As an Army vet, I always go with the Black Knights, but this year Navy has a helmet designed around the Gadsden flag , a true predicament for me.
But I'm still going with the upset special:
As an Army vet, I always go with the Black Knights, but this year Navy has a helmet designed around the Gadsden flag , a true predicament for me.
But I'm still going with the upset special:
Ping.
Isn’t it the Navy Jack?
Army's Free Safety....
Go Army beat Navy!
12 in a row seems lopsided.
Average MOV is in the 20s.
What’s the back story?
On the surface, it seems like they would compete on pretty even terms for players and coaches?
FWIW Sagarin ratings (which I like) says +18 for Navy this year.
I hope the current President don’t show up
With this President who know
The Navy team also carries this flag along with the National Ensign every time they take the field at the start of each football game.Go Navy.
One thing Army doesn’t know.
How to beat Navy.
The Lehigh-Lafayette rivalry goes back 150 years. They just played the 150th consecutive year at Yankee Stadium a few weeks ago.
While the Army is busy fighting wars, the Navy has built a fine amateur football program to rival the quasi-military Air Force.
Not the Gadsden Flag. It is from the first navy jack, which has the same snake and slogan on red and white stripes. It used to be flown by the oldest active ship in the Navy. In 2002 it was authorized for all Navy ships during the GWOT.
Go Navy!
Many years ago, the Navy briefly had a second mascot, the “Woopoo”, a slang term for West Point. It looked like a big, white bag, which they described as “10 pounds of (feces) in a 5 pound bag”. Inside the bag, it was carried around by some poor Midshipman, whose legs stuck out the bottom.
Needless to say, the West Point cadets did not care for this, so when the Woopoo got too close, they would chase him away.
That’s actually the Navy Jack for the Navy. The Gadsden flag is the yellow one with the coiled snake.
Not Gadsden, it’s the first navy jack.
One of the reasons for Navy’s success is the broader competition to get into Annapolis. It remains a more desirable choice than the other service academies.
Last year we certified more than 17,000 applicants.
West Point certified only about 13,000.
That gives us an advantage of about a 30% larger recruiting pool.
Also, as with any program, success breeds success. Winning records and bowl games = more competitive recruiting. It’s also how we pay our coach that much.
Much respect to my friends in grey, but I’m hoping for lucky 13. At some point the streak will end, but I’m riding this train until the whistle runs out of steam.
Go Navy.
My son is a Naval Academy graduate, class of 2013, now serving on DDG 111, USS Spruance.
He goes to nuke school next and after that will be on a reactor team on an aircraft carrier.
I went to the Navy Army game in 08. Great experience.
GO NAVY!
I worked at the Pentagon two different days that the game was on.
They could have shut the place down.
Nothing got down that day.
If Bermuda invaded on Army Navy day they’d take us.
Go Army! Beat Navy!
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