmy Chang's
team struggling at three and seven overall,

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Steve, Yeah, they're struggling at
three and seven, but they know how

670
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:07,880
to throw the football. Although the
last couple of games that the Warriors have

671
00:50:08,039 --> 00:50:14,519
played you wouldn't expect that. But
Braden Schreger certainly in the Chimmy the Timmy

672
00:50:14,599 --> 00:50:20,400
Chang mold here. He had a
four hundred and twenty yard game against San

673
00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:23,960
Diego State. Earlier this year,
he went for three point fifty against New

674
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:29,400
Mexico, so he knows how to
throw the football around. But I think

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00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:35,159
this is going to be all about
getting right and getting the turnover ratio fixed.

676
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:37,679
You know. I think that if
you get a couple, and that's

677
00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:42,440
the one thing that Treger does know
how to do is throw interceptions. I

678
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:45,519
believe he's got twelve of them or
fourteen of them this year already, along

679
00:50:45,639 --> 00:50:51,079
to go along with his twenty two
touchdowns. So you've got to be able

680
00:50:51,119 --> 00:50:54,280
if you're a defensive back, take
the ball away from Hawaii, give yourself

681
00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:57,760
some short fields to work, and
you're gonna end up with a win in

682
00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:04,480
this game. Going to be honoring
the Doolittle Raiders again wearing the twenty thirteen

683
00:51:04,719 --> 00:51:10,599
edition of the Air Power Legacy Series
uniforms, the uniforms that the Falcons debuted

684
00:51:10,639 --> 00:51:15,880
and ward against Navy back on October
twenty first in Annapolis. They're going to

685
00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:21,559
wear them again this weekend against Hawaii. And also this one for the Cuter

686
00:51:21,679 --> 00:51:27,039
Trophy, the General Lawrence Scuter Trophy, named after the first pack Air Force

687
00:51:27,039 --> 00:51:30,719
Commander, a tribute to the friendship
between Hawaiian Air Force and the cooperation between

688
00:51:30,719 --> 00:51:36,320
the people of Hawaii and the Air
Force. Trophy could see by the University

689
00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:39,239
of Hawaii but sponsored by the Pacific
Air Command and the Air Force Academy helped

690
00:51:39,239 --> 00:51:44,440
design this trophy so that one also
on the line coming up this weekend.

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00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:46,679
All right, we got our Travis
Mannion Foundation Honor roll. We got a

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couple of news and notes to pass
along and so picks to make. We're

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00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:52,599
going to do that next coming up
here on Yards and Stripes, your home

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for Service Academy Football. In two
thousand and seven, Mareen First Lieutenant Travis

695
00:51:58,320 --> 00:52:01,599
Mannion was killed in Iraq after saving
his wooted teammates. Travis's legacy lives on

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through the words he spoke before his
final deployment. If not me, then

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who words that today fuel the spirit
of Travis Manion Foundation and through TMF these

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Show the world what you're made of.

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Because character is invisible until it's not. Find out how you can strengthen the

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character of your community alongside empowered veterans, families of the fallen, and inspired

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civilians at Travismanion dot org. Right
now time for our Travis Manian Foundation Honorable

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Segment where we honor remember a fallen
hero that is given the ultimate sacrifice.

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Certainly, we thank all our veterans
for serving his Veterans Day coming up this

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weekend, and we salute every single
veteran who is given their time, their

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sweat, their blood, their commitment
to our country and to serve here at

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home and abroad. And this week
on the Travis Manion Foundation Honor Role,

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we're gonna remember Tristan C. Smith
from bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania who gave the

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ultimate sacrifice on August of the twenty
seventh, two thousand and six, when

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he passed away and after an ied
detonated near his M two A three Bradley

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vehicle during combat operation in Iraq.
He was assigned to the first Battalion,

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sixty six Army Regiment, first Brigade, fourth Infantry Division, out of Fort

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Hood, Texas. He was just
twenty three years old. Out of bryn

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Athyn, Pennsylvania, Tristan graduated high
school in two thousand and two and studied

