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Speaker 1: Need to get your football fixed on all things Army,

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Navy and Air Force. This is Yards and Stripes Service

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Academy Football. Now here are your hosts, Pryce Atkinson and

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Speaker 2: Welcome into Yards and Stripes your hope for Service Academy Football.

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I am Pryce Ackinson. More importantly, he is Stephen Carney,

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and he is the man because we are coming to

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you during middle of Hurricane Helena. It's past Steven down

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in the Greater Tampa area. It's barreling toward us here

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in the upstate of South Carolina. But we push forward

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with another episode Army, Navy, and Air Force. That is

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what we do Service Academies. Here on Yards and Stripes.

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We are part of the last word on Sports podcast Network.

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We appreciate you for besting your time and you know football,

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you know Entertainment Hour. If you will to join us

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because we've been having some fun this season and we're

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gonna have some fun tonight, because boy, what a fun

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weekend of football. We had Steven, Navy and Army, what

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big wins they had maybe the biggest win that navyes

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had in years.

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Speaker 3: We will talk about it.

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Speaker 2: Air Force was off a lot happening off the field

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with the Air Force Falcons. We're coming to you Thursday night.

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Is this has just been a kind of a wild week,

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and Army is on the field right now beating Temple

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like a drum up in Philadelphia. So we will skip

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over that one because we got to go back to

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last week, Stephen, Army. We knew that was, you know,

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big favorite over Rice. But Memphis coming into the Naval

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Academy the twelfth or excuse me, the twenty third ranked Tigers.

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Before we get to Navy, let's talk about Army. Because

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Army gets a big win over Rice. We both thought

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it was happening right now. The Black Knights, they have

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won seven straight going back to last season. But more importantly,

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they are three to zero last week and they are

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two to zero in the American Athletic Conference their first

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season in the AAC.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and it's exactly what we thought was going to

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happen when when we talked last week about the Black

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Knights and the Rice Owls, we thought that EJ. Warner

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they would they would look to try and throw the football.

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Rice tried to throw the football. Warner had over twenty

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yards passing. He had a couple of touchdowns through the air.

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But we also thought that if the if the Black

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Knights could end up controlling the time of possession and

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significant and have a significant chance at the time of possession,

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that Army would have a very good chance of beating

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this Rice team significantly.

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Speaker 5: And what happened.

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Speaker 4: They the Army had almost forty minutes of the sixty

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on offense, so almost a two to one, very almost

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almost exactly a two to one. When it came to

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time of possession. Rice turned the ball over a couple

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of times. Army did not turn the ball over at all.

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And you look at the amount of yardage on either side,

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they had almost as Army had almost as many yards

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rushing as Rice had total yards. And you know, Army

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didn't have a bad day throw in the football either.

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Bryce and Daily ended up with five touchdowns in the

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game total, two through the air and three on the ground.

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So it really became the bryceon Daily Show. And I

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know that when I was watching that game, as I

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was getting ready for a Tampa Bay Rays baseball game,

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I was like, all.

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Speaker 5: Right, well this is where Daily decides.

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Speaker 4: Okay, I'm going to start putting my foot down as

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maybe the best quarterback in the conference. And you know,

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you look at some of these other guys that we

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had thought we're going to be the best quarterback in

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the conference, and some of them have have. I've had

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a rough starts. I know Byron Brown down here in

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Tampa at the University of South Florida. You know, he

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had a rough go of things last week against Miami.

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Of course, they had their game against Alabama, did the Bulls,

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and so he has not really gotten off to the

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start that I know that they wanted to see him

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from him, and we'll see if if they're able to

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continue to do so. But Bryson Daily was very impressive

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Speaker 2: One hundred percent running for three or excuse me, yeah,

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running for three, passing for two more. I mean, you know,

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he counts for almost three hundred yards a total offense.

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You know, he was the leading rusher at twenty three

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carries one five over six yards of carry and then

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he completed six and nine passes for one hundred and seven.

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Not something you see every single day, you know from

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army throwing the football. You know, typically you're throwing at

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nine times if your army year behind. But they called

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his number and boy, he he got it done. But

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especially that third, that second quarter, Stephen, because that's really

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where what turned the tide. It was seven to oh

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for Army after the first quarter. But you know, it

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was kind of wild, you know, that second quarter. They

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score at the very beginning of the second quarter, and

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then they put two touchdowns in in the blink of

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a nine in the last two minutes of the first half,

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and that turned a fourteen to oh lead. That was

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you know, it was a football game to an extent,

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into a twenty eight.

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Speaker 3: To nothing lead. It was over from there.

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Speaker 2: And obviously they tackle on the safety there, you know,

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early in the third quarter to make it thirty to nothing.

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Speaker 3: Game set match.

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Speaker 2: Army now three and oh, two and oh in the

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American and right now, I mean, we'll talk about it

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here in a minute as we get to the Naval Academy,

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but Army sitting atop the era of the American athletic

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in their very first season two and oh. The only

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other team that's two and oh is a Naval Academy.

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But pretty darn impressive. I know they haven't played any

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of the big heavyweights that I know that they the

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Black Knights escape, you know, some of the big dogs

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in the league this year. But you know, give them

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the credit right now. They've looked awfully impressive in the

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early going. There's no question.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I look at look at UH. All you have

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to do is look at the drive summaries. UH if

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you go on to ESPN dot com, starting with when

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they when they scored their touchdown late in the in

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the first quarter to to go up seven nothing or

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or I'm sorry, in the at the beginning of the

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second quarter, UH, to go up But you look at

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it was UH from that touchdown to go up fourteen

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to NOL Then Rice business a field goal, they take

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advantage of the short field, go down and get six yep.

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And the next play from from Rice offensively interception, they

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take it down another short field, they take it down,

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they put it in the end zone. Again, that's what

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you want to see from Navy or from Army. You

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want to see from Navy two, but from Army that's

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what you wanted to see. You wanted to see them

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take advantage of the situation. They were able to get

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turnovers and short fields and put it and not and

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not use the kicker. Go put the ball, put the

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ball in the damn end zone. And that's exactly what

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Speaker 2: Yep, absolutely seven straight wins going back to last season.

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Army on a roll right now again they get the

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thirty seven to fourteen win over Rice on Saturday last weekend.

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All right, Steven, moving forward our other game over the weekend. Again,

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we told you the Air Force was off. So the

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Navy Midshipman hosting number twenty three Memphis in the what

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was it the number twenty three in the coaches poll?

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I believe right coming to Annapolis, say beaten the Naval

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Academy five straight times. But if you want, if offense

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is your thing, Stephen, Saturday was for you at Navior

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Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Is Navy builds a big, big lead,

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Memphis roars back literally no pun intended. The Tigers roar

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back at the end, and it takes a late game

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interception to preserve a wild victory. But nonetheless, Navy fifty

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six to forty four get the monkey off their back,

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or at least the tiger off their back. That Memphis

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had that number, Navy three and zero overall, two and

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zero in the American.

