1 00:00:01,159 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Need to get your football fixed on all things Army, 2 00:00:03,839 --> 00:00:08,480 Navy and Air Force. This is Yards and Stripes, Service 3 00:00:08,519 --> 00:00:13,000 Academy Football. Now Here are your hosts, Pryce Atkinson and 4 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:14,039 Steve Carney. 5 00:00:15,679 --> 00:00:19,559 Speaker 2: Welcome into episode four of Yards and Stripes, your home 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:23,280 for service Academy Football, Army, Navy and Airports. That is 7 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,320 what we do. He is Stephen Carney, I Price Atkinson, 8 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,640 and we are thrilled you have joined us again this week. 9 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,439 As I mentioned on the outset, Army, Navy, and Air Force. 10 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:35,719 That is what we do. It is Service Academy Football 11 00:00:35,759 --> 00:00:38,320 here as we are part of the Last Word on 12 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:42,520 Sports podcast Network. And Steven and I have got one 13 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:44,960 game to get into. We've got two games coming up 14 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,560 this weekend. We also have our Travis Mannion Foundation Honor 15 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:49,359 Roll segment. We'll make a couple of picks on our 16 00:00:49,399 --> 00:00:52,759 two games this weekend. But Steven, damn good to see 17 00:00:52,799 --> 00:00:55,039 a friend a better late than ever. I know a 18 00:00:55,079 --> 00:00:57,200 little bit later this week, but damn, man, I love 19 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:58,920 seeing you. I love doing this every week. 20 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's gonna be a lot of fun this week. 21 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,320 I know that for sure. Price, I know that it's been. 22 00:01:03,759 --> 00:01:06,920 It was a rough week for one of the service 23 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,799 academies wasn't so rough for the other two because they 24 00:01:09,879 --> 00:01:13,000 were they were not they were not on the field. 25 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,560 But we'll get into that here in just a couple 26 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:20,200 of minutes. But anytime that we can talk service academy 27 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,319 football is gonna be a fun one, that is for sure. 28 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:28,200 And even though we have a I guess a disappointing 29 00:01:29,079 --> 00:01:32,879 recap to do here this week, it's still always fun 30 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,159 to talk about these these service academies. 31 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,159 Speaker 2: It most certainly is, and it's gonna be fun to 32 00:01:38,239 --> 00:01:40,799 get into our games and kind of, you know, as 33 00:01:40,799 --> 00:01:43,719 we you know, set the table for this weekend, because 34 00:01:43,799 --> 00:01:45,799 really this weekend is I'm not going to say this 35 00:01:45,879 --> 00:01:47,680 is when the season begins, because we all know that 36 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,680 begins at the end of August early September. But now, 37 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:52,879 after you get a couple of games under your belt, 38 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,079 especially with all three teams at once, we get past 39 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,359 this weekend, they'll all have a bye under their belt 40 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,439 as well, which is a little bit on this early 41 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,359 in the season for all three of these teams to 42 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:07,079 have buys, but nonetheless kind of get a better sample size, 43 00:02:07,079 --> 00:02:09,479 if you will, of who a lot of these teams are. 44 00:02:09,599 --> 00:02:12,800 The competition because you know, you know, as we'll talk about, 45 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,159 you know, Navy's beating up on some pretty poor teams. 46 00:02:16,159 --> 00:02:18,479 You know, Memphis, who's going to play the Naval Academy 47 00:02:18,719 --> 00:02:21,319 in a big game this weekend, They've actually beaten up 48 00:02:21,319 --> 00:02:23,360 on teams. I don't think that happened. Nobody has even 49 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,879 won a football game when you take Memphis combined record. 50 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,319 So a lot to talk about. And let's talk about 51 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,879 last weekend, Steven, because the one game that we had 52 00:02:32,439 --> 00:02:36,120 was involving Air Forces you alluded to, and the Air 53 00:02:36,159 --> 00:02:39,800 Force Falcons. Boy, they are searching, They are searching, and 54 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,560 they are searching for an offensive unit right now because 55 00:02:43,599 --> 00:02:46,120 Troy Calhoun's team, they just can't seem to get going. 56 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,680 They go to Waco this weekend, Steve, thirty one to three, 57 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,080 Baylor is up at halftime by a field goal, and 58 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,439 they come out like a different team in the third 59 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,439 quarter and put up two quick touchdown drives and that 60 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,159 was it. It was a second half that they flipped 61 00:03:02,159 --> 00:03:05,319 the script and Baylor thirty one to three over Air Force. 62 00:03:05,599 --> 00:03:07,960 Baylor two and one. Now air Force now just one 63 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,759 and two after beating Marymack in the season opener, and 64 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,039 really what It comes down to is this is a 65 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,520 Falcon offensive unit that just cannot seem to find its footing. 66 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:19,680 And I do mean footing because they have not broken 67 00:03:19,719 --> 00:03:22,280 the two hundred yard rushing mark as a team all season. 68 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,159 They had one ninety three on Saturday against the Bears. 69 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,240 They have got to start finding this identity. And you know, 70 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,240 with the buy coming up this week, that's one thing 71 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,080 that Tory Calhoun and that offensive staff is going to 72 00:03:33,159 --> 00:03:35,240 try and get fixed if it all possible. 73 00:03:35,719 --> 00:03:36,639 Speaker 4: Oh absolutely. 74 00:03:36,719 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 3: And you look at what they did in that second half, 75 00:03:40,199 --> 00:03:43,319 or what they didn't do is probably the more apt 76 00:03:43,919 --> 00:03:47,599 saying in the second half being outscored twenty five nothing, 77 00:03:47,919 --> 00:03:49,719 and you look at it. Baylor got the ball to 78 00:03:49,759 --> 00:03:52,840 start the second half, they drove down for a touchdown, 79 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,199 they forced air Force to go three and out, another 80 00:03:56,439 --> 00:04:00,240 long touchdown drive for the Bears, and then one of 81 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:04,919 the three fumbles on the day in that next drive, 82 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,199 and then they go down and they get another field 83 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:12,840 goal basically on a short field. So there's the seventeen points. 84 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,959 And it really all came very very quickly. In the 85 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,959 first half of that third quarter. It was like it 86 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,639 was like a you know, they were there were boxers 87 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,480 in there, and air Force kind of just dropped its 88 00:04:26,519 --> 00:04:29,959 hands just for a moment, and that was enough for 89 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,360 Baylor to lay three punches in and all of a sudden, 90 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,560 Air Force has sprawled out on the proverbial canvas. 