Go Army beat Navy! ...but we really know what will happen :(

CBS (10 am MST) will be the network to televise the beat-down on Army this year, 6 years in a row so far.

Check out the Wikipedia article about this most hallowed of college football games.

< This is how the Commander-in-Chief's trophy will look tomorrow.

Army needs a BSU "Coach Chris Peterson" type and a blue-collar crew of football players that want to go play their hearts out to win.

But in the mean time I think we all need to watch something to give us Army fans a chuckle before Navy delivers the ole Anchor on our heads

I've followed the games since '74 (attended a few in person when I was a USMA cadet - Class of '78) and look forward to future games in person AGAIN as my youngest son is considering applying to West Point. Should he choose to go, we'll bring a little BSU Blue Turf "favor" to the Black Knights. Go Army - Beat Navy.

My son, Colin Mansfield, a Junior in High School, is considering applying for an appointment to West Point. He has visited the Academy a number of times over the years, as I have had reunion events to attend with my class.

Comments

[Dennis Mansfield]

Hmmm...maybe Coach Pete from Boise State University?

Den

[sgtbilly]

As far as football seasons at West Point go, I too have been going for several years. My vested interest is that, I have a son at West Point, so we make it a family event. We go to enjoy the moment by attending the game each year. As a 35 year military enlisted reserve Soldier I am continually disappointed at the results this team offers year after year.

This year wasn't any different. In fact it has to be the saddest of all years at least in the last six years, as any hope of Army winning (this year) were short lived. And after spending a month’s pay to watch the team play, I am disappointed at the results.

It seems the team has simply a football coach that likes the boredom of one or two plays and has very little plays in his team playbook arsenal. That attitude won’t win games! Truth is, the team just can't win games, and no team can win with a mental attitude like that. .

Navy has won the last 6 years in a row. When will the Academy wake up and smell the coffee, and start using some of the tools available. Navy seems to have better recruiting, better coaching and a better strategy to get things done. Why not Army?

I personally am getting tired of seeing our Army team get beat downs by squids! So why can't we start by getting a new coach. One that can win?

Actually, most of the plays exhibited were not up to a high school division level winner;. Runs were seldom made outside the crease, and when a run did happen, it involved another boring triple option, passing was less minimal (actually less than ten passes were attempted). Or after gaining some valuable yardage, it was a quick three and out. When the opportunity to get on the boards became real, by using the kicker to kick a field goal, he opted out, and went to a run option for 8 eight yards on fourth down and was denied by Navy's defense. The kicker could have made a field goal get the team on the board. Instead Army's lost to Navy proved a shutout, scoring 34 to zero, the first shutout in more then 30 years. Why on earth did the coach decide to do the run another triple option? The same piss poor options didn’t work with the defeat of Air Force over the Black Knights home at West Point, so why in hell would the coach think it might work with Navy?

Sadly, Army’s Black Knights were simply not up to winning. Navy proved to be better athletic rivals and played a far more coordinated game by out scoring and keeping Army point less.

So my question is, --when will we win? When are those who are in command say enough is enough. Six seasons you couldn’t get the job done. Its time for new blood. When are we getting a new coach? Anywhere else, such as a commander in the field or a civilian who can't perform, they would have relieved him of his command, or fired him for "Non-performance!!"