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Speaker 1: Need to get your football fix 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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Steve Carney.

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Speaker 2: We have Liftoff Episode fourteen on the Yards and Stripes.

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You're home for Service Academy Football. He is Steven M.

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CARNEI and Price Atkinson and it's Thanksgiving week and Steven,

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you know what, You win some, you lose some, and

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Army has won a lot of them this year, but

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unfortunately the streak came to an end on Saturday. We're

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gonna get into all that and more on this episode.

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We got Travis Manning Foundation Honor Roll segment. We got

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games to preview. We're gonna get into both the games

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last weekend as a maybe Debbie downer for Army, but look,

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I'm not gonna be that way for Air Force because

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they went again. Holy cow, where's the turnaround come from?

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We got a lot to talk about here, Steven. We

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got some news and notes, we got picks to make,

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and we also have for the first time I feel

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like in ages three games and we're gonna go ahead

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and drop a little teaser here right now, all three

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of our teams, Army, Navy, and Air Force. They're all

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favored this weekend now, so we'll talk about it. But Steven,

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Thanksgiving week, let me just go ahead and put you

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on the spot. I know we like to talk about

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food out of the outset, so let me get the

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first pre wreck question out of the way. What's on

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the papyons tonight?

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Speaker 3: Amazingly enough price, I had a big lunch, so there

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is no papian No, no pizza. Pizza is empty tonight. Plus,

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you know you normally I go with the Papa yns

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when the lightning win so I can get fifty percent

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off because I'm a cheap bugger. I am Scottish, so

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I am cheap in that in that sense, So there

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is no pizza tonight. I did have PDQ for lunch,

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so which is which is always tasty? The chicken sandwich

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franchise that was started here in the Tampa Bay region

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and is now starting to branch out nationwide. I don't

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know if they have any PDQ in your neck of

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the woods. No, we do not. It's the perfect place

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to go on Sunday, because of course, the Great Chick

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fil A is not open on Sunday. So if you're

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if you need that chicken sandwich fix, that is my recommendation.

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Speaker 2: Well, my son, who's mister Fortnite sitting over my left shoulder,

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he is a big chicken guy, and so he loves

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his chicken. He loves his Zaxby's. And so I like

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to get into the debate and piss all the raising

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Canes people off and tell them how it's overrated all

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the time, because those are like the northern people that

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like I don't for whatever reason, they can't get Zaxby's,

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but they think raising Canes is like the end all,

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and I'm like, it's the same thing as Zaxby's. It's

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no different, it's no better, it's no worse. But it's

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question two. I gotta stay on food. It is Thanksgiving week.

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Let me just throw out my Thanksgiving bomb right here.

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I can't stand pumpkin pie. Are you with me? Are

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you against me? You know what, I the minority, and

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that's why.

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Speaker 3: I'm very limited when it comes to pumpkin I I

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like pumpkin pie, but I can only eat like a

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slice of it. Like, give me a small piece of

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pumpkin pie with whipped cream and it's gotta be real

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whipped cream. Can't be any of that cool whip hydrogenated stuff.

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It's got to be ready whipped, real whipped cream on

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pumpkin pie. But I am more about, uh, the chocolate

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cream pie, banana cream. My mother used to make banana

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and chocolate cream pie for for Thanksgiving. That's all. That

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was always a big moment for me because she didn't

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make chocolate cream pie very often, okay, And that's and

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that was that was my favorite. So she used to

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make it just for me on on Thanksgiving. Because you know,

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I am I'm the I'm the oldest, i am the

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golden child. This is my sister, I used to call me. Uh,

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But so I always go that route. But I do

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like a little bit of pumpkin pie, but like I

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am not a huge pumpkin person per se. I remember

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one time my former colleague Derek Sharp, who is now

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one of the play by play guys at the University

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of South Florida, he and I went out for beers

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and it was about about this time of year and

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they we went to this craft brewery place in Saint

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Petersburg called the Ale, in which great great venue. It's

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got a big courtyard and they always have music going

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on out there, which is always really nice. But we

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went there and he was like, they have this pumpkin

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pumpkin stout or whatever, you know, pumpkin porter, you know.

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I was like, I can't. I can't drink this, dude.

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It's so it shot like a like a like an

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anvil in my gut. I was like, I need something light.

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I need something like when I drink the beer, it's

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got to be like, you know, clean and crisp. I

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don't need like, you know, this, this anvil sitting there,

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sitting me, this gut bomb.

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Speaker 2: I'm with you, like when it comes to the beer,

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like the creamer for your coffee. I like all this stuff,

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pumpkin pies. Where I draw the line, I think it's

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the texture, there's the taste. I just I know I'm

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in the minority and I know it's a it's a

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mood killer every time.

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Speaker 3: We're both in the South, and so you end up

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with like pumpkin or sweet potato pie.

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Speaker 2: Yes, And I don't like sweet potatoes at all. I'd

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rather eat the pumpkin before i'd eat the sweet PoTA

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I know, the the one pie that I like

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to get from because you know, we don't make pumpkin pie.

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buy sweet potato pie. You don't usually make sweet potato pie.

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Public's makes this bourbon chocolate walnut pie that is just

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absolutely chef's kiss incredible, and you can only find it

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during Thanksgiving, and it's a little more expensive, Like you

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can get a pumpkin pie for like five bucks at Publics,

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the bourbon chocolate walnut pie is like eleven ninety nine

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and it is so worth it. I definitely recommend that.

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Speaker 2: I think it's the is It Costco where they have

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the pumpkin pies that are really popular. I think my

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wife usually gets one from there every year.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Sure, we usually go either Publics or in years past

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we used to go to the village in that sells

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pumpkin pies. We like to call it the Volagio because

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you know, we've never been to Las Vegas, and that's

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about as close to the Ballagio as we're going to get.

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So my wife and I like to joke about it,

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call it the Volagio to get our pumpkin pies. But

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we'll get a pumpkin pie usually for the rest of

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the rest of the group. But the bourbon chocolate walnut

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pie that we buy is for me.

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Speaker 2: Well, my wife makes a killer chocolate pie. That's her staple.

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That's what the family expects for her to bring every

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year now. So it'll be cooking up on Thursday morning.

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But it is feat suite. It's Feast week, Stephen. This

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is another thing I'm gonna throw out real quickly because

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I know we've got to get to the football and

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this is this is part of it. I think Feast

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week for me, this is the best sports week of

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the year by far, the best. College basketball is my

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is my first love. I obviously love college football because

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of what we do here. Of course you have NFL,

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but this week, when you have Day Basketball Maui Invitational,

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you start on Thursday, where you get NFL, you get

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college football on Friday. I mean, this is total sports

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saturation of college football, Pro football, college bat I mean,

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this is the There are other great weeks of the year.

