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

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Navy and Air Force. This is Yarns and Stripes Service

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

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Speaker 2: Carney, episode twelve of Yards and Stripes your home for

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Service Academy Football. He is Stephen Carney and I'm Pryce Atkinson,

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and we are Army, Navy and Air Force. That is

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what we do is we are part of the Last

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Word on Sports podcast Network, and Steven you are front

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and center last weekend. We're gonna get to it. First

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things first, it was a sweet all three of our teams,

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That's right, they all got dubs on Saturday, Army, Navy,

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and Air Force. So we got a lot of happy

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campers around this these parts this week because Army, Navy

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and Air Force all walk out a winner, especially Air

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Force stopping a seven game slide. So we'll get into that. First.

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We got to get a Stephn update. Papa Yn's what's

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the toppings on that pie? Tonight?

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Speaker 3: The pie is empty tonight, No, p it's a uh

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for tonight's game, uh, or for tonight's episode as we're

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taping this.

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Speaker 4: Uh, just it just has not happened to gone.

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Speaker 2: Two weeks in a row with the boneless wing meal

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that may be hungry last week, and then you did

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the Papa yawns the week before of the meat lovers,

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and so Dad Guma'm used to like going to bed

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like starving now because I get a food report or

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watch you eat as we you know, put this bit,

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put this track, this baby, and lay down a podcast

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for our loyal, outstanding listening till.

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Speaker 3: We start doing this on YouTube and and everybody's gonna

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have to watch me eat.

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Speaker 2: We need. We might have to be going to video

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at some point, especially with.

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Speaker 4: Thought it's coming, It's coming.

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Speaker 2: I have a feeling with the delicacies that you're you

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know ingesting uh there in Central Florida. I'm quite jealous,

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and I'm sure all our listeners would be too. But

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as I mentioned Steven the sweep last weekend, we're gonna

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get into all three games. We got the Travis Median

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Foundation on a roll segment. We got two games to

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look at to this coming week. We got picks to make.

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We got a lot of news and notes. Is a

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lot of postseason awards are really starting to come into focus.

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Voting is ongoing Army. The college football playoff rankings Army

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checks in for the second straight week, meant we got

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a ton to do, so Steven the best podcast producer

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in the entire world, let's get to it.

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Speaker 4: Then.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna start right there in Tampa, where Steven M.

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Carney resides, because Navy came to town and got a

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twenty eight to seven win on Saturday over the South

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Florida Bulls. Maybe now seven and two five and one.

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South Florida dropp into four and five and two and three,

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But the biggest thing was Navy ending a two game slide.

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Was Stephen on or on site looking live, and Navy

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was helped certainly by the three USF turnovers and stop

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the Bulls on a pair of fourth down conversions while

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holding them to just sixty yards rushing. Stephen, take it away,

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what did those eyes see?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: First off, the thanks to Joey Johnson and Jim Lighthall,

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a couple of the broadcasters for USF who had taken

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to calling it the Steve Carnibowl, Because being a Navy

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veteran and a USF alum, I gotta I got a

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chance to see the two teams that I am the

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most interested in when it comes to uh Division I

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college football. So I got a great opportunity. My thanks

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to Brian Secret of the University of South Florida for

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making it all happen. Appreciate Brian on short notice, hook

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and a brother up. I'm gonna be honest with you.

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When things got started the way that they did, I

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was like, this Bulls team is in trouble because I mean,

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you come right out, you get you get a first down,

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you know, and then from the forty you see Hide

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and Wright take the ball and around and all of

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a sudden he's off to the races and he's going

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for a touchdown, and you're going, uh oh, here we go.

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And then to watch the Bulls go down the fields

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get picked off, and then then and then Navy turns

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around and goes thirteen plays to make it fourteen to nothing.

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Speaker 4: You know, in the first quarter.

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Speaker 3: At that point, you know USF is playing without it

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starting quarterback and Byron Brown there they've got their second

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string quarterback in Bryce Archie going in. Archie is not

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the same caliber of quarterback. He's a good quarterback, but

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Byron Brown is so dynamic. Not only can he stand

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in the pocket and pick teams apart.

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Speaker 4: But he's got probably the best legs.

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Speaker 3: Of any non option quarterback in college football. Let's just

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put it that way. He's he could play option football.

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He is that tough of a quarterback. And the fact

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of the matter is the Bulls are without him, and

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they have been without him now for the last three

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or four weeks, and you can see that there is

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a significant drop off to the Bulls offense. So to

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go down fourteen to nothing early, and then there was

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kind of an interesting moment when Navy fumbled the ball

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on the second quarter. You know, the Bulls get the

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ball around there around the Navy forty and they looked

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like they get a first down, and you're thinking, Okay,

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this could be the point where USF gets back into

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this game. They end up going for it on fourth

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down from about the twenty eight yard line, and I

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was kind of scratching my head because I know Alex

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Golis likes to be a little aggressive in those cases.

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You know, he wants six, I get it, or he

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wants seven. I certainly stand that. But at that point,

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it's fourth and five. It's not like it's fourth and one.

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It's fourth and five or so from the twenty eight

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and Bryce Archie gets sacked, you know, for a loss

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of ten. They turn the ball over on downs and

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I'm thinking to myself, that's probably the point where you know,

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if you're if you're Navy, you're thinking, we've got this

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well in hand because they don't want to put points

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on the board. I figured, you kick the field goal,

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you get, you make it eleven, You're still got opportunities

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here in in the first half to try and make

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something happen. You're gonna get the ball to start the

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second half. So even if you're down four, you know,

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if you say it's fourteen ten at halftime, you're getting

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the ball to start the second half. You got an

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opportunity to go take the lead to start the second half.

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I was very I kind of scratched my head on

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that play early. But then you know, Navy does score,

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you know, with a couple of seconds left in the

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first half, to go up twenty one nothing, and at

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that point you're going, all right, this game. You knew

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the second half was gonna go a lot quicker than

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the first half.

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Speaker 4: At that point, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Well, maybe running for over three hundred and twenty that

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certainly helped maybe keep the ball for darn near forty

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lays on the ground, Yeah, quite a lot, and efficient too,

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but nyvy having the ball for over thirty eight minutes

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in the game and keeping the USF offense off the field,

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and certainly maybe didn't play mistake free football. As you know,

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Blake Korbaf put one ball on the ground, maybe put

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two more on the ground, but they didn't lose those.

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But the one fumble was really the kind of the

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the only miss queue maybe of the afternoon. But maybe

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going back on the road, the biggest thing was getting

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back in the win column and staying afloat while you're

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gonna need some help, and certainly this weekend you can

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take a little bit of it into your own hands

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if you're the midshipman, but you do stay in the

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American Athletic Conference championship game in regular season title race.

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So a lot coming down the stretch here. We'll talk

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about that here in just a little bit, the what

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ifs and how that might play out. But Navy again

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twenty eight to seven over South Florida there in Tampa,

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the home of Stephen Carney himself, and thank goodness he

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was there. To witness and give us the report as

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we'll now pivot excuse me to the Black Knights number

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eighteen Army hosting, or excuse me hitting the road to

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North Texas and Denton. But Boy Bryson Daily returns as

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a nacious nation's longest winning streak Stephen is intact and

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it is now at thirteen games as Army did trail

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for the first time since last November, but it didn't

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last long as the Black Knights roared back and they

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now match their nine to zero start from the perfect

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nineteen forty nine in nineteen fifty season when they had

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a seventeen game winning streak that spanned those two seasons.

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But the story of the day, Bryce and Daily, he

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returns and he didn't just get back on the field.

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How about caring for a season high thirty six times

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for one fifty three and both the Army's touchdowns.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and not only that, but you saw what Army

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does best, and that is grind other teams.

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Speaker 4: To a pulp. You look at it.

