1 00:00:01,159 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: Need to get your football fix on all things Army, Navy, 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:09,480 and Air Force. This is Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football. 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,039 Now Here are your hosts, Bryce Atkinson and Steve Carney. 4 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 2: It is episode six of Yards and Stripes your home 5 00:00:18,719 --> 00:00:23,920 for Service Academy Football. If you love Army, you love Navy, 6 00:00:24,359 --> 00:00:27,920 you love Air Force, this is the place that you 7 00:00:28,079 --> 00:00:28,480 want to be. 8 00:00:28,679 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 3: My name is Steve Carney. 9 00:00:30,519 --> 00:00:33,799 Speaker 2: It is great to be here with you here as 10 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,600 we get ready for what is going to be quite 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:41,439 an interesting week when it comes to the Service Academies. 12 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,679 We will get to the first leg of the Commander 13 00:00:44,719 --> 00:00:48,719 in Chief Trophy which will take place this weekend. Also 14 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:53,320 Army's matchup as they head out to Oklahoma for a 15 00:00:53,359 --> 00:00:57,880 matchup with the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. But if you've noticed already, 16 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,799 I am riding solo this week as both Price Atkinson 17 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:07,799 and I are dealing with the after effects of Hurricane Helene. 18 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,400 You may have heard us joking about it during the 19 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:16,400 last episode, which was actually being taped on Thursday, as 20 00:01:16,439 --> 00:01:19,719 the hurricane was passing where I live here in the 21 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,040 Tampa Bay region on the west coast of Florida. As 22 00:01:23,079 --> 00:01:26,840 it was on its way to make landfall in the Panhandle. 23 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,040 I joked about the fact that it hadn't started raining 24 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:37,040 or getting flooded here yet, And unfortunately that term yet 25 00:01:37,359 --> 00:01:42,480 was the most important for me here in Florida, as 26 00:01:42,599 --> 00:01:47,079 about half an hour after we finished taping that episode 27 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,519 and getting it up and set for publish and release, 28 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,799 the water did come in here in Saint Petersburg and 29 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,920 we ended up with some severe flooding and a lot 30 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:05,920 of flood damage as a result of Hurricane Lean and Price, 31 00:02:06,439 --> 00:02:11,159 unfortunately being upstate in South Carolina, dealt with a lot 32 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,560 of the effects of the hurricane as well. Price is 33 00:02:14,599 --> 00:02:19,439 still without electricity in South Carolina, and I know that 34 00:02:19,479 --> 00:02:22,400 he wanted to be here for this week's show. I 35 00:02:22,479 --> 00:02:25,719 told him, don't worry about it. I'll take care of everything. 36 00:02:26,039 --> 00:02:29,840 You just worry about getting your home back in order 37 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,520 and then we can get back to having some fun 38 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,879 talking about Service Academy football. So I may have lost 39 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:40,840 a car and Price had a tree come down in 40 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,039 his house, but as Price said on social media earlier 41 00:02:45,159 --> 00:02:49,360 this week, that no matter what happens to you when 42 00:02:49,439 --> 00:02:52,759 it comes to this hurricane, you can almost guarantee that 43 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:56,240 there is someone around you who has had it worse 44 00:02:56,319 --> 00:02:59,080 than you, and that small acts of kindness. 45 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 3: Really do go a lot long way. 46 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 2: You never know what kind of day someone is having 47 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,639 or the challenges that they are facing, So be the 48 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:07,400 good today. 49 00:03:08,039 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 3: I don't know if I could. 50 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,319 Speaker 2: Say anything better than what Price said, but what I 51 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,919 will say is that I hope that this week we 52 00:03:17,039 --> 00:03:20,439 can be a respite, we can be a little bit 53 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,719 of an escape, and hopefully we plan on giving you 54 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,280 a little bit of a smile as we get ready 55 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:31,280 for what is expected to be quite the exciting weekend 56 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:35,240 in Service Academy football, and hopefully by the time the 57 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:39,960 weekend rolls around, you're starting to get back into the 58 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:44,240 routine of a college football Saturday. I know that I 59 00:03:44,319 --> 00:03:47,479 look forward to being in the same sort of routine 60 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:51,400 coming up on Saturday, and I hope you will as well. 61 00:03:51,919 --> 00:03:54,800 And with all that being said, let's get into the 62 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:59,360 week that was in Service Academy football. You know meat 63 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,879 Loaf it best with his song two out of Three 64 00:04:03,039 --> 00:04:05,240 eight bad, And I guess if you're an Army or 65 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,919 a Navy fan, you can feel that way. If you're 66 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,840 Air Force, I don't know if you have that same 67 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,719 sort of feeling right now, but we'll get to the 68 00:04:13,759 --> 00:04:17,600 Falcons here coming up in just a couple of moments. 69 00:04:17,639 --> 00:04:21,000 We want to get started with last Thursday, while we 70 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,600 were taping the last episode of Yards and Stripes, Army 71 00:04:25,079 --> 00:04:28,600 was having its way with the Temple Owls. They win 72 00:04:28,879 --> 00:04:34,319 forty two fourteen in Philadelphia as Bryson Daily has yet 73 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:39,360 another monster game under center for the Black Knights. We're 74 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:43,399 talking one hundred and fifty two yards on the ground 75 00:04:43,759 --> 00:04:48,360 on twenty four carries, including three touchdowns. He also threw 76 00:04:48,439 --> 00:04:51,839 for fifty four yards as well. Wasn't a whole lot 77 00:04:51,879 --> 00:04:55,040 of throwing that needed to be done by the Black Knights, 78 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,920 as they jumped out very very early in this game. 79 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,399 They led fourteen nothing at the half and twenty eight 80 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:07,360 nothing in the middle of the second quarter. They did 81 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,639 allow a couple of touchdowns late in the third and 82 00:05:10,759 --> 00:05:13,240 early in the fourth quarter to the Owls, but then 83 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:17,839 turned back around and had two more scoring drives, scoring 84 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:22,639 fourteen more points in the fourth quarter to put things 85 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,000 away and make it feel like, well, this was never 86 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:27,959 going to be in doubt. 