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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, Bryce Atkinson and

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Steve Carney.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into another addition. How about a Thanksgiving addition, folks

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of Yards and Stripes your home for Service Academy Football.

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He is the man, the maestro, the myth, the absolute

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service Academy legend one Stephen Carney. I'm just lowly Price

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Atkinson and we are glad you are here.

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Speaker 3: And let me get.

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Speaker 2: Mushy right out of the gate. I am so damn

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thankful for this guy, Stephen Carney. In a week or

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weeks when it has been a rough go and I'm

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not putting it on anybody else.

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Speaker 3: You know, we all have rough times.

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Speaker 2: But when it's Thanksgiving week, I'm thankful for people that

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are always there for you and somebody that's always there

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for me and for you, our listeners. Stephen Carney, Steven,

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I'm just saying thank you because we couldn't do this

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without you, brother, I couldn't do.

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Speaker 3: It without you, so thank you.

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Speaker 4: Oh you're the best price, and I will I will

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also reflect that back to you because there are many

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weeks when my schedule has me running around like a

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chicken with my head cut off, and I'm like, I

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can only do taping at this hour, late late at night,

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on like a Wednesday, and you are like, no problem whatsoever,

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And you are always there for me, and we are

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both there for.

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Speaker 5: Our listeners and that certainly helps us.

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Speaker 4: So I appreciate you and I'm thankful for you on

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this Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 3: Well, I appreciate it. Brother.

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Speaker 2: We're a team, and I hope everybody enjoys the team

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what we built here at Yards and Stripes, because it's

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a lot of fun to do this every single week

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to talk about Army, Navy and Air Force football. Is

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you are in the palatial estate in Saint Pete and

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I am in a beach condo trying to get this

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knocked out, laying on a bed holding my microphone, completely

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completely away from the home home setup. And that's okay

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because that's what makes this thing a lot of fun

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to do sometimes. So we're gonna have some fun tonight

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real quick. We got to get a killer pizza report.

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I know everybody's dreaming, dreaming about turkey, dreaming about stuffing

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and all mom Grandma's family, you know, fixings at the

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Thanksgiving table on Thursday. Steven, take me back, because there

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is no day that is not a great day without pizza.

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I know, Killer Pizza. You have been tearing it up lately.

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We have been tearing it up lately.

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Speaker 4: And I finished off the Killer Pizza here this afternoon.

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I'm going through all of their specialty pies. I've already

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done the Meat Massacre, which was a ten plus. This

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time we got the Buffalo Chicken Slayer Pizza, which was

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obviously Buffalo chicken with a ghost ghost pepper ranch glaze

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on top. Quite delicious. I would say the Meat Maskers

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probably is a ten plus. The Buffalo Chicken I wish

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it'd have like a marin era base. It did not,

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which kind of kind of you know, makes it a

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little different. It was a different style for me, So

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I ended up with this one. Probably This is probably

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about an eight or an eight and a half, so

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not quite as perfect as as some of the others

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that I have had from Killer Pizza, but still a

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very very good pie. And I've got plenty more to

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break down here this weekend, because I'm sure that after

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having two and a half days of turkey and stuffing

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and mashed potatoes. I'm gonna be wanting some pizza this

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weekend for college football.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, my friend. Absolutely, there is no better time for

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pizza than college sports on Thanksgiving weekend. Whereas football, basketball,

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pro football, I mean, you throw the kitchen sink of

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sports to me. This is one of the best sports

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weeks of the entire calendar year. It is upon us,

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all right, Steven. We got a good bit to get into.

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We got two games to recap, we got three games

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coming up this week. We got an American Conference championship that

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is yet to be decided. Travis Manian Foundation on a

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roll segment. Game balls or maybe we don't have game balls.

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We've got picks to make. We got a ton that

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we are going to do here this week. But let's

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get in to last weekend because we will start We

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had two senior days both at West Point and at

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the Air Force Academy. We will start up at west

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Point because it was two lane walking into Mike Stadium

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and shocking Army twenty six to twenty five, Tulsa getting

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their first American Conference victory of the season, as they

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are now four and seven to one and six an

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Army now five and five, three and four. They had

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the chance to get to Bowl eligibility. They could not

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do it. We will talk about can they still get there?

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That is a bigger lingering question. But my question I'm

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gonna ask you is, what in the hell with Jeff

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Monkin and the Army staff thinking Steven throwing the football

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late in the game, they were up eight twenty five

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seventeen I think three ten, three to twenty left on

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the clock. They decide they're going to drop back and

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pass on a second ten, It's picked off, and then

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next thing you know, Tulsa's in business at the Army

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forty with just over three minutes left. Five plays later,

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they score a touchdown. Two point conversion fails. You know,

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Army does get the ball back, but they go They

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they four and out eighteen seconds and then Tulsa kicks

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the game winning field goal with with twelve seconds left

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from twenty seven yards out. I'm gonna go back to

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my question though, what in the hell with Jeff Monkin

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and Army staff thinking throwing the football?

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Speaker 5: League?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, this is one where if I was still in

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the military, I'd be asking for an article fifteen investigation

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about what happened in the fourth quarter of this game.

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Because this is a Tulsa team we talked about it

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last week, had not won a single conference game all

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season long, going into one of the most venerable stadiums

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against one of the most disciplined teams in all of

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college football, and they looked completely undisciplined coming from the

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coaching staff.

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Speaker 5: I agree with you completely. Why are they.

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Speaker 4: Throwing the football deep in their own territory? I don't

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I don't understand. Are they trying to be cute? Are

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they trying to mix things up? At that point you've

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got you've got Tulsa on the ropes. All you need

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is a couple of first downs and you can run.

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Speaker 5: Out the clock.

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Speaker 4: You don't even need to get into their territory. You're

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not trying to score, You're trying to run out the

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and passing the football. There are three things that can happen,

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and two of them are bad. Either one, it's gonna

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be incomplete and you're gonna stop the clock and give

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Tulsa extra time. Or two what ended up happening, You

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throw an interception and now they've got the ball in

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a short field to deal with down eight, they can

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go and get a score and there's gonna be plenty

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of time for them to be able to either A

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get the on side kick or B make a stop.

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Speaker 5: And that's exactly what happened. I couldn't believe it.

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Speaker 4: I'm I'm like you, I'm screaming at the television, going what.

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Speaker 3: Are you doing? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: I did the same thing, and I am one of

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those guys like I think I've said four I'm not

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a prisoner of the moment guy, and I'm not mister armchair.

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You know that leaves every game saying I don't know

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what the play callers were doing, because I have friends

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that all they want to do is bitch about play

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call and complain about it, regardless of pick the team,

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Just go ahead, put the team in that conversation. Well,

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if we had a stupid play caller, for I'm never

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that guy. I'm the exact opposite of that guy. But

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when I saw Kate helems dropping back to pass, I

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threw my arms up and like, what are these guys

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doing here?

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Speaker 3: I get it. You're a genius if.

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Speaker 2: You complete a forty yard pass downfield and you basically

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are running out the clock in game set match. But

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there have been too many times this year and they

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got away with it. And I'm trying to remember the

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game it was. It was just recently Steven helped me out.

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Speaker 3: It wasn't.

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Speaker 2: It wasn't their last game before this. But there was

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another game where Jummunkin and company they went for it

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or late in the game in their own territory. God like,

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why can't I remember the game? It'll come to me

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in a second. And they didn't get it.

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Speaker 5: It was the Air Forces game.

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Speaker 2: It was the Air Force game, and they the Air

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Force bails them out, but this time they didn't get

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bailed out with stupidity. And I have as much I

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want an army to win this game and get the

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Bowl eligible, get to be Bowl eligible with six wins.

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I have very little sympathy in this case for being

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that freaking stupid when you know, dagum well your bread

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is butter. By running the football, Helms had already run

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for a buck fifty. Run him again, or find somebody

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else to run the rock. But it do not be

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putting the ball in the air.

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Speaker 4: All I was all I was thinking of when when

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he dropped back, I'm going, all right, are we gonna

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see a quarterback like run the quarterback draw at that point.

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If you're gonna get it, if you're gonna get if

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you're gonna have Helms drop back to appear to pass,

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that's the perfect time to run the quarterback draw because

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you're gonna see spot holes in the in the line.

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Speaker 5: Start to open up and you're able to get through.