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Year's Day? New Year's Day is not the same as

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it used to be many years ago. I'm not gonna

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be get off my lawn, guy, but this week is

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so good. From even yesterday being Sunday, we're recording on Monday,

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trying to get our episode out to everybody. He was

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we're part of the Last Word on Sports podcast Network.

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When we get that out there real quick. Yeah, but

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we're trying to get it so everybody's you know, traveling

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and everybody can have this in the in the in

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their queue and and and listen to us and get

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you ready for the weekend. This is the best sports

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weekend of the year. And you do even more than that.

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You take the Lightning. You've got a ton going on

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right now, Tampa Bay, the Rays. I mean, there is

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no short as of sports stuff going on in Steven

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Karney and Pryce Atkins's life right now.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there are two weeks that that are I think

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some of the most enjoyable. If you are a sports fan,

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if you're a sports broadcaster, if you're a commentator if

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you do content, this is like overload in my in

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my mind. This week and then of course the first

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weekend of the NCAA March Bash basketball tournament, because you

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have baseball getting started, you have the NBA and the

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NHL going, you know, their regular seasons are starting to

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wrap up, and then of course the turn which is

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just absolutely uh you know the best. The only thing

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that you don't have there is football, and it's probably

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a good thing because if they had football there, like

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if the NFL or or the NCAA decided they wanted

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to do something football wise that weekend, Uh, we might

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you might see my head explode because it's just too much.

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But uh, but yeah, I would say this week, and

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you know I I do stuff for the University of

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South Florida, Uh with their basketball programs. Uh. The men

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were in Myrtle Beach for uh for the uh uh

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for the Myrtle Beach Classic.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 3: You know they played in that in that invitational. Uh.

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The women's basketball team is in Orlando, was in Orlando,

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uh for an invitational. This was a big weekend uh

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for basketball here in the Tampa Bay region. Even though

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we don't have NBA we do have a couple of

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very very good and very exciting college basketball teams. Won

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a men's team and a women's team at the University

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of South Florida with the lightning going on, and now

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with the Buccaneers, uh and they're and their big win,

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and then of course all the love for college football,

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uh that we have here in this region. Uh, it's great.

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It's been fun.

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Speaker 2: Let me throw this one in there because my daughter's

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in an earshot down the hall. I know it's up

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the road from you. The Orlando Pride they win the

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NWSL Soccer Women's Soccer League last night. I know it's

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up the road. They win the whole thing last night.

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They had a parade today.

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Speaker 3: You I will say, I will say this about for people,

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for people who think that that that folks in Tampa

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give a damn about what anything goes on in Orlando.

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I know that you do not care. Orlando is is

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like you might as well be in Nicaragua. Uh. You know,

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it is an it is an entirely different world. They

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want to be Tampa so bad. Uh. You know, it's

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it's absolutely unreal. And yeah, so while while it's great

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and you know, I love you, know women's soccer. I

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love the fact that that they have these opportunities now

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where they didn't, you know, even twenty five years ago.

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You know, this all started from that World Cup in

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ninety nine. You know that that all this has started from.

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But and that, and that's all well and good, But

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we don't care about Orlando here in Tampa.

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Speaker 2: All right, I'm gonna pivot this back to football. But

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I'm gonna tell you I've said it once, I've said it,

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I'm gonna say it again. If I'm gonna move to

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the state of Florida, there's only one city I'm moving

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to in that entire state. And I like your state, Steven,

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but Tampa is the only place I would ever move

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to in Florida because I think the Tampa Bay region

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is awesome. And that's not trying to kiss your behind

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after the Orlando commet That's just facts, and that's what

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I've said for years, so I'm sticking to it. We

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got Orlando listeners. I'm sorry, Tampa is where it's at.

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I just was gonna shout it out while they're up

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the road because there's a lot going on. All right,

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Let's get to the football. Stephen we've gone on, I've

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gone on food, football, turkeys, soccer. We're back to college

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football now. Let's get to it. Because it was up

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in the Big Apple Stephen Armies thirteen game winning streak.

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It may have ended at the hands of number six

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Notre Dame, but the Black Knights they still have an

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American Athletic Conference Championship game to prepare for on December six.

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Oregon now is the only undefeated FBS team in the country.

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That's because the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. They thump, unfortunately,

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the Black Knights forty nine to fourteen at the New

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Yankee Stadium at the hands of really a one man

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show by Jeremiah Love, and it was pretty much over

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a game, set match from the very beginning. Stephen is it?

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You know? You know Irish have won nine straight. They've

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moved a step closer to the College Football Playoff, largely

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on the heels of their defense. But my Love did

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it on the ground. But their defense is only given

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up fourteen points or or less in the last six straight.

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And they may I mean clearly, we know when you

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play a team like Notre Dame, when you're out talented,

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you got to do something a little bit different. You

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got to be clicking on all cylinders. And when when

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Armies basically one dimensional what Bryce and Daily meant, he

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almost tried to do it all by himself. Thirty nine carries,

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one hundred and thirty nine yards and two touchdowns. I

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think that the only I think they had maybe fifty

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sixty yards off total offense not named Rice and Daily

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in this game. It just wasn't meant to be steven.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and you saw them having to throw the football,

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which is not what Army wants to do. Yeah, and

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so and that that just causes, you know, that that

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awful downward spiral because you know they're they're down, they

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have to throw the football to try and you get

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back into this thing and they're they're not able to

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do it. Then they get further down than when she

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means they have to pass more. You know, it's certainly

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not the status that you want to be. If you

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were Jeff Monkin and the Black Knights at Yankee Stadium,

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I will say, you know, it really started early on.

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As you mentioned, Notre Dame gets the opening kickoff, they

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go down, they score a touchdown. Army their next their

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next drive, they go three and out and they get

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the punt blocked. So at that point you knew things

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were going to be in trouble because they had the

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short field, they only had sent and they only had

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to go seven yards to get the second touchdown to

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make it fourteen nothing. And at that point you're going, oh,

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you know, at that right then and there, I said

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to my friend Peter Defie, who was who was producing

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with me on Saturday night. I was doing Lightning. He

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was doing college basketball USF basketball. I looked at him,

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I said, we're in trouble. I said, this is not

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I said, we may want to turn this back to

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the Lightning at this point, because you were watching it

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in the studio and at that point you knew that

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this this could get out of hand, and if it

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got out of hand, it was going to be ugly.

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And that's exactly what happened.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I don't have the yards per play in

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front of me, but here's the thing. To check this

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out for one second, Notre Dame only had five third

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downs in the entire game. Let me equate it to

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a different way. And I think you said it the

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other day. Army had they converted more third downs than

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Army even attempted in the game. Time of possession was

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forty minutes to twenty minutes, and you would think, holy cow,

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Army was in this thing. No, it wasn't like that.