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at brent Athyn College before two years
four two years before joining the Army in

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two thousand and four. He served
as a firefighter since the age of sixteen

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at the bryn Athyn Fire Company.
He has survived by his father and his

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mother at Grant Kimberly Smith, as
well as his siblings, Aliza, Jenica

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and Jarin. His pastor in Grant
Schnar said, quote, Tristan always won

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to serve in Every time you turn
around, he was there smiling. He

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would work cheerfully and diligently, whether
at the fire company, sweat weekends,

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or volunteer service when in service to
others. The one thing you could always

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say about Tristan was that you can
count on him. He will do the

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work. He will get the job
done en quote and the Travis Manning Foundation

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honored Army Specialist Tristan C. Smith
through the Character Does Matter program on May

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00:54:25,079 --> 00:54:30,000
third, twenty twelve, when they
shared his story to inspire three hundred and

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00:54:30,039 --> 00:54:36,840
fifty students at Sandy Run Middle School
in Dresser, Pennsylvania. And it's times

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00:54:37,079 --> 00:54:39,480
here on the show where we do
take that step back and we ought to

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remember those fallen heroes, just like
Army Specialist Tristan C. Smith out of

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00:54:44,239 --> 00:54:49,320
brent Athyn, Pennsylvania, those that
give the ultimate sacrifice for our country and

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for our freedoms. And we appreciate
the Travis Manning Foundation for partnering with us

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again this season as we are working
to spread the message that many many others

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around the UNI and States are carrying
on the legacy and commitment of their loved

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ones who have given the ultimate sacrifice. And you can find out much more

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information ways that you can get involved
with TMF online at Travismannon dot org,

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Travis Mallon Foundations nine to eleven Heroes
run five k Ray series units communities across

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the country and around the world to
honor the sacrifices of September eleventh and the

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war since Join your community this September
and register to run, walk or rock

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by visiting nine to eleven heroesrun dot
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739
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and Air Force on Yards and Stripes
Service Academy Football. All right, putting

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00:55:37,880 --> 00:55:44,960
the finishing touches here on Yards and
Stripes your home for Service Academy Football another

741
00:55:45,119 --> 00:55:46,800
edition once again. Thanks to Gary
Stoken for joining us. A little bit

742
00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:51,719
earlier, we talked about the three
games that we've got coming up this weekend.

743
00:55:51,800 --> 00:55:57,280
A couple quick notes fast along won
the East Carolina at Navy game that

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00:55:57,320 --> 00:56:00,719
we're going to be Saturday on November
the eighteenth. It's going to be a

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00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:07,840
twelve noon kickoff on ESPN News and
ESPN Plus. So again East Carolina at

746
00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:09,599
Navy. No, it's not on
the CBS Sports Network. It's going to

747
00:56:09,639 --> 00:56:15,119
be on ESPN News and ESPN Plus
at twelve noon Saturday, November the eighteenth.

748
00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:21,599
Also, Steve, you mentioned it
before we started recording. You know

749
00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:24,480
a great article which I did not
know was by my good friend Chuck Culpepper

750
00:56:24,480 --> 00:56:31,079
from the Washington Post, but really
took a deep dive into the guy coach.

751
00:56:31,320 --> 00:56:35,719
I guess he's not coaching anymore,
but the guy individual that has become

752
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:38,000
the man of the hour, at
least in the Big Ten when it comes

753
00:56:38,079 --> 00:56:44,000
to college football. Is a man
named Connor Stallions, and that young man

754
00:56:44,320 --> 00:56:46,280
was a graduate of the United States
Naval Academy. For those who weren't aware,

755
00:56:46,760 --> 00:56:52,920
he is at the center of the
cheating scandal, the systematic you know,

756
00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:58,239
surveillance and cheating scandal at the University
of Michigan. Connor Stallions, some

757
00:56:58,239 --> 00:57:00,400
people were aware that he was a
Naval cab ME graduate had helped out on

758
00:57:00,440 --> 00:57:06,360
the Navy staff for I guess a
brief time during his tenure there in Annapolis