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Speaker 4: You just got to be able to get somebody to

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move the middle linebacker and all of a sudden you

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can throw the football. But that in that play, you

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could tell that Helms was not looking to throw to

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run the football at all. That was a throw through

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and through and he was either going to throw the

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football or he was gonna take the sack, And you

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almost wish he took the sack at that point.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yes, I think a sack would have been

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better because you at least still keep the football and

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it's third long and at least you could still run

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it if you really wanted to do that. And then

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they would have probably burned a time out one of

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their three final timeouts, because they wouldn't have had all

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three on the next drive when they ran four plays

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total of seven yards in eighteen seconds, Steven.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, they get the kick.

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Speaker 4: We were like, oh my god, they're gonna pull They're

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gonna pull this out anyway.

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Speaker 5: I couldn't believe it.

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Speaker 2: And I'm not saying that Tulsa outplayed them, because it

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was fairly even most of the game. Sure, Tulsa had

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two turnovers, an Army had zero up until the very end,

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and they outgained Army five hundred to just over three hundred.

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But you know, Army only committed two penalties. They played

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a pretty clean game. They just didn't convert some of

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the third downs they needed and certainly some of the

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four downs they needed. But the bottom line is is

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I think we're having a different conversation and the result

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is different had they not just been ridiculously crazy uh

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in going for it late, because I just think it

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was one of the most mind been boggling calls of

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the season against a team that why would you spot

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them a short field when they hadn't won a conference

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game all year and they hadn't really looked good doing

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you know, in most of their games they got blown

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you know, blown out in a lot of them. You know,

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it's not like Tulsa was this capable team and then

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Army just kind of single handling made them capable at

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the end. I'm just I'm just exasperated. I'm just I'm

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still just I can't believe it. Yeah, I mean, I'm

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gonna move on this. I just can't believe this one.

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This one, you have to chalk it up. Somebody brain parted,

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somebody had I don't know if it.

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Speaker 4: Was if it was coach Monkin, or if it was

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one of the assistant coaches, or or if it was

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Hellm's I don't know. I don't know who whose bright

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idea was, but that was a brain fart of the

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highest magnitude.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, we're gonna move on, but we will

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get onto other things. Tulsa twenty six, Army twenty five

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missed opportunity to say the least.

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Speaker 4: Yes, all right, not only that, but it's going to

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bite the Black Knights in the rear end.

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Speaker 5: Come going forward for the rest.

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Speaker 2: Of this season, and we'll explain well, that stupidity and

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bit could be the reason why they're not playing in

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the postseason. All right, let's go to the other senior day.

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Colorado Springs Air Force Academy welcoming New Mexico, a solid

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New Mexico team at that and that New Mexico team

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came in there and got a twenty to three win

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over Air Forces, New Mexico eight and three, five and

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two in the Mount West, air Force dropping to three

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and eight two and five in the league. Liam Sark

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obviously not playing loss for the season against Yukon, so

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Josh Johnson took over along with converted the fullback Kemper Hodges,

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and the Falcons just couldn't get it done because New

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Mexico nine plays seventy five yards to open the game,

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cap by quarterback Jack Lane's twelve yard touchdown run. Lobos

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never looked back from there. They stop Air Force on

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their first drive. Then the Lobos go eighty two yards

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on fifteen plays in eight forty three, cap by a

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two yard touchdown run. They led fourteen to nothing just

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three minutes into the second quarter an air Force it

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only had the ball one time while New Mexico had it.

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I believe it was almost fourteen minutes and the game

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was over from there.

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Speaker 4: Steven, Yeah, it really was. And you figure, you know,

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not having Stark in this game was going to be

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a big, big, big negative for the for the Falcons,

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especially because New Mexico has been so good this year

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at stopping the run, and I mean they held the

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Falcons to just one hundred and ten yards rushing, I

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mean two point three yards per rushing attempt in this

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game for air Force. And when you have that happened

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Speaker 5: In big, big truck.

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Speaker 4: I mean, even though you know they didn't commit a penalty,

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and you know, the time of possession turned out to

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be rather even. Uh, you know, it was only a

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forty six second differential between the Lobos and the Falcons,

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but I mean when you have more when New Mexico

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had more rushing yards than air Force had total yards,

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and that was that was not what you what you

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expect out of a out of an air Force team.

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any better not having Liam Sarka under center.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt about that, because Sarka had been so

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good this year. And we'll see what happens in the

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season finale against Colorado State. I still think they can

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find a way to go there. But in Sarca's absence,

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they they can only muster one hundred and sixty one

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yards a total offense, only one hundred and ten on

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the ground against one of the top one of the

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top echelon teams in them mount Less at home.

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Speaker 3: That's not going to cut it.

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Speaker 2: Give give air Force some credit. They avoid the shutout.

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Reagan Tubbs gets them on the board, drilling a twenty

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seven yard field goal in the fourth quarter. But I mean,

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that's that's that's water under the bridge, you know. It's

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it's been able to say you didn't get shut out.

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That's really about all that is.

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Speaker 5: Feel bad for the seniors.

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Speaker 4: Uh yeah, because the seniors deserved better from the the

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entire team, uh in that in that game, and they

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they just didn't get it. And I think a lot

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of it had to do with the fact that that

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they were all still reeling from what happened to Liam

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uh in the Yukon game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And this has been a senior class has done

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some really good special things, especially their freshman sophomore years

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at the academy. I mean, this is they've they've fallen

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on hard times in the last two years.

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Speaker 3: I do feel bad for.

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Speaker 2: Those those senior kids because to go out like this

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after the way they they really went into their academy

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careers with some with some outstanding Falcon teams. It's just

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kind of disheartening to see the way they've fallen off

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in the last two years. But eventually, you know, you

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cycle through guys. Sometimes you've got to build back up

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to a crescendo. You know, at Army and Navy would

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tell you it would laugh at that statement. They would

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tell you, heck, no, it's next man up. And I

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do get that, But right now, I don't know what

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it is with air Force. If it's scheme, if it's talent,

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I think a lot more of that talent now resides

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at West Point in Annapolis than Colorado Springs, because, as

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we all know, air Force has gotten creative and let's

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just put it that way on you know, turnbacks and

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some different things to keep guys in the program. But

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maybe that's all caught up to them. I don't know, Stephen.

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a tough season and I hate seeing the seniors go

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out without.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely and I think a lot of a lot of

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what's going on with Air Force is the fact that

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they have struggled to get the recruits that they have

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been looking for.

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Speaker 5: A lot of the a lot of the guys that.

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Speaker 4: They have been recruiting have gone to West Point or

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to Annapolis and not to Colorado Springs, you know.

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Speaker 5: And you can't really fault the recruits for for where

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they want to go.

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Speaker 4: But I think, I think that they've got to be

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able to find They've got to be able to persuade

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the recruits that they are going after, because you know,

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obviously the guys that they are going after are the

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same guys that Jeff Bunkett is going after, the same

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guys that that Brian Newberry are going is going after

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uh to go to Navy, and and they are they

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find themselves behind.

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Speaker 5: The proverbial eight ball right now.

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Speaker 4: And I don't know why that is, you know, I'm

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i'd be I would be interested to hear from some

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of the recruits as to why they why they make

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the choices that they do.

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Speaker 5: But they have not.

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Speaker 2: Made the choice to go to Colorado Springs the last

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couple of years. Steven New Mexico twenty Air Force three.

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Let me pivot to our game balls, because we've got

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a lot more to do here, and let's just put

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it this way.

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Speaker 3: I'm not, you know, throwing water on.

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Speaker 2: This segment, but our two teams lose. One of them

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does it in dramatic fashion, the other does it with

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the dud. I don't have a lot more I don't

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have a lot more energy for the way these two

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teams lost last week. Outside of what I what I

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gave during about what Army did.

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Speaker 4: We would say, we would say right now that game

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balls are secured.

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Speaker 2: Can we give a game ball for this week?

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Speaker 4: I don't think either of these teams have anything that

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was worthy of a game ball, which is why I

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say game balls are secured?

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Speaker 5: All right?