91 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt about it. And you know, clearly turnovers 92 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,639 were an issue, but Baylor themselves turned the ball over 93 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,240 three times, so that you know the I mean, in 94 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,079 a game that very well could have maybe gotten even 95 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,839 worse for air Force, it didn't because Baylor kind of 96 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,279 kept him in the football game with you know, losing 97 00:04:54,319 --> 00:04:56,879 three fumbles. You know, but as I mentioned, you know, 98 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,040 air Force they fumble it twice, you know, both of 99 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,959 them by you know, backup quarterback John Bouchet in this case, 100 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:05,480 and then an interception thrown by Josh Johnson. So I 101 00:05:05,519 --> 00:05:08,040 mean that was probably the biggest thing. But you know, 102 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,759 air Force they can't run the football and then they 103 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:12,839 give up two hundred and thirty yards on the ground 104 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:15,519 as it was, and Baylor was even without their starting 105 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,560 quarterback and they had to go with you know, the 106 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,680 backup Sawyer Robertson, and he did a masterful job throwing 107 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,920 for two forty eight rushing for a touchdown. But you just, 108 00:05:26,439 --> 00:05:28,680 you know, if even if you can't get those first 109 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,279 downs and air Force six to seventeen on third down, 110 00:05:32,319 --> 00:05:35,279 I'm basically thirty three percent, just a touch more than 111 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,560 you can't be turning the ball over. You know that 112 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,079 that's probably the worst recipe is when you can't run 113 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,079 the ball and you can't get first downs to control 114 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,000 the clock, and then on top of it, you're turning 115 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,040 the football over. That's a recipe to get absolutely curb stumped. 116 00:05:50,079 --> 00:05:52,879 And that's pretty much what happened in Waco on Saturday night. 117 00:05:53,199 --> 00:05:57,879 Speaker 3: Oh absolutely, And you look at it. Those turnovers led 118 00:05:57,920 --> 00:05:59,839 to a number of Baylor points. I was, I'm looking 119 00:05:59,879 --> 00:06:05,240 at the drive summaries here you have Baylor that went, 120 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,959 uh you know, the three three of the turnovers for 121 00:06:10,519 --> 00:06:15,600 air Force turned into thirteen points for the for Baylor. 122 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,120 And then when Baylor would turn the ball over, air 123 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,439 Force wasn't able to take advantage of it. But one 124 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:23,879 time in the first half when Baylor turned the ball 125 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:27,240 over on downs, air Force had their one drive that 126 00:06:27,439 --> 00:06:31,839 really led to anything. They had one you know, long 127 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,199 extended drive in that second in the second quarter that 128 00:06:36,319 --> 00:06:39,199 led to their only field goal that came after a 129 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:43,199 turnover on downs otherwise, you know, and that that turnover 130 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,000 doesn't count on the on the stat sheet. That's not 131 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,759 counted as as a turnover by by a player, that's 132 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,839 a team turnover. So really all of the all of 133 00:06:52,879 --> 00:06:57,839 Baylor's turnovers led to zero points, whereas the three turnovers 134 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,560 for air Force led to thirteen points for Baylor. 135 00:07:00,639 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 4: And that it's more than just that. But that's a 136 00:07:03,319 --> 00:07:03,920 big piece. 137 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,879 Speaker 2: Yeah, And to kind of add an insult to injury, 138 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,199 you know, obviously Baylor was scoring in a high clip 139 00:07:09,199 --> 00:07:12,160 there in the third quarter. Air Force had had the 140 00:07:12,199 --> 00:07:16,800 football twelve plays in the third quarter, nineteen yards of 141 00:07:16,839 --> 00:07:19,800 total offense on those twelve plays in that quarter alone. 142 00:07:19,839 --> 00:07:22,959 So not getting it done. As I mentioned, air Force, 143 00:07:22,959 --> 00:07:25,639 they're going to have their bye week this coming weekend 144 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:30,279 before they open up Mount West Conference play in Wyoming 145 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:32,560 at the University of Wyoming. But air Force at one 146 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:34,959 and two right now certainly not where Troy Calhoun and 147 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,519 the Falcon fan base wants to be at this point. 148 00:07:37,519 --> 00:07:39,360 But let me just throw this in there real quick 149 00:07:39,399 --> 00:07:42,600 stephen because while we're talking about air Force, we will 150 00:07:42,639 --> 00:07:44,839 give our game balls here in a second, but really quickly, 151 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,800 you know, some news emerging. I believe it was yesterday 152 00:07:47,839 --> 00:07:51,240 that the American Athletic Conference, you know, air Force in 153 00:07:51,279 --> 00:07:54,480 the American Wow, could we have all three service academies 154 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,839 in the same league for the first time ever? As 155 00:07:57,959 --> 00:08:00,480 Pete I think was Pete Thamil was the one that 156 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,600 really broke it from ESPN saying that there was mutual 157 00:08:03,639 --> 00:08:07,000 interest on behalf of the American Athletic Conference and Air 158 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,199 Force and the Falcons joining. So a little bit of 159 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:14,000 you know, conference realignment never seems to end these days, 160 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,319 and certainly the wheels are continuing to turn, especially as 161 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,560 it turns to the Service Academy and Air Force this case. 162 00:08:20,639 --> 00:08:23,639 Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, and this all stems from the fact that 163 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,959 the PAC twelve, consisting of Oregon State and Washington State, 164 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,920 so really it's the pack too, has already poached four 165 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:33,879 teams from the Mountain West. Starting in twenty twenty six, 166 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:37,360 Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, and San Diego State 167 00:08:37,399 --> 00:08:40,960 will all move from the Mountain West to the new 168 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:46,159 PAC twelve, and they're expecting to have more teams possibly 169 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,679 make the jump from other leagues, whether that be the 170 00:08:50,039 --> 00:08:53,960 Western Athletic Conference or the American you know there's talk 171 00:08:54,039 --> 00:08:56,720 that there are a couple of teams that are west 172 00:08:56,759 --> 00:08:59,919 of the Mississippi, namely Memphis and Tulane, that the Pack 173 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:06,480 twelve could be eyeing to bring into their new look conference. 