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Speaker 3: All you have to do is look at the play

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by play, the drive summaries. There were only six drives

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in the first half, There were only seven drives in

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the second half. So it's amazing to see how long

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and how much time Army had in this game, over

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forty one minutes, almost forty two minutes of possession time

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in this game, including what ended up being you know,

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I would say it might be the culmination of this

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football season when when you look at what Army did

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in that in the their first well, their first drive

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but they get North Texas to go three and out

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and then go on a twenty one play drive going

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eighty four they win I'm sorry, ninety four yards from

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the six all the way in to the end zone.

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They end up with thirteen minutes of possession that on

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that that that drive went into the fourth quarter, which

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meant that North Texas in the third quarter of this

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game had the ball for exactly thirty eight seconds of time.

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It's an it's just an incredible, you know, microcosm of

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Army's season. They ground the the mean Green to to

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a pulp. This was a team that had not scored

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less than twenty one points in any game this season,

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and they get held to three on their opening drive.

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That was it. It did mean that Army actually trailed

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in a game for the first time this year, as

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you mentioned, but just an absolutely incredible performance from Bryce

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and Daily in this game. And and other than the

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the fumble late that was not Daily Uh.

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Speaker 4: You know, I was thinking, you know, when when Kanye U.

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Speaker 3: Doo Uh fumbles the ball at that point in the

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fourth quarter and gives the Mean Green an opportunity to

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get back into this game, and you saw everybody go

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over and tap Tabooda on the on the on the shoulder.

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You know, Jeff Bunkin is not happy with him, you

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could tell that straight up. But all of his teammates

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were behind him. They knew that. The especially the defensive

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UH players. They all went over to him and said,

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we got you, buddy, and they they went and another

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interception in the end zone, and all of a sudden,

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Udo's feeling a lot better about himself.

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Speaker 2: Well, you mentioned the drive or army that started in

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the third quarter and ended in the fourth. You know,

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twenty one plays ninety four yards, three thirteen minutes, fifty

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four seconds, just a minute, just over a minute, shy

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sixty six sixty six second, shy of taking an entire quarter.

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The Brice and Daily cap with that two yard run

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that made the you know, for the game's final margin

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of fourteen to three. Armies second nationally in time of

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possession at nearly thirty five minutes per game, topping out

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more than forty one on Saturday against North Texas. And

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you know, obviously they avoided negative plays again. You know,

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Armies only allowed eighty five yards and sacks and tackles

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for a loss this season, by far, the lowest in

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the country. But you know, getting away from Army's offense

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for a minute, Steve and I want to get back

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to the Army defense because, like you said, they gave

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up that field goal on North TeX's opening drive. But

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after that team this high power mean green offense to

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just two hundred and eighty three yards. Now, granted they

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only had it for eighteen minutes, so it's not that much.

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But North Texas was averaging forty one points a game

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and more than five hundred yards of total offense. They

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only had two hundred and eighty three in the game

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and obviously didn't he didn't even find the end zone.

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Quarterback Channel Morris. He had thrown for three hundred yards

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and five straight. He was at what two sixty I

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think is what he finished with. You know, obviously picked

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off Morris twice in the end zone, which is certainly

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gonna help. But Army leading the nation also in defensive

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points per game allowed at just eleven average per game.

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Army's defense is still playing lights out football in just

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of a big story that has Armies still undefeated now

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at nine to zero.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and you think about this, The North Texas converted

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four third downs all games. Army converted one, two, three,

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four third downs on that drive alone and a fourth down.

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that on that enormous on that gargantuan drive that that

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took place in the second half. Like I said, I

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was watching that game after Navy and USF and I

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you know, coming back from the from the half and

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seeing the turnover at that point and then you're going okay,

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and then they they go on that drive and I

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Speaker 4: I had this huge smile on my face.

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Speaker 3: You can see the smile on my face right now,

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like it was about three times beside because I was

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just like, look at that, just keep.

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Speaker 4: Moving the chains. Look at it.

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Speaker 3: Move the chains again, Move the chains again, move the

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chains again. It was unreal how many first downs they

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converted on that drive to just basically milk every last

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vestige of North Texas's pride away from them.

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Speaker 2: Army nine and oh and still inside track now for

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that American Athletic Conference Championship game, which just one they're in.

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They are in, opponent unknown, will they host, that is unknown.

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But inside track for a lot of different things. College

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football playoff potentially is Boise State. They won yet again.

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We'll get into that in just a little bit, but

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the biggest thing is nine and oh right now and

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a chance to win the American Athletic Conference Championship in

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their first season. And we will talk a lot about

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a lot more about the situations the scenarios here. Coming

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up is they only have one more conference game, and

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we'll talk about that here just a little bit, as

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Navy will be a non conference game. So let's move

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to our last game. And we told you it was

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a sweep, and so yes, we can report and we

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are certainly happy to report, Stephen, that the Air Force Academy,

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they have done it. They have snapped the seven game

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losing streak. They have won a Mountain West Conference game

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this season, and against a pretty dagdam good team too

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in Fresno State Air Force thirty six to twenty eight

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over the Bulldogs. Air Force now two and seven, one

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and four in the mount Less Presno drop into an

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even five and five, three and three in the mount Less.

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And this was the first taste of victory obviously for

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air Force since the season opener against Merrimack and you know,

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trailing Fresno State twenty one to seventeen and a half.

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It was the Falcons in the second half with a

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field goal just before the break and then Quintin Hayes

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first to two touchdowns on the ground the second half.

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In all, air Force scored nineteen unanswered points from the

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final play of the second quarter until thirty seconds left

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in the game. Stephen, that was what got it done.

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That was the difference in the game for the Falcons.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and this was a Troy Calhoun like performance from

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this team.

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Speaker 4: They got a ton of rushing.

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Speaker 3: I mean, they ran the ball for three hundred and

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forty four yards in this game.

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Speaker 4: They had eighty running plays in this game.

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Speaker 3: And I'm gonna say it again, eighty eight zero running

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plays in this game. They had two guys that had

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more than twenty five carries, and Quintin Hayes had twenty

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five and Dylan Carson.

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Speaker 4: Had thirty three rushes in this game. This was just.

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Speaker 3: How much of the football can Fresno State's defense have

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shoved down its throat? And the answer is forty five

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minutes worth of it. This was This was all Falcons.

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I know that the the score is close, but I

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mean it you think about it. The Frisno States, their

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their touchdowns came on drives of seven plays, three plays,

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three plays and uh and then a uh uh and

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then nine plays in the in the second half, but

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their first half, their first half scores were were quick,

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whereas air Force had nineteen plays, fourteen plays, eleven plays,

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twelve plays.

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Speaker 4: I mean, they they were just I loved seeing it. This.

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Speaker 3: This was great to see. I you know, we've been

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waiting all year, going what where? What are the falcons?

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You know, what sort of identity does this team have?

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Because this team didn't have one. You know, we're going

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what you know, are they gonna run the ball? Are

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they gonna are they gonna try and hybridize this thing.

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Are they gonna try and throw the football because they're

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they're throwing three different quarterbacks out there.

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Speaker 4: No, no, no, no, no.

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Speaker 3: They they finally showed this is the type of team

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that they can be and they did it just.

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Speaker 4: In the nick of time.

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Speaker 3: They can't you know, it's not like they're gonna be

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able to go to a to a bowl game this year,

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you know, but you want to you want to finish

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this season, this regular season feeling you know, strong about

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yourself because then that's going to lead into everything that

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goes on in the spring and then everything that that

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takes place in the summer before you get ready for

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the twenty twenty five season for those guys that are

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still going to be around.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and obviously we're not shutting the book on this

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season yet, but you know, it was, you know, without

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a doubt, not even question, the best rushing performance of

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the season, not by light years for Air Force, running

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for three hundred and forty four on eighty carries as

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a team. And yeah, you say, well, I'm sure they

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destroyed Merrimac. Actually they only ran for one hundred and

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sixty six and the win over Merrimac.

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Speaker 4: Because we didn't know what they were.

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Speaker 2: Exactly so you know, without a doubt, and you mentioned

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Dylan Carson. How about this, you know, the kid, you know,

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comes in junior running back, and you know, he easily

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doubled his biggest output of the season, which was sixty

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yards and the most amount of carries he had had

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in the game was twelve. He carried thirty three times

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while scoring the first air force touchdown of the game.