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Speaker 2: First time I think in history of the show that

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neither of us giving a game ball. Part of me

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wanted to give a game ball to Jeff Munkin for stupidity,

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but I'm not going to do that. I'm not going

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to be that guy. But this, I do think is

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the first time in Yards and Stripe's history. So starting

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this podcast, what circa twenty eighteen nineteen that have never

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given a game ball, and that neither of us have

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given a game ball? So let the record reflect, all right,

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Steven Tell everybody about the last word on not last

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Speaker 5: Every single week.

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Speaker 4: Of course, starting off the week on Mondays, we always

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have a look at the ACC. There have been a

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plenty of shifts starting with SMU and can the Mustangs

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get themselves into the ACC Championship game?

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Speaker 5: That is a huge.

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Speaker 4: Question that the guys Jeff and Matthew take a look

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at this week and this week in the ACC Get

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Off My Pylon, we head out to the West Coast

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and all of the things that are going on out west.

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Of course, the coaching carousels. Can Oregon do what it

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takes to get into the college Football Playoff?

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Speaker 5: From the Big Ten?

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Speaker 4: A lot of good, a lot of stuff going on

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from Get Off My Pylon. Of course, the Big Ten

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paradigm also taking a look at Oregon's win over USC

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but of course they have plenty to talk about in

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the Big Ten this week. It's rivalry week, so of

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course gotta lead with Ohio State and Michigan this week,

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but there are plenty of other games going on in

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the Big Ten that they're definitely gonna take a look

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at Big Skin and Burnt Ends, Tim Ham taking a

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look at Texas and Texas A and M. The Aggie's

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looking to stay undefeated and get into the SEC Championship game.

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That's the main course there for Pigskin and Burnt Ends,

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and then of course later on this week, Florida Football

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you after Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 3: There you have it.

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Speaker 2: All right, kids, welcome back Thanksgiving addition style here on

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tomorrow morning. But three games, Steven, three big games, and

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they're big for a lot of different reasons. Let's get

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to the reason that Navy at Memphis is big on

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Thanksgiving Night?

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Speaker 3: Who does it love? Thanksgiving Night? Football?

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Speaker 2: Personally, I enjoy the NFL, but give me college football

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any and every day of the week. I don't care

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who it is, especially when I get a Thanksgiving matchup,

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because you know it's gonna be something with some kind

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of you know it, whether it's an egg Bowl of yesteryear,

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maybe a Georgia Georgia Tech game. This year, we got

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Navy at Memphis. These two teams have been mainstays in

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00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,640
the American and this is gonna kick off at seven

481
00:24:15,799 --> 00:24:19,599
thirty on Thanksgiving evening on ESPN. The Memphis Tigers are

482
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giving five and a half points over under is fifty

483
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nine and a half. And the other reason why this

484
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one is big, folks, Well, Navy's got to have it

485
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to stay in the American Conference Championship hunt. They need

486
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help with Tulane in North Texas right there. If North

487
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Texas and Tulane both win, that's your American Conference Championship game.

488
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Navy's gotta win, and Navy has to have one of

489
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those teams lose. We will talk about those two teams

490
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and their opponents here in just a little bit, But Steven,

491
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this sets up to be a fantastic matchup. Every single

492
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,640
game seems to be a wild affair when Navy and

493
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Memphis get together. Last year was no different. Is Navy

494
00:25:00,079 --> 00:25:03,000
on a fifty six to forty four shootout teams combining

495
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for one hundred points last year. But Navy hasn't beat Memphis.

496
00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:12,319
They're in Memphis six twenty and fifteen, they've lost four straight,

497
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which was the mids first year in the American Their

498
00:25:15,519 --> 00:25:20,160
last win in Memphis came in the twenty nineteen Liberty

499
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Bowl when they beat Kansas State on that field. So

500
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Memphis has not been a place that is very kind

501
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to the Navy midshipman over the years.

502
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Speaker 4: No, it certainly hasn't. And you know, obviously the former

503
00:25:33,519 --> 00:25:38,720
Liberty Bowl Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium now certainly has been

504
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a very very rough place.

505
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Speaker 5: For any opponent to go to, you know, over the years.

506
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Speaker 4: This year, I know, watching South Florida go up to

507
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Memphis and end up losing the way that they did.

508
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They were up big in that game and saw the

509
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Tigers come back and eventually get the victory over USF

510
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You know, I I really thought at that point that

511
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the Tigers were the team to beat in this conference,

512
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and they've they've had a couple of really tough losses

513
00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:17,720
in the last couple of weeks. Obviously, Uh, East Carolina

514
00:26:18,599 --> 00:26:21,680
a couple of weeks ago was was difficult Tulane. Uh,

515
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those were their last two games that they that they played,

516
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and it's been it's been rough going for the Tigers

517
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against a couple of the a couple of the better

518
00:26:31,039 --> 00:26:34,400
teams in this conference. I think Navy is in for

519
00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:38,039
a fight on Thanksgiving. I think this is going to

520
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be a very, very difficult I think Memphis is looking

521
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to play spoiler.

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Speaker 5: Uh.

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Speaker 4: They are certain, they know that they don't have a

524
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shot at the at the conference title, and I think

525
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that they would love nothing more than to end Navy's

526
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opportunity to get into the conference championship. As you said,

527
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it's gonna be tough because Tulane and North Texas have

528
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:06,200
very Uh. I would say they have matchups later on

529
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,000
in the in the week you know, in the weekend that.

530
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Speaker 5: Are very easy.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 4: You know, Tulane, Tulane plays a Charlotte team that is

533
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,480
absolutely horrific. UH that that is maybe one of the

534
00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:22,079
worst teams in u FBS college football this year.

535
00:27:22,599 --> 00:27:22,759
Speaker 3: Uh.

536
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Speaker 4: North Texas has a matchup against Temple, and of course

537
00:27:29,039 --> 00:27:35,359
they're they're head coach Eric Morris uh here on this

538
00:27:35,799 --> 00:27:38,440
on this Tuesday, was announced that he is going to

539
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be taking the job at Oklahoma State next year.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 4: He's going to be with the Mean Green uh through

542
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the rest of this season and through the conference championship

543
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and whether or not they make the College Football Playoff.

544
00:27:52,839 --> 00:27:56,119
But I think that those are those are both winnable

545
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,119
games for the two teams that Navy needs to lose.

546
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Speaker 2: Yeah, so you're saying there's a chance, Stevens, there is

547
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a chance.

548
00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:06,519
Speaker 5: There's always a chance.

549
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,839
Speaker 4: I mean, who would have thought that UAB would would

550
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beat Memphis? And UAB is an awful team that that

551
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:19,519
had fired their coach and at that point, So obviously

552
00:28:19,559 --> 00:28:22,880
I think there's there's definitely an opportunity here, but I

553
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,039
think it is a very slim one.

554
00:28:25,759 --> 00:28:26,599
Speaker 3: Yeah.

555
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:30,359
Speaker 2: A win, however, could still clinch at least a first

556
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:34,039
way to a tie for first in the regular season standings.

557
00:28:34,039 --> 00:28:35,720
They may not get to play for the championship, but

558
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they would still potentially, you know, clinch a tie.

559
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Speaker 3: The mid seas.

560
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Speaker 5: Any any season where you have one loss in conference.

561
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Speaker 3: Is a good season.

562
00:28:45,359 --> 00:28:49,240
Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely, Mids need two more wins to reach ten

563
00:28:49,319 --> 00:28:51,200
for the season of mark the first time in school

564
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:52,680
history that Navy has had back to.

565
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:54,559
Speaker 3: Back ten win seasons.

566
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Speaker 2: They need three more wins to tie the school record

567
00:28:57,519 --> 00:29:01,200
for wins, which was eleven in twenty nineteen. In twenty fifteen,

568
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,799
those were some good teams. But yes, I think this

569
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is interesting.

570
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 4: This is the.

571
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Speaker 2: First time that Navy will play on Thanksgiving since November

572
00:29:10,759 --> 00:29:15,319
twenty fourth, eighteen ninety eight, when the Mids defeated vam

573
00:29:15,359 --> 00:29:19,279
I twenty one to five in the snow in Annapolis.

574
00:29:19,319 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 5: They are four and three all.

575
00:29:20,839 --> 00:29:24,400
Speaker 2: Time on Thanksgiving Day, with all seven of those games

576
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:29,079
taking place between eighteen eighty three and eighteen ninety eight. Yeah,

577
00:29:29,119 --> 00:29:31,240
we're digging deep when we go back to the eighteen

578
00:29:31,319 --> 00:29:32,599
hundred Stephen Carney.