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And the reason why I say yards per play I

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would love to see it. I don't have it right

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in front of me, but I know that Notre Dame

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rolled up four hundred and sixty four total yards of

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offense and only having the ball twenty minutes and having

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that combined on fourth down, they were three of six

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on third and fourth down combined. That is what you

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call efficient offense steven, and that's what Notre Dame was

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from the minute they got it till the minute this

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game ended. They were efficient with the football and that

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was all she wrote. I mean, that's all you can

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say is they got the job done on both sides

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of the football. Army was one dimensional. Notre Dame knew it,

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and the better team won. You know, we talked about

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it earlier, just simply put in this case, the better

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team won. We had had our hopes. I mean, I

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was bummed. I was bummed all night, but you know,

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you got to move on and here we go. Army

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still got an American Athletic Conference championship to play for.

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There's seven to zero in the American They've obviously got

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UTSA this weekend. Tulane has got a tougher game, albeit

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at home, but they've got to play Memphis, who's one

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of the top teams in the AAC. So there's still

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a lot on the line and a chance to host

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the conference championship game.

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Speaker 3: If you're curious, I did the math. Army was three

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and a half half yards per play. Notre Dame was

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over ten yards per play per play.

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Speaker 2: That's a first down every time you're snapping it. I

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wish I'd had a first down every time you snap

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the ball on average. Yeah, need I say Army.

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Speaker 3: Army was three point four yards per play to be honest,

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like to give you the and then Notre Dame it's

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ten point zero nine yards. So yeah, that you do that,

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and you're gonna you're gonna end up with with problems.

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And obviously you look at what Army does. Well, you know,

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they didn't take a whole lot of penalties just too Uh.

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They did lose the turnover battle, much like Navy did

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to Notre Dame. Uh though the uh black Knights did

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not turn the ball over six times like the midshipman did.

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It was only once. But but still, you know, when

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you are outrushed by Notre Dame two seventy five to

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two o seven and you're obviously outpassed by the fighting Irish,

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you look at it. It was four sixty four to

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two thirty three was the total yards. Uh, you know,

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I just look at it, and yeah, you would love

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you love the fact that they converted more third downs

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than Notre Dame attempted. That's not a good sign when

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you're getting that many, that many yards per play, ten

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and a half yards per pass, almost ten yards per rush.

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So they it was it was just a it was

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just a you could just tell which team was the

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better team on the field, and it might as well

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it was it was. It was Notre Dame on every aspect.

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Speaker 2: You might as well have been ordered shredded salami on

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your papayans tonight, because that's really what the Notre Dame

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defense was doing to a very solid, good Army defense

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in this game. Steven, Yes, and again was number six,

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Notre Dame forty nine, number nineteen Army fourteen. All right,

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let's move out less because out Reno. How about a

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fourth quarter comeback. It wasn't one for the Ages. It

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was just simply a comeback that secured the third straight

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win for the Air Force Falcons and steven. How about this,

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They didn't even complete a single pass. They had more

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interceptions that they did passes completed, and Air Force knocks

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off Nevada, keeping the Wallpack still winless in the mount

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Less twenty two to nineteen. Air Force has now won

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three straight four and seven and overall two and four

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in the mount lest Now Nevada falling to three and

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nine oh and six in the Mountainless. They've lost five

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straight as the Wallpack and six to seven. Air Force

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sophomore running back Owen Allen twenty three carries one to

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oh seven for a touchdown and the go ahead score

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early in the fourth quarter.

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Speaker 3: At that Yeah, not only did he score the go

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ahead touchdown, but also ran in the two point conversion

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that made it fifteen to twelve, that made it a

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field goal, and then they were able to tack on

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and make it a ten point lead near the end

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of the game with Quintin Hayes's touchdown run. And then

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you look at it the Nevada had the the late

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late touchdown with four seconds to go in the game

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to get it back to a field goal. But uh yeah,

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this was this was quite the incredible moment. Air Force

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obviously the first team this year to win a game

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without completing a pass, with zero passing yards in the game. So,

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uh it was good to see. It was good to

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see them be able to use the long drive at

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the start of the fourth quarter to get ahead after

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Nevada was able to take the lead in the third.

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You know, I I I was. I was very surprised

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looking back at the highlights, uh in in this game

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about just how strong I thought that that Air Force's

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offensive line looked in this game.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 3: And and we have said now three weeks in a

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row that finally, finally Air Force has an identity. They

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have they have created their identity. It might be too little,

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too late for this year, but you've got to feel

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these seniors are feeling much better about themselves, knowing that

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they are pretty much going into the end of their

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season now with an opportunity to win four straight to

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end things. And that's a great sign.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and they were over they were over set, almost

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seventy percent on third down eleven to sixteen, which is

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always a big number. But you know, before that, even

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going back, you know, I, you know, linebacker sorrow Ahi,

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he had a big interception. That's what led to the

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touchdown run that put air Force ahead. Give credit to

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the Air Force defense early in the game, because there

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was it was in the second quarter and about midway

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through the second quarter, through the end of the half,

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Nevada had the ball and went on a couple of

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long drives and getting a pair of stops that stopped

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long drives. I'm talking a ten play sixty one yard

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drive in a ten play seventy two yard drive. What

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happened on both of those is the fact that the

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Air Force did not give up a touchdown. They forced

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field goals short field goals a twenty seven and a

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twenty six yard field goal that you know what, it

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didn't happen at the end of the game. It happened

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toward the end of the first half. Those were two

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critical stops that Air Force got on back to back

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possessions for Nevada that really, I think was probably the

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difference in the game because you end up, you know,

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three for four. I mean, that's eight points right there alone.

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That's easily the difference in the game. And those were

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the big stops. And obviously the interception that led to

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the goal ahead touchdown that was the other big play

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in the game.

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Speaker 3: Stephen, Yeah, absolutely, it's it's a great it's great moment there.

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As you mentioned, they got into you know, into not

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just into the red zone, but they were inside the

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ten in both of those situations, and you know, creating

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these short field goals. That's a defense that bowed up

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late in that first half and Troy coach Troy Calhoun

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probably went into the half feeling much better about things

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knowing that he was up seven to six instead of

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down fourteen to seven.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, once again Air Force getting the win

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twenty two to nineteen, their third straight win. As they

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are coming down the home stretch of the twenty twenty

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four regular season. Steven, game ball time. Who's gonna get

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your game ball this week?

