NAVY SENIOR OLB D.J. PALMORE NAMED TO THE BUTKUS AWARD WATCH LIST
Annapolis, Md.–Navy senior outside linebacker and co-captain D.J. Palmore has been named to the Butkus Award Watch List. The Butkus Award is given to the nation’s top collegiate linebacker. Palmore started in all 12 games he played in last fall and led the Mids in sacks (six) and tackles for a loss (11.5), while finishing […]
ARMY, NAVY LAND PLAYERS ON THE NAGURSKI TROPHY WATCH LIST
The Football Writers Association of America released its 2017 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List on Thursday. Army and Navy both had players listed among the 103 candidates on the list. (more…)
TOP FIVE GAMES OF 2017 INVOLVING SERVICE ACADEMIES
No one will question that the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy matchups are the top games on the schedule for the various service academies. When those are taken out of the equation, however, which games on the 2017 slate would be seen as the most important or most intriguing? (more…)
NAVY INTRODUCES 2017 FOOTBALL RECRUITING CLASS
Annapolis, Md.–Navy head football coach Ken Niumatalolo released the names of the 2017 football recruiting class on Thursday evening as 54 prospects representing 19 states went through induction ceremonies and began plebe summer. “We are really excited about the group of young men that went through induction ceremonies today,” said Niumatalolo. “If they work hard […]
NAVY VS. FLORIDA ATLANTIC EARLY THOUGHTS
With less than 100 days to go until the start of the college football season, it is time to start the hype machine. Las Vegas is already onboard, with the point spreads for the first games of the season being released this week. Naturally, upon seeing these odds one’s eyes are drawn to Navy and […]
ARMY-NAVY GAME SET THROUGH 2028
Those who like the current format of the Army-Navy game, the buildup, the coverage, and the postgame, will be glad to know that their experience will not change drastically for at least the next 10 years. (more…)
ARMY-NAVY A BLEACHER REPORT “HONORABLE MENTION” REMATCH
Bleacher Report published a piece this week where it looked at the most anticipated college football rematches of the 2017 season. After Army beat Navy for the first time in what seems like a lifetime it would only make sense for the 2017 Army-Navy game to feature high on this list. Wrong. It turns […]
ARMY-NAVY 2017 – LET THE HYPE BEGIN
Jeff Monken has bought the Army Black Knights back to college football relevance. This was true before the West Point Academy upset Navy last December, but that win, followed by a Heart of Dallas Bowl victory over North Texas, gave Army an 8-5 season and all the good feels that come with a season-defining win […]
AAC ANNOUNCES 2017 FOOTBALL TELEVISION SCHEDULE
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced a number of kickoff times and television designations for the 2017 football season. Wednesday’s announcement includes the kickoff times for much of The American’s Thursday and Friday primetime games on ESPN networks. The prime time package begins Friday, Sept. 15, as USF hosts Illinois on […]
SBNATION NAVY COLLEGE PREVIEW HIGHLIGHTS
Unbelievably, it is already time for the big websites and publications to start cranking out their 2017 college football previews. It really does feel like the 2016 season only just ended, but with spring practice done and dusted, and with so many teams in the FBS to cover, previews are going to start coming thick […]
RESCINDED POLICY HAD BAD TIMING
Whether you agree with the policy reversal that will see Naval Academy players have to spend a minimum of two years on active duty before being eligible to play professional sports or not, we can all agree that the timing of this announcement was awful. (more…)