579
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Speaker 4: Yeah, especially playing against a team that is not in FBS.

580
00:29:38,519 --> 00:29:42,000
I mean they're playing an FCS team in the Key

581
00:29:42,039 --> 00:29:45,960
Debts back then, So it's been it's been a long

582
00:29:46,039 --> 00:29:50,240
time since they've had to play on Thanksgiving Eve or

583
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:54,039
Thanksgiving Day in the evening. I think it's going to

584
00:29:54,079 --> 00:29:59,400
be definitely an interesting one for sure for the midship.

585
00:30:00,039 --> 00:30:03,119
Speaker 2: Tigers, led by redshirt senior quarterback Brendan Lewis thrown for

586
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:07,039
twenty almost twenty four hundred yards, thirteen touchdowns a completion

587
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,920
percentage of seventy one point seven, ninth best in the country.

588
00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:14,160
He is also their second leading rusher. So it kind

589
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:17,039
of does it have shades of Byron Brown to it? Yeah,

590
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,440
a little bit, except you know, we all thought that,

591
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you know, he was gonna have Navy's number when USF

592
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:26,000
came to Annapolis. Lewis could have a Navy's number in

593
00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,279
the Liberty Bowl. But the big thing, big thing at caution,

594
00:30:30,079 --> 00:30:32,759
Memphis has lost two games coming into this one, Steven,

595
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And you know, while they were close losses, they weren't

596
00:30:36,359 --> 00:30:41,160
what East Carolina And who's the other one, Tulane Tulane. Yeah,

597
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,359
Tulane is a good team, but losing to East Carolina

598
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,400
not exactly ideal, And so they're going to be coming

599
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:48,160
in trying to get a bad taste out of their

600
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,119
mouths if itished this regular season in style.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Tulane's Tulane's a very good team. East Carolina has

602
00:30:55,519 --> 00:30:59,759
played well this year, so, I mean, they've only got

603
00:30:59,799 --> 00:31:03,680
two losses in conference so far this year too, so

604
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and you remember earlier this year what East Carolina did

605
00:31:08,279 --> 00:31:13,480
the army, So I I really think that, you know,

606
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:18,200
for the midshipman, they you know, there's there's no doubt,

607
00:31:18,599 --> 00:31:23,000
you know. They they have to understand that, you know,

608
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:27,759
it might not be UH in their control, but they

609
00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:29,720
have to be able to control. They have to be

610
00:31:29,759 --> 00:31:33,079
able to do everything they can to control what they

611
00:31:33,119 --> 00:31:33,440
can do.

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00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:35,400
Speaker 5: Because you lose this game.

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00:31:35,279 --> 00:31:38,319
Speaker 4: There's no shot. You know, even even if you win

614
00:31:38,359 --> 00:31:40,480
this game, there might not be a shot. But win

615
00:31:40,559 --> 00:31:44,480
this game and and get finished with UH, finished with

616
00:31:44,519 --> 00:31:49,160
one loss, finish seven and one in UH in conference play,

617
00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:53,200
like North Texas and Tulane are are likely to do,

618
00:31:53,559 --> 00:31:56,519
and you'll find yourself feeling really proud about yourself.

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Speaker 2: All Right, once again, a Navy emit this on things

620
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:03,480
Thanksgiving Night, Memphis giving five and a half points over

621
00:32:03,599 --> 00:32:08,319
under in this one fifty nine point five kickoff on ESPN.

622
00:32:08,599 --> 00:32:11,839
All right, let's pivot to the Air Force Academy because

623
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:14,359
we got a game on Thursday. Well, this one's on Friday.

624
00:32:14,359 --> 00:32:17,119
The ram Falcon Trophy on the line. Is Air Force

625
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:20,160
heading up to Fort Collins to take on Colorado State

626
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:25,240
Friday at three pm Eastern standard time on Fox Sports One.

627
00:32:25,319 --> 00:32:28,200
Air Force is giving a point and a half. They

628
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,039
are a road favorite in this one. Over under is

629
00:32:31,119 --> 00:32:34,000
forty four and a half. It's Colorado State two and

630
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,960
nine overall, one in six in the Mounthwest. They fired

631
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,880
Jay Norvel earlier this season. It's gonna be the only

632
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,519
non Saturday game of the season for Air Force, which

633
00:32:42,559 --> 00:32:45,039
seems kind of weird because it seems like they played

634
00:32:45,079 --> 00:32:47,240
a lot of Friday games in the past, and one

635
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,519
of the best games I've ever seen on Friday was

636
00:32:49,519 --> 00:32:52,079
one I was there in person in Colorado Springs between

637
00:32:52,519 --> 00:32:54,039
said Colorado State and Air Force.

638
00:32:54,079 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 3: I believe that was back in.

639
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Speaker 2: Twenty eighteen twenty nineteen. But again, these two teams compete

640
00:32:59,279 --> 00:33:02,920
for the ram FOALC Trophy every year. This the forty

641
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:06,119
fifth year of the trophy competition, with Air Force holding

642
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,799
a twenty eight to seventeen lead. They do lead the

643
00:33:08,839 --> 00:33:11,920
overall series against Colorado State thirty nine to twenty two

644
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:17,640
to one, including a seventeen and ten mark against the Rams.

645
00:33:17,759 --> 00:33:21,519
They're in Colorado State. Air Force is one four straight

646
00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:24,759
in Fort Collins going back to twenty seventeen, So right now,

647
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:28,039
they got some good Mojo going up there to CSU

648
00:33:28,079 --> 00:33:28,519
this weekend.

649
00:33:28,559 --> 00:33:28,920
Speaker 3: Steven.

650
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Speaker 4: They certainly do. And you look at what Colorado State

651
00:33:33,079 --> 00:33:36,039
doesn't do well. They don't stop the run very well.

652
00:33:36,039 --> 00:33:40,119
They are one hundred and twenty third in FBS college

653
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,240
football and stopping the run, they give up almost one

654
00:33:42,319 --> 00:33:45,279
hundred and ninety five rushing yards a game.

655
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Speaker 5: That's a lot. I think that's a lot, wouldn't you say? Now?

656
00:33:49,319 --> 00:33:49,480
You know?

657
00:33:49,559 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 4: Air forces defense is also not very good. You know,

658
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:58,400
we're not gonna not gonna sugarcoat it. Colorado's overall defense

659
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,440
four hundred and twenty six yards per game allowed, that

660
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:03,960
to one hundred and twentieth. Air Forces is four and

661
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,960
thirty one, most of them coming through the air though.

662
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,159
They are one hundred and twenty fifth out of one

663
00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:13,440
hundred and thirty six FBS schools. So I have a

664
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:17,239
feeling this is going to be a pretty high scoring affair,

665
00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:19,159
if you know what I mean. I think that it

666
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,519
might be the first team to get a stop is

667
00:34:21,599 --> 00:34:23,760
probably the one that ends up getting a win.

668
00:34:24,639 --> 00:34:26,039
Speaker 3: Well the foul excuse me.

669
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Speaker 2: The Rams have lost five straight and those include home

670
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:32,599
losses against UNLV by thirty two and against Hawaii by

671
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:36,840
twelve there in Fort Collins. But they are in the cellar.

672
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,519
They are the cellar dwellers of the Mountain West one

673
00:34:39,559 --> 00:34:41,880
in six, two and nine. And it doesn't feel that

674
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:45,159
long ago. When Jay Norvel was chirping at coach Prime.

675
00:34:45,199 --> 00:34:48,239
I believe it was going back last year when you know,

676
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,760
Colorado State was kind of flying high there for a while.

677
00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:54,039
But well not anymore. They have fallen on hard times there.

678
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:56,320
But that I'll tell you one thing. I haven't been

679
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,320
to a game there. I want to go because that

680
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:00,559
brand new stadium that opened just I think two or

681
00:35:00,599 --> 00:35:02,800
three seasons ago looks immaculate.

682
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Speaker 3: It should be a.

683
00:35:03,519 --> 00:35:06,360
Speaker 2: Fun afternoon up there in Fort Collins. You know, fall

684
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,320
football out in Colorado. It doesn't get a whole lot better.

685
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:11,239
Speaker 5: No, it certainly doesn't.