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So you know, certainly, you know, getting some big plays,

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and you know, you do look ahead to next year

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a little bit because we obviously, you know, we know

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they're not going to go bowling and Quentin Hayes, you know,

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getting another start the sophomore out of enterprise Alabama boy

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slippery man, And I think what I'm you know, basically

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trying to get out right here is you know, not bowling,

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you want to win on senior day coming up, but

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starting to kind of invest in the future a little

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bit with a quarterback that's going to be around for

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a while, that he's not just there as a couple

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of coffee's a senior, he was a backup, comes in,

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he's gonna finish out the year. This is the guy

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you're gonna invest a little bit. Then he's a sophomore

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and he's getting some starts and by the time he

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you know gets it, you know, back for his junior year.

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Very likely could be we don't know when it comes

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to Dray Calhoun. Well might be the starting quarterback for

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air Force next year with the experience.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. Absolutely.

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Speaker 3: And you've got you've got two more conference games, uh

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in front of you.

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Speaker 4: They're both on the road.

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Speaker 3: You're gonna play Nevada, who is you know, probably maybe

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the worst, maybe the worst one FBS team.

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Speaker 4: In the country.

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Speaker 3: Uh, you know they are, They're horrendous and San Diego State,

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who is probably middle of the road. But I think

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a team that that air Force can beat you. We

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win those two games. You finished the conference with a

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three and four record. You're in the middle of the

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pack of the Mountain West. So you think about that.

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You had an awful start, uh outside of that that

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Merrimack game, and all of a sudden, you're finishing three

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and four, you're four and seven. Yes, it's not where

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you want to be, but you're in the You're gonna

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be ahead of a bunch of teams that and a

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couple of these teams that you probably shouldn't be like

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you're gonna be ahead of Utahs. You'll probably be ahead

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of Utah State. You'll probably be ahead of Wyoming. You

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might be ahead of Hawaii at that point. I mean

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you could be.

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Speaker 4: Uh.

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Speaker 3: You know, three wins is not gonna be put you

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in the top half, but you're gonna be outside. You're

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gonna be that middle third, which is I think a

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big plus uh for this for this Falcons team. Looking

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looking ahead to twenty twenty five, for these guys that

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are returning.

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Speaker 2: Well, certainly congratulations to Air Force getting off the snot

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stopping that losing streak. Is they will now get ready

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for Senior Day this coming weekend, their last home game

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in the Springs this season. We'll talk about that more

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here as we come back. But we've got our game

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balls to give out. Steven, who's gonna get your game

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ball this week?

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Speaker 4: Brother?

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Speaker 3: I've been thinking about this throughout this segment, and you've

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had a number of guys that that you could talk

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about in this Uh. In these three games, I'm not

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giving my game ball to one person. I'm giving my

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game ball to seven people. It is the front seven

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of Air Forces defense that I'm going to give it to.

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And here's why Fresno States running running rushing performance in

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this game. They finished with a combined minus five yards

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as a team rushing the football. Wow, minus five yards rushing.

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So the Air Force front seven gets my game ball

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this week.

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Speaker 2: Wow, I like it. I like it. My game ball

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is gonna go to. Of course, we're calling it the

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bryceon daily, you know, honorable game ball at this point,

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we've renamed it for the guy. But I'm gonna go

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with Army senior safety Max d Domenicous the Army defense

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what they did yet again. He led the team with

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nine tackles, seven of them solo, to go along with

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two pass breakups. So the senior safety Domenico di Domenico

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getting it done. But as a whole, the Army defense

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just continuing to play outstanding football again, leading in the

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nation at giving up just eleven points per game. Continued

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big plays, but North Texas likely without a doubt, probably

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the best offensive team that Army was going to see

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in their first year in the American not including the

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Naval Academy, and they just flat shut him down. And

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the two picks that were in the end zone, you know,

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just huge to keep him out of the end zone

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and to limit North Texas without even a touchdown this

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game after they were averaging forty one yards a game.

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I got to go with one of the stars and

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the stalwarts from the Army, the Army Defense, Max d

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Domenico with my game ball. All right, Steve, when we

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got two games, we got a preview, we got the

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Travis Manning Foundation on a segment, we got news and notes.

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We gotta tell you where Army checked in, and the

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latest college football playoff rankings. We're gonna do all that

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here when we come back on the Last Word on

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Sports Podcast Network, Steven, tell everybody what they can find.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely the Last Word on Sports Podcast Network for all

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things college gridiron, coast to coast Already this week we've

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got this week in the ACC. Of course, Miami falls

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from the ranks of the unbeaten at the hands of

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Georgia Tech. So that gets a lot of love on

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this week in the ACC for the guys that for

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it just means more football and coffee. They have a

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great conversation with the MBG himself, the message board genius,

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and they get into all things.

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Speaker 4: SEC this week.

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Speaker 3: Also, get off my pylon they're looking out west, the

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Holy War between BYU and Utah that went on until

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two am on Sunday morning. I had to be up

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for it, so yeah, I know all about that. They

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go Matt Deemmit goes deep into BYU Utah, plus talk

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about Oregon and Indiana in the Big Ten. And then

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of course Florida football insiders. I don't know if you

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know this, Price, but the state of Florida last week

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in college and pro football went one and eight. The

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only team that won last week was the Miami Dolphins

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on Monday night over Los Angeles. So price, price you get,

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you gotta want to listen to Jason Powers talk about

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the wildness that's going on.

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Speaker 4: He has Kevin Brockway of the Gainesville Sun.

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Speaker 3: They're talking about Billy Napier coming back and Todd Golden

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and the whole situation with the Florida basketball team as well.

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That is all this week here on The Last Word

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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, appreciate everybody tuning in this week to Yards

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and Stripes. You're home for Service Academy Football, Army, Navy,

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and Air Force. I'm Bryce Atkinson. He is Stephen Carney,

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and let's get to our game previews this week because

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we have two games to talk about, including a big

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one in Annapolis. But Army is off. They've got a

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bye week as they get ready for a big game

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against Notre Dame the following weekend. So we won't talk

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about Army and then get ready to take the field.

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But what we will talk about is Army checking in

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at number twenty four in the latest college football playoff rankings.

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They move up one spot. Stephen sitting right behind Army,

524
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how about two lost two lane? To me, that one

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speaks volumes and I know there's a lot of hand ringing.

526
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You know this week on the rankings where who you

527
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know checked in where? But the biggest thing is looking

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at Army's path, and you've got Boise State, who is

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in the mount West. Obviously, they're thirteenth in the latest

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rankings at eight and one. A reminder for everybody, their

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only loss was to number one Oregon by a field goal, Steven,

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So they have got a very good loss. If you're

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going to have what's what we would term is a

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good loss, Boise State at thirteen. Washington State the other

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non power team, you know, a group of five team

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that would be ahead of Army right now, Washington State

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eight and one at number eighteen, and.

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Speaker 4: Their only loss is to Boise State.

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Speaker 2: So there's a lot of things in play here. But

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as you and I were talking, look, Army's nine to

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zero and we want them to continue to run this

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stable and see how far they can take this thing.

543
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But with two lane, even with two losses, there are

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only one spot behind an undefeated Army team. You know,

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even if Army finds a way to go undefeated through

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this whole thing, Steven, I think they're going to need

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some help. I don't know if it's going to be

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that easy for Army to win out and then they

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find a spot. Is the G five team in the playoff.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Unfortunately the Black Knights right now, their chances of

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being in that twelve team playoff are significantly diminished. They

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are not dead by any stretch of the imagination, but

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unfortunately the You can see that the committee feels that

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Boise State has a much stronger schedule, and as you mentioned,

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their only losses to the top team in the country,

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Oregon who is ten and zero, and Washington State who

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is eight and one, And as I mentioned, their only

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loss is to Boise State. So that right there tells

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you where they put Army when it comes to these

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group of six teams. Right now, they're third. They would

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certainly get a lot closer to being second by doing

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one small, tiny little thing. It's very simple to only

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three words long beat Notre Dame because Notre Dame is

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in those twelve teams as well, and it would be

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the biggest win in Army schedule this year by strength

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of opponent. Right now, their strongest opponent is last week's

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win over North Texas, and that's a team that's right

568
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around five hundred. They're winning percentage combined winning percentage is

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somewhere in the vicinity of forty percent. They're like a

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four hundred strength of schedule as opposed to some of

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these other teams like a Boise State, like a Washington State,

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even some of these other big twelve clubs that are

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that are up there. You know, Colorado's got two losses,

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but they've they've had a very very good, uh good run.