174 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:10,120 And so that makes that makes air Force a very 175 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:16,840 inviting and a very attractive team and a and a 176 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:21,080 program to bring into the American Athletic Conference. Now, that 177 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:25,399 did not, of course, did not stop a certain head 178 00:09:25,399 --> 00:09:29,559 coach at Army, Jeff Funkin, was asked about the American 179 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:33,440 Athletic Conference possibly wooing air Force in his press conference 180 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,480 this week, and his response was. 181 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 4: They still play football there. I didn't know that, you know, just. 182 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 3: Just a friendly dig in at Troy Calhoun. But but 183 00:09:44,519 --> 00:09:48,559 it was still something that I laughed my ass off 184 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:53,600 about and it was. But I think that bringing in 185 00:09:53,799 --> 00:09:57,279 air Force to be with Army and Navy, if you're 186 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,279 the American Athletic Conference, you couldn't ask for or any 187 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,360 for a better program to commit. You're looking at a 188 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,120 you know, you never have to worry about a team 189 00:10:06,279 --> 00:10:11,320 committing any sort of violations when it comes to the 190 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:15,440 football program. You're not gonna see any academic issues with 191 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,440 these with this team. And it's a team that you're 192 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,759 gonna be able to to say, you know what, We're 193 00:10:20,759 --> 00:10:23,120 gonna watch this team and you're gonna you're gonna you're 194 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:24,720 gonna fall in love with these players, and you have 195 00:10:24,759 --> 00:10:27,000 four years to fall in love with these players as well. 196 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 2: Mm hmm. Yeah. To let our listeners know the ones 197 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,799 that may not be aware. You know, there is not 198 00:10:34,919 --> 00:10:37,000 a lot of love for the Air Force Academy when 199 00:10:37,039 --> 00:10:40,320 it comes from Navy an Army there. You know, they 200 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:42,320 they've always kind of looked at Air Force just just 201 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:45,519 playing on a different field, so to speak, right, I mean, 202 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:47,960 it's just it's a it's a it's a it's a 203 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:49,080 it's a brand new program. 204 00:10:49,159 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 4: I mean, you think about it. Uh. 205 00:10:50,759 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 3: You know, Army and navyes football programs started in eighteen 206 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:58,120 ninety yuh so and they've been playing every year since. 207 00:10:58,639 --> 00:11:00,919 Uh Whereas the Air Force can at Me was formed 208 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:05,159 in the nineteen fifties. There, their football program is very 209 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,200 young compared to the Black Knights and the Midshipman. So 210 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,759 of course they're gonna they're gonna look down at him 211 00:11:10,759 --> 00:11:13,120 as the ugly step brother, little step brother, a little 212 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,960 redheaded git your stepbrother. You know that that you kind 213 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,120 of like slap around, uh. But you know, the Falcons 214 00:11:19,159 --> 00:11:23,120 have turned into you know, one of the best uh. 215 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 4: I did. 216 00:11:24,519 --> 00:11:27,559 Speaker 3: I hate calling him a mid major, but a group 217 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:30,039 of five or for what's going to end up being 218 00:11:30,039 --> 00:11:30,840 the group of six? 219 00:11:31,519 --> 00:11:31,639 Speaker 2: Uh? 220 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,399 Speaker 3: Now because the PAC twelve obviously is going to end 221 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,879 up uh being a part of that uh with its 222 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,200 rating of the Mountain West. So so of course, you 223 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,679 know you're gonna you're gonna see a little bit of 224 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:47,559 the little step brother aspect when it comes from Army 225 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:51,679 and Navy regarding Air Force. But it's just like at home, 226 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,840 you can pick on your stepbrother, but nobody else is 227 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,320 going to be able to pick on your step brother. 228 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,440 And I could I can see Army and Navy along 229 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:03,240 with Air Force, you know, combining together to make sure 230 00:12:03,279 --> 00:12:06,200 that the direction of the conference as a whole goes 231 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:07,039 in the right direction. 232 00:12:07,279 --> 00:12:10,279 Speaker 2: Yeah, it'll definitely be interesting to watch as it. You know, 233 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,320 things could unfold very quickly because they have obviously over 234 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:15,840 the last few days with the PAC twelve and you 235 00:12:15,879 --> 00:12:18,639 know what's been going on there, and the wheels continue 236 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:20,639 to turn, So keep an eye on it. We will 237 00:12:20,639 --> 00:12:22,960 certainly do that for you as well. But let's get 238 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,639 back to it real quick, Stephen, because we did not 239 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,320 give out game balls. I mean, I know it's hard 240 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:29,000 to give out a game ball. We had one game 241 00:12:29,399 --> 00:12:31,440 and Air Force was the loser thirty one to three. 242 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,360 Can you give out a game ball? 243 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's tough to slap around, get slapped around like 244 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,240 like Air Force did with Baylor and give out game balls. 245 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:42,559 There were still a number of performances that I was like, 246 00:12:42,639 --> 00:12:45,440 you know what, that guy balled out and you could 247 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,200 tell that he wanted this. This guy wanted to win 248 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,960 a lot, and I would say almost as much as 249 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:56,159 anybody on the field, and that is sophomore defensive back 250 00:12:56,279 --> 00:12:59,960 Kyle Chen, who I'm going to give my game ball to. 251 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,679 He had seven tackles, six of them of the solo variety. 252 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:08,120 Also recovered one of Baylor's three fumbles, so unfortunately, think 253 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:09,759 Danny points, but that's. 254 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:10,159 Speaker 4: Not his fault. 255 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 3: He was able to get the ball back for his 256 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:14,480 offense at that point. So I will give a game 257 00:13:14,519 --> 00:13:17,759 ball to Kyle Chen and a as we like to 258 00:13:17,759 --> 00:13:19,799 say in the Navy, a bravo Zulu. 259 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 2: All right, I'm gonna go a game ball. I mean 260 00:13:23,159 --> 00:13:25,120 I had to. We talked a little bit about it 261 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:28,120 before we started recording. It was hard to pick one. 262 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:29,879 I mean I thought about going with the backup punter, 263 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:32,559 what was his name, had the fifty two yard kick, 264 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,679 Carson Bay couldn't do it. Decided to go Kate Harris 265 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:39,879 because Kate Harris led the way. A team that's trying 266 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:43,159 to find a rushing attack, trying to find a guy 267 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,799 to kind of be the identity of it. Kate Harris, 268 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:50,519 you know, the fullback senior out of South Weaver, Utah. 269 00:13:50,759 --> 00:13:53,360 He led the way. He was seventy one yards, averaging 270 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:57,360 almost nine yards of carry. But for the season, Kate 271 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:59,879 Harris is at six and a half yards of carry, 272 00:13:59,919 --> 00:14:02,720 one carries one hundred and thirty two yards at three touchdowns. 273 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:05,720 So the leading rusher for the Air Force Falcons. On 274 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:07,960 the day, he's going to get my game ball in 275 00:14:08,039 --> 00:14:10,639 a game that was very or I should say even 276 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:13,120 a week Steven, that was tough to find a game ball. 277 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:15,200 All right, let's go ahead and step away. We got 278 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,720 our Travis Manning Foundation Honor Roll segment coming. We've got 279 00:14:18,759 --> 00:14:21,039 some games to preview, which we will do on the 280 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:23,279 other side as we are part of the Last Word 281 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:27,679 on Sports podcast network. 