1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:05,839 Need to get your football fix on all things Army, Navy and Air Force. 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:11,960 This is Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football. Now here are your hosts, 3 00:00:12,199 --> 00:00:18,760 Price Atkinson, Steve Carney and Mike Love All. Here we go episode 4 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:23,359 of the Arts and Strips number six. We're home for Service Academy Football as 5 00:00:23,399 --> 00:00:27,480 we are part of the College Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast network. He is 6 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:31,199 Stephen Carney, I'm Price Atkinson. As we are coming to you every single 7 00:00:31,239 --> 00:00:35,960 week with a new episode on Tuesdays during the college football season. Army, 8 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,920 Navy and Air Force is what it's all about, right here, Steve and 9 00:00:40,719 --> 00:00:44,600 two games last weekend, we got two coming up. Our two games last 10 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:50,280 weekend. We're honestly fairly similar in terms of being tabled two halves. But 11 00:00:50,399 --> 00:00:56,439 nonetheless, the Titanic weekend, the titanic early weekend in college football has come 12 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,840 and gone. The smoke is cleared nationally, some biggers results, but boy 13 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:06,239 it was. It was littered with big time games last weekend. Yeah, 14 00:01:06,359 --> 00:01:11,799 and I think that you can talk about the big games that happened all around 15 00:01:11,799 --> 00:01:15,359 the country. I mean, you had from the East coast all the way 16 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:19,120 to the West coast. There were incredible matchups up and down the slate. 17 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:25,359 When going from something like Clemson and Florida State here on the east coast, 18 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:30,159 Ohio State and Notre Dame in the middle of the country, you've got and 19 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:36,079 then of course out west all of the incredible matchups they had. They had 20 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:41,239 like three or four really really strong games out west, and you know, 21 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:46,680 when you're with the college Gridiron coast to coast network, you're able to take 22 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,640 take stock of all of them. So it definitely want to give a shout 23 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:55,959 out to our to our colleagues. But we had really two really really impressive 24 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:00,079 games, including as we get into this, uh this recap of last weekend, 25 00:02:00,599 --> 00:02:06,519 you know, I thought may have been low key one of the team 26 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,199 one of the games that I think a lot of the national pundits may not 27 00:02:09,319 --> 00:02:12,800 have thought would would have been a good game, but turned out to be 28 00:02:12,879 --> 00:02:15,879 I think a much better game than a lot of people will give credit for 29 00:02:16,039 --> 00:02:23,840 Army going into the JMA Wireless Carrier Dome whatever whatever we call that building now, 30 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:30,199 I will always call it the Carrier Dome. But going into a Syracuse 31 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:38,000 university that was undefeated and giving them a really really big scare especially as you 32 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:43,120 mentioned the Tailor two halves. I think the first half for Army in Syracuse 33 00:02:43,199 --> 00:02:47,080 may have been the best half of play that they've had all year. Yeah, 34 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,520 they were outstanding. We're going to get into that game. We've got 35 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,400 game balls to give out where you've got a couple of games to preview. 36 00:02:53,439 --> 00:02:57,840 As we mentioned two games ahead this weekend, we got our Travis Mannion Foundation 37 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,080 Honor Roll segment. Will make our picks. But you know, Steve just 38 00:03:00,319 --> 00:03:05,280 mentioned the Army game. We'll start. We'll start on Friday night though, 39 00:03:05,319 --> 00:03:08,719 Steve, because Air Force was up on deck first, they were up against 40 00:03:08,759 --> 00:03:15,840 the San Jose State Spartans on the road and mentioned Taylor two halves. Let's 41 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:17,360 talk about the Taylor two halves in this one, because the Air Force was 42 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:22,719 trailing at the break twenty to seventeen, but they pitched the second half shutout 43 00:03:22,719 --> 00:03:25,080 and the Falcons went on to win their ninth straight dating back to last season, 44 00:03:25,159 --> 00:03:29,840 and they remained atop the Mountain West standings with a big game coming up 45 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:35,199 the Saturday. But Air Force the winner in this game by score a forty 46 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:40,360 five to twenty over San Jose State. There out West, the Falcons have 47 00:03:40,639 --> 00:03:46,120 now won sixth straight away from home and three straight and true road games going 48 00:03:46,159 --> 00:03:49,719 back to last season. Now four and oh overall for the first time since 49 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,639 two thy sixteen. And you know again, they were trailing at the half, 50 00:03:53,759 --> 00:03:58,240 and you know, the second half party started as they pitched that defensive 51 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,840 shutout, But it was the offense who scored thirty five hundred answered points and 52 00:04:00,879 --> 00:04:04,639 it started with a fifteen play, seventy five yard drive that showed up eight 53 00:04:04,759 --> 00:04:09,520 forty two off the clock, capped by John Lee Eldridge, the first of 54 00:04:09,599 --> 00:04:13,240 two rushing touchdowns to give Air Force the lead. For goodness when Steve, 55 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,480 Yeah, I thought that what Air Force was able to do in that second 56 00:04:17,519 --> 00:04:23,879 half was quite impressive. But I will say this about San Jose State, 57 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:30,680 I was very surprised to see them almost abandoned the run game in the second 58 00:04:30,759 --> 00:04:33,920 half. Yes, they got down and so the game script kind of tells 59 00:04:33,959 --> 00:04:39,480 you you have to abandon the run game for the pass game. But if 60 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:44,959 you look at their numbers, San Jose State was six point eight yards per 61 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:50,639 attempt in Friday's game through the air, but they were also six point eight 62 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:56,160 yards per rushing attempt on the ground, so they were you could you could 63 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,639 have used the running game almost in the same way that you could have used 64 00:04:59,639 --> 00:05:01,720 the pass game. Uh, if you were San Jose State. I was 65 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:06,800 kind of surprised because they were getting close to seven yards per attempt on the 66 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,959 ground. I was. I was very, very Uh. It was a 67 00:05:10,959 --> 00:05:15,319 head scratching moment for me, wondering why the Spartans moved away from the run 68 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,759 when they had that much success, especially in the first half. They had 69 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:23,759 a lot of success putting the ball in the hands of their running backs and 70 00:05:24,199 --> 00:05:27,600 having them run the ball as opposed to throw the ball through the air. 71 00:05:27,639 --> 00:05:31,399 They really didn't have as much success through the air. M Yeah, it 72 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,639 definitely. They certainly were able to run the ball with success in