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

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Navy and Air Force. This is Yarns and Stripes Service

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

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Steve Carney.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back into the yards and Stripes. You're home for

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Service Academy Football, Episode eight. It is all about Army,

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Navy and Air Force. And I am all about my man,

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Stephen Carney. I am Bryce Atkinson, but I'm all about

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Stephen because, folks, he survived Hurricane Milton, got danged a

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little bit, got hit with maybe a standing eight count,

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if you will.

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Speaker 3: But our guy.

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Speaker 4: Keeps on ticking.

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Speaker 2: He punched back, and he punched Milton right out of

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the Greater Tampa area. Bye bye, see you later. He

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dropped that sucka. So we're appreciating.

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Speaker 4: You for joining us this evening, this morning.

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Speaker 2: This afternoon, wherever it is, you are to talk about Army,

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Navy and Air Force as we are part of the

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Last Word on Sports podcast Network. But Steven, before we

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go any further, because we've got a couple of teams

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that are both ranked in the top twenty five, it

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is damn good to see you. You survive Milton, and

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you are with us after what we thought it might

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be a Price Atkinson solo job, like it was a

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Steve Carney solo job a couple of weeks ago when

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I got knocked out from Helene.

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Speaker 4: But damn, good to see you, brother.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's so good to be back.

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Speaker 5: It's good to see that we're finally back into somewhat

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of a sense of normalcy here as we you know,

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we dealt with the power outage on your end during Helene.

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The internet that was going on between the two of us,

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I don't know, I'll peel the curtain back a little bit.

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Speaker 3: On last week.

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Speaker 5: Price Is still was still dealing with internet issues stemming

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from Helene all the way through up until basically this afternoon,

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and so you know, we were having to use hotspots

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and making sure that it was let's just say, it

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was a pain in the buttocks to get to get

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everything up and together for last week's show. Was glad

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to have it because we certainly needed it. And then

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especially after what happened last week and and coming up

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here for this week. We'll definitely talk about that here

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in just a moment. But I'm back in my house.

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No damage to the house. You're back in your place,

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You've got your internet back, and we can get into

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what we love the most, which is service academy football.

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Speaker 2: It seems like the stars or you know, have just

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kind of lined back up. Forget the comment that just

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passed over earlier or early this week.

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Speaker 4: That was really cool to see.

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Speaker 2: But it feels like the stars have the hurricane stars

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have moved out, and we've got everything kind of back settled, like, Okay,

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let's continue on where we were. I mean, does it

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not kind of feel like that. I mean, it just

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feels like we've had like a disruption for like everyone

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for the past at least month.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it seems like the last month has been very,

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very difficult. And then after that, uh, you know, four

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weeks or so, the last four weeks or so, now

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that we can finally look out and see the see

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the sky, see the moon, see the blue skies overhead,

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you know, and the weather has gotten nice. It's nice

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and chilly here in Tampa. It's uh, we woke up

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this morning it was in the upper fifties for crying

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out loud. I was like, this is I'm like, open

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the open the windows, let everything air out, turn off

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the air conditioning.

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Speaker 3: Let's have some fun here.

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Speaker 5: This this is finally football weather here in Tampa Bay,

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finally for the first time.

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Speaker 2: And god knows how long I took my kids to

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school this morning was in the upper thirties, and I

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was loving life, dude, loving life, And that.

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Speaker 3: Happen you bust out, bust out the parka kid?

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Speaker 4: Do you even own gloves and a tube? Down there?

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Speaker 5: I I you know, uh, for those of you that

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are listening, I'm about to go grab the only tuke

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I have.

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Speaker 3: I do have a too. I have a long coat.

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Speaker 5: I have a heavy coat that I use when when

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I go to my MLB training in Houston in February

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and it can be a little chilly.

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Speaker 3: But I do have I do have a tuke. And

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by the way, it is a Navy tuke.

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Speaker 4: Oh okay, he's showing us.

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Speaker 2: He's showing his true colors, folks, exactly, He's showing his

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true colors. Well, let's get onto the game, Stephen, because

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you and I could keep we could have some We

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could keep going by just killing time. And it's not

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killing time, it's you and I having fun. But we

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had some fun last weekend because my goodness, here I.

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Speaker 4: Mean, what do we have here?

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Speaker 2: Both Army and Navy are still undefeated, and both are

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ranked in this week's new Top twenty five. Army comes

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in and number twenty three in the AP Pole, number

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twenty four and the coaches. Navy is sitting at number

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twenty five and the AP Pole. It's the first time

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since nineteen sixty that both are ranked in the same

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AP Pole. It's the first national ranking for the Black

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Night since twenty twenty and the fourth time ranked in

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the last thirty years. Well, Navy checks into the national

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rankings for the first time since two thousand and nine,

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when they finished number twenty in the country after beating

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eleven or after beating going eleven and two in beating

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k State in the Liberty Bowl. So quite the developments

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you know coming out of last weekend is both teams

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got to win, and we will tell you exactly how

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and what happened. Let's start with Army, Stephen, because Army

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hosting UAB and this crazy to think that, you know,

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Army's in a conference for the first time. They're six

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and zero. But that's not the crazy part. I think

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the crazy part is out of their six games, they've

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already played five conference games, and of course they're undefeated

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those as they beat UAB at Mikey forty four to ten.

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The Black Knights now off to their best starts. It's

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nineteen ninety six when they started nine to oh and

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they now have the nation's longest winning street at ten

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after obviously Missouri was throttled by A and M just recently.

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So this ten game win streak match is the longest

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win streak in the Jeff Munkin era of eleven years

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at the Helm. But my goodness, the Black Knights. They

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keep on rolling and they're doing it both offensively and defensively.

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Speaker 3: Steven, Yeah, absolutely.

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Speaker 5: I mean we can talk all day about Bryce and

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Daily if we need to, and we'll we'll get to

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daily here in just a couple of moments.

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Speaker 3: But you look at it.

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Speaker 5: They had one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight nine.

