This is what football should always be. Two teams playing for love of the game and tremendous pride. It's what the game was before the influence of massive amounts of money at the pro and college level turned into another business. We also forget or overlook just how special academically each one of these players are. THE best game each year.
Army v Navy game
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Peter Quill
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Not if you have family serving.
Go Army!
Make the forward pass illegal. Football gets better, safer and more real men will play it. Screw what fans like.
The thing that gets me about Military Academy football programs, the players are supposed to abide by the military weight/height scales. That usually puts them at a disadvantage size wise on the lines.
Peter Quill
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I was told these were made to rep the 1st ID.The GOAT of all time uniforms I've seen:
You like basketball on grass, watch it, I prefer a good 14 to 7 game anytime. Guess the Ice Bowl was boring too, Chiefs vs Miami in 1971.
Army head coach head set had Big Red 1 division from Ft Riley on his head set too. Just love the game. Great young men who know where they are going the next few years.
fans didnt like dead players which was one of the reasons the forward pass and new rules were implemented a century ago.
You were told correct. My father, myself, and my step-son all served in the Big Red One, if only briefly in my case.
Peter Quill
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My relative was in the 1st but is now in the 25th.
Great thread. I didn’t get to see the game today but wish I could’ve. My dad and I used to watch it. He has been gone many years but as a WW II Army man, he would’ve been pleased with the outcome.
Thank you to all that currently or have served!!
Thank you to all that currently or have served!!
Last I saw, it was 10-0 army and navy really had a chance to pull close late in the game, but fumbled around the 5 yd line in the red zone.
Boring post. Guess Tom Landry, Buddy Ryan ect didnt know anything. Add Bob Shore, Bob Fairchild, and Smitty to that list. Dont think they were part of too many shoot out games. My main point had to do with young men who are dedicated to their team and their service. Guess you missed that.
You are partially correct. While there is a height/weight standard in the USMA, athletes are allowed a +/- as long as they are 1. Actively on a team roster 2. Do not have any other physical profiles. 3. Can still pass the APFT despite weight allowances with the minimum 60 pts in each event and 4. Given 180 days after completion of team sport their senior year to adhere to height/weight scale for their age.
As far as height it only prohibits them in certain MOS, pilot, tanker, etc.
But 100% correct where they cannot lure In that 6’8” 350 monster other D1 schools can with that athlete knowing after his playing days he must lose the weight and give 6 years of service with little chance of being drafted.
I don’t post or reply much on here, but I love reading the posts and the heckling that comes with it. Everyone here obviously follows and loves football. But some of these replies struck a nerve. It’s a boring game. Like watching a 7th seed. Really folks? If you don’t respect and admire this game you do not understand football. These student athletes do not play with the hopes of millions in the NFL. They aren’t trying to make a magazine cover or show up on ESPN. These men play for their brothers on their team. They play fo pride. They play for their academy opponents because they call them brothers too. They are playing to better themselves in their career leading soldiers. This game is about the 3 core values of every service member, Honor Duty and Country. Do they play to win? Of course. Is this game as exciting as watching the blue blood schools? Probably not. This game doesn’t have national title implications. Yet what this game has is sportsmanship, dedication, and respect. You see a player get tackled and watch their opponent extend a hand to help them up. You will see players not give up on plays. You will see the fans stand at attention and listen to their alma mater songs. If you missed all this or did not feel the emotion while watching it, then you do not know football. Maybe then you will see that the fans do not support their football team. Their teams supports them. That’s what makes this game special.
Go Army!
Go Army!
I was thinking the same thing, and then I remembered Navy had a basketball player named David Robinson and wondered how he got in, looks like they do have waivers.
Robinson was 6 ft. 8 in. when he was admitted to the Naval Academy, two inches above the height limit, but received a waiver from the Superintendent of the Academy.
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anon_utvqikut1knht
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Saw this on twitter and love it: This is the only CFB game where the men playing the game will give their lives for those watching it.
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anon_utvqikut1knht
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And the players in this game have exceptional intellectual talents that make most blue blood squads look like mental midgets.
I seem to recall Robinson actually grew multiple inches while he was at the academy.
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anon_utvqikut1knht
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Us Doc guys always do things Together!Need a united doc guy front on this one.
Im gonna have to agree with Joe on this one.Need a united doc guy front on this one.
You are correct sir he did receive a waiver. I was trying to say that avation (and i believe Cav scout) are the only MOS that have height restrictions. David Robinson was general line officer (deck officer, no specific specialty). Avaitors cannot be over 6'2 for Fighter class and 6'4 for rotary wing. All based on the cockpit length and ceiling height. In one of my career classes I attended we had a guy that was 6'11 and was recruited to play on the All Armed Forces basketball team. Technically, he was officially an MP, but could not ever be assigned to a combat MP unit due to his inability to get into a HMMWV. He was placed on "special" assignment to national region so he could travel and play.
Short answer. They don't. A guy I played with played briefly at AFA. What I was told was the majority of linemen went on to be engineers of some kind or another or computer programmers...basically anything but a pilot
DO u know the offensive Coordinator at Army, Mitch Ware, is an Aurora grad who also was a standout QB at SMS as a QB. So I have more reason to watch the game.