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Here Louisville is in front of them, they have three losses. Uh,

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you know, South Carolina's got three losses, LSU has three losses.

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Speaker 4: You know, these are these are.

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Speaker 3: Teams that you know, I think even if Army goes

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under goes undefeated, you know, you're gonna be able to

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jump some of them, but you're not gonna be able

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to jump all of them.

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Speaker 4: Uh.

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Speaker 3: But so you're going to need to beat Notre Dame

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next week and you're going to need help. You're gonna

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need Boise to to fall off from from this point

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looking forward and looking at Boise State's schedule, maybe maybe

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Kenny's got a plan this week because they go to

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San Jose State this week. You would love to seek

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any of you my the lolo, you know, and Boise's

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opportunities at at possibly going for a for a spot

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in the CFP. Washington State, unfortunately, their schedule is almost

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as bad because they have New Mexico. They are at

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Oregon State, it's the only Pac twelve game of the season,

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and then they finished the year against Wyoming, so they

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don't have a very strong schedule to finish. So I

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could see them being eleven and one. You know, I

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can see Boise State maybe losing a game here and

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they'll still have to play in the in the conference

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championship at that point, probably against you know, either a

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Colorado State or a un L V.

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Speaker 4: So we'll see what happens.

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Speaker 2: We would love to see Army. Let me just say

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this up front, we would all love to see Army

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in the College Fullwall Playoff. I wasn't trying to be

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Debbie Downer or throw any round on the parade. I'm

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just My point was is simply that Army likely is

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going to need help. Even with a win over Notre

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Dame next weekend, They're still going to need some help.

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Speaker 3: It's not it's not that they're gonna need some help pricing.

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They need a lot of help. Yeah, they're gonna they're

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gonna need both Boising State and Washington State to stumble

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at least once more, Yeah, both of them. And then

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at that point then all bets are off.

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Speaker 2: A lot more football to be played, folks, A lot

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more can happen, a lot it will happen. What exactly

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will happen, we will wait and find out. But it'll

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be fun going through the journey together. All right, Let's

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go ahead and turn our attention, Steven, to our two

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games this coming weekend. We'll start as like we always do,

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in chronological order from kickoffs, and we will start in

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Annapolis on Saturday at twelve noon, number twenty five two

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lane eight and two six and zero in the American

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traveling to take on the Naval Academy seven and two

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five and one Senior Day in Annapolis. But Stephen, this game,

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I mean being billed is one of the biggest games

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in Navy Marine Corps memorial history, at least in recent history.

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And ironically, this is gonna be Navy's three hundred football

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game played at home there in that stadium, as twenty

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three seniors will be honored. This will be the twenty

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six all time meeting between the two teams, first time

631
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since twenty twenty. But boy, there is an awful lot

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on the line crucial to determining who will play in

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the American Athletic Conference Championship Game on Friday, December the six.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, because for Tulane, this is their chance to punch

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their ticket basically into the into the American Athletic Conference

637
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Championship Game and make sure that Navy is not in it,

638
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because you know, the Green wavers six to zero. A

639
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win this week would get them to seven and zero

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with one game left to play in in conference, so

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they would they would be the other team in the

642
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AAC Conference Championship Game and then it just determines on

643
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which team is going to end up being uh the

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host in this and you would still have an opportunity.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 4: I know that.

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Speaker 3: Army plays UTSA, Tulane has Memphis. Uh, both of both

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are going to be very difficult games. But that's down

649
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the road. That's still down the road a couple of weeks. So,

650
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but this is this is a big one for Tulane.

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You know, the the Green Wave have not seen a

652
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team like Navy this year. You know, I was looking,

653
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I was looking at their schedule here this year and

654
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you know they didn't they they haven't seen a team

655
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do what Navy does, uh this year. You know, their

656
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two losses were at home to Kansas State, which was

657
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by a touchdown, and then they lost by a couple

658
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of touchdowns to Oklahoma. So both of their losses are

659
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the top twenty ranked teams. So I I think that

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you know, this is going to be a matchup of

661
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styles clashes to the extreme. You know, you look at

662
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Tulane's quarterback Mensa Darien Mensa. You know, he's got sixteen touchdowns,

663
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only four interceptions. He's got a completion percentage of over

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sixty five percent. You know, there's a kid that knows

665
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how to take care of the football. But they also

666
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run the ball still pretty well as well. Also, you

667
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know they've got a thousand yard rusher. They are very

668
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very balanced, and the way to make sure that their

669
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offense is unbalanced is by holding the football. And that's

670
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exactly what Navy did last week against USF. I could

671
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see them doing it again this week against Tulane.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Again, this is a twelve noon kickoff on ESPN

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two in Annapolis and the two lane Green Wave. They

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are giving a touchdown Maybe is a seven point home

675
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underdog to the Green Wave over under in this one

676
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:14,039
is fifty two and a half. And you know, Tu

677
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Lane's gonna be going for a little bit of history

678
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right here in themselves. They've won sixteen straight American regular

679
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season games, putting the Green Wave one win, shy of

680
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Tyingsf's UCFS mark of seventeen straight from twenty seventeen to

681
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twenty nineteen. But you know, kind of getting back to

682
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you know the breakdown. You know. Look, a two Lane

683
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win that puts Nate, that puts a two Lane win

684
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on Saturday, puts the Green Wave in the championship game

685
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against the Black Knights, location to be determined depending on

686
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the rest of the regular season. But a tu Lane

687
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win in its Army versus Tu Lane in the AC

688
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Championship game on Friday, December six, a Navy win would

689
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put the Mids even with Tulane, and Navy would hold

690
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the tiebreaker over the Green Wave with the head to

691
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head win. A Navy loss obviously clinches the spot for

692
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Army tu Lane, but a Navy win over Tulane and

693
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then a Navy win over East Carolina and then potentially

694
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a Tulane win over Memphis couple with an Army loss

695
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to ut s A that would create a three way

696
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tie for first between Navy, Tulane and Army. We won't

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get into the tie breakers and all that, but.

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Speaker 3: No, because it's it is very It means I'd have

699
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to take my shoes off, uh to start count because

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it has to do with you know uh. Because now

701
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you're getting into strength of schedules, You're starting to get

702
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into you know, points against common opponents.

703
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Speaker 4: It's a it is a wild while.

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Speaker 3: Like I said, I gotta take my shoes off if

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we're gonna if we're gonna get into that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. John Sumrall has done a fantastic job since coming

707
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over from Troy to take over the Tulane program from

708
00:39:49,679 --> 00:39:53,039
Willie Fritz who left for Houston. John sumral is one

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of the rising stars and coaching. I don't say that

710
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,920
just because he is a fellow Kentucky Wildcat in the

711
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,800
UK ALM he is. There are a lot of people

712
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looking at him already as a potentially a potential higher

713
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and the sec the ACC So he might only be

714
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in New Orleans for one year, but we will find out.

