Posted on 12/14/2016 11:34:07 AM PST by Kaslin
What a sight to behold! After 14 long years in the gridiron desert, the football team of the United States Military Academy defeated their age-old nemesis, the United States Naval Academy, in that most iconic of American rivalries, the Army-Navy football game.
As fans’ feet and fingers froze at icy M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore last Saturday, the game opened with an invocation by a Navy chaplain, whose baritone delivery and thunderous phrases brought to mind Charlton Heston in the Ten Commandments. I half-expected him to produce a couple of stone tablets with the game’s final score etched on them, but covered with a ceremonial cloth till the big reveal with the game-ending cannon blast. It was a fine prayer.
The rivalry this year had the usual good-natured jibes between the schools in the 117-year-old tradition, although some of the methods of delivery don’t date back quite as far as the rivalry itself. In the run-up to the game, we Cadet parents were treated to a stream of student-produced spirit videos on our Facebook feeds of West Pointers mocking their Annapolis opponents. Navy had a few good video zingers of their own. These would-be Lorne Michaels saw their productions replayed on the Jumbotrons during the game for the benefit of the fans in the stadium, and I’m guessing at home as well. Pretty funny stuff.
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Trump needs to work his mojo on the Detroit Lions.
Yes...
Many of us saw the handwriting on the wall when Temple, who Army beat like a rented mule, knocked the stuffing out of us in the AAC Championship game. Nonetheless - congrats to the Cadets! See you next year .....
Hey hey hey now. Let’s watch it. We don’t go in for that kind of talk around here.
(It was funny, though...)
Was at the game. At the end my son turned to me and said “ perfect for 2016. Brexit, the Cubs and Trump. Of course Army had to win”.
Trump has interesting facial features. He has the lion’s mane, but has the profile, eyes and nose of an Eagle An interesting combination of two of the animal kingdom’s species known for strength and predatory natures. No one fools with them. Both qualities useful in our very ruthless world.
Love it!
Was there also. Best of America in one game...
Your son is very smart!
Beat Navy!
Love that one, too!
Have you seen the pictures of the new puppy, Patton?
There is a second picture of the GoodenPoodle with a lion haircut!
Perfect choice of dog for the WH. (And a ten year old )
Puppy is being house broken and trained as a companion dog for Barron.
Frankie and Bongo
Patton's dog is the reason we ended up with our own little Bull Terrier, Bongo Fury. :)
Adorable !
He’s beautiful!
Donaldus Triumphans
Spuds McKenzie?
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