the first 73 00:05:35,639 --> 00:05:39,439 half, and even when they got down, you know, they weren't getting 74 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,480 you run out of the building twenty four to twenty. On the very next 75 00:05:43,519 --> 00:05:46,879 possession, it was just three plays, fifty seconds off the clock. They 76 00:05:46,879 --> 00:05:49,360 went incomplete passing, complete passed. Then they run it on third and ten 77 00:05:49,439 --> 00:05:53,839 they get eight, so sets up fourth in two and they have to punt 78 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:59,040 the football and they can send it right back to the Falcons who got the 79 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,800 ball right back and then March seventy one yards on thirteen plays this one, 80 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:06,360 chewing up seven thirty eight off the clock, and Emmanuel Shell punches it in 81 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:10,600 from one yards out, his third touchdown of the game at that point, 82 00:06:10,639 --> 00:06:13,759 to push the Falcons lead out to thirty one to twenty. You know, 83 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:16,600 Air Force, they scoring five straight drives and had five drives of at least 84 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:23,639 ten plays or more, you know, chewing up thirty nine minutes and just 85 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,800 change to have an eighteen minute time of possession. And when you convert ten 86 00:06:27,879 --> 00:06:31,040 to fifteen on third down and then you know, throw in a perfect three 87 00:06:31,079 --> 00:06:34,720 for three on four downs, you're going to control a good bit of the 88 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:39,279 clock, especially as a running team. But something you mentioned there, you 89 00:06:39,319 --> 00:06:42,759 know in the first half, when they were trailing at halftime and then just 90 00:06:42,879 --> 00:06:47,399 came back and just slam the door on San Jose State. That's what good 91 00:06:47,439 --> 00:06:50,959 teams do, and that's what championship teams do. And I'm not saying that, 92 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:55,800 you know, San Jose State is a Bowl caliber team, but that 93 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,600 was a road game. That was a conference road game in the Mountain West. 94 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:00,319 You know, those can be tricky every now and then, especially on 95 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,639 a Friday night, which is a little bit quirky, you know, for 96 00:07:03,959 --> 00:07:09,560 especially routine when it comes to Service Academy. But Air Force went out there 97 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,160 and took care of business in the second half. And we know that air 98 00:07:12,199 --> 00:07:15,120 Force is a good team. Are they a championship team? Will find out. 99 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,519 But that's the mark of what a really good team and what a championship 100 00:07:17,519 --> 00:07:21,040 team does, and that's exactly what they did in the second half. Especially 101 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:26,839 that defense that just slam the door. Now is what second in the country 102 00:07:27,439 --> 00:07:30,480 in total defense? Steve Yeah, absolutely, And you say that we're going 103 00:07:30,519 --> 00:07:36,079 to find out whether Air Force is a championship caliber team here in the Mountwest. 104 00:07:36,279 --> 00:07:40,639 I think they're right there as of right now. I'm they've start, 105 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:45,480 They've done the right things that they need to in order to get there themselves 106 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:50,399 in position because the old adages, you can't win a championship in September, 107 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:57,240 but you certainly can lose it, and they've given themselves a great opportunity here 108 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,959 that now they're almost I would say they're probably as close to being in the 109 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:07,959 driver's seat as any team is in any conference in college football. You know 110 00:08:07,079 --> 00:08:11,639 there's there are gonna be if there are gonna be those teams that start too, 111 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,560 and oh that find themselves Okay, you know, are they are they 112 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:20,759 really contenders or are they pretenders? You know, I look at something like 113 00:08:20,839 --> 00:08:26,079 in PAC twelve. In the PAC twelve, Washington State now is is in 114 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:31,600 a really good spot even though they've only had one conference game because they're not 115 00:08:31,639 --> 00:08:35,360 going to play USC or Utah in their conference schedules. So they find themselves 116 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:39,720 in a really good shot to make the Pac twelve championship game. I think 117 00:08:39,759 --> 00:08:43,039 air Force has done it in the opposite fashion. You know, Utah State 118 00:08:43,159 --> 00:08:46,320 was a team that they had trouble with the last couple of years, and 119 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:50,360 they went and they handled their business against the Aggies. Uh. You look 120 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:54,679 at San Jose State, a team that can that can certainly give a team 121 00:08:54,720 --> 00:09:00,279 like air Force trouble, and they went on the road and handled their business. 122 00:09:00,399 --> 00:09:03,600 You are they are they going to be in the Mountain West Championship game? 123 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:07,399 Who knows? Is way too early to make that prediction, but they've 124 00:09:07,399 --> 00:09:11,840 put themselves on the right track and they're on the path that they need to 125 00:09:11,879 --> 00:09:16,120 be in order to get there. Yeah. And ironically, you know, 126 00:09:16,159 --> 00:09:20,480 the mount West Conference at a fairly late starting conference. I guess maybe it's 127 00:09:20,519 --> 00:09:24,720 more traditional later starting conference right, because a lot of times, you know, 128 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:28,559 traditionally over the years, you know, teams will play you know, 129 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,840 September littered and filled with non conference games, and then they'll fire it up 130 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,799 in late September, you know, in early October. And that's kind of 131 00:09:35,799 --> 00:09:37,759 the way the Mountain West has been so far. As air Force is the 132 00:09:37,799 --> 00:09:41,919 only two and oh team, I mean, they're the only other there's only 133 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,639 two teams that have won a conference game to this point, and that's air 134 00:09:43,639 --> 00:09:48,399 Force at two and oh and then Boise State which beat San or San Diego 135 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,679 State last weekend. Only five teams have played conference games so far. You've 136 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:56,919 got over half the league that hasn't even played a league game. So that's 137 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:01,159 really going to begin in earnest this weekend as it starts to shake out. 138 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:05,000 But you air Force, Boise State, Fresno State, you know, maybe 139 00:10:05,159 --> 00:10:09,279 Wyoming. I think those, at least that I've seen so far, the 140 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:11,840 class of the mount West. I think we might be looking at a conference 141 00:10:11,919 --> 00:10:16,039 championship matchup between two of those four. Who knows, but there is a 142 00:10:16,039 --> 00:10:22,039 lot to go. As the air Force two headed monster of Emmanuel Michelle and 143 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:26,960 John Lee Eldridge going both backs going for over one hundred yards. Second straight 144 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:31,559 week that Air Force has had two guys rush for one hundred yards season high 145 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,840 four