715
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:15,320
They have more to go and coaching carousel has yet

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to start turning. But another stat here for you. A

717
00:40:20,119 --> 00:40:22,519
win on Saturday would give Navy a five to zero

718
00:40:22,559 --> 00:40:25,280
record at home, which would be the first time the

719
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:27,880
Mids have gone undefeated at home since twenty to nineteen,

720
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:29,880
when they went up perfect six and zero. But in

721
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,719
the seasons where the Navies had five or more home games,

722
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,599
they've only gone undefeated just five times at Navy Marine

723
00:40:36,639 --> 00:40:41,159
Corps Memorial Stadium nineteen eighty one, four, twenty thirteen to fifteen,

724
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and then nineteen and then also we'll see what the

725
00:40:45,639 --> 00:40:47,840
situation might be. Was something to keep in the back

726
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:51,519
of your head, potentially is Navy's won seventy two consecutive

727
00:40:51,559 --> 00:40:55,280
games at home when leading after three quarters, the nation's

728
00:40:55,519 --> 00:40:58,960
longest such streak. The last time Navy lost at home

729
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,079
when leading after three that was before I even got

730
00:41:02,079 --> 00:41:04,480
to the Naval Academy and was working in an athletic

731
00:41:04,559 --> 00:41:08,519
department in October twenty third of nineteen ninety nine, when

732
00:41:08,519 --> 00:41:11,599
the Mids led Akron twenty nine to thirteen and ended

733
00:41:11,679 --> 00:41:13,960
up losing thirty five to twenty nine.

734
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Speaker 4: Stephen, Yeah, let's not talk about that now.

735
00:41:17,639 --> 00:41:20,880
Speaker 2: Number twenty five two Lane and Navy again twelve noon

736
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ESPN two from Navy More Income Memorial Stadium, Tu Lane

737
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:27,519
A touchdown favor on the road. Fifty two and a

738
00:41:27,559 --> 00:41:30,159
half is the over under all Right, the other game, Stephen,

739
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:34,239
the Oregon State Beavers, the Conference Les Beavers. They are

740
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,719
heading to the Springs to take on two and seven

741
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:39,480
air Force. This is a three thirty Eastern Standard time

742
00:41:39,559 --> 00:41:43,880
kickoff on the CBS Sports Network. Oregon State giving three

743
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:47,039
and a half on the road over under forty four

744
00:41:47,039 --> 00:41:49,039
and a half in what will be the first ever

745
00:41:49,239 --> 00:41:51,920
meeting between these two schools.

746
00:41:52,559 --> 00:41:57,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, and this is a Beaver's team that, amazingly enough,

747
00:41:57,519 --> 00:42:00,800
at four and five, is in first place in the

748
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:04,199
PAC twelve. Because there really is no PAC twelve. It's

749
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:10,159
basically just Oregon State and Washington State as they have

750
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:14,000
their agreement with the Mountain West Conference set up for

751
00:42:14,159 --> 00:42:17,639
this year. Of course, next year the PAC twelve will

752
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:20,400
return with a bunch of teams that they have taken

753
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:25,400
from the Mountain West Conference. So I looked at, you know,

754
00:42:25,559 --> 00:42:31,159
what the Beavers have done well this year, and really

755
00:42:32,199 --> 00:42:34,840
what they have done well this year is run the football.

756
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,880
This is a this is a team that, much like

757
00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:41,119
air Force, is going to want to control the line

758
00:42:41,119 --> 00:42:44,639
of scrimmage. They are going to want to run the football.

759
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:49,559
They're averaging almost five yards of carry as a team.

760
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:55,800
You know, they've got twenty five rushing touchdowns as a

761
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:59,239
team here this year. They only have four passing touchdowns.

762
00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:03,719
So obviously they are going to want to run the

763
00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:09,840
football and control the line of scrimmage. I think that

764
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:13,079
this could end up being very much like what you

765
00:43:13,199 --> 00:43:15,599
see what or what I should say, what you saw

766
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:22,000
last week between Army in North Texas, where every possession

767
00:43:22,119 --> 00:43:26,679
is going to count for both sides. Because much like

768
00:43:27,159 --> 00:43:30,960
what we saw in Denton this past week, do not

769
00:43:31,119 --> 00:43:34,360
be surprised if there are only six total possessions in

770
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:38,960
the first half or eight total possessions in the first half.

771
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:40,519
Speaker 4: I don't see.

772
00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:46,679
Speaker 3: This one going, you know, twelve, fourteen, sixteen possessions and

773
00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:49,800
a half's unless there's a lot of three and outs,

774
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:51,400
and there could be a lot of three outs. But

775
00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:53,599
both of these teams are gonna want to run the football,

776
00:43:53,599 --> 00:43:54,920
and I don't see that happening.

777
00:43:55,639 --> 00:44:00,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with you on that, you know, stat for

778
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,719
you well, well, before you give you this one senior

779
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,800
day in the Springs, the senior class for Air Force yes,

780
00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:09,400
they're not gonna be going bowling this year. It stinks,

781
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:12,000
but still a chance to benish strong. This has been

782
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:16,000
an outstanding class of seniors for Troy Calhoun, thirty one

783
00:44:16,039 --> 00:44:19,639
and seventeen overall, seventeen to twelve in the Mount West.

784
00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:23,360
They've gone to three bowl games, winning them all, defeating

785
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:27,519
also a pair of Power five programs, including also James

786
00:44:27,599 --> 00:44:30,039
Madison last year in the Armed Forces Bowl when they

787
00:44:30,079 --> 00:44:32,920
were ranked in the top twenty five. So just certainly

788
00:44:33,159 --> 00:44:37,679
an outstanding opportunity to say thank you to those seniors

789
00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:41,840
and support them as they go out, you know, on

790
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:44,039
Saturday in their last game in the Springs. This Air

791
00:44:44,039 --> 00:44:45,599
Force will be on the road for the last two.

792
00:44:45,599 --> 00:44:49,239
But here's what did you know? Stephen Air Force is

793
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:52,679
just one of two schools nationally where the head coach,

794
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:57,079
offensive and defensive coordinators are all at their alma maters.

795
00:44:57,519 --> 00:45:01,320
Head coach Troy Calhoun, offensive coordinator Might Fast, and defensive

796
00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:05,719
coordinator Brian nor all academy graduates. Can you name the

797
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:06,440
other school?

798
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:10,360
Speaker 3: Oh, let me think about this. It's certainly not the

799
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:13,159
University of South Florida. I know that one for a fact.

800
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:18,199
As i'm as I try as I try and do

801
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:21,519
this is as quickly as I can, and I get.

802
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:22,480
Speaker 4: A region.

803
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:26,599
Speaker 3: Out west, all right, so they are out it's a

804
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:31,519
it's a program that is out west.

805
00:45:32,159 --> 00:45:34,519
Speaker 4: I'm gonna say, U c l A, I think to

806
00:45:34,639 --> 00:45:36,000
Sean Foster.

807
00:45:35,719 --> 00:45:36,679
Speaker 2: Went to U c l A.

808
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:41,280
Speaker 4: I'm gonna guess you see to.

809
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:44,920
Speaker 2: Give you the answer. It is the opponent on Saturday

810
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:47,960
for air Force, the Oregon Wow State Beavers.

811
00:45:48,119 --> 00:45:49,480
Speaker 4: I didn't know that the.

812
00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:53,159
Speaker 2: Only other school. They're head coach Trenton Bay, offensive coordinator

813
00:45:53,199 --> 00:45:57,760
Ryan Gunderson and their decordinator Keith Hayward. All O su alums,

814
00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:03,159
bet you didn't see that one and Furtesy courtesy of

815
00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:06,719
the Air Force Sports Information Office and my friend Troy Garnhart,

816
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:10,519
the outstanding sid at the Air Force Academy. So once

817
00:46:10,559 --> 00:46:14,840
again a three point thirty kickoff there on CBS Sports Network,

818
00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:17,159
Oregon State and air Force a three and a half

819
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:20,480
point favorite, as the Beavers are forty four and a

820
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:22,960
half is the over under Steven. We got more to

821
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:24,960
do here. We got a Travis Minon Foundation on a

822
00:46:25,079 --> 00:46:27,880
roll segment coming up just on the other side. We

823
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:29,559
got a bunch of notes to pass along. We got

824
00:46:29,559 --> 00:46:31,599
some picks to make Let's do that when we come back.