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Speaker 3: You know, for me, there was a three headed running

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monster in Reno this weekend with Quinton Hayes had twenty

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carries for sixty eight yards. You mentioned Owen Allen getting

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the go ahead touchdown and the two point conversion there

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he had twenty three carries for one hundred and seven yards.

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But I'm gonna go with Dylan Carlson again. He was

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the third head on the three headed monster, the Cerberus

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running the football for the Falcons fourteen carries one hundred

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and five yards, including a fifty yard score in this

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So I really think that, you know, they did a

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great job running the football, and I'm gonna go with

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Carlson in this week.

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Speaker 2: All right, I'm gonna go. I mention his name a

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few minutes ago. I'm gonna go with Air Force senior

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linebacker asorrow Ahi because big interception returns at thirty nine

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yards sets up the go ahead touchdown in the fourth

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quarter for Air Force to kind of set the table

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for the comeback. But he also led air Force at tackles.

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He had seven tackles and as a result of the

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performance on Saturday, Stephen he was named the Mountain Less

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Conference excuse me, Defensive Player of the Week for the

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performance against Nevada in the twenty two to nineteen So

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the senior from Texas Sorrow, He's gonna get my game ball.

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Seven tackles and that big intersection interception his first career

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pick he gets my game ball. All right, we got

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more to do, Steven were before we do that, and

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gonna let you tell everybody about the last Word on

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mentioned three games, and our teams are all favored in

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and we will be right back, so we look ahead

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

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and Stripes Service Academy Football.

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Speaker 2: As we continue on here on Yards and Stripes are

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home for Service Academy Football. He is Stephen Carney on

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Bryce Atkinson in his feast week. We got big games coming.

528
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We got a lot of games coming, as I mentioned earlier,

529
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three games this first time, Steven. It feels like in

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weeks somebody has not had a bye week but as

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we're coming down the home stretch, I mean the regular season,

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We're almost there. I mean, this is the end we

533
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are at. Well, I shouldn't say this is the end.

534
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Army Navy is the official end of the regular season

535
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for pretty much everybody. But this is coming down the

536
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stretch as we are about to put a bow on it.

537
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And let's talk about the three games, because Navy, speaking of,

538
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will be in our first game this weekend, as they

539
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will be taking the field on Friday, Black Friday Affair

540
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at twelve noon in Eastern North Carolina, Navy seven to three,

541
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five and two in the American heading to East Carolina,

542
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who is seven and four five and two in the American.

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On ESPN again at twelve New Navy is a one

544
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point favorite on the road that over under fifty six

545
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and a half as East two teams will meet for

546
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the twelfth time all time and for the sixth consecutive

547
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year when they square off in Greenville, North Carolina, in

548
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a series that Navy leads all time nine to two,

549
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including a five and zero record in Greenville. And just

550
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to throw this out there again, not gonna have any

551
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:49,440
implications on the American Athletic Conference championship race, but the

552
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winner of Saturday's game will finish at a minimum tied

553
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for third in the AAC alongside Memphis, and a Navy

554
00:29:57,039 --> 00:30:00,400
could finish third all alone if Tulane could somehow beat

555
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Memphis on Thursday night. But Memphis the preseason favorite to win.

556
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They see as a reminder, East Carolina was picked seventh,

557
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well maybe was picked eleventh. We're looking at our two

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teams here in this matchup.

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Speaker 3: Stephen, Yeah, and you look at you know, I was

560
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very surprised because I did not realize that, you know,

561
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the East Carolina Pirates had played as well as they

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have been, especially because they started out three and four,

563
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fired their head coach, Mike Houston, and now Blake Harrell,

564
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who is the interim coach, has won four straight and

565
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the Pirates are Boy eligible. So I certainly didn't see

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that comic.

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Speaker 2: Let me throw this one in there too. Let me

568
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just connect the docks, because I'm gonna give it back

569
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right back to Blake. Harroll replaced Brian Newberry as the

570
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defensive coordinator at Kennesaw State in twenty nineteen when Newberry

571
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left to become the d C at Navy. So there

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you go. Yeah, take it away, Stephen.

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Speaker 3: And of course Carl has UH has some ties to

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other UH service or I guess you could say UH academies.

575
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He was the DB's coach and the linebackers coach at

576
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the Citadel was so so there's there's plenty of military

577
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:21,400
UH that that needs to be pointed out here for

578
00:31:21,759 --> 00:31:24,799
this UH for this matchup. But I I was very

579
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surprised to see how the Pirates have turned things around

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since firing UH their head coach and and promoting Blake

581
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Harrell UH to be the interim coach at this point,

582
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and really they've done it UH in you know the

583
00:31:39,799 --> 00:31:42,279
ways that you have to do it. When you are

584
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UH a defensive minded coach. You score the living hellas.

585
00:31:48,599 --> 00:31:51,960
I mean, you look at their wins since now, let's

586
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let's be honest here.

587
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Speaker 2: Five and a half points a game is what they're

588
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averaging in the four game winning streets he took me over,

589
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they've they.

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Speaker 3: Have won four row. It's not like he's beating Ohio

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State UH in these games. There their wins over Temple FAU, Tulsa,

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and North Texas UH the last two on the road,

593
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and Tulsa was was certainly a little bit more of

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a nail biter than the other three. It was only

595
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a one score uh decision. Uh, But the other three

596
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we were pretty much blowouts. Now. Uh, I saw Tulsa

597
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:28,480
this past week against the University of South Florida, and

598
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the Bulls just you know, ran them out of their

599
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:34,920
own building. Uh so, which was which was wild on

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senior Day uh here in Tampa. I mean, they they

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took Tulsa and basically shot them back to Oklahoma uh

602
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in that game. But uh I, I really do think

603
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that for Navy it is going to be about making

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sure that they aren't spreading the ball around. On offense.

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The defense is going to have to make their quarterback very,

606
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very uncomfortable. But they also run the ball really well.

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I mean, in that win over North Texas, Roger Harris

608
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:09,039
had three touchdowns on the ground. So they do a

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very good job of spreading things out and spreading things around.

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The easiest way to prevent that, other than keeping the

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offense on the field, which are off the field, they

612
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should say, which is what Navy's offense is designed to do,

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but is the midshipman defense needs to make things uncomfortable.

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You've got to get pressure and you've got to get

615
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pressure early.

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Speaker 2: To me, this one, this one comes down to turnovers

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and Navy seven wins this year, and Navy's outscored their

618
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opposition eighty seven to seven in points off turnovers. In

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the three games Navy has lost this season, the mids

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have been outscored forty eight to nothing in points off turnovers.

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So to me, that's that's the biggest you know, statistical,

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you know category of the game besides the points on

623
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the scoreboard. Because we know Navy is a really good team,

624
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but it's just when they played bad, they played really bad, Steve,

625
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I mean, would turn it with interceptions and bumbles, et cetera.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. The three the three losses that Navy has had, though,

627
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and we've said this before, Yeah, they they've been to teams.