87 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 3: You know. 88 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,319 Speaker 2: The Owls got back to within two scores, but that 89 00:05:32,399 --> 00:05:35,600 would be it for them, and they really did have 90 00:05:35,759 --> 00:05:39,199 a monster day on the field. I mean, you look 91 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:42,519 at some of the stats that came through. Of course, 92 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:48,680 Army had four hundred and seventeen yards rushing as a team, 93 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:54,040 they averaged over seven yards per carry. So when that happens, 94 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,560 you're gonna be just marching the football down the field. 95 00:05:57,759 --> 00:06:02,319 Quite apropos for the Black Knights, and the Owls really 96 00:06:02,399 --> 00:06:06,279 had no answer up front. Their front seven looked like 97 00:06:06,399 --> 00:06:10,120 they were going to be swallowed whole by the Army 98 00:06:10,199 --> 00:06:13,839 offensive line and the blocking backs. They just were opening 99 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,079 up holes left and right. I mean, these things were 100 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,439 big enough that you could drive a Sherman tank through them. 101 00:06:20,879 --> 00:06:24,399 And really they did a great job making sure they 102 00:06:24,439 --> 00:06:28,720 controlled the line of scrimmage. They controlled time of possession 103 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,439 thirty five minutes plus for the Black Knights less than 104 00:06:32,439 --> 00:06:35,800 twenty five minutes for Temple. They had almost twice as 105 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:39,560 many first downs twenty three to twelve. They were six 106 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,759 of eleven on third downs. They converted one of the 107 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:47,680 two fourth downs as well, and most importantly won the 108 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:52,399 turnover battle one nil in that In that case, I've 109 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,800 always said that for Army it is all about making 110 00:06:55,879 --> 00:06:59,319 sure that you're able to control the line of scrimmage, 111 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:03,199 control time of possession, and control the turnover battle. And 112 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,560 if you do that, you're gonna find yourself in really 113 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,519 good shape. And that's where Army has been pretty much 114 00:07:09,639 --> 00:07:12,839 all year long. It's why the Black Knights are four 115 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:16,160 and oh overall three and oh in their first year 116 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,120 in the American Athletic Conference. And if you look at 117 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,399 a lot of the college football pundits when they talk 118 00:07:22,439 --> 00:07:27,839 about the rankings of the Group of six, Army is 119 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,920 right up at the top with some of these other 120 00:07:31,079 --> 00:07:34,439 big name Group of six clubs and squads that are 121 00:07:34,439 --> 00:07:36,920 out there for the college football playoff. 122 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 3: Are they going to stay that way? Who knows? 123 00:07:39,839 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 2: You know, we could certainly see the American Athletic Conference 124 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:47,199 being the real spoiler when it comes to the Group 125 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:52,399 of six and seeing who gets in as a alternate, 126 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,920 as a wild card, as an at large as opposed 127 00:07:55,959 --> 00:08:00,600 to a championship team. Will they allow a second team 128 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:04,639 from the American Athletic Conference as opposed to just the 129 00:08:04,759 --> 00:08:07,360 champion And will they give all the at large bids 130 00:08:07,439 --> 00:08:12,120 to the power conferences, whether it's the SEC, the Big Ten, 131 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:16,519 the Big Twelve, or the ACC. For Temple, they really 132 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,279 had it come in left and right when it comes 133 00:08:19,319 --> 00:08:22,959 to what they were having to deal with when it 134 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,600 comes to Army, they weren't able to get any sort 135 00:08:26,759 --> 00:08:30,759 of rushing attack going. In fact, they finished as a 136 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:37,240 team with twenty two overall carries and minus five yards, 137 00:08:37,799 --> 00:08:41,720 which is just a ridiculous number there. I mean, they 138 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,279 had a lot of tackles for loss, did Army. So 139 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:48,279 you look at that's where it mostly came from their 140 00:08:48,759 --> 00:08:53,399 quarterback Evan Simon, not only throwing for just two hundred 141 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:57,519 and twenty four yards on nineteen of thirty, he threw 142 00:08:57,519 --> 00:09:02,200 an interception, had minus eighteen yards on the ground on 143 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:06,039 fifteen carries, a lot of that coming from tackles in 144 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,519 the backfield and all the like. So they were able 145 00:09:09,879 --> 00:09:14,240 to basically have their way, did Army with Temple's offense, 146 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:19,000 And then of course had a number of long plays 147 00:09:19,279 --> 00:09:22,080 when or long play drives they should say, when it 148 00:09:22,159 --> 00:09:25,039 comes to what they were doing. And then some also 149 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,080 very quick drives. You know, their first touchdown in the 150 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,600 first quarter only three plays, but covered eighty six yards. 151 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:36,440 Their touchdown in the second quarter, however, thirteen plays, eighty 152 00:09:36,519 --> 00:09:40,200 nine yards and eight minutes and twenty nine seconds. Going 153 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:44,360 from the first quarter into the second quarter. That's all 154 00:09:44,399 --> 00:09:47,000 the scoring that took place in the first half, and 155 00:09:47,039 --> 00:09:49,759 then pretty much had their way in the second quarter, 156 00:09:50,039 --> 00:09:53,639 scoring twice in both the third and the fourth quarter 157 00:09:53,879 --> 00:09:57,480 with touchdowns seven play, six play, and then a six 158 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,679 play and an eight play drive in the fourth quarter 159 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,679 that allowed them to find the end zone. So they 160 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:07,159 had their long drives early on in the game, shorter 161 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:11,399 drives later on in the game where the Owls defense 162 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:15,240 was completely run down and they really just couldn't find 163 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:19,240 an answer for anything that Army was bringing. So Army 164 00:10:19,399 --> 00:10:24,080 ends up going to four and zho atop the American 165 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:29,759 Athletic Conference standings there at three and oh as well. 166 00:10:30,159 --> 00:10:31,519 Speaker 3: Now turning to Navy. 167 00:10:31,639 --> 00:10:34,759 Speaker 2: Navy always trying to one up Army when it comes 168 00:10:34,799 --> 00:10:38,840 to the scoreboard, they come close, they aren't able to 169 00:10:38,919 --> 00:10:43,600 quite do so with UAB they win forty one point eighteen. 