1 00:00:01,159 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Need to get your football fixed on all things Army, 2 00:00:03,839 --> 00:00:08,480 Navy and Air Force. This is Yarns and Stripes Service 3 00:00:08,519 --> 00:00:13,000 Academy Football. Now here are your hosts, Pryce Atkinson and 4 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:14,039 Steve Carney. 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:21,719 Speaker 2: Welcome back into another edition of Yards and Stripes, your 6 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:26,039 home for Service Academy Football. He is my main man, 7 00:00:26,199 --> 00:00:29,120 Stephen Carney, and I am Pryce Atkinson, and we are 8 00:00:29,199 --> 00:00:32,719 here to serve you because we are all about Army, Navy, 9 00:00:32,719 --> 00:00:35,240 and Air Force, the three service academies. That is what 10 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,280 we do here on Yards and Stripes. As we are 11 00:00:37,359 --> 00:00:42,280 part of the Last Word on sports podcast Networks, Stephen 12 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,320 and his wife are waiting for a big old steam 13 00:00:44,359 --> 00:00:46,759 and pizza to be delivered to their front door. So 14 00:00:46,799 --> 00:00:49,000 if it's delivered while we're on the air, I hope 15 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:50,359 he's going to take a bite and tell me how 16 00:00:50,359 --> 00:00:51,759 good it is, because let me thank. 17 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:56,799 Speaker 3: You God, thank God you said steaming. That's all. That's 18 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:58,560 all I'll say right now. 19 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 2: I knew I couldn't end it right there, my friend. 20 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,719 I knew I had to keep going and getting to 21 00:01:03,799 --> 00:01:07,159 the pizza. But that better be good because look. 22 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 3: Well let's let's let's put let's let's let's throw all 23 00:01:10,159 --> 00:01:12,879 the cards out on the table. I'm waiting on a pizza. 24 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:17,079 But we're recording on a Tuesday night for a very 25 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:22,120 specific reason, and that is because somebody on this show 26 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,840 I'm not going to say who, is going to be 27 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,920 on their way to Indianapolis, Indiana to go and meet 28 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,959 up with my girl tayte uh later on this week, 29 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,120 and so they had to record. We have to record tonight, 30 00:01:35,159 --> 00:01:36,680 which is perfectly fine by me. 31 00:01:37,439 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 2: Well we've we've got Halloween on Thursday, so that kind 32 00:01:40,719 --> 00:01:43,079 of take Although you and I did record on a Halloween, 33 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,680 I don't remember. I don't think it was last year. 34 00:01:45,719 --> 00:01:47,599 Speaker 3: Maybe be too, it was two years It was two 35 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,120 years ago, and it was funny because our friend Mike 36 00:01:51,159 --> 00:01:53,599 love All, I swear to God, was still in his 37 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:54,519 Halloween custum. 38 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that's right, because Mike was Mike was still 39 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,480 with us, that's right, and he is still. Let me 40 00:02:00,519 --> 00:02:02,599 just say that he is definitely still with us. He 41 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,680 has gotten gone nowhere, except he's not co hosting the podcast, 42 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,520 So I don't want to make light of that. Mike 43 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:10,879 is no longer with us, and you know what I 44 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:16,319 mean by that. But yes, it's so Halloween Thursday, We've 45 00:02:16,319 --> 00:02:21,120 got stuff going tomorrow pre Halloween and then Friday. Yes, 46 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:25,120 we are jet setting on a long roadie up to 47 00:02:25,199 --> 00:02:28,639 Indianapolis for the Eras Tour, taking my daughter who is 48 00:02:28,719 --> 00:02:31,960 twelve birthday present. It was a surprise. We gave her 49 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,919 the tickets last month and so here we go. We're 50 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,199 going to see t Swift. I just never thought i'd 51 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:38,560 see the day go ahead and pinch me. 52 00:02:38,599 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 4: Now. 53 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,039 Speaker 2: No, I'm not a swiftye but yes, I'm gonna wear 54 00:02:41,039 --> 00:02:43,000 the Swifty Dad t shirts already been picked out. 55 00:02:43,039 --> 00:02:47,039 Speaker 3: Stephen, excellent, that and and that. That is probably the 56 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,840 best birthday present you can get a twelve year old, 57 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:55,120 you know, outside of a of an iPhone and all 58 00:02:55,159 --> 00:02:57,960 this other stuff, you know, a new Tesla for but 59 00:02:58,879 --> 00:03:02,639 no getting you know, it's probably cheaper to go that round. 60 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,120 Then again, Taylor's Swift tickets. 61 00:03:05,719 --> 00:03:08,479 Speaker 2: You know, I thought about where my social distortion t 62 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:10,879 shirt one of those or something like that, but I 63 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:12,159 was like, you know what, I can't do that. I 64 00:03:12,199 --> 00:03:14,960 can't rain on all these Swifties parades. I've got to 65 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,360 get with the program. So my wife now found a 66 00:03:17,439 --> 00:03:20,599 shirt on etsme high. It's me, I'm the dad, It's 67 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:22,039 me so I've got my shirt. 68 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 3: It's fantastic. 69 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm ready to roll, man, I am so ready 70 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:26,199 to roll. 71 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,039 Speaker 3: I don't know if you're gonna, you're gonna you're gonna 72 00:03:28,039 --> 00:03:30,439 have a great time at this concert because she puts 73 00:03:30,479 --> 00:03:31,400 on a hell of a show. 74 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, I can't wait. Honestly, I really can't wait. I'm 75 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,599 not like I will say once again, I'm not a 76 00:03:37,639 --> 00:03:42,680 swiftye nor I've been, but I appreciate the shows that 77 00:03:42,719 --> 00:03:44,960 she does. Never been to one, but having seen the 78 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,479 movie and heart so many people that have been, I'm 79 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,000 actually really looking forward to the show because I think 80 00:03:50,039 --> 00:03:52,280 it's gonna be fantastic. I can't wait. It will it 81 00:03:52,319 --> 00:03:55,879 will be so all right, let's get back to the football, Stephen, 82 00:03:55,960 --> 00:04:00,000 because we got it that's to talk about, including a tear. 83 00:04:00,159 --> 00:04:02,400 We'll pick on my behalf. Now, we both thought that 84 00:04:02,439 --> 00:04:04,599 it was gonna be close. But let me look yours 85 00:04:04,639 --> 00:04:07,759 truly got this one way wrong. I thought Navy was 86 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,520 poised for an upset. Yes, I know it was going 87 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,120 way out of bounds, out in left field. Now, I'm 88 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,400 not trying to channel my Inner World series right now, 89 00:04:15,439 --> 00:04:22,160 but I thought that Navy, having played so crisp, clean, explosive, 90 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,680 you know, on both sides of the ball. I thought 91 00:04:25,759 --> 00:04:27,360 that this was going to be one of those that 92 00:04:27,399 --> 00:04:29,560 they were gonna knock it off, especially playing up in 93 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,439 New Jersey. But like coach Brian Newberry said after the game, 94 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:36,279 maybe the stage was too big for us. As Navy 95 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,759 falls from the ranks of the unbeaten Stephen as the 96 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:45,199 Irish absolutely trounce Navy fifty one to fourteen. Let's get 97 00:04:45,199 --> 00:04:47,920 into it as number twelve, notre dame. I mean, look, 98 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,720 six turnovers. I'm just gonna say one word, and I'm 99 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:56,040 just gonna say it, turnover. And it wasn't just turnover, 100 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,240 it was turnovers. That's still one word. But after just 101 00:04:59,319 --> 00:05:03,000 two turnover steven this season, none of them which were fumbles, 102 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:08,959 Navy commits six, five fumbles and an interception, giving the 103 00:05:08,959 --> 00:05:12,319 ball away A minus six, you know on the turnover 104 00:05:12,399 --> 00:05:15,079 margin in the game leads to twenty eight Irish points. 