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Speaker 3: To stay a top tie to top the league.

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Speaker 2: Army and Navy the only two to two and oh team,

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they're only only two teams with wins in the American

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at this point. I mean, this was a thriller. And

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you talk about Bryson Daily what he did with you

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and I were kind of shit chatting before we started recording.

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It looks like Blake Horvath and Bryson Daily, they're just

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gonna go back and forth to so who can one

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up each other? Because you talk about an impressive performance

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by Bryson Daily, it certainly was that. But then Blake

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Horrivath a few hours later he rushes for over two

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hundred yards and throws for j just shy at two hundred,

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accounting for six touchdowns. I mean, unbelievable efforts by both quarterbacks.

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But Blake Horvath, he was certainly the story with this

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Navy millennial wing tee offense getting it done.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, this was anything you can do. I can do better.

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Speaker 4: Between bryceon Daily and Blake Corvath, I'm gonna I'm gonna

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throw a number out there, and this number absolutely blew

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my mind. Twelve twenty five. No, that's not the time

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that chow starts in an Apple does not start it

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till twenty five. That's the number of yards combined from

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both teams in this game. One thousand, two hundred and

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twenty five yards, six hundred and fifty nine from Memphis,

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five hundred and sixty six from Navy.

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Speaker 5: I mean, this was wild.

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Speaker 4: This This was the anti Service Academy game. I mean,

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you expect to see, you know, some low scoring games.

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You will expect to see, you know, guy, you know

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teams grinding things out. No, there's no grinding out things

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in this game. This was absolutely unreal. I'm looking at this,

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I was, I'm looking at how many how many drives

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what they had in this game? And in that just

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in the second half, and it I know they had

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they they had quite a few.

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Speaker 5: Uh In the.

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Speaker 4: First half there were it looks like nine total. Uh

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that includes the kneel down to end the half. So

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each side had one, two, three, four, There was eleven

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excuse me not nine, So each each side had five

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times with the with the football.

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Speaker 5: In the first half.

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Speaker 4: Then in the second half, I mean, the the kickers

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weren't used. There was I'm Riley Reichman was like was

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he was like, go get a nap in, go go

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have go have some food.

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Speaker 5: You know, just stay ready.

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Speaker 4: I mean I think he touched the ball twice all game,

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he three times.

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Speaker 2: He could have put his dress whites on and go,

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you know, stood in the you know, with the brigade

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for all week.

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Speaker 5: You know really, yeah, it was. It was absolutely ridiculous.

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Speaker 4: And then you know, we talked about, you know, the

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day that Daily had Blake Horvac's ninety yard touchdown run

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was was one of the craziest things I've ever seen.

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Like it was he like he could have Like the

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hole he walked through, I.

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Speaker 5: Mean you could have.

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Speaker 4: You could have put a Knimis class aircraft carrier through

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that hole.

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Speaker 2: Steven fifty three first downs combined fifty three unreal. I

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mean if you were to tell me, though, if you

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were look, we can cherry pick statutes all we won.

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But if you were going to tell me that Seth

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Henigan was going to throw for three hundred and seventy

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one yards and that nant This was going to control

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the clock for have the ball for just shy a

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thirty six minutes, and that they would convert as many

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fourth downs as Navy converted on third down, I would

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have told you that nint This wins by forty. Yeah,

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that does not tell the story at all.

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Speaker 4: Well, Seth Hendingen threws for three hundred and seventy The

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Tigers had two one hundred yard rushers in the game too.

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They ran for two hundred and seventy were yards. They

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ran the ball almost forty times in the game. They

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ran the they ran the ball as much as Navy

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ran the ball.

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Speaker 5: Unbelievable.

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Speaker 3: It's it's just hard to put.

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Speaker 2: It's hard to put into words that Navy only had

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six third downs attempted in the entire football game.

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Speaker 3: That's incredible.

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Speaker 2: Just I mean, clearly, the time of possession and then

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know about, you know, the offensive efficiency for for Navy.

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this game was clearly not in doubt steven until the

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end because you know Navy, Navy's trying to run the

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clock out. Memphis has got all three timeouts, they call them,

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get a stop, they march the football and come down

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and score. Same thing happens, and their marching they're marching

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inside and they had plenty of time. All they needed

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to do is put one in the end zone and

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then Rayon Lane from from the Naval Academy. He comes

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up with the interception inside the ten yard line. He

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returns it all the the entire other way, pick six.

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point difference. This was a basically about a one to

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two three point difference, and it looks a lot more lopsided,

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not that twelve points is lopsided, but it doesn't look

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as close as this game really was because it took

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that Rayon Lane late game interception just to hang on

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for dear life for the Naval Academy.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, this was forty nine to thirty in

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the fourth quarter, there's a and eight minutes to go,

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eight and a half minutes to go, it's forty nine

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to thirty, and all of a sudden, Memphis goes down,

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scores this touch scores the touchdown. Then they called all

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their timeouts, got Navy to go three and out, and

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then they put it on the longest drive of on

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either side thirteen plays. That's a that's a that's a

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service Academy type drive, thirteen plays in almost and it

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still only took only about four minutes to get down

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score the touchdown, got the on side kick and was

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driving again to try and take the lead, and all

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of a sudden, here comes Ray on lane and and

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you know, making everybody, including yours, truly celebrate.

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Speaker 5: Uh.

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Speaker 4: You know we were talking about this off before we

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started taping the show that I was sitting in the

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press box at Tropic Cana Field after the Rays game

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against Toronto and was watching the game on my iPad,

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Speaker 5: Doing laps through the press box.

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Speaker 4: I'm so happy because I knew that I was going

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to be able to text our friend TJ. Reeves a

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picture of the USS Theodore Roosevelt and anchors away so

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and which I which I promptly did.

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Speaker 2: Well, let me just throw this in there, I mean,

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because we're obviously talking a lot about offense, and you

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know Blake Corvath naming the Maxwell Award Player of the Week,

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Davey O'Brien, mean you named a lot of the quarterback

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awar centric awards of the week.

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Speaker 3: He got it.

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Speaker 2: Let's let let's go defensively for just a second, because

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you know, it did take a late game interception to

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preserve the win. But let me just run off a

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couple of defensive statistics here, Jackson Campbell third on the

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team with ten tackles, Kyle Jacob second on the team

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with twelve tackles.

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Speaker 3: How about that.

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Speaker 2: Guy we've talked a lot about this year, Colin Ramos,

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who pretty gamed. He was named a Lot Impact Trophy

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Player of the Week. And let me tell you what

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he did twenty tackles on the day. He had one sack,

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two tackles for a loss, and a pass broken up.

