Bummer.
A brief bit of internet research may have found one underlying reason.
Navy coach salary $1,700,000
Army coach salary $700,000
Not sure how the budgets of the academies work.
Army needs to relax the physical fitness specs. I bet you if they allow the kids to have unlimited neck girth it would make a difference.
Army coach salary $700,000-Mascot=Black Knights
I see a very racist disparity here; Paging Al Sharpton...
Navy athelics is funded by the Naval Academy Athletic Association and receives no federal tax dollars. Army and Air Force use tax dollars to fund their athletic to some extent.