1 00:00:01,159 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Need to get your football fix on all things Army, 2 00:00:03,839 --> 00:00:08,480 Navy and Air Force. This is Yards and Stripes Service 3 00:00:08,519 --> 00:00:13,000 Academy Football. Now here are your hosts, Pryce Atkinson and 4 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:14,000 Steve Carney. 5 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 2: The excitement ratches up a notch. This weekend is the 6 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:21,000 first leg of the Commander in Chief Trophy. It is 7 00:00:21,039 --> 00:00:24,679 on tap. I'm Pryce Atkinson and he is Stephen Carney. 8 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,480 And most importantly we are Yards and Stripes your home 9 00:00:27,519 --> 00:00:30,320 for service Academy football, Army, Navy, and Air Force. That 10 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,359 is what we do here on the College Gridiron Coast 11 00:00:33,359 --> 00:00:37,280 to Coast podcast network, available at last word on sports 12 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:41,799 dot com. We had some surprises last weekend and as 13 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,320 I mentioned at the outset, we got excitement coming this 14 00:00:44,399 --> 00:00:49,399 weekend as the CIC Trophy. The first leg is on tap. Stephen. 15 00:00:50,039 --> 00:00:52,479 Before we go any further, you know what time it is. 16 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,119 It is football time, Service Academy Football time. But we 17 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,320 got to get the Papa Yohns Monday Night Pizza Reporter, 18 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:03,159 as we recer record early this week. What we got tonight, Stephen. 19 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,799 Speaker 3: Well it was it was Italian food tonight. That is 20 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:12,000 oh Unfortunately I went to my favorite Italian joint that 21 00:01:12,079 --> 00:01:12,959 doesn't do people. 22 00:01:14,359 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 4: There's a there's a there's a little hole in the 23 00:01:17,159 --> 00:01:19,239 wall literally. 24 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,159 Speaker 3: Like five blocks from my house called Cafe Cheebo, And 25 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,560 I absolutely love their carbonara. 26 00:01:27,079 --> 00:01:31,079 Speaker 4: And so I went and got their carbonara. 27 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:35,599 Speaker 3: For lunch and then ate half of it for lunch 28 00:01:35,719 --> 00:01:38,079 and took the other Oh but at the other half 29 00:01:38,519 --> 00:01:43,519 probably about twenty twenty five minutes ago. So thank god 30 00:01:43,799 --> 00:01:47,879 this podcast does not smell of vision, because with all 31 00:01:47,959 --> 00:01:52,840 the onion and the garlic and the deliciousness with that carbonara, 32 00:01:53,519 --> 00:01:55,840 I'd probably be peeling some paint right about now. 33 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:00,239 Speaker 2: Oh my god, I love it, Stevens. 34 00:02:00,359 --> 00:02:01,359 Speaker 4: It's so good. 35 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 3: Like like I said, when you make it down here. 36 00:02:04,519 --> 00:02:08,639 When when Navy plays in the in the Gasparilla Bowl 37 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:13,439 or whatever this year, or or let's say that Army 38 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,599 or Air Force somehow get ball eligible and one of 39 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,879 them decides to take a jaunt to the Gasparilla Bowl, 40 00:02:21,439 --> 00:02:23,439 there will be Cuban food and there will be great 41 00:02:23,439 --> 00:02:26,039 Italian food definitely to be had. 42 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:31,599 Speaker 2: I cannot wait, young Steven. I cannot wait, all right, 43 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,000 what I can't wait for, Steven? So I can't wait 44 00:02:35,039 --> 00:02:36,520 to go eat some dinner here in a little bit. 45 00:02:36,879 --> 00:02:39,639 We're gonna get we got, We're gonna get moving here. 46 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:41,879 But I can't wait to talk about some of the 47 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,039 games from this past weekend because it did deal us 48 00:02:45,039 --> 00:02:47,319 a few surprises, and one of those surprises, I think 49 00:02:47,439 --> 00:02:49,199 is what you and I agreed on right before we 50 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:52,680 started recording. Let's start up at less or excuse me 51 00:02:52,719 --> 00:02:55,840 out in Greenville, North Carolina, as West Point hit the 52 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,240 road and they hit the deck in this one steven 53 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:02,039 they fall twenty eight to to East Carolina on Thursday 54 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,120 Night football, East Carolina three and two one and ohero 55 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,879 in the American and Army now one in three and 56 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,560 winless at zero to two in the American. A short 57 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,759 week did not help the Black Knights, working on basically 58 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,520 five days a short week, but another slow start dooming 59 00:03:17,719 --> 00:03:21,280 Army giving up twenty one points there in that first quarter. 60 00:03:21,599 --> 00:03:25,280 East Carolina winning nine of the last ten against Army 61 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,360 except last season. But it was just a dominating effort 62 00:03:28,439 --> 00:03:31,439 upfront the line of scrimmage. This was all Pirates in 63 00:03:31,439 --> 00:03:34,479 this one. As Jeff Munkin said afterwards, they simply got 64 00:03:34,479 --> 00:03:38,159 out played by East Carolina. They were run blitzing, confusing 65 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,360 the Army offense, but really before Army could blink. They 66 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,319 were down twenty one to nothing, and this is another 67 00:03:43,439 --> 00:03:45,560 slow start, just something Army cannot afford. 68 00:03:45,599 --> 00:03:49,599 Speaker 3: Stephen absolutely, and we talked about it before we started 69 00:03:50,159 --> 00:03:54,680 recording this podcast. For Army for them to be successful. 70 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:57,840 You saw what they did last year with Bryson Daily 71 00:03:57,919 --> 00:04:01,120 at the Helm. You know, they had that that stretch 72 00:04:01,199 --> 00:04:06,439 where they had all those consecutive games where their first, 73 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,879 their first possession ended up in the end zone with 74 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:10,560 a touchdown. 75 00:04:10,599 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 4: They had that. 76 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 3: It was like ten or eleven or even twelve games 77 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,319 in a row where they got their first they got 78 00:04:16,319 --> 00:04:19,040 the first possession, and that first possession ended up in 79 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,560 seven points and they did not They have not done 80 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,959 that at all this year. And on Thursday against East Carolina, 81 00:04:27,199 --> 00:04:30,800 East Carolina gets the ball, first touchdown, three and out 82 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:34,279 for Army. East Carolina scores again. Now you're down fourteen 83 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:37,319 to nothing. You get a ten play drive that ends 84 00:04:37,399 --> 00:04:41,360 up in a turnover on downs near midfield and another 85 00:04:41,399 --> 00:04:42,720 short field for the Pirates. 86 00:04:42,879 --> 00:04:43,399 Speaker 4: They go in. 87 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 3: It's twenty one to nothing before your beer even starts 88 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:51,079 getting cold in Greenville, North Carolina and so and at 89 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:56,160 that point then it becomes a matter of you know, 90 00:04:56,399 --> 00:04:59,959 how can Army get you know, even think about get 91 00:05:00,199 --> 00:05:02,839 back into this game. You're gonna have to get stops, 92 00:05:02,959 --> 00:05:05,399 you're gonna have to get turnovers, you've got to get 93 00:05:05,519 --> 00:05:10,120 extra possessions on offense and hope to turn those into touchdowns. 94 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:10,959 Speaker 4: And that didn't happen. 95 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 2: No, it definitely didn't happen. Is possessions is getting off 96 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,680 the field on third down, and East Carolina was seven 97 00:05:17,759 --> 00:05:20,759 of twelve on a third down. That's a pretty darn 98 00:05:20,759 --> 00:05:23,800 good clip. And usually even in an Army loss, you 99 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:25,959 don't expect to see them, you know, with just twenty 100 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,120 five minutes a time of possession. But when you can 101 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,319 only convert to a fifteen on third down, that's exactly 102 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,600 what's gonna happen. And you mentioned, you know, getting on 103 00:05:34,639 --> 00:05:37,839 the scoreboard. The Army finally did there in the third quarter. 