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I'm telling you right now, Colin Ramos is putting together

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All American quality caliber statistics right now. If he is

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not in the mix or conversation, I know there's some

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fantastic linebackers across the country. If Colin Ramos is not

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in the conversation, for it worse an honorable mention All

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American at this point. Clearly we got a whole lot

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more to go. But at this point, he is playing

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All American caliber linebacker right now with them at Chipman.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, he most certainly is.

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Speaker 4: And and you know, anytime the all went past the

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line of scrimmage, number forty four was standing there well

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waiting to make a play on him. And that that's

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just you know, a credit to the hard work that

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he has put in, you know, his entire career in Annapolis,

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and especially over the last summer and getting ready for

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this season because you knew it was going to be important.

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Speaker 3: Dare I say it?

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Speaker 2: Steven fifty six to forty four Navy wins, they're now

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in a tie obviously early in the season, two and

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zero in the league them an Army.

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Speaker 3: Dare I say it?

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Speaker 2: Could we see these teams play back to back weeks

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Army Navy, and then could we be seeing a conference

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championship game? That would be unbelievable. Of course, the conference

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championship would would come what before Army Navy?

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Speaker 4: Yes, yeah, it would be It would be the conference

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championship first that would decide.

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Speaker 5: And especially you know, could could you.

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Speaker 4: Imagine them both being undefeated at the point where they

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meet for the conference championship and we're talking about maybe

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a possibility that what that the winner of that game

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goes into the College Football Playoff, the expanded College Football

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Playoff this year because obviously the highest you know, the

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the Group of six or Group I guess it's now

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Group of six, but uh, you know, those teams are

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now going to get an opportunity to compete in the

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college football Playoff.

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Speaker 5: And I would think that.

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Speaker 4: If they're if a American Athletic conference team finishes as

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a undefeated team, they're going to be They're gonna be

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the one team that's considered and you know, ahead of

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the Mountain West, ahead of the Atlantic Sun, ahead of

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Conference US A. Uh, you know, And that's no, that's

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no slate on Liberty. It's no slight on Boise State.

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It's no slight on you know, Troy or whoever, or

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James Madison, whoever else in the in the Atlantic Sun.

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Speaker 5: They're they're going to be. They're gonna be the team

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that's going to be considered.

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Speaker 2: Let me just say this right now. I'll go ahead

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and put it on.

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Speaker 3: The record for you right now. You heard it here.

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Speaker 2: First, Army and Navy will not neither one both of

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them will not finish the conference season without a loss.

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Just I'm going out on a limb. I'm sticking to it.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think I think you're absolutely right.

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Speaker 4: And the only thing that that does, if they were

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able to somehow, even if one of them gets through undefeated,

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all it does is shove all of the you know,

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experts predictions right back up where the sun don't shine.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yep, absolutely, Let's get to game ball, Steven, I mean,

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is there really any other way to go? I mean,

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we could do different things. I'm prepared to if we

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need to. But which way you think in game ball

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this week?

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Speaker 5: No, there's only one person that deserves a game ball.

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Speaker 4: Well, all right, there's more than one person that deserves

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a game ball. There's only one person's getting my game ball.

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His name is Blake. That that performance that he put

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together one upping Bryson daily. Sorry Bryson, Uh, you know

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we love your play. But mister Forrvath got it this week,

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got it done this week against a much tougher opponent,

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And so I will I will give mine to uh

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all number ten down.

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Speaker 2: There, yeah, career high in rushing to eleven, career high

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in passing.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, hold on.

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Speaker 2: He even caught a pass for the first time in

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his career for thirteen yards, and the six combined touchdowns

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were the most by Navy players. It's Malcolm Perry had

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six in the win against East Carolina in twenty nineteen

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to the four hundred and sixteen yards of total offense

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with just twelve yards off the school record that Will

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Worth set in twenty sixteen against USF. So video game,

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like almost numbers from Blake Horvath, I'm going game ball.

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I may go with Rayon Lane because you know, obviously

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preserving he doesn't come up with that interception there at

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the end. I don't know if we're having a conversation

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right now about Blake Corbas numbers meaning what they did.

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But the senior safety from Jessup, Maryland comes up with

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that safety to preserve the win. And not only does

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he get the safety, but he goes eighty six yards

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the other way to put a cap in a stamp

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on that big win as a celebration. I'm sure went

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late into the night into Annapolis. So I'll give it

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to Rayon Lane the third he gets back game ball.

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Speaker 4: By the way, do you think do you think Memphis

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got sick of seeing the back of number eleven and

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number eighteen? Because I can only imagine that the Tigers,

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the Tigers defenders hated seeing the number eleven coming their way,

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and yeah, and I'm sure that the Memphis offense hated

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seeing the number eighteen running the other way.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just unbelievable, Like I just did not see

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that one coming. I didn't see it coming in either way.

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But like I always say, you know, it usually is

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going to take three. You know, once we turn the

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page and get in October, you start finding out who

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a team is really is. And I think we found

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out a lot about Naval Academy. I think we're finding

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out a lot more about Army too. I think Army

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is while they have not played you know, high level competition.

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You could say that about the Naval Academy too, up

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until they played Memphis this past weekend. But they're handling

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the business they need to handle in there. They've been

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doing it convincibly, so starting to you know, I think

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we're starting to really see true color shine. But we

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will come back and talk about a lot more. Because

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we got our Travis mannin Foundation on a Roll segment.

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We got games to preview this week. We got some

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off the field news regarding air Force in the Mount West.

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We got some picks to make Steven. We got a

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Academy Football.

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Speaker 2: All right, continuing on here on Yards and Stripes your

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hope for service. It's Gottamy Football on Price Atcketson. He

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is Stephen Carney, and we have got some games to

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talk about. One game already underway. Army given a beat

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down to Temple right now as we're recording on Thursday night.

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Sorry we couldn't get this done a little bit earlier

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in the week. Hope everybody's staying safe wherevery eu are,

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especially if you're anywhere near Hurricane Helen. That's come up

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past Florida, past Stephen and now headed our way in

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the upstate of South Carolina. But we march on, and

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we march on with you our Service Academy fan Steven

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and will skip over Army because obviously Army is getting

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it done. They're out on the road at Temple, Temple

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one and three zero to one right now, Army getting

480
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,440
ready to go to three and no in the American Athletics.

481
00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,920
So we'll move on down to the Naval Academy because

482
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,400
they're hitting the road for the first time this season.

483
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,519
Steve going to Birmingham. They're going to be on the

484
00:24:48,599 --> 00:24:52,240
road in an AAC matchup against UAB. The game against

485
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,799
the Blazer is going to be a Saturday twelve nude kickoff.

486
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:56,640
Speaker 3: On ESPN two.