105 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:16,399 That was your ballgame. 106 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:22,439 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I will use another word to mention for 107 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:27,319 this game uncharacteristic, because that is certainly not the way 108 00:05:27,439 --> 00:05:31,399 that the Midshipmen have played football at all this season. 109 00:05:31,879 --> 00:05:34,959 The fact that you mentioned that they had had two 110 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:39,480 turnovers all season in the first six games of the year, 111 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,759 two turnovers total, and then they turned the ball over 112 00:05:42,879 --> 00:05:47,040 six times against the Fighting Irish, And maybe maybe the 113 00:05:47,079 --> 00:05:51,519 stage was too big, but I will say that all 114 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:56,399 of those turnovers led to so many Notre Dame points, 115 00:05:56,439 --> 00:05:59,720 and so if you clean that up, obviously you find 116 00:05:59,759 --> 00:06:04,360 your off in maybe a better a better situation. Uh there. 117 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,240 But there's just you just can't have that many turnovers 118 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,680 and expect to have any sort of chance to even 119 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,439 make keep it close. The Notre Dame is too good 120 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,920 of a team, even though they they lost earlier this 121 00:06:19,079 --> 00:06:24,560 year to to Northern Illinois, and I was not impressed 122 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,480 with some of the wins that they had had since 123 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:31,800 the loss to the Huskies. But they they looked like 124 00:06:31,959 --> 00:06:36,199 the much cleaner, the much more polished, and the much 125 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:41,560 more prepared team than than Navy was in the Saturday's game. 126 00:06:42,639 --> 00:06:46,079 Speaker 2: And honestly, the turnovers notwithstanding, I thought Notre Dame just 127 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,279 looked bigger, faster, stronger, all those kind of things that 128 00:06:49,319 --> 00:06:51,720 you would think they were a team over an academy. 129 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,879 But let me throw this out because you're gonna this this. 130 00:06:54,879 --> 00:06:59,560 This is a statistic that's gonna go straight to Steven M. 131 00:06:59,639 --> 00:07:03,160 Carney heart right now, Okay, is somebody that's an official 132 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,000 score for Major League Baseball. Let me throw this one 133 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,240 out here for you. The six turnovers that were committed 134 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,000 in the game by Navy was the most by a 135 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:17,439 Navy team since two thousand and two versus Boston College. 136 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,240 That was the game, a game that I was an 137 00:07:21,279 --> 00:07:24,160 official scorer for while I was still working at the 138 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:28,959 Naval Academy. I mean, I kid you not six turnovers. 139 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,399 The last time was two thousand and two, when I 140 00:07:31,519 --> 00:07:34,360 was the official scorer for home Navy football games and 141 00:07:34,399 --> 00:07:37,839 obviously neutral site games that we hosted. But I thought 142 00:07:37,839 --> 00:07:41,240 the crazy thing in this game, though, Steven, maybe they 143 00:07:41,279 --> 00:07:45,560 were spooped by the stage. Because again this is an excuses, 144 00:07:45,639 --> 00:07:48,759 This is simply the facts of what happened. Most all 145 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,879 the turnovers that occurred, they weren't like they got drilled 146 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,800 ball pops out, you know, you know, helmet hits the ball. 147 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:59,040 These were like literally like you've got bricks for hands 148 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,560 or fingers, like dropping the ball like on a pit. 149 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:04,199 You know, there was a bad pitch that was a 150 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,560 little bit low to test. At one point from horbat 151 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,680 they said horbat, you know, had the bad thumb, all right, fine, 152 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,480 but most of the turnovers were balls where they just 153 00:08:12,519 --> 00:08:14,399 were simply dropped put on the ground and the other 154 00:08:14,399 --> 00:08:16,319 team got it. It wasn't that it was like a 155 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,360 quote unquote forced fumble. It was a drop the football. 156 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:26,439 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you look at where they were, you know, 157 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,240 number two in the country and turnover margin, I believe 158 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:35,720 coming into the game. Uh, that's that is so uncharacteristic. 159 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:39,000 I'll use the word again, you know. I I thought that, 160 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,720 you know, and going back and watching the highlights, you know. 161 00:08:42,879 --> 00:08:45,159 In the interest of full disclosure, I was at a 162 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:50,440 car dealership during the during the congratulations, so so I 163 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:54,320 was I was actually very happy that I wasn't able 164 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,080 to watch it live because I probably would have been 165 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:00,200 swearing up and down in the middle of knees on 166 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,799 of clear water. And I'm sure that my uh, the 167 00:09:04,039 --> 00:09:08,120 my my friend David Maldonado, uh, who is the VP 168 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:12,919 of customer Acquisitions who helped me and my my lovely 169 00:09:12,919 --> 00:09:16,879 wife pick out our new our new vehicle on Saturday. Uh, 170 00:09:16,919 --> 00:09:18,759 he probably would have been like, dude, you need to 171 00:09:18,759 --> 00:09:22,159 go because and I'm like, and I certainly would have 172 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,840 felt like yeah, you're right, I probably do need to go. 173 00:09:25,799 --> 00:09:29,039 I I just thought that, you know what, and just 174 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,879 watching the low lights of it, you know, every single 175 00:09:32,919 --> 00:09:35,960 ball that went on the ground, knowing that I that 176 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,919 that that that fumble was going to be lost, it 177 00:09:39,039 --> 00:09:42,000 was just like, oh no, oh, you can't do that. 178 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:47,399 I found myself going, how how is this? How is 179 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,600 this possible? You know, for a team that is so 180 00:09:50,639 --> 00:09:54,639 surehanded to be able to go out there and play 181 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:59,679 so poorly against the team that you needed to play 182 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:01,960 perfectly to have a chance again. 183 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah you did. In the number twelve Iris, they 184 00:10:05,639 --> 00:10:08,039 built a thirty one to seven lead at halftime and 185 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,120 they were obviously never threatened from there as Riley Leonard, 186 00:10:11,159 --> 00:10:14,960 the Duke transfer quarterback for Notre Dame, threw for one 187 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:18,519 seventy eight two touchdowns. Jeremiah Love on the ground for 188 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,399 the for the Irish twelve carries one oh two average 189 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:23,279 eight and a half yards per carry. He carried it 190 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,759 for two scores. And you know, Blake Horbath wasn't awful. 