686
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 4: And and you're right that that new stadium, Kansas Stadium.

687
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Speaker 5: Is absolutely beautiful.

688
00:35:18,599 --> 00:35:22,320
Speaker 4: Like I can't believe that they that that's a that's

689
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a Mountain West school. Like if you would if you

690
00:35:26,159 --> 00:35:29,559
had said to me, you know, what what conference is

691
00:35:29,599 --> 00:35:32,519
that is that that in, I would have thought that's

692
00:35:32,559 --> 00:35:34,840
like a Sun Belt school because like it's not, it's

693
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:38,719
not a big uh, it's it's certainly not a big stadium,

694
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,519
but uh, it's it's just beautiful. I always think of,

695
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:48,360
you know, like in boone, North Carolina with uh app

696
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,480
State as being one of the most beautiful uh schools

697
00:35:51,519 --> 00:35:54,280
that you that you'll find. But I certainly think that

698
00:35:55,079 --> 00:35:58,119
it is just absolutely incredible to see. By the way,

699
00:35:58,639 --> 00:36:02,440
uh to to plug our our good friends at ticket Smarter. Yeah,

700
00:36:02,679 --> 00:36:05,480
if you you really want to go, get in, you

701
00:36:05,599 --> 00:36:09,719
get into that game for sixteen bucks.

702
00:36:09,159 --> 00:36:12,199
Speaker 5: Wow, wow, including fees.

703
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,280
Speaker 2: Let me just say real quick though, and I'm not

704
00:36:15,519 --> 00:36:18,679
you know, saying anything's gonna happen, but one of their

705
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:21,199
two wins, and they're being Colorado State. One of their

706
00:36:21,199 --> 00:36:24,320
two wins was a home drubbing of Fresno State forty

707
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,280
nine to twenty one. Fresno State not exactly a bad

708
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,400
team this year, four and three and seven and four

709
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,239
overall solid.

710
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:32,880
Speaker 3: So yeah, I guess.

711
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,159
Speaker 2: They have had their moments, they're just not have there

712
00:36:35,159 --> 00:36:38,840
haven't been many of them this year, Steven, but again

713
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:44,280
a three o'clock kickoff there one pm locally Friday, FS

714
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,079
one Air Force a one and a half point favorite

715
00:36:47,159 --> 00:36:50,239
on the road at Colorado State with the ram Falcon

716
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,760
Trophy on the line, all right, final game of the weekend.

717
00:36:55,519 --> 00:36:57,400
This might be a tall order, but we'll tell you

718
00:36:57,440 --> 00:36:59,760
why here In a second, Army five and five, three

719
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and four in the American going to UTSA six and

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five four and three road Runners are Bowl eligible. This

721
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:10,559
is a three thirty kickoff on Saturday on ESPN plus Army.

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Speaker 3: Do I have this right?

723
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:14,360
Speaker 2: Army is giving seven and a half points.

724
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:16,320
Speaker 3: That can't be right. I gotta double check.

725
00:37:16,159 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 5: That they are getting seven and a half.

726
00:37:19,199 --> 00:37:21,639
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, they're getting seven and a half. I knew

727
00:37:21,679 --> 00:37:25,679
something was was not right. They're getting seven and a

728
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:27,840
half points five and a half or fifty two and

729
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:32,639
a half point over under in this one, plain and simple.

730
00:37:32,679 --> 00:37:34,400
The Black Knight's got to win this one. If they're

731
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,800
going bowling, they've got to win this one. The Army

732
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:40,880
Navy game will be too late. Big thing here, Steven.

733
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The road Runners they are a damn a damn tough

734
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,519
team at home. I'll let you throw the stats out

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00:37:46,519 --> 00:37:48,599
here in a second. But they did lose to Texas

736
00:37:48,639 --> 00:37:51,840
State at home in the first game this season, which

737
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:55,880
was their first home loss since September the fifteenth, twenty

738
00:37:56,079 --> 00:37:59,000
twenty three. And yes, that's when Bryce and Daily went

739
00:37:59,039 --> 00:38:02,079
into the Alamo and won thirty seven to twenty nine.

740
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:05,280
But look, this doesn't happen very often. And what I'm

741
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:08,920
talking about is UTSA losing at home, especially when it

742
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:10,280
comes to a conference opponent.

743
00:38:10,559 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, you mentioned twenty twenty three is the last time

744
00:38:13,079 --> 00:38:16,480
that anybody went to the Alamodome and beat the road Runners.

745
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:19,360
It's even longer for a conference opponent. You gotta go

746
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:24,239
all the way back to twenty nineteen when utsa's final

747
00:38:24,679 --> 00:38:27,280
home game of the season at the Alamodome was a

748
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:29,480
loss to FAU.

749
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Speaker 5: That was six years ago.

750
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:35,480
Speaker 4: That is the last time they lost to a conference

751
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:39,840
opponent at home. Since then, they won two Conference USA

752
00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:44,239
titles and have switched to the American At this point,

753
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,840
this all comes down to a young man that has

754
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:51,639
a lot of quarterback potential and a lot of quarterback pedigree,

755
00:38:51,679 --> 00:38:56,480
Owen McCown, who is the son of Josh McCown and

756
00:38:56,559 --> 00:38:59,000
the brother and the nephew of Luke McCown.

757
00:38:59,159 --> 00:39:00,639
Speaker 5: Those are both NFL quarterbacks.

758
00:39:00,639 --> 00:39:03,920
Speaker 4: If he didn't know boys and Girls, Josh McCown played

759
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:07,159
for I think ten or eleven different teams in the league,

760
00:39:07,159 --> 00:39:10,079
it seems like. But his son, Owen is the junior

761
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:16,199
starting quarterback, and he has been extremely good this year,

762
00:39:16,639 --> 00:39:20,000
you know, completing almost sixty eight percent of his passes.

763
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:24,800
He's run for over twenty four hundred yards, twenty five

764
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:29,840
touchdowns and just six interceptions so far for the junior

765
00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:33,320
out of Rusk, Texas. And I'll tell you just looking

766
00:39:33,519 --> 00:39:35,280
just looking at him, like if you look him in

767
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:39,559
his face, it's like, yeah, he looks just like his father,

768
00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:43,639
which is unbelievable. I remember Josh when he was the

769
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:47,559
quarterback here for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a couple of

770
00:39:47,639 --> 00:39:51,239
years probably five or six years, six or seven years

771
00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:57,000
ago now, but he was he was a really really smart,

772
00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:01,000
headstrong quarterback. And I think his son is a chip

773
00:40:01,079 --> 00:40:03,599
off the old block. I've seen him play. I saw

774
00:40:03,679 --> 00:40:06,599
him play USF. I had a very very tough go

775
00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:11,960
of things against the Bulls defense that certainly I think

776
00:40:12,079 --> 00:40:15,159
is a lot more talented than the Army defenses.

777
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:16,920
Speaker 5: So I have a.

778
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,360
Speaker 4: Feeling that this is going to be a tall order

779
00:40:19,639 --> 00:40:21,679
for the Black Knights, but it's one that they have

780
00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,119
to do if they want to get to a bowl game,

781
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:26,519
because they didn't win last week against Tulsa.

782
00:40:27,079 --> 00:40:30,599
Speaker 2: Army does lead the series against UTSA four wins to

783
00:40:30,639 --> 00:40:32,920
one loss, and they are three and oho in games

784
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:36,000
played in San Antonio. But boy, this is going to

785
00:40:36,039 --> 00:40:38,599
be a tough one against the road Runners. Road Runners

786
00:40:38,639 --> 00:40:41,079
eighteen and four in the month of November in the

787
00:40:41,159 --> 00:40:45,360
Jeff Trailer era. And Jeff Trailer has done a fantastic

788
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:49,199
job in coming to UTSA. If I remember the story right,

789
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:51,800
he was a high school coach. But one thing he's

790
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:54,280
done is he's had the state of He's got the

791
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:57,880
state of Texas wired, Steven, and he's been able to

792
00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:00,440
pull in, you know, high school players that you know

793
00:41:00,519 --> 00:41:03,000
might be overlooked at A and M or Texas Tech

794
00:41:03,079 --> 00:41:05,800
or University of Texas, and he's brought some pretty talented

795
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:08,480
players there and they have been a player in the

796
00:41:08,519 --> 00:41:11,679
Mountain or in excuse me, in the American Conference. And

797
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,519
so yeah, if you've ever heard of interview with Jeff

798
00:41:14,519 --> 00:41:16,239
Trailer too, he's a lot of fun to listen to,

799
00:41:17,159 --> 00:41:19,239
but really impressed by the job that he's done there

800
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:21,639
because that's that's that's a tough that's a tough job.