487
00:24:56,759 --> 00:24:58,960
Speaker 2: Right now, Navy is at a three and a half

488
00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,200
point favorite over under his fifty seven and a half

489
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,759
the last I've seen in this one Steven And maybe

490
00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:08,880
obviously we just talked about him clicking on every cylinder possible,

491
00:25:09,039 --> 00:25:13,480
while UAB can't say quite the same for them as

492
00:25:13,519 --> 00:25:15,680
they are one and two this season, but this will

493
00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:17,599
be their first conference game this season.

494
00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:23,039
Speaker 4: Yeah, and going to a team in UAB that is

495
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,279
one of those teams that is, you know, lived by

496
00:25:26,319 --> 00:25:29,519
the pass, die by the pass. You know they are

497
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:33,599
they are the you know, fun and gun type of

498
00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:38,119
offense and led by a senior quarterback, a guy that

499
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,240
I've gotten to see the last two or three years

500
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:42,039
in Jacob Zeno.

501
00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,920
Speaker 5: That he you look at him.

502
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,400
Speaker 4: Last year, he threw for over three thousand yards, He

503
00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:52,680
had twenty touchdowns. He had you know, really good you know,

504
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,240
he completed almost seventy five percent of his passes. He's

505
00:25:56,279 --> 00:25:59,799
off to another really good start so far this year.

506
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:04,640
Completion percentage is over seventy percent. He does have three

507
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,880
interceptions and only five touchdowns, which is kind of surprising.

508
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,960
I expected his his numbers to be a little more

509
00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:16,279
lopsided in a good way. For how much that that

510
00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,759
Trent Delfer is gonna certainly want to throw this football.

511
00:26:20,759 --> 00:26:25,400
Their running game has not been very strong this year.

512
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,440
You know, they're leading rushers so far this year. Larry

513
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,799
Baby Junior only has one hundred and eighty seven yards

514
00:26:31,799 --> 00:26:34,200
on the ground. So this is a team that is

515
00:26:34,279 --> 00:26:38,279
going to throw the football. And so this is where

516
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:43,960
the secondary is really going to come in big for

517
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,160
for the midshipman if they if they want to leave,

518
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,960
what's going to be a pretty tough place to play,

519
00:26:51,039 --> 00:26:53,799
you know, Birmingham, right, you know, right in the middle

520
00:26:53,839 --> 00:26:57,920
of a heart of football central, and so you know,

521
00:26:58,079 --> 00:27:00,920
Alabama is a wild state when it comes to the

522
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:05,400
sport they love. And it doesn't matter like whether you're

523
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:10,279
a Cribson Tide fan or a Tiger fan. You know,

524
00:27:10,319 --> 00:27:13,119
the guys that play at UAB wanted to go to

525
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:17,079
those two schools and will certainly play with the chip

526
00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,359
on their shoulder against anybody who thinks that that they're

527
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:21,960
only there because they're not good enough.

528
00:27:22,519 --> 00:27:25,079
Speaker 2: Yeah, one hundred percent, I agree with all that, and

529
00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,920
I think one of the big things for Navy this

530
00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:30,559
week obviously you're going on the road for your first

531
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:34,200
you know, true road game. I mean, they've been at

532
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:38,039
home for everything to start the season. They haven't left Annapolis,

533
00:27:38,039 --> 00:27:39,640
so this is going to be the first time they

534
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:41,200
hit the road. And I know there are a lot

535
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,680
of teams that like to get on the road because

536
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,519
you leave a lot of the distractions from behind, especially

537
00:27:46,559 --> 00:27:49,519
at an academy where you can really get away from

538
00:27:49,599 --> 00:27:51,559
a lot of the other things and use zero in

539
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,359
on what you got to do. But to me, that's

540
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,839
exactly what Navy's got to do this weekend, Steven is

541
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,880
They've got to zero in because with that trip to

542
00:28:00,039 --> 00:28:02,920
Colorado Springs the following weekend, the first leg of the

543
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,920
Commander in Chief Trophy. I think that this is just

544
00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:08,559
a game where you've got to keep your eye on

545
00:28:08,599 --> 00:28:11,240
the prize and your opponent in front of you. Can't

546
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,759
be thinking about the week ahead, and that you know,

547
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,599
play in the academy, go into Air Force and play

548
00:28:17,599 --> 00:28:20,079
in that first c IC leg. You've gotten to handle

549
00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,920
your business. You're clicking right now, keep it going, because

550
00:28:24,759 --> 00:28:27,119
I don't want to say you can have yourself beat twice.

551
00:28:28,559 --> 00:28:31,599
That probably is a little bit maybe wishful thinking, at

552
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,519
least if you're an Air Force fan, just because air

553
00:28:33,559 --> 00:28:35,839
Force right now averaging what ten points a game.

554
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,079
Speaker 3: They're a naming on offense.

555
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:40,359
Speaker 2: But I think this is all about maybe focusing on

556
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,839
what they need to do going out, getting ahead, and

557
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,599
putting this one to bed early if possible, as you

558
00:28:45,599 --> 00:28:47,559
get ready to go to the Springs the following weekend.

559
00:28:48,119 --> 00:28:49,839
Speaker 5: Yeah. Absolutely, I think that.

560
00:28:51,359 --> 00:28:55,240
Speaker 4: Making sure that you know that you're not setting yourself

561
00:28:55,319 --> 00:28:58,920
up for failure. And that's and that's what Brian Newberry

562
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,440
has had I'm sure has had to emphasize to all

563
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:03,640
of his.

564
00:29:03,759 --> 00:29:04,839
Speaker 5: Players all week.

565
00:29:05,079 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 4: You know, it's not like these guys aren't aware that, Okay,

566
00:29:09,279 --> 00:29:12,599
we've got air Force and coming up a week from Saturday,

567
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,400
but we got to get to a week from Saturday,

568
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,880
and we've got something in between that matchup that we

569
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,880
need to make sure that we give all of the

570
00:29:22,839 --> 00:29:26,039
attention and the respect due to it because they've got

571
00:29:26,039 --> 00:29:28,559
to win this this game. You know, if they want

572
00:29:28,559 --> 00:29:32,000
to stay in lockstep with Army in the division, in

573
00:29:32,039 --> 00:29:35,000
the in the conference, you know, they gotta win this game.

574
00:29:35,279 --> 00:29:37,160
Speaker 5: That's that's, that's all there is to it.

575
00:29:38,079 --> 00:29:42,079
Speaker 2: Navy and UAV Saturday at twelve noon on ESPN two.

576
00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:43,960
Navy right now still a three and a half point

577
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,640
favorite over under fifty seven and a half. This one's

578
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:48,880
going to be at Protective Stadium at Birmingham. All right,

579
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:52,440
let's move out west, Stephen, the Air Force Academy going

580
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:54,440
on the road. They're going to be taken on Wyoming.