191 00:10:26,799 --> 00:10:29,600 He wasn't good, you know with the fumbles in putting 192 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,240 the ball on the ground, but he you know, threw 193 00:10:31,279 --> 00:10:34,360 it for eighty eight yards, had to pick then had 194 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,759 a team high fourteen carries for one hundred and twenty 195 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:40,000 nine yards, rushing nine yards to carry in the score. 196 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,600 But it was just obviously, you know, too little. It 197 00:10:43,639 --> 00:10:45,879 wasn't enough. The turnovers were of the story of the 198 00:10:45,879 --> 00:10:49,840 football game. That simply is what you point to is 199 00:10:49,919 --> 00:10:52,200 maybe now they'll be forced to just try and flush 200 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,559 this away after the six wins to start the season 201 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,399 and now six and one Notre Dame, now seven and one, 202 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:59,759 maybe just gonna have to try and flush this one away. 203 00:11:00,039 --> 00:11:01,759 Get about it as they get ready to go to Houston, 204 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,879 UH and face the Rice Owls. And we got another 205 00:11:04,879 --> 00:11:06,960 game to talk about to another big game which I 206 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:08,840 didn't mention from the outset, Steve, but we got its 207 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:11,440 Commander in Chief Trophy week here again because we got 208 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:13,679 the second leg. We're going to preview that game here 209 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,600 in a little bit along with the Navy game at Rice. 210 00:11:16,759 --> 00:11:18,600 So we're going to talk about that a lot more 211 00:11:18,639 --> 00:11:20,240 here coming up. We're going to give our picks. We 212 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,799 got our Travis Mending Foundation on a roll segment. But Steven, 213 00:11:23,879 --> 00:11:28,000 game ball, we only had one game, which are you 214 00:11:28,039 --> 00:11:29,200 going to go with your game ball? 215 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 3: Well, you know I was looking at at what what 216 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,320 you can what you could do for a game ball, 217 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:41,399 and you had to look at the defense, uh for 218 00:11:41,399 --> 00:11:45,279 for Navy. I I really thought that that's probably the 219 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:49,080 way that you needed to go. I had mentioned Riley 220 00:11:49,159 --> 00:11:53,080 Richman in UH last week when we were looking at 221 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:55,039 you know, hey this he could be a guy that 222 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:59,600 could turn around a field and he didn't get that 223 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:03,519 many opportunities, but when he did, he really took advantage 224 00:12:03,519 --> 00:12:07,200 of it. He had only two punts, you know, averaged 225 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,399 sixty yards a punt and one was sixty eight, so 226 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:14,879 the other one was fifty two. So I was gonna 227 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,120 go def on the defensive side. I'm gonna go with 228 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,480 Riley Riifman because he did what he did his job 229 00:12:21,799 --> 00:12:25,120 and there weren't many time many guys on that team 230 00:12:25,159 --> 00:12:27,799 that you could say did their job, but he certainly did. 231 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,279 Speaker 2: Yeah. Another guy that I thought did their job I'm 232 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,799 gonna get my game ball was Colin Ramos. You know, 233 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:36,360 the outstanding linebacker for the Naval Academy in the middle. 234 00:12:36,519 --> 00:12:39,080 You know, fifteen tackles, five of which were solo, had 235 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:42,600 a game high on the stops and just putting together, 236 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:46,080 you know, an outstanding campaign that I don't know where 237 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:47,960 he if he's going to be mentioned on any All 238 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,759 American lists, but there's no question in my mind he should. 239 00:12:51,759 --> 00:12:54,200 You know, the announcers were talking about, you know how 240 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:57,840 he's a little bit undersized, but you know, just he's 241 00:12:57,879 --> 00:13:00,480 just that carries on just what his It's been a 242 00:13:00,519 --> 00:13:04,879 really great, really really good run of Navy linebackers lately, 243 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,559 and Diego Figau is one that you know immediately comes 244 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,080 to mind in the immediate you know that just played. 245 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:13,480 I know we'll have you got him a note on 246 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:15,679 him here and just a little bit and some others 247 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,639 that have come through, especially played for Brian Newberry since 248 00:13:18,639 --> 00:13:21,919 he took over his defensive coordinator. So I'll give Colin 249 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,720 Ramos my game balls. We only had that one game 250 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,799 last week. Boy, we got two coming up this week, 251 00:13:27,799 --> 00:13:31,360 including the big one, the Commander in Chief Trophy second leg, 252 00:13:31,399 --> 00:13:33,200 and we're going to talk about it when we come back, Steven, 253 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,960 But first tell everybody about the last word on Sports 254 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,320 podcast Network, because look, college football fans, you're obviously here 255 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:42,039 for a reason. If this is the end of the 256 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,240 line for you, don't let it be. Because at last 257 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:45,879 we're on Sports we got a whole lot more. 258 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 3: Absolutely, The Last Word on Sports podcast Network has plenty 259 00:13:51,399 --> 00:13:56,000 of podcasts, not just for college football, although that's why 260 00:13:56,039 --> 00:13:58,679 you are here, and we've got plenty of other college 261 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:02,639 football podcasts. When you look at the SEC we've got, 262 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:05,840 it just means more football and coffee. This week, those 263 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:10,000 guys took a deep dive into LSU and the Highs 264 00:14:10,039 --> 00:14:13,279 and Lows with the Bayou Bengals. We of course have 265 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:17,240 Get Off My Pylon, which is a West Coast oriented 266 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:22,080 college football podcast, so you get a really interesting perspective 267 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,240 from Mad Zemic here in the Sunshine State. 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So let's go ahead and 312 00:16:50,159 --> 00:16:55,759 talk about the Naval Academy heading to Houston, as they 313 00:16:55,759 --> 00:16:57,879 are going to be taken on the Rice OWL six 314 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:00,919 and one Navy four to ohero in the America taking 315 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:04,240 on two and six Rice one in three in the American. 