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Ten different guys touched the football on the ground, which

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is I love seeing that. You know, it says a

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that your offensive line is as strong as any out

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there and can protect the guys that are getting the

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football and be able to keep them moving forward in

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a positive direction. Number Two, it shows that the coaching

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staff has a ton of trust in so many different

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guys that they can put out there, and they all

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have different looks. You know, Kanye Udo is gonna look

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different than Noahs Short, no as Short. It's gonna look

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different than Dwayne Coleman. Dwayne Coleman's gonna look different than

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 5: You know, I I really think that uh, you know,

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each of these different backs touching the touching the football,

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whether it's on an end around, on a jet sweep,

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whether it's in the option uh that they that they're

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known for using. You know, you're able to give a

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different look to what is thought to be a very

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simple offense. And I love that they're able to do

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that and provide the strength to keep the keep the

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football for as long as they can and be able

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to win the time of possession. They did so, you

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know significantly this past week, over thirty five minutes was

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the time of possession for the Black Knights, so they

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had ten more minutes than UAB with the football. And

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I really do think that all of that is you know,

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the prototypical Army victory. Yeah, you don't you don't fumble

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the ball, you don't turn there's no turnovers at all Whereas,

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so you win the turnover battle, you win the time

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of possession, and you win you win the battles with

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the line of scrimmage. That's gonna lead to a lot

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of wins for Army, and it has so far this

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year and will continue to do so.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, let me let we'll go micro and macro. Let

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me go Macro first, because Army's now won five straight

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at home, but they have not trailed in a single

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for a They haven't trailed for a single second this

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entire season, Stephen. But big thing is obviously the Black Knights.

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They clinch Bowl eligibility is the earliest in the calendar

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year that they have ever clinched Bowl eligibilit qualifying for

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a Bowl game for the first time or for a

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postseason games. It's twenty twenty one, when they defeated Missouri

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twenty four to twenty two. It's also the first time

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Army has scored at least forty points in three straight

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games since the nineteen eighty five campaign when they went

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they went nine and three. You know a lot of

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first year. Let me hit you with one more. First

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time Army has limited its opponents to fourteen points or

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less than six straight games in a single season. They

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held all nine opponents on their schedule. Yes, there were

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only nine opponents on their schedule in nineteen fifty eight

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when they finished eight ho to one and finished third

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in the nation that year. They did it that same year.

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Obviously that was a different year in time. But you know,

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just taking it back here to I mean last weekend,

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this one could have been far worse for the Blazers.

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I mean, Jeff Maunkin was pulling, you know, most all

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his starters early, you know, midway through the third quarter,

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and you know he's emptying this bench, like you mentioned,

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so many guys, you know, getting to carry two quarterbacks.

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But thoroughly just total domination. I mean the fact that

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they only had seven third downs in the game, Stephen,

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I mean they only faced seven third downs the entire game.

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That tells you the efficiency of which that offense was operate.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and not only that they had scored twenty seven

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points and led by twenty four before they even attempted

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their first pass of the game.

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Speaker 3: That should tell you something.

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Speaker 5: They played army football and were able to just bludgeon UAB,

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and that should have been expected. I mean, we saw

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Navy play UAB a couple of weeks ago. That one

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was forty one to eighteen. I think that we both

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believed that this game was going to be not competitive

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and it was going to get ugly because you know,

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the Blazers are just not a good football team this year.

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The fighting Trent Dilvers are not doing a whole lot

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of fighting. Uh and so it was it was great

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to see. And and you mentioned that the amount of

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time that Army has trailed this year in a game,

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zero minutes and zero seconds, that that's there's I think

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one other team that I saw that is not trailed

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in a game so far this year. Uh So that

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that's a that's a good that's a good stat to know.

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Speaker 2: Army forty four to ten over UAB. The Black Knights

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again now six and O five and oh in the

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American Athletic Conference. And I mentioned Navy Navy was off.

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I didn't mean to mislead anybody there, Stephen right out

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of the gate, where you know mentioned you know, coming

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off wins. I mean, obviously Navy is on the winning streak.

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They've got a heater going themselves, but they were off

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last weekend. So let's skip ahead to the Air Force

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Academy where they were on the road and Albuquerque taking

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on New Mexico and the Lobos fifty two to thirty seven.

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Air Force still looking for that first Mount West Conference victory.

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They don't get it. As New Mexico they roll fifty

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two to thirty seven of pretty even game statistically, obviously

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the scoreboard is the only stat that matters. But Quentin

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and then the third quarter that was the difference.

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Speaker 4: Devon Dampier.

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Speaker 2: You know, a touchdown run eleven seconds right before the

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half gave the Lobos a twenty eight to seventeen lead,

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and then two long touchdown runs plus a short field

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goal put New Mexico up, you know, forty five to

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seventeen after three quarters, and you know, a big holding call,

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a massive holding call wiped out a seventy yard touch

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seventy five yard touchdown pass to begin the second half

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for Air Force, and then the Falcons were stopped on

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fourth and two in their own territory, and you know,

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couple with that, you know, that massive holding call a legit,

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I think a fair call, coupled with obviously New Mexico

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coming back with you know, some big plays.

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Speaker 4: That was all she wrote. You know, it's you're just.

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Speaker 2: Teetering on the edge and you just can't afford, you

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just can't afford, you know, to make those kind of mistakes,

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especially with Air Force, the amount of mistakes they've made

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this year. But Troy Calhoun's team, he's still looking for answers,

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but he does not have one.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and you mentioned that that huge penalty on the

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first play of the second of the second half. You know,

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the the Lobos go down, they score at the end

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of the of the second quarter, so now they go

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into the half. Air Force is supposed to get the

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ball to start the second half. You have that huge

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penalty and then you fail on fourth and one deep

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in your own territory. So now New Mexico's got a

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short field on top of that, and so it's almost

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like they won the.

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Speaker 3: Kickoff.

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Speaker 5: They won the toss as well and got the ball

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to start the second half, because that came with just

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a you know, ninety seconds gone in the third quarter

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that they got the ball back and it only only

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needed two plays to put it into the end zone.

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Speaker 3: So two big.

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Speaker 5: Runs that I think the big question for for Troy

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Calhoun isn't you know, what are you gonna do on offense?

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Speaker 3: How do you stop anybody? Right now? Yeah? You know,

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it's it's.

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Speaker 5: Real hard to win games when you can't stop anybody

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on defense, because, uh, you have to you have to

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play the perfect game to even have an opportunity. They're

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certainly not playing the perfect game on offense to have

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that opportunity. They've got to get stops and they I'm

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just looking at the drive summaries in this game right now.

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in uh, with them in the with them kicking the

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ball either through the uprights or ending in the end zone.