628
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,719
Two of them are to teams that are noticeably better

629
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than the midship Yeah, Tulane is noticeably better than Navy

630
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:25,280
is Notre Dame obviously noticeably better than than Navy. The

631
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:29,519
Rice game was the stinker of the year, and we

632
00:34:29,519 --> 00:34:32,960
we mentioned this last week. Every Service academy has a

633
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:37,400
stinker in them and Navies came uh in a in

634
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,599
a day against Rice where they had that really long

635
00:34:41,599 --> 00:34:46,800
weather delay. Obviously, no Medhurst on the microphone for the

636
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:50,119
first time in that game. I'm sure that their their

637
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:53,760
minds were somewhere else. Yeah, and and I have a

638
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:58,599
feeling that that Navy could could find themselves that they've

639
00:34:58,599 --> 00:35:00,760
got to find a way because now they've lost three

640
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,360
of their last four. Yeah, you've got to find a

641
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:06,440
way to get yourself going in that moment, getting that

642
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:10,519
momentum back, especially because you've got your bowl game coming

643
00:35:10,599 --> 00:35:13,480
up after this, after the Army Navy. You've got Army

644
00:35:13,519 --> 00:35:15,960
Navy obviously, and your gout Obviously you're gonna be up

645
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:18,079
for that. But you've got to you've got to start

646
00:35:18,119 --> 00:35:20,639
preparing for your ball game which is coming after that.

647
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Speaker 2: Navy at East Carolina Friday, a Black Friday affair at

648
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:28,400
twelve noon on ESPN. Navy again a one point favorite,

649
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:30,519
fifty six and a half the over under in this one.

650
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All right, the next one, as we move through chronologically,

651
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on Saturday, at twelve noon on the CBS Sports Network, UTSA, Texas,

652
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:44,840
San Antonio hosts Or traveling to Army UTSA seven and four,

653
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,800
four and three in the American taking on Army, who

654
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,960
is nine and one obviously undefeated. That seven to zero,

655
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Army is giving a touchdown in this one. Fifty four

656
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:57,280
and a half points is the over under. And again,

657
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you know, while Armies playoff, you know, college football play

658
00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:04,000
hopes are basically all but gone. They are playing steven

659
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for a chance to host the American Athletic Championship Game.

660
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So there's definitely, without a doubt, something to play for.

661
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:13,000
You know, UTSA has qualified for a bowl while they

662
00:36:13,039 --> 00:36:16,440
hope to play spoiler in this game is Army Dusley

663
00:36:16,519 --> 00:36:20,119
the all time series three wins to one loss, including

664
00:36:20,159 --> 00:36:22,760
a thirty seven to twenty nine thriller last year in

665
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,719
September in the Alamo Dome, which I thought was Bryson

666
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,480
Daly's coming out party. Yeah.

667
00:36:28,559 --> 00:36:31,360
Speaker 3: And and when it comes to the road Runners, you know,

668
00:36:31,599 --> 00:36:35,800
I look at them as a team that you know,

669
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:40,480
they play really well in that dome in San Antonio,

670
00:36:40,559 --> 00:36:45,719
that the Alamo Dome is there, is there their safe

671
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,679
they're safe place. Well, they're not going to get that

672
00:36:49,199 --> 00:36:52,599
here here this week when they when they head up

673
00:36:52,639 --> 00:36:58,599
to Mikey Stadium. I really think that you know, for me, uh,

674
00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:04,039
this is going to be about you know, making sure

675
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that you are the host for the for the AAC

676
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championship game. You know, you've got an opportunity to be

677
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:15,199
the home team in your first year, and the only

678
00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:17,599
way you can do that is you've got to win

679
00:37:18,159 --> 00:37:22,360
this week against UTSA. You do that, you've gone undefeated

680
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:25,480
in conference play for the in your first year in

681
00:37:25,519 --> 00:37:30,559
the American You've got yourself a spot in the in

682
00:37:30,599 --> 00:37:33,400
the league championship game already. You can be the home

683
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:34,320
team with a victory.

684
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Speaker 2: Yeah, all four of the previous meetings have come in

685
00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:39,840
the last five years. And you know, the only time

686
00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:41,599
the two teams have met West Point was in two

687
00:37:41,639 --> 00:37:43,679
thousand and two in a game that you know, Army

688
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:46,400
lost in overtime. But they've never met this late in

689
00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:49,320
the season. Certainly Army has got a lot on the

690
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,639
line in this one. Steven is they have a chance

691
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to host that American Athletic Conference Championship game on Friday night,

692
00:37:54,559 --> 00:37:58,079
December the six at Mikey Stadium again the twelve noon

693
00:37:58,199 --> 00:38:01,559
kickoff on the CBS Sports Network. Texas, San Antonio and

694
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:05,079
Army on Black Friday, all right, final game of the weekend.

695
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Steven Air Force traveling to San Diego State on Saturday

696
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:13,920
night ten thirty PM. Fox Sports won Holy Cow. Air

697
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:16,840
Force is a three and a half point favorite on

698
00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:20,320
the road over under in this one is forty three

699
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,480
and a half. I bet you didn't see that coming.

700
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,599
I don't think. I don't, Stephen. I don't think Army

701
00:38:25,679 --> 00:38:27,960
or air Force has been a favorite all season outside

702
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,679
of their opener. They may have been a slight favorite

703
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:32,480
last week. I'd have to go back and look it up.

704
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:34,159
If they were, it was only by one point. Fit

705
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:38,760
not Yeah, So this is probably the only second time

706
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,199
outside of the opener that air Force has been a

707
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:46,039
favorite all season in a series that they lead against

708
00:38:46,039 --> 00:38:49,400
San Diego State twenty one to eighteen, with every single

709
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,920
game coming as conference foes. Air Force is eight and

710
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:57,400
eleven in games played in San Diego. So, but they

711
00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,480
did win last season, a big forty nine to ten

712
00:39:00,599 --> 00:39:04,280
thumping that snapped a non game losing streak to the

713
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:07,360
Aztecs and before that losing street, air Force had won

714
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:09,599
three straight from two thousand and seven to two thousand

715
00:39:09,639 --> 00:39:10,079
and nine.