104 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,720 Is an eight play, seventy five yard drive that took 105 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:42,879 four to twenty eight off the clock, capped by Dwayne 106 00:05:42,879 --> 00:05:45,560 Coleman's two yard touchdown run on a fourth and goal. 107 00:05:46,319 --> 00:05:48,800 So they convert, and they don't convert that there's a 108 00:05:48,879 --> 00:05:52,040 chance Army should being shut out, but they do convert. 109 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:55,079 Speaking of Dwayne Coleman, he started Kate Hellms did come 110 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,959 in and play, but it was just not enough, as 111 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,399 the Black Knights could not, you know, could not get 112 00:06:01,399 --> 00:06:03,839 anything going offensively. And I think so much of it 113 00:06:03,879 --> 00:06:06,120 had to do with just the point of attack. East 114 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:09,800 Carolina controlling the line of scrimmage from start to finish, 115 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:11,560 and Armies just got to find a way to get 116 00:06:11,639 --> 00:06:14,879 off to a quicker start. But a short Noah short 117 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,720 leads the way. The senior running back eleven carries one 118 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:19,519 hundred and twenty seven yards. He had one hundred and 119 00:06:19,519 --> 00:06:21,879 twenty seven, over half of Army's two forty one on 120 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:26,079 the ground. But Pirates senior quarterback Kate Houser, he accounted 121 00:06:26,079 --> 00:06:29,040 for all three of those first quarter touchdowns, slowing for 122 00:06:29,079 --> 00:06:32,399 two and then a three yard quarterback keeper. So Jeb 123 00:06:32,439 --> 00:06:34,920 Bunkins got to find a way to get this team 124 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,439 off to a better start. They're going to have a 125 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,439 little bit longer, you know, to get ready for their 126 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,720 next game. Certainly five days is a tough turnaround, but nonetheless, 127 00:06:44,759 --> 00:06:47,240 he's got to find some buttons he can press earlier 128 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,079 in football games so they're not constantly playing from behind. 129 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,879 Speaker 3: Steven, Yeah, and you've got to be able to get 130 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:58,920 more plays on offense. They got outplayed, literally when it 131 00:06:58,959 --> 00:07:02,759 comes to the offense. He's Carolina had seventy two plays 132 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,639 on offense. Army only had sixty five. I know, that 133 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,519 doesn't seem like a lot. That's a that's a whole 134 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:14,240 extra drive and maybe and then some for certain teams 135 00:07:14,439 --> 00:07:16,800 and for Army, and a play drive should get you 136 00:07:16,879 --> 00:07:19,920 into field goal range. So that's a stretch where you're 137 00:07:19,959 --> 00:07:22,480 leaving points on the board by not having your offense 138 00:07:22,519 --> 00:07:23,560 on the field. 139 00:07:23,759 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 2: Yeah again, East Carolina twenty eight, Army six. Army gotta 140 00:07:27,199 --> 00:07:29,040 find a way to get this thing going, especially in 141 00:07:29,079 --> 00:07:31,480 the American where they didn't taste defeat once last year. 142 00:07:31,839 --> 00:07:34,480 They're still looking for that first American Conference victory. All right, 143 00:07:34,519 --> 00:07:38,279 let's go up to Annapolis on Saturday afternoon, a rain 144 00:07:38,399 --> 00:07:41,319 soaked Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, a crowd of over 145 00:07:41,399 --> 00:07:44,879 twenty eight thousand. They are on hand to see Navy 146 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,959 get off to a four and oh start. Is a knockoff. 147 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:51,720 Rice twenty one to thirteen. Navy now four and oh, 148 00:07:51,839 --> 00:07:54,160 three and oh in the American Rice drops to three 149 00:07:54,199 --> 00:07:57,480 and two one in one in some old school backyard football. 150 00:07:57,959 --> 00:08:01,759 Maybe now four and oh and back to seasons, starting 151 00:08:01,759 --> 00:08:03,800 for ohing back to back seasons for the first time 152 00:08:03,879 --> 00:08:08,480 since nineteen seventy eight and seventy nine. But Steven, if 153 00:08:08,519 --> 00:08:12,800 you like low scoring, old school football running three yards 154 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:14,680 in a cloud of dust, this was a game for you. 155 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:17,800 Lake Horvav had a great football game eight of thirteen 156 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,120 one seventy two. He did throw one pick, but he 157 00:08:20,199 --> 00:08:22,399 rushed for a team high twenty one times, one hundred 158 00:08:22,399 --> 00:08:25,160 and ten yards and two touchdowns. Alex Tesca was fantastic, 159 00:08:25,199 --> 00:08:29,079 but it was the Navy defense that dominated play through out, 160 00:08:29,079 --> 00:08:32,000 holding Rice to just one hundred and twenty one one 161 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,840 hundred and twenty yards rushing on thirty nine carries. After 162 00:08:34,879 --> 00:08:37,159 the Owls came into the game. You know, we knew 163 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,360 they like to run. The football average in two hundred 164 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:44,200 and forty six rushing yards per game, fifteenth best in FBS. 165 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,159 They were half of that only on one hundred and 166 00:08:47,159 --> 00:08:50,600 twenty of those two forty six. His Navy's defense does 167 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:51,120 the job. 168 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, And not only that, but you mentioned two 169 00:08:55,919 --> 00:08:59,039 hundred and eighty yards on the ground for the midshipmen 170 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,440 in this game as well, So I mean this was 171 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:07,799 this was absolutely, uh the perfect storm. When it came 172 00:09:07,879 --> 00:09:12,600 to the Navy offense, you got some good play at 173 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,720 the quarterback position, obviously, but yet when you're averaging almost 174 00:09:16,759 --> 00:09:20,080 six yards per carry on the ground as a team, 175 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,200 you had two guys going over one hundred yards on 176 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,919 the ground, one of them being Horvath of alex Tesca 177 00:09:26,039 --> 00:09:28,879 you mentioned, had a really great day. He had just 178 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:31,559 he had one hundred and four yards on just eleven carries. 179 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,399 He averaged almost ten yards a carry on the ground. 180 00:09:34,799 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 4: Uh. 181 00:09:35,039 --> 00:09:38,519 Speaker 3: You know, I really loved the way that that it 182 00:09:38,639 --> 00:09:41,080 that it looked, and then you look at what they 183 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:45,480 were able to do defensively. Uh, you know, all the 184 00:09:45,759 --> 00:09:49,080 all the pressure that was put on Rice they had, 185 00:09:49,159 --> 00:09:51,360 it seemed like the Navy defense was in was in 186 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:55,960 Rice's backfield the entire day. They had seven tackles for 187 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:59,759 loss as a team, including two sacks. They were able 188 00:09:59,799 --> 00:10:01,600 to get their arms up in the air when when 189 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,559 Rice did go back to pass, they got a pass 190 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:06,679 defense out of that. Uh. 191 00:10:06,799 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 4: But it really I really thought that it was an 192 00:10:09,919 --> 00:10:14,120 amazingly well played game for that defense, where where there 193 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,000 were midshipmen in the backfield all game. 194 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, you might see that score and think 195 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:23,799 Rice typically, you know, not a very good football team 196 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,720 twenty one to thirteen, and you're like, man, if we're 197 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:29,519 gonna go anywhere, man, we got to beating Rice by 198 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:31,759 a lot more than that. Uh. That's a that's a 199 00:10:31,759 --> 00:10:34,320 pretty darn goodwill coach football team. They not have the 200 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,480 most talent in the world, but they do what they 201 00:10:36,519 --> 00:10:38,039 do and they do it well because they didn't turn 202 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,240 it over. You know, I just think it's almost like, 203 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,799 you know, an academy team is, you know, you're always 204 00:10:43,799 --> 00:10:47,799 going to be outmanned, but you run your systems and 205 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,480 you know you don't turn the ball over and you're 206 00:10:49,519 --> 00:10:51,440 gonna stay in games. And that's what Rice has done 207 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:53,919 this year. And that's what they did. You know, on Saturday, 208 00:10:54,039 --> 00:10:57,600 Navy's defense just rose to the occasion, and you know, 209 00:10:57,960 --> 00:10:59,960 it was really more than I think the Navy defense, 210 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:02,240 you know, than the Navy offense, which we don't say 211 00:11:02,279 --> 00:11:04,840 that quite often, but they did the job. 212 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you certainly don't normally say that when when 213 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,000 the Navy offense gets almost three hundred yards on the ground. 