316 00:17:04,319 --> 00:17:06,359 This is going to be a four o'clock Eastern Standard 317 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:10,240 time kickoff on ESPN two right now. Navy installed as 318 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:12,200 a ten and a half point favorite the over under 319 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,079 in this one. Excuse me as fifty one and a 320 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:17,839 half in a game that both these programs are going 321 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,160 to be you know, I don't want to say facing adversity, 322 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:22,599 but maybe that's the best way to put it is. Obviously, 323 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:24,920 Navies coming off their first loss of the season, so 324 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:26,880 they're just trying to put that bad taste out of 325 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:30,640 their mouth after getting, you know, tasting a loss for 326 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:34,559 the very first time, while Rice just fired their head coach, 327 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:38,680 Mike Blumgren, the longtime head coach who spent seven seasons 328 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,880 with the Owls was forty two and fifty two a 329 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,720 long time Stanford assistant. They've gone to back to back 330 00:17:44,759 --> 00:17:48,640 Bowl games steven and the last two years. Coming into 331 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:50,839 twenty twenty four, that was the first time they'd been 332 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:54,680 to back to back Bowl games since twenty thirteen and fourteen, 333 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:57,400 but just could never get it going the season after 334 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:00,440 they lost to Sam Houston State. And now I've lost 335 00:18:00,519 --> 00:18:03,039 two in a row heading into Saturday's matchup with Navy. 336 00:18:04,039 --> 00:18:08,039 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I look at what and you can you 337 00:18:08,079 --> 00:18:12,160 can go and look at what Rice has done this year, 338 00:18:13,079 --> 00:18:16,240 and it has not been pretty. I mean, they've lost 339 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:20,519 a couple of teams that I would say, you probably 340 00:18:20,559 --> 00:18:24,440 should have had a better opportunity. They lose at home 341 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,279 to Charlotte. We saw what we saw what Navy did 342 00:18:27,279 --> 00:18:30,720 to Charlotte early a couple of weeks ago, with that 343 00:18:30,839 --> 00:18:34,920 fifty one seventeen victory. They lost at Connecticut last week 344 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:40,079 seventeen ten. I know that Yukon is better than they 345 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:43,799 have been, but not nearly as good as some of 346 00:18:43,799 --> 00:18:47,920 the teams that you know that Navy has faced so 347 00:18:48,039 --> 00:18:51,960 far this year. And I look at what happened between 348 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:55,559 Rice and Army near the beginning of the season. The 349 00:18:55,599 --> 00:19:02,039 Black Knights hosted the Owls earlier the year and ran 350 00:19:02,079 --> 00:19:04,279 all over them. It was a thirty seven to fourteen 351 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,880 decision win for Army, and I could see Navy doing 352 00:19:09,039 --> 00:19:12,440 a lot of the same sort of things in this 353 00:19:12,559 --> 00:19:16,079 game that Rice could not handle. And I think that 354 00:19:16,599 --> 00:19:20,160 Navy does it as well as anybody, and that includes Army. 355 00:19:20,319 --> 00:19:23,359 So I think that this is going to be a 356 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,559 very very difficult game for the Owls. I know that 357 00:19:26,599 --> 00:19:28,599 some people say that you know, when you fire your 358 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:32,319 head coach, you get a bounce from your players because 359 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:36,039 now they want to prove that the firing was a 360 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:39,799 wrong decision. And they want to play well for the 361 00:19:39,839 --> 00:19:43,440 interim coach, you know, whoever it might be. But I 362 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,319 think that this interim coach is not going to have 363 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:49,920 the same sort of bounce that he is expecting because 364 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:51,480 I think Navy's going to walk over him. 365 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:55,079 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so too. Actually, this is the first 366 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:58,000 meeting between the two programs is two thousand and nine, 367 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:03,519 and the series is time six games apiece. But Rice 368 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,440 starting quarterback EJ. Warner, Yes, that EJ. Warner that was 369 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,920 was at Temple before that. Yeah, and the son of 370 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,680 Kurt Warner, son of Kurt Warner. Yes, it was a 371 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:16,359 game time decision last Saturday against Yukon. Didn't end up 372 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:18,759 playing due to the injury, but he had a big 373 00:20:18,839 --> 00:20:21,240 day against Navy last year, throwing for four h two 374 00:20:21,319 --> 00:20:24,920 and four touchdowns as Temple defeated Navy thirty two to 375 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:28,160 eighteen in Philadelphia. They certainly are going to need to 376 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:29,920 get him back if they're going to have a chance 377 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,039 in this one, because outside of not having EJ. Warner, 378 00:20:33,079 --> 00:20:35,279 this is going to just be a very very tall 379 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:39,000 order for a Rice team that struggling with any kind 380 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:42,319 of consistency whatsoever. At two and six and just one 381 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:43,839 win in the American this season. 382 00:20:44,839 --> 00:20:49,319 Speaker 3: Yeah, and with with the Owls being where they are, 383 00:20:50,799 --> 00:20:54,440 and I think that, you know, for a team in 384 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,240 the American Athletic Conference, if you were at the bottom 385 00:20:57,279 --> 00:21:00,480 of the pile the way things are going going now 386 00:21:00,519 --> 00:21:04,839 with nil, it can be difficult to get out out 387 00:21:04,839 --> 00:21:08,480 from under the bottom of the pile because I think 388 00:21:08,519 --> 00:21:11,000 that there are gonna be a lot of players that 389 00:21:11,039 --> 00:21:13,079 are going to look to leave at the end of 390 00:21:13,079 --> 00:21:15,079 the year and it will be very difficult to get 391 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:21,079 players back that will be able to fit, you know, 392 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:25,920 and and be upgrades, so to speak. So I think 393 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,880 that this shows that I think Rice might be in trouble, 394 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,000 not just for the rest of this year, but for 395 00:21:32,559 --> 00:21:34,640 years to come again. 396 00:21:35,079 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 2: Navy and Rice set to do battle on Saturday at 397 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:41,640 four pm Eastern Center Time again and ESPN to kickoff 398 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:44,119 there as Navy is a ten and a half point 399 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,279 favorite there at Rice. All right, let's get to the 400 00:21:47,319 --> 00:21:51,279 big one, Stephen, because Commander in Chief Trophy. The second 401 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:55,079 leg it is here is Air Force heading to West 402 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:58,279 Point to take on number twenty one Army. Yes, Army 403 00:21:58,319 --> 00:22:02,680 moves up two spots in both last week despite not playing, 404 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:04,960 or I should say this week to stop despite not 405 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,839 playing last week, but Air Force one and six at 406 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,599 number twenty one Army seven to oho this one at 407 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:16,880 Mikey Stadium, twelve noon Eastern Standard time, kickoff on CBS 408 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,480 Big CBS, that is not CBS Sports Network. Army at 409 00:22:20,519 --> 00:22:23,480 twenty two and a half point favorite over under in 410 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,960 this one forty one and a half. As I mentioned, 411 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,920 the second leg of a CIC Trophy, Army is gonna 412 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,559 put the nation's longest win streak on the line in 413 00:22:32,599 --> 00:22:36,359 the first meeting between these two teams at an academy 414 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:39,839 since the twenty twenty COVID season when they met at 415 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,359 West Point and Army scored a ten to seven squeaker. 