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

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Navy and Air Force. This is Yards and Stripes Service

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

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Steve Carney.

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Speaker 2: Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, all those good things.

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As we are at Yards and Stripes Episode seventeen. We

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got our recap to do, We got our Bowl preview

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here on tap. I am Pryce Atkinson, and more importantly

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he is Stephen Carney, host co host, I should say producer.

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Nobody better in the business than Stephen. But we appreciate

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you tuning in with us this week here as we

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are all about the Service Academy's Army, Navy and Air Force.

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And boy, Stephen, what a football game, and what a

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surprise the Army Navy game delivered last weekend the Commander

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in Chief Trophy. It's going to Annapolis. Actually, it's just

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going down the road to Annapolis as it is now

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sitting in the football complex there at the Naval Academy.

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But we appreciate you tuning in. We got a lot

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to get into. We're going to recap the Army Navy game.

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We've got some transfer news, We've got some postseason news.

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We've got Bowl games to preview. We got both Army

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and Navy going bowling. We're going to get into their opponents.

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We're gonna preview those games that are after coming up

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after Christmas. On the twenty seventh and twenty eighth. We

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got a Travis mannon Foundation Honor Roll segment. We got

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some Bowl picks to make, so we're going to do

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that all here on this episode. But as I told you,

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Stephen Carney, he is the straw that stirs the drink

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on this show. Stephen, what a game it was last weekend.

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My goodness. Sometimes, you know, we get surprised quite often here,

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and I think last weekend was one of those surprises,

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because I know you and I both picked Army. Yeah,

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but boy, it was a really a dominating effort by Navy.

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If the line of scrimmage is, the Mids got a

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thirty one to thirteen win over the Black Knights in Landover, Maryland,

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snapping a two game losing streak, and to win the

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CIC Trophy for the first time since two nineteen steven.

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To me, it was all about the trenches and that's

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where Navy I thought, won this game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, and first off, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays.

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Speaker 4: So you know, for me, I.

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Speaker 3: Was laughing because I was on I was on the

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radio in Fort Myers the day before the Army Navy game,

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and the morning showdown in Fort Myers is a couple

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of guys I know really really well, and Mark Miller

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and and David Moulton. They'd been down in Fort Myers

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for ever, and you know, so I go on normally

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talking baseball, but they know how big and how important

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the Service academies is, you know, in football to me,

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and so they so I came on to talk about

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the game itself, and you know a lot of people

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were touting Army as as I certainly.

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Speaker 4: Was through the whole thing.

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Speaker 3: And you know, one and one of the guys asked me,

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you know, what what would it take for Navy to win?

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I said, you know, it's going to be close, because

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the game is always close. And they were like, so

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what would it take to for Navy to win? I said,

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what it's gonna take for Navy to win is they've

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got to punch Army in the mouth early. They've got

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to do it in the first drive because if they don't,

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if they go three and out on the first drive,

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and they give Army the ball to start with, having

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had the ball once already, you know, having made a

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stop on defense.

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Speaker 4: I said, it's gonna be over at that point, because.

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Speaker 3: You know that Army's gonna have one of those long

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Army drives where they got where they you know, sixteen.

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Speaker 4: Or seventeen plays. It's going to take you know, ten or.

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Speaker 3: Eleven minutes for them to go down the field and

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they'll score a touchdown on their first drive, because that's

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what Army does, yeh. And you know, so when they went,

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when Navy went down and scored a touchdown on that

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first drive, I went, that's exactly what they needed to do.

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They they converted on on late downs in the drive

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and they and they put the ball in the end zone.

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And when when you do that, it's like, that's exactly

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what they had to what they had to do. And

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then and then when they go and and they have

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the defensive stop a couple of drives later with the

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inn you know, the first interception of the game by

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Deshaun Peel and then they have a short field and

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they go down they make it fourteen to nothing. At

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that point, I was like, there's your punch in the mouth.

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They stood in front of the bully, they called them ugly,

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and they punched him in the mouth.

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Speaker 4: At that point.

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Speaker 3: I don't think Army knew what to do at that

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point because there's only one team that had done that

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to him, and had done that because they were a

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much more talented team than than Army, and that under Dame.

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Speaker 2: I got two questions for it. But let me just

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hit this real quick, because like you, I did a hit.

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I was on with the Vsent guys out of Las

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Vegas on Saturday a few hours for the game, and

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you know I told them, you know, like we talked

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about last week, three keys, number one mistakes. You know,

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number one always is the team that makes the fewest mistakes. Well,

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turnover margin minus three for Army red zone. Navy was

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far more efficient inside the twenty than Army was. Maybe

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was you know, they finished the deal when they got there.

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And then the third was Captain America being Captain America,

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you know, continuing to be and Bryce and Daily wasn't

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Captain America. No, it was time this season. Yeah, I

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mean he was ran almost twenty time, twenty carries for

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fifty two yards, you know, through three picks seven to

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sixteen passing. So he wasn't the you know, granted, you know,

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finishing six in the Heisman Trophy. He was more than

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deserving of where he finished. And he had a fantastic season.

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All the post case season accolades are warranted. He just

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did not have a good football game. He did not

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play his best when they needed him to in their

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biggest game of the year. So let me ask you this,

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those were my keys, and that's what I came back to.

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Two things. How much do you think the AAC game

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the week before played into I don't want to say

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the Army was flat, but they didn't have the edge

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they played with all season. Because we watched Navy several

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years ago when they played Temple. They were flat in

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that game, and then they can't play the Army Navy

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game they were much better. It was kind of the

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opposite for Army. You know this time, what did that?

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How much do you think that that played in? And

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then number two, there was a lot being made after

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the game, and I saw a lot of the Army

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media kind of downplaying it and everything. But you know,

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the shot that Jeff munkin took at maybe on several

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radio shows, you know, through the course of the year.

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Do they still have a program? You know? And he

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said that in fairness, he said the same thing when

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I asked about Air Force before, and he used that

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joke several times. I think you and I maybe even

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touched on it on a few episodes back. But you know,

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Brian Newberry, immediately after the game, Navy's head coach, he

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clapped back at Monkin and made a quip about it.

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Am after the game, and then Blake Corvath also mentioned

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that in postgame interviews. So to me, that shows that

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that quote was was top of mind and that that

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was some whatever level of motivating factor that played into

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Navy coming out. And like you said, they punched them

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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely to the first point, you know, did the

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AAC Championship game kind of dull army? I don't think

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it a dulled army as much as it helped, you know,

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not playing in it helped Navy immenseally because we don't

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know if if they had played in the American Championship Game,

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you know what would Blake Corvath look like. I mean,

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he needed those two weeks to make sure that he

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was one hundred sent healthy and ready to go. You know,

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I think this game looks a hell of a lot

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different if Braxton Woodson is starting under center for Navy

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as opposed to Blake Corvis. So I think I think

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that's the that's the biggest key to come out of

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this was the fact that they were able to take

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two weeks and basically allow Blake Corvtt to be one

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hundred percent for for Army Navy. That that was huge

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for for the midshipman. And you know, obviously if h

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that that whole you know, poster uh you know what

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you put on the message boards there, uh, in the

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in the locker room, you know, obviously you know we've

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talked about it. I mean I remember mentioning it when

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when Army played Air Force that that Jeff Mounkin used

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that exact same sort of quote, uh, to to kind

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of take, you know, playful jabs at Troy Calhoun. He

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does that because he thinks his team is a hell

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of a lot better than the than the other service academy.

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And you know, I don't think I I think I

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think if Air Force retained the Commander in Chief Trophy

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last year and Army didn't, didn't or wasn't the holder

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of of the the Commander in Chief trophy going into

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this past weekend and the Army Navy game, maybe he doesn't.

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Maybe he doesn't make that, uh you know, make that comment.

