Ahh, the good old days when Army and Navy were contenders.
Yes ....but last year’s Navy v. Notre Dame was an exciting game to watch!!
Navy finally ended the 42 year streak of losses - and defeated Notre Dame in overtime. Wonderful to watch.
This year, the game is on Nov. 15 - and it will be again exciting to see if Navy can pull something out. Heck - last weekend, Temple lead Navy 27 to 7 at the start of the 4th quarter, and Navy came back to tie the game at 27 - 27, and then Navy won 33 - 27 in overtime!! What a game!!
Of course - I consider the service academies to be the only really serious College football teams with student athletes. Every student has to meet tough standard to enter the service academy (unlike regular colleges) - every student has to maintain a 2.0 GPA or get dropped from the team, there are no 5th year eligible players, and after graduation, every athlete is looking at a 5 year commitment before they can try to go “Pro”. 95% of USNA athletes graduate; they have the best record for graduation of athletes. (And to add to the “amazing record” - every athlete, as well as every Mid graduating from USNA gets a Bachelor of Science degree (even in the soft areas, like English, Poli Sci, Economics, etc.) Every grad has 2 years of calculus math, 1 year each of calculus based physics and chemistry, 1 year of Electrical Engineering classes, Naval Architecture classes, etc. I wonder how well some of the top 10 football teams would fare if every player had to take the tough classes that Mids/Cadets take at service academies, and graduate in 4 years!!