Speaker 1: Need to get your football fix on all things Army,
Navy and Air Force. This is Yarns and Stripes, Service
Academy Football. Now here are your hosts, Pryce Atkinson and
Steve Carney.
Speaker 2: It's Halloween week and it's also yards and Stripes. We
are back. Steve Carney my co host, I have Pryce Atkinson.
We are Service Academy Football, Yards and Stripes, Army, Navy
and Air Force. That's what we do here as we
are approaching the Halloween holiday, a freaky Friday coming up
to Stephen as it's time for the second leg of
the Commander in Chief Trophy this weekend and one team
making appearance in the top twenty five coaches poll. We'll
get to all that. We got our Travis Manning Foundation
on a roll segment. We've got picks to make. We
got only one game to recap from last week, but
we got two to preview this coming week. As I
mentioned the CIC Trophy, the leg two is on the
line in the Colorado Springs. We'll get into all of that, Stephen,
but first you know what we gotta do, yeahed do
I even need to say it? And tee you up
at this point, you.
Speaker 3: You certainly do not.
Speaker 2: And by the way, that was not Tuesday.
Speaker 4: For for people that are not fortunate enough to see
us talking to each other on on video, I am
wearing my Halloween mask.
Speaker 3: I have gotten that.
Speaker 4: I've gotten that joke since I was about fourteen, so
every year I get it. Hey, you finally put your
mask on.
Speaker 3: Thanks. So anyway, what price is referring to is.
Speaker 4: Of course, the Papa Yon's Pizza Report normally tape on
a Tuesday. This week because of our schedules, uh, we
had to move it to a Wednesday, but that did
not stop me from getting Papa John's tonight.
Speaker 2: Baby had a baby, so baby, yes, the uh the
uh the you do that.
Speaker 3: The better half was like, I am dying for.
Speaker 4: Papa John's pizza. I'm like, well, then you better get
Papa John's pizza and uh and and have it delivered.
And so we did and it was extremely delicious. Of
course I am I'm one that does not like to
have vegetables on my pizza, so there were no veggies
in sight, just just a great pepperoni pie. I will
say that we may have to change the sponsor of
the Pizza Report moving forward, because I just discovered, and
you know, shame on me for not realizing this. I
have a pizza joint right out back from my from
my condo complex.
Speaker 3: There's a little strip mall action.
Speaker 4: Going on behind me, behind my condo complex, and there
is a pizza joint in there and it has Killer Pizza.
And I know it has Killer Pizza because it's named
Killer Pizza.
Speaker 3: It's so good and wow.
Speaker 4: Whereas whereas the large Papa Yan's Pizza is a a
fourteen inch maybe a sixteen inch pie, the large Pizza
Killer Pizza is a twenty inch pie. It is, oh
my goodness, man, fantastic, and we got it. We ended
up getting it last weekend. And because I was like, look,
I want to try this place. I've never been in there.
I've seen the Yelp reviews and the Google reviews and
they all say this place is tremendous. And I will
tell you that the Killer Pizza pie was cheaper than
the Papa Yan's Pie wow, by a couple of bucks wow.
And it was just absolutely fantastic. And so we may
we may have to have a Killer Pizza report moving
forward because.
Speaker 3: It's so good.
Speaker 2: I'm totally good with that. First I got a lot
of the you teed me up for a lot of things.
Number one, your wife is a saint to say that
she's dying for Papa Yan's night. Look, any man would
want to have a white that says I'm dying for
pizza tonight. Like that is that's heaven. You've done good, brother,
fight good. Number two. Uh, there was a place in
Annapolis back in the day, or not far from my house,
actually about halfway between the Academy and where I lived.
It was a place called Squisitos. You might's listen right now, hole,
let's just throw back from the past. On Monday nights,
I used to have a five nine twenty inch and
it was greasy. It was good, and it went down
even better with Monday Night Raw because usually I had
a Monday Night like wrestling thing back when I was
immature and stupid. We would do it every Monday night.
Get get to get a Squisitos for you know, pocket change,
and watch Monday Night Raw. So, uh, it was good stuff.