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But now that Army got punched in the mouth and

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they lose the Commander in Chief Trophy in the biggest

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game of their year, and you see it all over

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both both of the academies. You see it both at

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West Point and Annapolis. You know, it doesn't matter. The

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rest of the season is just you know, fodder, it's

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just a path leading up to Army Navy. They want

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to they want to beat the other one so bad,

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and you know it doesn't matter that our me is

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now eleven and two and going and playing in a

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bowl game after Christmas. This season has been a complete

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miss for them. Now, yeah, you know, and they won,

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they won the American Athletic Conference Championship this year, and

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it doesn't matter because they couldn't beat Navy.

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Speaker 2: And Jeff Munkins said, I mean, he basically said in

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the postgame press conference, look, our seasons tarnished. He basically

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said those exact words afterwards that you know that what

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they did is, you know, it's all nice and cute,

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but really doesn't mean a lot because they lost that game,

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and I know Jeff Mounkin was hurt. I talked to

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several source at Navy, and you know they were a

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little bit rubbed raw that you know after the game

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that well, you know, Jeff Munkin wouldn't even mention Navy

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by name, didn't even say congratulations to you know, coach Newbery,

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none of that. Like he was, he was on his

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heater after the game. He was, he was angry. And

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know one Jeff Munkin, having met and been around him,

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having worked with him, I wasn't a bit surprised to

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see y nay or and a dispoint, not in the least,

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but you know, like you said, you know, going back

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to the game real quick, you know, obviously like they

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punched them in the mouth. But give Navy our army

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some credit because you know, after they went down fourteen

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to oh, you know, Bryce and Daley brought them back

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and they got on the scoreboard. It was fourteen to

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seven at half time. But I thought the decisive one

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was there, you know, in the start the second half

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where you know, they get a field goal, you know,

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to open the second half Army did to make it

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you know, fourteen to ten. But just like Army answered

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back at the end, you know, in the toward the

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end of the second quarter there, Navy came right back

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with the heiden Reich you know, finding you know, Eli

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Heinrich Horvat did fifty two yards you know, for an

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immediate score after they held Army to the field goal,

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and to come right back when it got to be

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twenty one to ten, Horvat's thirteen touchdown pass of the

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season Heidenrich six TD reception of the season, both tying

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school records. I thought that was a massive answer right there,

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and that one, you know, I thought that was the

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the big sequence of the second half, along with you know,

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the fake punt because you know, Arby tried to bring

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the heat. You know, they they were gonna go after

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the punt, which I don't know what monkin was and

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they were thinking by going after it, I understand they

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needed to play, but where that ball was, it was like,

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well that's that's kind of fake punt territory, And sure enough,

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boy Landon Robinson, who was a b I mean defensive

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tackle rumbling twenty nine yards. I mean he fumbled the ball,

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put it on the ground, but maybe luckily got it back.

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Speaker 4: He's a defensive lineman.

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know how to how to carry on football. But big

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that point. But yeah, I mean, you look at what

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in the second half you mentioned that that they were

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able to hold Navy was able to hold the Army

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to just the field goal.

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Speaker 3: And I think more importantly, instead of just treading water

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to use to use anautical use an audical time there,

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they didn't tread water, you know, they held Army to

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the field goal.

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Speaker 4: They went down and scored a touchdown.

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scored another touchdown. They didn't they didn't hold fast there.

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this game in years. Passes that it seems like that

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when a team got out to a what looked like

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a significant lead, and in this game, you know, a

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anything outside of a one score margin is a significant

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lead just because of the way these two teams are

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known to play this game. You know, you get outside

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of eight points in this game, like that's a huge

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margin that that the other team's got to make up.

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that eight point margin, when they get on the other

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on the far side of it. In years past, you

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would see the you know, the other team take their

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foot off the accelerator and kind of let the opponent

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back into this game to try and keep it close. Yeah,

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you know that there was none of that this year

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with Davy maybe put the hammer down in that second half.

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They punched them in the mouth in the first half

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and drop the hammer from the top rope in the

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second half. In this game, you know, every time you

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know nay, you know, Army seemed like it had an answer.

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Navy went down and scored a touchdown and pushed it

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a little further in the good direction for the midship

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and like you said, field goal from Army to start

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the second half. Navy goes and scores a touchdown, hold

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Army to another field goal. They go down and score

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another touchdown, and so what was fourteen to seven at halftime?

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Speaker 3: Fourth quarter, you know at that point it's twenty eight

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to thirteen. Yeah, and now it's on the other side

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of two scores. And then they get another interception. They

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turn it into three more points and that gets your

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final and that's where your final rates.

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Speaker 4: And at that point, you know it was all over.

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But the crying at.

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Speaker 3: That point for Army, Yeah, what it's saying first in

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this case.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Navy wins the two Service Academy games this year by

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combined forty nine points, which ties the twy nineteen Navy

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team for the biggest combined CIC blowouts since two thousand

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and seven. Win the Naval Academy beat Air Force and

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Army by combined forty nine points, and the win over

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Army this year gives Navy victories over two right opponents

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for the first time since nineteen fifty eight. Stevens so

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doing some big things as obviously it was a it

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was a hugely successful season for both Army and Navy.

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Army would beg to differ with the result of last

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weekend's game. But nonetheless, you ask anybody that's say West

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Point fan, they will tell you it's been a fantastic year.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and eleven wins. You know you're going to a

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significant bowl game, You've got your conference championship in your

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first year. It's nothing to sneeze at if you're if

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you're a fan of the Black Knights at all.

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Speaker 4: Yep.

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Speaker 2: Navy finishes the regular season now nine and three, Army

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eleven and two, as they are going bowling. That CIC

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Trophy is in Annapolis for the forthcoming year, the first

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time since twenty nineteen. As we mentioned, all right, let's

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give out some game ball, Steven, because we got some

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bowl games to preview here in a minute game ball,

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I mean, look, I think there's we talked a little

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bit ago, maybe two choices. I'll let you have first pick.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's basically one on each side. And so I'm

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gonna go offense for my game ball, and that would

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be the man who ended up in the end zone

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a lot for Navy in this game, and that's quarterback

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Blake Corvath. You know, one hundred yards through the air,

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two hundred yards on the ground, finished with four total touchdowns.

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You know, I thought that, you know, as much as

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Bryce Daily has been Captain America for.

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Speaker 4: The entire year.

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Speaker 3: When it comes to Service Academy football, Blake Horvath was

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mister John Paul Jones, don't give up the ship.

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Speaker 4: And he had not yet begun to fight.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, he was the Admiral of the s S

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United States and Naval Academy on Saturday. So he gets

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my game ball for this. How about you price, all.

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Speaker 2: Right, my game ball? Other side of the ball, Landon

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Robinson Junior from Baar Lawn, Ohio, the defensive tackle. What

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more could you do in the game, because you know mentioned,

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you know, the the job that Navy did on the

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at the line of scrimmage, on both lines to scrimmage,

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especially against Armies offensive line that we'll talk about here

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in our note section where offensive linemen across their you

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know front five, you know, pulled in all kinds of

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postseason accolades, including the Joe Moore Award, which was announced

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the night before the game so as the best college

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offensive line in college football. So Navy going up against

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what was deemed the best offensive line in college football,

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Navy's defensive line was unbelievable, and Landon Robinson was at

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the head of that ahead of that ship. Because maybe's

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three leading tacklers. Where I get back to LANDA. Robinson,

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maybe's three leading tacklers in the game, Stephen. They weren't safeties,

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they weren't linebackers. They were all defensive linemen. And that

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was led by Landon Robinson, who had a team high

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thirteen stops, you know, three solo tackles. He had the

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obviously the fake punt that he rumbled twenty nine yards.

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and you know, coughed up the ball at the end

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and maybe you know, luckily recovers for them, but he

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was without a doubt. You heard his number being called

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time and time again, number ninety six, and you saw

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Robinson on the back of the jersey. He was in

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the backfield and making place all game. And so Landon Robinson,

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he gets my game ball with a team high thirteen tackles.

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Now just mention, Justin Reid had ten and Griffin Willis

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had eight, all defensive linemen leading the way. Because that's

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how dominant Navy's defensive line was in the football game.