716
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:14,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, and you look at at this game going on,

717
00:39:15,079 --> 00:39:18,320
uh in San Diego. The weather's gonna be nice. It's

718
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,119
gonna be you know, you're not gonna have to worry

719
00:39:20,119 --> 00:39:24,480
about freezing your tukus off like you normally do uh

720
00:39:24,559 --> 00:39:27,000
in the Mountain West. But this is this is a

721
00:39:27,039 --> 00:39:30,880
team in San Diego State that is definitely looking to

722
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,239
turn things around and would love to be able to

723
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:36,760
do so against the Air Force. They have lost obviously

724
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:42,000
their last five straight as well, and have not looked

725
00:39:42,039 --> 00:39:45,679
good in any of them. You know, obviously a couple

726
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:49,840
of them have been against tougher competition. You know, they

727
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:52,079
got they got blown out on the on the smurf

728
00:39:52,119 --> 00:39:56,559
turf up in Boise by Boise State, and then lost

729
00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:59,840
badly on the road both to un l V and

730
00:40:00,159 --> 00:40:03,840
Utah State Uta State. Uh not as you know, I

731
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,480
would say, not as good as the other two teams,

732
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:09,159
uh that I mentioned. But they lose at home to

733
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:13,119
New Mexico. Uh you know, I I'm I'm That kind

734
00:40:13,119 --> 00:40:16,800
of is surprise to me, even though New Mexico seems

735
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:20,119
to be a better team. You don't expect New Mexico

736
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:23,239
to to do that to you, especially when they are

737
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:27,199
on the road in your own home. Uh. For Air Force?

738
00:40:28,079 --> 00:40:29,880
What I we what have we said? The last three

739
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:33,039
weeks now they have finally found an identity in running

740
00:40:33,079 --> 00:40:36,239
the football and I think that they need to do

741
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:40,239
it again. Let's let's see them try and win another

742
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:44,880
game without uh, you know, throwing a pass without without

743
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:47,679
completing a pass, you get zero pass yards and win

744
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,280
another game. Uh. You know, I think that that's the

745
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:51,800
way that they're going to do it. You've got to

746
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:54,000
control the line, You've got to be able to control

747
00:40:54,039 --> 00:40:58,079
the time of possession. And you can not make mistakes,

748
00:40:58,159 --> 00:41:01,880
no turnovers, no uh you know, limit the penalties. You

749
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:03,239
find yourself in good shape.

750
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:06,079
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, and and you know, and truth be told.

751
00:41:07,159 --> 00:41:09,960
Excuse me, I mean, you know, Quintin Hayes I feel

752
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:13,480
like has really been a catalyst in this whole you know, yeah,

753
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:16,360
change at quarterback because you know, there was a revolving

754
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:20,119
door with it, whether it's Bouche or Johnson, and now

755
00:41:20,119 --> 00:41:22,800
it's Quintin Hayes, who's you know, found his footing. And

756
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:24,440
you know he's a sophomore and this is going to

757
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:27,519
be you know, you know, God willing a long term thing.

758
00:41:27,599 --> 00:41:29,840
If he doesn't, you know, decide to you know, transfer

759
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:33,599
and test the water somewhere else. But I think Troy

760
00:41:33,599 --> 00:41:35,760
Calhoun has found it. And you know, you were just

761
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:38,800
glad that they found it before, you know, it was

762
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,280
too late, and to see these seniors go out with

763
00:41:41,639 --> 00:41:44,280
you know a lot of dignity because they've just accomplished

764
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:47,519
so much during their time at Colorado Spring, So you

765
00:41:47,559 --> 00:41:50,239
know really want to obviously, you know, continue to see

766
00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:51,480
that play out.

767
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:52,119
Speaker 3: You know.

768
00:41:52,199 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 2: In this last you know, regular season game for for

769
00:41:55,079 --> 00:41:57,760
air Force as they are on the road at San

770
00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:00,760
Diego State again, air Force is a three and a

771
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:03,239
half point favor over Unders forty three and a half.

772
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:06,719
This one is at Saturday, kickoff at ten thirty pm

773
00:42:07,119 --> 00:42:11,880
Eastern Standard time, Fox Sports one against San Diego State. Boy,

774
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:15,320
they love getting stuck in that ten thirty Eastern times slot,

775
00:42:16,159 --> 00:42:18,639
does air Force? All right? When we come back, Travis Mannion,

776
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:20,880
Honor Roll, we got to do that. We got a

777
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:22,559
few news and notes, and we got some picks. We

778
00:42:22,599 --> 00:42:24,199
got three games to pick, and we're gonna do that

779
00:42:24,199 --> 00:42:25,880
when we come back here on Yards and Strip, it's

780
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:27,400
your home for Service Academy Football.

781
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Speaker 5: In two thousand and seven, Mareen First Lieutenant Travis Manion

782
00:42:31,039 --> 00:42:34,119
was killed in Iraq after saving his wooted teammates. Travis's

783
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legacy lives on through the words he spoke before his

784
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final deployment. If not me, then who words that today

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fuel the spirit of Travis Mannion Foundation and through TMF,

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Find out how you can strengthen the character of your

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civilians at Travismanion dot Org.

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Speaker 2: All right, now it's time for a Travis Manian Foundation

792
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Honorable segment where he honor a fallen hero, one that

793
00:43:06,599 --> 00:43:09,440
has given the ultimate sacrifice. And this week we're going

794
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to honor remember a fallen hero. Patrick D. Hamburger, staff

795
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:18,519
sergeant in the United States Army, native of Lincoln, Nebraska,

796
00:43:19,039 --> 00:43:23,039
was killed on August sixth, twenty eleven, when a H

797
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forty seven helicopter was shot down in the Wardak Province

798
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of Afghanistan. Southeast High School graduate was assigned to the

799
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second Battalion, one hundred and thirty fifth Aviation Regiment, and

800
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at the time of his death, he had been in

801
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Afghanistan for just less than two weeks. He is survived

802
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by his longtime girlfriend, Candy Reagan, his daughters Veronica Reagan

803
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:47,480
and Peyton Hamburger, his mother and stop stepfather, Joyce and

804
00:43:47,599 --> 00:43:52,039
Delanne Peck, his stepfather and stepmother Douglas and Shawn Hamburger,

805
00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:58,079
two brothers, grandparents, and three step siblings. Patrick was posthumously

806
00:43:58,199 --> 00:44:03,480
promoted to staff sergeant. His brother Chris Hamberger said, quote,

807
00:44:04,159 --> 00:44:07,480
he was selfless. He didn't worry about himself half as

808
00:44:07,519 --> 00:44:10,039
much as he worried about everyone else. You could have

809
00:44:10,079 --> 00:44:12,119
been a complete stranger, and if he could have helped you,

810
00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:14,719
he would have done it. Patrick was a hero even

811
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:17,239
before he put on his uniform and saluted the flag

812
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:20,679
end quote. Patrick was honored by the Travis Mannon Foundation

813
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with thirty one other fallen heroes through the Character Doesn't

814
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Matter Program at Westover School in Middlebury, Connecticut, on January eighteenth,

815
00:44:29,519 --> 00:44:33,920
twenty and thirteen. And certainly is the Thanksgiving season is

816
00:44:34,039 --> 00:44:38,199
upon us. We're certainly thankful for all our heroes that

817
00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:41,039
have given the ultimate sacrifice, but not just their heroes,

818
00:44:41,559 --> 00:44:44,840
their families who obviously are missing their loved ones at

819
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:48,599
the table this week or this weekend and celebrating the

820
00:44:48,599 --> 00:44:52,719
Thanksgiving holiday. As we all know, freedom is not free,

821
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:55,760
and so we salute people like Staff Sergeant Patrick d.