825
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Speaker 5: In two thousand and seven, Mareen First Lieutenant Travis Manion

826
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was killed in Iraq after saving his wooted teammates. Travis's

827
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legacy lives on through the words he spoke before his

828
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final deployment. If not me, then who Words that today

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fuel the spirit of Travis Manion Foundation and through TMF,

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these words can live in you too. Show the world

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

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Find out how you can strengthen the character of your

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community alongside empowered veterans, families of thea and inspired civilians

834
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at Travismannon dot org.

835
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Speaker 2: All right, welcome back in the Yards and stripes, your

836
00:47:08,039 --> 00:47:10,280
home for Service Academy Football, and you know it's time

837
00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:13,400
for our Travis Manion Foundation Honor Roles segment for the

838
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:16,360
honor remember a fallen hero, one that has given the

839
00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:19,800
ultimate sacrifice for our nation and for our freedoms. And

840
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you can find out a lot more about the Travis

841
00:47:21,559 --> 00:47:26,239
Mannion Foundation online at Travismannion dot org. And this week

842
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:28,719
in the TMF hon Role, We're going to honor remember

843
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Staff Sergeant Jerry Hudgens from the United States Army Staff

844
00:47:34,519 --> 00:47:38,360
Sergeant Hudgens was a Native American Cato Indian who was

845
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:41,079
born and raised in Norman, Oklahoma, where she played varsity

846
00:47:41,119 --> 00:47:44,760
basketball at Norman High School. Before enlisting in the US Army,

847
00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:48,880
she completed her basic training at Fort Jackson before being

848
00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:52,760
assigned to the eighty second Airborne. She was deployed to

849
00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:56,719
Iraq excuse me for eighteen months, and after her service

850
00:47:56,760 --> 00:47:59,719
time was complete for active duty, she moved back to

851
00:47:59,719 --> 00:48:03,280
Oakland and joined the Oklahoma Army National Guard, where she

852
00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:06,719
was then deployed to Afghanistan for twelve months. She volunteered

853
00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:08,960
to deploy for a third time to Afghanistan, but was

854
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:12,960
severely injured at four Bliss during training. She was moved

855
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:16,760
to Fort Hood at the Warrior Transition Unit to complete

856
00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:19,920
her medical outprocessing. When she was told her career was

857
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:23,239
over due to injury, she became severely depressed. Once she

858
00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:26,679
returned home, she tragically took her own life. She was

859
00:48:26,719 --> 00:48:29,320
a mother of two to two beautiful daughters of her

860
00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:31,800
own and a stepmother to three sons. She was an

861
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:35,960
amazing soldier, mother, wife, and leader, and she has greatly missed.

862
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:39,000
Her top character strengths her described by her husband Aaron

863
00:48:39,559 --> 00:48:43,880
as appreciation of beauty and excellence, bravery and leadership, and

864
00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:46,599
Aaron said of his wife, Jerry, my wife was fearless.

865
00:48:47,119 --> 00:48:49,400
Just before a third deployment, she volunteered to try and

866
00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:53,639
become an infantryman when the Army allowed women to be

867
00:48:53,719 --> 00:48:56,880
combat soldiers. She wanted to show her troops that women

868
00:48:56,920 --> 00:49:00,559
could be infantry and deploy with an infantry company and

869
00:49:00,679 --> 00:49:03,119
lead soldiers in combat. She would have been the first

870
00:49:03,159 --> 00:49:06,400
woman at Oklahoma National Guard to be a combat veteran

871
00:49:06,679 --> 00:49:09,880
with a combat infantry badge. She would have also been

872
00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:13,199
the first female warrior in her tribe. During her first attempt,

873
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:16,519
she nearly made it completely through the Army's infantry course,

874
00:49:16,559 --> 00:49:19,159
but was unable to throw the anger and eate ninety feet,

875
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:22,199
missing the mark by only two feet. She was planning

876
00:49:22,199 --> 00:49:26,320
on returning to school to returning to the school after deployment,

877
00:49:26,639 --> 00:49:31,920
but ended her life. So many members return home from

878
00:49:32,599 --> 00:49:37,119
active duty with mental health disorders PTSD and other mental

879
00:49:37,159 --> 00:49:39,639
health issues, and it's a fact. In two thousand and

880
00:49:40,360 --> 00:49:44,480
twenty two, study showed that seventeen point six percent of

881
00:49:44,599 --> 00:49:48,320
active duty servicemen and women had some form of psychological

882
00:49:48,360 --> 00:49:51,360
health concern for which they sought treatment. While they're an

883
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:56,320
array of avenues for service members to seek health health counseling,

884
00:49:56,679 --> 00:50:00,599
there are confidential counselors available for members and their families

885
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through Military One source at one eight hundred three four

886
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to two nine six four seven Again eight hundred three

887
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four to two nine six four seven. So this week

888
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:14,840
we want to remember the life of Staff Sergeant Jerry Hudgens,

889
00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:20,840
who passed away on April the twenty ninth, twenty and eighteen.

890
00:50:21,159 --> 00:50:24,039
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Speaker 1: The latest with Navy, Army and Air Force on Yards

896
00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:46,159
and Stripes Service Academy Football.

897
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:49,880
Speaker 2: All Right, final segment here on Yards and Stripes Episode twelve,

898
00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:53,920
Steve Carney Price Atkinson. As we begin to wrap this

899
00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:56,320
one up and get ready for a big Saturday at

900
00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:58,679
college football, I want to thank in the Travis Median

901
00:50:58,719 --> 00:51:01,480
Foundation for one again working with us to honor our

902
00:51:01,519 --> 00:51:05,400
fallen heroes. Certainly obviously Veteran State came and went last week,

903
00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:07,559
and you know, I hope everybody had the chance to

904
00:51:07,599 --> 00:51:11,559
thank someone they know, loved that that served or is

905
00:51:11,639 --> 00:51:14,440
serving around the country. I made sure that my first

906
00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:19,519
first outreach went to my man Steve Conne himself, because

907
00:51:19,719 --> 00:51:21,519
damn so lucky to have you, Stephen.

908
00:51:21,559 --> 00:51:25,400
Speaker 3: And I wore my I wore my USS Theodore Roosevelt

909
00:51:26,199 --> 00:51:30,760
command ball cap, which is about twenty five years old,

910
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:34,000
maybe and maybe not. I'm trying to think, when did

911
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:38,159
I get to the ship. Yeah, nineteen ninety nine, so

912
00:51:38,159 --> 00:51:40,440
so yeah, so it is. It's twenty five years old.

913
00:51:40,880 --> 00:51:44,320
And I took a picture and it is beat up,

914
00:51:44,559 --> 00:51:47,119
like it's the last one I have. It's a class

915
00:51:47,719 --> 00:51:50,440
I got to find, so I got to find and

916
00:51:50,719 --> 00:51:53,280
you know, they don't make these. These are like these

917
00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:56,719
are new era caps too, so because you buy them

918
00:51:56,719 --> 00:52:00,159
at the ship's store and they're really really nice and

919
00:52:00,239 --> 00:52:03,079
you can only get them on the ship. So usually

920
00:52:03,400 --> 00:52:05,960
I've I've been looking around and you get the ones

921
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:08,280
that are like all ugly, and you know, the ones

922
00:52:08,320 --> 00:52:10,920
that you can buy at the at the exchange, which

923
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:13,480
are not the same. You know, it's not the right

924
00:52:13,559 --> 00:52:16,239
it's not the right material, it's not the right stitching.

925
00:52:18,280 --> 00:52:21,039
So I only have one left, and it's beat the

926
00:52:21,079 --> 00:52:22,920
hell up, and so I took a picture of it

927
00:52:22,920 --> 00:52:24,840
and I was like, yes, it is old and it

928
00:52:24,920 --> 00:52:29,679
is beat up, much like the guy wearing it, but

929
00:52:30,239 --> 00:52:33,039
which got to laugh out of everybody. But I only

930
00:52:33,079 --> 00:52:36,559
break it out for very special occasions. I wore on

931
00:52:36,679 --> 00:52:39,840
both Saturday and Sunday to Raymond James Stadium for my jobs.

932
00:52:40,159 --> 00:52:42,559
Speaker 2: So God, I love it. I love it, and I

933
00:52:42,599 --> 00:52:44,800
love the hat, and I love you too because you are.

