Reminds me of an Army / Navy game my dad took my brother and I to many many years ago.There was a rumor the President would show up.At the east gate a very large black limo pulled into the stadium...and circled the running track ..starting at the Army side of the field.As it passed the Army stands everyone smartly saluted. Then it rounded the end zone and stopped in front of the Navy stands...and the door popped open and out stepped...the Navy Goat.. on a leash with his handler.The Navy side of the stadium erupted in cheers...much to our chagrin.
At halftime of the game they introduced the members of the ill-fated POW rescue team that went into Son Tay prison camp to try to get our guys out of NVA hands.I think Charlie Beckwith was one of them...who years later went into Tehran on another mission.
When they introduced them on the field the sound of the crowd..both sides..was so loud I thought it could've been heard all the way back in Annapolis and West Point.
Something similar to the goat story happened at the 1984 Army-Navy game in the Rose Bowl. Inside the stadium, all our plebes lined up making a tunnel for the Navy team as they ran onto the field. They came running out through the tunnel, the plebes were going wild...a really good scene.
They came back in the stands, and then the Army plebes lined up to do the same thing. They start cheering wildly, roaring for their team to come running out of the tunnel. Unfortunately, Army's team came running out of a different entrance, and all those plebes just stood there lined up at the wrong place. We were howling at that one. We then scored 21 pts in the first 4 minutes or so. We had some great teams in the early 80's.
But the worm always turns, and we started getting the crud kicked out of us regularly for a lot of years after that. But now, its turned again....
Go Navy, Beat Army!