822
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:59,480
Hamburger of Lincoln, Nebraska, and so many others we've honored

823
00:44:59,519 --> 00:45:02,960
and remember here on the Travismnia Foundation Honor Roll segment

824
00:45:03,039 --> 00:45:04,719
all season on Yards and Stripes.

825
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Speaker 1: The latest with Navy, Army and Air Force on Yards

831
00:45:27,639 --> 00:45:30,480
and Stripes Service Academy Football.

832
00:45:32,159 --> 00:45:35,960
Speaker 2: Steve Carney, Bryce Atkinson, as we are wrapping this baby

833
00:45:36,039 --> 00:45:38,920
up on a Feast week edition Thanksgiving Week here on

834
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:42,679
Yards and Stripes your home for service Academy Football, Army, Navy,

835
00:45:42,679 --> 00:45:45,320
and Air Force. That's what we do, Steven, A quick one.

836
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:48,039
I guess it's not even news and notes. One note

837
00:45:48,039 --> 00:45:51,639
to pass along, and it's kind of a combo. Army

838
00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:55,280
junior linebacker and And Thomas and Navy punter Riiley Reithman.

839
00:45:56,280 --> 00:46:00,679
Both name go Bowling, Military Bowl Stem Scholar Athletes of

840
00:46:00,719 --> 00:46:03,719
the Year. Don't even ask me what those mean because

841
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:09,079
I can't tell you. So congratulations to Andon Thomas and

842
00:46:09,159 --> 00:46:09,800
Riley Wes.

843
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:10,960
Speaker 3: They're really smart.

844
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:14,239
Speaker 2: That's exactly what I was gonna say, as I think

845
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:16,639
that because when you go to a service academy, they

846
00:46:16,639 --> 00:46:18,599
don't have they don't let dummies in. And I don't

847
00:46:18,599 --> 00:46:20,360
care if you play a sport or not, they still

848
00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:23,320
don't let dummies in. So there's been some smart dudes,

849
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:26,639
far smarter than I could ever be. But again, we

850
00:46:27,159 --> 00:46:30,079
previewed our games. We got three games ahead this weekend,

851
00:46:30,159 --> 00:46:33,679
steven before we wish everybody happy Thanksgiving, let everybody get

852
00:46:33,679 --> 00:46:35,480
out of here to go eat trip to you know,

853
00:46:35,519 --> 00:46:38,000
eat turkey and get you know, hammered on trip to

854
00:46:38,119 --> 00:46:42,119
fan and wine and everything. Let's pick some games, and

855
00:46:42,199 --> 00:46:44,880
let's start in chronological order that we gave you, because

856
00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:47,039
we got Black Friday affair, and that's gonna be Navy

857
00:46:47,039 --> 00:46:49,480
at East Carolina. I think Navy's gonna go on the

858
00:46:49,559 --> 00:46:51,159
road and get this one done because.

859
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:55,760
Speaker 3: I absolutely you know this. This team wants it wants

860
00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:59,360
that eighth win. They want the sixth win in conference

861
00:46:59,480 --> 00:47:04,639
here this year. They want to prove that the turnaround

862
00:47:05,079 --> 00:47:08,280
has only just started. They would love to be able

863
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:12,920
to go from an eight and three mark going into

864
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:17,760
the Army Navy game. You know, eight wins, possibly nine

865
00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:20,639
if they beat Army in the Army Navy game, and

866
00:47:20,679 --> 00:47:23,239
a tenth in a bowl game. This is the way,

867
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:26,480
This is the way things go under Brian Newberry Company.

868
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:29,960
But yes, I think they go into that other Greenville,

869
00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:34,079
the lesser Greenville is. We all know that the real

870
00:47:34,119 --> 00:47:38,559
Greenville is in South Carolina. So they go into the

871
00:47:38,599 --> 00:47:42,719
other Greenville and take down the Pirates here this week.

872
00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:48,960
I am going to say that Navy takes it by

873
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:54,119
I'm gonna say a touchdown. I'm gonna say thirty to

874
00:47:54,159 --> 00:47:58,280
twenty four that they that they end up taking this victory.

875
00:47:58,519 --> 00:48:01,159
Speaker 2: All right, I like Navy. I've got Navy in a

876
00:48:01,199 --> 00:48:03,320
little bit of a closer game. I think Navy by

877
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:06,840
a field goal thirty three to thirty. I think they're

878
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:08,159
going to go on the road and get it done.

879
00:48:08,199 --> 00:48:11,119
And just for those scoring at home, Stephen and I did,

880
00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:14,360
We did both pick Notre Dame last week, although we

881
00:48:14,559 --> 00:48:16,440
just had that game a lot closer, and we also

882
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:19,400
had air Force last week. Stephen had an air Force

883
00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:22,679
by eleven. I had them by three. We just you know,

884
00:48:22,719 --> 00:48:26,039
the scores were obviously a little bit different, but yes,

885
00:48:27,199 --> 00:48:29,440
we were both too and oh, that's exactly right, and

886
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:32,119
so hopefully we'll both go one and oh when Navy

887
00:48:32,119 --> 00:48:35,199
get in the win, I'll tell you I'll throw my

888
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:37,760
pick in on this one. I think Army, you know,

889
00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:41,199
hosting UTSA. I think one of the big things is

890
00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:44,239
clearly they're going to be able to see what happens

891
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:48,679
on Thursday night because Memphis and Tulane, which helped me out,

892
00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:50,599
but I think it's been a long time since we've

893
00:48:50,639 --> 00:48:57,159
had a really, really, really good Thanksgiving night college football matchup.