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First drive they went three and out, and their last

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drive before air Force's last touchdown, they they turned the

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ball over on down. The rest of them touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, touchdown,

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field goal, touchdown, touchdown.

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Speaker 2: And the one thing you did not say that I

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was gonna mention, you did not hear a drive ending

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in a turnover. There. It's another game where air Force

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does not force a turnover and that just cannot happen,

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especially when you're limited offensively. Your defense has got to

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they've got to get the stops and get off the field.

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But more importantly, you got to come over come up

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with some takeaways at some point. You know, an interesting

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stat in this game. You know, New Mexico was the

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last team in America that had not given up a sack,

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but they give up one with two minutes left in

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the first half. I thought that was interesting. But Quinin

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Hayes does get the start at quarterback. He rushes for

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one to oh three to leave the team one touchdown,

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also through for seventy nine yards. But Josh Johnson, he

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came in relief and played a little bit.

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Speaker 4: But they just could not find anything.

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Speaker 2: As just I mean, it's just incredible, kind of tale

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of two seasons. You look at what Army and Navy

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are doing Renaissance affair, you know, on the positive side,

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and then of course we know the success Air Force

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has had, you know, the last several seasons, they're going

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the opposite way. So really interesting way things have unfolded

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and Service Academy football here halfway through the season as

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Air Force falls fifty two to thirty seven on the

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road in Albuquerque. Steve, let's give out some game balls.

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I'll go first this week because we obviously had only

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two games to pick from. We got three this coming weekend.

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But I'm a fire first because I'll let you go second.

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I'm gonna go with Army junior defensive back Casey Larkin.

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He came speaking of takeaways and turnovers. You know, the

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Army defense is playing is good. They're just not getting

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the kind of ink like the offense of Rice and

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Daly are. But Casey Larkin have about two interceptions this game.

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In this game, the defensive back had from New Jersey

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equaling the number of total tackles he had Steven, He's

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only got eight total tackles this season, but he comes

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up with two picks in the game. I'd say that

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sufficient getting it done. Casey Larkin, you're getting my game

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ball for me.

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Speaker 3: Brother.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, well, deserved game ball for Casey and for me.

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Obviously we can talk about we could always talk about

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the quarterback every single week, because I think that Bryson

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Daley definitely deserves a game ball every single week, and

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he's gonna get mine this week because he had just

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an incredible day again on the ground and through the air.

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He you know, he only he was only three for seven,

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but he had a big fifty yard touchdown. You know,

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there was a big fifty yard touchdown catch there in

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that game. And he had three I believe three touchdown

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and see that he accounted for again, and you know,

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he's probably the best quarterback that nobody is talking about

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right now in college football. So he's gonna get my

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game ball. Bryceon Daily.

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Speaker 2: I like it, And that's gonna be a great jumping

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off point because I want to ask you when we

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come back, as we're gonna take a break, should Bryson Daily,

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should maybe Blake Horvath, should these two quarterbacks from Army

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Navy should they be getting more Heisman buzz. We're only

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halfway through a season right now, but I'm seeing a

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lot of a lot of Bryson Daily and Blake Horvath

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popping up on some top ten Heisman list as being

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in contention. That's a lot different than getting to New York.

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We obviously know it's pretty difficult because you know, Keenan Reynolds,

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you know several years ago it's very, very difficult just

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to even get there. But right now, both these two

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quarterbacks with undefeated teams, they put themselves at least in

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position with putting up some really gaudy numbers. I'm gonna

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ask Steven about that when we come back here on

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

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Speaker 2: Welcome back into Yards and Stripes. He is Stephen Carney,

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I'm Pryce Atkinson, and we are your home for Service.

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Speaker 4: Academy Football, Army, Navy and Air Force. That is what

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if you are hearing us for the first time, thank

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you so much for giving us your attention and your

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your time on your phone or on your on your

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Speaker 2: I could not have said that any better. Steven is

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As I mentioned Stephen though before we went to break

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the Heisman Trophy, I know we're halfway. I mean, I

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guess I think we're at the halfway point right when

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you consider, you know, pretty much mid October this is halfway.

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I think we're officially in the halfway point at college football.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you think about it, you think about it.

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Speaker 5: The Heisman Trophy is going to be announced coming up

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here on December the fourteenth, so we're less than two

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months away from from the Heisman actually being announced. This

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is week eight, so that's week sixteen. So yeah, I

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would say we're almost exactly halfway to the end of

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the college football season.

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Speaker 2: Well, we we got another half to go, and there's

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a lot that can happen. We know that both teams

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are going to play Notre Dame, You've got a conference championship,

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and you've got a head to head meeting, and plus

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you've got another CIC game that's going to happen before

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that with Army and Air Force playing. But the question

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is should Bryson Daily be in the Heisman discussion. Not

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only should he be in the discussion, is he a

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legit candidate to win the Heisman Trophy because the hashtag

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now is trending, hashtag he thirteen man for number thirteen,

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Rice and Daily. He's got multiple rushing touchdowns in the

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last four games. I mean, he's got fourteen rushing touchdowns

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already the season, which is six in Army single season history.

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season record with at least seven games to play, including

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a Bowl game. And you know, right now, when it

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comes to FBS quarterbacks, number one in the country in

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rushing yards seven thirty eight, number one in rushing touchdowns

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at fourteen, He's seventh in the nation in rushing overall

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and third in touchdowns overall. I think right now the

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Heisman t is fairly wide open Stephen, at least maybe

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compared to some of the past seasons. I think you know,

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the names you probably hear the most is Boise State

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running back Ashton Genty. You hear Travis Hunter at Colorado,

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Jaylen Milrose another one that you know you're here frequently.

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But I think right now, should Bryson Daily be in

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the Heisman discussion? I think, without a doubt, the question

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is yes, along with maybe Blake corbath from Navy as well. Yeah.

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Speaker 5: I think that both Daily and Horvath are certainly worthy

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of consideration. And I love the fact that, you know,

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the pundits, the Phil Steeles and and the like that

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basically had Army and Navy finishing tenth and eleventh respectively

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in the American Athletic Conference, and now seeing eight weeks in,

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seeing a number next to not just one, but both

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of those teams. It's great to see them having to

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eat their words. And I really do think that that

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Bryson Daily deserves that that consideration. I think Blake Corvac

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deserves the consideration. Are they gonna get it from the

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major college football pundits and writers?

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Speaker 3: Probably not?