hundred yards on the ground for the Falcons, and both those players go 146 00:10:35,879 --> 00:10:39,679 over a thousand yards for their career as air Force a dominating forty five to 147 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:43,159 twenty win over San Jose State on the road to improved to four and oh 148 00:10:43,279 --> 00:10:46,399 two and oh in the Mount West. All right, let's get out up 149 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:52,639 to Upstate New York where Stephen a graduate of the University of Syracuse, the 150 00:10:52,759 --> 00:11:00,240 Orange hosting the Black Nights, and it's the Orange twenty nine to sixteen final 151 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,279 score as Syracuse improves to four no, Army drop into two and two. 152 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:07,039 But Army was ahead Taylor two halves. As we mentioned earlier, kind of 153 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:11,840 the story of the weekend, Army was ahead in this game ten to three 154 00:11:11,919 --> 00:11:16,360 at the half. They got a late interception to kind of preserve that lead. 155 00:11:16,399 --> 00:11:20,840 They kick a field goal. Quinnmoretskyncksme A, what a thirty yard field 156 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:26,519 goal there just before the half. And you know, Army set the tone 157 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:31,080 at the very beginning of the game where they take the opening kickoff seventeen play 158 00:11:31,159 --> 00:11:35,159 seventy five yards nine twenty five off the clock that was capped off by Jacoby 159 00:11:35,159 --> 00:11:39,360 Buchanan's one yard touchdown run, the longest drive by the Black Knight since a 160 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:43,960 ten minute, fifty one second scoring drive in twenty twenty one against Minam of 161 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:50,639 Ohio. But Steve the Syracuse defense turning things up in the second half, 162 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:56,799 sacking Army quarterback Bryson Daily three times and picking him off twice. The Orange 163 00:11:56,919 --> 00:11:58,879 rolled with twenty six unanswered in the second half and route to the win. 164 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:05,519 Yeah, as you mentioned the first half, I said that I thought that 165 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:13,679 the first half against Army for Syracuse was probably their best half of football that 166 00:12:13,879 --> 00:12:18,759 I've seen them play this year, and that includes you know, the Delaware 167 00:12:18,799 --> 00:12:22,320 State stuff. I thought that they were so complete in that first half of 168 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:28,360 football, not just offensively being able to push the ball down the field get 169 00:12:28,399 --> 00:12:33,080 a couple of scores out of it, including a touchdown, but their defense 170 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:39,120 was just incredible against a team that I think is obviously much more talented. 171 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:43,919 I mean, we said this last week, and talking with Major Steve Anderson 172 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:50,879 from Black Knight Nation, I certainly think that we all believed that Syracuse was 173 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:56,399 the more talented team on paper going in to the game, but the defense 174 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:01,720 was just spot on spectacular, you know, being able to take the ball 175 00:13:01,759 --> 00:13:09,159 away and to be able to keep the Syracuse from being able to do anything 176 00:13:09,279 --> 00:13:13,080 in the red zone. I really do think that you've got to give up 177 00:13:13,159 --> 00:13:16,600 Bravo Zulu to that, to that defensive corps in the first half. They 178 00:13:16,639 --> 00:13:22,720 did everything right, and I know that Jeff Monkin had to be going into 179 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:26,360 the locker room at the JMA Wireless Dome feeling very very pleased with how his 180 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:31,080 team has played, how his team had played through the first thirty minutes. 181 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:35,919 Now, unfortunately the talent did come through in the second thirty minutes of that 182 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,840 game. But you cannot be anything but pleased if you're a member of the 183 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:46,799 Army staff with the effort level that was put in through all sixty minutes and 184 00:13:46,879 --> 00:13:52,240 to be able to stick around on the road against a team UH that a 185 00:13:52,279 --> 00:13:58,399 lot of people think has UH has some really good chances to get themselves into 186 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,919 a into an upper tier bowl game. Are they going to make a New 187 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,919 Year's six Bowl game? Probably not, But I certainly think that Syracuse has 188 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:11,799 a really good opportunity to be in one of those really well known and upper 189 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:16,799 tier bowl games this season. Yeah, certainly Syracuse. You know, stop 190 00:14:16,879 --> 00:14:20,559 us if you've heard this before. But they're off to another undefeated start four 191 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,879 and ozho and you know they have a big game against Clemson coming up this 192 00:14:24,919 --> 00:14:26,840 weekend, and you know, if they can take one of these big steps 193 00:14:26,879 --> 00:14:31,840 with Clemson, then Florida State at right after that, I believe, you 194 00:14:31,879 --> 00:14:35,279 know, that's a big opportunity for Dino Babers' team because what were they seven 195 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:39,039 and oh last year Steve or six and oz to start the year and you 196 00:14:39,039 --> 00:14:43,759 know didn't taste victory again the rest of the year. So it was you 197 00:14:43,759 --> 00:14:48,159 know, you know, talking about Taylor two seasons. But Syracuse, uh, 198 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,399 you know, I think you said, you know, the talent just 199 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:54,200 kind of rises to the top and this one uh and they kind of you 200 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,720 know, exsert their will and you know, a couple interceptions, uh, 201 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:01,480 you know by Bryson Daily you know, didn't help the cause, but you 202 00:15:01,759 --> 00:15:05,399 got to feel really good with how you played. And I know one thing 203 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:09,679 that Army feels really good about is their defensive lineman Andre Miller, who collided 204 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,639 with the teammate there was down bow teams took a knee. Medical personnel tending 205 00:15:13,639 --> 00:15:18,919 to him and he was cut off the field had movement in his lower extremities, 206 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:22,759 and Jeff Munkin said afterwards he was responding to treatment. But even better 207 00:15:22,799 --> 00:15:26,080 news. Sunday night, Army put out a statement saying that Andre Miller was 208 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:30,559 discharged back on post and at West Point. Prognosi is not known as far 209 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,039 as you know when he will play again, if he will play again, 210 00:15:33,759 --> 00:15:35,559 but you know, without a doubt, prayers out to him as he, 211 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,799 you know, continues to recover from a scary moment that you know, it 212 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:43,879 kind of captivates, you know, both team's attention where you know, there's 213 00:15:43,919 --> 00:15:48,840 just some things that are honestly bigger than than football in those kind of moments. 