581
00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:57,759
This is gonna be Wyoming's first Mount West Conference game

582
00:29:57,799 --> 00:30:00,759
of the season. They are desperately looked to get into

583
00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:03,039
the wind column as the Cowboys are zero to four

584
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,640
this season. We certainly know the Air Force is dying

585
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:07,519
to get back in the win column. After the opening

586
00:30:07,519 --> 00:30:10,839
win against Merrimack. They haven't tasted victory since then as

587
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,279
they have struggled not only to move the football, to

588
00:30:13,319 --> 00:30:16,240
find the end zone, to light up the scoreboard in

589
00:30:16,359 --> 00:30:18,319
any capacity. Steve, this is going to be an eight

590
00:30:18,319 --> 00:30:22,279
o'clock kickoff Saturday night, Eastern Standard Time on the CBS

591
00:30:22,319 --> 00:30:24,480
Sports Network and lo and behold. Air Force is a

592
00:30:24,519 --> 00:30:27,119
field goal favorite right now over under at thirty four

593
00:30:27,119 --> 00:30:29,640
and a half. So certainly the oddsmakers don't see a

594
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:31,119
lot of points being scored in this one.

595
00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:31,759
Speaker 3: I don't either.

596
00:30:32,119 --> 00:30:34,680
Speaker 2: Well, boy, you had the off week if you're Troy Calhoun,

597
00:30:34,759 --> 00:30:37,319
to try and get something going to switch things up

598
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:39,759
and right now, you would love nothing more than to

599
00:30:39,799 --> 00:30:42,480
do that and get your first conference win, especially as

600
00:30:42,519 --> 00:30:45,400
we just mentioned Navy coming to town the following weekend.

601
00:30:45,839 --> 00:30:49,960
Speaker 4: Absolutely, I mean, Wyoming is zero to four and they've lost.

602
00:30:50,279 --> 00:30:53,920
They lost at home to Idaho, which is an FCS school. So,

603
00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:59,680
uh you And that being said, if Troy Calhouning company,

604
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:03,880
if they players take the Cowboys lightly, they're going to

605
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:05,119
be in for a fight on their hands.

606
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,319
Speaker 5: There's no doubt about that. Uh.

607
00:31:07,359 --> 00:31:11,039
Speaker 4: You know, this team is certainly wanting to make a statement.

608
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:14,519
They want to come out at home in front of

609
00:31:14,559 --> 00:31:19,319
their fans and put one down on the Falcons. That's

610
00:31:19,599 --> 00:31:23,119
that's that they see it. They they see this as okay,

611
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:27,480
you know, if we win this week, the first four

612
00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:30,519
games don't matter for you know, none of you know,

613
00:31:30,599 --> 00:31:34,039
none of them were conference games. So whereas air Force

614
00:31:34,079 --> 00:31:37,079
has already played a conference game having played uh San

615
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:41,359
Jose State and lost, you know, Wyoming can say, all right,

616
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,160
well if we if we win this game, we're ahead

617
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,359
of them in the standings. It doesn't matter what the

618
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:50,200
what the first four games said. So that they they

619
00:31:50,279 --> 00:31:53,160
know that they're going to be motivated and air Force

620
00:31:53,279 --> 00:31:56,240
needs to understand that they cannot take the Cowboys lately.

621
00:31:56,799 --> 00:31:57,359
Speaker 5: Yeah.

622
00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:59,440
Speaker 2: Absolutely, you got to go out there and get dead

623
00:31:59,799 --> 00:32:01,799
to carry your business because it don't.

624
00:32:01,839 --> 00:32:05,119
Speaker 5: And it's thank god, Laramie's going to be warm. You know.

625
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:09,119
Speaker 4: Could you imagine doing this game, you know, November twenty

626
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,960
sixth instead of instead of September twenty sixth, It would

627
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:17,039
be a much different type of atmosphere in Laramie.

628
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:18,119
Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely.

629
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:21,440
Speaker 2: Air Force in Wyoming an eight o'clock kickoff Eastern Standard

630
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,119
time this Saturday on the CBS Sports Network. And I

631
00:32:24,119 --> 00:32:26,119
don't mean to plow through that, Stephen, because a lot

632
00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,759
of the news regarding the Air Force Academy happen in

633
00:32:28,839 --> 00:32:30,039
a wild week in.

634
00:32:30,039 --> 00:32:31,480
Speaker 3: College football off the field.

635
00:32:31,559 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 2: This conference re alignment never seems to cease, It never

636
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:38,519
seems to stop. But on Troy Calhoun's birthday today, the

637
00:32:38,559 --> 00:32:43,039
wheels stop spinning and Air Force, I'll let.

638
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:43,599
Speaker 3: You take it away.

639
00:32:43,599 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 2: But basically, briefly, after a lot of movement, Air Force

640
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:50,440
and UNLB have signed a memorandum of understanding that they

641
00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:52,079
are going to stick with them out less.

642
00:32:52,119 --> 00:32:53,039
Speaker 3: They are not leaving.

643
00:32:54,079 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 2: They are going to help keep the conference intact and

644
00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,359
as a result, they will be getting a much bigger

645
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,279
piece of the than the other remaining schools.

646
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:06,599
Speaker 4: Yeah, this all comes on the heel, of course, of

647
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:10,079
the four Mountain West teams that had announced that they

648
00:33:10,079 --> 00:33:13,720
were leaving the conference in twenty twenty six to join

649
00:33:13,799 --> 00:33:16,920
the new PAC twelve, which is now going to be

650
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:22,240
the PAC six. Meaning so you had the first four

651
00:33:22,319 --> 00:33:26,519
that left were Fresno State, Boise State, Colorado State, and

652
00:33:26,559 --> 00:33:27,480
San Diego State.

653
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,599
Speaker 5: Then the announcement came out this week that.

654
00:33:29,799 --> 00:33:34,079
Speaker 4: Utah State had also decided that they were going to

655
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:38,440
leave to join the PAC twelve. And then the questions

656
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:42,079
came out, Okay, what about the rest of the conference

657
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:45,240
and who, you know, who is the PAC twelve looking

658
00:33:45,279 --> 00:33:49,880
to target here? Obviously Air Force was a big target

659
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:53,039
in the mind of the PAC twelve, as was UNLV.

660
00:33:53,599 --> 00:33:57,279
I would assume that if the UNLV left, they would

661
00:33:57,319 --> 00:34:00,839
try and bring little sister along with them in Nevada,

662
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,440
you know, to try and come along with them. But

663
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:08,480
they've decided with a little bit of scratch coming across

664
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:12,960
uh of course, air Force and UNLV making making the

665
00:34:13,079 --> 00:34:16,400
deal saying you know, we're going to stay in the

666
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,920
Mountain West. Right now, the Mountain West still needs at

667
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,199
least one more team to come aboard in order to

668
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:26,400
maintain its group of six UH standards.