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Speaker 5: Why because they're not pretty they you know, they're always

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looking for the new, pretty thing, and Army and Navy

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are neither new nor pretty. So I think that it's

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really gonna be difficult for either one of those guys

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to get consideration unless and I say, and and this

477
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is the caveat if they beat Notre Dame, you will

478
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start seeing the consideration coming their way. But that's still

479
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a couple of weeks down the road, you know, that's

480
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not gonna happen this week, you know, so I don't

481
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think they have to worry about you know, are they

482
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going to start getting consideration on Monday? If Army is

483
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able to beat East Carolina or Navy is able to

484
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upend Charlotte, you know, there's not gonna be any talk

485
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about Blake Horvath or bryceon daily Get pat beat Notre Dame,

486
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your name's gonna get matches.

487
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Speaker 2: Yeah, one hundred percent agree with you. I think that

488
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will be a big difference. You beat Notre Dame, then

489
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you're gonna be really taken seriously. And then obviously, if

490
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you continue to barrel down a possible playoff ed you know,

491
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group of five spot and you know New Year's Day

492
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playoff game, you know, you go double digit wins. I

493
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think that's the calculus. But one hundred percent agree with you.

494
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You beat the Irish, because that's one you know, I'm

495
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not gonna call them America's team, but you know, as

496
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many people as I do that turn in tune into

497
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Notre Dame.

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Speaker 4: You get a win, and that and.

499
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Speaker 2: That kind of situation on national television. That's turning heads

500
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and that's validating a stamp like these guys are legit

501
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,480
all right, Steven, we got three games coming up. We're

502
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also got to Travis Manning Foundation on a roll segment,

503
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will pick some games.

504
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Speaker 4: We got that coming up.

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Speaker 2: Let's go ahead and just touch on these three games

506
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real quick this weekend. And and you have got a

507
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triple header on Saturday. And let's start in West Point

508
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as the number twenty three Black Knight's going to welcome

509
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East Carolina three and three one in one in the

510
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American Obviously, Army is undefeated. This is a twelve noon

511
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kickoff on ESPN two with Army right now giving sixteen points.

512
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The over under at fifty one and a half that

513
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I've seen. Stephen Eacus was steamrolled last weekend at Charlotte.

514
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Now I've lost three of their last four after starting

515
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two and oh they're only two wins are against Norfolk State,

516
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O tou right now, this I'm looking at it. This

517
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should be another big, big win for the Black Knights

518
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at home.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, what's amazing is the fact that Army has never

520
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beaten East Carolina. This series is eight and oh in

521
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:49,960
favor of the Pirates, which is an absolutely amazing statistic

522
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:54,839
out there. And really, you look at what Army has

523
00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:59,599
left after this. You know, they you could say that

524
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they are in the driver's seat if with a with

525
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a victory, because they only have two conference games left

526
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:10,880
after this week. They are North Texas on November ninth

527
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and UTSA on the on November thirtieth.

528
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Speaker 3: That's it. You know, you've got to You've got a shot.

529
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Speaker 5: You with a victory this this Saturday. The worst that

530
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Army can be in its first season in the American

531
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Athletic Conferences six and two, and nobody thought that at

532
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the beginning. And the other thing that I like to

533
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:36,480
see is, uh, you want to see them start out fast. Obviously,

534
00:28:37,039 --> 00:28:39,680
Army is the only team this year that has scored

535
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a touchdown on its opening drive in every game this season.

536
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So I expect, I wholly expect that streak to continue

537
00:28:48,319 --> 00:28:53,319
here on Saturday at home. And I think that really

538
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:58,000
it comes from the fact that Bryson Daily is going

539
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to be able to get under center, be able to

540
00:29:02,559 --> 00:29:05,480
scope out the defense, make you know, they'll they'll have

541
00:29:05,559 --> 00:29:08,000
the right plays called and they'll be able to make

542
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,519
make the right plays. You get out in front early,

543
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you force East Carolina to have to try and throw

544
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the football, which they don't like to do. They want

545
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:19,559
to they want to be able to run the ball

546
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with their with their fifth year senior Roger Harris, and

547
00:29:25,599 --> 00:29:28,680
I think that if you can make East Carolina have

548
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to try and throw the football, you can.

549
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Speaker 3: You saw what Charlotte did to them last week.

550
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Speaker 5: You know, you get out in front early, you force

551
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them to throw the football, they make mistakes, you get

552
00:29:39,839 --> 00:29:40,680
out even further.

553
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:44,559
Speaker 2: If Pirates rank eighty ninth nationally in total defense, giving

554
00:29:44,599 --> 00:29:46,400
up three hundred and eighty two yards a game, and

555
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:50,000
are seventy third in total offense at three eighty five,

556
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:54,920
so the Pirates definitely steven. They have their work cut

557
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,119
out for him in a big way. On Saturday at

558
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Mikey again a twelve noon kickoff on ESPN two Army

559
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:06,200
as sixteen point favorite against East Carolina Naval Academy. It's

560
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,039
homecoming in Annapolis. This was a three point thirty kickoff

561
00:30:09,079 --> 00:30:12,519
on the CBS Sports Network. Welcoming Charlotte three and three,

562
00:30:12,599 --> 00:30:15,440
just like East Carolina and the American except they're two

563
00:30:15,519 --> 00:30:19,240
and Oh they are coming awful win over East Carolina

564
00:30:19,759 --> 00:30:23,519
last weekend. But the number twenty five Navy midshipman going

565
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to play at home as a ranked team for the

566
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first time since October twenty second, two thy sixteen when

567
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,680
they beat Memphis. They will also be looking to get

568
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:37,000
Bowl eligible join and join Army by getting a win

569
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and getting to six and oh, which will be the

570
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,599
first time. If they were able to get a win

571
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:42,599
over the forty nine ers, it'd be the first time

572
00:30:43,119 --> 00:30:45,759
they would be at six and oh to start a

573
00:30:45,799 --> 00:30:49,279
season since nineteen seventy nine. But the forty nine ers steven.

574
00:30:49,319 --> 00:30:52,880
They've won two straight in this series. Or they won

575
00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,599
two straight games and three of their last four. Head

576
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coach Bill Pogi's returning to his native Baltimore area this week,

577
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and you know he'd like to get a win. But

578
00:31:01,039 --> 00:31:04,240
Navy also, just like Army, they're a sixteen point favorite

579
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,599
at home over under in this one. Fifty six and

580
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a half.