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And speaking of those two teams, Steven, 323 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:37,919 two of the three are in action this week in 324 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,279 Army and Navy Wall Air Force. We told you just 325 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:42,720 gonna sit this one out, and there's gonna be a 326 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:46,960 little common denominator a theme here of winning streaks around 327 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,399 the country that are going to mention here as we 328 00:16:49,559 --> 00:16:51,960 preview both of these games. And the first of these 329 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,440 two games is going to be the Army Black Knights. 330 00:16:55,519 --> 00:16:58,080 They're going to be hosting the Rice Owls coming to 331 00:16:58,159 --> 00:17:00,919 Mikey on Saturday at twelve now, and this is part 332 00:17:00,919 --> 00:17:04,039 of a doubleheader on the CBS Sports Network. Last I've 333 00:17:04,079 --> 00:17:07,519 seen Armies giving six points with an over under at 334 00:17:07,559 --> 00:17:11,440 forty three in this football game. Is the Black Knights 335 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:14,839 two and zero for the first time in three years? Steven, 336 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,319 But Army six game winning streak, Yes, it dates back 337 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:21,680 to last year. Second longest active winning streak in the 338 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:25,400 country behind who can you guess who has the longest 339 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:26,359 active winning streak? 340 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:32,400 Speaker 3: Well, now that Michigan's winning streak is done, let me 341 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:35,759 think here. My guess is it's Miami. 342 00:17:36,839 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 2: I will give you a hint. And you were close 343 00:17:39,279 --> 00:17:41,519 in saying when I was going to say that it 344 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:42,920 starts with that same. 345 00:17:42,759 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 3: Letter, all right, So it starts with an M. So 346 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:51,559 it's not Miami, and it's not Michigan. Is it air Force? 347 00:17:51,640 --> 00:18:00,519 Now you know I'm I'm trying to think Mississippi State. No, no, awful. 348 00:18:00,799 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 2: The Missouri Tigers have oh Miszoo seven straight going back 349 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,759 to last year, and Army right now is second with 350 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,480 a winning streaks. 351 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 3: And that's because Miszoo played last week when Army was off. 352 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:17,720 Because I remember seeing after Army's win two weeks ago, 353 00:18:18,559 --> 00:18:21,559 their social media put it up that they were tied 354 00:18:21,599 --> 00:18:26,160 for the longest winning streak active in Division one FBS 355 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:27,440 college football. 356 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 2: And that is correct. Well, the Black Knights are going 357 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:32,680 to be hosting the Rice Owls in a series that's 358 00:18:32,759 --> 00:18:36,240 tied four four and one, as the last meeting was 359 00:18:36,279 --> 00:18:39,599 in twenty nineteen, which was at Mikey Stadium and Army 360 00:18:39,599 --> 00:18:42,440 pulling out a close fourteen to seven wins. But these 361 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,200 teams have gotten together quite often during the Jeff Unkin era, 362 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,839 as this will be the sixth time they've come together 363 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:53,000 Jeff Munkin three and two in those games against the 364 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:56,960 Rice Owls. But nonetheless, the two and zero Black Knights 365 00:18:57,039 --> 00:18:58,720 one to oher in the American this is going to 366 00:18:58,759 --> 00:19:01,319 be the opener for Rice one and two they have 367 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,319 not played a conference game yet, so this will be 368 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:06,960 their conference first conference game. And you know, obviously Army 369 00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:09,799 is the big favorite, but you know, again, Army has 370 00:19:09,839 --> 00:19:12,599 only played two games. You know, what do we really 371 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:14,519 know about Army. I don't think we're gonna find out 372 00:19:14,599 --> 00:19:17,079 much more than we what we know already about Army 373 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:19,920 this this weekend. But what I do know is I 374 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,279 think Army is gonna go and hold Serve at home. 375 00:19:22,319 --> 00:19:23,759 We'll get to our picks in a little bit. But 376 00:19:24,279 --> 00:19:28,160 Owls definitely struggling this year. Steven is you know their 377 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,160 two losses have not even been close. 378 00:19:31,079 --> 00:19:34,599 Speaker 3: Yeah, not, they have not been close. And uh you 379 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:37,599 look at what Rice says. Uh, you know, they've they've 380 00:19:37,599 --> 00:19:40,440 got one. Their one victory is against uh, you know, 381 00:19:40,519 --> 00:19:46,319 a team in Texas Southern that I think even one FBS. 382 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:49,559 I don't even I think they're they're a one FCS team. 383 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:52,319 Uh you know they they they lost at home to 384 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,519 Sam Houston State, which is not very good. You know, 385 00:19:55,559 --> 00:19:59,599 Sam Houston last year was at least a halfway decent team. 386 00:20:00,039 --> 00:20:02,519 This year, Sam Houston not a very good team and 387 00:20:02,559 --> 00:20:07,359 got blown out against Houston, which is not you know, 388 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,480 which has been very good in the American but now 389 00:20:10,519 --> 00:20:13,480 in the Big twelve is considered a bottom tier Big 390 00:20:13,519 --> 00:20:16,960 twelve team, and they got they got beat up pretty 391 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:21,200 bad despite having, you know, maybe one of the best 392 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:25,440 prepared quarterbacks you know in all of college football, guy 393 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:31,200 that I've seen now for a couple of years, e J. Warner, 394 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:35,079 the son of Kurt Warner, who is at Temple, has 395 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,680 transferred to Rice and is now their starting quarterback. And 396 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:44,000 this year Warner has three touchdowns and four interceptions almost 397 00:20:44,039 --> 00:20:47,119 five hundred yards through the air in those three games. 398 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:53,920 And really it's come down to both him and Dean Connors. 399 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,160 They're running back, and you know, when those guys were 400 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:02,240 doing well, obviously they have a lot of success. You know, 401 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:07,279 Connors had three touchdowns in Rice's win over Texas Southern 402 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:11,079 on just nine carries. But in his other two games, 403 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:14,559 the game against Houston, eleven carries for thirty two yards. 