214 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:52,159 Yeah, absolutely, you want you want to you want to make sure 215 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:56,480 that that Andre himself. Uh. It's it's not so much Andre Millery the 216 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:02,080 football player. It's Andre Millery the soldier. It's Andre Miller the person that 217 00:16:02,279 --> 00:16:06,240 UH and the leader of men that you want to make sure UH is okay 218 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:10,639 at this point. And you know, if there's any place that has you 219 00:16:10,639 --> 00:16:15,159 know, top quality medical in the country, it's obviously West Point and so 220 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,080 I think that you know, it's great. It was great to hear that 221 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:22,399 he was out of the hospital and was back back on campus at West Point, 222 00:16:22,519 --> 00:16:29,399 and hopefully that even even if he doesn't play another down this year for 223 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:33,120 the Black Nights, you want to make sure that he's able to return to 224 00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:37,960 full duty and be able to complete, uh, you know, his service 225 00:16:37,039 --> 00:16:41,879 obligation, which obviously he wants to complete because he wouldn't be there if he 226 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,759 wasn't. Yeah, no doubt about it. But I'm with you though, 227 00:16:47,159 --> 00:16:51,000 as you mentioned back back to the game, you know, Jeff Bunkin and 228 00:16:51,039 --> 00:16:52,720 his staff, you know, yes, it's a loss. You never feel 229 00:16:52,759 --> 00:16:57,240 good about a loss, but you know, did not play. It was 230 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,840 not the worst of performances by the Black Knights. You know, you get 231 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:06,400 a week you now get the week off as you prepare for a really tough 232 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:08,359 stretch. You know that continues. You know it didn't just begin, but 233 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:12,880 it continues as you have Boston College and Troy both at home, then you 234 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:17,240 have the game at LSU and Baton Rouge, so you know, just a 235 00:17:17,319 --> 00:17:21,400 chance to kind of regroup a little bit and this really gauntlet of a stretch 236 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:26,319 for the Black Nights but they do fall on the road at Syracuse twenty nine 237 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:30,119 to sixteen, the first matchup between these two teams since nineteen ninety six. 238 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,559 All right, Steven, we got some game balls to give out. Man, 239 00:17:33,559 --> 00:17:36,519 which way you want to go with your selt? You fire first? 240 00:17:36,519 --> 00:17:41,200 Brother, My game ball will certainly go to for the second consecutive week. 241 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:45,319 I gave my game ball last week to Emmanuel Michelle of Air Force. He's 242 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:48,759 getting another one from me here after a huge day on the ground. He 243 00:17:48,799 --> 00:17:55,000 had thirty three of the Falcons seventy three carries on the ground one hundred and 244 00:17:55,039 --> 00:18:00,240 forty eight yards and of course three touchdowns for the fullback. So he was 245 00:18:00,519 --> 00:18:03,359 the battering ram, the tip of the spear, if you will. And 246 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:08,119 so he gets the game ball from me coming up here in week war. 247 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:14,759 How about you price, I'm gonna go the other head of that two headed 248 00:18:14,759 --> 00:18:18,400 monster from satur I guess it should say from Friday night. In this case, 249 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,720 John Lee Elderd's the senior out of Youngstown, Ohio, who went for 250 00:18:22,799 --> 00:18:30,400 a season high one o two average ten yards to carry and scored those two 251 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,160 big touchdowns as he carried ten times were one O two and the win over 252 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:41,680 San Jose State now going over one hundred yards for the first time this season, 253 00:18:41,839 --> 00:18:47,160 but more importantly helping air Force rush for four hundred yards in the game, 254 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:51,599 a season high, and run that wind total to four overall in two 255 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:53,720 in the mount West. So right now, air Force, you know Brad 256 00:18:53,839 --> 00:18:57,160 Roberts has gone. We certainly know that. You know there would be a 257 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:03,720 lot of willing guys, incapable guys that could step up in take that place. 258 00:19:03,759 --> 00:19:06,200 Well, I don't think we've got one. I think we've got several, 259 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:11,039 and those would begin and end I think right now with Emmanuel Michelle and 260 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:15,079 John Lee Eldridge the third. So Eldridge getting my game ball as we go 261 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,039 with that two headed monster. All right, we've got more to do here, 262 00:19:18,079 --> 00:19:21,079 Steven. We got a couple of games to look ahead to. We 263 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:25,839 got our Travis Manning Foundation on a roll segment. We have got some games 264 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:27,839 to pick and we're going to do that coming up here in just a few 265 00:19:27,839 --> 00:19:32,359 minutes. But as Steve mentioned, we are part of the College Gridiron Coast 266 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:37,079 to Coast podcast Network. We have podcasts coming to you every single day, 267 00:19:37,319 --> 00:19:41,319 all week long during the college football season. Get off my pylon, Florida 268 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:47,079 Football Insiders, Notre Dame. We've got podcasts across the board that will tickle 269 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:51,359 your fancyat no matter what it is, who it is that you cheer for 270 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:53,799 or are interested in. Of course, we are all about Army, Navy, 271 00:19:53,839 --> 00:19:56,759 and Air Force. 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Ticket Smarter the latest with Navy Army and 297 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:57,680 Air Force on Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football. We're rumbling forward here on 298 00:21:57,799 --> 00:22:02,240 Yards and Strikes your home service Academy Football. He is Steve Carney, I 299 00:22:02,279 --> 00:22:07,000 and Brice Atkinson. Appreciate you investing time with us this week and downloading, 300 00:22:07,039 --> 00:22:11,960 listening, subscribing to this episode as we're part of the College Gridter and Coast 301 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:15,160 to Coast podcast network. And as he mentioned just a few minutes ago, 302 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,799 doever Travis Medium Foundation Honor Roll segment. We're gonna make some picks. But 303 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:22,960 let's tell you about our two games that we got on tap this weekend, 304 00:22:22,039 --> 00:22:26,559 both Saturday games is going to be back to back on the CBS Sports Network. 305 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:30,240 Army is off and mentioned that just a few minutes ago, and so 306 00:22:30,279 --> 00:22:34,119 they will take Saturday off as they get ready to face Boston College the following 307 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:40,680 weekend. But stephen your neck of the woods from the greater Tampa area baby 308 00:22:40,759 --> 00:22:45,920 the South Florida Bulls. They are making their way up to Annapolis as it's 309 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:49,039 gonna be a three thirty kickoff on the CBS Sports Network for Navy Marine Corps 310 00:22:49,079 --> 00:22:53,359 Memorial Stadium two and two, South Florida one and oh. In the American 311 00:22:53,519 --> 00:22:56,720 Verse, one and two Navy, oh and one in the American It's gonna 312 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:00,759 be the first meeting between these two teams since twenty nineteen, a series that 313 00:23:00,839 --> 00:23:07,079 Navy leads two wins and one loss of both wins of which came at Navy 314 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:11,680 Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. But maybe having the week off, and you know, 315 00:23:11,799 --> 00:23:15,519 they're just one of six FBS teams that have only played three games so 316 00:23:15,599 --> 00:23:19,799 far this year. How about this, The mids have just three games played 317 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:25,160 in the first thirty five days of the college football season. That's crazy. 