What college fb has that the NFL doesn't is tradition and great rivalries. And no rivalry has it like the Army/Navy game. There's great traditions like the jump around at WI. The Clemson players coming down to touch Howard's rock, coming down the tunnel before the TX/OK game, and so many others.
But the greatest tradition, by far, is watching the long gray line of West Point, and the brigade of midshipmen march into the stadium. I tell you there have been times when i get chills watching it. And to think I'm a liberal.
They have tried to make neutral site rivalries like the RRR. But it's a poor imitation. Only the Army/Navy can match TX/OK especially when it's in Philadelphia because it's almost the exact same distance between the two academies.
It's the only game where you root for both teams. After the game both teams stand for the other ones alma mater, the losing team goes first. Can you imagine TX/OK doing that? And this year both teams are coming into the game sporting winning season which doesn't happen often in the Army/Navy game. But in this rivalry it doesn't matter. Ken Niumatalolo has a first rate fb program at Navy. I've often wondered how he would do at a P5 school but no matter he's perfect for an academy. Ask Tom Herman how good a coach he is. And he appears to be a man of integrity.
Finally some dyk trivia. Army has more Heisman winners than Texas and Navy hat as many.
But the greatest tradition, by far, is watching the long gray line of West Point, and the brigade of midshipmen march into the stadium. I tell you there have been times when i get chills watching it. And to think I'm a liberal.
They have tried to make neutral site rivalries like the RRR. But it's a poor imitation. Only the Army/Navy can match TX/OK especially when it's in Philadelphia because it's almost the exact same distance between the two academies.
It's the only game where you root for both teams. After the game both teams stand for the other ones alma mater, the losing team goes first. Can you imagine TX/OK doing that? And this year both teams are coming into the game sporting winning season which doesn't happen often in the Army/Navy game. But in this rivalry it doesn't matter. Ken Niumatalolo has a first rate fb program at Navy. I've often wondered how he would do at a P5 school but no matter he's perfect for an academy. Ask Tom Herman how good a coach he is. And he appears to be a man of integrity.
Finally some dyk trivia. Army has more Heisman winners than Texas and Navy hat as many.