759
00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:10,320
as as a student as a midshipman. But something that's kind of come into

760
00:57:10,400 --> 00:57:14,440
light a little bit more, you
know, his work with the Navy football

761
00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:19,440
team. Steve Yeah, and uh
when I when I heard about this story,

762
00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:22,960
and I saw that that Chuck Culpeper
had written, and I wanted to

763
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:27,800
make sure that I had gotten it
to your attention because I was one of

764
00:57:27,800 --> 00:57:30,599
the few. I was one of
the people that didn't know that Connor Stallion's

765
00:57:30,800 --> 00:57:37,239
was a did that attended the United
States Naval Academy until I had read the

766
00:57:37,840 --> 00:57:40,840
article and I was like, oh
my god, he was a midshipman and

767
00:57:40,880 --> 00:57:46,719
now he's in the middle of maybe
the biggest college football scandal to go on

768
00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:52,000
since SMU. Uh, so this
is this is big. And the fact

769
00:57:52,199 --> 00:57:57,039
of the matter is is that they
they went and they got someone. And

770
00:57:57,320 --> 00:58:00,320
yes, he went to the Naval
Academy. But if you read Chuck Culpepper's

771
00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:06,280
article, you'll understand that his whole
family bleeds blue and maize, and so

772
00:58:06,840 --> 00:58:10,960
they are huge Navy, They are
huge Michigan fans, and they wanted to

773
00:58:12,320 --> 00:58:15,960
uh and they are so proud.
They were proud of their son being a

774
00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:21,679
part of the Michigan staff at some
point. And now he's found himself in

775
00:58:21,719 --> 00:58:25,519
the middle of some hot water.
And obviously nobody is talking to Chuck about

776
00:58:25,559 --> 00:58:30,760
it, but uh, it was
it was very interesting to read, uh

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00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:37,079
his research into who Connor Stallions was. And so I definitely recommend going to

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00:58:37,360 --> 00:58:40,960
uh Washington Post dot com or picking
up a copy of Monday's Washington Post because

779
00:58:40,960 --> 00:58:46,079
it's in there. Yeah. Even
included a you know, a you know,

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00:58:46,159 --> 00:58:51,039
a report. Uh, I say
a report because it came you know,

781
00:58:51,199 --> 00:58:55,840
from you know, an external source
or website called Soldiers to Sidelines,

782
00:58:57,760 --> 00:59:01,760
and it was an account there when
he was he being Connor Stallions was at

783
00:59:01,800 --> 00:59:08,559
the Naval Academy on the sidelines during
a Navy San Jose State game and had

784
00:59:08,679 --> 00:59:13,800
you know, was on the staff
or you know, helping out as a

785
00:59:13,840 --> 00:59:16,679
student coach what I don't know,
you know what his exact title would have

786
00:59:16,679 --> 00:59:22,679
been, you know, but it
was late in the game and saw something

787
00:59:22,719 --> 00:59:25,599
and therefore delivered a report to Sean
McGee, who was you know, then

788
00:59:25,719 --> 00:59:30,400
an assistant coach now chief of staff. I went on to be chief of

789
00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:32,639
staff with the University of Michigan but
now is with the Chicago Bears, and

790
00:59:34,559 --> 00:59:42,039
reportedly caught the attention to coach Kenney
Motalolo. You can't you know, authenticate

791
00:59:42,199 --> 00:59:44,840
you know this, but it's just
interesting, you know that, you know,

792
00:59:44,880 --> 00:59:46,639
some of the stuff he was doing, you know, kind of pop

793
00:59:46,679 --> 00:59:52,199
pops up and raises an eyebrow,
not just as his time there at University

794
00:59:52,199 --> 00:59:54,519
of Michigan, but what he was
doing as a student in midshipman at the

795
00:59:54,559 --> 01:00:00,400
Naval Academy. Steve, Yeah.
And and the fact of the matter is

796
01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:05,039
is that this story is out there, but it cannot be corroborated. Obviously,

797
01:00:06,239 --> 01:00:12,119
the Academy is not saying anything about
this, and uh, you know,

798
01:00:12,159 --> 01:00:16,320
people outside of the academy are saying, you know that it's very unlikely

799
01:00:16,360 --> 01:00:22,000
that something like this would have would
have happened. But the question then becomes,

800
01:00:22,039 --> 01:00:24,000
okay, so, uh so what
is the true story about this?