416 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:46,839 But the Air Force Academy, they do lead the overall 417 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,480 series between Army thirty eight, nineteen and one, and they 418 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,599 are also fourteen and twelve and games played at Army. 419 00:22:54,079 --> 00:22:56,799 The Falcons are also thirty five and seventeen and CIC 420 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,279 games against Army dating back to nineteen seventy two. However, 421 00:23:00,559 --> 00:23:03,599 the Black Knights they have won five of the last seven. 422 00:23:04,279 --> 00:23:06,680 I think anybody that is a betting man in this one, 423 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,480 Steven is putting their money on the Black Knights. 424 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:13,039 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is definitely not your father's Air Force Academy, 425 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:16,279 that's for sure. This is a team that really is 426 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:20,440 going to be behind the proverbial eight ball, you know, 427 00:23:20,559 --> 00:23:23,759 in more ways than one. Not only is Army the 428 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:27,039 much more talented team this year, but Air Force having 429 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:31,359 to come east, and so they're playing basically what would 430 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:35,680 be a ten am Mountain Time game. And I know 431 00:23:35,799 --> 00:23:38,920 that for you know, for guys that are in a 432 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,960 service academy, ten am is late. You know, some of 433 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,119 these guys are are you know, most of these guys 434 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,640 are used to being up, you know, zero four hundred, 435 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,960 getting ready to go to class. But I still think 436 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:57,000 that the travel, the coming, the you know, and even 437 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:00,359 though you know these are these are military members, they 438 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:03,519 are still creatures of habit as football players. And I 439 00:24:03,559 --> 00:24:07,839 think that those couple of hours will mean something, uh 440 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,359 for the for the Falcons. And I think that if 441 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,960 they have any chance, uh, they've got to be up 442 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,440 and they've got to be ready from from the opening kick. 443 00:24:17,519 --> 00:24:21,279 And I think that it's going to take some significant 444 00:24:21,839 --> 00:24:27,160 uh brain farts uh so to speak from from Army, 445 00:24:27,599 --> 00:24:31,240 plus a lot of a lot of uh fortunate bounces 446 00:24:31,559 --> 00:24:33,880 for Air Force to have any shot at this. I mean, 447 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,039 you think about it. The only win that they have 448 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,880 this year is to a one FCS team in Merrimack. 449 00:24:40,079 --> 00:24:46,319 They've looked horrible in their entire Mountain West Conference UH 450 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:49,920 schedules so far. They got beat up by Navy badly, 451 00:24:50,759 --> 00:24:54,200 and I think that Army is willing UH to want 452 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:59,160 to put up a similar, if not worst beating of 453 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:03,200 the Falcons. And you know that Jeff Punkin is really 454 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:07,559 looking forward to saying you see little sister or a 455 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,279 little stepsister, get back to Colorado Springs. 456 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, a couple things there. You mentioned that Navy did 457 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:15,240 beat Air Force thirty four to seven the first leg 458 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,079 and the Commander in Chief trophy. So if somehow Air 459 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,400 Force can find a way in this game, that would 460 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,200 mean that the worst Navy could do would be able 461 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,359 to share it. But if Army were to win this game, 462 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,119 that obviously sets up the Army Navy game for all 463 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,759 the marbles. And we're talking about the Army Navy regular 464 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,359 season game, the one that everybody we all know, because 465 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,359 I know there's been a lot of chatter, including my 466 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,519 friend Culpepper at Washington Post who wrote a column you 467 00:25:41,559 --> 00:25:43,519 know about Army and Navy just the other day and 468 00:25:43,599 --> 00:25:46,920 talking about could we could we please get this back 469 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,240 to back weekends, you know, with an American Athletic Conference 470 00:25:50,279 --> 00:25:53,279 championship game on Friday and then the following Saturday they 471 00:25:53,279 --> 00:25:56,119 play the regular season matchup. That would be awesome. But 472 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:59,880 let's just pump the brakes right there. But something that 473 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:02,599 we got the Bears repeating, and I'm not saying it's 474 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,160 gonna happen this year because what we've seen out of 475 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,799 air Force has been nothing short of barely having a 476 00:26:07,839 --> 00:26:10,319 pulse on offense this year. I mean, we know that 477 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:14,200 they had to replace anybody that did have a pulse 478 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,759 that did anything last year, and they haven't done much 479 00:26:16,759 --> 00:26:18,759 this year. I meant, for crying out loud right now. 480 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,960 Air Force didn't even average two hundred yards rushing per game. 481 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:24,200 All right, So what I'm about to say, take it 482 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,559 with a grain of salt. But you remember what happened 483 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,440 last year when air Force was flying high, undefeated, literally 484 00:26:30,519 --> 00:26:34,880 flying high, undefeated, and they host Army at Mile High 485 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:39,200 in downtown Denver, and Army absolutely punks them twenty three 486 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:41,960 to three and knocks them off, and boy, air Force 487 00:26:42,039 --> 00:26:44,640 was never the same the rest of the season. Could 488 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,599 the shoe be on the other foot here on Saturday. 489 00:26:47,799 --> 00:26:50,480 I don't think so, because once again, we haven't seen 490 00:26:50,559 --> 00:26:53,079 we haven't seen anything out of Army or out of 491 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,839 Air Force that makes you think they have a fighting 492 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,720 shot in this. But again, rivalries you throw the record 493 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:03,000 book all that out the window. These coaches know each 494 00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:06,400 other so well, they recruit the same kids, They know 495 00:27:06,559 --> 00:27:10,799 the tendencies, especially Monkin and Calhoun. They've been going at 496 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,200 this each other for so many years. They know what 497 00:27:14,319 --> 00:27:16,599 each other is gonna try and do before they do it. 498 00:27:17,039 --> 00:27:20,359 So that's why you always got to give the you know, 499 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:25,039 I guess say the underdog a puncher's chance in this rivalry. 