318 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,839 Obviously they started in Dublin, but having a week off after that loss and 319 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:32,319 Notre Dame and then another week off, that is why you have just three 320 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:37,599 games played for the Midshipman in thirty five days. Steve. Yeah. And 321 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:44,799 if there's a team that certainly feels like they can get something out, something 322 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:48,519 more out of their team that with a week off, it's the Midshipman and 323 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,599 they've got it. They've got quite the task in front of them. This 324 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,240 is not your fathers or your older brothers in this case, University of South 325 00:23:56,319 --> 00:24:02,400 Florida Bulls. As an almabater of USF, I'm very pleased with how the 326 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:07,720 team has played this year. They are coming off of a big win over 327 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:12,920 Rice where Byron Brown, their sophomore quarterback, went crazy both through the air 328 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,759 and on the ground. He was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the 329 00:24:17,799 --> 00:24:22,039 Week. He is the first USF bull to be named offensive Player of the 330 00:24:22,079 --> 00:24:26,119 Week since Quentin Flowers in twenty eighteen. So it has been a long long 331 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:33,440 time since USF has had someone as dynamic under center as Byron Brown. But 332 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,680 that being said, you know, they beat up Rice, they were hanging 333 00:24:37,799 --> 00:24:45,759 tough defense in a defensive matchup against Alabama. But you know, USF is 334 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:52,519 certainly not the pushover that they have been in years past. And while I 335 00:24:52,559 --> 00:24:57,519 think that some of the expectations here in town for the Bulls maybe a little 336 00:24:57,599 --> 00:25:02,720 unfounded, I had some and mentioned to me after the Alabama game that they 337 00:25:02,759 --> 00:25:06,880 thought that USF was going to go to a bowl game this year, and 338 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,039 I had to tell them, you know, you're still gonna win five more 339 00:25:10,079 --> 00:25:15,519 games in order to do that, five FBS games, and the Bulls had 340 00:25:15,559 --> 00:25:19,200 won just one FBS game total since the start of the twenty twenty season. 341 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:25,799 So it's been a while since USF has had this sort of success. But 342 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,799 I think they're in really good shape. They they're not they're not used. 343 00:25:29,839 --> 00:25:33,119 This group is not used to the option offense, though. I think that's 344 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:37,039 gonna cause them a lot of trouble. I think they're gonna have issues handling 345 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:42,119 the midshipment offense, especially the new wrinkles that are that are involved. But 346 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:47,640 I think that the Bulls are going to get a big dose of Dabbel Fulfano 347 00:25:47,759 --> 00:25:52,160 that they're not expecting. And I think the mids are going to find themselves 348 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:57,680 in really, really strong shape here. Yeah, you mentioned quarterback Byron Brown 349 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:03,880 six three, two hundred ten pound who pounder who's going to turn nineteen this 350 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:08,240 Friday, nation's leading rusher amongst quarterbacks at eighty seven point eight yards per game, 351 00:26:08,599 --> 00:26:12,000 which is good for twenty six nationally. And you know last week, 352 00:26:12,079 --> 00:26:15,839 you know, he did it for what eighty two yards on the ground and 353 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:21,960 a touchdown against Rice. You know, but he's more than just a runner. 354 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,079 He's a guy that can sling it around. I mean he torts the 355 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:27,039 Alice for four hundred and thirty five yards and two touchdowns twenty twenty two a 356 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,480 twenty nine, And you know he can do it in several different ways. 357 00:26:30,519 --> 00:26:33,880 It's going to be interesting to see what Brian Newberry and you know, his 358 00:26:34,039 --> 00:26:37,759 defensive staff, what they dial up. But you know this, you know 359 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:41,680 you just talked about it. I mean, you SEEFF actually looks like a 360 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:45,880 capable football team, uh this season. The question is can they slow down 361 00:26:45,279 --> 00:26:49,640 the triple option for Navy which really hasn't got fully cranked up, but coming 362 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:53,920 off without a I mean without a doubt, I think it's best performance even 363 00:26:53,960 --> 00:27:00,720 in the loss to memp this on Thursday night. I thought they were outstanding, 364 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,759 you know, despite losing that game. But you know they're gonna have 365 00:27:03,799 --> 00:27:07,160 to dial it up a notch, I think, even on offense to get 366 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,359 this thing going and to move their record to three and oh at home against 367 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:15,599 USF. How about real quick Steve. Twenty seven year old punter Andrew Stokes 368 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:22,799 for USF played Australian rules football for what I think seven years before he comes 369 00:27:22,839 --> 00:27:26,640 to Tampa, and he ranks twenty second in the country and punting average at 370 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:30,480 just almost forty four yards a game. Twenty seven years old. Dude, 371 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,400 Yeah, he's not even the oldest punter in college football. Of course, 372 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:40,880 you've got the punter at Virginia's thirty one. But you know, it's funny. 