404 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,640 That's under three yards a carry. I can even do 405 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:21,839 that math. And then in against Sam Houston State, twelve 406 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:25,480 carries for fifty two yards, so you're looking at just 407 00:21:25,599 --> 00:21:29,119 over four yards a carry. But really didn't get the 408 00:21:29,279 --> 00:21:32,880 quantity of carries. You know, if you're averaging four yards 409 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,160 of carry, you would think that you would want to 410 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,279 be able to run the ball more. The problem was 411 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:42,680 that Rice got behind early and then they ended up 412 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:44,839 having to throw the ball and they had to get 413 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,799 away from the running game, which was probably going to 414 00:21:47,799 --> 00:21:51,599 be their success against sam Houston. But when you fall behind, 415 00:21:51,599 --> 00:21:54,039 you've got to be able to score points quickly. They 416 00:21:54,039 --> 00:21:57,519 weren't able to do so they end up losing at 417 00:21:57,559 --> 00:22:01,160 home to sam Houston State. This Rice team, I can 418 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,839 tell you in years past when I would look at 419 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,279 the schedule coming out here in Tampa with the with 420 00:22:07,319 --> 00:22:10,720 the University of South Florida, when they were a bad team, 421 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,480 and you would look for Rice to see because that's 422 00:22:13,519 --> 00:22:17,160 probably a game you can win. This is obviously a 423 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,599 game that I think that you're gonna be able. If 424 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:23,079 you're an army, you're gonna be able to control the 425 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:25,400 line of If you can control the line of scrimmage, 426 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:29,559 control time of possession, you're gonna find yourself walking out 427 00:22:29,559 --> 00:22:31,319 with a seventh consecutive victory. 428 00:22:31,839 --> 00:22:35,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, you mentioned Dean Connors, and you know the running back. 429 00:22:35,599 --> 00:22:38,480 He's a legit right spot for the Owls because you 430 00:22:38,519 --> 00:22:41,960 know a year ago for Rice that won six games. 431 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,559 He got eligible a season ago, seven hundred and seventy 432 00:22:44,559 --> 00:22:46,880 one yards. But the big thing was he averaged six 433 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,519 and a half yards per carry last year, Stephen. This 434 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,599 year he's you know, right at two hundred yards. But 435 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,240 you know, it proves last year wasn't a flute because 436 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,079 he's at six point two yards per carry. So this 437 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:00,359 is two years you know in a row. Now where 438 00:23:00,519 --> 00:23:02,160 you know this guy knows how to run the football 439 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,599 and you're getting over six yards of a tote, you're 440 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,680 doing something right. Obviously we know EJ. Warner can sling it, 441 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,240 you know. And the other thing I think a statistical 442 00:23:11,279 --> 00:23:13,240 thing to keep an eye on, although I don't think 443 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,440 it's going to play much of a factor here on Saturday, 444 00:23:16,519 --> 00:23:20,000 clearly just because of style of play. But defensively, the 445 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,480 Owls rank number one in Division One with fourteen sacks 446 00:23:23,519 --> 00:23:26,279 this year, so they're bringing pressure. But obviously Army's not 447 00:23:26,319 --> 00:23:28,039 going to be throwing the football very often at all, 448 00:23:28,079 --> 00:23:30,480 so I don't see that total going up much, if 449 00:23:30,519 --> 00:23:33,599 at all. Now on Saturday. The one thing, big thing, 450 00:23:33,799 --> 00:23:35,720 as you mentioned about Rice, I'll just tell you quick 451 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,240 a very quick story here. I've always got a little 452 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:42,200 bit of a soft soft spot in my heart for 453 00:23:42,319 --> 00:23:44,480 the Rice House because it was one of my football 454 00:23:44,519 --> 00:23:47,720 trips while working at the Naval Academy. Were assistant sids, 455 00:23:47,759 --> 00:23:50,240 we usually got to we rotated back in the day, 456 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:53,000 you know, so each of the assistants got to go 457 00:23:53,039 --> 00:23:56,039 on one football road trip at Rice is where I 458 00:23:56,079 --> 00:24:00,759 met my first former American US president, when I met 459 00:24:00,759 --> 00:24:03,359 Bush forty one, uh, you know, getting ready to come 460 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,440 up the elevator. I came down at halftime just to 461 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,279 go out and kind of walk the concourse check it 462 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:12,519 out as President Bush forty one was walking speedily to 463 00:24:12,559 --> 00:24:14,640 the elevator to come up to do an interview with 464 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,000 Med and the Navy radio crew there at halftime. So 465 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,240 always got a soft spot in my heart for the 466 00:24:21,319 --> 00:24:23,519 Rice Stadium there because it was where I got to 467 00:24:23,559 --> 00:24:25,880 meet the first of three American presidents I've had the 468 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,400 chance to meet. So anyway, moving on, as this will 469 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,720 be again a twelve noon kickoff on the CBS Sports Network, 470 00:24:32,759 --> 00:24:36,160 Stephen Army and Rice. This will be Rice's first American 471 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,839 Athletic Conference game. Can the Black Knights keep this winning 472 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,799 streak going? We will find out, all right. Our other game, 473 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:46,200 the second game of the CBS Sports Net doubleheader steven 474 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,440 maybe the game of the week in the American Athletic 475 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:52,079 Conference at the Naval Academy. Three and oh overall one 476 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:57,160 and oh in the American taking on the Memphis Tigers, 477 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:01,160 who are three and oh, certainly know the win they're 478 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,440 coming off. And I said Navy three and oh, I'm sorry, 479 00:25:03,519 --> 00:25:06,240 maybe it's two and oh. But the Memphis Tigers, they 480 00:25:06,279 --> 00:25:07,839 are in fact three and oh, but they have not 481 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:10,759 played a conference game. This is a three thirty CBS 482 00:25:10,759 --> 00:25:14,440 Sports Network game as well. But nine point underdog at 483 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:19,319 home over under his forty nine against the Memphis Tigers. 484 00:25:19,599 --> 00:25:23,440 Maybe just three and six all time against number twenty 485 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,920 three Memphis is Memphis checks in at number twenty three 486 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,200 in the country. The mids won three of the first 487 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:31,359 four games, but the Tigers have had Navy's number, as 488 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:34,480 they have won the last five against the midshipman. What 489 00:25:34,519 --> 00:25:37,640 will happen on Saturday, Well, we'll make our picks here 490 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,039 in just a little bit, but number twenty three Memphis 491 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,880 and the Naval Academy going to do battle in a 492 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:46,240 game that certainly has some early season at least right 493 00:25:46,279 --> 00:25:50,160 now early American Athletic Conference implications. 