And then the last thing I'll tell you is, I
know you don't like Kevin Veggie's on your pizza. I
had a topping on one of my pizzas this weekend
that I had not had in a long time, and
it reminded me of how good it is. And no,
it's not a veggie. It was. It was a Dominoes,
So sorry, Poppy Yohns, but it was a Dominoes with
pepperoni and feta and oh fata cheese.
Speaker 3: I can, I can?
Speaker 4: I I'm I'm a big fan of the of the
parmesan and the and the crush. The only thing that
I will put on it that that resembles a vegetable
is crush, red pepper flake. Yep is gonna gotta have
a little spice to it. I like, I like, I
like my I like I like my pizza and a
bike back.
Speaker 2: Like some heat. I'm with you, I like some heat.
Navy brought the heat on. Speaking speaking the heat, baby,
Navy hosting f a U and our only game last
week because Army and Air Force they were off, both
preparing to face each other this coming weekend for the
c i CE second leg, but Navy hosting Florida Atlantic
on homecoming Saturday in Annapolis, and Navy they keep it
rolling steven forty two to thirty two over the visiting Owls.
Navy now seven to oh, five and oh in the American,
the Owls dropping to three and five two and three
in the American. Navy's won five straight to tie a
school record first team first time Sin's fifty nine and
sixty and they're seven to oh for the first time
since nineteen seventy eight. So another big afternoon for the midshipman.
The game that seems a little bit closer it wasn't.
Florida Atlanta put a couple of touchdowns on the board
in the final two minutes, but Blake Horbath rushing for
four touchdowns a team high one seventy four, Brandon Chapman
throwing in ten carries for one forty one as Navy
rolled up just shy a four hundred yards rushing three
ninety seven on just I believe it was five ball carriers,
if I have that right. But horbaf carrying two times
for a pair of seven yard touchdown runs in the
first half to give Navy a twenty one to thirteen lead.
And man, you know, thought there could be a chance
the Navy's gonna stub their toe. We didn't think it
would be this weekend. There's gonna be some land mines
coming up. We talked about it just a little bit
earlier before we started recording Stephen. But another test passed
for the midshipman is they now sit in the top
undefeated in the American after the win over FAU.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and you would think that maybe with some of
those tow stubbing games possibilities coming up, that they may
be looking ahead. Of course, we've got one of them
coming up this week that we'll talk about with North Texas.
But this game was forty two to nineteen in the
fourth quarter, so there was there was really no sort
of jeopardy for this Navy squad. And as I mentioned
last week when we talked when we previewed this game,
you know Florida Atlantic likes to throw the ball. They
like to throw the ball a lot. They ended up
throwing the ball fifty five times. And you know Caden
Veldcamp again having a no other game where he is
the king of the dank and the dunk forty one
passing attempts and he couldn't get over three hundred yards passing.
Speaker 3: And so I really think that the.
Speaker 4: Secondary for the Midshipman should definitely give themselves a bravo
Zulu on this because they they had a very tough
task to take care of going after a team that
likes to throw the ball a lot. And you know,
with the exception of the last couple of minutes of
the game, you know, when they get the touchdown, they
get the on side kick, they go back and they
score another touchdown to get that game to within ten points.
It's still within two scores. And you know, things were
well in hand by the time that Florida Atlantic was
able to get a couple of scorers put together late.
But you know, you saw nine different Florida Atlantic Owls
received catch balls in this game. And I really think
that the secondary did a very very good job of
keeping things in order and allowing the offense to do
what it does best, and that is, you know, be
able to maintain possession of the football and go down
and get some and get some scores. And they did
a very good job of limiting the amount of penalties
that they took as well.
Speaker 2: Yeah, without a doubt, maybe playing a pretty clean game
for the most part, only four penalties. It turned it
over one time, but maybe getting three turnovers from the
Owls and Coleman Cawley was at the center of a
couple of them. The six to one junior linebacker of
making Georgia in his first career start as a team
high nine tackles, forcing two turnovers, forced to fumble, and
then he picked off a pass that he coughed back up.
We won't we won't ding him too much for that.
But Coleman Cauley making an impact. Holy cal where has
he been because he had only played I think in
the four previous games he had played in the season.