581
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Speaker 5: Yeah, and you think about what they what Charlotte's been

582
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able to do. They've had their their senior quarterback backs

583
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,359
Brown missed the last four games with a thumb injury,

584
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,519
and they've had a freshman, Deshaun Purty take up the

585
00:31:23,559 --> 00:31:26,680
mantle and he's done pretty well, turned for seven hundred

586
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:32,240
and seventeen yards and four touchdowns. When when Brown who's

587
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:36,400
as a red shirt sophomore, was injured with that thumb injury.

588
00:31:36,519 --> 00:31:39,440
So he's been he's been good through the air. He

589
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:42,240
has been able to take care of the football. But

590
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:44,680
the forty nine ers are going to want to run

591
00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,000
the football. That's the one thing that they were able

592
00:31:47,039 --> 00:31:49,920
to do against East Carolina. They ran the ball for

593
00:31:50,079 --> 00:31:54,559
three hundred and eleven yards and even Brian Newberry said,

594
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:58,440
you know they're used to, you know, going after physical

595
00:31:58,839 --> 00:32:01,920
teams wanting to plete to play physical. The forty nine

596
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,160
ers can play physical, but they can also throw the

597
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,480
football on that's going to make them a little bit

598
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:07,559
more of a challenge.

599
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Speaker 4: Yeah.

600
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 2: Absolutely, you know that they're going to try and grind

601
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,839
it out. And you know, Bill Pogy's really in a

602
00:32:13,839 --> 00:32:17,039
lot of ways flip this, you know, kind of you know,

603
00:32:17,119 --> 00:32:19,480
which you can do in football, not like in basketball

604
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,240
where he can do it year to year, but just

605
00:32:21,279 --> 00:32:24,000
simply on the transfer portal alone, you know, when he

606
00:32:24,039 --> 00:32:26,519
took over. I mean, they've taken a ton of transfers

607
00:32:26,519 --> 00:32:29,079
and it really has paid off as they have gotten

608
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:32,440
very competitive, very quick in the Americans.

609
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Speaker 4: They are three and three, two to zero in the conference.

610
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Speaker 2: This one, again is a three point thirty kickoff on

611
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:43,559
the CBS Sports Network. Navy a sixteen point favorite at home,

612
00:32:43,599 --> 00:32:46,559
playing it is a ranked ranked team for the first

613
00:32:46,559 --> 00:32:49,480
time at home since twenty sixteen. This one, I think

614
00:32:49,839 --> 00:32:52,400
could be a very fun football game. But we'll talk

615
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,000
about it in our picks here in a little bit.

616
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,359
Our last game of the weekend, Steven, This one is

617
00:32:56,359 --> 00:32:58,279
going to come after the Navy game. It's going to

618
00:32:58,319 --> 00:33:01,279
be Colorado State and Air Force Ram Valcon Trophy on

619
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the line, an eight pm Eastern Standard Time kickoff on

620
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:08,279
CBS Sports Network. The Rams are giving a touchdown right now,

621
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,079
at least the last I saw it was a touchdown

622
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,839
over under forty six and a half. You know, not

623
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,359
to say that Air Force has had any consistency at

624
00:33:17,359 --> 00:33:21,440
all this year except consistency and really underperforming since the

625
00:33:21,519 --> 00:33:24,039
win over Merrimack. The Rams have had some trouble with

626
00:33:24,079 --> 00:33:26,519
consistency this season, as they're coming off a thirty one

627
00:33:26,599 --> 00:33:29,519
to twenty four win at home versus Coach Kenna Montalolo

628
00:33:29,519 --> 00:33:33,480
and San Jose State, but really up and down win lose, win, lose.

629
00:33:33,799 --> 00:33:35,799
They have been unable to find it this season.

630
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,720
Speaker 5: Yeah, and you look at the the two games that

631
00:33:39,759 --> 00:33:44,920
they've lost. Most recently, they lose at home to Deon

632
00:33:45,039 --> 00:33:49,000
Sanders in Colorado. They lose in double overtime in core

633
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:50,960
Vallis against Oregon State.

634
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,160
Speaker 3: I really do think that, you.

635
00:33:54,039 --> 00:33:59,960
Speaker 5: Know, this team is definitely looking for that that consistent

636
00:34:00,119 --> 00:34:04,039
and see their their quarterback is a sophomore named Brandon

637
00:34:04,119 --> 00:34:05,200
Fowler Nickelosi.

638
00:34:05,799 --> 00:34:06,160
Speaker 3: Uh.

639
00:34:06,279 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 5: He's uh, he has certainly had his problems with consistency

640
00:34:10,559 --> 00:34:15,039
this year. You know, his completion percentages just fine, but

641
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:18,480
he's only thrown five touchdowns and he's thrown five interceptions

642
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:22,079
to go along with it. I I think that, you know,

643
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:26,880
if if the Falcons have that have a chance at

644
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:30,559
this game, and you know obviously they were they're coming off,

645
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,800
they're they they're the holders of the ram Falcon Trophy

646
00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:38,599
after winning last year's game. Uh, they've got to find

647
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:42,719
a way to hold on to the football more often,

648
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,000
uh and and longer than they have so far.

649
00:34:46,559 --> 00:34:48,760
Speaker 3: Uh this year. I don't I don't know how they're

650
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:49,880
gonna be able to do it.

651
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,480
Speaker 5: But the longer they can hold onto the football means

652
00:34:53,519 --> 00:34:56,800
the fewer opportunities that Colorado State's going to have to

653
00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:00,480
try and score, because that's the one the one issue

654
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,159
and we've talked. We talked about it early on with

655
00:35:03,159 --> 00:35:05,679
with Troy Calhoun's bunch here this year.

656
00:35:06,079 --> 00:35:07,400
Speaker 3: Can't stop anybody.

657
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:11,440
Speaker 5: If you can't stop anybody, Uh, there're it's really hard

658
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:16,880
to be able to go rocky on on folks. And

659
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,039
by that, I mean you're standing in the middle of

660
00:35:19,079 --> 00:35:21,800
the ring with your arms down by your side and

661
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:24,880
just letting Apollo Creed swing at your chin.

662
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:25,760
Speaker 4: Uh.

663
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Speaker 5: You know you get knocked down really quickly normally when

664
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:30,480
that happens.

665
00:35:31,079 --> 00:35:31,320
Speaker 4: Yeah.