494 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 4: Yeah. 495 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 3: Absolutely, And you're if you're Memphis, this is a game 496 00:25:55,319 --> 00:25:59,279 that hopefully you have not taken lately. I mean, you 497 00:25:59,319 --> 00:26:02,839 can imagine everybody in Memphis is all fired up after 498 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:07,319 beating Florida State last week in Tallahassee. And so I 499 00:26:07,319 --> 00:26:11,839 would assume that, you know, knowing, knowing the Tigers coaching staff, 500 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,400 they've know, they've known that, you know, conference play was 501 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:19,640 going to start after that Florida State game. And it's 502 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,640 a you want you want to talk about one of 503 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:26,119 the craziest uh changes of pace. Uh, if you're Memphis, 504 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:29,039 You're going from Florida State, who wants to try and 505 00:26:29,079 --> 00:26:31,400 throw the football all over the place, even though they 506 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,839 haven't been able to successfully yet this year. And now 507 00:26:34,839 --> 00:26:36,920 you're going to turn around and you're going to play Navy, 508 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:38,480 and Navy is not going to want to throw the 509 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:39,480 football at all. 510 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 4: Uh, if if all goes well. 511 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 3: And so uh, you know with Seth Hennigan, who has 512 00:26:46,319 --> 00:26:49,240 been you know leading the Tigers now for the last 513 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:53,200 couple of years, has had an incredible start uh to 514 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:54,319 the year under center. 515 00:26:54,759 --> 00:26:55,160 Speaker 4: Uh. 516 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 3: You know, he's thrown five touchdowns just a single interception 517 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,319 this year. So he has kept he has prevented the 518 00:27:02,319 --> 00:27:05,680 short field through the air. Their their ground game has 519 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:09,200 been really really strong. For Navy, this is gonna be 520 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:12,440 about making sure that you can keep your defense out 521 00:27:12,599 --> 00:27:17,319 as little as possible. The more that they can control 522 00:27:17,799 --> 00:27:21,440 time of possession, the more that Blake Horvath can can 523 00:27:21,519 --> 00:27:26,839 make sure that they keep the midshipman offense moving forward 524 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,480 through the water. And you're not treading water. You know, 525 00:27:30,559 --> 00:27:34,480 you can't have second and third and longs. You want 526 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,799 to try and have second in mid, third and short 527 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:42,160 if you're if you're doing that consistently, I think that 528 00:27:42,319 --> 00:27:46,480 Navy's gonna give themselves an opportunity to maybe come out 529 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:48,000 of here with a victory. 530 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 4: But they've got to be able to do that. 531 00:27:50,799 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, we will see. One thing I do know is 532 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,759 certainly Memphis was the preseason favorite in the American Athletic Conference, 533 00:27:57,759 --> 00:28:01,279 but the Tigers are tied mentioned win streaks earlier steven 534 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,640 with the Black Knights. The Tigers tied for the fourth 535 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,880 longest win streak in the FBS with five, you know, 536 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,480 going back to last year. But you know, Navy is 537 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:12,839 gonna have something to say about it. Aiming for their 538 00:28:12,839 --> 00:28:15,880 first three and zero start since twenty seventeen. But you 539 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,000 know the guy that you just you know, focused in 540 00:28:18,079 --> 00:28:20,599 on and talked, you know, quite a bit about Steve. 541 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,839 You know, Seth Henigan, the fourth year starter on offense 542 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,920 for Memphis. He is, you know, the only quarterback in 543 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,359 the FBS to be the starting quarterback at the same 544 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,359 school for all four years. And he's thrown a touchdown 545 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,480 pass in forty straight games, tying Baker Mayfield for the 546 00:28:36,519 --> 00:28:40,039 third longest streak in FBS history, what away from tying 547 00:28:40,079 --> 00:28:44,440 Marcus Mariota for second. It's a high powered, you know, 548 00:28:44,559 --> 00:28:47,480 high octane offense. Memphis has scored twenty or more points 549 00:28:47,519 --> 00:28:50,480 and thirty straight games, the longest streak in FBS. And 550 00:28:51,119 --> 00:28:52,920 you know, but you know, hen again is a guy 551 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,720 that has had his lip navy up literally lit them up. Uh, 552 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:01,000 you know, in games that he started the three previous years, 553 00:29:01,319 --> 00:29:04,839 averaging thirty three points in those games. And he's thrown 554 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,160 for eight hundred and forty eight yards Steve five touchdowns 555 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,039 and just two picks. And oh yeah, the last time 556 00:29:10,039 --> 00:29:13,200 he was a Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium two years ago, 557 00:29:13,559 --> 00:29:16,759 four hundred and fifteen yards in two touchdowns. Seth hen 558 00:29:16,759 --> 00:29:19,240 again obviously a guy that's a product of the system. 559 00:29:19,559 --> 00:29:23,599 He's been there four years now, lighting scoreboards up. 560 00:29:24,799 --> 00:29:27,759 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think that when when you look at 561 00:29:27,759 --> 00:29:30,799 some of those numbers, uh, you know what Hennigan has 562 00:29:30,799 --> 00:29:34,559 put up, especially two years ago in Annapolis. You know, 563 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:38,000 that's that's something that you know that the defensive coaching 564 00:29:38,039 --> 00:29:41,480 staff has been sitting in the rooms all week, uh, 565 00:29:41,519 --> 00:29:44,720 you know, looking at this and especially after having last 566 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:48,839 week off, Uh, they've been they've certainly been looking all 567 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,799 week long, going this is what we need to take 568 00:29:51,839 --> 00:29:52,359 a look at. 569 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 4: This is the person. These are the this is the guy. 570 00:29:55,759 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 3: They've got him circled in purple on probably all of 571 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,519 their charts, all of their she all of their overheads. 572 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:06,480 They've they've been watching, they've been watching film relentlessly about Okay, 573 00:30:07,319 --> 00:30:09,720 when he does this, you've got you've got to watch 574 00:30:09,759 --> 00:30:12,440 out for him. And it's real easy, you know, they 575 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,240 always tell you, you know, you've got to be able to 576 00:30:15,759 --> 00:30:18,720 point out the guy that everybody needs to keep an 577 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:19,039 eye on. 578 00:30:19,279 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 4: It's really easy to point him out. 579 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:24,039 Speaker 2: He's got the football, yeah, you know, and hen again, 580 00:30:24,359 --> 00:30:27,359 you know, in forty games that he started, he's thrown 581 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,200 for in almost half of those games. Nineteen of the 582 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,680 forty games he started, he's thrown for over three hundred 583 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:35,480 yards in those games. And on top of it, he's 584 00:30:35,519 --> 00:30:39,480 never thrown two picks in a single game. So something 585 00:30:39,519 --> 00:30:42,240 to keep an eye on, certainly is Navy looking to 586 00:30:42,279 --> 00:30:45,279 beat a ranked opponent for the first time since November 587 00:30:45,279 --> 00:30:48,000 of twenty twenty two, when the Mids went to not 588 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,039 too far from U Steve and went to Orlando and 589 00:30:50,119 --> 00:30:53,440 knocked off number seventeen to eighteen UCF seventeen to fourteen. 