He had nine combined tackles in those in those four games.
But then he leads the midshipman in tackles with nine,
three solo and six assisted in the game. But you know,
when you talk about Navy here in you know, the
passing attack of fau Yeah, any concern because Navy's defense,
you know, the last couple of weeks, you know, after
you know, keeping teams down in the twenties and and
doing a good job earlier in the season. The last
three games, they've given up thirty one points in the
last three games. Now, grant you've scored more than thirty
one points. Clearly you're undefeated. But you're in the reason
I bring that up and I don't want to put
the cart before the horse too quickly here, but you've
got a team that can score some points you're gonna
be facing off against this weekend. Because I believe it
was the last time, and I will get into it
here in a little bit, the last time they played
North Texas, I believe in Denton maybe had to score
seventy plus to win it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that you can.
Speaker 4: You can have that concern, and thankfully you're fixing that
problem after a win instead of after a loss. But yeah,
you know, for this game, I think that the score,
and you said this at the very beginning, not really
indicative of how well Navy played versus Florida Atlantic. I mean, yeah,
you know, it was, like I said, it was forty
two to nineteen with two minutes to play. So I
really do think that, you know, while there are things
that you're going to have to take care of against
North Texas next week, and we'll get into that here
in our upcoming segment, I think that they did exactly
what they needed to do in order to get this
in order to get the job done.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's screw tightening now time for the midshipment because
with what's left ahead on the docket, and we'll talk
about that, as you mentioned, but there at this point
there are no gimmes left for Navy. With what they
have left, they have built up as much street credit
as they can get. Right now. It's seven and oh
taking care of all their business because the toughies they're
still to come.
Speaker 4: Yeah, They've got three very difficult games, two of them
on the road against They got to go to Denton
to take take got North Texas. They have to go
to Memphis to play the Tigers. They get USF at home.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and then that's not to mention obviously at Notre Dame,
non conference in that Army, which is an American game,
but it's not technically a conference game to close out
the season. So five games left for Navy, and they're
all they're all gonna be good ones, They're all gonna
be tough ones. But nonetheless, Navy gets to seven and
oh for the first time since nineteen seventy eight. A
win this weekend would break a school record after they
tied it with ten straight, knocking off Florida Atlantic forty
two to thirty two. Steven that was our only game,
So we all have a whole lot of a lot
of choices on our game ball. I will fire first
because gim me cole Give me Colebyan Cauley all day,
any day. With the team high nine tackles, three solo
at interception, half a tackle for a loss, you know,
forced to fumble in his first career freaking start man,
He's named the American Conference Defensive Player of the Week.
In the process, Coleban Cauley coming up big after playing
as a reserve in the last four games, but he
got the start at linebacker and he paid big time
dividends for Brian Newberry and the midshipman defense. Give me
your game ball, Stephen, which way are you gonna go?
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I was thinking about, you know, you
can always have Blake Corvath every week, get a game ball.
Speaker 3: We've tried to shy away from that here this year.
Speaker 4: I was thinking about Colemban Cauley up until the point
that he fumbled the interception, and I was like, you
can't put the ball on the turf and get a
game ball from the sun. So I'm gonna go with
senior linebacker Adam Klink out of Tabernacle, New Jersey, he
had quite a day in the backfield as well. Of
Florida Atlantic, five tackles, three of them were solo jobbies,
had a pair of sacks of Caden Veldcamp two and
a half tackles for lost. Oh yeah, and he had
a pass defense to go along with it. So he
was getting his hands on the football many many times.
So he gets my game ball this week.
Speaker 2: A couple of Navy linebackers getting game balls this week.
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Stephen Carney, and we are what you need to be
listened to every single week. If you're an Army, Navy,
and Air Force fan Stephen, because that's what we bring here.
We bring the heat every week with the three academies,
and Navy's gonna have to bring the heat on the
road this weekend as we've got two games to preview.
We're gonna save the Commander in Chief Trophy game Leg two.