214 00:11:11,399 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 4: Uh. 215 00:11:11,799 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 3: And that's a that's a that's a credit uh to 216 00:11:14,639 --> 00:11:19,159 Scott Abell and the Owls coaching staff because you say 217 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:22,960 they they play like a service Academy team, and that 218 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,559 that I bet that comes a lot from their head coach. 219 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:30,080 And we talked about him last week Washington and Lee, 220 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,840 that's a Division three school. He took them to the 221 00:11:32,879 --> 00:11:36,799 playoffs three times. He took Davidson, who's an FCS school 222 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,200 better known for having Steph Curry and their basketball team. 223 00:11:40,519 --> 00:11:43,440 They went to the playoffs twice in the FCS before 224 00:11:43,519 --> 00:11:46,240 coming to Rice this year. And I think you're going 225 00:11:46,279 --> 00:11:49,120 to see a lot of this out of Rice going forward. 226 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,320 As long as Scott abell Is is there in Houston 227 00:11:52,879 --> 00:11:55,600 h coaching these owls, you're gonna see them play this way. 228 00:11:56,039 --> 00:11:58,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, Davy jumping out to a seven er lead first 229 00:11:58,759 --> 00:12:00,720 drive of the game, and you know they made it 230 00:12:00,759 --> 00:12:03,080 fourteen to nothing on the first play of the second 231 00:12:03,159 --> 00:12:06,360 quarter when Horvath Waltston untouched from eight yards out, and 232 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:08,679 you know, the fourteen to nothing lead was all they needed. 233 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,000 So you know, Navy again continuing to roll four and 234 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,919 oh three to oh in the American getting the twenty 235 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,919 one to thirteen win over the visiting Rice Owls. Steven, 236 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:21,440 Let's move out west because this is another one that 237 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:24,120 really kind of surprised US as Hawaii they come to 238 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:30,720 Colorado Springs for afternoon tilt there against the Falcons and Hawaii. 239 00:12:30,799 --> 00:12:33,759 This was a shootout. This was Mountain West football at 240 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,159 its finest, Hawaii getting a forty four to thirty five 241 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:40,480 win outlasting Air Forces. The Rainbows moved a four and 242 00:12:40,519 --> 00:12:43,159 two one and one the Mountain West Air Force one 243 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,440 in three zero to three in the Mountain West losing 244 00:12:46,519 --> 00:12:49,080 its The Air Force does lose their third straight game 245 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:52,679 after giving up over forty points yet again. Uh But 246 00:12:52,799 --> 00:12:58,320 Hawaii freshman quarterback Micah a lot Elhado through for a 247 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:03,000 season high four hundred and fifty seven yards three touchdowns. 248 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,720 Jackson Harris had seven catches for one forty four. This 249 00:13:06,759 --> 00:13:11,159 is after alohado three interceptions the previous week versus Fresno State, 250 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,720 but he flipped it with three touchdowns in this one. 251 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,679 You know, the Falcons rallied back with three fourth quarter touchdowns, 252 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,559 but Hawaii simply answered every single time in this one. 253 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 3: Steven, Yeah, And I said this to you before we 254 00:13:26,039 --> 00:13:29,720 started taping that I did not see four hundred and 255 00:13:29,759 --> 00:13:33,279 fifty seven yards coming from from Micah Alohado. 256 00:13:33,399 --> 00:13:35,279 Speaker 4: I was like, is that Alohado or. 257 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 3: Did Jimmy Chang find out he's got some leftover eligibility 258 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:43,039 remaining and put the pads on himself, because that's what 259 00:13:43,039 --> 00:13:45,440 we looked like. I mean, the way that he threw 260 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:49,279 the ball all over the field was so impressive. And so, 261 00:13:49,799 --> 00:13:53,039 you know, you give them a lot of credit, you 262 00:13:53,159 --> 00:13:59,679 give especially Jackson Harris, their sophomore wide receiver from Berkeley. 263 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:02,600 That's the one thing that Timmy Chang's been able to do. 264 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,000 Usually when you go out to Hawaii and you and 265 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,000 you look at their roster and when you see names, 266 00:14:08,279 --> 00:14:10,159 you see where they're from, and you see a lot 267 00:14:10,159 --> 00:14:16,679 of Hilo, Honolulu, Kawhi, you know, Waikiki. You don't see 268 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,519 a lot of recruiting outside of the state of Hawaii 269 00:14:20,559 --> 00:14:23,519 because it's so difficult for them to try and get 270 00:14:23,559 --> 00:14:27,080 people to come out to to the islands out there 271 00:14:27,159 --> 00:14:30,759 to to play football. But Jackson Harris, he's from Berkeley, 272 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:34,320 Mike Alhatto is from Las Vegas. So they're doing a 273 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,320 really good job of recruiting on the West coast. And 274 00:14:37,559 --> 00:14:40,559 this is you know, if this is what we are 275 00:14:41,039 --> 00:14:44,559 going to see from Hawaii moving forward, you know what, 276 00:14:44,759 --> 00:14:48,120 get get your get your late night college football fixed 277 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,559 going because that was a lot of fun. You know, 278 00:14:51,679 --> 00:14:55,759 the results aside. Yeah, it's a fun team to watch. 279 00:14:56,399 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, they scored the teams combined forty one points in 280 00:15:00,159 --> 00:15:03,039 the fourth quarter, twenty four points in the last six 281 00:15:03,159 --> 00:15:06,200 minutes combined. Think about this, they scored within a minute 282 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:09,320 of each other three different times in the game. Steven, 283 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:12,759 So if you liked offensive fireworkship, that's your jam, dude. 284 00:15:12,759 --> 00:15:14,960 You jammed and rocked out in this one. Because there 285 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,559 was a whole lot of five hundred and thirty five 286 00:15:17,639 --> 00:15:21,399 yards of offense for Hawaii four ninety four for air Force. 287 00:15:21,679 --> 00:15:24,440 And what I think is maybe the most astounding stat 288 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:29,039 is air Force only had six, only six third down 289 00:15:29,039 --> 00:15:33,159 attempts in the entire game, while Hawaii had nineteen. That's 290 00:15:33,279 --> 00:15:34,919 usually the exact opposite. 291 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 4: Yeah. 292 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:37,919 Speaker 3: The other thing to look at that though, is that 293 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:42,639 Hawaii went fourteen for nineteen yeah third down conversions, and 294 00:15:42,679 --> 00:15:46,480 they had twenty six first downs, which is just an 295 00:15:46,559 --> 00:15:49,799 incredible number to have have all those third downs and 296 00:15:49,799 --> 00:15:53,080 then to convert all of the you know, you're almost 297 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,480 up at like sixty percent of conversion there. 298 00:15:56,519 --> 00:15:59,879 Speaker 4: I mean, that's that's just incredible. 