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RESCINDED POLICY HAD BAD TIMING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…)
SB NATION PREVIEWS NAVY FOOTBALL
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 […]
WHO WILL CATCH PASSES FOR NAVY THIS SEASON?
If there is one thing the Mids could rely on for the past three seasons it was Jamir Tillman making a clutch catch at some point during the game. Tillman had 40 catches last season, which was a record for Navy during the triple-option era, and he finished his Navy career second in program history […]
CHIP KELLY VISITS NAVY
If Zach Abey is unable to be the player that Navy needs him to be this season then it will not be for a lack of guidance. Abey already two men in his corner that have proven to be absolute masters of the triple-option game in head coach Ken Niumatalolo and offensive coordinator Irvin Jasper. […]
NAVY’S MALCOLM PERRY MOVED TO SLOTBACK
The world of college football is strange and ever changing. Malcolm Perry became a national news story last season when he was literally pulled out of the stands to get into uniform when Navy played Fordham. While it sounds like either a scene from a movie or something that would have happened back in the […]
WILL NAVY EVER PLAY ALABAMA?
Having a habit of clicking around on the internet looking for interesting information it is easy to end up on random sports blogs. One such trip recently finished on the pages of al.com and specifically their Crimson Tide content. Being a sucker for a good list article it was interesting to see a list suggesting […]