801
01:00:24,199 --> 01:00:30,679
And uh, I'm really it's been
it's captured my attention, uh for the

802
01:00:30,760 --> 01:00:35,960
last month plus, and I'm really
interested to see where it goes from here.

803
01:00:36,239 --> 01:00:37,599
All right, let's move ahead.
We got some games to pick.

804
01:00:37,719 --> 01:00:42,440
Let's start up at West Point,
number twenty three, Holy Cross out of

805
01:00:42,480 --> 01:00:45,360
the FCS six and three taken on
Army three and six again, a twelve

806
01:00:45,360 --> 01:00:50,920
new kickoff on the CBS Sports Network, no line being a matchup with an

807
01:00:51,039 --> 01:00:53,199
FCS opponent. Steve, which where
you want to go in this one?

808
01:00:54,039 --> 01:01:00,239
You know, I was thinking that
that that Holy Cross may end up making

809
01:01:00,360 --> 01:01:04,800
this a game, but I have
a feeling that Army, you know,

810
01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:09,840
Army blew out Delaware State pretty handily
earlier this year. I'm not comparing Holy

811
01:01:09,920 --> 01:01:14,840
Cross to Delaware State. They're a
much better one FCS team, but I

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01:01:15,159 --> 01:01:17,639
certainly think that, you know,
this is this is a game that I

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01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:23,000
certainly can see Army winning, winning
pretty handily. I'm gonna say that the

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01:01:23,039 --> 01:01:29,320
Black Knights end up winning this game. I'll say I'll say twenty four to

815
01:01:29,480 --> 01:01:32,239
fourteen, with holy Cross getting a
late touchdown. I think this one's twenty

816
01:01:32,280 --> 01:01:37,639
four to seven for most of the
game, and then holy Cross gets a

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01:01:37,800 --> 01:01:40,119
gets a late score to pull them
a little closer. But I still think

818
01:01:40,239 --> 01:01:44,639
Army wins this game pretty handily.
All Right, we're pretty close on the

819
01:01:45,199 --> 01:01:49,400
you know differential. I've got Army
thirty one to twenty. I think they're

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01:01:49,400 --> 01:01:52,000
gonna be able to score some points
more than they've scored in the last few

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01:01:52,039 --> 01:01:55,039
weeks. I think they're gonna get
thirty one, and I think it's going

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01:01:55,079 --> 01:01:59,960
to be somewhere in the neighborhood of
a ten eleven point win for the Black

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Nights getting their second straight. All
Right, Navy and UAB at Navy Marine

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Corps Memorial Stadium, Steve three thirty
kickoff on the CBS Sports Network. UAB

825
01:02:08,840 --> 01:02:14,119
a road favorite favored by a field
goal in this one. What do you

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01:02:14,119 --> 01:02:16,719
think on this one? Yeah,
and I think I think they're right about

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01:02:16,719 --> 01:02:21,840
that. You know, the Navy
had a really hard time with EJ.

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Warner and just when you think you're
had. You're out of the woods.

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01:02:25,000 --> 01:02:30,559
With quarterbacks that can sling the football, I mean everywhere. Here comes Jacob

830
01:02:30,639 --> 01:02:34,639
Zeno. So I have a feeling
that you know is gonna have another big

831
01:02:34,719 --> 01:02:37,719
day through the air. Is he
gonna throw it for four eighty four and

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01:02:37,880 --> 01:02:45,280
five touchdowns? Probably not, But
I do think that this is this is

833
01:02:45,360 --> 01:02:51,639
going to be another test for the
Navy defensive backfield that I think they're gonna

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01:02:51,639 --> 01:02:54,480
fall short on. I think you
AB wins this game. I think they

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01:02:54,599 --> 01:03:00,840
end up. I think this is
probably a twenty eight seventeen game for the

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01:03:00,880 --> 01:03:07,239
Blazers over the Midshipman at this point, with Jacob Zino having another opportunity to

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01:03:07,280 --> 01:03:12,199
be American Athletic Conference Player of the
Week because I think he has another big

838
01:03:12,280 --> 01:03:15,639
day through the air. All right, I'm gonna go. I'm also gonna

839
01:03:15,679 --> 01:03:19,039
go UAB. I think UAB goes
on the road and does get the win.