801
00:41:21,679 --> 00:41:23,000
It's a tough place to win, Steven.

802
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:24,760
Speaker 5: It is a tough place to win.

803
00:41:25,679 --> 00:41:28,760
Speaker 4: He unfortunately at the Earth at the beginning of this

804
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:33,400
year tried to make excuses. He talked about how he

805
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:36,440
felt like he was getting kicked in the teeth by

806
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:38,119
us F and Memphis.

807
00:41:38,119 --> 00:41:41,119
Speaker 5: When it came to N I L money, he did

808
00:41:41,119 --> 00:41:42,360
make the n I L excuse.

809
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:47,119
Speaker 4: But uh and and I know that because of that, Uh,

810
00:41:47,599 --> 00:41:50,639
you know, Alex Gulish, head coach at us F, doesn't

811
00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:54,159
like it much. When when when other coaches make those excuses.

812
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:59,400
Ask Tom Herman, what happens you get dog walked by

813
00:41:59,519 --> 00:42:02,719
us F and the bulls? Did they beat him? Fifty

814
00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:06,000
five twenty three? They kept their starters in for most

815
00:42:06,039 --> 00:42:08,960
of the fourth quarter, and we're thrown and was thrown

816
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:10,079
with like two minutes to play.

817
00:42:10,119 --> 00:42:11,920
Speaker 5: We were going what happened?

818
00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:15,320
Speaker 4: And then we found out that it was because of

819
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:19,880
comments that Jeff Trailer made about nil money. But that

820
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:25,559
nil aside, that is a very strong, very talented offense.

821
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:26,519
Speaker 5: They have in San Antonio.

822
00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, it is Army and UTSA once again, three

823
00:42:31,039 --> 00:42:35,760
point thirty on Saturday ESPN plus Army getting seven and

824
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:37,760
a half over under US fifty two and a half.

825
00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:39,360
All right, Steven, let's get out of here. We got

826
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some picks to make but when we come back our

827
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Travis Manian Foundation Honor Roll segment, we'll do that when

828
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we come back here in Yards is Stripe, Home for

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Service Academy Football.

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Speaker 6: In two thousand and seven, Mareen First Lieutenant Travis Manion

831
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was killed in Iraq after saving his wooted teammates. Travis's

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legacy lives on through the words he spoke before his

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final deployment. If not me, then who words that today

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fuel the spirit of Travis Mannon Foundation and through TMF

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Find out how you can strengthen the character of your

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

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Home for Service Academy Football Thanksgiving audition here, and we

842
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are certainly thankful for our service men and women women

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serving all across the globe here at home and those

844
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who have served. And we appreciate the Travis Mannon Foundation

845
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for partnering with us again this year to honor fallen heroes.

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And this week we're gonna honor remember Hospital Corman Michael

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Johnson from the United States Navy Hospital Corman, third Class

848
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Michael Van Johnson, Junior. He gave the ultimate sacrifice on

849
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March the twenty fifth, two thousand and three, when he

850
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was killed in Iraq while helping a wounded marine and

851
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fellow colleagues. And he was just twenty five years old.

852
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A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Johnson was assigned to

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the Naval Medical Center San Diego, First Marine Division Detachment,

854
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based out of San Diego, California. He graduated from the

855
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University of Central Arkansas before listing in the US Navy.

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His sister Denisa Hook said, quote, he did it for

857
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us so we can walk around the United States and

858
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be free. He made peace with God himself before he

859
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went over. He was just a big kid. Mikey was

860
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a fun person. He liked to draw and he loved basketball.

861
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A real people's person. Shortly before his end quote Shortly

862
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before his death, his mother received a letter from him

863
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that read quote, Mom, I love you and don't be

864
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afraid if I don't return. Realize I'm in heaven with God.

865
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Speaker 3: End quote.

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Speaker 2: He has survived by his wife Suri, by his he

867
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has survived by his wife, Shurise Johnson, his father Michael

868
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Van Johnson Senior, his mother Janna Norfleet, five sisters, and

869
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two brothers. The Travis Manning Foundation honored Michael Van Johnson

870
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Junior through their Character Doesn't Matter program on October thirteenth,

871
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twenty eleven, when his story was told to inspire three

872
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hundred and five students at South Philadelphia High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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And as I mentioned Thanksgiving Week, this is a time

874
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where we're always thankful for our servicemen and women, but

875
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we're certainly ever so thankful of those in their families

876
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that have given the ultimate sacrifice. Because the travisman and

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Foundation is doing work in communities across the country to

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carry on the carry on the legacy and commitment of

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out much much more hout ways. You can get involved

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online at Travismanion dot org.

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

888
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and Stripes Service Academy Football.

889
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Speaker 2: All right, wrapping up a Thanksgiving edition of Yards and Stripes.

890
00:46:16,559 --> 00:46:20,000
He is Stephen CARNEYI am Price Atkinson. We've got some

891
00:46:20,039 --> 00:46:21,920
picks to make. We'll save news and notes for next

892
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,480
week because I know we'll have a lot of postseason

893
00:46:25,079 --> 00:46:27,079
accolades and that kind of stuff coming down the pike.

894
00:46:27,159 --> 00:46:29,280
So we'll save all that for next week because I

895
00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:30,440
know you've got turkey to eat.

896
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Speaker 3: I've got turkey.

897
00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:34,280
Speaker 2: Coming up here and just tomorrow, as this episode is

898
00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:36,360
going to drop the day before Thanksgiving and the day

899
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:38,800
before Navy and Memphis. So let's pick some games, Stephen.

900
00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:42,960
But first, how about let's pick this. You got a

901
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:44,599
Thanksgiving table you're looking at?

902
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:45,079
Speaker 3: Whoop?

903
00:46:45,519 --> 00:46:50,480
Speaker 2: You got your choice of turkey or the fixings? Which

904
00:46:50,519 --> 00:46:52,960
way are you going? Because I'm gonna say something sacrilege,

905
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:54,159
I'll tell you which way I'll.

906
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:57,760
Speaker 5: Go, bird to the field. Wow, I didn't I didn't

907
00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:58,679
even think about that.

908
00:46:59,239 --> 00:47:03,719
Speaker 4: You know, as much is I love protein like I am,

909
00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:07,840
I'm a you know, steak and chicken and turkey and

910
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:12,840
ham and whatever. Now I'm very lucky that normally my

911
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:16,000
my sister in law hosts every year because she has

912
00:47:16,039 --> 00:47:20,639
the big house and she makes the turkey, and then

913
00:47:20,719 --> 00:47:23,119
usually my mother in law smokes a ham, so I

914
00:47:23,199 --> 00:47:23,719
usually get.

915
00:47:23,639 --> 00:47:24,639
Speaker 5: The best of both worlds.

916
00:47:24,679 --> 00:47:27,559
Speaker 4: And I get turkey and ham on Thanksgiving, which is

917
00:47:27,599 --> 00:47:28,760
completely delicious.

918
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Speaker 5: But I agree, but I'm gonna go against the grain.

919
00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:33,400
I am. I am.

920
00:47:33,639 --> 00:47:37,519
Speaker 4: I am a I'm a Fixen's person. Like if if

921
00:47:37,599 --> 00:47:41,360
if I had my way, if I could get stuffing

922
00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:47,840
and gravy and mashed potatoes and the corn cast role

923
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:51,639
that that my sister in law makes with the uh.

924
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:55,440
Speaker 5: With cream corn and sweet corn and and corn bread mix,

925
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and it's just incredible.

926
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:02,000
Speaker 4: You give me, give me those and I will I

927
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:03,800
will take that over the turkey.

928
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:07,760
Speaker 2: Well, you're a man after my own heart, because I

929
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:11,840
am the same way. I am the same way. Like, look,

930
00:48:12,599 --> 00:48:14,800
I'm not a big turkey guy, but I do like

931
00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:18,360
some ham. But when you can give me the stuffing,

932
00:48:18,639 --> 00:48:22,599
the mac and cheese, the carbs galore, it throw in

933
00:48:22,719 --> 00:48:27,159
some I'm not a big uh oh, what is it?