373 00:27:41,319 --> 00:27:45,839 I think that USF may have started the trend for college football teams going 374 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:52,200 to Australia to find themselves their kickers and their punters, because you know, 375 00:27:52,279 --> 00:27:56,240 Andrew Stokes has been with the Bulls now for a couple of years, and 376 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:59,680 now you're seeing the other teams going, well, that's a smart idea. 377 00:27:59,759 --> 00:28:03,839 We've got a guy that certainly knows how to put you know, a toe 378 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,599 into into a football, but also can run around and kick on the run 379 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,319 if need be if the snap is bad. You know, I think I 380 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,519 think that the Bulls were ahead of the curve when it comes to that. 381 00:28:14,599 --> 00:28:17,480 The other guy that Navy is going to have to watch out for is, 382 00:28:17,519 --> 00:28:22,720 of course Naim Simmons, who set the USF receiving record in a single game 383 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:29,839 with two hundred and seventy two yards receiving in the win over Rice. But 384 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:34,119 the best way to control whether the fact that Naimes Simmons is going to have 385 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:40,559 an opportunity to catch the football is to keep the football out of Byron Brown's 386 00:28:40,559 --> 00:28:44,079 hands. And that's where the option is going to become so vital for Navy 387 00:28:44,279 --> 00:28:49,279 in this week's game, USF at Navy three thirty Eastern Standard time kick off 388 00:28:49,319 --> 00:28:53,440 on the CBS Sports Network. Navy a four point favorite. Over under in 389 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:57,480 this one is fifty five, as the Mids looking to get that first American 390 00:28:57,519 --> 00:29:02,480 Athletic Conference win of the year. All right, our other game of the 391 00:29:02,519 --> 00:29:07,240 weekend San Diego State at air Force. This is an eight pm Eastern Standard 392 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:12,920 time kickoff six pm local so I mentioned earlier back to back with Navy on 393 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:18,319 the CBS Sports Network. Air Force at ten and a half point favorite over 394 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:22,200 under is forty three point five. San Diego State gonna make their way into 395 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:27,279 Falcon Stadium, where they have won four straight dating back to two thousand and 396 00:29:27,359 --> 00:29:33,960 nine. Air Force does lead the overall series twenty to eighteen. The Falcons 397 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:37,279 are eleven and seven at home, but it took a thirteen to three win 398 00:29:37,519 --> 00:29:42,720 last year in San Diego to snap a nine game winning streak over the Aztecs 399 00:29:44,319 --> 00:29:48,079 in a five game winning streak there in San Diego, but Controy Calhoun's team 400 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:53,799 keep their streak going a four straight this season nine going back to last year. 401 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,519 As again they're a ten and a half point favorite at home against San 402 00:29:57,559 --> 00:30:00,880 Diego State, a team that w and two to start the season but have 403 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,880 since lost three in a row. Steve Yeah, and those two that they 404 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:10,279 won, you know, let's let's be honest. They they aren't the most 405 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:17,119 eliting football elite football forces in all of college football. They've got They had 406 00:30:17,119 --> 00:30:23,400 wins at home over the Ohio Bobcats and over Idaho State before losing uh to 407 00:30:23,599 --> 00:30:30,000 UCLA, who came down the five as well, and then going on the 408 00:30:30,079 --> 00:30:34,079 road and losing two Oregon State, which is not uh not a bad team 409 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:38,799 either, neither was Ucla before Utah got ahold of them uh and then losing 410 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,680 at home in their first conference game to Boise State. We mentioned that's the 411 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:48,440 only other conference game that's going on so far this year in the Mountain West. 412 00:30:48,519 --> 00:30:53,000 So really, when you look at what the Aztecs have done this year 413 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:59,440 when they have played teams that are worse than them, obviously they have beaten 414 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,880 them, but the teams that are that are supposed to be better than them 415 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:07,640 have have all gotten victories. And I certainly see air Force being able to 416 00:31:08,119 --> 00:31:12,599 do the same, especially because this is the Aztecs having to come up into 417 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:19,119 the UH into the altitude and and take on Air Force on their turf as 418 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:25,359 opposed to uh, you know, going to San Diego. Uh for this 419 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:30,079 matchup. This is going to be a much different animal for the Aztecs. 420 00:31:30,599 --> 00:31:36,400 Yeah. And the Aztecs led by dual threat quarterback Jalen Maiden. You know, 421 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:41,039 he started his career in two thousand eighteen at Mississippi State. He's a 422 00:31:41,079 --> 00:31:44,559 guy that can do it all on through the air, and on the ground. 423 00:31:44,759 --> 00:31:47,720 A little bit more effective though on the ground and sees the team's leading 424 00:31:47,759 --> 00:31:51,599 rusher at five yards of carrious. It's thrown four touchdowns, but it's also 425 00:31:51,799 --> 00:31:56,759 also thrown four picks this season. But he'll be a guy that the Air 426 00:31:56,799 --> 00:32:00,799 Force defense I think we'll be certainly up to the challenge. Is Air Forces 427 00:32:00,839 --> 00:32:04,720 defense right now second in the country, giving up just two hundred and thirty 428 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:09,720 three yards per game and their fourteenth and scoring defense twelve point eight points per 429 00:32:09,759 --> 00:32:15,359 game allowed. As mentioned, Air Forces won eighth straight by double figures. 430 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:20,559 The only other FBS team with a longer active streak in the country is Penn 431 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:27,200 State with nine wins by double digits in a row. So another matchup of 432 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:30,400 a team that's you know in this case San Diego State and Brady Hoach squad 433 00:32:30,519 --> 00:32:35,640 who Rocky long before Brady Hope took over. Steve, You now they have 434 00:32:35,759 --> 00:32:39,599 had the Falcon's number, but you know that all obviously came to an end 435 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:43,680 last year and that thirteen to three loss. I think this is going to 436 00:32:43,759 --> 00:32:47,119 be, you know, more up tempo in a higher scoring a game. 437 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:51,319 Hence the over under set at forty three and a half. We'll give our 438 00:32:51,359 --> 00:32:54,880 picks here and just a little bit and continue on talking about this game, 439 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:59,839 Steve. But we've got our Travis Mannion Foundation Honor roll to do coming up 440 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,640 X and we've got picks as we close out this episode. But if you 441 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:07,880 want to find out more certainly about the Travis Mannion Foundation, you can do 442 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:13,000 that online at Travismanion dot org as Heroes runs. Nine to eleven Heroes runs 443 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,200 are continuing this month and even trickling into October, and you can sign up 444 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:22,839 online to find one in a community year near you and register online to get 445 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:27,720 involved in a nine to eleven Heroes run, or just simply to support TMF 446 00:33:27,759 --> 00:33:32,400 in the work they're doing in communities across the country. All right, Steve, 447 00:33:32,519 --> 00:33:37,920 let's take a quick break come right back with our Travis Mannion Foundation Honor 448 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,319 Roll Segment and we got picks of our two games here on Yards and Stripes 449 00:33:40,359 --> 00:33:45,759 your own four Service Academy Football. In two thousand and seven, Marine First 450 00:33:45,799 --> 00:33:51,559 Lieutenant Travis Mannion was killed in Iraq after saving his wooded teammates. Travis's legacy 451 00:33:51,599 --> 00:33:54,200 lives on through the words he spoke before his final deployment. If not me, 452 00:33:54,559 --> 00:33:59,839 then who words that today fuel the spirit of Travis Manion Foundation and through 453 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:02,839 these words can live in you two show the world what you're made of. 454 00:34:04,119 --> 00:34:07,400 Because character is invisible until it's not. Find out how you can strengthen the 455 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:12,719 character of your community. Alongside empowered veterans, families of the fallen, and 456 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:19,840 inspired civilians at Travismanian dot org. Now time for our Travis Manua found Nation 457 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:23,719 Honor Roll Segment wary honor a fallen hero one that has given the ultimate sacrifice. 