170 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:48,759 In Birmingham, Blake Horvav has another huge day. He throws 171 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,440 for two hundred and twenty five yards. Who is this 172 00:10:52,639 --> 00:10:56,399 Navy team that is throwing for two hundred and twenty 173 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,600 five yards in the air. They had two hundred and 174 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,759 twenty seven yards on the ground, again led by Horvath 175 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:08,519 thirteen carries eighty four yards and a touchdown. But you 176 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,639 look at it, they had one, two, three, four, five. 177 00:11:11,519 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 3: Six seven. 178 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:16,519 Speaker 2: Eight guys touched the football on the ground, led by Horvath. 179 00:11:16,639 --> 00:11:20,279 Deba Fofana had eight carries, Brandon Chapman got the ball 180 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:25,360 seven times. Eli Heidenreich had four carries, Alec Tesca had 181 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:29,360 four carries, Shane Reynolds three, Braxton Woodson had two, and 182 00:11:29,519 --> 00:11:34,440 Isaiah Bryant also carried the ball once in the game. Also, 183 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,960 how about eight, excuse me, six guys getting the ball 184 00:11:39,039 --> 00:11:43,879 through the air. Nobody got more than three catches, as 185 00:11:43,919 --> 00:11:47,240 there was only nine completions in the entire game. But 186 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:51,039 Eli heidenrich three carries are three catches I should say, 187 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:55,360 one hundred and eight yards, including a seventy four yard touchdown. 188 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:59,639 Nathan Kent had a seventy seven yard score as well. 189 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:05,279 So a very balanced offense against Trent Dilfer's Blazers. And 190 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:10,240 I was really really surprised to see that UAB committed 191 00:12:10,519 --> 00:12:13,639 as much, if not more so, to the run than 192 00:12:13,759 --> 00:12:18,159 Navy did. They ran forty three times, the Midshipman only 193 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,600 ran forty two times, so they were certainly looking to 194 00:12:21,879 --> 00:12:24,440 run the football as opposed to throw the ball with 195 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,559 senior quarterback Jacob Zeno, which kind of surprised me. I 196 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,240 had said last week that I thought that they were 197 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:31,879 going if they were going to win, they were going 198 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,200 to have to throw the ball through the air. But 199 00:12:34,279 --> 00:12:38,159 Zino through two interceptions in the game and the Blazers 200 00:12:38,399 --> 00:12:42,759 decided they were going to look to try and get 201 00:12:42,759 --> 00:12:46,320 the ball on the ground and battle the time of 202 00:12:46,519 --> 00:12:53,000 possession with the midshipman again. The time of possession was 203 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:58,840 extremely tight, in fact, only eleven seconds difference from being 204 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,759 a straight fifty to fifty split thirty minutes and eleven 205 00:13:02,799 --> 00:13:07,120 seconds for UAB twenty nine minutes and forty nine seconds 206 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:11,960 for the midshipman. The big thing though UAB committed a 207 00:13:12,159 --> 00:13:16,159 lot of penalties eleven of them as a matter of fact, 208 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:21,279 one hundred and four yards of penalties for UAB, Navy 209 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:27,960 characteristically six penalties for forty seven yards, and then of 210 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:32,200 course the midshipman again winning the turnover battle to nil. 211 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:37,080 So for both Army and Navy, not turning the football 212 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,720 over leads to victories, and I think that that is 213 00:13:40,759 --> 00:13:43,600 what we wanted to see from both of these teams. Now, 214 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:48,120 Navy not ranked quite as high as Army when it 215 00:13:48,159 --> 00:13:52,360 comes to the strength of the Group of six. I 216 00:13:52,399 --> 00:13:54,960 believe I saw they are usually in the number three 217 00:13:55,039 --> 00:14:02,919 or number four spot behind Army, behind Boise State and UNLV. 218 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:06,440 Those are the teams that right now are ahead of 219 00:14:06,639 --> 00:14:09,639 Navy when it comes to most of the Group of 220 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,840 six rankings by the college football pundits. But there's still 221 00:14:13,879 --> 00:14:17,360 four and h They're still undefeated and they get ready 222 00:14:17,399 --> 00:14:21,919 for a huge matchup coming up this week against the 223 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:27,159 other of the service academies, of course, that being air Force. 224 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:30,399 Air Force look to try and get off the schneid 225 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:34,080 coming off of what was going to be two weeks 226 00:14:34,159 --> 00:14:38,720 off as they got ready for Wyoming to go to 227 00:14:38,799 --> 00:14:43,600 Laramie and hopefully be able to pull out a victory 228 00:14:43,679 --> 00:14:48,159 get their first win in conference here this year. It 229 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:52,320 would not be the case, unfortunately. Wyoming gets the win 230 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,919 at home over air Force thirty one to nineteen. It's 231 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,519 the first time this year that Wyoming had scored more 232 00:14:59,559 --> 00:15:03,200 than four teen points in a game. Now, air Force 233 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:06,639 did have the lead going into the half thanks to 234 00:15:06,679 --> 00:15:09,879 a big second quarter that saw a field goal for 235 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,519 Matthew to pour actually two of them from inside thirty 236 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,879 yards and then of course a caid through four yard 237 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:21,360 touchdown run that made the score thirteen to seven after 238 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:25,120 two quarters. But then Wyoming came out and scored twice 239 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,480 in the third in