We'll talk about that here in just a second, but
let's go ahead and talk about Navy at North Texas
because the Midshipman's seven to oh five and oh in
the American heading to Denton to take on the Mean
Green seven and one overall three and one in the
Conference a twelve noon eleven am local start time there
in Denton, Texas on ESPN two. Navy is a six
and a half point underdog, as they will be a
six and a half point road dog at unt over
under sixty six and a half and what will only
be the third ever meeting between these two teams. First
time they met was in two thousand and seven, when
Navy won seventy four to sixty two in Denton, Texas.
Ironically interesting note, at the time, it was the highest
scoring game in regulation and FBS history. That game also
marked the last time that Navy was not televised by
empty by a single entity over the air or streaming.
So fun little factory there. But Navy also beat North
Texas twenty seven to twenty four in twenty twenty three
in Annapolis, So Mids now wanted just six remaining unbeaten teams,
putting that ten game winning streak dating back to last
year on the line, which is tied with BYU for
the second longest active winning streak in the country behind
Ohio States eleven straight wins. A win over North Texas
would give maybe an eight no start for just the
second time in school history. Navy started nine to zero
in nineteen twenty six and ended up sharing a piece
of the national championship with Stanford in Alabama that year.
But boy, is maybe going to have their hands full
with a high scoring mean Green on Saturday.
Speaker 3: Steven. Yeah. Absolutely.
Speaker 4: North Texas scores over forty six points per game. They
are the number one scoring offense in all of Division
one FBS football. They also go for four hundred and
ninety three yards per game, which is sixth most in FBS,
and most of that comes through the air. Right now,
their passing offense is averaging over three hundred in sixteen
yards of offense per game. That is also six in
the country. A lot of that comes now, I have
to preface this, A lot of the numbers that you
are seeing from North Texas has, you know, are a
little bit tilted because of what happened last week against Charlotte.
Speaker 3: Because the Mean Green.
Speaker 4: Wanted to prove that they threw they could throw the football,
and they they've done so, you know, all year long,
but they really wanted to make a statement on the
road at Charlotte, and they certainly did so because Drew Mestimaker,
their quarterback, threw for six hundred and eight yards in
the good night I mean it's not I mean, it
is a it's a conference record. It's obviously a school
record for passing yards in a game, you know. I
So I would take the numbers that you see from
North Texas with a grain of salt, because you know,
they they had to do that in order to throw
up fifty points in the game. They end up beating
the forty nine ers fifty four to twenty in Charlotte.
Speaker 3: They didn't have to do that, you know.
Speaker 4: And so I I think that you know, they're they
they are infatuated with the numbers, because they think the
numbers are what is going to make the committee members
maybe take a look at them. And I don't think
that's going to be the case. I mean, they got
beat badly at home by South Florida, and you know
that's really, you know, the only quality.
Speaker 3: Team that they have seen so far this year.
Speaker 4: They got beat badly at home by because everybody else,
you know, and and you know this is not you know,
digging a slight and army because remember that they went
to they went to Mikey, and they wont Mikey, but
they blew a huge lead and needed over time in
order to escape with a victory. At that point, everybody
else on their schedule is not very good. Lamar, Western Michigan,
Washington State, South Alabama, UTSA, Charlotte. None of those teams
are anywhere near the caliber of the team that South
Florida is, and they're not nearly the caliber of the
team that they're going to see this week.
Speaker 2: In Navy, Navy up to number twenty three in the
coaches poll debuting this past week. The Maingreen getting into
getting votes in both poles this week, but seven to
one overall is North Texas with fifty nine transfers on
their roster. An interesting mess to maker. He was a
walk on, Steven Did you know that he was a
walk on? And I believe he got his first career
start in the First Responder Bowl where he racked up
four hundred and forty eight yards of total offense. Next thing,
you know, he's the guy there in Denton, and you
mentioned some of the numbers he's putting up this year.
The North you know, the mean Green offense and certainly
their passing attack one of the best, you know in America.
Navy's defense is gonna have their hands full because you
mentioned giving up some points, you know, in the last
few weeks, in the last three games over thirty one.
You know, this past weekend's game against FAU being a
little bit of a misnomer because those came really in
garbage time. But this is a game where Navy's gonna
have to control the clock, play ball, you know, clearly
play that kind of ball. Control offense can burt third
downs because possessions are going to be in a premium here.