669
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:27,119
Speaker 6: Uh.

670
00:34:27,199 --> 00:34:29,760
Speaker 4: You know, the the name that's out there that I

671
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,679
have seen right now is Texas State is the team

672
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,960
that they are they're looking at h AT trying to

673
00:34:36,039 --> 00:34:38,800
bring in. It would not surprise me if they go

674
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:42,159
go and possibly look at a couple of other teams

675
00:34:42,159 --> 00:34:46,280
that are out there in Division one FBS trying to

676
00:34:47,119 --> 00:34:50,079
get the Mountain West back up to maybe ten. If

677
00:34:50,079 --> 00:34:52,599
you bring in Texas State and then you look at

678
00:34:52,599 --> 00:34:57,280
maybe uh, New Mexico State and UTEP, that would give

679
00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:58,119
you ten teams.

680
00:34:58,400 --> 00:34:58,880
Speaker 5: And so.

681
00:35:00,519 --> 00:35:03,360
Speaker 4: I think you and I both agree ten is probably

682
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:06,760
the right number. Uh. You know, it gives you the

683
00:35:07,199 --> 00:35:10,880
nine conference UH games that you want to have every year,

684
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:13,920
allows you to have some flexibility with your schedule.

685
00:35:14,199 --> 00:35:15,760
Speaker 5: You're not looking to go to twelve.

686
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,599
Speaker 4: Obviously there's no more divisions, so UH you can you

687
00:35:20,599 --> 00:35:23,679
can get away with ten. And if you bring in

688
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,559
Texas State and then go after like maybe a UTEP,

689
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:32,320
which is in Conference USA, I believe, and UH and

690
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:38,960
New Mexico State. You know, those are both really good

691
00:35:39,119 --> 00:35:42,159
schools for travel wise. You know, it's not going to

692
00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:45,079
cause you a whole lot of of headache with travel.

693
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:49,760
It's not like you're going after Troy uh to to

694
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:52,880
to use. And I'm not saying that anybody is looking

695
00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:56,400
at Troy out of out of the the Atlanta, out

696
00:35:56,400 --> 00:36:00,119
of the sun Belt, but you're you're able. You know,

697
00:36:00,199 --> 00:36:03,159
that would be a headache travel wise for the for

698
00:36:03,199 --> 00:36:04,840
the Mountain West school Yeah, and it would be a

699
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,559
headache for Troy trying to get to the Mountain West schools.

700
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:08,039
Speaker 5: Yeah.

701
00:36:08,039 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 4: So but this going but going and getting el pat

702
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:15,280
you know, UTEP, New Mexico State and even a Texas state.

703
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:17,199
I think that that makes sense.

704
00:36:17,679 --> 00:36:17,880
Speaker 3: Yeah.

705
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:19,599
Speaker 2: The big thing is they need to add two because

706
00:36:19,599 --> 00:36:22,480
it was six full time members and one partial member

707
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,760
in Hawaii. The mount West still has to get two

708
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:27,679
more full time football playing schools to meet the insane

709
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:30,480
minimum requirement. But that big thing is they have until

710
00:36:30,519 --> 00:36:32,960
twenty twenty eight to do so. I mean, the way

711
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:34,840
this stuff moves so quickly, I don't think they're going

712
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:37,639
to need, you know, much more than four months, you know,

713
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:41,239
versus four years. But they've got plenty of times Stevens,

714
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:43,159
so it'll be interesting to see what happens. Of course,

715
00:36:43,199 --> 00:36:45,760
the PAC twelve is still sitting it at seven teams

716
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:47,800
right now too, so they just need to add one,

717
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,719
uh does the PAC twelve, but mountainless. So it's going

718
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:52,960
to be interesting to see this jockeying the way it's

719
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going to play out, because we saw the jockey go

720
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go down with the American and some teams possibly you know,

721
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:02,760
I don't want to say toying with leaving, but there was.

722
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 3: Just all kinds of things flying.

723
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Speaker 5: I'll say it.

724
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Speaker 4: I I know that USF was being courted by the

725
00:37:09,159 --> 00:37:12,559
PAC twelve. I know that Memphis and Tulane were two

726
00:37:12,639 --> 00:37:16,360
other teams uh that were that were certainly being looked

727
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,760
at by by the PAC twelve conference to maybecome aboard.

728
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:20,559
Speaker 5: Uh.

729
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Speaker 4: Really, I I look at I look at it this way.

730
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:26,599
You know, why why are you going to go to

731
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a conference? And and I would say this to any

732
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,679
of the teams looking to go to the PAC twelve,

733
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:36,360
It's like, why are you going for a maybe? Yeah,

734
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:39,920
you know, you don't know what's going on with uh

735
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:43,519
with the PAC twelve. You know, they don't have they

736
00:37:43,559 --> 00:37:45,599
don't have a television deal anymore. You don't have a

737
00:37:45,639 --> 00:37:49,400
television network anymore, you know, that's all. Those are all

738
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:55,159
maybees and and you're basically going on we on a hope.

739
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:58,880
You know, whereas the American the Mountain West have their

740
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:02,440
television deals and lace, I think I think that you're

741
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:06,960
going to see teams. I think that gives the Mountain

742
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:11,280
West a leg up on the PAC twelve. Yeah, if

743
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:15,960
THEA I know, the PAC twelve has you know, has

744
00:38:16,199 --> 00:38:19,920
has some some schools of size.

745
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Speaker 5: Uh in it.

746
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Speaker 4: You know, having Oregon State, having Washington State obviously is

747
00:38:23,079 --> 00:38:27,000
going to help. And then and then of course, uh,

748
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all of this is contingent on the grant of rights

749
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uh issues that are going on staying status quo. And

750
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that of course all leads to the Florida State and Clemson. Uh,

751
00:38:41,519 --> 00:38:44,280
the all the the lawsuits going on between Florida State

752
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:46,599
and Clemson and the and the a c C. And

753
00:38:46,679 --> 00:38:50,679
if a judge says that grant of rights is is

754
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:54,679
tortious interference, We're going to see the Wild West in

755
00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:55,679
college football again.

756
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Speaker 2: There's still a lot that's gonna happen. I think we

757
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,960
can all agree that they're there more movement coming. What

758
00:39:02,039 --> 00:39:04,400
that movement is we will find out. But there is

759
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:06,960
a whole lot more to play out because there are

760
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:09,360
a lot of different wildcards in this scenario, and you

761
00:39:09,519 --> 00:39:13,480
just mentioned several of them. But it will continue to

762
00:39:13,519 --> 00:39:17,840
spend because the conference realignment carousel always keeps spinning.

763
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Speaker 3: Steven, let's step out of here.