the third quarter and then got 240 00:15:28,519 --> 00:15:31,799 a touchdown and a field goal in the fourth as well. 241 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:37,759 They outscore the Falcons in the second half twenty four 242 00:15:38,039 --> 00:15:38,679 to six. 243 00:15:39,799 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 3: It was a better day on. 244 00:15:41,519 --> 00:15:44,639 Speaker 2: The offense for Air Force, but it still would not 245 00:15:44,759 --> 00:15:48,000 be enough in order to get the victory. They did 246 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,360 run the ball quite a bit forty six carries, they 247 00:15:51,399 --> 00:15:54,919 had two hundred yards on the ground, averaged four and 248 00:15:54,919 --> 00:15:59,559 a half yards per carry, but unfortunately they weren't able 249 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:03,399 to get into the end zone enough. Wyoming had four 250 00:16:03,519 --> 00:16:07,399 rushing touchdowns on the day, air Force just the two, 251 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:10,320 and then of course when they had to go through 252 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:13,759 the air, John Bosche not quite as accurate as you 253 00:16:13,759 --> 00:16:17,080 would want to see him. He went six of thirteen 254 00:16:17,159 --> 00:16:22,080 for one hundred and fifteen yards, whereas the Wyoming passing 255 00:16:22,159 --> 00:16:25,320 attack led by Evans Faboda, fifteen of twenty one one 256 00:16:25,399 --> 00:16:28,279 hundred and sixty five yards, and then they also got 257 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:32,559 a twenty three yard pass from Caden Anderson in the 258 00:16:32,639 --> 00:16:38,200 game as well. This game was just a total sludge 259 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:41,759 fest if you look at the numbers. Going by the numbers, 260 00:16:41,799 --> 00:16:47,399 they were even in first downs with nineteen. Wyoming did 261 00:16:47,639 --> 00:16:51,759 convert three more third downs than the Falcons did. They 262 00:16:51,759 --> 00:16:54,879 were seven of fourteen, air Force just four for twelve 263 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:58,320 and converted both of their fourth downs, whereas air Force 264 00:16:58,399 --> 00:17:03,879 went zero for two in that aspect. Penalties relatively even 265 00:17:04,039 --> 00:17:06,680 four for thirty five for air Force, three for thirty 266 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:10,440 three for Wyoming. And of course the time of possession 267 00:17:10,799 --> 00:17:14,680 did lean towards Wyoming. The Cowboys thirty one minutes and 268 00:17:14,799 --> 00:17:18,519 twenty eight seconds twenty eight minutes and thirty two for 269 00:17:18,799 --> 00:17:23,400 Troy Calhoun's bunch. So not a very big time of 270 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:27,400 possession difference, but it was enough in order for it 271 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:32,400 to be at least part of the difference. But really, 272 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:35,440 you look at the big factor in why air Force 273 00:17:35,839 --> 00:17:38,759 is now zero to two in the Mountain West is 274 00:17:38,799 --> 00:17:41,200 the fact that they were not able to put the 275 00:17:41,279 --> 00:17:44,680 ball in the end zone enough on the ground, just 276 00:17:44,799 --> 00:17:49,119 the two as opposed to Wyoming's four. As for game 277 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,880 balls this week, I think we could give a game 278 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:56,680 ball every week to Bryson Daily and to Blake Horvath. 279 00:17:56,799 --> 00:17:58,839 Speaker 3: So I'm going to stay away from those guys. 280 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,759 Speaker 2: In fact, I'm going to stay away from the offenses 281 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:06,839 on both Army and Navy this week, and instead I'm 282 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:11,119 going to take a look at somebody from the midshipman defense. 283 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:15,200 How about senior defensive end Justin Reid, who had a 284 00:18:15,519 --> 00:18:21,000 monster day against UAB on Saturday seven tackles. Didn't lead 285 00:18:21,039 --> 00:18:25,960 the team in tackles. Raywan Lane had twelve tackles on 286 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:30,119 the day, but he had five solo tackles, three tackles 287 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:34,640 for loss, and two of the three sacks of UAB 288 00:18:34,839 --> 00:18:39,079 quarterback Jacob Zeno. So I think you could say that 289 00:18:39,519 --> 00:18:42,119 while there may have been guys with a lot more 290 00:18:42,559 --> 00:18:46,720 quantity when it comes to defense, I think the quality 291 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:51,839 of Justin Reid's defense with Navy last week was second 292 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,759 to none. And so that's why defensive end Justin Reid 293 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,480 will get my game ball for this week. 294 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:00,599 Speaker 3: Now. Air Force doesn't. 295 00:19:00,319 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 2: Get any easier for them, but they are able to 296 00:19:04,039 --> 00:19:07,240 get the first leg of the Commander in Chiefs Trophy 297 00:19:07,599 --> 00:19:11,440 out of the way. Coming up this week when they 298 00:19:11,799 --> 00:19:16,240 welcome Navy into Colorado Springs, we will get into that 299 00:19:16,799 --> 00:19:20,480 matchup coming up next. We also have Army and Tulsa 300 00:19:20,559 --> 00:19:23,440 to talk about. We've got the Travis Manian Foundation on 301 00:19:23,519 --> 00:19:26,279 a roll, and I'll give you my picks on this 302 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:29,880 week's two games when we come back. This is Yards 303 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:33,160 and Stripes, your home for service academy football. Find us 304 00:19:33,279 --> 00:19:36,519 on the College Gridiron, Coast to Coast podcast network, and 305 00:19:36,599 --> 00:19:40,480 of course at last Word on sports dot com. 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I'm Steve Carney Price Atkinson. 337 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:23,599 We'll be back with us, hopefully next week, as we 338 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:27,240 continue to deal with the after effects of Hurricane Helen 339 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,240 here in the Southeast. I want to let you know 340 00:21:30,279 --> 00:21:33,599 that if you are enjoying Yards and Stripes, you certainly 341 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,160 will love the other shows that we have here on 342 00:21:37,319 --> 00:21:40,400 College Gridiron Coast to Coast. We've got all of the 343 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:45,039 college football landscape covered as we have of course, are 344 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:49,359 good friends at this week in the ACC Get Off 345 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:52,440 My Pylon with Matt Zemik will give you a college 346 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:57,440 football analysis and view from the West Coast. We've got 347 00:21:57,759 --> 00:22:01,880 the Big twelve SEC break Down with Tyler Jones and 348 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,640 Thomas Bridges. They handle the middle of the country Florida 349 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:09,960 football Insiders. Jason Powers always has the best news, the 350 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,720 best analysis, and of course the best guests when it 351 00:22:12,799 --> 00:22:17,079 comes to college football in the Sunshine State. And we 352 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:20,720 