299 00:15:59,519 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 2: And that by our friends listening. That is why you 300 00:16:02,799 --> 00:16:05,039 had the ball for almost thirty eight minutes when you 301 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:09,679 convert that many third down so unbelievable. Yeah for a 302 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,320 fast pace run and shoot, you know, score quick. To 303 00:16:13,399 --> 00:16:15,799 have the ball thirty eight minute, almost thirty eight minutes, 304 00:16:15,799 --> 00:16:19,440 that's almost unheard of. But Hawaii getting the job done 305 00:16:19,519 --> 00:16:22,919 forty four to thirty five. Now Troy Calhoun forced to 306 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,320 try and come up with something as they get ready 307 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,240 to take on Navy. We're gonna talk a lot about 308 00:16:27,279 --> 00:16:30,080 that game here coming up here and just a little bit, 309 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,080 we got game balls. Give out, Steven, which way you're 310 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:35,360 gonna go with your game ball this week? I will 311 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:37,960 tell you I'm not gonna go with an opponent. I'm 312 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:39,960 gonna keep it in the Academy family this week. Go 313 00:16:40,039 --> 00:16:40,919 go to the Firebirst. 314 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 3: I appreciate that, and I'm going back to that Hawaii 315 00:16:45,519 --> 00:16:49,080 Air Force game. I know that the Falcons came out 316 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:52,000 on the wrong end of the scoreboard, but I really 317 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:59,240 thought Leabzarka looks like an incredible quarterback in that game. 318 00:16:59,279 --> 00:17:02,120 I mean for twelve, so he didn't have to pass 319 00:17:02,159 --> 00:17:04,440 a lot, but he threw for two hundred and seventy 320 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,279 eight yards and three touchdowns. He only had two incompletions 321 00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:11,440 the entire game, unfortunately one of them was an interception. 322 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:16,559 But I just was like, look, if I really thought 323 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,920 that he played as well as you could ever have 324 00:17:20,039 --> 00:17:24,039 expected an Air Force quarterback to play under those situations. 325 00:17:24,279 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, without a doubt, I'm gonna go with I'm gonna 326 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:31,880 actually go with Mark Anthony Parker from the Naval Academy, 327 00:17:32,079 --> 00:17:36,160 sophomore linebacker out of Fredericksburg, Virginia, leading the way with 328 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:40,000 thirteen tackles, six solo double the next closest tackler for 329 00:17:40,039 --> 00:17:43,839 the Midshipman defense as he had also two tackles for 330 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,680 a loss in this game, as they did not allow 331 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:51,319 a touchdown until the third quarter, but maybe holding the 332 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,799 rice Als to less than half their season average rushing 333 00:17:55,079 --> 00:17:57,079 at just one hundred and twenty yards on the ground. 334 00:17:57,079 --> 00:18:02,200 Another outstanding job by Brian Newberry's you know, attacking playmaking 335 00:18:02,319 --> 00:18:05,920 unit for the midshipments of Mark Anthony Parker getting my 336 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,559 game ball, as he's now gone back to back weeks 337 00:18:09,599 --> 00:18:13,319 with double digit tackles thirteen a career high in this one. 338 00:18:13,519 --> 00:18:16,519 All right, Steven, we got two games ahead, We got 339 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,759 Army at UAB and we got our first leg of 340 00:18:19,799 --> 00:18:22,359 the CIC Trophy. We're going to talk about it, but 341 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,119 first we are part of the College Gridiron Coast to 342 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:29,480 Coast podcast network. We have got something for everybody, Pig 343 00:18:29,519 --> 00:18:33,440 Skin and Burt Ince, get off my pylon, Steven. There 344 00:18:33,519 --> 00:18:36,400 is something for every college football fan. Oh yeah, that 345 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:38,519 little thing called Yards and Stripes that you're listening to 346 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:39,039 right now. 347 00:18:39,759 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 3: Absolutely, And you know, starting off the week, usually we 348 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:47,480 get a good start in the Big Ten with Big 349 00:18:47,519 --> 00:18:52,920 Ten Paradigm. Noah Dreury talking about maybe what I thought 350 00:18:53,039 --> 00:18:57,519 was the most exciting game last week was obviously Oregon 351 00:18:57,559 --> 00:19:01,079 and Penn State, the double overtime thriller that took place 352 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,640 Saturday evening. Of course, that Knox pad State out of 353 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:08,640 the top three puts Oregon up at number two in 354 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:12,000 the AP pole. I believe they're third in the coaches poll. 355 00:19:12,519 --> 00:19:15,279 This week, of course Ohio State at the top. So 356 00:19:15,519 --> 00:19:18,839 obviously there's a lot of top quality football to talk 357 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,799 about on Big Ten Paradigm. And then this week in 358 00:19:21,839 --> 00:19:26,599 the ACC oh just Florida State losing to Virginia in 359 00:19:27,759 --> 00:19:31,880 Charlottesville and the rushing of the field that took place 360 00:19:32,279 --> 00:19:33,079 at that game. 361 00:19:34,039 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 4: Holy crap. 362 00:19:35,319 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 3: So obviously some crazy stuff. We've got Yards and Stripes 363 00:19:40,599 --> 00:19:44,920 and get off my pylon coming here on this Tuesday, 364 00:19:45,519 --> 00:19:47,160 and then for the rest of the week. Of course, 365 00:19:47,279 --> 00:19:50,119 we've got Florida football Insiders. I'm sure we'll talk a 366 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,799 lot more about the seminoles with Jason Powers. We've got 367 00:19:53,839 --> 00:19:57,880 the big twelve sec breakdown. 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Think Smarter, Ticket Smarter. 405 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: The latest with Navy, Army and Air Force on Yards 406 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,839 and Stripes Service Academy Football. 407 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 2: We're rolling right along on Yards and Stripes your hope 408 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:14,599 for service Academy Football. He is Stephen Carneiro and Price Ackinson, 409 00:22:14,599 --> 00:22:16,920 and we were rolling into next week's set of games, 410 00:22:17,279 --> 00:22:19,519 and we're gonna roll to Army first because we're gonna 411 00:22:19,559 --> 00:22:23,079 save the CIC first leg. We're gonna talk about that second. 412 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:27,519 But first is Army at UAB on Saturday at twelve 413 00:22:27,599 --> 00:22:31,720 noon Eastern Standard Time. This one on ESPN U Army 414 00:22:31,759 --> 00:22:35,480 as a road favorite. They are giving seven and a 415 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,559 half points. The last I saw earlier today over under 416 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,960 fifty seven and a half is gonna be a little 417 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,599 bit of an early kick there locally at Protective Stadium 418 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:49,319 eleven am Central Time. But the fighting, oh boy, I 419 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,440 can't even get into I mean the fighting Trent Delphers. 420 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,519 Will he make it to the end of the season, 421 00:22:53,559 --> 00:22:57,039 You and I both say no. But the Blazers, coming 422 00:22:57,079 --> 00:22:59,079 off a bye week, they gave him a little extra 423 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:03,200 time to prepare for Armies attack as the Blazers led 424 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,880 by Jalen Kittna, who's thrown for over three hundred yards 425 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,960 and three straight games and ranks fifth nationally and passing 426 00:23:10,039 --> 00:23:13,680 yards at three hundred and fourteen per game. So likely 427 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,319 gonna have some fireworks in this one. Steven is Army 428 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,799 hitting the road trying to get that bad taste out 429 00:23:18,799 --> 00:23:21,599 of their mouth. Can they do it? We will find out. 430 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:25,880 But we've seen the fight in Trent dilfirst before as 431 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,240 they came up short, played a really good first half 432 00:23:28,279 --> 00:23:31,839 as it was tied at halftime, but then they cannot 433 00:23:31,839 --> 00:23:34,039 hang with the midshipman had some turnovers here in the 434 00:23:34,079 --> 00:23:36,240 second half as they come up short. So this will 435 00:23:36,279 --> 00:23:38,319 be our second time as we get a look at UAB. 436 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, man, so to quote the great Dennis Green, UAB 437 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:49,200 is what we think they are. So obviously they're going 438 00:23:49,279 --> 00:23:52,400 to go the way that Jalen Kittna goes. And when 439 00:23:52,519 --> 00:23:56,759 Jalen Kittna is throwing the ball successfully, you're gonna find 440 00:23:56,799 --> 00:24:00,160 yourself in a good situation. If he starts throw on 441 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,599 the ball to the other team, then the Blazers are 442 00:24:03,599 --> 00:24:07,359 going to find themselves in big trouble and so you know, 443 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,720 this is the perfect opponent I think for Army to 444 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:16,079 be able to get their first American Conference victory of 445 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:19,759 the season, because you know, outside of Kittna, you know, 446 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:24,200 I've not been that impressed with the weapons that the 447 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:29,599 Blazers have offensively, and their defense I think really causes 448 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:34,319 you know, causes headache and causes you know, heartburn for 449 00:24:34,519 --> 00:24:39,160 for Trent Delfering Company, because they're not stopping the football. 