500 00:27:25,559 --> 00:27:28,079 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you can. You can give them a 501 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:32,839 puncher's chance. The only problem is is that Army has 502 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:39,400 Van Drago under center. Bryceon daily is what is exactly 503 00:27:39,599 --> 00:27:43,440 what this? What what this? You know? Has he Daniel? 504 00:27:44,039 --> 00:27:46,480 I would use I would compare him to Zeke Daniels 505 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,000 with Air Force a couple of years ago. Uh you 506 00:27:50,039 --> 00:27:57,039 know the uh the season veteran quarterback that knows exactly 507 00:27:57,119 --> 00:28:02,319 how to make the machine run exactly how his head 508 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:05,720 coach wants it to. You know is he Daniels did 509 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,880 that for Troy Calhoun a couple of years ago, and 510 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,559 now Bryson Dally is doing that for Jeff Bunkin here 511 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,079 this year for Army, and I think that that's the 512 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:17,200 big difference here. And while you give him a puncher's chance, 513 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,319 unfortunately I see Army as Drago and I see Air 514 00:28:21,319 --> 00:28:22,720 Force as Apollo Creed. 515 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:25,759 Speaker 2: Well, we'll give you our picks here in just a 516 00:28:25,759 --> 00:28:28,880 little bit. But again, both teams coming off by weeks. 517 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,519 Army expected to get running back Tyroll Robinson back for 518 00:28:32,559 --> 00:28:34,960 this one, so that'd be a you know, another playmaker 519 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,480 for the Black Knights. I know Troy Calhoun doesn't necessarily 520 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,160 want to see anymore. He would love to have Tyroll 521 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,720 Robbins on his team because he needs all the playmakers 522 00:28:43,119 --> 00:28:45,200 he can get on offense to find what they can. 523 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:47,839 Real quick, before we get out of here and get 524 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:50,240 to our Travis Manon Foundation Honor Roll segment, we will 525 00:28:50,279 --> 00:28:52,000 come back and pick our two games, and we got 526 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:53,519 some news and notes to pass al on. But did 527 00:28:53,559 --> 00:28:55,880 you see, real quick, did you see the prank that 528 00:28:55,920 --> 00:29:00,400 the Army Cadets played at the Air Force Academy just 529 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,960 this week? Because you know when it's you know, rivalry week. 530 00:29:04,039 --> 00:29:07,200 You know the academies get together. Shenanigan's happen. You always 531 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,920 have exchange students who are cadets from all the different academies. 532 00:29:11,279 --> 00:29:14,319 You know, they're at each other's institution. Did you see, Stephen, 533 00:29:14,359 --> 00:29:17,720 what the Army cadets, presumably the Army cadets did the 534 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:18,640 Falcon Stadium. 535 00:29:19,079 --> 00:29:23,519 Speaker 3: Oh, Army would never do that to the Falcon Stadium. 536 00:29:23,599 --> 00:29:28,400 Please tell tell our listeners what what was reported to 537 00:29:28,519 --> 00:29:29,200 have happened. 538 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,759 Speaker 2: So in the upper deck on the home side written 539 00:29:33,119 --> 00:29:38,519 very big is Air Force. So presumably I'm going to 540 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:43,680 just say, presumably Army cadets sneak into Falcon Stadium and 541 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,839 they put a C H in front of the A. 542 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:53,000 So from I twenty five riding by on the interstate, 543 00:29:53,039 --> 00:29:54,799 you can look to the right and look to the 544 00:29:54,839 --> 00:29:59,079 home side and it clearly reads Share Force in the 545 00:29:59,160 --> 00:29:59,720 upper deck. 546 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 3: That's that's the that's the PRT in the Air Force. Right, 547 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,480 it's a It's not on a bike, at least at 548 00:30:07,559 --> 00:30:09,480 least it was. When I was in the Navy. We 549 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,440 always we used to always joke about how how the 550 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:16,799 Air Force members all got to do their prt on 551 00:30:16,839 --> 00:30:19,440 a bike instead of having to do push up setups 552 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:20,200 and running. 553 00:30:21,119 --> 00:30:24,359 Speaker 2: Well they let's let's just say that I'm sure that 554 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,000 the Air Force cadets are going to try and find 555 00:30:27,039 --> 00:30:30,599 a way to have their fun before Saturday up at 556 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,519 West Point. You know that they've got something cooked up. 557 00:30:33,599 --> 00:30:35,920 You can't go, you can't let yourself get punked out 558 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,839 like that like Air Force did on the field last year. 559 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,759 But we got more to do here is we're going 560 00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:42,880 to continue with our Travis Manion Foundation on a roll 561 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:45,920 segment next honoring a fallen hero. Then Steve and I 562 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,160 coming back to pick our games and pass along some 563 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,559 news and notes regarding our three academies, and we'll do 564 00:30:50,599 --> 00:30:52,119 that here on Yards and Stripers coming up. 565 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,960 Speaker 4: In two thousand and seven, Green First Lieutenant Travis Mannon 566 00:30:57,039 --> 00:31:00,000 was killed in Iraq after saving his wooted teammates. Travis 567 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,559 legacy lives on through the words he spoke before his 568 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:06,319 final deployment. If not me, then who words that today 569 00:31:06,359 --> 00:31:09,519 fuel the spirit of Travis Manion Foundation and through TMF 570 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,240 these words can live in you too. Show the world 571 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:15,519 what you're made of. Because character is invisible until it's not. 572 00:31:16,039 --> 00:31:18,680 Find out how you can strengthen the character of your community. 573 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,759 Alongside empowered veterans, families of the fallen, and inspired civilians 574 00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:24,079 at Travismanion dot Org. 575 00:31:27,359 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 2: Continue on along here on Darky Strikes your home for 576 00:31:30,079 --> 00:31:33,720 Service Academy Football. We've come to our Travis Manion Foundation 577 00:31:33,839 --> 00:31:37,680 Honorall Segment where you honor remember a fallen hero one 578 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,599 that has given the ultimate sacrifice for our nation and 579 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:44,279 for our freedoms. And as we approach Veterans Day, it's 580 00:31:44,279 --> 00:31:47,559 always a good time to honor remember our veterans. They're 581 00:31:47,599 --> 00:31:52,000 here that have served and unfortunately those that haven't come home. 582 00:31:52,279 --> 00:31:55,400 And this week on the Travismanian Foundation Honorall Segment, We're 583 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:57,880 going to honor remember a member of the United States 584 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:03,240 Marine Corps Lance Corporal Shan P. Hefner of Hicco, Texas, 585 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:08,920 who gave the ultimate sacrifice on November thirteenth, two thousand 586 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:13,640 and nine, when I improvised explosive device while supporting combat 587 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:20,720 operations in the hem Helmland Province of Afghanistan. Exploded Lance 588 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,559 Corporal Hefner graduated from Hicco High School in two thousand 589 00:32:23,559 --> 00:32:27,000 and six. He finished Marine Corps boot camp on April 590 00:32:27,119 --> 00:32:29,559 the eleventh, two thousand and eight, he was assigned to 591 00:32:29,599 --> 00:32:34,359 the second Amphibious Assault Battalion, second Marine Division out of 592 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,559 