I don't think anybody's scoring seventy like the last time
Navy and North Texas went out there, in Denton in
two thousand and seven. But I think they're gonna be
a whole lot of points scored. I just don't think
they're going to be in the seventy range.
Speaker 4: No, I don't think you're gonna see, you know, I
don't even think you're gonna see in the fifty point
range from from the winner of this team of this game.
I think that there is going to be a lot
of points. But you know there, I think that some
of the scores that you have seen, especially from North Texas,
are extremely misleading.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, once again, maybe taking that seven to oh
undefeated record in five and oho in the conference, trying
to stay atop the league race. Of course Tulane is undefeated,
but they've only played three conference games so far. But
maybe five and oh in the America. This is a
Saturday twelve new kickoff on ESPN two. Maybe a six
and a half point underdog on the road over under
sixty six and a half against the mean Green. All right,
let's pivot to our Biggie of the week, Stephen because
Commander in Chief Trophy. Second leg time, it's Army at
Air Force Army three and four, Air Force two and five,
A twelve noon Eastern Standard time, kickoff ten am locally
in Colorado Springs on the Big CBS. Air Force is
a one and a half point favorite at home against
the Black Knights. Over under in this one is set
at forty eight and a half. As I mentioned the
second leg of the CIC Trophy, Navy defeating air Force
in that first leg. So now what can air Force do?
They lead the overall series against Army thirty eight to
twenty and one. They are twenty two and four at
home against the Black Knights and thirty five and eighteen
and CIC Trophy games against Army dating back to nineteen
seventy two. Oh yeah, they're also twenty one in three
at home. Army making its first trip the Falcon Falcons
Stadiums is twenty nineteen when Air Force defeated Army seventeen
to thirteen. Because if you remember the last two games
that were played as part of air Force's home games,
that was at Globeli Field in Arlington. They also played
the twenty twenty three game at Empower Field in Mile High.
So finally this game is going back to campuses because
to me, I know, the Army Navy game is different
but I hate these. I hate neutral site kickoff class
at games. I hate that kind of stuff. The Army
Navy game is different that that doesn't that's not part
of the conversation. But a game like Army and Air
Force that should not be played in the middle of
America and Texas. To me, that game should be played
on a campus at one of the two academies. And
I'm glad it's going back to Colorado Springs this weekend.
Speaker 4: I agree with you wholeheartedly about that price. And the
best thing that I can say about this game is
you are going to see which quarterback is going to
take that step to being the next I guess you
could say star quarterback in the service academies. That's right
with Cale Hellums and with Liam Sarka. I really do
think that, you know, once Blake Corvac graduates this year,
you know, the quest, the question is going to be
which one of these guys is going to be the
one that leads his team to having that opportunity at
the Commander in Chief Trophy Because I really do think,
you know, these both of these quarterbacks are extremely talented quarterbacks. Uh,
you know, Sarka's got one more year left Helms I
believe has two more years left on campus. So I
think it's really gonna be interesting to see and you're
gonna get a really close view of which of these
teams you think can take that next step, because you know,
once once Blake Horvath graduates, you know, it would not
surprise me to see Navy maybe take a step back
toward the field. At this point, right now, they're so
far in front, and a lot of that has to
do with their quarterback play, you know, and and the
experience that Horvath has under center that he has had now.
Speaker 3: For three years.
Speaker 4: You know, we were talking about it a couple of
years ago, you know, when when he was not really
the guy as a as a sophomore because you had
guys like ty Lavatat and and the like that were
that were upper classmen in front of him. And now
you're you're looking at him being the man this year.
But I think that, you know, these two guys have
a chance to put their foot down and say I'm
the man moving forward.
Speaker 3: And I think that's gonna be a fun one to watch.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, last year, Army and knocking off Air
Force twenty to three at West point. But you know
a lot of these players that played big, you know,
key roles in that game no longer there. You know,
Matthew Deport kicked had the only had the only points
for air Force thirty two yard field goal. But Kanye Youdo,
who had a big game. He finished, he had one
hundred and fifty eight yards rushing on twenty two carries.