450 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,720 And when you're not stopping the football from going through, 451 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,680 you're gonna find yourself in really really bad shape. I mean, 452 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:51,200 you look at it. They're averaging forty one points against 453 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:56,200 It's one hundred and thirty third in Division one FBS. 454 00:24:56,759 --> 00:25:00,279 I didn't you know, there were many, many years and 455 00:25:00,519 --> 00:25:02,559 it wasn't that long ago there weren't one hundred and 456 00:25:02,559 --> 00:25:06,240 thirty three schools in Division one FBS. But this is 457 00:25:06,279 --> 00:25:08,839 a team that loves to throw the football. They're averaging 458 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:12,160 over three hundred and twenty yards passing, that's thirteenth in 459 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,640 the nation. So obviously they want to try and get 460 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:17,880 the ball out wide and it's gonna be up for 461 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,680 Navy's defensive backs to stop that. 462 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's kind of the the how mummy Mike Leach 463 00:25:23,839 --> 00:25:26,160 defense be damned kind of attitude. We're just gonna try 464 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,440 and outscore you. We don't care what our defense does. 465 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,680 They're gonna go get shredded, but we're just gonna try 466 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:33,759 and score more than you do at the end of 467 00:25:33,799 --> 00:25:34,079 the game. 468 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,079 Speaker 4: And it's Paul West heead like. 469 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,599 Speaker 3: For the people that are basketball fans, yes that you 470 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:45,160 know UAB plays Paul westhead style football. You know where 471 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,839 it's get the ball down the field as fast as 472 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,839 you can and score as many points as you can 473 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,799 because if you if you're allowing forty one points a game, 474 00:25:55,799 --> 00:25:57,359 you only got to score forty two. 475 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 4: To win games. 476 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, uh UAV got pretty banged up in that loss 477 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,079 to Tennessee. But did you see I don't know if 478 00:26:05,079 --> 00:26:06,519 you saw this. I mean may have talked about it 479 00:26:06,519 --> 00:26:08,440 real quick, but do you see that Trent Dilfer was 480 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,359 caught like texting. I don't know if it was during 481 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:14,400 the game or right before the game. That's not gonna 482 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,559 You're not gonna last long on the job when you're texting. 483 00:26:17,079 --> 00:26:19,720 It was probably more than meets the eye. I don't know, 484 00:26:19,799 --> 00:26:22,000 but I just remember seeing that headline stories like you 485 00:26:22,079 --> 00:26:25,599 gotta be kidding. No, wonder their problems down there in Birmingham. 486 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:27,119 Speaker 4: Yeah, I saw. 487 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,279 Speaker 3: I saw the report on it, and I was like, 488 00:26:32,079 --> 00:26:35,319 does anybody did anybody tell him that you're not allowed 489 00:26:35,319 --> 00:26:37,400 to do that? I mean, they at least told Doug 490 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,440 Gottlieb when he took the job at Green Bay as 491 00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:43,920 as a college basketball coach, you can't have your phone 492 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,640 on the sideline. Yeah, somebody had to tell Trent Dilfer that. 493 00:26:48,319 --> 00:26:52,839 Speaker 2: Yep, yeah, they had to have I don't We'll see 494 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,559 if he's texting or you know, taking his phone out 495 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:57,720 take pictures of nothing but maybe a scoreboard at the 496 00:26:57,799 --> 00:26:58,319 end of the game. 497 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,519 Speaker 4: But I just got a text from trentill. 498 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 2: Oh my god, Oh I love it. Army and UAB 499 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:11,000 Saturday twelve, New NISER Standard time ESPN U Army a 500 00:27:11,079 --> 00:27:13,559 seven and a half point favorite. Now let's let's pivot. 501 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,119 Let's get to what we really came here for. And 502 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,440 of course we all love our Commander in Chief Trophy 503 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,759 games here on Yards and Striped Service Academy Football because 504 00:27:21,799 --> 00:27:25,119 this is the first leg of the CIC Trophy unfolding 505 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,599 this week weekend at Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in 506 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:31,920 Annapolis is Air Force traveling across the country to take 507 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:36,000 on a Naval Academy. Air Force now one in three. 508 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,839 Of course, Navy is a perfect. 509 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 3: Four and zero. 510 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:44,160 Speaker 2: This is on Big CBS at twelve noon kickoff from 511 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,640 Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Navy at eleven and a 512 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,759 half point favorite, forty nine and a half point over under. 513 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:54,680 So it's gonna be an early starts, certainly for those Falcons. 514 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,079 But Air Force leads the overall series thirty four to 515 00:27:57,079 --> 00:27:59,359 twenty three. But it's just nine or ten and twelve 516 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,319 in games at But in the last meeting in Annapolis, 517 00:28:02,319 --> 00:28:04,839 the Falcons did win it seventeen to six. That back 518 00:28:04,839 --> 00:28:08,200 in twenty twenty three. Navy's won the Commander in Chief 519 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:10,920 Trophy twelve times. In the last twenty two years, including 520 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,720 last year, the Mids have won the trophy a total 521 00:28:13,839 --> 00:28:16,519 seventeen times, while Air Force has won the Commander in 522 00:28:16,559 --> 00:28:22,519 Chief Trophy outright twenty one times, and this is traditionally 523 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:27,200 obviously always the first leg of the CIC trophy. Navy 524 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:30,279 has gone on or has won twenty nine of last 525 00:28:30,319 --> 00:28:33,359 forty four Service Academy games against Army and Air Force, 526 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,200 so the winner of this game that has gone on 527 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,799 to win their Commander in Chief Trophy forty out of 528 00:28:37,839 --> 00:28:40,119 the fifty three years that the trophy has been given out, 529 00:28:40,119 --> 00:28:43,720 so that's seventy five percent. So obviously a big, big 530 00:28:43,799 --> 00:28:47,000 leg up here if you can get this huge win 531 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,400 in the first leg of the CIC Stephen. 