934
00:52:45,440 --> 00:52:48,440
Speaker 3: I'm going on eBay here this week, so see if

935
00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:50,679
I can find anybody that's got him. I know what

936
00:52:50,719 --> 00:52:53,280
they look like, and so I can tell. I can

937
00:52:53,320 --> 00:52:57,760
tell from pictures between real ones and ones that you

938
00:52:57,800 --> 00:53:01,159
buy at the exchange or at an arm Navy surplus store.

939
00:53:01,199 --> 00:53:03,719
I know the difference, and so I can find them.

940
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:06,760
Hopefully I can find one on eBay that's a little

941
00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:08,119
better looking than the one that I have.

942
00:53:08,239 --> 00:53:10,719
Speaker 2: Now, if any of our listeners have one or know

943
00:53:10,719 --> 00:53:14,239
where they can get one to Steven, send him a message.

944
00:53:14,239 --> 00:53:16,360
Speaker 4: Now seventy one that's what I'm looking for.

945
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:21,159
Speaker 2: That's it, all right, Steven. A couple of news and

946
00:53:21,199 --> 00:53:23,440
notes to pass long before we get to our picks,

947
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:25,760
because I know everybody's on the edge of their seats

948
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:27,760
ready for that one. So we're part of the last

949
00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:30,440
Word on Sports podcast Network. But let's start out West

950
00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:33,920
air Force the game, their game at Nevada on Saturday,

951
00:53:33,960 --> 00:53:35,800
November the twenty third. That's going to be a ten

952
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to thirty five PM Eastern Standard time kickoff on FS one.

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That's eight thirty five there locally, but Air Force in

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Nevada on November twenty third on FS one at ten

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thirty five Eastern. Air Force kicker Matthew Dupour named the

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Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week this week.

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Scores season nine twelve points in their win over Fresno

958
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with three field goals thirty five, thirty seven, and six

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to become the all time lyad score in Air Force

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history with two hundred and fifty seven points. Second field

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goal marked the first points for Air Force in the

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third quarter all season. Steven Air Force had been outscored

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sixty eight to nothing in the third quarter this year

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until he wand at home that field goal. Army junior

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linebacker Caleb Fortner. He was named the AAC Defensive Player

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of the Week after his eight tackles and two TFLs

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for you in the game against the Mean Green, limiting

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North Texas to sixty nine yards rushing in two hundred

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and eighty three total yards. He has started all nine

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games for the Black Knights, with a team high of

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seven and a half tackles for a loss. Staying with

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Navy or Staying with Army, The Army offensive line named

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one of ten semi finalists for the Joe Moore Award,

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that one's given out annually to the best offensive line

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in college football. So congratulations to the big uglies upfront

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for Army, and then also sharing a couple of awards.

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Armies Bryce and Daily and Avy's Blake Corbath, the quarterbacks,

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both named semi finalists for the Debut O'Brien Award, while

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Daily he was named the semi finalists for the Maxwell

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Award and the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award.

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I will tell you, as a voter as a member

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of the Football Writers Association of America, Daily did get

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my vote in the Maxwell Award. Colin Ramos also got

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a vote for me for a first team linebacker from

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the Naval Academy, So just passing that along and then

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staying with Navy, real quick Stephen. Big news this week

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in terms of the future, Navy and Notre Dame announcing

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their twenty twenty six game that will be played at

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Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. The twenty twenty six installment

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will mark the first time in the ninety nine game

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00:55:45,119 --> 00:55:48,119
series history that the Story Rivalry will be played in

992
00:55:48,199 --> 00:55:51,480
New England. The matchup will be the Fighting Irish's first

993
00:55:51,559 --> 00:55:54,360
time playing at Gillette Stadium, while the Midshipman it will

994
00:55:54,360 --> 00:55:57,079
be their second time after playing the Army Navy game there.

995
00:55:57,199 --> 00:56:01,599
And then finally, Navy punter Riley Rithman see Special Teams

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00:56:01,719 --> 00:56:02,360
Player of the Week.

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Speaker 4: Steven Yeah, I was.

998
00:56:04,159 --> 00:56:08,039
Speaker 3: I saw the announcement that the twenty twenty six game

999
00:56:08,079 --> 00:56:10,840
between Navy and Notre Dame was going to take place

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at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, and I thought to myself,

1001
00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:16,360
I was like, that's the place that you want to

1002
00:56:16,360 --> 00:56:19,960
play that game, you know, I didn't I know that

1003
00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:21,679
there were a lot of people that did not like

1004
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:25,719
the Army Navy game being played at Gillette Stadium.

1005
00:56:26,280 --> 00:56:27,679
Speaker 4: I was. I was not.

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00:56:29,320 --> 00:56:31,960
Speaker 3: One of the real big supporters of it. I like

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00:56:32,039 --> 00:56:37,079
it being either in New York, in the Washington, DC,

1008
00:56:37,320 --> 00:56:41,800
Maryland area, or in Philadelphia. I personally like that, and

1009
00:56:41,840 --> 00:56:45,639
I know that they want to try and allow it

1010
00:56:45,719 --> 00:56:49,320
to kind of breathe and get to certain other places.

1011
00:56:50,079 --> 00:56:54,440
I like the tradition of it. But for me, I

1012
00:56:54,480 --> 00:56:56,920
love that Navy and Notre Dame are going to play

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00:56:57,760 --> 00:57:01,920
in Boston or just outside of Boston and Foxborough. That's

1014
00:57:01,960 --> 00:57:04,519
a game that I think you could move anywhere. That's

1015
00:57:04,559 --> 00:57:08,960
a game you could play at in at Jerry's World.

1016
00:57:09,239 --> 00:57:12,119
That's a game you could play at Allegiance Stadium in

1017
00:57:12,199 --> 00:57:14,960
Las Vegas. That's a game that you could play at

1018
00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:17,760
hard Rock Stadium. Down here in Miami. You can play

1019
00:57:17,800 --> 00:57:20,559
it here at Raymond James Stadium if you wanted to.

1020
00:57:20,719 --> 00:57:26,159
That's one that I think should be moved around every

1021
00:57:26,239 --> 00:57:31,239
year and be played outside of you know, South Bend

1022
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:32,239
and Annapolis.

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00:57:32,559 --> 00:57:36,199
Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, let's get to some picks, because I've

1024
00:57:36,199 --> 00:57:39,280
got my picks, I've got my scores, I've got them

1025
00:57:39,320 --> 00:57:41,320
all written down for our two games. Steve, all right,

1026
00:57:41,440 --> 00:57:44,639
let's start. Let's start with air Force because the Biggie

1027
00:57:44,679 --> 00:57:47,199
is the last one. Let's start with Oregon State at

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00:57:47,239 --> 00:57:50,239
air Force three point thirty kick on CBS Sports Network.

1029
00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:53,280
Oregon State is a three and a half point favorite

1030
00:57:53,519 --> 00:57:56,199
on the road over under a forty four and a half.

1031
00:57:56,559 --> 00:57:59,079
Can air Force make it two wins in a row?

1032
00:57:59,119 --> 00:58:03,639
Speaker 4: Steve, you know what, It's senior Day. You mentioned it already.

1033
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It is senior Day.

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00:58:05,599 --> 00:58:08,519
Speaker 3: You can't tell me that those Falcon seniors aren't going

1035
00:58:08,599 --> 00:58:13,599
to be motivated and all of the underclassmen, they're gonna

1036
00:58:13,599 --> 00:58:18,000
be motivated for them. You know, it's not often that

1037
00:58:18,199 --> 00:58:23,360
a Service Academy football player needs that extra motivation, but

1038
00:58:23,400 --> 00:58:26,000
they're gonna get it this week. And yes, I have

1039
00:58:26,119 --> 00:58:30,079
air Force winning this game. It's not gonna be pretty,

1040
00:58:30,440 --> 00:58:37,239
that's for sure. I have air Force seventeen Oregon State fourteen.