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All right, let's step away, Steven, as we're part of

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the Last Word on Sports podcast Network. We've got a

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Travis mannin foundation on a roll to do. We got

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picks to make, but we got bowl games to preview.

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We're going to preview the Armed Forces Bowl in the

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Independence Bowl here in just a second, Steve, tell everybody

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what they can get at the last Word on Sports

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podcast Network.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, this week on last Word on Sports here, we've

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got plenty of bowl previews like we're doing here.

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Speaker 4: The guys that it just means more football.

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Speaker 3: And coffee did actually two shows this week when it

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comes to bowls. They went through the College Football Playoff

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and also all of the bowls involving.

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Speaker 4: SEC teams here this year.

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Speaker 3: Thirteen bowl games the SEC is involved in this year,

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which is absolutely incredible, including a couple of them going

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on here in the Tampa Bay region. Of course, the

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Gasparilla Bowl had the University of Florida and the Liaquest Bowl,

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which is what the Outback Bowl is now being called,

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is of course Alabama and Michigan.

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Speaker 4: Which is a fantastic matchup.

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Speaker 3: But the guys there go through all of their bowl

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games this year for the SEC and of course the

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folks at This Week and the ACC do the same

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with the ACC and the Big Twelve. SEC breakdown with

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Tyler Jones. Bowl previews from the Big Twelve with the

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Speaker 2: All right, we got more to do. We're going to

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get into the two bowl games here when we come

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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: Right continuing on and here on Yards and Stripes, your

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hope for service Academy football, Army, Navy and Air Force.

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That is what we do and what we are gonna

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do right now, Steven, We're gonna talk about some bowl

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games because Army and Navy they are going bowling and

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just what outstanding seasons for both programs. It's gonna be

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a lot of fun to watch them go up against

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well on one pretty stout opponent one. Well, we'll find

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out what happens is we'll go ahead and get into

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the Armed Forces Bowl first, because it's gonna be the

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Naval Academy taking on the Oklahoma Sooners out of the

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SEC in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl on Friday,

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December of the twenty seventh, Stephen at twelve noon Eastern

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Standard Time on ESPN. This line has changed, Stephen, it

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was once I believe at six and a half. It's

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come down to a field goal, as the Sooners are

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now just favored by three points over under in the

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game is still sitting at forty three and a half

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for the twenty second Armed Forces Bowl at AM and G.

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Carter Stadium there on the campus at TCU and Fort Worth.

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But it gonna be Navy's twenty fifth Bowl appearance and

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third time in the Armed Forces Bowl. The first time

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they played an SEC team in a Bowl game since

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fifty four, and the last time they played an SEC

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team at all was twenty eleven when the Mids took

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South Carolina to the wire at Williams. Brice Stadium twenty

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four to twenty one. So, you know, a big game

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for Navy to test themselves against the big boys six

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and six Oklahoma. As Navy does lead the series. They

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won the only meeting between the two teams that was

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played in Norman back in nineteen sixty five, attend to nothing,

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shut out win for the midshipman. So, Steven, your reaction

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the Sooners Navy? You know, of course this time of year,

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you never know what you're going to get combol season

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with transfer, portal opt outs, you know, those kind of things.

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factor is always there, especially for a six and six team.

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So you know, what might we see from the Oklahoma

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Sooners as they square off against Navy on Friday, December

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twenty seven.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's the that's the big question, Price is what

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need with Oklahoma team is Navy going to see here

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in at Amon G. Carter Stadium for the Armed Forces Bowl?

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has had some very high highs, it's had some.

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and is likely you know, most likely the reason why

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the Crimson Tide are not in the College Football Playoffs

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this year. You know, you look at them and probably

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Vanderbilt or are the two main reasons why Alabama is

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on the outside looking in this year.

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00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,720
Speaker 4: But this is also a team that has had some

476
00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,000
big struggles.

477
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,799
Speaker 3: When you look at how they have handled things, you know,

478
00:25:31,839 --> 00:25:34,920
they've been blown out a lot. Now, granted, these are

479
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,480
mostly by some pretty good teams, you know. They their

480
00:25:38,519 --> 00:25:43,039
losses are to Tennessee in the College Football Playoff, Texas

481
00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:47,599
in the College Football Playoff, uh, and then a bunch

482
00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,839
of them in the you know, obviously all of their

483
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,319
losses are in the are in conference play. Two teams Texas,

484
00:25:54,839 --> 00:25:59,279
South Carolina and Ole Miss. We're both excellent teams. Missouri

485
00:25:59,279 --> 00:26:05,279
who's ranked in LSU. You know all you know, some

486
00:26:05,279 --> 00:26:07,640
some of the best teams in all of college football

487
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:08,839
because they're all in the SEC.

488
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:10,440
Speaker 4: You know.

489
00:26:10,839 --> 00:26:13,440
Speaker 3: So they've had some really high highs, they've had some

490
00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,960
really low lows. But this is going to be about

491
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,599
who's going to be on the field for the Sooners

492
00:26:18,599 --> 00:26:20,759
here for this game. Because you know that there are

493
00:26:20,799 --> 00:26:23,400
a lot of players for Oklahoma that are in the

494
00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,839
transfer portal and that have opted out because they're looking

495
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,000
at possibly playing at the next level in the National

496
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,480
Football League. So you know, I I really do think

497
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:37,359
that for the guys that are staying, uh when when

498
00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,119
you look at Oklahoma, you know they're in for a

499
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:43,720
root awakening because Army is I'm sorry, Navy is going

500
00:26:43,799 --> 00:26:48,319
to be really uh motivated to to you know, after

501
00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:50,400
the Army Navy game, to to put this on them.

502
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:51,559
Speaker 4: They really are.

503
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:53,799
Speaker 3: They want to they want to cap this with a

504
00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:56,119
with a victory, and this is being the Armed Forces

505
00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:59,160
Bowl and they're all members of the Armed Forces that

506
00:26:59,319 --> 00:27:00,799
they definitely want to show up for it.

507
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:05,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, Jackson Arnold, the quarterback transferring Nick Anderson who said

508
00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,920
all kinds of freshmen receiving records wide receiver. He's in

509
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:13,200
the transfer portal. He's headed to LSU. But yeah, it

510
00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,240
just you don't know what you're gonna get. But one

511
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,359
thing we do know that Navy is gonna get. They're

512
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,440
gonna get an opponent that I don't think you can

513
00:27:20,559 --> 00:27:23,039
argue is probably gonna be one of the top two

514
00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,920
most talented opponents in terms of roster and players. The

515
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,279
Navy's gonna face behind Notre Dame this year. I mean,

516
00:27:29,319 --> 00:27:31,319
there's no question that Oklahoma is still going to have

517
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:34,559
some of the most talented guys you know in the country,

518
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,039
certainly that Navy is gonna face. But you know, this

519
00:27:37,079 --> 00:27:40,359
is a chance for Navy that if they could beat Oklahoma,

520
00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,880
it would make the twenty four team just the six

521
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,160
in school history to win at least ten games, joining

522
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,039
teams from ninety five four to oh nine, twenty fifteen,

523
00:27:49,319 --> 00:27:53,480
and most recently the eleven and two team from twenty

524
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,039
and nineteen. But a couple of things. Did you know,

525
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,680
steven Navy is the only FBS team in the country

526
00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:03,200
that just two home games in their final nine regular

527
00:28:03,279 --> 00:28:07,240
season contest. Also maybe the only FBS team in the

528
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:11,079
country that didn't that did not play a one score

529
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:12,839
game all season.

530
00:28:14,319 --> 00:28:16,559
Speaker 3: And we all we thought that one score game was

531
00:28:16,599 --> 00:28:21,000
coming last Saturday, and it did not happen. So yeah,

532
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,640
it's a it's amazing, I think. And and to be fair,

533
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,160
you know, this wasn't supposed to be a one score

534
00:28:27,279 --> 00:28:30,119
This bull game wasn't slated to be a one score

535
00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:33,599
affair either, because you mentioned, you know, it's the line

536
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:34,480
is a field goal.