532 00:28:49,319 --> 00:28:52,079 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you remember that game in twenty twenty three 533 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:56,920 when they went to Anapolis Air Force and came away 534 00:28:57,319 --> 00:28:59,839 with that, with that seventeen to six victory. It's a 535 00:29:00,079 --> 00:29:04,279 much different team that that on both sides. Because you 536 00:29:04,279 --> 00:29:07,960 think about it, that twenty twenty three Navy team was 537 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:13,880 was a was definitely I wouldn't say a shell of 538 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:17,240 its former self and then not yet shown what it 539 00:29:17,279 --> 00:29:20,880 could become. But you know, I definitely think that there 540 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:25,079 weren't nearly as as many weapons that Navy had. They 541 00:29:25,279 --> 00:29:28,400 you know, I think that they find themselves with a 542 00:29:28,559 --> 00:29:32,400 dearth of offensive power here this season, and and I 543 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,920 think that their defense is a hell of a lot 544 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,759 better than it was in twenty twenty three. And I 545 00:29:38,799 --> 00:29:43,000 think that the Brigade is going to find themselves very, 546 00:29:43,119 --> 00:29:46,960 very happy at the end of this game. You know, 547 00:29:47,119 --> 00:29:49,799 not trying to give away what I think is going 548 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,240 to happen in this game. But this is, this is 549 00:29:52,559 --> 00:29:54,799 these are two teams that are in much different shape 550 00:29:54,799 --> 00:29:55,920 than they were two years ago. 551 00:29:56,799 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, one thing to pay attention to and this one. 552 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,480 The home team is No. Nine in three in the 553 00:30:01,559 --> 00:30:06,480 last twelve contests, so the home team winning three quarters 554 00:30:06,519 --> 00:30:09,359 of the last twelve games, but the road team has 555 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:12,559 won three of the last four. So something to keep 556 00:30:12,559 --> 00:30:15,000 an eye on is air Force defeated Navy in Annapolis 557 00:30:15,039 --> 00:30:18,519 in twenty one and then again in twenty three, while 558 00:30:18,559 --> 00:30:21,279 the Mids went to the Springs and won thirty four 559 00:30:21,279 --> 00:30:25,359 to seven last year. So interesting that it's usually been 560 00:30:25,359 --> 00:30:28,000 the home team, but you know, lately that road team 561 00:30:28,279 --> 00:30:29,680 has gotten the best of them. But what do you 562 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,359 think of Have you seen the new Air Force uniforms 563 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:36,759 the Power Legacy series honoring the F sixteen fighting Falcons, Steven, 564 00:30:36,839 --> 00:30:40,400 have you seen the uniforms that Air Force is gonna wear? 565 00:30:41,039 --> 00:30:43,039 Speaker 4: I did get it. I did get a glimpse of them. 566 00:30:43,079 --> 00:30:48,319 Speaker 3: I you know, obviously it's always great when the little 567 00:30:48,359 --> 00:30:53,279 brother decides they want to get in on the different 568 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:59,200 uniform garb. Obviously maybe going going traditional in this game 569 00:30:59,319 --> 00:31:03,119 and they will off theirs. Uh, their big reveal for 570 00:31:03,759 --> 00:31:07,359 uh the more important game coming up in December. But uh, 571 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:10,559 but I you know, I really do love, uh seeing 572 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,279 when these teams get creative, uh when it when it 573 00:31:14,279 --> 00:31:16,720 comes to their uniforms. So yes, I did get a 574 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:20,000 glimpse of it. Uh They're they're really really snazzy, very 575 00:31:20,079 --> 00:31:21,039 quite sharp. 576 00:31:21,039 --> 00:31:24,119 Speaker 2: And it is a sellout in Annapolis on Saturday. I've 577 00:31:24,119 --> 00:31:26,440 been to this game. I've been to several when it's 578 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:30,599 been at Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. I went when 579 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:34,720 Malcolm Perry was quarterbacking and uh, you know in the 580 00:31:34,759 --> 00:31:37,759 cut in the springs and saw Air Force just drum 581 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:41,079 Navy that afternoon. I've been in both places there, but 582 00:31:41,119 --> 00:31:44,359 there's just something, you know, while I like Air Forces 583 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:47,200 Stadium in the altitude it spread out, you know, Navy 584 00:31:47,279 --> 00:31:49,599 Marine Corps just everything is right there on you you know, 585 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,160 it's just much more of a closer, more intimate feel. 586 00:31:52,599 --> 00:31:54,240 Been on that. We've been in the end zone, stood 587 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:55,839 the end zone at the very end when there was 588 00:31:55,839 --> 00:31:58,720 a touchdown pass through with I think six seconds left 589 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,400 as Navy won it, and I think it was overtime 590 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,759 one year. So just thrilling moments, you know, throughout the 591 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:08,119 years and this rivalry, you know between all the service academies, 592 00:32:08,119 --> 00:32:10,799 but you know, air Force and Navy. We've seen we've 593 00:32:10,839 --> 00:32:13,759 seen this movie before so many times. Was it a 594 00:32:13,759 --> 00:32:16,599 couple of years ago when I think air Force was undefeated? 595 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,880 Was it late in the season, Army had a losing 596 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,200 streak and then they go into Denver and they just 597 00:32:22,319 --> 00:32:24,880 absolutely punk air Force. I mean it wasn't even a 598 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:25,480 ball game. 599 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:26,920 Speaker 4: See that's happened. 600 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 3: That was the start of the of the of the 601 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,759 downfall of Troy Calhoun's squad. 602 00:32:32,799 --> 00:32:34,599 Speaker 4: That was in twenty twenty three. 603 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, when they when they started out eight to no, 604 00:32:37,599 --> 00:32:42,319 and Army was not nearly as as strong as they 605 00:32:42,359 --> 00:32:46,839 would be the next year. But they went but they 606 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:50,160 went in and beat an undefeated Air Force team that 607 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,759 a lot of people thought may have had an opportunity 608 00:32:52,799 --> 00:32:56,039 at a mount West championship and maybe even you know, 609 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,319 a really strong Bowl game if you come out of 610 00:32:59,319 --> 00:32:59,799 that mountain. 611 00:32:59,839 --> 00:33:03,039 Speaker 4: Wee yes, undefeated at that point. 612 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, And I hate using cliches. I don't like it. 613 00:33:06,799 --> 00:33:10,400 But like when academy teams get together, like just the 614 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:15,039 records don't matter because it's straight pride and it's more 615 00:33:15,039 --> 00:33:17,319 than that for most of these, you know, the midshipman 616 00:33:17,359 --> 00:33:20,200 and cadets. So once you've done up intil this point, 617 00:33:20,319 --> 00:33:22,720 it just simply does not matter because you just want 618 00:33:22,759 --> 00:33:24,680 to get This is all about the Commander in Chief trophy. 619 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,079 It's as far as Air Force is concerned, the other 620 00:33:27,119 --> 00:33:29,039 one in three, but there's zero and zero when it 621 00:33:29,039 --> 00:33:30,960 comes to Army Navy, and that's always the name of 622 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:34,200 the game for any Service Academy team. It is all 623 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:36,839 about the Commander in Chief trophy. And that's what this 624 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,440 game is going to be about. Steven at twelve noon 625 00:33:39,559 --> 00:33:43,119 Eastern Standard Time on main CBS again, Navy at eleven 626 00:33:43,119 --> 00:33:45,720 and a half point favorite one in three, Air Force 627 00:33:45,799 --> 00:33:49,319 at four and oh, Navy, we will see what happens, 628 00:33:49,359 --> 00:33:51,319 and of course, as you know, we will recap it 629 00:33:51,359 --> 00:33:54,160 all right here on Yards and Stripes next week. All right, 630 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:56,359 we got our Travis manon Foundation on a roll coming up. 631 00:33:56,359 --> 00:33:58,279 We got some picks to make. We will do that 632 00:33:58,559 --> 00:34:01,359 is we move right along here on Yarge and Stripes, 633 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,000 your home for Service Academy football. 634 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,200 Speaker 5: In two thousand and seven, Marine First Lieutenant Travis Mannion 635 00:34:07,279 --> 00:34:10,320 was killed in Iraq after saving his wooted teammates. Travis's 636 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,800 legacy lives on through the words he spoke before his 637 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:16,559 final deployment. If not me, then who? Words that today 638 00:34:16,559 --> 00:34:19,719 fuel the spirit of Travis Mannon Foundation and through TMF 639 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,400 these words can live in you too. Show the world 640 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,760 what you're made of, because character is invisible until it's not. 641 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,360 Find out how you can strengthen the character of your 642 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:32,480 community alongside empowered veterans, families of the fallen, and inspired 643 00:34:32,519 --> 00:34:34,320 civilians at Travismanion dot Org. 644 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:38,719 Speaker 2: Welcome back into yard and Stripes. Now it's time for 645 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,719 our Travismnian Foundation Honor Roles segment, where if you've listened 646 00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:43,760 to the podcast, you know we honor and remember a 647 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,360 fallen hero this time every week, one that he has 648 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,480 given the ultimate sacrifice in the words that Travis Mannion 649 00:34:50,559 --> 00:34:54,199 himself spoke, If not me, then who before his final deployment. 