590 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:57,000 But their last win over ranked team in Annapolis, well 591 00:30:57,039 --> 00:30:58,880 that was in November as well, but that came in 592 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:02,759 twenty nineteen, and they knocked off SMU thirty five to 593 00:31:02,799 --> 00:31:05,359 twenty eight twenty eight when the Stangs came in at 594 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:09,039 ranked number twenty one in the country Stevens. So certainly 595 00:31:09,039 --> 00:31:12,079 the midshipman going to have their hands full. And you 596 00:31:12,119 --> 00:31:14,960 know is talking defense, and you know, maybe what a 597 00:31:15,079 --> 00:31:19,119 strength for Rice earlier in that first game. You know, 598 00:31:19,519 --> 00:31:21,759 in terms of getting to the quarterback. You know that 599 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:25,039 the Tiger secondary has been their weakness this year. But again, 600 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,680 you know, Navy has has shown an ability to throw 601 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,519 the football, but that's not really a you know, a 602 00:31:30,559 --> 00:31:32,880 weakness that you think Navy's going to test time and 603 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:35,599 time again, because as we all know, obviously Navy wants 604 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:37,599 to do one thing, and what is it. It's clearly 605 00:31:37,799 --> 00:31:38,680 run the dang ball. 606 00:31:39,519 --> 00:31:42,839 Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, And as I said, for them to be 607 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:46,240 successful this week, yeah, second and long, third and long 608 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:50,839 has to be minimized. And really third and long you 609 00:31:50,839 --> 00:31:54,680 would love to see zero third downs of more than 610 00:31:54,759 --> 00:31:57,759 five yards if your Navy to be successful this week. 611 00:31:58,039 --> 00:32:01,839 Speaker 2: Number twenty three Memphis at Navy on Saturday, three point 612 00:32:01,839 --> 00:32:06,240 thirty pm kickoff Eastern Standard Time on the CBS Sports Network. 613 00:32:06,319 --> 00:32:09,119 Maybe a seven point home underdog. Can they pull off 614 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:13,400 the upset and stop Memphisis five game win streak against 615 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,759 the Mids. We will find out. Should be a darn 616 00:32:15,799 --> 00:32:18,000 good football game. But what I know is we're having 617 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,160 a darn good time here on Yards and Stripes. Stephen 618 00:32:20,279 --> 00:32:21,960 Is We're going to step away, We're going to bring 619 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,880 you the Travis Manu Foundation on a roll segment, and 620 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,480 then we're going to come back and make some picks 621 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,440 in our two games right here on Yards and Stripes 622 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,920 as we are part of the Last Word on Sports 623 00:32:32,039 --> 00:32:34,720 podcast Network, Don't miss it. We're coming right back. 624 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,960 Speaker 5: In two thousand and seven, Mareen First Lieutenant Travis Manion 625 00:32:38,039 --> 00:32:41,119 was killed in Iraq after saving his wooted teammates. 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And this week we're going to honor remember 644 00:33:40,079 --> 00:33:45,240 Army First Lieutenant Bruce Richards, a native of Falmouth, Maine, 645 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:48,440 who gave the ultimate sacrifice on July the thirtieth, two 646 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:54,160 thousand and fifteen, at the age of twenty six years old. 647 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:58,839 As first Lieutenant, Richards was subscribed as a man of 648 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,440 honor and justice, fought for those he loved and for 649 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:05,119 his beliefs. He put others before himself. He was a friend, 650 00:34:05,119 --> 00:34:08,199 a mentor, and a leader. His laugh was contagious and 651 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:11,480 he made the world. He lived in a better place 652 00:34:11,559 --> 00:34:14,119 every single day, and his legacy has lived on by 653 00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:18,199 everyone he ever touched as he made everyone better and 654 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:21,840 continues to do so as they strive to honor his life. 655 00:34:22,039 --> 00:34:24,719 And that was submitted on behalf of his wife, his 656 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:30,400 surviving spouse, Stephanie Richards, talking about her husband, First Lieutenant 657 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:34,000 Bruce Richards giving that ultimate sacrifice on July thirty first, 658 00:34:34,039 --> 00:34:37,559 twenty and fifteen. To mention he was born just before 659 00:34:37,639 --> 00:34:40,519 Christmas nineteen eighty eight and Fallmuth, Maine. One of the 660 00:34:40,519 --> 00:34:43,840 stories said that his wife told after his passing, when 661 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,960 nine to eleven happened, Bruce was just a child. At 662 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,559 twelve years old, he grabbed his best friend his camo 663 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:52,280 im pellet gun and announced he was going to fight 664 00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:54,599 the terrorists. It wasn't a game to him. He knew 665 00:34:54,599 --> 00:34:57,159 our country needed brave people to defend it and he 666 00:34:57,239 --> 00:35:01,599 was willing to do so. Since child bildhood. Another story 667 00:35:02,119 --> 00:35:07,920 of leadership that was submitted to TMF on behalf of Bruce. 668 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:11,079 He was someone people looked up to. He understood that 669 00:35:11,119 --> 00:35:13,440 being a leader meant doing the hard work when others 670 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:17,000 and leading by example. You never saw him on the sidelines, 671 00:35:17,039 --> 00:35:18,599 but rather in the middle of the work, and that 672 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,800 is why people followed him. They also said that he 673 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:25,280 loved to learn. Bruce was always eager to learn how 674 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,679 to be a better soldier, a better friend, a better cook, 675 00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:30,519 a better gamer. His interests were infinite because he never 676 00:35:30,559 --> 00:35:33,199 got bored to learning. He found the world and cosmos 677 00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:36,000 around him amusing and wanted to devour all knowledge had 678 00:35:36,079 --> 00:35:38,440 to offer. They would often lay in bed at three 679 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:40,320 in the morning talking about physics, how to cook a 680 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:43,440 better steak, God, or simply his new discovery. His hunger 681 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:47,039 for knowledge was one of his most admired characteristics. Again, 682 00:35:47,199 --> 00:35:51,199 some memories that were submitted on behalf of First Lieutenant 683 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:55,360 Bruce Richards the United States Army, who we remember as 684 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:58,599 we do our heroes every single week. Here on Yards 685 00:35:58,599 --> 00:36:01,400 and Stripes, you're home for ser Academy Football once again. 686 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:03,519 We want to thank the Travis Mannon Foundation is their 687 00:36:03,639 --> 00:36:07,880 doing incredible work in communities across the nation to honor 688 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:12,320 fallen heroes like Captain or First Lieutenant Bruce Richards. 689 00:36:12,599 --> 00:36:15,440 Speaker 6: Travis Mallon Foundations Nine to eleven Heroes run five K 690 00:36:15,639 --> 00:36:18,519 race series units communities across the country and around the 691 00:36:18,519 --> 00:36:21,280 world to honor the sacrifices of September eleventh and the 692 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,679 war since. Join your community this September and register to run, 693 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,880 walk or rock by visiting nine to eleven heroesun dot org. 694 00:36:31,119 --> 00:36:35,199 Speaker 1: The latest with Navy, Army and Air Force on Yards 695 00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:38,880 and Stripes, Service Academy Football All. 696 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:42,760 Speaker 2: Right, final segment here on Yards and Stripes. Stephen Carnifrice 697 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:46,199 Atkinson wrapping this baby up. Our Travis mann In the 698 00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:49,320 Foundation for staining with us with our TMF on roll 699 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:53,039 once again the season again. Check them out online Travismannion 700 00:36:53,119 --> 00:36:55,119 dot org. Find out ways that you can get involved 701 00:36:55,119 --> 00:36:57,559 their Nine to eleven Heroes runs going on all month. 