537
00:28:34,519 --> 00:28:38,440
Speaker 4: It started at nine. So this this has come through.

538
00:28:39,039 --> 00:28:42,839
Speaker 3: Uh, you know plenty of those key numbers that uh,

539
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:46,359
you know, experts will talk about getting down all the

540
00:28:46,359 --> 00:28:50,400
way to to three and you know who knows who

541
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,519
knows it probably doesn't go much lower than that. But yeah,

542
00:28:54,359 --> 00:28:56,680
you know this is going this is expected to be

543
00:28:56,759 --> 00:29:01,279
a much closer game than people expect. I don't think.

544
00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:03,279
I don't think that's gonna be the case, though, And

545
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:05,440
I'll tell you about that. I'll tell you why I

546
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,079
think that when we get into our predictions here coming up,

547
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:09,000
all right.

548
00:29:09,079 --> 00:29:12,160
Speaker 2: Armed Forces Bowl again is the twenty seventh of December

549
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:16,240
twelve noon on ESPN, Navy ninety three versus Oklahoma six

550
00:29:16,279 --> 00:29:18,279
and six out of the SEC. Can't wait for that one.

551
00:29:18,319 --> 00:29:21,960
Also can't wait for number nineteen Army eleven and two

552
00:29:22,839 --> 00:29:27,079
taking on Now not Marshall, it's Louisiana Tech because Marshall

553
00:29:27,119 --> 00:29:30,279
has opted out due to too many players hitting the

554
00:29:30,319 --> 00:29:35,680
transfer portal. With Charles Huff leaving Huntington taking over as

555
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,039
the head coach at Southern miss kind of weird that

556
00:29:38,079 --> 00:29:43,839
you have the the reigning conference champions leaving the championship

557
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:46,039
team from the fund Belt to take the job at

558
00:29:46,039 --> 00:29:48,400
the bottom of the fun Belt. There's a lot of

559
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:52,519
internal strife there at Marshall between the new athletic director

560
00:29:52,599 --> 00:29:55,839
and then Charles Huff them not renewing his contract. So

561
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:57,759
I know a lot of people of college football they

562
00:29:57,799 --> 00:30:02,640
saw this coming. But nonetheless Marshall opting out Louisiana Tech

563
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:05,960
from nearby five and seven. They are now in the

564
00:30:06,759 --> 00:30:10,440
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl there in Shreeport. This one is

565
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:14,000
going to be a Saturday, December twenty eighth, kickoff at

566
00:30:14,079 --> 00:30:18,559
nine to fifteen pm Eastern Standard Time on ESPN. Army

567
00:30:18,559 --> 00:30:22,279
the last I've seen Stephen giving sixteen and a half

568
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,319
over under forty three and a half? Is that? Is

569
00:30:25,319 --> 00:30:26,440
that what you still see?

570
00:30:26,599 --> 00:30:28,319
Speaker 4: Yep, That's exactly what I have here.

571
00:30:29,119 --> 00:30:31,920
Speaker 2: So the forty eight annual Independence Bowl there in Shreeport,

572
00:30:32,079 --> 00:30:35,839
Army's eleven all time Bowl appearance Army seven and three

573
00:30:36,279 --> 00:30:40,160
and previous games including a foreign record under Jeff Munkin

574
00:30:40,319 --> 00:30:42,599
in the Bowl era Army two to zero all time

575
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:45,559
against Louisiana Tech, defeating them in two thousand and eight

576
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:48,559
and twenty thirteen in a game that was played in

577
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,240
the Cotton Bowl. But as I mention, what Army or

578
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:53,599
what Navy could do. With the win, Army would secure

579
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,759
its twelfth victory of the season, which would be the

580
00:30:55,759 --> 00:30:59,039
most ever by an Army team in program history. But

581
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,359
to do it, they're gonna have to knock off Sonny

582
00:31:01,359 --> 00:31:05,440
Comby's Louisiana Tech team, who you know, first Bowl for

583
00:31:05,519 --> 00:31:09,599
them since twenty twenty steven. You know, they were three

584
00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:11,720
and six, but they won two of their last three,

585
00:31:11,799 --> 00:31:14,599
and but they haven't played since thirty three to nothing

586
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,480
win over Kinnesas State on November the thirtieth.

587
00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:20,799
Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know, I give a lot of credit

588
00:31:21,279 --> 00:31:25,240
to to Sonny Comby and Louisiana Tech for taking this game,

589
00:31:25,359 --> 00:31:28,880
because I'm sure that there were a lot of teams

590
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,599
that you know that are in that five and seven range,

591
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,720
you know, because all those all the six and six

592
00:31:35,759 --> 00:31:38,279
teams are in, so you knew that you weren't going

593
00:31:38,359 --> 00:31:41,519
to get another team that was above five hundred. You

594
00:31:41,519 --> 00:31:42,960
were going to have to go to a five and

595
00:31:43,039 --> 00:31:46,720
seven team. And I give Sonny Comby and his guys

596
00:31:46,759 --> 00:31:48,519
a hell of a lot of credit because you know

597
00:31:48,599 --> 00:31:51,359
a lot of those guys have probably you know, on

598
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:54,480
other programs, have already gone home. You know, you're in

599
00:31:54,519 --> 00:31:57,319
the you're in the middle of the of the Christmas vacation.

600
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,880
You know, many of these teams at five seven haven't

601
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:06,359
practiced now for uh a good two or three weeks,

602
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:10,519
and so the fact of the matter is that you

603
00:32:10,519 --> 00:32:13,920
know Rustin is close. You know Louisiana Tech has a

604
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,359
lot of guys from the area, so then none of

605
00:32:16,359 --> 00:32:19,079
them have gone very far. And so you can put

606
00:32:19,119 --> 00:32:21,359
together your team again and say, hey, we got to

607
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,240
get back on the field, we got to start practicing,

608
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,240
and you've got another game to play, and it's a

609
00:32:26,279 --> 00:32:29,599
great opportunity, uh for Louisiana.

610
00:32:29,079 --> 00:32:31,279
Speaker 4: Tech to to show off. Uh.

611
00:32:31,359 --> 00:32:33,720
Speaker 3: You know, the Bulldogs did not have a very good

612
00:32:33,799 --> 00:32:37,319
year and now you've got an opportunity.

613
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:39,440
Speaker 4: To play spoiler.

614
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:43,799
Speaker 3: This is a no lose situation for for Louisiana Tech.

615
00:32:43,839 --> 00:32:46,440
You're getting a great match. You're getting a great matchup

616
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,519
against the team that you know is going to play

617
00:32:48,559 --> 00:32:52,839
hard and he's going to be angry. So so if

618
00:32:52,839 --> 00:32:55,079
you're the Bulldogs, you can you can try and take

619
00:32:55,119 --> 00:32:59,079
advantage of some of that aggression that you know the

620
00:32:59,119 --> 00:33:03,240
Black Knights are gonna have. And I think that you

621
00:33:03,279 --> 00:33:07,839
know you're gonna be in in good shape for for

622
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:12,000
this game and and it's a great final piece as

623
00:33:12,039 --> 00:33:14,680
as Sunny Comby tries to get the Bulldogs going back

624
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:15,480
in the right direction.

625
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know to a Louisiana texts credit. You know,

626
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,839
while they are just five and seven, you know, five

627
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:25,200
of their seven losses were by a touchdown of leste

628
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,880
and one of the Yeah, and then one of the

629
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:31,279
two games was not by There wasn't a one score game.