894
00:48:57,679 --> 00:49:00,280
With all due respect to the NFL, my attentions gonna

895
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:03,280
be on Memphis and Tulane because both those two teams

896
00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:06,159
are nine and two. And the reason I'm mentioning this

897
00:49:06,239 --> 00:49:10,639
is because again it's a Black Friday game. Army's gonna

898
00:49:10,639 --> 00:49:13,559
have two days to obviously know and kind of getting

899
00:49:13,599 --> 00:49:16,960
their head the result, because if Twulane loses, all Army

900
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:19,039
has to do is win this game, and they're hosting

901
00:49:19,079 --> 00:49:22,760
the AC Championship at Mikey, which would just be incredible

902
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:26,000
in year one in the American So I think them

903
00:49:26,039 --> 00:49:28,840
having a chance to see what happens in regardless whether

904
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:31,559
two Lane wins or loses. I think it's been a

905
00:49:31,599 --> 00:49:36,119
special year, albeit you know, last weekend's result. Notwithstanding, I

906
00:49:36,159 --> 00:49:38,320
think Army is just gonna roll. I think it's gonna

907
00:49:38,320 --> 00:49:40,760
be a forty one to ten type win for Army

908
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:41,519
on Saturday.

909
00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:44,119
Speaker 3: Yeah, you and I are in the same boat and this,

910
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:48,920
you know, everything that is pointing Army's way. I mean,

911
00:49:49,079 --> 00:49:51,800
they're the lost to Notre Dame. You know that's gonna

912
00:49:51,880 --> 00:49:57,400
that's gonna really make the especially the coaching staff angry. Yeah,

913
00:49:57,760 --> 00:49:59,960
you know, so I have a feeling that you know

914
00:50:00,199 --> 00:50:04,440
that battery acid feeling is gonna filter down from the

915
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:08,119
coaches through the assistance into the players and they're gonna

916
00:50:08,159 --> 00:50:10,639
take it out on the field. And and the other

917
00:50:10,679 --> 00:50:14,320
thing is it's gonna be kind of chilly at Mikey

918
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:18,280
Stadium this weekend and forecast is for temperatures to be

919
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:22,440
under forty degrees. And I don't know if you know this.

920
00:50:22,599 --> 00:50:25,599
I only mentioned it about thirty times in the last segment.

921
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:29,960
UTSA plays our home games indoors. They are not They're

922
00:50:30,079 --> 00:50:33,039
not a team that is used to dealing with the

923
00:50:33,159 --> 00:50:36,639
elements and especially the cold that they're gonna have to

924
00:50:36,679 --> 00:50:40,519
deal with here this week at West Point. So yes,

925
00:50:40,639 --> 00:50:44,400
I will take Army as well in a in a

926
00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:48,800
roll out, I'm gonna say, thirty eight to seven is

927
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:49,719
gonna be your final?

928
00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:53,079
Speaker 2: All Right, I like it too. All Right, Air Force,

929
00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:55,960
let's take a look at our last game of the

930
00:50:55,960 --> 00:50:58,320
week and air Forces last game of the regular season

931
00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:00,679
that San Diego State again at the three point favor

932
00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:03,480
on the road. Which way you're gonna go, You're gonna

933
00:51:03,519 --> 00:51:05,840
go a clean sweep with all three of our team, Steven,

934
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:07,360
I have.

935
00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:12,760
Speaker 3: To, I mean, we have an identity now for the Falcons,

936
00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:15,199
I've said it. I love the fact that they are

937
00:51:15,239 --> 00:51:18,079
going to run the football and I think that that

938
00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:22,039
takes San Diego State's offense right out of the picture.

939
00:51:22,159 --> 00:51:25,239
You know, They've Sean Lewis, their head coach, is a

940
00:51:25,360 --> 00:51:29,800
quarterback whisperer and obviously worked with should Or Sanders last year.

941
00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:31,960
It's a lot easier to work with a guy like

942
00:51:32,039 --> 00:51:36,159
shoud Or Sanders than it is for most quarterbacks in

943
00:51:36,239 --> 00:51:39,440
college football. But when he's not on the field, it's

944
00:51:39,559 --> 00:51:42,599
really hard to put the ball in your quarterback's hands,

945
00:51:42,599 --> 00:51:45,360
and I think Air Force does that this week. I

946
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:48,119
think they end up getting to win in this game,

947
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:52,119
and I think it's probably gonna be I will go.

948
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I will go twenty three twenty in this game, all right.

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Speaker 2: I like air Force as well. Like air Force twenty

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three to ten, move a little bit closer. But I

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think the air Force is rolling right now. I think

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clearly San Diego State that's lost five in a row,

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teams are going opposite directions. I think air Force is

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hungry and I think they're going to go out with

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a winner. So I'm with you. I think it's going

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to be a clean sweep of all three of our

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our teams this week. But let's go ahead and get

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out of here, Steven. Let's wish everybody have a happy Thanksgiving,

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safe travels wherever you're going, certainly blessed food line.

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Speaker 3: I'm going. I'm going into the kitchen to get myself

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some Thanksgiving meals. That's where I'm going. As much travel

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as I'm doing.

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Speaker 2: Make sure that not a sponsor. Make sure you help

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keep our Poppyns in business at least one time over

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the holidays with the Lightning coupon code, because I I

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hope you'll send me that photo, whether it's thin cruss

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you know the deep dishes. Oh man, I just like

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torturing myself. I like torture. I'm not torturing you because

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usually you have Papa's in front of them. I'm sure

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we're doing it.

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Speaker 3: I get to eat it. That's the best part.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know what, Papillon's. Please those the sponsorship

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the bunt We've talked about you in the last few episodes, like,

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just throw us a coupon code. That's all we're asking.

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That's all we want for our listeners. Please.

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Speaker 3: I'm all for that. I would love that if if

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the Service Academys won a game that you could use

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a coupon code to get whatever it is, a couple

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of bucks off of your pizza.

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Speaker 2: Great season homework, off season homework.

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Speaker 3: Stevin, Yeah, there's gonna be a lot of off season homework.

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I have a feeling you're gonna we're gonna have We're

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gonna have coupon codes. We're gonna have UH plenty more. Obviously,

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want to thank uh the one spon, our our main sponsor,

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Ticket Smarter, who has been with us all season long

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as well. I don't give them enough love. Definitely got

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to give them some love again. LWOS twenty will get

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you twenty bucks off of any purchase of three hundred

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dollars or more. Great to use for the ball games.

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Speaker 2: Out Yes, thank you for reminding our listeners about ticket

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Smarter because we cannot thank them enough for standing with

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us all season, as Travis Manning Foundation has also done. So.

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Appreciate everybody for listening investing their time. We hope you

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have a safe travels out there on the roads, on

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the highways, byeways and Steven appreciate you just certainly thankful

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for all your hard work and for you doing it

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every single week, so you best produce and do it

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for feeds. That's it, all right, guys, We'll let you

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go enjoy the games. Have a great thanks Toime. We'll

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talk to you next week.

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Speaker 3: Join us again.

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Speaker 1: Next time for Yards and Strikes Service Academy Football. To

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