650 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,079 And this week we're going to honor remember Staff Sergeant 651 00:34:57,199 --> 00:35:01,679 Joshua Geyer from the US Army. Staff Sergeant Geyer born 652 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:05,320 September the twenty second, nineteen eighty two in Chilicothe, Ohio. 653 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:08,400 He gave the ultimate sacrifice in Marks the twenty second, 654 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,599 twenty eleven when he died from wounds suffered when his 655 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:15,039 unit in the Logar Province of Afghanistan was attacked with 656 00:35:15,119 --> 00:35:19,039 an Ied rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire. He 657 00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:23,840 was assigned to the fifty fourth Engineer Battalion, eighteenth Engineer Brigade. 658 00:35:24,039 --> 00:35:26,159 He was a son, a brother, husband, and a dad. 659 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,320 He grew up in Chilicoth and graduated from Huntingdon High School, 660 00:35:29,639 --> 00:35:31,719 and he joined the army, follow in the footsteps of 661 00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:34,840 his grandfather, a World War II veteran, and his father 662 00:35:35,519 --> 00:35:39,039 of Vietnam veteran. Josh was stationed in Germany, where he 663 00:35:39,079 --> 00:35:41,719 met his wife, Jackie. When he made his second and 664 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,800 final deployment, he felt at home in the army and 665 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:48,079 had aspirations of becoming a girl sergeant. Quote, you knew 666 00:35:48,159 --> 00:35:50,400 he was a soldier and that's what he wanted to do. 667 00:35:50,559 --> 00:35:53,039 He loved it and wanted to be there. He died 668 00:35:53,079 --> 00:35:55,920 for what he believed in end. Quote that from longtime 669 00:35:55,960 --> 00:36:01,440 friend Amy Smith, Josh Geier's cousin said. Our cousin Jason 670 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:05,280 Ewigg said, quote, he was one that I never doubted 671 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:07,840 was doing his job and doing it correctly. So I 672 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:11,880 always envisioned him coming home more than anyone else. End quote. 673 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:15,800 Dan Riddle, of Guidance guidance counselor at Huntington High School 674 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,599 said Geyer was quote a role model for some of 675 00:36:18,639 --> 00:36:21,880 our younger kids. I would take one hundred more students 676 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,960 exactly like josh end quote during his final deployment. On 677 00:36:26,079 --> 00:36:29,519 Joshu's first full day back on the base after R 678 00:36:29,599 --> 00:36:31,920 and R, it was a Tuesday. To show the kind 679 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,159 of team work he embodied, he was not scheduled to 680 00:36:34,199 --> 00:36:36,519 go back out with his guys until Wednesday, but being 681 00:36:36,559 --> 00:36:39,360 who he is, he walked up to with his team, 682 00:36:39,599 --> 00:36:42,440 woke up with his team on Tuesday morning to take 683 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,679 back his vehicle, and went out on the mission with 684 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:50,079 him as top character strengths are described as humility, love, 685 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:53,400 and teamwork, and we take the time to remember our 686 00:36:53,639 --> 00:36:57,119 fallen heroes like Staff Sergeant Joshua Gire from the US 687 00:36:57,239 --> 00:36:59,239 Army and so many others that have given that ultimate 688 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:02,639 sacrifice because we all know freedom is not free. It's 689 00:37:02,679 --> 00:37:05,599 fun to talk about the scores, the games, the drama 690 00:37:05,599 --> 00:37:09,239 around college football, but ultimately the most important thing is 691 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:12,320 life and we want to remember our fallen heroes at 692 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:14,039 every single turn. 693 00:37:14,119 --> 00:37:17,159 Speaker 6: Here on Yards and Stripes, Travis Mallon Foundations. Nine to 694 00:37:17,199 --> 00:37:20,639 eleven Heroes run five k ra series units communities across 695 00:37:20,639 --> 00:37:23,239 the country and around the world to honor the sacrifices 696 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,960 of September eleventh and the war since. Join your community 697 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:29,000 this September and register to run, walk or rock by 698 00:37:29,039 --> 00:37:30,960 visiting nine to eleven heroesrun dot org. 699 00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:38,320 Speaker 1: The latest with Navy, Army and Air Force on Yards 700 00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:40,679 and Stripes Service Academy Football. 701 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,679 Speaker 2: All right, final segment here on Yards and Stripes. Steve 702 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,119 Carney Price Atkinson, As we got games to pick. We're 703 00:37:47,119 --> 00:37:48,840 gonna do that here in just one second. Just two 704 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:52,719 quick things to pass along. Lake Corvac named a semi 705 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:55,679 finalist for the Campbell Trophy, also known as the Academic 706 00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:59,639 Heightsman by the National Football Foundation. So congratulations to Blake 707 00:37:59,639 --> 00:38:02,480 Corback being a semi finalist for the Campbell Trophy. Also 708 00:38:03,079 --> 00:38:07,960 also Blake Horvath and Mark Anthony Parker honorable mention players 709 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,280 of the Week in the American Conference this week, So 710 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:15,679 congratulations to them. All right, Steven, that's news and notes, quick, painless. 711 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:20,199 Let's get to the picks, because two big, big games, 712 00:38:20,239 --> 00:38:23,480 but especially the Commander in Chief Trophy. We'll pick that one. Second, 713 00:38:23,559 --> 00:38:28,039 but first it's UAB and Army again. Army the favorite 714 00:38:28,159 --> 00:38:30,719 right now at home, give it or on the road 715 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:34,239 seven and a half point road favorite fifty seven and 716 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:37,719 a half over and under this one on es pn 717 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:43,639 U at twelve pm. I got a gut feeling I'll 718 00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:47,000 roll first on this one. I think UAB is going 719 00:38:47,079 --> 00:38:49,679 to keep Army winless for some reason. I know the 720 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:53,039 UAB is challenged. I just think, you know, Army is 721 00:38:53,119 --> 00:38:55,480 just trying to find an identity right now, trying to 722 00:38:55,519 --> 00:38:57,159 get it going. I think there are a lot of 723 00:38:57,239 --> 00:39:00,039 questions that Jeff Monkins team has right now, especially the 724 00:39:00,039 --> 00:39:04,039 slow starts. They've got to count and fix. And UAB 725 00:39:04,199 --> 00:39:06,679 can score some points you know, here and there, especially 726 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,440 Jalen Kittna's ability to throw the football, and you know 727 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:12,159 we've seen Army get litten up, you know at times 728 00:39:12,159 --> 00:39:15,039 with the pass this year. I gotta go UAB in 729 00:39:15,119 --> 00:39:17,440 this one. I think UAB wins it by field goalf, 730 00:39:17,599 --> 00:39:19,239 say maybe thirty one twenty eight. 731 00:39:20,519 --> 00:39:23,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, I tend to agree with you. I think that 732 00:39:23,679 --> 00:39:29,280 this is going to be a Jailen Kittna sort of game. 733 00:39:29,679 --> 00:39:31,880 You know, I have a feeling that, you know, Army 734 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:36,400 secondary is going to have it struggles. I think, especially 735 00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:38,880 if UAB can get the ball first and put the 736 00:39:39,039 --> 00:39:42,760 and put Army behind seven nothing early. I think that 737 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:45,559 really is going to put a lot of struggle on 738 00:39:45,599 --> 00:39:50,079 this Black Knights team. I don't have it quite as 739 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,960 high scoring of a game, but you know what, I 740 00:39:53,039 --> 00:39:54,559 have UAB winning as well. 741 00:39:54,599 --> 00:39:54,880 Speaker 2: I have it. 742 00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:58,079 Speaker 4: I have UAB twenty four, Army nineteen. 