630
00:33:31,599 --> 00:33:33,759
They were tied with the n C State. Uh you know,

631
00:33:33,839 --> 00:33:35,920
back in the second game of the season, they were

632
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,119
tied entering the fourth quarter before losing by ten. So

633
00:33:39,599 --> 00:33:42,640
you know, they they've been you know, mauled basically one

634
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:48,480
time other than that they were in Yeah. So you

635
00:33:48,519 --> 00:33:53,759
know Max Max Bullock, the starting quarterback, Evan Bullock, I'm sorry,

636
00:33:54,079 --> 00:33:57,400
uh true freshman six five. You know it's come on

637
00:33:57,599 --> 00:33:59,680
thrown for almost two thousand yards and that you know,

638
00:34:00,079 --> 00:34:02,759
Sunny Company's you know, he's you know, a disciple of

639
00:34:02,559 --> 00:34:06,519
the air raid. Almost two thousand yards, fourteen touchdowns, only

640
00:34:06,519 --> 00:34:09,800
two picks. But one thing that Louisiana Tech does do

641
00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:10,880
they give up a.

642
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:11,519
Speaker 4: Lot of sacks.

643
00:34:11,679 --> 00:34:13,280
Speaker 2: While they might not throw it to the other team,

644
00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:16,400
Army is going to be able to get to Evan

645
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,719
Bullock in this game. And I think that's where you know,

646
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:20,519
certainly Army's gonna win the game is at the line

647
00:34:20,519 --> 00:34:21,199
of scrimmage.

648
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:22,599
Speaker 4: Oh absolutely.

649
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:26,840
Speaker 3: And and if you're if you are, if you're playing

650
00:34:27,119 --> 00:34:31,320
behind the sticks, it doesn't matter who you are in college,

651
00:34:32,159 --> 00:34:34,960
in my opinion, if you're playing behind the sticks, your

652
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,920
your offense is in trouble. At some point you're gonna

653
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:41,840
have you're gonna find yourself with with issues. And whether

654
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:45,480
it's in uh, you know, possession time, whether it's in

655
00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:49,559
where you're starting drives, because you know, if you're starting

656
00:34:49,559 --> 00:34:51,639
behind the sticks, that means that if you're punting away

657
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,440
you your opponent's gonna have a shorter field.

658
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 4: It means a shorter field for Army.

659
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:59,480
Speaker 3: You know, even though they may only have sixty yards

660
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,400
to go and out of seventy five or eighty yards

661
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:06,559
to go, that's still, yeah, it's going to be a

662
00:35:06,599 --> 00:35:10,000
long drive and it really hurt your defense.

663
00:35:10,199 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 4: That happens. Yeah.

664
00:35:11,599 --> 00:35:15,159
Speaker 2: Number nineteen Army eleven and two versus Louisiana Tech five

665
00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:19,119
and seven in the Independence Bowl Saturday, December the twenty seventh,

666
00:35:19,199 --> 00:35:22,360
at nine to fifteen Eastern Standard Time on ESPN again

667
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,920
Army giving sixteen and a half over under forty three

668
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,239
and a half in one of the busiest bowl game

669
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:32,639
days of the postseason. Bowl calendar is the twenty seventh

670
00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:34,599
or twenty eight is going to have a lot of

671
00:35:35,159 --> 00:35:37,360
action for people to tickle their fancy when it comes

672
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,239
to college football, as Army and Louisiana Tech will finish

673
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,280
up the night. But real quickly, Steve before we get

674
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:43,920
out of here, as we get ready for our Travis

675
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:45,840
Manning Foundation on a roll segment, we get ready to

676
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:47,599
come back and make our picks. Got some notes to

677
00:35:47,599 --> 00:35:50,840
pass along, you know, college football playoff as we're recording

678
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:54,000
Saturday morning. It got off the ground last night. And

679
00:35:54,119 --> 00:35:57,679
the thread, you know, the common between the academies obviously

680
00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:00,480
is Notre Dame and the number seven I. They get

681
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:04,119
a twenty seven to seventeen win over Indiana in the

682
00:36:04,119 --> 00:36:08,239
first ever college football playoff game played on a home campus.

683
00:36:08,639 --> 00:36:10,400
And so I was going into the game. I had

684
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,599
my gut that was telling me Indiana all week. But boy,

685
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,360
Notre Dame looked dominant, especially behind you know, their strong

686
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:19,760
running game and then being able to stop the run.

687
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,320
What Marcus Freeman said, I think at the end was

688
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,440
really right. You know, when you have a running game

689
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:28,079
and can stop the run come December and game set

690
00:36:28,159 --> 00:36:30,119
and cold, and this time of year, you got a

691
00:36:30,119 --> 00:36:32,880
shot against most anybody. And boy, at this point, I

692
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,519
think Notre Dame might find themselves in that championship game.

693
00:36:35,559 --> 00:36:39,519
Speaker 3: See yeah, I know a lot of people liked Indiana

694
00:36:39,599 --> 00:36:43,559
in that matchup, you know, the battle for the Hoosier State,

695
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,280
and you know, I was, I was looking at it,

696
00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:53,039
and really that twenty seven to seventeen final isn't really

697
00:36:53,039 --> 00:36:55,519
indicative of how prominent Notre Dame was. I mean that

698
00:36:55,599 --> 00:36:58,800
was twenty seven to three midway in the fourth quarter,

699
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,840
for crying out loud. So uh, you know, really the

700
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:06,519
Hoosiers found themselves in big trouble early and fell behind,

701
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:10,239
you know, big early, and they really could never get

702
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:13,880
their their offense going at all, uh in the contest.

703
00:37:14,039 --> 00:37:17,679
And so yeah, for for Notre Dame, it's a huge plus.

704
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,440
And and you're right, they have found themselves now in

705
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,079
the cat bird seat because they're gonna go and they

706
00:37:23,119 --> 00:37:25,599
play Georgia in the All State Sugar Bowl on New

707
00:37:25,639 --> 00:37:28,880
Year's Day. Georgia is gonna be without Carson Beck and

708
00:37:29,159 --> 00:37:33,119
so now you're you're looking at they're they're likely the

709
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:36,480
favorite to win that game because you know they're going

710
00:37:36,559 --> 00:37:40,159
to be completely healthy come come New Year's Day. And

711
00:37:40,599 --> 00:37:44,400
then they get the winner of SMU, Penn State and

712
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,880
Boise State, and I would think that if you're Notre Dame,

713
00:37:48,119 --> 00:37:51,480
you're a much more talented team than Boise State or SMU,

714
00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,360
and Penn State is known for gagging these things away.

715
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:59,039
James Franklin is his his you know, his reputation is

716
00:37:59,079 --> 00:38:00,519
that he can't finish.

717
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Speaker 4: And so you've got.

718
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,599
Speaker 3: A shot right now if you're the Fighting Irish, now

719
00:38:04,599 --> 00:38:06,719
that you've gotten past Indiana, you get a shot to

720
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:09,239
be at the in the finals of this game against

721
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:12,880
probably an Oregon or in Ohio State. Those are the

722
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two teams on the other side that really have the

723
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:21,559
most likely path to being on the other side of

724
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that bracket. I personally have Oregon myself, but and for

725
00:38:27,199 --> 00:38:29,480
personal reasons, one of my best friends is a program

726
00:38:29,519 --> 00:38:35,199
director now in Eugene, and so he runs the Eugene Duck,

727
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:40,360
the Oregon Ducks radio network for Cumulus out there, and

728
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:44,000
so I'm very I'm very hopeful for the Ducks to

729
00:38:44,039 --> 00:38:46,679
be in the on the other side and against Ardiam

730
00:38:46,679 --> 00:38:47,519
should be a fun one.

731
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's gonna be fun to watch this playoff shakeout

732
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:53,039
twelve team playoffs for the first time, as everybody knows,

733
00:38:53,199 --> 00:38:56,199
but we are excited to watch Army and Navy try

734
00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:58,440
and cap off great seasons and their bowl games on

735
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the twenty seventh and twenty eight. As we begin wrapping

736
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up our Bowl preview here, we're going to come back

737
00:39:03,079 --> 00:39:05,800
with our Travis Manion Foundation Honorall segment, honoring a fallen

738
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hero than Steven and are We got some games to

739
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:09,639
pick and some notes to pass along as we get

740
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out the door here in the Yards and Stripes, your

741
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home for Service Academy Football.