764
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Speaker 2: We got our picks to make, we got our Travis

765
00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:23,760
Manion Foundation Honor Roll segment. We got more to do

766
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:27,599
is we're barreling down the eye of a hurricane.

767
00:39:27,639 --> 00:39:28,599
Speaker 3: Helena issue.

768
00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:31,239
Speaker 2: Take a look out the Waydow.

769
00:39:31,159 --> 00:39:32,599
Speaker 5: Parking Lot's not flooded yet.

770
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,400
Speaker 2: Well, I can't say the same from my front yard

771
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:38,039
because my front yard is most definitely flooded. I'm just

772
00:39:38,079 --> 00:39:41,440
hoping the winds just don't take over some trees on

773
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,199
my house tonight or tomorrow morning.

774
00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:45,960
Speaker 3: But we will be back here on yards and stripes

775
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in just.

776
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Speaker 2: A second, TMF Honor Roll, it's coming up.

777
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Speaker 7: In two thousand and seven, Mareen First Lieutenant Travis Mannion

778
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:56,000
was killed in Iraq after saving his wooted teammates. Travis's

779
00:39:56,079 --> 00:39:58,480
legacy lives on through the words he spoke before his

780
00:39:58,519 --> 00:40:02,239
final deployment. If not me, than who, words that today

781
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fuel the spirit of Travis Mannion Foundation, and through TMF,

782
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these words can live in you too, show the world

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what you're made of, because character is invisible until it's not.

784
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Find out how you can strengthen the character of your

785
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community alongside empowered veterans, families of the fallen, and inspired

786
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civilians at Travismanion dot org.

787
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Speaker 2: All right, we've come to that time in the show,

788
00:40:24,079 --> 00:40:27,039
the Travismanian Foundation Honor Role segment where we honor a

789
00:40:27,079 --> 00:40:30,519
fallen hero, one that has given the ultimate sacrifice. And

790
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then the words of Travis himself, If not me, then

791
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who those words he spoke before deploying for that final time.

792
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And you can find out a lot more information about

793
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the Travismanian Foundation at Travismannian dot org. In ways they

794
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are making a difference. I had local communities across the country.

795
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Is there nine to eleven heroes run what's going on

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through the month of September. You can find one all

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month in a community near you just by going to

798
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Travismannian dot org. Or you can find a way to

799
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donate right there to help continue to empower veterans and

800
00:41:00,519 --> 00:41:04,000
families of the fallen. Once again, Travismannan dot org. And

801
00:41:04,039 --> 00:41:06,519
this week we're going to honor a fallen hero from

802
00:41:06,559 --> 00:41:11,159
the Army National Guard Daniel Eshbah Sergeant es Bah was

803
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a native of Norman, Oklahoma, and gave the ultimate sacrifice

804
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:19,039
on September the eighteenth, two thousand and eight, when he

805
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was killed and a forty seven Chinook helicopter crash near

806
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to lil Iraq with six others. Dan joined the Army

807
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or the Air Force right out of high school and

808
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served ten years and then became a trucker before realizing

809
00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:35,559
that military was his true calling. He then joined the

810
00:41:35,639 --> 00:41:39,519
Oklahoma National Guard and served ten years. Dan could always

811
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be counted on for his leadership, humor, and integrity, and

812
00:41:42,519 --> 00:41:45,960
when often presented himself with a tough exterior, he had

813
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:48,840
the biggest and warmest heart and he will be remembered

814
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:52,760
for his humor and playfulness in his lifetime love of learning.

815
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As I mentioned, he served ten years in the Oklahoma

816
00:41:55,639 --> 00:41:57,519
National Guard and for the first nine years he was

817
00:41:57,519 --> 00:41:59,559
a mechanic, but then he wanted to step outside of

818
00:41:59,599 --> 00:42:02,239
his comfort zone and he became a flight engineer. He

819
00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:04,000
always had a fear of heights, but it did not

820
00:42:04,199 --> 00:42:07,719
stop him for pursuing new goals. He always wanted just

821
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:11,159
a little bit more. Sergeant s Ba was described as

822
00:42:11,159 --> 00:42:13,800
being a hard worker, a quick learner, and expanded his

823
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knowledge from just the engine to learning the entire aircraft.

824
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:20,280
He also expanded his knowledge by using his couch as

825
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,480
an aircraft and his two children as pilots. Dan was

826
00:42:23,519 --> 00:42:26,000
always the first person at work and the first person

827
00:42:26,039 --> 00:42:30,320
to get started on a task. So we take the

828
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:34,000
time to honor or remember those like Sergeant Daniel.

829
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Speaker 5: Es Boh who gave.

830
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Speaker 2: The ultimate sacrifice again the Norman Hooma native. I was

831
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a member of the Oklahoma National Guards, serving our country

832
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and protecting our freedoms.

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Speaker 6: Travis Mallon foundations nine to eleven Heroes Run five k

834
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ra series unites communities across the country and around the

835
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world to honor the sacrifices of September eleventh and the

836
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war since. Join your community this September and register to

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run walk or rock by visiting nine to eleven here

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Speaker 1: The latest with Navy, Army and Air Force on Yards

840
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:10,679
and Stripes Service Academy Football.

841
00:43:12,679 --> 00:43:15,119
Speaker 2: All right, wrapping up Yards and Stripes your home for

842
00:43:15,199 --> 00:43:17,480
service Academy Football, Army, Navy and Air Force. He is

843
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:20,280
Stephen Carney, and I have Price Atkinson. Stephen is not

844
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:22,800
looking out the window this time peaking to see what

845
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:26,119
Hurricane Aleen is doing out his window. I am peeking

846
00:43:26,159 --> 00:43:28,320
out mine because it's getting a lot closer to me

847
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:32,559
as it is getting away from him. So we move

848
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:36,719
on here as we get ready for two games this weekend, because,

849
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:39,000
as we told you a little bit earlier, Army right

850
00:43:39,039 --> 00:43:41,760
now up big on Temple as they were looking to

851
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:43,679
close it out and go three to zero in the

852
00:43:43,719 --> 00:43:48,360
American Athletic But Steven, the two games we just broke down.

853
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:50,599
Speaker 3: We got to make some picks here, my man.

854
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:55,159
Speaker 2: We've got Navy and UAB on the road Saturday twelve noon,

855
00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:59,519
kickoff again on ESPN two. I think Navy's gonna go

856
00:43:59,559 --> 00:44:01,920
down there and care business. I'll give you my prediction,

857
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:04,039
because you always go first. I think I'm gonna go

858
00:44:04,039 --> 00:44:06,360
in a fairly close one here. I think Navy's gonna

859
00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:09,639
get let's say, a thirty one twenty seven victory less

860
00:44:09,639 --> 00:44:11,280
than a touchdown. I think it's gonna be tight, but

861
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:12,639
Navy prevails.