Camp Lejiu, North Carolina. He has survived by his parents, 593 00:32:37,599 --> 00:32:41,160 Patrick and Robin Hefner, as well as his siblings Brandon 594 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,759 and Jessica. Shawn servis and sacrifice has been honored by 595 00:32:44,799 --> 00:32:48,400 his family and fellow marines through the travisman In Foundation's 596 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:53,440 Character Does Matter program and through multiple expeditions. And you 597 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,960 can find out ways that you can support the Travismanion 598 00:32:56,000 --> 00:33:00,160 Foundation online at Travismanion dot org as you can get 599 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:04,759 involved in carrying on the legacy of commitment service of 600 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:08,839 loved one, somebody you knew, somebody that you were close to, 601 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:12,720 a family member, or just somebody that you don't know. 602 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,039 Because there's so many that are putting their lives in 603 00:33:15,079 --> 00:33:18,440 harms way every single day, from one corner of the 604 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,519 globe to the next. We cannot say thank you enough 605 00:33:21,559 --> 00:33:25,079 to our veterans who have come home, but also to 606 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:28,519 the families of those who haven't. So this week on 607 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,799 our Travis Meniing Foundation on a roll, we remember Marine 608 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:33,160 Lance Corporal Sean P. 609 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,680 Speaker 5: Hefner Travis Mallon Foundations nine to eleven Heroes Run five 610 00:33:36,759 --> 00:33:39,799 K race series unites communities across the country and around 611 00:33:39,839 --> 00:33:42,559 the world to honor the sacrifices of September eleventh and 612 00:33:42,599 --> 00:33:45,440 the war since. Join your community this September and register 613 00:33:45,559 --> 00:33:48,079 to run, walk or rock by visiting nine to eleven 614 00:33:48,119 --> 00:33:49,240 heroesrun dot org. 615 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:56,599 Speaker 1: The latest with Navy, Army and Air Force on Yards 616 00:33:56,599 --> 00:33:59,960 and Stripes Service Academy Football. 617 00:34:00,039 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 2: Back here on Yards is stripe Is. Stephen and I 618 00:34:02,079 --> 00:34:05,680 are sharing chair Force jokes here acaus we step away 619 00:34:05,759 --> 00:34:07,599 and we're going to try and get Steven to his 620 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,519 pizza date here sooner than later, as we want to 621 00:34:10,559 --> 00:34:13,639 wish everybody a happy early Halloween. You know that Halloween 622 00:34:13,639 --> 00:34:16,119 weekend always has some spooky things that happen on the field, 623 00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:19,079 So I'm curious to see if something spooky might happen 624 00:34:19,119 --> 00:34:22,280 up and up at Mikey Stephen. I don't know, but 625 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,320 we'll pick those games here in just a second. So 626 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,360 let's get to a few news and notes real fast 627 00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:29,679 before we do get to picking our two games, including 628 00:34:30,079 --> 00:34:33,320 that CIC second leg. A couple of game times to 629 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,920 announce for Saturday, November the ninth, the Air Force game 630 00:34:37,639 --> 00:34:40,480 at home against Fresno State is going to kick off 631 00:34:40,519 --> 00:34:43,719 that Saturday night on November the ninth. That's going to 632 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,280 be a seven forty five Mountain standard time kick on 633 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:51,760 FOP Sports. One earlier in the day kickoff times, we're 634 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,639 announcing the American Athletic maybe going to be taken on 635 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:58,280 South Florida on the road there in Tampa right there, 636 00:34:58,599 --> 00:35:00,800 a stone's throw from Stephen right now. That's going to 637 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:04,400 be a twelve noon kickoff on ESPN two. And then 638 00:35:04,519 --> 00:35:08,119 following the Naval Academy in usf Army is going to 639 00:35:08,159 --> 00:35:11,239 be kicking off at North Texas against the Mean Green 640 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,079 at three point thirty on ESPN two. So you got 641 00:35:14,119 --> 00:35:18,639 back to back Academy doubleheaders on Saturday, November the ninth 642 00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:21,360 with Army and Navy and then Air Force on Fox 643 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:26,119 Sports won that evening against Fresno State. Navy senior safety 644 00:35:26,199 --> 00:35:28,559 Rayon Lane the third named a semi finalist for the 645 00:35:28,639 --> 00:35:32,280 JYM Fourth Awards, so congratulations to him. And then Armies 646 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,000 Bryson Daily and Navy's Blake Corback named one of thirty 647 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:39,280 five candidates for the Davy O'Brien Award. Daily also was 648 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,559 added to the All State Sugar Bowl Manning Award watch 649 00:35:42,599 --> 00:35:45,559 list and then finally going back to the Falcons, Steven 650 00:35:45,639 --> 00:35:49,320 remember Ron Vanderlinden assistant former assistant coach there went on 651 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,880 to be the head coach at Maryland I believe the 652 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:55,079 Citadel maybe two, but he's going to receive the AFCA's 653 00:35:55,159 --> 00:36:00,000 twenty twenty four Outstanding Achievement Awards. So congratulations to coach Vanders. 654 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,880 Also one note that you pulled that I hadn't seen yet, 655 00:36:04,119 --> 00:36:06,119 but you and for me about just a little bit ago, 656 00:36:06,159 --> 00:36:09,159 tell our listeners about a big retirement from football. 657 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:14,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, retirement for Diego Fagaux. We talked about him earlier 658 00:36:14,159 --> 00:36:17,960 in the show when we were talking about the history 659 00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:22,360 of strong inside linebacker play at the Naval Academy. Figo, 660 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:26,679 who of course played for Navy from twenty eighteen through 661 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:30,920 twenty twenty one and then went undrafted in the NFL 662 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:34,519 but signed with the Baltimore Ravens, also played for the 663 00:36:34,559 --> 00:36:38,800 Houston Roughnecks of the XFL, was on the practice squad 664 00:36:39,039 --> 00:36:41,639 of the New England Patriots, and then finally with the 665 00:36:41,679 --> 00:36:46,719 Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL. He has decided to end 666 00:36:47,119 --> 00:36:53,000 his football career, tweeted on Monday, officially retired forever indebted 667 00:36:53,039 --> 00:36:55,760 to this game. I lived out my dreams and met 668 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,880 all my best friends along the way. At this time, 669 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:02,199 I will be commissioning back into the Service. Excited for 670 00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:06,679 this next chapter of life. Hashtag for goat, hashtag mister 671 00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:10,119 right now, hashtag mister pot Scraper, which I always which 672 00:37:10,159 --> 00:37:13,719 I thought was very, very funny. But so congratulations to 673 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:20,920 Diego on making his dream of becoming a professional in 674 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,679 the world of football true though he did not play 675 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,559 in a game as a professional, and now going back 676 00:37:28,639 --> 00:37:33,320 into the service to be commissioned and now fulfilling his 677 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:38,320 military obligations. We definitely say fair wins and following sees 678 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:42,920 as he gets ready to embark on his military career. 