743 00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:02,920 Speaker 2: Wow, there you go. So we're in. We're there in 744 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:06,719 conjunction together, UAB getting the win at home over Army 745 00:40:07,159 --> 00:40:10,559 keeping them, keeping the Black Knights winless in the American 746 00:40:10,639 --> 00:40:13,079 all Right, the Biggie first leg of the Commander in 747 00:40:13,159 --> 00:40:16,800 Chief Trophy Saturday at high noon at Navy Marine Corps 748 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:20,760 Memorial Stadium, Air Force struggling at one in three, Navy 749 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,760 riding high at four to oh this one on CBS 750 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,559 eleven and a half point favored. Are the Mids over 751 00:40:26,639 --> 00:40:29,800 Unders forty nine and a half as they will be 752 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:34,320 taking the field on Saturday afternoon. Which way do you going? 753 00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:37,079 I mean, because we've seen this movie so many times, 754 00:40:37,079 --> 00:40:39,280 as I mentioned in the last segment, where one team 755 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:42,559 is down, you feel like they're almost out taking a 756 00:40:42,559 --> 00:40:45,039 standing eight count. That's basically what air Force is done 757 00:40:45,079 --> 00:40:47,679 to this point. But can they get off the deck? 758 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,280 They got more than a puncher's chance because, as we mentioned, 759 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:52,880 records be damn you just toss them out because it 760 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,159 really doesn't matter, because this is what it's all about, 761 00:40:55,159 --> 00:40:57,639 the Commander in Chief trophy, getting that trip to the 762 00:40:57,679 --> 00:41:02,440 White House, winning against your service academy brethren. I think 763 00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:04,559 this one is going to be a close one. You 764 00:41:04,599 --> 00:41:06,719 tell me which way you're gonna go, I'll give you mine. 765 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:11,039 Speaker 3: Yeah, I thought that this was going to be closer, 766 00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:14,360 But then I got to thinking about it a little bit. 767 00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:16,559 If this game was a little later on in the 768 00:41:16,639 --> 00:41:20,000 season and instead of Navy being four and oh, if 769 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,639 they were six and oh or seven and o or 770 00:41:22,679 --> 00:41:24,800 eight and oh, like air Force was a couple of 771 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:27,559 years ago. We mentioned that in their game against Army 772 00:41:27,599 --> 00:41:29,800 when they came in eight and o, and Army just 773 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,519 lead them, laid the wood, laid the hammer to them, 774 00:41:32,559 --> 00:41:35,320 took them behind the woodshed, so to speak. I think 775 00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:38,760 Navy is still trying to make sure that they get 776 00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:43,440 that they have that statement feeling going forwards. So I 777 00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:46,079 think that, you know, I think Blake Corvat, this is 778 00:41:46,199 --> 00:41:49,159 this is one of those games. Like Bryson Daly had 779 00:41:49,199 --> 00:41:52,079 his coming out party against Air Force a couple of 780 00:41:52,159 --> 00:41:55,239 years ago. I think that this is Blake Corvath's coming 781 00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:58,639 out party for twenty twenty five against air Force. I 782 00:41:58,639 --> 00:42:02,239 have Navy thirty five Air Force seventeen. 783 00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:05,000 Speaker 2: All right, so we're not too far apart. I like 784 00:42:05,119 --> 00:42:09,280 Navy twenty six to seventeen, a little bit lower scoring. 785 00:42:09,519 --> 00:42:12,639 You know, these teams just they know each other so well. Yeah, 786 00:42:12,679 --> 00:42:15,000 sometimes you can, you know, break off the big plays 787 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,719 and run up a high number on offense, but just 788 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,960 always go back to these teams know each other like 789 00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,559 the back of their hands because they were basically recruit 790 00:42:23,639 --> 00:42:27,159 almost the same exact kids from Army, Navy, and Air Force. 791 00:42:27,199 --> 00:42:29,360 Then you throw in, you know a couple of the 792 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:33,159 ivs maybe like a Firm and Wafford, uh, you know 793 00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:38,039 stamp Rice absolutely this. They recruit out of that same 794 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:41,280 usual kind of talent pool of kids, and so they 795 00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:43,880 know each other so well. The staffs haven't changed hands 796 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:47,159 in forever in terms of you know, coaching staffs, head coaches, 797 00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:49,840 coordinators for that matter, they're all pretty much stay the same. 798 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,840 So you know the tendencies that most of these teams have. 799 00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:54,760 It's just a matter of going out and you know, 800 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:57,079 in these games, who executes the best. You know, they 801 00:42:57,079 --> 00:42:59,159 talk about that all the time in football. Well, in 802 00:42:59,199 --> 00:43:01,679 an academy game, were the margin for era, it's just 803 00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:04,599 so razor thin because you know, there's not that talent 804 00:43:04,639 --> 00:43:06,559 gap and you're running a lot of the same stuff. 805 00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,239 It's all about execution, and so far to this point, 806 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:13,440 Navy has just been the far better executioner, if you will, 807 00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:17,880 offensively and defensively, with the fewest amount of mistakes. And 808 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,079 so that's why I think Navy gets the twenty seven 809 00:43:20,559 --> 00:43:23,800 to seventeen wins. Steven, But I can't wait. I know 810 00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:26,039 you can't wait. I know our listeners can't wait. This 811 00:43:26,079 --> 00:43:28,360 is what it's all about, CIC football. 812 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:32,639 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's gonna be It's gonna be a blast this weekend. 813 00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:33,159 Speaker 2: You know. 814 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:37,440 Speaker 3: Obviously getting a chance to be on CBS for this 815 00:43:37,519 --> 00:43:42,480 game and getting a nationwide audience I think is great. 816 00:43:42,519 --> 00:43:43,719 Speaker 4: It's gonna be great for Navy. 817 00:43:44,199 --> 00:43:46,000 Speaker 3: I know they're gonna do the same thing for Army 818 00:43:46,039 --> 00:43:49,079 coming up later on in this year, and then of 819 00:43:49,119 --> 00:43:52,039 course obviously the Army Navy game. I always think they're 820 00:43:52,079 --> 00:43:56,039 the three best produced college football games of every season, 821 00:43:56,079 --> 00:43:57,320 and so I'm really excited. 822 00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:59,800 Speaker 2: I could not agree with you more. You said it best. 823 00:44:00,159 --> 00:44:03,000 The best producer in the land, Steve Carney, Irom Price Acktcent. 824 00:44:03,079 --> 00:44:06,519 We appreciate you tuning into Yards and Stripes Army, Navy, 825 00:44:06,519 --> 00:44:07,960 and Air Force. That is what we do here. We 826 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:09,880 can't wait to do it again with you. Next week 827 00:44:10,199 --> 00:44:13,360 is we will get into all the action Army. We'll 828 00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:15,639 talk about their game at UAB and certainly this first 829 00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:18,119 leg of the CIC Trophy. Thanks for tuning in. As 830 00:44:18,119 --> 00:44:19,880 we are part of the College grid ouron Coast to 831 00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:23,280 Coast podcast network. We're available wherever it is you get 832 00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,800 your podcast Stephen, we will talk to you next week. 833 00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:30,000 Speaker 3: Brother the next week, guys, join us again next time 834 00:44:30,159 --> 00:44:33,599 for Yards and Stripes Service Academy Football. 835 00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:36,719 Speaker 1: To get more on all things Service Academy Football, like 836 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:39,920 Yards and Stripes on Facebook and follow them on Twitter 837 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:43,360 at Yards and Stripes and make sure that you're subscribing 838 00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:47,159 to the College Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast feed on 839 00:44:47,199 --> 00:44:52,440 Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google and wherever you get your podcasts.