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FWIW, Jeff Sagarin (at USA Today) puts the line as Navy 21, Army 14.

Also ... I looked over the upcoming schedules, and it's not got a free venue until 2018, but I wonder: since it was played in Chicago in 1926 (the first and namesake game for Soldier Field), and in Pasadena in 1983, I was wondering why there has been no offer to have it played in Texas?

I mean, how can you go wrong. Texas is chock a block with football fans, with patriots, and three NFL stadiums. But no matter where they play it, it's always a good piece of sporting and of tradition. Even if their records aren't exemplars, the young men on that field are.

Also ... I looked over the upcoming schedules, and it's not got a free venue until 2018, but I wonder: since it was played in Chicago in 1926 (the first and namesake game for Soldier Field), and in Pasadena in 1983, I was wondering why there has been no offer to have it played in Texas?

The sticking point is getting Cadets/Squids to the games. Attendence of the game is mandatory (hate to say it but the name of the game at the Academies is image--why else did they move the Corps of Cadets section from their traditional spot accross the field to where the cameras can now pick them up after CBS Sports started broadcasting home games?) and while some students take the "Boomerang" buses that take you to the game that morning and back that night, most Cadets/Squids take a pass for the weekend and drive themselves down to Philly/Baltimore/DC (the places the game usually revolves around) and back, thus relieving the Academies of much of the burden of moving the entire Corps. If you had the game in Texas or California again I couldn't see Cadets transporting themselves.