934
00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:29,599
Sweet potato? I'm not a big sweet potato guy. But

935
00:48:29,639 --> 00:48:32,880
I but like green beans, green bea cats. Look, give me,

936
00:48:33,079 --> 00:48:35,159
give me and give me the sides.

937
00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:39,559
Speaker 4: All day, baby, and you have to finish with pie. Yes, yes,

938
00:48:39,559 --> 00:48:42,039
there must be pie at the end.

939
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Speaker 2: Yes, my wife's homemade chocolate pie from scratches about.

940
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Speaker 5: Oh she makes chocolate pie.

941
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:50,679
Speaker 2: Oh my god, chocolate melts, the melt my chocolate on

942
00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:51,639
the stove and hasay.

943
00:48:51,679 --> 00:48:54,599
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, yeah, my mother used to make chocolate cream

944
00:48:54,639 --> 00:48:58,280
pie for me and uh at Thanksgiving every every year

945
00:48:58,320 --> 00:49:02,280
when I was growing up. And now I usually go

946
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and I get publics.

947
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Speaker 3: Has a Uh what is?

948
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Speaker 5: It's like a bourbon chocolate pie.

949
00:49:14,079 --> 00:49:17,639
Speaker 4: And it it's so good.

950
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, the was it the.

951
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:25,840
Speaker 4: Bourbon chocolate bourbon walnut chocolate pie or something like that.

952
00:49:26,199 --> 00:49:28,199
Speaker 5: Bumpets means it so good?

953
00:49:28,679 --> 00:49:30,199
Speaker 3: Oh boy, that sounds it only makes it.

954
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Speaker 5: They only make it during Thanksgiving.

955
00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:35,280
Speaker 4: And where you get you can get the pumpkin pie

956
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:39,639
or or the sweet potato pie for like four or five.

957
00:49:40,679 --> 00:49:43,679
That bourbon walnut chocolate pie is twelve bucks and it

958
00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:44,440
is worth.

959
00:49:44,239 --> 00:49:45,960
Speaker 3: It, oh baby, oh baby.

960
00:49:46,159 --> 00:49:48,280
Speaker 2: All right, we still got another twenty four hours to

961
00:49:48,280 --> 00:49:50,280
get before at the Thanksgiving table.

962
00:49:50,039 --> 00:49:52,159
Speaker 3: So let's roll on this though.

963
00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:55,639
Speaker 2: We got that engine, that tummy engine rebbed up. I

964
00:49:55,639 --> 00:49:57,440
don't want to rev it up too much, if you

965
00:49:57,480 --> 00:49:59,400
know what I mean. But let's get to our game, Stephen,

966
00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:01,840
Because we got three games to pick. Let's start picking them.

967
00:50:02,239 --> 00:50:07,000
Navy at Memphis on Thanksgiving nights seven thirty kickoff tall

968
00:50:07,119 --> 00:50:10,199
order for Navy going down there. But look, we've said

969
00:50:10,199 --> 00:50:13,960
that before when USF came to town and Navy gave

970
00:50:14,079 --> 00:50:18,039
USF a whipping. Maybe this is shades kind of similar

971
00:50:18,079 --> 00:50:23,320
to that game. But Navy right now a underdog is

972
00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:26,360
Memphis is giving five and a half points fifty nine

973
00:50:26,360 --> 00:50:29,760
and a half over under. Can Navy spring this upset?

974
00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:32,440
Because I do think it would be an upset in

975
00:50:32,519 --> 00:50:36,559
my opinion, Yes, Navy going down there and winning as

976
00:50:36,599 --> 00:50:37,920
opposed to the other way around.

977
00:50:38,199 --> 00:50:40,840
Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely, I agree with you completely.

978
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:44,719
Speaker 4: You know you thought that USF was going to be

979
00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:50,079
able to handle Navy rather easily. That of course did

980
00:50:50,119 --> 00:50:53,440
not happen a couple of weeks ago. But that game

981
00:50:53,599 --> 00:50:56,840
was in Annapolis. This game, if this game was in Annapolis,

982
00:50:56,880 --> 00:51:00,719
I would say that Navy would have at least a

983
00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:04,320
fifty to fifty shot at pulling the upset. I think

984
00:51:04,320 --> 00:51:07,119
it's less than fifty to fifty, and for that reason,

985
00:51:07,679 --> 00:51:10,239
I think Memphis wins this game by a field goal.

986
00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:12,679
I think it's twenty seven to twenty four.

987
00:51:13,599 --> 00:51:15,079
Speaker 5: Is what I have it as.

988
00:51:15,119 --> 00:51:19,599
Speaker 4: And I think this is where Navy's chances of getting

989
00:51:19,719 --> 00:51:23,480
to the conference championship game come to an end. I

990
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:27,800
think I don't think they get to where they're waiting

991
00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:30,079
for Tulane or North Texas.

992
00:51:30,079 --> 00:51:32,079
Speaker 5: I think I think it comes to an end on Thanksgiving.

993
00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:33,519
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm with you too.

994
00:51:33,559 --> 00:51:35,519
Speaker 2: I hate it when we're so close and picks, because

995
00:51:35,559 --> 00:51:37,039
like you, I think it's a field goal win for

996
00:51:37,119 --> 00:51:39,760
Memphis as well. I've got it thirty one to twenty eight,

997
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:43,000
you've got twenty seven to twenty four. I just think

998
00:51:43,039 --> 00:51:45,239
going down there on Thanksgiving nights is going to be

999
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:46,639
a little bit too tall of an order.

1000
00:51:47,360 --> 00:51:47,840
Speaker 3: I think the.

1001
00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:50,719
Speaker 2: Fact that Memphis has lost to games, and the fact

1002
00:51:50,719 --> 00:51:52,800
they're going to be wanting to get that taste out

1003
00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:56,000
of their mouths. They're gonna be scratching and clawing, and

1004
00:51:56,039 --> 00:51:58,840
they've had Navy's number at the Liberty Bowl, you know,

1005
00:51:58,880 --> 00:52:02,119
the last one four times they played down there. So

1006
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:06,000
I just think that, you know, all those signs point

1007
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:10,760
to a Memphis home victory. All right, let's pivot. Let's

1008
00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:14,719
talk about the Air Force Academy air Force playing on

1009
00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:19,280
Black Friday, this one at Colorado's or at Fort Collins

1010
00:52:19,360 --> 00:52:24,039
against Colorado State on FS one. Air Force is giving

1011
00:52:24,239 --> 00:52:26,199
a point and a half forty four and a half

1012
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:29,320
is the over under is. The ram Falcon Trophy is

1013
00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:33,239
on the line. This will be the final game of

1014
00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:37,199
the twenty twenty five college football season for the Air

1015
00:52:37,239 --> 00:52:40,800
Force Falcons. Do you think they can bring the ram

1016
00:52:40,840 --> 00:52:44,079
Falcon Trophy home again this year, Steven and pull off

1017
00:52:44,119 --> 00:52:46,360
the win in Fort Collins?

1018
00:52:46,760 --> 00:52:46,960
Speaker 5: Yeah?

1019
00:52:47,360 --> 00:52:51,400
Speaker 4: I think that I said this in the preview segment

1020
00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:55,519
that there is a very distinct possibility that the first

1021
00:52:55,559 --> 00:52:59,199
team to get a stop here will end up winning

1022
00:52:59,239 --> 00:53:03,320
this game. I have a feeling that, unfortunately, this being

1023
00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:06,880
in Fort Collins, that it's the Rams that get to

1024
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:10,599
stop and this game, this game, I have like if

1025
00:53:10,679 --> 00:53:13,719
I was going to bet this game, I'd be hammering

1026
00:53:13,719 --> 00:53:17,199
the over in this game. Yeah, just absolutely hammering it

1027
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:18,480
because I have this.

1028
00:53:18,440 --> 00:53:21,360
Speaker 5: Game at forty two thirty eight.

1029
00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:24,960
Speaker 4: I mean, I mean this game, this game, I have

1030
00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:28,679
very very heavy, very high scoring.

1031
00:53:28,880 --> 00:53:31,599
Speaker 2: See, I couldn't be all right, I think Air Force wins.