702 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:00,280 Just find out where there is one near U. You 703 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,840 can search the map there and find out ways you 704 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:04,960 can get involved, because you can walk, you can ruck, 705 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,880 you can run. However you want to do it honor 706 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:09,639 of a loved one who has given the ultimate sacrifice 707 00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:12,880 or served our country. So check the Travis Manion Foundation 708 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,320 out online Travismanion dot org. Steven two games to pick 709 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:19,400 this week, Air Forces off. As we told you about 710 00:37:19,679 --> 00:37:23,519 Rice at Army number twenty three, Memphis at Navy. Let's 711 00:37:23,559 --> 00:37:26,039 make our picks. Rice at Army. How do you see 712 00:37:26,079 --> 00:37:27,280 this one? Shaking out? My man? 713 00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:34,199 Speaker 3: In the words of the noted philosopher mister T. Pain, 714 00:37:36,119 --> 00:37:39,239 I just I see Army running the ball down the 715 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:44,039 throat of the owls and not giving EJ. Warner, you know, 716 00:37:44,079 --> 00:37:47,639 an opportunity to get on the field. I think that 717 00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:50,039 this and then when he does get on the field, 718 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,000 I think that the defense is gonna have it's gonna 719 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,920 have its hands full, especially with the Connors in the backfield. 720 00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,239 I think that that's going to be their big their 721 00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:01,760 big problem is making sure that they if they can 722 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:04,679 stop Connors on early downs. I think they've got an 723 00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:07,960 opportunity because I don't think war really has the weapons 724 00:38:08,559 --> 00:38:12,159 out wide that he has had in years past, and 725 00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:16,760 so I think that if you can push Rice into 726 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:21,440 a third and long situation, you've got an opportunity to 727 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:25,400 get off the field and be able to run the 728 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,679 ball down the throat of the Owls a little more. 729 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:31,199 So I'm going to take Army in this game. I'm 730 00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:38,719 going to say it's probably I will take twenty eight 731 00:38:39,519 --> 00:38:45,800 to thirteen. I think that the Black Knights do improve 732 00:38:46,159 --> 00:38:48,800 to three and zero with a victory at home. 733 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:51,159 Speaker 2: Well, we're not too far apart because I'm with you. 734 00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:52,880 I think Army is going to run the football and 735 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:57,000 they're going to run it with effective an authority on 736 00:38:57,079 --> 00:39:01,320 Saturday against a Rice team that has clearly struggling. But 737 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:04,679 I'm with you. I think Bryson Daily in this Black 738 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:06,840 Knight's you know team right now, is playing with a 739 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:10,519 ton of confidence protecting the football. I'm pretty darn close 740 00:39:10,559 --> 00:39:13,079 because I put my picks and my numbers down, you know, 741 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,880 before we start recording. I like Army big thirty seven 742 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:20,519 to thirteen. You obvisually went twenty eight thirteen. I kind 743 00:39:20,519 --> 00:39:22,679 of like them to, you know, put up you know, 744 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:26,039 a win by you know, over three touchdowns, but we 745 00:39:26,079 --> 00:39:27,639 will see. I think in the name of the game, 746 00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:30,039 it's all about taking care of the football and does 747 00:39:30,159 --> 00:39:32,039 Army do it? Can they continue to do it? We'll 748 00:39:32,079 --> 00:39:34,000 find out. But I'm with you a lot too, A 749 00:39:34,079 --> 00:39:36,880 little Black Knights are going to get the win, all right. 750 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,800 Our second game of the week, maybe the biggest of 751 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,639 the weekend, especially when it comes to the American Athletic Conference, 752 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:46,679 the Navy Midshipman hosting number twenty three Memphis. Who told 753 00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,320 you Memphis has won five in a row in the series, 754 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:51,320 while the Med's looking for their first three and zero 755 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:55,400 starts since seventeen. How will this shakeout? As Navy is 756 00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:59,920 a seven point home underdog, Steven, do they pull the upset? 757 00:40:01,639 --> 00:40:01,960 Speaker 4: I don't. 758 00:40:02,079 --> 00:40:05,519 Speaker 3: I think they've got a really good opportunity to do so, 759 00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:09,719 and I think that they keep it close throughout the game. 760 00:40:10,679 --> 00:40:15,000 But I think that you look at Seth Hennigan and 761 00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:20,119 he's got an opportunity to take the ball the last 762 00:40:20,119 --> 00:40:25,239 time out and drive the ball down and get Memphis 763 00:40:25,639 --> 00:40:30,440 in position to take the victory. Unfortunately in Annapolis, I'm 764 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:35,760 going to say that it is Memphis thirty one Navy 765 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:38,440 thirty Wow. 766 00:40:39,159 --> 00:40:42,440 Speaker 2: This is this is incredible. I mean, you don't hit 767 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:46,280 the same numbers very often. I had in Memphis down 768 00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,719 forty two to thirty at worst spot on on what 769 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:51,079 we think Navy will score those thirty points. But I 770 00:40:51,639 --> 00:40:55,079 went a little bit higher with that Memphis offense, especially 771 00:40:55,079 --> 00:40:57,599 with Hennigan, the way he can throw it and sling 772 00:40:57,639 --> 00:40:59,440 it in what he's done for four years. I think 773 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:01,159 he's going to do that and then some you know, 774 00:41:01,199 --> 00:41:03,159 the last time he was at Navy Marine Corps Memorial 775 00:41:03,159 --> 00:41:05,119 Stadium two years ago, he put up what over four 776 00:41:05,199 --> 00:41:08,079 hundred and ten yards through the air. I think he's 777 00:41:08,119 --> 00:41:10,360 gonna do that. I think he could even go over 778 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:12,880 you know, four hundred. But this Navy defense right now 779 00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:15,079 playing very well. But one of the things about the 780 00:41:15,119 --> 00:41:18,320 Navy defense is they are not forcing turnovers right now, Steve, 781 00:41:18,639 --> 00:41:21,760 And as you mentioned, you know, obviously you want that defense. 782 00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:23,559 You don't want him to be on the field very long. 783 00:41:24,119 --> 00:41:27,599 But you know, a byproduct of a really good offense 784 00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:30,440 is a lot of times Memphis, those big plays, you 785 00:41:30,519 --> 00:41:33,199 are not on the field very long. So you know, 786 00:41:33,679 --> 00:41:36,400 I think it's gonna be critical for the Navy midshipman 787 00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:38,280 if they're going to pull this upset. I think they've 788 00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,079 got to win over the I think they've got to 789 00:41:40,079 --> 00:41:42,119 win the turnover margin, and I think they got to 790 00:41:42,159 --> 00:41:44,159 go over three hundred yard rushing if they're going to 791 00:41:44,199 --> 00:41:46,199 pull this upset. But in the end, I'm with you. 792 00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:48,920 I don't think they do. I think it's Memphis forty 793 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:52,280 two to thirty. All right, Steven, let's get out of here. 794 00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:54,000 What do we miss? Do we miss anything as we 795 00:41:54,039 --> 00:41:56,559 get ready for another exciting weekend in college football? 796 00:41:57,159 --> 00:41:59,960 Speaker 3: No, I think the only thing that's left to do 797 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:04,039 is to enjoy these games. 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