have a new member of College Gridiron starting this week 353 00:22:20,759 --> 00:22:22,119 covering the SEC. 354 00:22:22,559 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 3: It is. 355 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:26,319 Speaker 2: It just means more football and coffee. You want to 356 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:30,680 welcome both Rob Williams and Craig McMichael to the College 357 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:33,880 Gridiron Coast to Coast family. And you can find all 358 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:38,359 of those shows on our social media pages. Of course, 359 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:42,720 the network is on the platform formerly known as Twitter 360 00:22:43,079 --> 00:22:46,599 at Gridiron Coast and of course all of the shows 361 00:22:46,799 --> 00:22:52,200 are available at last Word onsports dot com, slash podcasts. Now, 362 00:22:52,279 --> 00:22:56,839 let's get into the week that is upcoming for the 363 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:01,039 service Academies. Two games on the DOC this week. We 364 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,799 will get to the main event coming up in just 365 00:23:04,839 --> 00:23:08,599 a couple of moments, but want to start with Army, 366 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:13,920 who will head to Tulsa, Oklahoma this weekend Saturday twelve 367 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:18,440 noon on ESP and U. They will take on the 368 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:22,640 Golden Hurricane. Tulsa is two and three overall oh to 369 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:27,039 one in the American Athletic Conference. That lost coming last 370 00:23:27,079 --> 00:23:31,720 week fifty to twenty at the hands of North Texas 371 00:23:31,759 --> 00:23:35,119 on the road. Their wins this year coming off of 372 00:23:35,559 --> 00:23:39,680 against Northwestern State, which is a Division one FCS club. 373 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,279 At the beginning of the year, they also went to 374 00:23:42,319 --> 00:23:47,039 Louisiana Tech and emerged with a twenty three twenty victory 375 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:52,160 over LA Tech. You know, this Tulsa team is going 376 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,680 to be a group that is going to want to 377 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,559 throw the ball through the air. They've got a freshman 378 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:02,319 quarterback in Kirk Frank. Kirk rancis a red shirt freshman 379 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,640 as a matter of fact, but he's already thrown for 380 00:24:05,759 --> 00:24:12,000 almost a thousand yards through the air. He has six 381 00:24:12,079 --> 00:24:19,559 touchdowns four interceptions here so far this year as a quarterback. 382 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:20,599 Speaker 3: You know, this is. 383 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 2: A guy that got a little bit of time last 384 00:24:23,559 --> 00:24:28,039 year with numbers that are quite similar in about the. 385 00:24:27,799 --> 00:24:29,799 Speaker 3: Same amount of games. 386 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,839 Speaker 2: He was nine hundred and sixty seven yards in three 387 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:37,599 games last year, six touchdowns, three interceptions, this year nine 388 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:42,559 hundred and eighty yards, six touchdowns and four interceptions. They 389 00:24:42,599 --> 00:24:47,519 don't really run the ball, does Tulsa very well. They're 390 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:53,119 leading rusher Anthony Watkins, who is a senior five ft 391 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:57,920 eleven two and two pounds fort Worth, has never rushed 392 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:03,799 for one thousand yards in a collegiate football season. Last 393 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,000 year in what was his original senior season. He is 394 00:25:07,039 --> 00:25:10,839 a fifth year senior here at Tulsa had eight hundred 395 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:14,160 and eighty nine yards on the ground. But they don't 396 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,920 really run the ball a whole heck of a lot. 397 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:19,720 The guy that you definitely want to keep an eye 398 00:25:19,759 --> 00:25:24,960 out for is a sixth year receiver, Camden Benjamin from 399 00:25:25,039 --> 00:25:29,519 mid Lothian, Texas. As I mentioned, a sixth year guy, 400 00:25:30,279 --> 00:25:34,039 has thirty two catches so far this year. He's averaging 401 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:39,519 over thirteen yards per reception. A couple of touchdowns does 402 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:43,000 take a couple of end rounds, but this is a receiver. 403 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:47,200 I think that the Army defensive backfield is going to 404 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:51,640 be able to handle better than most mostly because Camden 405 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:55,160 is not a big guy. He's listed at five eight 406 00:25:55,519 --> 00:25:59,559 and one hundred and seventy five pounds. Well, when your 407 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,839 defensive backfield and Army runs about the same, they're going 408 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,519 to be able to I think match stride for stride 409 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,599 with Benjamin, and I think that's going to make for 410 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:15,640 a much better I guess I would say result for 411 00:26:15,839 --> 00:26:19,279 the Black Knights because you know that the Golden Hurricane 412 00:26:19,279 --> 00:26:21,640 are going to want to throw the football. They're not 413 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:27,240 going to be able to use a height advantage. 414 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 3: Like some teams would. 415 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 2: You know, some teams, if they've got that big six 416 00:26:30,599 --> 00:26:33,079 three or six ' four receiver, they'll just put him 417 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:37,720 out there on an island and challenge a service academy. Okay, 418 00:26:38,079 --> 00:26:41,319 here he is, go stop him and just throw the 419 00:26:41,319 --> 00:26:44,880 ball up and let their receiver use his height advantage 420 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,880 and his reach advantage with the long arms in order 421 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,400 to be able to make plays. Tulsa's not going to 422 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:55,960 be able to do that here on Saturday because Benjamin 423 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:01,640 is as slight as he is a big guy. He's 424 00:27:01,759 --> 00:27:04,519 not a thick guy. He's got to be able to 425 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:10,799 use his quickness to try and outspeed these Army defensive backs. 