840
01:03:19,079 --> 01:03:22,239
I think it's gonna be a little
bit closer. I've got UAB in

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01:03:22,320 --> 01:03:25,960
a thirty three to twenty seven win, so the Blazers by six. I

842
01:03:25,960 --> 01:03:30,159
do think Zeno is gonna have another
big day against that Navy pass defense.

843
01:03:30,679 --> 01:03:35,079
I think Navy's gonna be able to
get something going offensively. Maybe maybe that's

844
01:03:35,119 --> 01:03:39,159
a wishful thinking. Who knows in
picking Navy to score at least twenty seven,

845
01:03:39,199 --> 01:03:44,679
but I do think UAB gets the
win by six thirty three to twenty

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01:03:44,719 --> 01:03:47,199
seven, all right. In the
last one of the weekend, air Force

847
01:03:47,239 --> 01:03:52,480
heading out to Hawaii taking on the
Rainbows eight and one Air Force for three

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01:03:52,519 --> 01:03:58,559
and seven Hawaii and eleven o'clock Eastern
Standard time, kickoff nine pm locally in

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01:03:58,679 --> 01:04:03,480
Colorado Springs. Air Force eighteen and
a half point favorite over under forty eight

850
01:04:03,519 --> 01:04:06,719
and a half. Do the Rainbow
stand a chance in this one? Steve?

851
01:04:08,159 --> 01:04:12,679
I'll tell you I will be watching
the inside of my eyelids when this

852
01:04:12,760 --> 01:04:16,079
game is going on. There is
no way that I'm gonna be able to

853
01:04:16,119 --> 01:04:20,320
stay up to watch the end of
this game. But I'll tell you that

854
01:04:20,480 --> 01:04:27,880
I think that Troy Calhoun is gonna
have his players angry, and I think

855
01:04:27,960 --> 01:04:31,199
that the Falcons are gonna play angry
in this game. Normally, I don't

856
01:04:31,320 --> 01:04:36,800
like giving eighteen points. Obviously it
worked out for us last week taking the

857
01:04:36,840 --> 01:04:41,519
eighteen and a half with Army,
But you know what, I'm gonna give

858
01:04:41,559 --> 01:04:46,199
the eighteen points this weekend for air
Force. I think they're gonna come out.

859
01:04:46,280 --> 01:04:53,239
I think this is thirty five seven, and I think they're gonna really

860
01:04:53,719 --> 01:04:58,079
take Hawaii behind the proverbial woodshed for
this one. I think so too.

861
01:04:58,119 --> 01:05:01,320
I think air Force is fighting as
they say. I think air Force comes

862
01:05:01,320 --> 01:05:05,119
out and it just dominates and covers. I think it's going to be something

863
01:05:05,159 --> 01:05:10,599
in the neighborhood of forty seven to
seventeen. I like air Force buy more

864
01:05:10,679 --> 01:05:15,159
than four touchdowns as well. So
you and I are pretty much on the

865
01:05:15,199 --> 01:05:18,800
same page there. You know,
fairly similar in scores, but certainly we

866
01:05:18,840 --> 01:05:24,320
are going the same way on all
three matchups. Pick an Army, UAB

867
01:05:24,679 --> 01:05:26,679
and air Force. All right,
Steve, let's put a bow on it.

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01:05:26,719 --> 01:05:30,039
Get out of here. I appreciate
Gary Stoking for joining us. Appreciate

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01:05:30,119 --> 01:05:35,079
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