458 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:28,679 We do this in conjunction with our friends at the Travismanian Foundation who are 459 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:32,320 making a difference in communities across the country, carrying on the legacy of servicing 460 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:37,800 commitment of loved ones that have given that ultimate sacrifice. And this week we're 461 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:42,679 gonna honor remember Army staff Sergeant Ricky L. Crockett, who died on January 462 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:46,159 the twelve, two thousand and four, when his convoy was struck by an 463 00:34:46,159 --> 00:34:51,360 ied while on amount of patrol in Baghdad. He was just shy of his 464 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,199 thirty eighth birthday when he passed away. He was a native of Broxton, 465 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:59,960 Georgia, one hundred seventy about one hundred and seventy miles southeast of Atlanta. 466 00:35:00,039 --> 00:35:04,920 He was assigned to the fifty first Signal Battalion the eighty second Airborne Division, 467 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,920 based out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Ricky joined the US Army right 468 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:12,599 out of high school, and he had been in the Army for twenty years 469 00:35:12,639 --> 00:35:16,239 and was looking forward to retiring that coming August. Crockett, who was able 470 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:22,079 to go home for Christmas, and said his sister Katherine Brockington, said he 471 00:35:22,119 --> 00:35:24,199 was looking forward to serving out in his remaining time in Iraq so he could 472 00:35:24,199 --> 00:35:28,760 retire from the military that coming summer. Quote. He liked to cook for 473 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,400 us. He liked to cook greens and mostly everything. He loved to cook 474 00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:37,519 hog chitlands, his sister Katherine said, and he also liked to make Pecan 475 00:35:37,599 --> 00:35:42,679 pies. Ricky is survived by his wife, Maxine Crocketto of Fayetteville, North 476 00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:46,960 Carolina, and his daughter Marvis. His wife, Maxine herself served thirteen years 477 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:51,280 of active duty before bad knees forced her out in two thousand and two, 478 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:59,119 and Sergeant Staff Sergeant Ricky Crockett. His service and sacrifice was honored during the 479 00:35:59,119 --> 00:36:05,920 two thousand and sixteen Survivor Summit. 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The latest with Navy, Army and Air Force 487 00:36:36,639 --> 00:36:45,239 on Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football appreciate the Travismanian Foundation partnering with us once 488 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:50,360 again, and we appreciate the opportunity and partner with them on this season of 489 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:52,960 Yards and Stripes, your home for Service Academy Football. Steve Carney Price Atkinson 490 00:36:53,039 --> 00:36:58,800 here as we motor on come down the stretch here of this episode of Yards 491 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:00,960 and Stripes and a couple games that we've got to pick. We just told 492 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:07,000 you what they were. Steve, South Florida at Navy Navy a four point 493 00:37:07,079 --> 00:37:12,079 home favorite in Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium at three thirty on Saturday. Which 494 00:37:12,119 --> 00:37:14,960 way you're going with this one, buddy, Well, I think that the 495 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,880 total in this one is way too high at fifty five. I think that 496 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:21,679 that's not going to happen. And a lot of that has to do with 497 00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:24,280 the fact that the Bulls put up forty two against Rice last week, so 498 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:29,239 there is a little bit of recency bias when it comes to that total. 499 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:32,480 I think that total is little high. I probably would take the under on 500 00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:39,159 fifty five. As for the line itself, I think this line is actually 501 00:37:39,159 --> 00:37:44,440 pretty close. I think that I think they've got this dead on, so 502 00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,199 I'm gonna take I think I think I'm gonna take Navy in this one. 503 00:37:47,199 --> 00:37:53,000 I think I'll lay the points in this process. I certainly think that this 504 00:37:53,079 --> 00:37:58,599 is probably going to be I think this is twenty four twenty. This that's 505 00:37:58,599 --> 00:38:01,599 what this screams at me. Uh, this game screams twenty four twenty. 506 00:38:01,679 --> 00:38:07,920 And I really do think that this is this is a push for the mids 507 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:10,159 and the Bulls. But I think that, uh, the middies are gonna 508 00:38:10,199 --> 00:38:15,239 certainly be happy with themselves coming out, going back into their home locker room. 509 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:19,519 Middies. Man, you know you're not supposed to do middies, you 510 00:38:19,559 --> 00:38:24,639 know what. And one way to offend the middies I had. I had 511 00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:29,440 to only because only because only because I got USF on the other side. 512 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,119 I've got I've got to I've got at least I get at least give a 513 00:38:32,159 --> 00:38:36,480 little bit of the needle uh to Navy. But the midshipman, I think, 514 00:38:36,639 --> 00:38:39,599 are certainly going to be very very pleased with themselves. Uh. And 515 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:45,719 Brian Newberry is going to be very happy getting a win at home over USF. 516 00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:52,000 Yeah. I I could not echo what you said any closer. And 517 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:54,400 you know I had my score and as soon as you dolled out twenty four 518 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:58,679 to twenty, I was like, oh man, well we're not exactly the 519 00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:01,639 same. I like Navy twenty three to twenty. I definitely think, you 520 00:39:01,639 --> 00:39:05,960 know, you know, you know, Navy's offense hasn't cranked it up, 521 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:08,719 and I think these defenses are going to kind of stand tall on Saturday with 522 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:13,519 you where I do think the the over under this one is gonna come and 523 00:39:13,639 --> 00:39:16,280 come in. Well, I think it'll be fairly close, you know, 524 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:21,000 as I mentioned, you know, uh what twenty three twenty excuse me, 525 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,079 over under in this one's fifty five. I think it will it will definitely 526 00:39:23,119 --> 00:39:29,280 be under. I think defense these defenses are stronger than both offenses. But 527 00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:32,000 I like Navy to get it done and done at home and stay perfect against 528 00:39:32,079 --> 00:39:37,239 usf uh there in Annapolis. All right, As we move along our second 529 00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:43,480 game, part of the CBS Sports Network doubleheader, Steve San Diego State at 530 00:39:43,559 --> 00:39:46,639 air Force. This one forty three and a half over under ten and a 531 00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:52,920 half point favorite