666
00:35:31,639 --> 00:35:34,639
Speaker 2: Uh, the Colorado State Rams three and three right now,

667
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,840
one and oh in the Mountain West. But you know

668
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:41,360
you mentioned taking care of the football, and they they

669
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:44,119
took a hit this week, Stephen because star wide receiver

670
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:47,840
Terry Horton, a two time first team All Mountain West selection,

671
00:35:48,039 --> 00:35:50,440
He will miss the rest of the season for the

672
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,719
for the Rams haven't disclosed the injury. He did suffer

673
00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:57,639
a knee injury in the last game, so we'll I

674
00:35:57,679 --> 00:35:59,400
don't want to speculate, but I think we can put

675
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,440
two and two the other and say it's probably somewhat

676
00:36:01,519 --> 00:36:05,039
knee related. But Horton was a two time team captain,

677
00:36:05,199 --> 00:36:07,760
six foot three, one hundred and eighty five pound wide

678
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,360
receiver that's led Colorado State and receiving with ninety six

679
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,480
receptions for eleven hundred and thirty six yards and eight

680
00:36:14,519 --> 00:36:18,280
scores last year. The year before, seventy one receptions eleven

681
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:22,599
hundred thirty one yards and eight scores the year before,

682
00:36:23,199 --> 00:36:26,239
you know, finishing his Colorado State career just thirty five

683
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:30,159
yards of the shy of the school record for receiving yards.

684
00:36:30,159 --> 00:36:32,960
So you know, a big hit for coach j Norbel's

685
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,920
team is they're going to be coming into coming into

686
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,719
the springs trying to recapture that ram Falcon Trophy.

687
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:40,880
Speaker 4: And eight pm kickoff, Steven on.

688
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:45,239
Speaker 2: The CBS Sports Network is Colorado State is seven point favorite?

689
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Speaker 4: All right?

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Speaker 2: We got a Travis Manning Foundation on a roll segment

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States Air Force Captain Scott Craven passed away unexpectedly on

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February the twenty seventh, two thousand and six, while a

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passenger in an automobile accident in Valdosta, Georgia. He was

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in Valdosta where he was an instructor pilot at Moody

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Air Force Base. Captain Craven was a graduate of the

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United States Air Force Academy. Attended junior college before going

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on to the academy, where he attended pilot training and

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earned his wings. In December two thousand and three, he

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received the Flight Commander's Award for Leadership and was stationed

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there at Moody Air Force Base, studying for his master's

725
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degree in at Embury Riddle Aeronautical University. Scott had so

726
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many character strengths, including his intense love of learning. While

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at the Air Force Academy, he took on many difficult

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challenges as many cadets too, and one of his difficult

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courses was working on a master's degree, you know afterwards

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in engineering from Imbury Riddle.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 2: But he said he wasn't the biggest guy, I wasn't

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the fastest guy on the quarter of the field, but

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then never stopped. Scott captain of his high school football team.

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He led from the front, motivating his teammates by example.

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It was as a result he was named of the

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Bucks County Pennsylvania All Star Team and awarded honorable mention

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to the Pennsylvania All Catholic Team. His true love athletically

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was basketball. Scott's perseverance paid off and he earned a

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walk on position at Valley Forg's Military Academy on the

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basketball team, and he later walked on to the Air

742
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Force Academy rugby team, where he played all four years,

743
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having never previously played the game. Scott was serving again

744
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:48,880
as an instructor pilot Moody Air Force Base, and he

745
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was visiting elementary school kids at Sallas Mahone Elementary School,

746
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spending time with children of deployed military personnel, and at

747
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no time the children and Scott became fast friends. His

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words spread among his colleagues regarding his service. More pilots

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began spending time encouraging the children of their brothers and

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sisters in arms to become mature and responsible adult. Scott

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gave the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country while it

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was at home. Certainly, Captain Craven is not missed as

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he was a native of Bensalem in Salem, Pennsylvania, born

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on May the twentieth, nineteen seventy nine, but Captain Scott

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Craven gave that ultimate sacrifice on Ify the twenty seven,

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two thousand and six, and we again, the Travis Manon

757
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Foundation is carrying on that legacy of servicing commitment on

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behalf of Scott and so many others that have given

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that ultimate sacrifice.

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

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and Stripes Service Academy Football.

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Speaker 2: All right, final segment here on Yards and Stripes, Army,

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Navy and Air Force. That is what we do and

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those are the games that we're gonna pick. But once

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again want to thank the Travis Mannion Foundation for letting

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us highlight their outstanding work and fallen heroes. As families

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of those fallen heroes are carrying on that legacy a

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commitment service in communities across the country. And you want

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to find out more check them out online at Travismanion

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dot org. Steven, and you know, before we get to

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our picks, because you and I always have fun picking

778
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some games.

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Speaker 4: You know, a few nos and notes.

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Speaker 2: Jeff Munkin, the Army head coach, and Brian Newberry, the

781
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Navy head coach, both named to the Bobby Dodd Coach

782
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of the Year mid season WATS lists this week. So

783
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obviously undefeated starts that's going to get you notice, and

784
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they certainly have been noticed by the Bobby Dodd Coach

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of the Year folks. Based out of Atlanta, Georgia, navyes

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game against East Carolina on Black that will be against Black.

787
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Speaker 4: Let me try that again.

788
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Speaker 2: Navy's game at ECU will be played on Black Friday.

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That will be a twelve noon kickoff, mister Stephen Carney

790
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on ESPN, ESPN. Next Saturday's game against Notre Dame, that's

791
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gonna be a twelve new kickoff from MetLife Stadium up

792
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in New York. But that's either gonna be on ABC

793
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or ESPN. We don't know yet, but that kickoff will

794
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be announced on Sunday as far as the network that

795
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that will be broadcast on. And then Armies Bryson Daily

796
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named to name the American Offensive Player of the Week

797
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for the second straight week. Surprise surprise, also to the

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Navy O'Brien Great eight for Week seven, and also honored

799
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by the Maxwell Award once again. So those honors continue

800
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to pour in for Armies bryceon Daily. But Steven, we

801
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got three games to pick, and let me just let

802
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:56,079
me just I'm gonna put you on the spot here

803
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because I was thinking about it the other day and

804
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I didn't tell you this was coming right now. Before

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we get to our picks, go power rankings. How would

806
00:43:04,639 --> 00:43:07,559
you power rank our three teams right now at this

807
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point in the season.