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

743
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was killed in Iraq after saving his wooted teammates. Travis's

744
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legacy lives on through the words he spoke before his

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

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fuel the spirit of Travis Manion Foundation and through TMF,

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these words can live in you too. Show the world

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

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Find out how you can strengthen the character of your

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

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Speaker 6: Welcome back in the Yards and Stripes. You're home for

753
00:39:49,039 --> 00:39:51,679
Service Academy Football. We've come to that point in the

754
00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:54,480
show where it's time for our Travis Mannion Foundation Honorale

755
00:39:54,559 --> 00:39:57,320
segment for the honor remember a fallen hero that has

756
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:00,679
given the ultimate sacrifice. This week, we're going to remember

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Chief Warrant Officer for United States Army Brian hazel Grove,

758
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a native of Edinburgh, Indiana. Chief Warrant Officer hazel Grove

759
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was assigned to the third Battalion, seventeenth Cavalry out of

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the tenth Aviation Brigade, tenth Mountain Division out of Fort Drum,

761
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New York, and he gave the ultimate sacrifice on December

762
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the twenty third, two thousand and four, when his OH

763
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fifty eight Kiowa Warrior helicopter crash near mosl in northern

764
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Iraq during a combat mission served during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

765
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The military responded reported his residence as Fort Rucker, Alabama.

766
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Hazel Grove and the other pilot in the helicopter crash

767
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soon after the takeoff. The military said Chief Warren Officer.

768
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Hazel Grove graduated from Edinburgh High School in Indiana and

769
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joined the Army in nineteen ninety four. Before becoming a

770
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helicopter pilot, he worked in military intelligence and served two

771
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tours of duty in South Korea. His brother Brad Leman said, quote,

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the guy was amazing. He thrived in the military and

773
00:41:09,519 --> 00:41:13,760
was making it a career. Brian is remembered as a

774
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very bright and very personal and likable. He had a

775
00:41:17,679 --> 00:41:22,119
great sense of humor and live life without regrets. That's

776
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Brian hazel Grove, Chief Warrant Officer of the United States Army.

777
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And we honor remember folks like Brian hazel Grove who

778
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gave the ultimate sacrifice because as we all know, our

779
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freedom is not free. And the Travis Manian Foundation is

780
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:40,960
carrying on the legacy of commitment service in local communities

781
00:41:41,039 --> 00:41:43,800
all across the country and the name of loved ones

782
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:47,800
that have given that ultimate sacrifice. And so we take

783
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:51,320
the time this week every week on the podcast to

784
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:55,199
honor remember these fallen heroes that are serving, that served

785
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in places all around the globe.

786
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Speaker 7: Travis Mallon Foundation's Nine to eleven Heroes run five K

787
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series units communities across the country and around the world

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Join your community this September and register to run, walk

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

792
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:23,400
and Stripes Service Academy Football, we.

793
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Speaker 2: Begin close up shamp here on Yards and Stripes. We

794
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:29,039
will be back with one more episode after the first

795
00:42:29,079 --> 00:42:31,719
of the year to wrap up the bowl games. But

796
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,599
we are putting a bow on this Bowl preview edition

797
00:42:34,639 --> 00:42:36,480
as we're getting ready for the Independence Bowl and the

798
00:42:36,559 --> 00:42:39,199
Armed Forces Bowl. Certainly, I know everybody's gonna have all

799
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:42,119
eyes on the college football playoff as we will as well.

800
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,400
Stephen a couple of notes to pass along before we

801
00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:48,119
pick our two bowl games. As I mentioned earlier, the

802
00:42:48,159 --> 00:42:51,239
Joe Moore Award winner for the best offensive line in

803
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:53,840
college football that went to the Army Black Knights. What

804
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:57,400
an honor is? Jeff Monkin informed his team on Friday night,

805
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,880
and is the trickle down effect continue? Was so? With

806
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such a great year and dominant upfront effort, a lot

807
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:10,199
of Army Black Knights garnering some major postseason honors. Army

808
00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:14,519
senior guar Bill Katzijanis and named the Sports Illustrated First

809
00:43:14,559 --> 00:43:17,719
Team All American. Bryce and Daily was an honorable mention

810
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:23,519
SI All American senior tackle Lucas Scott. He earned second

811
00:43:23,559 --> 00:43:27,639
team recognition by the Football Writers Association of America. He's

812
00:43:27,639 --> 00:43:30,360
the first Army player to appear on the Football Writers

813
00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:34,320
Association of America All American team since Mike Mayweather running

814
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:37,360
back did it back in nineteen ninety and then Army

815
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West Points saw more offensive lineman Paolo Genarelli. He was

816
00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:45,159
named an AP All American to the third team. So

817
00:43:45,559 --> 00:43:49,320
three Black Knights getting some major All American honors from

818
00:43:49,599 --> 00:43:53,360
the offensive line. Bryce and Daily. Of course, awards continue

819
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:55,159
to pour in for him. He was named the finalist

820
00:43:55,199 --> 00:43:58,920
for the Campbell Award along with Ashton Gent, Kevin Jennings,

821
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:03,000
cam wardor Sanders that goes to the top quarterback, and

822
00:44:03,039 --> 00:44:05,599
then Jeff Munkin a finalist for the Don Trophy and

823
00:44:05,599 --> 00:44:09,119
a Simili finalists for the George Munger Coach of the

824
00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:12,159
Year Trophy. So congratulations to them. And then also staying

825
00:44:12,199 --> 00:44:15,360
with Army Real Quick, a former defensive end Andre Carter

826
00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:18,760
that certainly Black Knight fans. They remember he was signed

827
00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:24,840
to the Las Vegas Raiders practice squad last week. So

828
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:29,320
congratulations to Andre Carter still in the National Football League.

829
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:32,199
And then for the Naval Academy senior safety Rayon Lane,

830
00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:35,320
the third who's had a great season. He accepted invitation

831
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:38,039
to playing the Reese's Senior Ball All Star Game. That's

832
00:44:38,039 --> 00:44:41,000
going to be on February the first in Mobile slated

833
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:43,880
to kick off at two thirty Eastern Standard time on

834
00:44:44,079 --> 00:44:47,079
the NFL Network. Stephen, what did I miss, dude.

835
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Speaker 3: With The one thing that we missed right now is

836
00:44:51,039 --> 00:44:56,440
Kanye Youdo. We missed talking about how the Army running

837
00:44:56,440 --> 00:45:00,760
back has decided to leave West Point. He has entered

838
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:05,599
the transfer portal. He's got a handful of visits coming up.

839
00:45:05,639 --> 00:45:09,000
But yeah, that's a big piece leaving. And that's something

840
00:45:09,039 --> 00:45:12,360
that we don't normally talk about here, is you know,

841
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:16,000
the transfer portal going out because you don't normally see

842
00:45:16,039 --> 00:45:18,119
it from from the service academies. It's one of those

843
00:45:18,119 --> 00:45:21,880
things we have mentioned in previous episodes, and I know

844
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:25,239
I've mentioned when I've done you know, radio around the country.

845
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:29,840
Why you know, Jeff Monkin loves his situation and why

846
00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:34,079
I didn't think, you know, with any of these open jobs,

847
00:45:34,119 --> 00:45:36,800
whether it was Wake Forest or West Virginia, North Carolina,

848
00:45:37,159 --> 00:45:40,440
you know that all had Monkin's name attached to them.

849
00:45:40,639 --> 00:45:42,320
Why I didn't think he was gonna leave West Points

850
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:44,480
because he doesn't have to deal with NIL, He doesn't

851
00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:47,239
have to deal with transfer portal normally. But Kanye Udo

852
00:45:47,679 --> 00:45:52,480
has has decided that two seasons with the Black Knights

853
00:45:52,519 --> 00:45:55,599
is enough and so he is leaving to seek his

854
00:45:55,760 --> 00:46:00,400
football fortunes elsewhere. The other big piece is that UH,

855
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:04,119
when you're looking at coaching wise, Matt Drinkle, who was

856
00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:09,880
the offensive line coach UH at Army UH that has

857
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:14,280
left and is now the head coach at Central Michigan,

858
00:46:15,119 --> 00:46:19,079
has has taken a couple of his UH friends from

859
00:46:19,719 --> 00:46:25,440
from West Point UH to become assistant coaches with the

860
00:46:25,599 --> 00:46:28,719
with the Chippewas. And I was looking at some of

861
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:30,840
the some of the other names that that are coming

862
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:34,719
out outside of you know, some of these guys that

863
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:37,719
are with UH, that that have been with the Black

864
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:42,000
Knights you know currently, But like Wes Fleming, who used

865
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:45,400
to be a defensive quality coach at Army left to

866
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:48,239
go to Cincinnati in the same role is now joining

867
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:52,079
Drinkle in Central Michigan as defensive backs coach uh as well.