679 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:48,039 Speaker 2: I think everybody with an American flag on our chest, 680 00:37:48,159 --> 00:37:50,920 on her back, on her shoulder, wherever, we say welcome 681 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:53,719 back Diego, because having that young man is an officer 682 00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:55,920 in the United States military, that's a good thing for 683 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:59,000 everybody listening and then some right now. 684 00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:03,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, And I remember watching him play at Navy 685 00:38:04,039 --> 00:38:09,400 and and how everybody just you know, rallied around him 686 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:13,159 like he was. He was the spark, he was the heart, 687 00:38:13,559 --> 00:38:17,119 the soul, the battery, if you will, of that of 688 00:38:17,119 --> 00:38:21,440 that defense uh at at inside linebacker. And you know 689 00:38:21,599 --> 00:38:25,639 that a man who is able to do that for 690 00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:28,719 a group of for a group of men are certainly 691 00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:30,440 going to be able to get the best out of 692 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:35,639 uh the soldiers, the sailors, the Marines, uh, the airmen 693 00:38:36,159 --> 00:38:39,599 UH that are going to be uh you know reporting 694 00:38:39,639 --> 00:38:42,880 to him as an officer in the United States Military. 695 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:44,280 And I wish him all the best. 696 00:38:44,519 --> 00:38:49,880 Speaker 2: Absolutely, we all do. Certainly congratulations to diego, talented young man. 697 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,360 But just damn, I'm glad he's on our side. That's 698 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:56,119 all all safe, damn right, all right, Steven, Let's get 699 00:38:56,119 --> 00:38:58,039 you to your pizza date. Let's pick some games here. 700 00:38:58,119 --> 00:39:02,000 Let's start. Let's start with right in Houston, because that's 701 00:39:02,039 --> 00:39:04,440 what I actually has a little special place in my 702 00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:07,079 heart because this is the site where I met one 703 00:39:07,079 --> 00:39:10,000 of the three US presidents that I've ever met, and 704 00:39:10,039 --> 00:39:11,920 it was the first one that actually ever met, is 705 00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,639 when I met George W. But or George Bush, the 706 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,280 forty one. It's getting ready to come up the elevator 707 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:20,320 to do a interview with Pete Medhurst and the Navy 708 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,880 radio crew. As I went down at halftime just to 709 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:26,119 kind of walk around and take in the sights and 710 00:39:26,159 --> 00:39:28,480 the sounds there at halftime when we were playing at Rice. 711 00:39:28,519 --> 00:39:30,960 I believe that was two thousand and one or two 712 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:35,599 thousand and two. But nonetheless, Navy and the Rice Owls 713 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:39,480 Rice struggling mightily two and six. Obviously, Navy's coming off 714 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:42,519 that loss at six and one to Notre Dame. I 715 00:39:42,519 --> 00:39:45,039 don't I still don't think Navy's gonna have any problems 716 00:39:45,039 --> 00:39:46,559 in this one, Steven, But what do you think? 717 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, I certainly don't think there's gonna be any any 718 00:39:49,519 --> 00:39:52,960 sort of problems when it comes to this game. And 719 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:57,360 this is the bounce back that the midshipman need. They 720 00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:02,239 get a nice soft landing after the kill hauling they 721 00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:05,639 took at the hands of Notre Dame. So yeah, I 722 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:09,480 think this is probably like thirty seven thirteen. I really 723 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:13,280 do think that. Oh my lord, Yeah, I think this 724 00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:17,239 is another another beat the Owls suffer, another beat down 725 00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,159 in the hands of a Service Academy. 726 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,159 Speaker 2: Great minds, think alike. Because I had thirty eight to 727 00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:25,480 thirteen here on my prep sheet written down, and so 728 00:40:25,599 --> 00:40:27,800 when you dropped to thirty seven thirteen, I'm like deck 729 00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:31,360 gum a great minds think alike. Let's see if great 730 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:34,880 minds think alike on our second game, the big Game, 731 00:40:35,039 --> 00:40:38,840 the game of the weekend. That's air Force at number 732 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:43,199 twenty one, Army one in six, air Force seven and 733 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:46,239 zero Army, putting the winning station's longest winning streak on 734 00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:49,519 the line, trying to get that eight to o. Is 735 00:40:49,639 --> 00:40:51,960 air Force gonna stand in the way, Stephen. 736 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:56,840 Speaker 3: In a word, No, And on top of that, Jeff 737 00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,760 Bunkins had two weeks to prepare for this now, So 738 00:41:00,599 --> 00:41:03,320 I think if they, if they had only had one week, 739 00:41:03,679 --> 00:41:06,440 I would say, okay, I would give the punchers chance 740 00:41:07,079 --> 00:41:10,880 a little more. No, there is no way that that 741 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,400 air Force has anything. 742 00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:19,119 Speaker 2: I say, forty one to three Army forty one to three, Okay, 743 00:41:19,199 --> 00:41:21,199 that's a little bit more than what I was gonna go. 744 00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:24,159 I was gonna go. I was somewhere in that neighborhood, 745 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:28,199 tracking pretty close to you. I've got Army big, except 746 00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:31,239 not quite as big. I do have Army covering you 747 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:33,280 had forty one to three. I was gonna go Army 748 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:38,599 thirty one to six, so not quite running rough shod 749 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:42,519 over the falcons. But nonetheless, you and I expect it 750 00:41:42,559 --> 00:41:47,760 to be a bludgeoning no matter what at Mikey Stadium 751 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:51,119 come twelve noon, which will be a ten am Mountain 752 00:41:51,119 --> 00:41:55,559 Standard time kickoff for the Falcons there locally. All right, Steven, 753 00:41:55,639 --> 00:41:59,559 let's get out of here. Let's wish everybody a happy Halloween. 754 00:41:59,599 --> 00:42:01,840 Hope every it has a great holiday later this week, 755 00:42:02,119 --> 00:42:04,400 no veteran stay is also around the corners. I mentioned 756 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:07,360 the Travis Mana Foundation on a roll segment and how 757 00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:09,880 and before we forget there, we're going to be upon 758 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:13,599 Thanksgiving cutting turkey, Stephen. Now, year's flying by. The season 759 00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:16,320 is flying by. So let's enjoy all the games while 760 00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:18,320 we got them. But go enjoy your pizza. 761 00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:19,159 Speaker 3: I will. 762 00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:21,760 Speaker 2: I can't wait to do it again next week. Here 763 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:24,599 on the Last Word on Sports podcast Network, we are 764 00:42:24,679 --> 00:42:25,519 Yards and Stripes. 765 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:30,760 Speaker 1: Join us again next time for Yards and Strikes Service 766 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:34,519 Academy Football. To get more on all things Service Academy Football, 767 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:37,639 like Yards and Stripes on Facebook and follow them on 768 00:42:37,679 --> 00:42:40,719 Twitter at Yards and Stripes and make sure that you're 769 00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:44,920 subscribing to the College Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast feed 770 00:42:45,199 --> 00:42:50,599 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google and wherever you get your podcasts.