1032
00:53:31,639 --> 00:53:33,119
But I think this is the other way. I think

1033
00:53:33,159 --> 00:53:35,679
it's low scoring. I think I think without Liam Sarka,

1034
00:53:36,320 --> 00:53:38,719
I think it's shades of what happened last week and

1035
00:53:39,199 --> 00:53:43,639
Colorado State State has not been an offensive juggernaut. I

1036
00:53:43,679 --> 00:53:46,039
got the feeling that this baby's low scoring. Of course

1037
00:53:46,079 --> 00:53:49,079
that can mean the exact opposite that this thing is

1038
00:53:49,119 --> 00:53:50,960
going to be. You know, played in the fifties by

1039
00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:53,679
both teams, Steven, and you very well might be right.

1040
00:53:53,719 --> 00:53:56,360
I just think both teams struggled to score, which is

1041
00:53:56,360 --> 00:53:59,079
why I went low scoring. And I've got twenty to

1042
00:53:59,119 --> 00:54:03,599
thirteen for the Air Force Academy. But if you're looking

1043
00:54:03,639 --> 00:54:07,639
for a game on Saturday after or a Friday afternoon,

1044
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:09,480
because I know people are going to be sitting around

1045
00:54:09,519 --> 00:54:11,400
the bar, They're going to be sitting at home, getting

1046
00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:14,320
in from some shopping, maybe pulling out the leftovers, this

1047
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:16,400
might be a fun game to watch because a lot

1048
00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:18,280
of people don't realize.

1049
00:54:18,039 --> 00:54:19,800
Speaker 4: This is definitely the game you want to watch if

1050
00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:23,079
you don't want to watch the Bears and the Eagles, that's.

1051
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:25,440
Speaker 2: For sure, yes, because like I said before, you don't

1052
00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:26,360
have Amazon Prime.

1053
00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:26,920
Speaker 3: No.

1054
00:54:27,679 --> 00:54:32,239
Speaker 2: All right, last game is the Black Knights heading to

1055
00:54:32,440 --> 00:54:36,639
UTSA a tall order to win in the Alamodome a

1056
00:54:36,639 --> 00:54:40,519
three point thirty kickoff on Saturday on ESPN Plus Steven Ken.

1057
00:54:40,599 --> 00:54:42,559
Army get Bowl eligible because they got.

1058
00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:43,000
Speaker 3: To do it here.

1059
00:54:43,079 --> 00:54:44,000
Speaker 5: It's now or never.

1060
00:54:44,920 --> 00:54:48,800
Speaker 4: To put it succinctly, No, I don't think. I don't

1061
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:52,280
think they reach bull eligibility. I thought their shot came

1062
00:54:52,719 --> 00:54:56,320
last Saturday against Tulsa. And when you don't and when

1063
00:54:56,360 --> 00:54:59,159
you can't beat the Golden Hurricanes, I don't think that

1064
00:54:59,280 --> 00:55:02,119
you have a shot at beating the road Runners in

1065
00:55:02,199 --> 00:55:07,519
the Alamodome. I see Owen McCown throwing five touchdowns in WHOA.

1066
00:55:07,599 --> 00:55:10,400
I think I think that they have I think that

1067
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:15,199
you know that the secondary for Army gets picked on.

1068
00:55:15,320 --> 00:55:18,719
I think they get picked on badly. And because I

1069
00:55:18,719 --> 00:55:21,639
don't think they can get the pass rush to mccount,

1070
00:55:21,639 --> 00:55:23,039
I think he's going to be able to sit back

1071
00:55:23,039 --> 00:55:25,800
there and pick Army's defense apart.

1072
00:55:25,920 --> 00:55:28,719
Speaker 5: I have UTSA winning this game forty four to ten.

1073
00:55:30,039 --> 00:55:30,480
Speaker 3: WHOA.

1074
00:55:30,559 --> 00:55:34,760
Speaker 2: All right, you well, we're going with the same winners

1075
00:55:34,760 --> 00:55:37,719
Memphis Air Force UTSA. We're just going about them a

1076
00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:39,280
little bit different way because I think.

1077
00:55:39,159 --> 00:55:41,000
Speaker 5: It's the state by the way.

1078
00:55:41,679 --> 00:55:44,039
Speaker 3: I'm sorry. I'm sorry you had you had Colorado State. Okay,

1079
00:55:44,079 --> 00:55:44,519
I'm sorry.

1080
00:55:46,400 --> 00:55:50,159
Speaker 2: I am going UTSA as well because I don't think

1081
00:55:50,280 --> 00:55:51,760
Army can win down there.

1082
00:55:53,199 --> 00:55:53,679
Speaker 3: This year.

1083
00:55:54,760 --> 00:55:57,639
Speaker 2: But I think it's closer. I think it's more to

1084
00:55:57,679 --> 00:56:00,480
the tune of thirty three to twenty, you know, maybe

1085
00:56:00,559 --> 00:56:03,320
a two touchdown game versus what you have.

1086
00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:06,239
Speaker 3: It is a five touchdown down. I think Kate.

1087
00:56:06,079 --> 00:56:08,440
Speaker 2: Hellims can keep them in the football game. I just

1088
00:56:08,480 --> 00:56:10,119
don't know if they have enough. And I think that

1089
00:56:10,239 --> 00:56:13,559
secondary of Army is just going to get ultimately tested

1090
00:56:13,599 --> 00:56:18,599
and depleted as the game goes on. And I think

1091
00:56:18,639 --> 00:56:20,039
the road Runers are going to have a field day

1092
00:56:20,079 --> 00:56:22,280
throwing the football and that ultimately it's going to be

1093
00:56:22,360 --> 00:56:24,760
Armies undoing, is not being able to get off the

1094
00:56:24,800 --> 00:56:28,719
field on third down, and I think that I think

1095
00:56:28,719 --> 00:56:31,599
that the road Runners are going to keep Army from

1096
00:56:31,639 --> 00:56:35,559
being Bowl eligible. All right, Stephen, that is going to

1097
00:56:35,719 --> 00:56:38,719
do it. Let's wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving. Certainly a

1098
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:41,199
safe travels, especially if you're listening to us where if

1099
00:56:41,239 --> 00:56:43,880
you're going from point A to point B. We hope

1100
00:56:43,920 --> 00:56:47,480
everybody enjoys the games. We hope you enjoy the podcast here,

1101
00:56:47,519 --> 00:56:51,000
but I know, say happy Thanksgiving to everybody and their family.

1102
00:56:51,079 --> 00:56:51,480
Speaker 3: Stevens.

1103
00:56:51,599 --> 00:56:55,079
Speaker 4: Yes, absolutely, you have a great Thanksgiving holiday. I hope

1104
00:56:55,119 --> 00:57:01,480
it is safe and full of you know, great memories,

1105
00:57:01,559 --> 00:57:08,199
some fantastic food obviously, and the best that football can

1106
00:57:08,280 --> 00:57:08,679
bring you.

1107
00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:10,400
Speaker 5: And let's hope that your.

1108
00:57:10,280 --> 00:57:14,880
Speaker 4: Team wins when all is said and done.

1109
00:57:15,679 --> 00:57:18,239
Speaker 2: Well, Happy Thanksgiving to you and Emily. I hope you

1110
00:57:18,280 --> 00:57:21,559
guys have a great week. I know you've got to work.

1111
00:57:21,719 --> 00:57:23,920
We all got to do some work over the holidays.

1112
00:57:23,920 --> 00:57:27,280
But look, yep, just thankful to still be in the

1113
00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:29,920
sports spirit of things. It is because it's certainly a

1114
00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:32,079
fun week. And you know, we have a lot of

1115
00:57:32,079 --> 00:57:34,760
fun here on Yards and Stripes talking about Army, Navy,

1116
00:57:34,760 --> 00:57:36,679
and Air Force all year. Until we talk to you

1117
00:57:36,679 --> 00:57:39,079
next week, Steven, have a great week, enjoy the Turkey

1118
00:57:39,079 --> 00:57:39,639
and we'll talk to you.

1119
00:57:39,679 --> 00:57:41,719
Speaker 5: Then join us.

1120
00:57:41,679 --> 00:57:46,159
Speaker 1: Again next time for Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football.

1121
00:57:46,440 --> 00:57:49,239
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1122
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