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Speaker 5: Well, the easy one is is that air Force is three. Yeah, yeah,

809
00:43:14,679 --> 00:43:18,599
uh yeah, I think that that is without without a doubt,

810
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you know. And it's sad to see, uh you know

811
00:43:21,599 --> 00:43:24,440
what the how far the Falcons have fallen off from

812
00:43:24,519 --> 00:43:27,920
last year. Uh you know, but that that's what happens

813
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:32,280
when you lose so many starters and so many stars, uh.

814
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Speaker 3: That that team had.

815
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Speaker 5: Uh you know, when you had a bunch of a

816
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:39,920
bunch of seniors who were uh, the the folks that

817
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:45,039
were the straws that proverbially stirred the drink, uh and

818
00:43:45,119 --> 00:43:47,800
you and they all go away because they're starting their

819
00:43:48,159 --> 00:43:52,119
military career. Uh. You know, you've you've got to find

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00:43:52,159 --> 00:43:54,199
those folks, and they don't have them this year.

821
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Speaker 3: So uh So air Force for me is three.

822
00:43:58,559 --> 00:44:04,760
Speaker 5: Uh for me, Navy is two mostly because you know,

823
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:09,079
when you look at how the service academies normally play,

824
00:44:10,119 --> 00:44:14,159
I think that Army plays a stronger version of service

825
00:44:14,159 --> 00:44:19,400
academy football. Navy is certainly a lot more creative. They

826
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have had to improvise, adapt and overcome in certain cases.

827
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You know, I don't think that they wanted Blake Corvath

828
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thrown for almost three hundred yards in a game, but

829
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that's what had to happen for them in order to win.

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00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:34,480
Speaker 4: Yeh.

831
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Speaker 5: But I think that that's the reason why I have

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Navy two and I have Army one. I was on

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the radio in Fort Myers here this morning as we're

834
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taping this on on Thursday evening, I was on Thursday

835
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morning with Miller and Moulton on ESPN Southwest, I think

836
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they call it now and the Florida Sports Radio Network.

837
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But they asked me who I thought had the better

838
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shot of beating Notre Dame because both Army and Navy

839
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have Notre Dame on their schedule coming up here in

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the next couple of weeks. And I said that I

841
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thought Army had the better shot because I thought they

842
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had the better offensive line. But I said, just looking

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00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:20,360
at what happened with Northern Illinois tells you that they

844
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both have a shot.

845
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I hear you. I certainly would go without

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you know, any shock here. I mean certainly Air Force

847
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would be three. I was looking at it the other day,

848
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and not in the context of power rankings, but looking

849
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at the AP rankings, just because I was kind of

850
00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:43,440
curious and looking at the opponents so far, I would

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00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:47,159
probably go Army two at this point in Navy one.

852
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And the only reason why I would do that would

853
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be really one statistic.

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Speaker 4: More than anything.

855
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:58,519
Speaker 2: You know, their opponents Navy's opponents have, or the record

856
00:45:58,519 --> 00:46:01,639
of Navy's opponents that they and so far, obviously they've

857
00:46:01,639 --> 00:46:05,320
only played five games Armies played six. Armies or Navy's

858
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:10,199
opponents are a combined eleven in nineteen Army's opponents to

859
00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:13,920
this point, with their six wins at this point are

860
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a combined eleven and twenty four, so virtually the same

861
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except five more losses.

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Speaker 4: I think the.

863
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Speaker 2: Three road wins conference road wins is big for Army.

864
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:29,440
I think the difference, though, is the win over Memphis.

865
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:34,000
I think that's the best win amongst the eleven total

866
00:46:34,039 --> 00:46:36,679
wins that the two teams have. I just think that

867
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:40,280
Memphis win Memphis obviously is five and one right now.

868
00:46:40,559 --> 00:46:43,159
To me, that's the one that Navy can hang their

869
00:46:43,199 --> 00:46:45,119
hat on. If it were Army and this was the

870
00:46:45,159 --> 00:46:48,440
exact situation and Army had the win over Memphis, I

871
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:51,480
put Army number one. I just think that win over

872
00:46:51,559 --> 00:46:54,440
Memphis is a big one. They were the preseason favorite

873
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:55,280
to win the league.

874
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:57,559
Speaker 5: I get I get that, but then I also look

875
00:46:57,599 --> 00:47:01,519
at you know, both teams have played Temple, and both

876
00:47:01,559 --> 00:47:05,360
teams have played ua B, and Army came out with

877
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:06,639
the better with the better.

878
00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:08,159
Speaker 3: Scores on both of those games.

879
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Speaker 5: So yeah, that's that's another reason why I do have Army.

880
00:47:13,079 --> 00:47:16,280
I mean, it's really close, and you're right, you know,

881
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:20,360
Memphis is obviously the best win for either team so

882
00:47:20,519 --> 00:47:25,039
far this year. But you look at it, both teams

883
00:47:25,039 --> 00:47:30,639
played Temple, both teams played UAB, both teams won those games.

884
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:35,199
Army had the better result, usually better offensive numbers, better

885
00:47:35,239 --> 00:47:36,159
defensive numbers.

886
00:47:36,360 --> 00:47:38,360
Speaker 2: Yep, I can totally see why you go that way

887
00:47:38,519 --> 00:47:41,280
in that rationale. All right, let's let's get to the

888
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:43,480
pick so we can get out of here. Let's talk

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00:47:43,679 --> 00:47:46,960
Army and East Carolina first, Steven, I think this one

890
00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:50,920
number twenty three Army, you know, air Force or East

891
00:47:50,920 --> 00:47:54,559
Carolina has struggled. They haven't played well since their wins

892
00:47:54,599 --> 00:47:58,119
over Norfolk State and ODU obviously two you know, bottom

893
00:47:58,119 --> 00:48:02,039
feed or programs. They're nothing like what they're what you

894
00:48:02,079 --> 00:48:04,159
know Army's going to bring to the table this weekend.

895
00:48:04,199 --> 00:48:06,280
I'm thinking it's going to be a big Army win.

896
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:09,119
I'm like an army maybe you know, to the tune

897
00:48:09,159 --> 00:48:12,559
of forty nine to thirteen, something very very big.