868
00:46:52,119 --> 00:46:55,320
So there's another army connection joining the Chippewas.

869
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:58,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, but the big one you mentioned Kanye Udo hitting

870
00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:00,760
the portal something you just don't expect, you know, another

871
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:04,920
year where a major offensive weapon for Jeff Monkin's team,

872
00:47:05,159 --> 00:47:07,400
you know, is hitting the portal as Isaiah Austen did

873
00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:10,440
it last year. Now it's Kanye you doo and as

874
00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:13,519
we as we talk here on Saturday morning, December the

875
00:47:13,559 --> 00:47:16,840
twenty first, he has got visits he being Kanye you

876
00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:22,440
Doo scheduled to s MU, Missouri, Arizona, and North Carolina. Also,

877
00:47:22,559 --> 00:47:25,360
he mentioned on Twitter that Ohio State had reached out.

878
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:28,599
So it'll be interesting to see where Kanye you Doo

879
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:31,599
ends up. But just something you don't quite often see.

880
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 3: North North Carolina is kind of interesting because of course

881
00:47:35,119 --> 00:47:39,000
of their connection with the Naval Academy. With with Bill

882
00:47:39,039 --> 00:47:42,360
Belichick now being the head coach with the Tar Hills,

883
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:46,559
that's a that's going to be a very prime landing

884
00:47:46,639 --> 00:47:51,079
spot for a number of players here this college football offseason.

885
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:54,559
I'd be curious to see how many guys a take

886
00:47:54,679 --> 00:47:57,880
visits to North Carolina and be end up committing to

887
00:47:57,880 --> 00:47:59,199
Belichick and the Tar Heels.

888
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:01,480
Speaker 2: Yeah. Friend of from Canada asked me what I thought

889
00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:03,519
about Belichick. He said, how how long is it going

890
00:48:03,599 --> 00:48:05,360
to take before all the five stars in the world

891
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:06,920
end up there. I said, I don't know if that's

892
00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:10,119
actually going to happen. They'll get talent because it's Bill Belichick,

893
00:48:10,159 --> 00:48:12,880
but it's not like you're playing for Dion Sanders. When

894
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:15,320
you're playing for Bill Belichick. I know that everybody talks

895
00:48:15,360 --> 00:48:17,280
about that works with him. I mean, I got to

896
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:20,400
know coach Belichick his dad Steve very well. When I

897
00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:23,960
worked at the Naval Academy. His dad, Steve Belichick. He

898
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:26,400
came in our offices every morning to read the newspaper

899
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:28,400
and he would stand at my door and talk for hours.

900
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:31,639
But I know that his son, having never met Bill Belichick,

901
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,400
a lot like his dad, where you might see it dry,

902
00:48:34,519 --> 00:48:37,480
but you know when people are around him, he's, you know,

903
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:41,840
very personable. So it'll be interesting to see what recruits

904
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:44,280
see and what they decide as far as ending up

905
00:48:44,320 --> 00:48:47,320
in Chapel Hill, because I think we've all kind of

906
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:50,719
read they're going to open up an nil checkbook here.

907
00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:53,199
That's that hadn't been quite open like that, maybe for

908
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:55,239
the basketball team, but not the football.

909
00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:56,239
Speaker 4: Team or the women's soccer team.

910
00:48:56,519 --> 00:48:59,960
Speaker 2: Right, yeah, all right, Steve, we got two bowl games

911
00:49:00,119 --> 00:49:02,639
pick before we get out of here and start down

912
00:49:02,639 --> 00:49:05,280
in the eggnog and you know, lacing it with the

913
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:08,159
bourbon before. I'll ask you about that in a second here.

914
00:49:08,199 --> 00:49:10,920
But let's get our picks before we get out the door.

915
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:15,159
Let's start with Navy taking on Oklahoma on December of

916
00:49:15,159 --> 00:49:18,360
the twenty seventh in the Armed Forces Bowl. Navy nine

917
00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:21,480
and three, Oklahoma six and six Sooners. Right now, as

918
00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:24,159
we set a fueld goal favorite forty three and a

919
00:49:24,199 --> 00:49:27,119
half the over under, do you think the SEC are

920
00:49:27,119 --> 00:49:28,360
they going to be able to rain? Or do you

921
00:49:28,360 --> 00:49:30,239
think Navy's going to get their first win over an

922
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:33,000
SEC team since beating Ole Miss in the fifties.

923
00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:33,559
Speaker 4: Yeah.

924
00:49:33,599 --> 00:49:37,480
Speaker 3: I do think that this is going to be a

925
00:49:37,599 --> 00:49:40,679
historic game, and not for the reasons that the SEC

926
00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:42,760
wants it to be. I think that, you know, the

927
00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:46,079
transfer portal. I think that the opt outs are going

928
00:49:46,159 --> 00:49:49,800
to be too much for the Sooners, and so I

929
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:53,360
have Navy winning this game, getting their first win since

930
00:49:53,559 --> 00:49:57,119
that victory overall Miss back in the fifties over an

931
00:49:57,199 --> 00:49:59,840
SEC team. I have twenty three to twenty. I think

932
00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:02,599
it it's a field goal. Oh man, I just I

933
00:50:02,639 --> 00:50:04,960
just think it's going to be an exciting game. I'm

934
00:50:05,039 --> 00:50:06,599
certainly looking forward to it.

935
00:50:07,119 --> 00:50:09,400
Speaker 4: I know I'll be watching it. I can't wait for it.

936
00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:13,840
Speaker 2: Well, we're close. We're very close because with my picks

937
00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:16,760
i've put down, I had twenty four to twenty is

938
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:19,400
what I went with. Navy. I think Navy two. Navy's

939
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:22,559
got a track record, especially in the last several years,

940
00:50:22,840 --> 00:50:26,760
when they go bowling, they bring it. Navy brings it.

941
00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:29,679
It means something, and you know, I think the academies

942
00:50:29,719 --> 00:50:32,519
both Army is the same way, both Army and Navy.

943
00:50:32,519 --> 00:50:34,599
They always bring it come bold time because it does

944
00:50:34,719 --> 00:50:38,079
mean something. It's different. It's actually the reward that bowl

945
00:50:38,159 --> 00:50:40,960
games used to be for, not the afterthought. Is many

946
00:50:41,519 --> 00:50:43,480
of the Power five teams, you know, think of it

947
00:50:43,519 --> 00:50:46,800
as exhibition season, and so I think Navy's going to

948
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:49,440
bring it. I think despite Thennables being one of the

949
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:53,119
best defensive minds, best defensive coaches that I've seen in

950
00:50:53,119 --> 00:50:57,320
college football. I think that Lake Horvath and Drew Chronics offense.

951
00:50:57,440 --> 00:50:59,360
They're gonna they're gonna be able to rev it up

952
00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:00,800
and get done with they need to, and I think

953
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:04,000
Navy wins at twenty four to twenty. All right, Army

954
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:07,679
Black Knights taking on Latch the replacement for Marshall in

955
00:51:07,760 --> 00:51:11,440
the Independence Bowl eleven and two Army verse five and

956
00:51:11,559 --> 00:51:15,320
seven Louisiana Tech. I don't think this one's even close, Stephen,

957
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:16,559
but I'll let you fire first.

958
00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:19,639
Speaker 4: Yeah, I completely agree with you.