is the Are the Falcons there at home? Which way do 532 00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:58,559 you see this one going? Yeah? This this this line seems like it's 533 00:39:58,559 --> 00:40:02,039 a It's quite large, and I wonder how much of that is the recency 534 00:40:02,119 --> 00:40:08,320 bias of what's happened with San Diego State and the fact that they've lost three 535 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:14,639 in a row, including two of them at home. Granted two of those, 536 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,719 the two losses that they have at home or against a team that was 537 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:25,039 up until this past Sunday in the top fifteen in all of college football in 538 00:40:25,159 --> 00:40:30,079 UCLA, and then of course the first of their conference games against Boise State 539 00:40:30,159 --> 00:40:35,719 at home, which was a three point game. So I'm kind of surprised 540 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:40,599 that the line is where it is. I probably would not take this line. 541 00:40:42,079 --> 00:40:45,639 I probably would look more at that total of I think forty three and 542 00:40:45,679 --> 00:40:49,639 a half is a little low. I would definitely go over the forty three 543 00:40:49,679 --> 00:40:52,840 and a half. I probably would stay away from that ten and a half 544 00:40:52,679 --> 00:40:55,800 if I want if I was air Force, if I want to take air 545 00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:59,360 Force, I'm not looking to take air Force at ten and a half. 546 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:06,199 It's probably not gonna duck much lower than that. But I probably would if 547 00:41:06,199 --> 00:41:09,480 I if you forced me to take the line, I probably would take the 548 00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:13,800 ten and a half points from San Diego State. But I like I certainly 549 00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:16,519 like the over forty three and a half a lot more than I than I 550 00:41:16,599 --> 00:41:22,360 do the ten and a half. Yeah, I'm gonna go with air Force 551 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:27,360 in this one. I do think that they are going it will hit the 552 00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:30,320 over and I think that air Force, I think they're gonna cover. I 553 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:35,119 think it's gonna be somewhere in the neighborhood of let's just say thirty five to 554 00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:38,920 twenty three. I think right now air Force has just got I think it's 555 00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:44,360 gonna be fairly high scoring. I don't think it's going to be as close 556 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:46,559 as maybe a lot of people think. I think air Force just has everything, 557 00:41:47,599 --> 00:41:51,400 you know, rolling on both sides at the football and you know, 558 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:53,599 Brady Hoke, I know he's got, you know, a defensive pedigree. 559 00:41:54,679 --> 00:41:59,679 While last year was thirteen to three. I just think this one being played 560 00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:04,599 in this Springs at night, I think right now everything is trending air Force, 561 00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:07,920 especially just a complete football team. I'm going to Air Force thirty five 562 00:42:08,079 --> 00:42:13,360 twenty three. Steve, a little bit of a surprise for you. It's 563 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:15,800 not really much of a surprise. My my thing is this this uh, 564 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:22,639 this game, screams Brady Hoke pulling a Sean McVeigh and kicking a field kicking 565 00:42:22,679 --> 00:42:27,079 a field goal as time expires to make a twenty eight seventeen game twenty eight 566 00:42:27,159 --> 00:42:30,599 twenty and uh and covering uh that way, and so you I this, 567 00:42:30,599 --> 00:42:35,920 this screams backdoor cover at me. And so I think that if you're a 568 00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:39,320 if you're a if you're a Falcons fan, uh, you're you're not gonna 569 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:43,880 want to hear that. But I certainly can see Brady Hook doing that to 570 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,480 try and cover and still hit the over. Obviously, Millie doesn't like the 571 00:42:46,519 --> 00:42:52,039 fact that I've that I'm taking San Diego State in the points. Yes, 572 00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:53,960 exactly, all right. I think it'll be you know, if this is 573 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:57,840 a game, this should be a game that you like, maybe the here 574 00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:01,199 and now of the you know, the mountain less power versus possibly one of 575 00:43:01,199 --> 00:43:07,119 the past powers. Air Force in San Diego State, a what should be 576 00:43:07,199 --> 00:43:13,000 just a fun old school mountain less showdown in the altitude on Saturday night, 577 00:43:13,079 --> 00:43:19,639 eight o'clock Eastern Standard time, six pm there locally at Falcon Stadium as Air 578 00:43:19,679 --> 00:43:22,760 Force ten and a half point favorite against the visiting Aztecs. I can't wait 579 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:27,400 for that one. Steve, that's gonna do it. Man. Appreciate you 580 00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:30,039 all your hard work, you know, not just here but also as part 581 00:43:30,039 --> 00:43:34,280 of our you know, the family here on the College of Gridiron Coast to 582 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:37,119 Coast podcast Network that you can listen to all kinds of podcasts, but certainly 583 00:43:37,519 --> 00:43:40,239 Yards and Stripes, Army, Navy, and Air Force. That's all we 584 00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:45,480 do here all season long, every tuesdays. As you download, listen and 585 00:43:45,519 --> 00:43:47,960 subscribe, get a new episode. Wherever it is you listen to your podcast. 586 00:43:49,039 --> 00:43:51,079 Man, you do a great job. We can't thank you enough, 587 00:43:51,119 --> 00:43:55,639 Steve for everything you do keeping a sounding tip top right here. I appreciate 588 00:43:55,679 --> 00:43:59,360 it. And you know, it's all the love. It's all the love 589 00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:05,760 that we have for college football, and especially here on Yards and Stripes for 590 00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:09,880 the Service Academies. You gotta give the love to those that certainly deserve it, 591 00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:14,039 and they are deserving of all the love that we give them. And 592 00:44:14,039 --> 00:44:17,159 then some that's right for the love of the game. If you obviously know 593 00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:22,559 that phrase, well, that's what these players at both or all three academies. 594 00:44:22,599 --> 00:44:24,039 I was gonna say both because I'm thinking of the two games this week, 595 00:44:24,079 --> 00:44:28,920 but certainly all three academies. They do it for the love of the 596 00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:30,559 game. All right, we'll do it again here next week on Yards and 597 00:44:30,599 --> 00:44:34,840 Stripes. You're home for Service Academy football. Enjoy the games this weekend. 598 00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:37,480 For Steve Carney on Price Atkinson, thanks for listening, Thanks for investing. 599 00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:42,840 We'll do it again next week. Have a great week, enjoy the games. 600 00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:47,159 Join us again next time for Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football. To 601 00:44:47,199 --> 00:44:52,679 get more on all things Service Academy Football, like Yards and Stripes on Facebook 602 00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:55,840 and follow them on Twitter at yards and Stripes, and make sure that you're 603 00:44:55,880 --> 00:45:02,280 subscribing to the College Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, 604 00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:06,639 Google and wherever you get your podcasts.