898
00:48:13,119 --> 00:48:17,519
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm along those lines as well. I think I

899
00:48:17,719 --> 00:48:21,719
think I had it at forty to seventeen. But really,

900
00:48:22,119 --> 00:48:24,920
this should not be a problem for the Black Knights.

901
00:48:25,039 --> 00:48:29,559
You're at home. You've got a team that just gave up,

902
00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:32,920
as I mentioned, three hundred and eleven yards of rushing

903
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:37,400
to Charlotte and and the Black Knights are a much

904
00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:41,000
better rushing team than the forty nine ers are, so

905
00:48:41,119 --> 00:48:43,000
they should be able to run the ball down the

906
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:46,400
pirate's throat. You know, you end up with you know,

907
00:48:46,559 --> 00:48:50,960
thirty seven, thirty eight, thirty nine, maybe even forty minutes

908
00:48:51,519 --> 00:48:54,760
in time of possession, and you got another opportunity to

909
00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:57,840
let some of your uh, some of your backups, you know,

910
00:48:57,920 --> 00:49:02,719
your second third string guys again some significant playing timing.

911
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:06,519
Get them ready because you know, once the seniors leave

912
00:49:06,599 --> 00:49:08,400
this year, they're the ones that are gonna have to

913
00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:11,159
take up the mantle in twenty twenty five. Get them

914
00:49:11,199 --> 00:49:13,840
ready and get them in situations to succeed.

915
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:15,159
Speaker 3: And I think they get another chance.

916
00:49:15,719 --> 00:49:19,000
Speaker 2: All right, Navy and Charlotte on Saturday at three thirty,

917
00:49:19,039 --> 00:49:22,519
the homecoming in Annapolis. Both teams really like to run

918
00:49:22,559 --> 00:49:26,400
the football and do it well or the forty nine

919
00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:29,920
ers had six rushing touchdowns last weekend. I think this

920
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:32,519
is gonna be a little bit more lower scoring. I

921
00:49:32,519 --> 00:49:34,719
think it's gonna be close, Steven. I think this one

922
00:49:34,719 --> 00:49:36,800
could come down to who makes the stops on third

923
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:39,800
downs or maybe get set late turnover, maybe a fumble recovery.

924
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:42,079
But I think Navy's gonna pull out a close one.

925
00:49:42,079 --> 00:49:43,800
But I think it's gonna be close, maybe to the

926
00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:47,119
tune of I'll say twenty seven to twenty four by

927
00:49:47,119 --> 00:49:47,760
a field goal.

928
00:49:48,280 --> 00:49:52,480
Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't think it's gonna be that close. I think,

929
00:49:52,559 --> 00:49:56,280
you know, this line is sixteen. I don't think it's

930
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:59,239
gonna be sixteen. I think it's gonna be under two touchdowns.

931
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:02,840
But I think I think it's probably gonna be you know,

932
00:50:03,039 --> 00:50:04,239
thirty four to twenty one.

933
00:50:04,639 --> 00:50:05,320
Speaker 3: Uh you know.

934
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:07,039
Speaker 5: I I think I think it's going to be close

935
00:50:07,119 --> 00:50:11,559
to two touchdowns but not quite there. But this I

936
00:50:11,599 --> 00:50:14,199
don't think is going to be quite as close to

937
00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:16,280
a game as you do. I think, but I think

938
00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:18,360
they end up with a with a with a with

939
00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:21,920
a uh not not a not as easy of a

940
00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:23,400
win as Army gets.

941
00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:25,039
Speaker 4: I got you, all right.

942
00:50:25,039 --> 00:50:27,320
Speaker 2: In the last game of the day, eight o'clock Eastern

943
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:31,199
Standard time kickoff, the ram Falcon Trophy on the line

944
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:35,519
in the Springs, Colorado State and Air Force. Air Force

945
00:50:35,599 --> 00:50:38,800
obviously still looking for a win. They've lost what five

946
00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:41,760
straight after getting the win over Merrimack to start the season.

947
00:50:42,639 --> 00:50:47,079
I like Colorado State, Stephen. I think maybe the Rams

948
00:50:47,559 --> 00:50:51,440
will go twenty seven seventeen. I don't think it's super

949
00:50:51,519 --> 00:50:54,679
high scoring, but I think it's gonna be a I

950
00:50:54,679 --> 00:50:57,480
won't I don't think ten points is quite comfortable, but

951
00:50:57,559 --> 00:51:00,480
I think it'll be enough for the ram to go

952
00:51:00,519 --> 00:51:02,840
in there and get the win and get the ram

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Falcon Trophy back.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I feel the same way.

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Speaker 5: I think it's probably going to be about that same

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I think I think I have it at twenty four fourteen,

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you know, but I think that you know, somewhere in

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that ten to thirteen point range is where this this

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ends up being. You know, unless you know, if air

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Force can put up thirty seven points this week, they

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get a victory. The problem is that they're not playing

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New Mexico, so you know, the rest of the rest

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of the time. If you look at the other four

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games that they played and taking the Merrimac game out

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of it, you know, they scored less than you know,

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ten points in three of them and failed to get

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to twenty points in all four of them. So I

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can't see them getting three touchdowns in this game against

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Colorado State, which makes me think it's going to be

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twenty seven.

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Speaker 3: I'm sorry, twenty four to fourteen.

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Speaker 4: It's Stephen.

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Speaker 2: I'm liking these games. I'm liking having some internet back for.

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Speaker 4: Our upload speech Mabe.

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Speaker 2: For each segment, I don't want to share it too

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much for our listeners, but if they only knew. But

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all I know is that you've got power, you've got internet.

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I have the same, and we're all safe, we're all happy,

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and everybody's okay surviving the storm season.

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Speaker 4: So it's just damn good to be back with.

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Speaker 2: You without looking over our right shoulder, our left shoulder

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to see what you know, what the rain's doing outside,

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what the win's doing. So just you know, been looking

984
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forward to this all week hoping we could do it,

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and we obviously got to.

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Speaker 4: But we will do it again next week.

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Speaker 2: Steven, as we were part of the Last Word on

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Sports Podcasts Network, Appreciate the Travis Mannon Foundation. Appreciate all

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our listeners. We get a new episode every single week.

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It's all about Army, Navy and Air Force here and brother,

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I can't wait to see again.

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Speaker 5: Can't wait look forward to next week. Next week we

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get to sock Notre Dame.

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Speaker 2: Enjoy the games, everybody.

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Speaker 1: And next time for Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football.

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