He's gone air Force quarterback Quinton Hayes, he rushed sixty
one times for twenty two yards. He's gone a lot
of new and a lot of new faces on both
sides of the football. And I think you're dead right,
dead right. I mean Liam Sark and Kate Helms, they're
really poised to become stars. They they they've kind of
put a stranglehold on the position at both schools. Uh after,
I think it'd be safe to say that, you know,
Josh Johnson, I think was looked at as probably being
maybe the guy he did get the non for Tory
Calhoun to start the year. Then Dwayne Coleman in Army.
So in some ways they were the number two guys
that have really risen to the top. And that cream,
that's what happens with the cream eventually is you know,
they do rise up, and so it'd be interesting to
see who's gonna make the plays, you know. You know,
these teams always know each other so well. They recruit
from the same pool of kids. You know. I saw
a couple of stats and notes air Force eight and
eleven following an open week under Troy Calhoun, three and
three at home, four and seven on the road.
Speaker 4: Uh.
Speaker 2: But air Force just there oh and one this season
falling at Utah State after early open week earlier in
the season. I could not find the numbers for Army. Uh.
But two teams just clearly had the weekend off. Again,
they know each other so well, so there's only so
much you can do to out scheme each other or
show new wrinkles that you know the other team hadn't seen.
It's just something like this. These things always come down
to execution.
Speaker 4: Yeah and if and of course these things also come
down to run in the football. And you're looking at
two of these teams. You know, both of these teams
are in the top four in the country in rushing
offense right now. Army is second. Uh excuse me, air
Force's second Army is fourth in the country in rushing offense.
So really, I think it's going to be about, you know,
like you said, controlling the line of scrimmage, making sure
that you're not putting the ball on the turf. And
then it'll come down to hopefully the possibility, uh that
that we're looking at some a very close game coming
down into the final seconds.
Speaker 2: Yep, gotta be fun. We can't wait because these CIC
Trophy matchups are always a blast, especially with these two
teams where it's always really close. I don't know what
it is, but Army and Air Force always seem to
really play some close games, usually very low scoring because
they know each other, but always usually very close. Can't
wait for that one. We'll make our picks here coming
up in just a little bit. We got a few
news and notes to pass along. We got our pick
segment to get out of here. But next we've got
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Speaker 1: The latest with Navy, Army and Air Force on Yards
and Stripes Service Academy Football.
Speaker 2: Final segment of Yards and Stripes This week it was
Stephen Carnea Price Atkins. Appreciate you all investing a little
time with us this week. I hope you invest with
us every week because I know Stephen and I we
love to get together every single week to do this
and talk some football, but we're going to talk about
some picks here in just a second, but want to
pass along a few quick news notes. So I mentioned
Coleman Cauley from Navy named the AAC Defensive Player of
the Week for his outstanding performance over the weekend against FAU.
Army linebacker and and Thomas and Navy quarterback Blake Corback
named finalists for the Campbell Trophy that's the academic Heisman.
If you are not familiar with the Campbell Trophy. Air
Forces game at San Jose State on Saturday, November the eighth,
that's been announced as a three pm Pacific Standard time
six pm on the East Coast. That's going to be
a kick off there at San Jose State at six
pm Eastern Santa Time. As I mentioned on Fox Sports one.
Also Navy offensive line we've mentioned last week, but Air
Force Versus offensive line also named to the mid season
Joe Moore Award watch List. So just a couple of
quick things to pass along before Steven and I go
picking some football games. Steven, we got, we got two
big games this weekend. We got we could go a
lot of different directions in this and maybe for the
first time, you and I are going opposite ways. It's
gonna be interesting to see which way you went with things.
Let's start with the Midshipman at North Texas again Saturday
at twelve noon Eastern Standard time on ESPN two. Maybe
a six and a half point road dog in this one.
I don't know which way you're gonna fire. I will,
I'll fire the first shot with this. With this one
out of the cannon, I think North Texas is gonna
pull an upset here in this one. I've got North
Texas forty five to forty over Navy blowing the doors
off the over under what was at sixty eight sixty
six and a half sixty six and a half. So
I think they go well over the over. But I
think this is where Navy is going to finally get clipped.