959
00:51:19,679 --> 00:51:22,079
Speaker 3: Now, if this was Marshall and a Marshall that was

960
00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:26,800
you know, full you know, with full capacity. I think

961
00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:28,639
that this is a much closer game. I think this

962
00:51:28,679 --> 00:51:31,440
is a much more exciting game, you know. I think

963
00:51:31,719 --> 00:51:36,280
Army is going to feel slighted, you know, especially because

964
00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:40,679
now they've gone from having the champion of the of

965
00:51:40,719 --> 00:51:45,280
the Fun of the Fun Bowl, you know that that

966
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:48,760
conference now to a five and seven team. I think

967
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:50,840
they're gonna take out their frustrations on the Bulldogs. I

968
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:56,320
feel bad for Sonny Comby's boys because the you know, congratulations,

969
00:51:57,159 --> 00:51:59,079
young men. You're gonna get to see some real men

970
00:51:59,119 --> 00:52:02,719
in this one. I have Army thirty five Louisiana Tech

971
00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:03,960
three in this game.

972
00:52:05,039 --> 00:52:08,239
Speaker 2: All right, I'm much the same. I think two it's

973
00:52:08,280 --> 00:52:10,840
gonna be a curb stomping. I think Army is gonna

974
00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:13,400
be really pissed. I think they're gonna play pissed. I

975
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:15,599
think they're gonna play with a purpose after what happened

976
00:52:15,639 --> 00:52:17,400
in the Army Navy game. I think they're gonna want

977
00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:20,679
to end this outstanding season. You know that they capped

978
00:52:20,719 --> 00:52:25,199
with a AAC Conference championship win, dominant win at that

979
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:28,920
over Tu Lane. I like Army forty nine to thirteen,

980
00:52:29,039 --> 00:52:31,039
a little bit higher scoring, But you and I both

981
00:52:31,079 --> 00:52:33,199
are on the same page. We both think it's going

982
00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:33,519
to be.

983
00:52:33,719 --> 00:52:36,159
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I think it's gonna be I think

984
00:52:36,159 --> 00:52:38,400
it's gonna be lower scoring because I think that that

985
00:52:38,639 --> 00:52:40,960
Jeff Monkin's gonna take most of the starters out at

986
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:42,639
the half. I think it's gonna be like twenty eight

987
00:52:42,679 --> 00:52:44,519
to nothing at the half, and I think he lets

988
00:52:44,760 --> 00:52:47,159
he lets his second and third string guys finish out

989
00:52:47,159 --> 00:52:48,800
the second half and get some playing time.

990
00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:53,519
Speaker 2: Can't wait, can't wait for Bowl season to continue on

991
00:52:53,639 --> 00:52:56,679
as we have our two of our three teams bowling.

992
00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:59,119
Just can't wait to watch Army and Navy. You know,

993
00:52:59,199 --> 00:53:02,800
take on their phone from Oklahoma and Louisiana Tech Stephen

994
00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:04,519
before we get out of here. I know Papa Yan's

995
00:53:04,599 --> 00:53:06,280
is going to be on the holiday menu for Oh

996
00:53:06,360 --> 00:53:08,000
absolutely you you and your wife.

997
00:53:08,039 --> 00:53:08,400
Speaker 4: I know that.

998
00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:11,000
Speaker 2: Hopefully the lightning continue to win. Get your fifty percent

999
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:13,519
off coupon, because who doesn't want, you know, a discount

1000
00:53:13,559 --> 00:53:16,280
of pizza. But holiday drink at choice? Are you an

1001
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:16,960
egg non guy?

1002
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:22,480
Speaker 3: You know, I'm not really, you know, I'm I'm more

1003
00:53:22,480 --> 00:53:23,639
about the bourbon in.

1004
00:53:23,599 --> 00:53:26,199
Speaker 4: The egg nog than the and then the eggnog itself.

1005
00:53:27,679 --> 00:53:32,000
Speaker 3: You know, I'm a and usually it doesn't get cold enough,

1006
00:53:32,039 --> 00:53:36,000
although it is cold today, yeah, it's it's in the

1007
00:53:36,159 --> 00:53:39,599
it's in the low fifties here in Tampa today, which

1008
00:53:39,639 --> 00:53:45,599
is quite chilly. So usually it's it's about cool drinks,

1009
00:53:45,719 --> 00:53:49,000
uh at Christmas time and not and not drinks that

1010
00:53:49,119 --> 00:53:52,320
warm you up. But I'm a hot totty guy, like

1011
00:53:53,199 --> 00:53:55,239
you know, when it's when it's cold at Christmas time,

1012
00:53:55,679 --> 00:53:59,199
I'll take a hot toddy anytime I like it.

1013
00:53:59,239 --> 00:54:01,159
Speaker 2: I didn't get into until I was a little bit older,

1014
00:54:01,239 --> 00:54:03,320
but it wasn't my drink of choice certainly when I

1015
00:54:03,360 --> 00:54:06,320
was younger, but started to learn that appreciation for a

1016
00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:09,119
decent agnog here a little bit later in life. But Steven,

1017
00:54:09,119 --> 00:54:10,719
I think and speak for all of us, you and

1018
00:54:10,760 --> 00:54:14,199
I both here and everybody last word on Sports podcast Network.

1019
00:54:14,239 --> 00:54:17,599
But you know, for you and me, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas,

1020
00:54:17,719 --> 00:54:20,840
Happy New Year to everybody. We will stay tuned in

1021
00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:23,280
our social media platforms. We will get an episode out,

1022
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:26,719
whether it's after the it will be after the Bowl games,

1023
00:54:26,719 --> 00:54:29,400
whether it's before New Year's or right after New Year's.

1024
00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:32,400
We will get one more episode done to put a

1025
00:54:32,440 --> 00:54:35,400
bow on this entire season. And Steve and I will

1026
00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:38,079
will we'll let you know, you know a recording date

1027
00:54:38,079 --> 00:54:40,039
and when we're going to have that episode out on

1028
00:54:40,079 --> 00:54:43,840
our Yards and Stripes Facebook and Twitter accounts, so follow

1029
00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:47,599
us there. Steven, certainly, Merry Christmas to you and your wife,

1030
00:54:47,599 --> 00:54:50,360
your family. Hope you guys have a have a great

1031
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:51,360
and save holiday out there.

1032
00:54:51,480 --> 00:54:53,880
Speaker 3: Yes, and Merry Christmas to you and the folks there

1033
00:54:54,679 --> 00:54:57,400
as well. And Merry Christmas to all of our listeners

1034
00:54:57,400 --> 00:55:00,880
at Yards and Stripes. We hope this holidays season finds

1035
00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:06,239
you healthy and certainly happy during this time because yeah,

1036
00:55:06,280 --> 00:55:09,360
it's the end of the year. Let's close out twenty

1037
00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:12,119
twenty four the way twenty twenty four should be closed

1038
00:55:12,119 --> 00:55:14,079
out and get ready for a great twenty twenty five.

1039
00:55:14,320 --> 00:55:17,000
Speaker 2: Let's do it. Thankful for all our listeners, thanks to you, Steve.

1040
00:55:17,079 --> 00:55:19,320
Thankful for all you do and keeping Yards and Stripes

1041
00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:21,960
running and all the great podcasts on the Last Word

1042
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:26,239
on Sports podcast Network, But for Steve Bryce Atkinson, and

1043
00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:29,679
we will talk to you again after Christmas as we

1044
00:55:30,519 --> 00:55:33,800
dive into both the bowl games. But until then, Marry Christmas,

1045
00:55:33,840 --> 00:55:35,320
Happy holidays, and we'll talk to you soon.

1046
00:55:36,639 --> 00:55:40,519
Speaker 1: Join us again next time for Yards and Strikes Service

1047
00:55:40,599 --> 00:55:44,280
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1048
00:55:44,559 --> 00:55:47,400
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1049
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:50,559
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1050
00:55:50,639 --> 00:55:54,679
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1051
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1052
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Speaker 6: Yes,