426 00:27:10,839 --> 00:27:12,920 I don't know if he's going to be able to 427 00:27:13,079 --> 00:27:17,400 do so, and I certainly think that Army has a 428 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:23,599 much better outcome in hand here as they are twelve 429 00:27:23,599 --> 00:27:26,359 and a half point favorites in Tulsa on the road 430 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:30,960 with an over under right now of fifty and a half. 431 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,519 I really do think that Bryson Dally is going to 432 00:27:34,559 --> 00:27:41,519 be able to use his experience and the offensive line 433 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:45,720 as an advantage here this week. You're gonna see Army 434 00:27:45,799 --> 00:27:48,880 look to try and control the time of possession as 435 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:53,039 they do just about every game out and I almost 436 00:27:53,079 --> 00:27:56,200 feel like it's a broken record right now. But if 437 00:27:56,279 --> 00:28:00,960 your Army, you're looking at running the football, maintaining time 438 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,599 of possession in your favor, and limiting the turnovers. So 439 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,039 if as long as the football doesn't hit the deck 440 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:11,000 when Army is on offense, I think they're going to 441 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:17,359 find themselves in a pretty good situation leaving Tulsa. And 442 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:20,079 I think that you know, they've got as good of 443 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,559 a chance as any to end up five to zero 444 00:28:23,799 --> 00:28:26,960 and including four and oh in conference, they would be 445 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,640 the first team in the American Athletic Conference this year 446 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,680 to win four conference games. Nobody else really has more 447 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:38,039 than a conference game or two other than Navy. So 448 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:41,920 it makes sense that that Army would have this really 449 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:46,440 good opportunity here coming up against a Golden Hurricane team 450 00:28:46,599 --> 00:28:50,559 that is projected to be at or near the bottom 451 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:56,200 of the American Athletic Conference this year. Now we get 452 00:28:56,240 --> 00:29:00,119 on to the main event in this week's doc and 453 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:04,400 that of course is leg number one of the Commander 454 00:29:04,559 --> 00:29:09,559 in Chief Trophy, as Navy goes to Colorado's Springs to 455 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:13,920 Falcon Stadium for a tussle with air Force. This will 456 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:17,839 take place also Saturday at noon. It will be shown 457 00:29:18,319 --> 00:29:21,960 on CBS. Navy, of course is four and oh on 458 00:29:22,119 --> 00:29:24,480 the year. They are also three and oh in the 459 00:29:24,519 --> 00:29:29,160 American Athletic Conference. This is obviously a non conference matchup. 460 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:33,359 Air Force now one and three after their loss to 461 00:29:33,799 --> 00:29:39,640 Wyoming over the weekend, and this is now the moment 462 00:29:39,839 --> 00:29:45,440 that Troy Calhoun's players are ready for. They had to 463 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:50,200 be prepared for this, even with working towards whether it 464 00:29:50,279 --> 00:29:52,880 was Baylor a couple of weeks ago, whether it was 465 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:58,200 Wyoming last Saturday. I know that Troy Calhoun always talks 466 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,880 about it being one game at time. You got to 467 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:02,839 focus on the game. That's right in front of you 468 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,720 and not worry about the one that's coming up. But 469 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,279 his players are human and I'm sure that they saw 470 00:30:09,359 --> 00:30:13,359 on their schedule that after they went to Laramie to 471 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,799 play Wyoming, they were going to get a chance to 472 00:30:15,839 --> 00:30:20,079 come home and have Navy come in here. And I'm 473 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:25,519 sure that they're thinking much like Army was thinking last 474 00:30:25,599 --> 00:30:29,359 year in the middle of the Commander in Chief Trophy legs. 475 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:34,039 You know, remember last year, Air Force is eight to 476 00:30:34,079 --> 00:30:39,079 zero going into their matchup against Army. They had already 477 00:30:39,079 --> 00:30:43,400 defeated Navy earlier in the season, and Army comes in 478 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:47,559 and just takes the Falcons behind the woodshed, and that 479 00:30:47,799 --> 00:30:51,240 was the first loss of the season, and it really 480 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:55,559 sent Air Force into a spiral of sorts because remember 481 00:30:55,640 --> 00:31:00,480 they really stumbled all the way up until their Armed 482 00:31:00,519 --> 00:31:04,799 Forces ball matchup against James Madison. They really fell off 483 00:31:04,799 --> 00:31:09,680 a cliff after that game against Army. They know that 484 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:13,680 this is another possibility here that Navy is going to 485 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:14,400 want to come in. 486 00:31:14,799 --> 00:31:15,000 Speaker 3: You know. 487 00:31:15,079 --> 00:31:18,880 Speaker 2: Obviously, Air Force has won the Commander in Chief trophy 488 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,519 a number of times over the last five years. I 489 00:31:21,599 --> 00:31:26,880 believe they held on too Wittlin last year, but they 490 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:32,000 Navy is certainly and Brian Newberry is wanting to get 491 00:31:32,119 --> 00:31:37,079 back into the conversation. They want to have that opportunity 492 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,559 to hoist the Commander in Chief trophy at the end 493 00:31:40,559 --> 00:31:43,079 of this season. There's only one way to do it, 494 00:31:43,559 --> 00:31:47,079 and that is you've got to go in to Colorado 495 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:50,359 Springs and you have to take it to the falcons 496 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:55,079 and show that the Air Force, after being at the 497 00:31:55,119 --> 00:31:58,279 top of the Commander in Chief race for all these years, 498 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:04,039 is now in a process of having to rebuild what 499 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:08,160 their program looks like. This has been a really, really 500 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:13,680 tough year so far for Troy Calhoun and his group 501 00:32:13,839 --> 00:32:16,720 in Colorado Springs at Air Force, and I really think 502 00:32:17,119 --> 00:32:20,799 that when Blake Horvath comes in here, you know he 503 00:32:20,839 --> 00:32:24,240 has seen what has happened in years past, whether it 504 00:32:24,359 --> 00:32:27,559 was with ty Lavataie under center or any of these 505 00:32:27,559 --> 00:32:30,720 other guys that they've had under center's Xavier r Line 506 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:35,599 in the bunch. Horvath wants to show why this Navy 507 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:39,359 team is so much better now with him taking the 508 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:43,240 snaps at quarterback than anybody that they've had over the 509 00:32:43,319 --> 00:32:46,880 last couple of years. He has shown it now against Memphis, 510 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:50,319 he showed it off against UAB last week, of course, 511 00:32:50,359 --> 00:32:55,920 with Temple and Bucknell before that, but they certainly want 512 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,519 to get to five and oher as well. They may 513 00:32:58,519 --> 00:33:00,519 