862
00:44:12,199 --> 00:44:12,639
Speaker 3: In the end.

863
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:17,039
Speaker 4: What say you, Yeah, I'm about the same spot with you.

864
00:44:17,199 --> 00:44:20,920
I'm at thirty five twenty eight Navy. I think that

865
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:26,400
Blake Corvat has another huge day both on the ground

866
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:30,159
and in the air. I think that really for Navy

867
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:37,480
to be able to put together a successful trip to Birmingham,

868
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:39,320
you've got to be able.

869
00:44:39,079 --> 00:44:41,119
Speaker 5: To maintain possession.

870
00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:44,159
Speaker 4: I think this is one of those games where you know,

871
00:44:44,239 --> 00:44:48,159
if Navy doesn't have at least a double digit.

872
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:51,079
Speaker 5: Play drive, I mean, you think about it.

873
00:44:51,159 --> 00:44:53,360
Speaker 4: I think the I think the longest drive they had

874
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:57,280
last week against Memphis, I think with seven or eight plays.

875
00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:00,320
I think they're going to need to have multiple double

876
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:04,360
digit play drives this week against Trent delpher in company.

877
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:07,400
You've got to wear down that Blazer defense somehow, and

878
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:08,840
I think that's the way you're going to have to

879
00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:09,159
do it.

880
00:45:09,519 --> 00:45:09,880
Speaker 3: There you go.

881
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:13,159
Speaker 2: Steven and I both like the Naval Academy going on

882
00:45:13,199 --> 00:45:15,719
the road and getting the win in Birmingham. Right other

883
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:19,679
game that we got Steve air Force at Wyoming exercise

884
00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:23,599
in conference futility. Offensively, here is air Force. They're looking

885
00:45:23,599 --> 00:45:25,800
for their first conference win oh to one in the

886
00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:28,719
Mountain West, and certainly this is Wyoming's first conference game

887
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:31,880
of the season. Again at eight o'clock kickoff Eastern Standard

888
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:34,320
Time on the CBS Sports Network. With the Falcons or

889
00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:37,440
a three point favorite, I'll fire first again on this one,

890
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:39,800
I think that air Force is going to find a

891
00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:43,360
way against a team that's just not very good. I

892
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:45,719
don't think Wyoming is very good at all. They're oh

893
00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:48,559
to four. They've struggled against pretty much everybody they played.

894
00:45:48,559 --> 00:45:51,079
I mean, like you said, they even losing a close

895
00:45:51,119 --> 00:45:55,880
game at home to FCS Idaho Vandals. But I think

896
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:59,119
air Force, having had the week off, give Troy Calhoun

897
00:45:59,159 --> 00:46:00,920
a little bit of time. I think he's gonna be

898
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:04,039
able to dial up a recipe that's gonna be able

899
00:46:04,079 --> 00:46:06,920
to find the end zone. They've averaged what ten, just

900
00:46:07,079 --> 00:46:09,159
barely over ten points a game. I think they're going

901
00:46:09,239 --> 00:46:11,400
to score twenty. I think it's gonna be air Force

902
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:13,519
to the tune of say, twenty to thirteen.

903
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:14,239
Speaker 3: What do you think?

904
00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:16,440
Speaker 5: Yeah, I looked at it.

905
00:46:17,519 --> 00:46:20,840
Speaker 4: Wyoming has yet to score more than seventeen points in

906
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:23,760
a game this season. They are not going to do

907
00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:26,400
so this week either. I think this is going to

908
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:29,280
be a little closer. I don't think that that air

909
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:32,960
Force gets to twenty. I think this is seventeen fourteen.

910
00:46:33,519 --> 00:46:36,840
I think that the Falcons are able to escape, and

911
00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:40,320
so I'll go with them just being able to escape.

912
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:47,000
Laramie on a nice balmy night in Wyoming, if you can.

913
00:46:47,039 --> 00:46:51,559
If you consider mid sixties balmy and in Wyoming, I

914
00:46:51,639 --> 00:46:55,519
think they do, so it'll be it'll be perfect football weather.

915
00:46:55,719 --> 00:46:58,119
But I think they're going to see a lot of defense.

916
00:46:58,159 --> 00:47:00,000
I think the punters are going to get a work

917
00:47:00,119 --> 00:47:03,679
out in, and I think it's gonna come down to,

918
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:07,480
you know, who can make a big special teams play

919
00:47:08,199 --> 00:47:13,159
in order to set their offense up for a short field.

920
00:47:13,239 --> 00:47:16,880
So yeah, I'll give me, give me seventeen fourteen Falcons.

921
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Speaker 2: We both like the Falcons, and we both like a

922
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:23,000
sweep for the academies this weekend because that would be fun,

923
00:47:23,039 --> 00:47:25,960
because we enjoy when we get a clean sweep and

924
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:30,519
all three win on any given weekend in the fall. Steven,

925
00:47:30,559 --> 00:47:32,559
that's gonna wrap it up, my man. I hope you

926
00:47:32,599 --> 00:47:35,079
stay safe down there. I hope everybody, if you're anywhere

927
00:47:35,119 --> 00:47:39,320
in the path of Helen, everybody is safe. I hope

928
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:42,239
everybody has an enjoyable weekend. Certainly, we appreciate all our

929
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:45,480
partners last Word on Sports podcast Network. We love being

930
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:48,440
a part of them. Steven, as you do a fantastic job.

931
00:47:48,519 --> 00:47:52,559
No better producer in anywhere in the land than you do.

932
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Keeping all our podcasts straight that you can get on Spotify,

933
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Apple Podcasts, wherever it is you listen to podcasts. Deep

934
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we got all kinds of stuff. It's not just us,

935
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We're not the stars. We got many stars on the

936
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last Word on Sports podcast.

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Speaker 4: Network, absolutely, and College Gridiron Coast to Coast is just

938
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one of the feeds you can get. I mean they've

939
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got if you go to last Word on Sports dot

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Com Slash podcast they've got a boatload of of of

941
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podcasts up there, not just football. They pretty soon I

942
00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:30,000
know that college college basketball Coast to Coast is getting

943
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started up again here.

944
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Speaker 5: Uh this year.

945
00:48:33,039 --> 00:48:36,880
Speaker 4: We've got podcasts about boxing and wrestling and M m

946
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A and soccer, plenty of stuff.

947
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Speaker 5: Uh that.

948
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:43,760
Speaker 4: If college football isn't your thing, they we've got your

949
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thing over at last Word on sports dot Com. Uh again,

950
00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:49,960
it's last Word on Sports dot Com Slash Podcasts.

951
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Speaker 2: Steven love doing this with you every single week. Can't

952
00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:55,880
wait to do it again next week. Yards and Stripes Army,

953
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:58,599
Navy and Air Force. Tell a friend and we will

954
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talk to you next week.

955
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