I think I think I think Navy might be a
more complete team. I just think that it's going to
come down to Texas, like or North Texas. I think
what the most any game comes down to that score
more points, which I think the main Green will do.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm gonna go the other way on this. I
think that Drew Mestemaker is you know, he's a gunslinger.
We've seen that a lot from him. As I mentioned,
he had six hundred and eight yards passing last week
against Charlotte. He's not going to have the same sort
of caliber of a defense. You know, it's a much
better defense he is seeing this week. I think that
they they are able to make a couple of stops.
I have Navy going into Denton and pulling out a
thirty three thirty one victory over the Mean Green and
staying undefeated, getting to eight no. As you said, for
the first time since nineteen twenty six.
Speaker 2: You heard it here first. We're going different ways in
this one. Steven likes the midshipman thirty three thirty one.
All right. The biggest game of the weekend the second
leg of the CIC Trophy Army at air Force at
twelve noon Eastern Standard time ten am there locally in
the Springs on CBS. On CBS the big CBS air
Force giving a point and a half over under is
forty eight and a half. And this one is the
game returns to Colorado Springs for the first time in
what six years. So excited to see this one back
on campus. Stephen. I don't know if we're leaning the
same way. I got a gut feeling. Man, It's all
about gut feelings these days. I think air Force is
gonna pull it out at home sixteen to thirteen. I
think it's gonna be close. To These games between these
two teams always are close, and I think it's gonna
be another in that exact realm this Saturday.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and as I was telling you before we started
here on this segment, I think this game comes down
to the foot of Reagan Dobbs, the Air Force kicker.
At some point he's got to miss I. You know,
he's been so good since taking over the kicking duties.
He had a great game against with against Wyoming at home.
This is a this is a much tougher ask for him.
I think that they that Air Force has a chance late,
and unfortunately I have Reagan Dobbs. I'm sorry, missus Dobbs.
I have your son missing the kick, and I have
Army winning twenty eight to twenty seven. I have a.
Speaker 2: Very high score, much high, much more high scoring than
I did with sixteen to thirteen Air Force. So we've
gone different directions this week, and Steven, that's what it's
all about. So we'll see what happens. But I think this,
without a doubt, I think this is going to be
the best weekend of games that we've had yet. Just
considering the matchup alone, let's say you.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm really excited. These are both fantastic games. The
quality of the football that we're going to see this
week I think is going to be on Yeah. I
think it's going to be the best the highest quality
football that we see that we've seen from the Service
Academy this year.
Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely the best game in the American for sure.
I don't think there's anything close to it this weekend
in the American as far as the Mountain West. You know,
Fresdent State Mooise State matchup probably one of your better
matchups there. Maybe Wyoming at San Diego State. But I
think that these games that our teams are playing in
or just the best that their respective leagues have to offer.
So I, for one, I'm excited. Is we we're going
to be turning the page to November. Man, it's hard
to believe that we're we're almost through this thing. We're
over halfway through a college football season. It feels like
we were just doing a season preview in August even,
but are.
Speaker 3: I was thinking about that.
Speaker 4: I was like, oh, my goodness, I can't believe that
we're here going into what is going to be the
final month of regular season football in the in these conferences,
and then we'll be talking about possible conference championship games
for a possible championship game for Navy, and then of
course the Army Navy game is right after that.
Speaker 3: So it's gonna be a lot of fun.
Speaker 4: And you mentioned it probably the two best games in
these respective conferences this week.
Speaker 2: Yep. I can't wait to see what happens. Can't wait
to do it again with you next week. Hope everybody
has a happy Halloween, Steve, and I hope you and
your wife enjoy some trick or treating and whatever costumes
you guys have got all dulled up ready to go
for for freaky Friday Night. But we will do it
again with you. Appreciate everybody downloading, tune in and tuning in,
subscribing all that great stuff. We will do it again
here as we were Yards and Stripe see Stephen carneat
Price Actionison. Thanks for listening. We'll talk to you next week.
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