not be able to be four and oh with a 514 00:33:00,599 --> 00:33:04,359 victory in conference like Army would with a victory over Tulsa, 515 00:33:05,359 --> 00:33:07,799 but I certainly think that they want to be able 516 00:33:07,839 --> 00:33:10,839 to keep pace with the Black Knights, and they want 517 00:33:11,319 --> 00:33:15,079 the pundits in college football to know that there's more 518 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,680 than just one team that they need to watch out for. 519 00:33:18,079 --> 00:33:21,839 Coming out of the American Athletic Conference here in two 520 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:25,920 thousand and twenty four should be a blast of a game. 521 00:33:26,319 --> 00:33:26,559 Speaker 3: I know. 522 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,440 Speaker 2: I'm certainly excited to be able to watch it here 523 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:33,640 this week, and I hope that you are ready for 524 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:37,119 the first leg of the Commander in Chief Trophy coming 525 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:41,720 up here on Saturday again at noon on CBS. 526 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:42,559 Speaker 3: Coming up. 527 00:33:42,599 --> 00:33:46,319 Speaker 2: I've got predictions for both games on Saturday, but also 528 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:50,200 the Travis Mannion Foundation on roll where we honor a 529 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:54,039 service member who gave the ultimate sacrifice. 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He 548 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:59,320 completed basic training and then advanced individual training to become 549 00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:04,119 a combat engineer at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, and 550 00:35:04,159 --> 00:35:07,119 in twenty thirteen he was selected to serve with the 551 00:35:07,159 --> 00:35:12,519 first Battalion, seventy fifth Ranger Regiment based at Hunter Army 552 00:35:12,559 --> 00:35:17,079 Airfield in Georgia. Now Sergeant first class Saliz was serving 553 00:35:17,159 --> 00:35:21,079 on his fifth forward deployment with the seventy fifth Ranger 554 00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:25,320 Regiment when he gave the ultimate sacrifice on July twelfth, 555 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:30,719 twenty eighteen, while serving in Paktia Province in Afghanistan. He 556 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:35,400 was conducting operations in support of a medical evacuation landing zone, 557 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,960 and while leading a special operations unit consisting of both 558 00:35:39,079 --> 00:35:42,880 Rangers from his regiment as well as partner Forces, Salies 559 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:46,800 and his unit came under fire from opposing forces. He 560 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:51,400 voluntarily exposed himself to enemy machine gun and small arms 561 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:54,280 fire in order to allow his troops to maneuver to 562 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:59,079 a secure location and begin treatment for a critically wounded member. Then, 563 00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:03,559 as the metav helicopter arrived, he again exposed himself to 564 00:36:03,639 --> 00:36:07,159 enemy fire in order to lead the evacuation, and then 565 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:12,199 after becoming mortally wounded, directing the helicopter to depart rather 566 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:16,480 than return to load him, preventing further casualties to his unit. 567 00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:20,840 For his actions, Sergeant first class Salize was posthumously awarded 568 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:24,679 the Medal of Honor in twenty twenty one by President Biden, 569 00:36:25,119 --> 00:36:28,880 and in May of twenty twenty four was posthumously awarded 570 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:31,719 the Gold Order of the Defleury Medal, which is the 571 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:33,239 highest honor in the U. S. 572 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:34,760 Speaker 3: Army Engineer Regiment. 573 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,800 Speaker 2: Sergeant first Class Salize is survived by his wife, Katie 574 00:36:39,039 --> 00:36:43,159 and daughter Shannon, who accepted both awards on his behalf. 575 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:48,400 The Travismanian Foundation's mission is to empower veterans and families 576 00:36:48,519 --> 00:36:52,000 of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, like Sergeant first 577 00:36:52,079 --> 00:36:55,280 Class Christopher Saliz. 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Join your community this September and register to run, 584 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,480 Walk or Rock by visiting nine to eleven Heroesrun dot org. 585 00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:22,840 Speaker 1: The latest with Navy, Army and Air Force on Yards 586 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:30,800 and Stripes Service Academy Football. 587 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:30,840 Speaker 2: Coming down the home stretch here on Yards and Stripes 588 00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:34,639 your home for Service Academy Football, episode number six. I'm 589 00:37:34,679 --> 00:37:37,239 Steve Carney. Thank you so much for bearing with us 590 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:40,480 here this week. As both Price and I deal with 591 00:37:40,559 --> 00:37:44,679 the after effects of Hurricane Heleen Price should be back 592 00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:48,039 with us here next week. I'm sure he'll definitely want 593 00:37:48,079 --> 00:37:50,679 to give us his thoughts on what happened in the 594 00:37:50,679 --> 00:37:55,039 first leg of the Commander in Chief Trophy. And we 595 00:37:55,119 --> 00:37:58,079 will get to that game coming up here in just 596 00:37:58,159 --> 00:38:01,159 a second, as we've got prediction is coming up here 597 00:38:01,679 --> 00:38:05,840 right now. We will start again twelve noon on ESPN 598 00:38:06,079 --> 00:38:10,360 U Army in Tulsa for a matchup with the Golden 599 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:13,679 Hurricane Army four and OH overall three and oh in 600 00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:17,239 the American. Tulsa looking to get its first win of 601 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:20,559 AAC play here in twenty twenty four. They are two 602 00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:24,199 and three on the year, zero to one in the American. 603 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:28,119 If you are a betting individual, Army is laying twelve 604 00:38:28,159 --> 00:38:30,159 and a half points in this game with a total 605 00:38:30,639 --> 00:38:35,519 of fifty and a half at Chapman Stadium in Tulsa. 606 00:38:35,559 --> 00:38:39,719 It is supposed to be a relatively good Saturday when 607 00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:42,519 it comes to weather. There is nothing that is expected 608 00:38:42,559 --> 00:38:46,000 to be going on in Tulsa when these two teams 609 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,800 take the field at noon Saturday, and I think that 610 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:53,119 that really is going to put a damper on anything 611 00:38:53,199 --> 00:38:56,199 that the Golden Hurricane may look to do, because I 612 00:38:56,239 --> 00:39:00,840 would think that the rain would maybe cause some issues. 