1041
00:58:39,039 --> 00:58:41,320
I think it's gonna be close. Like I said, I

1042
00:58:41,360 --> 00:58:45,039
don't think there's gonna be a whole lot of a lot,

1043
00:58:45,480 --> 00:58:48,360
a whole lot of possessions that are going to either

1044
00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:52,039
be you know, there's not gonna be these mid possessions.

1045
00:58:52,039 --> 00:58:54,119
You're gonna see a lot of three and outs, or

1046
00:58:54,119 --> 00:58:57,119
you're gonna see some long drives from these teams. So

1047
00:58:57,360 --> 00:58:59,320
I think it's going to be I think it's gonna

1048
00:58:59,320 --> 00:59:03,320
be close. But I think the Falcons send the Beavers

1049
00:59:03,400 --> 00:59:05,199
packing seventeen fourteen.

1050
00:59:05,719 --> 00:59:09,639
Speaker 2: Wow, how about that? All right? Well, we're gonna be

1051
00:59:09,679 --> 00:59:13,320
on opposite side in this one, Steven, because I think

1052
00:59:13,360 --> 00:59:15,559
that as much as air Force has struggled and could

1053
00:59:15,599 --> 00:59:18,719
be finding some footing, which I hope they are, I

1054
00:59:18,760 --> 00:59:21,880
think they're running a game of Anthony Hankerson, the outstanding

1055
00:59:21,960 --> 00:59:24,960
running back for Oregon State, has run for over eight

1056
00:59:25,079 --> 00:59:27,840
hundred and seventy yards fourteen touchdowns. I just think it's

1057
00:59:27,840 --> 00:59:29,800
going to be too much. I think they're gonna wear

1058
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:34,519
the Falcons down on Senior Day. I like Oregon State

1059
00:59:34,519 --> 00:59:36,280
in a little bit higher scoring game. I like them

1060
00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:42,360
twenty seven to seventeen in the Springs. All right, Tulane

1061
00:59:42,559 --> 00:59:44,880
in Navy, Big game of the week, A lot of

1062
00:59:44,920 --> 00:59:49,920
American Athletic Conference implications in this one, Steve number twenty five.

1063
00:59:50,559 --> 00:59:54,800
Tulane at Navy, twelve noon kick off ESPN two, Navy

1064
00:59:54,840 --> 00:59:57,800
as a touchdown underdog at home fifty two and a

1065
00:59:57,840 --> 01:00:01,360
half in over under. What he thinks, Steven, can Navy

1066
01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:02,119
pull it off?

1067
01:00:03,079 --> 01:00:04,800
Speaker 4: You know what? You know what you know what I love.

1068
01:00:05,199 --> 01:00:07,440
You know what I love price. I love chaos.

1069
01:00:07,760 --> 01:00:11,960
Speaker 3: I love chaos when it comes to the top of

1070
01:00:12,159 --> 01:00:15,199
the American Athletic Conference standings.

1071
01:00:15,280 --> 01:00:17,280
Speaker 4: And there's only way. There's only one way.

1072
01:00:17,079 --> 01:00:20,760
Speaker 3: To get chaos, and that is for a win for

1073
01:00:20,840 --> 01:00:24,599
the Midshipman. So yes, I think that, Uh, there's no

1074
01:00:24,719 --> 01:00:28,599
crawfish ball going on in Annapolis. You're gonna have some

1075
01:00:28,639 --> 01:00:33,039
blue crab and some old Bay season and going on

1076
01:00:33,559 --> 01:00:38,039
as the Green Wave get pipped by the Midshipman in

1077
01:00:38,079 --> 01:00:41,039
this game. I think Blake Corvat has a huge day

1078
01:00:41,960 --> 01:00:45,400
in this game, whether it's handed the ball off to

1079
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:51,280
the three headed monster known as Alex Tesca and uh

1080
01:00:51,639 --> 01:00:55,639
Dabboffana and Eli Heidenreich, I think that I think that

1081
01:00:55,719 --> 01:00:57,480
they could have a huge day.

1082
01:00:58,000 --> 01:00:58,119
Speaker 2: Uh.

1083
01:00:58,320 --> 01:01:02,480
Speaker 3: And so yes, I have Navy winning this game. Thirty

1084
01:01:02,519 --> 01:01:04,239
one twenty one.

1085
01:01:04,599 --> 01:01:08,760
Speaker 2: Wow. So the first excuse me for the first time

1086
01:01:08,800 --> 01:01:12,639
all season, Steven and I are going completely the opposite

1087
01:01:12,639 --> 01:01:15,480
way on picks. As much as I also would like

1088
01:01:15,519 --> 01:01:17,920
to see Navy win and I like to see Air

1089
01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:20,119
Force wam, I'm going with the enemy. I'm going with

1090
01:01:20,159 --> 01:01:24,559
the visitors in this one. I'm taking Tulane to knock

1091
01:01:24,599 --> 01:01:28,000
off Navy twenty four to twenty, setting up the Green

1092
01:01:28,039 --> 01:01:30,360
Wave and the Black Knights in the American Athletic Commerce

1093
01:01:30,400 --> 01:01:33,719
Championship Game. But one thing I can guarantee, obviously, somebody

1094
01:01:33,760 --> 01:01:36,079
will win, well, somebody will lose. But the other thing

1095
01:01:36,079 --> 01:01:38,599
that I can guarantee, that's more important. People are gonna

1096
01:01:38,599 --> 01:01:42,239
be eating good outside of the stadium in Annapolis on Saturday.

1097
01:01:42,280 --> 01:01:45,679
When you talk about some so hungry, some crab and

1098
01:01:45,719 --> 01:01:48,639
some old oh BOYBCA just.

1099
01:01:48,679 --> 01:01:54,199
Speaker 3: Sabcakes and some remolode and fear to go along.

1100
01:01:54,360 --> 01:01:56,119
Speaker 4: Oh my goodness, gracious.

1101
01:01:56,000 --> 01:01:57,920
Speaker 2: It's gonna be a beautiful day, I think in Annapolis.

1102
01:01:58,599 --> 01:01:59,920
Speaker 4: I love Maryland.

1103
01:02:02,039 --> 01:02:04,079
Speaker 2: You are now, but I also know how much you

1104
01:02:04,159 --> 01:02:07,679
love food, So that's true right there. I wish we

1105
01:02:07,679 --> 01:02:09,760
could get a Steven at this game and get a

1106
01:02:09,760 --> 01:02:12,880
food report on next week's episode. That's what I really

1107
01:02:12,920 --> 01:02:13,800
wish we could get.

1108
01:02:14,039 --> 01:02:16,480
Speaker 4: But hey, stress, hook a brother out.

1109
01:02:18,480 --> 01:02:21,800
Speaker 2: And a plane ticket too. Yeah, all right too, Steven.

1110
01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:24,800
Great job. As always, man, We are back every single

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01:02:24,800 --> 01:02:26,800
week here once again on the Last World on Sports

1112
01:02:26,800 --> 01:02:31,679
Podcast Network. Usually come to you on Wednesdays, Tuesday, Wednesday,

1113
01:02:31,679 --> 01:02:34,639
Thursday midweek as we get you ready Army, Navy, and

1114
01:02:34,679 --> 01:02:37,239
Air Force. That is what we do. He is Steve Carney.

1115
01:02:37,280 --> 01:02:40,119
I'm Price Acts, and we appreciate everybody tuning in, investing

1116
01:02:40,159 --> 01:02:43,559
their time and listening to this episode. If you've listened

1117
01:02:43,559 --> 01:02:46,480
to other ones this season, we just appreciate you taking

1118
01:02:46,480 --> 01:02:49,159
the time to support what we do and the passion

1119
01:02:49,159 --> 01:02:51,119
we have for Service Academy Football. Can't wait to do

1120
01:02:51,119 --> 01:02:51,800
it again next week.

1121
01:02:51,840 --> 01:02:54,079
Speaker 4: Steven absolutely enjoy the games.

1122
01:02:55,559 --> 01:02:59,440
Speaker 1: Join us again next time for Yards and Strikes Service

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