613 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:05,199 I don't know about Tulsa's field there at Chapman Stadium, 614 00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:09,280 but I certainly think that if you are looking for 615 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:13,920 mistakes from Army, the weather can certainly provide that for you, 616 00:39:14,079 --> 00:39:16,400 and they're not going to get that here this week. 617 00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:19,920 I can see Bryson Dally having another huge day on 618 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,639 the ground. I can see him doing what he needs 619 00:39:22,679 --> 00:39:25,039 to do through the air, and I certainly can see 620 00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:29,800 Army's defense really holding serve against the Golden Hurricane. As 621 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:33,239 I mentioned campedon Benjamin not being the biggest guy in 622 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:36,519 the world. You would love to see him be six 623 00:39:36,599 --> 00:39:39,320 foot four and not five foot eight, and I think 624 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:42,039 that's going to be a big minus when it comes 625 00:39:42,159 --> 00:39:43,760 to the Golden Hurricane. 626 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,400 Speaker 3: Will Army win this game by two touchdowns? 627 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:52,920 Speaker 2: That is probably the biggest question if you are looking 628 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,559 to try and put some money on this game. I'm 629 00:39:55,599 --> 00:39:58,320 certainly not going to be betting either of these games 630 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:02,119 here this week at all, So I would say that 631 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:05,159 Army probably is a very good shot. And if I 632 00:40:05,199 --> 00:40:07,119 had to make a prediction, which I'm going to do 633 00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:10,039 right now, I do think that they end up winning 634 00:40:10,039 --> 00:40:12,199 this game. I think it's probably going to be closer 635 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:16,480 to thirty four to fourteen as opposed to just twelve points. 636 00:40:16,519 --> 00:40:19,280 I think it's going to be closer to three touchdowns 637 00:40:19,519 --> 00:40:23,480 than it is to two. So I would certainly like 638 00:40:23,679 --> 00:40:28,400 Army in this spot. Now the moment that you have 639 00:40:28,599 --> 00:40:32,880 all been waiting for, Navy and Air Force game number one, 640 00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:37,000 the first leg of the Commander in Chief Trophy, taking 641 00:40:37,039 --> 00:40:43,559 place Saturday at noon Eastern at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs. 642 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:47,480 Navy four and zero, air Force is one and three. 643 00:40:48,039 --> 00:40:51,599 Not surprising that Navy is favored in this game by 644 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:55,440 ten points, the total being thirty five and a half, 645 00:40:55,519 --> 00:40:59,159 so obviously they're expecting this one to be somewhere in 646 00:40:59,199 --> 00:41:01,920 the vicinity of twenty three to thirteen. I think that's 647 00:41:02,079 --> 00:41:04,960 probably the right number to have here. I think that 648 00:41:05,159 --> 00:41:08,440 twenty three to thirteen sounds like it would be the 649 00:41:08,559 --> 00:41:09,920 right score for this game. 650 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:11,079 Speaker 3: Though. 651 00:41:11,159 --> 00:41:14,119 Speaker 2: I think that Navy's offense, especially if they're able to 652 00:41:14,239 --> 00:41:17,639 throw the football like they were last week against UAB, 653 00:41:18,119 --> 00:41:20,280 I think that they really could find a lot of 654 00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:25,320 success against Air Forces defensive backs, especially with Eli Heidenrich. 655 00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,920 I could see him having a monster game this week. 656 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,800 You know, we're talking another one of these where he's 657 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,639 only catching like four or five passes, but he's going 658 00:41:34,679 --> 00:41:37,960 for one hundred and forty yards and a couple of touchdowns. 659 00:41:38,039 --> 00:41:41,199 Would not surprise me at all. But I am going 660 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:44,719 to say that this stay is a relatively low scoring game. 661 00:41:45,159 --> 00:41:47,679 Twenty three to thirteen is the number that I'm gonna 662 00:41:47,679 --> 00:41:50,719 go with here. In this game, I think that air 663 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:53,000 Force is able to get into the end zone once, 664 00:41:53,039 --> 00:41:55,000 but then are going to have to rely on the 665 00:41:55,079 --> 00:41:58,119 kicking game from most of their points, and then Navy's 666 00:41:58,119 --> 00:42:00,800 defense could end up with a safe in this game. 667 00:42:01,079 --> 00:42:04,519 So I would really think that Navy and air Force 668 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:08,800 low scoring. Absolutely, Navy comes out with the win. They 669 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,760 improved a five and zero on the year, and we 670 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:15,280 could see absolute chaos when it comes to the second 671 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:20,519 half of the American Athletic Conference schedule if Navy and 672 00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:24,480 Army can stay where they are in the standings. But 673 00:42:24,519 --> 00:42:28,239 those are my predictions. Make sure that you can send 674 00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:31,840 us your predictions. You can follow the show on social 675 00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:35,840 media at Yards and Stripes. I am at Steve Carney 676 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:39,199 Price of course, at Price Atkinson. You can follow all 677 00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:42,760 the shows on the College Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast 678 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:46,039 Network at Gridiron Coast and then of course you can 679 00:42:46,079 --> 00:42:50,400 find them all at last Word on sports dot Com 680 00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:54,360 Slash podcast. Want to thank the Travis Manion Foundation again 681 00:42:54,679 --> 00:42:56,800 for being a part of this show. I want to 682 00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:00,440 thank you all for joining me here this week. Guys, 683 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:04,079 I get to ride solo once price. Hopefully we'll be 684 00:43:04,159 --> 00:43:07,000 back next week we can have some more great conversation, 685 00:43:07,119 --> 00:43:10,840 but until then, enjoy Saturday's games and we will catch 686 00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:13,239 you next time on Yards and Stripes, your home for 687 00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:14,519 Service Academy Football. 688 00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:19,599 Speaker 1: Join us again next time for Yards and Stripes Service 689 00:43:19,639 --> 00:43:23,360 Academy Football. To get more on all things Service Academy Football, 690 00:43:23,639 --> 00:43:26,480 like Yards and Stripes on Facebook and follow them on 691 00:43:26,519 --> 00:43:29,599 Twitter at yards and Stripes and make sure that you're 692 00:43:29,679 --> 00:43:33,760 subscribing to the College Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast feed 693 00:43:34,079 --> 00:43:39,440 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google and wherever you get your podcasts.