OT - Welcome back Friday Posbang! (The Army-Navy Edition)
The Point system is back. So let's rekindle our Friday tradition of a posbang. We all deserve this one, after a long work week, and an even longer football season.
For the first time since August 31, 2013, the state of Michigan has no football over the weekend. So what are your plans? Is it Wife Season until bowl games start up? Is it your weekend to get out there and shop for Christmas?
I'll start it off.
My weekend will be filled with beer. I expect a heavy amount of snow shoveling. At least early Saturday. Then I will tune into the annual Army Navy game.
http://www.navysports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120913aaf.html
Looks like the line is at Navy -12.5 right now. IMO Army covers that. I haven't watched the two teams at all this season, but it is always a great game. The heart these guys play with is amazing. This was one of the most touching things I have ever witnessed from sports.
My NCAA dynasties always start off at Army, so maybe I am biased, but GO BLACK KNIGHTS! Either way, this game spotlights the men and women who serve our country. And it's never a bad day to let them know we appreciate everything they do. So MGoCommunity members who are members of our Military, thank you.
Couple Notes:
Navy has won 11 straight football games
Army is 3-8 on the season
Navy is 7-4 on the season
Game is on CBS, 3:00pm EST
Who do you got?
Weekend Plans?
December 13th, 2013 at 10:41 AM ^
December 13th, 2013 at 10:42 AM ^
It's been too long since our last Friday POSBANG!!
December 13th, 2013 at 10:44 AM ^
I am partial to the Navy, but I have clients who are Army civil servants.....
What the hell.
GO NAVY!
December 13th, 2013 at 10:45 AM ^
Can i have some? *wink*
December 13th, 2013 at 11:29 AM ^
December 13th, 2013 at 10:47 AM ^
Too bad the game can't include enlisted. If so, then Army mops up Navy (Full disclosure: I may or may not be a retired Senior NCO....okay, I am <allow for bias>). In all seriousness I played intramural throughout my military career and was always impressed with some of the football talent I played with. There were loads of former NCAA scholarship guys that didn't pan out.
I can attest (10 years of Joint Service) that Navy officers are much more difficult to work with than Army officers.
Go Army!!
December 13th, 2013 at 12:38 PM ^
I agree with including enlisteds, but the outcome will be quite different if the Marines are on the Navy team. I also played intramural football and was always impressed with some of the bruises I received from the Marines I played with.
December 13th, 2013 at 10:53 AM ^
go army AND navy!
December 13th, 2013 at 10:53 AM ^
I'll be going to Home Depot and Bed, Bath, and Beyond if I have enough time.
December 13th, 2013 at 10:55 AM ^
Complete the trifecta with a trip to Pottery Barn.
December 13th, 2013 at 11:13 AM ^
The Pottery Barn sucks.
December 13th, 2013 at 11:18 AM ^
Restoration Hardware?
December 13th, 2013 at 11:23 AM ^
The Yard Sale. Check your local Craigslist for locations in your area.
December 13th, 2013 at 11:14 AM ^
promised your wife you wouldn't drink? a pretty nice little saturday.
December 13th, 2013 at 11:22 AM ^
Hold up. One cannot simply erase a Bed, Bath, and Beyond by appending a Home Depot to the front of that statement. I'm assuming you will be downing a six pack of Shiner Bock and doing some masonry work to wash away the BBB visit. That is the correct penance.
Since this is a POSBANG. Hooray for Home Depot (a grown man's toy store)!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 13th, 2013 at 10:55 AM ^
I'm going to the basketball game tomorrow! Let's get a big win!!!
December 13th, 2013 at 10:57 AM ^
Not sure if this was worthy of a thread, but since there are usually some pretty interesting beers in all of the "What are you drinking?" threads, it would be pretty cool if we had a beer trade or something?
December 13th, 2013 at 10:59 AM ^
December 13th, 2013 at 10:59 AM ^
and will be on vacation till the 26th, so grabbing some seasonal brews and absolutely will decompress this weekend and coming week.
Navy beats Army 34 - 17.
December 13th, 2013 at 11:00 AM ^
My cousin played for the Army football team in the 90's, so I've got to root for them. Go Black Knights!
December 13th, 2013 at 11:00 AM ^
I am neutral in this game (maybe). I lean Air Force wrt the services, so unless this outcome involves them I will be rooting for a solid game. Also, pre-Beat Arizona day!
POSbang
December 13th, 2013 at 11:08 AM ^
I've got friends and relatives have have served in all branches...but one of my bosses is actually a West Point grad, and I would REALLY like to see the Cadets get this thing done tomorrow for his sake if not their own.
If you ever get a chance to attend a game featuring a service academy team, DO IT. I was a teenager when I saw Army come from behind to beat Illinois in the Peach Bowl in the old Atlanta Fulton County stadium during a steady, cold rain in 1985. Former Bo assistant (and emergency Rose Bowl coach) Jim Young coached for Army then. It was a great game, too...Army won 31-29 when Jack Trudeau (who passed for 400 yards that day) attempted a 2-point conversion late that was broken up. Army ran the option back then because of course they did and QB Rob Healy was their leading rusher and game MVP.
But the Corps is such a spectacle in person, and of course you've got the alums all over the place (identifiable by armbands noting their graduation year) and something about it just makes you feel grateful.
December 13th, 2013 at 11:09 AM ^
I root for Army. It's been awhile since they have won, and those kids deserve it.
I can haz pos bang now?
December 13th, 2013 at 11:11 AM ^
December 13th, 2013 at 11:14 AM ^
Go Navy, Beat Army.
December 13th, 2013 at 11:15 AM ^
December 13th, 2013 at 11:16 AM ^
Did someone say PawsBang?
December 13th, 2013 at 11:20 AM ^
I'm here to be banged with something called a pos. Any takers?
December 13th, 2013 at 11:17 AM ^
Devin Gardner, Copper Bowl MVP.
December 13th, 2013 at 11:21 AM ^
Cool picture. Would not want to be on that end of one of those.
December 13th, 2013 at 11:26 AM ^
The sound of the A-10 engaging a target sends chills up one's spine. I've participated in numeroud CALFEXs during my Army career and always loved the Warthog. Very distinct sound.
December 13th, 2013 at 11:33 AM ^
Both my father and father in-law are Army vets. Doubt they win, but will be rooting. Love this game, because in the end, it really doesn't matter who wins, it's just great seeing them out there.
December 13th, 2013 at 11:34 AM ^
I want points too!!!1!!one!!eleven!!111!
December 13th, 2013 at 11:39 AM ^
Go Navy!
December 13th, 2013 at 11:41 AM ^
Last day at work for about a month, and its filled with holiday parties and free food!..but the best part is POS BANGS are BACK!
December 13th, 2013 at 11:42 AM ^
SNOW in Philly!
December 13th, 2013 at 11:42 AM ^
Corpsman First Class and Plank Owner of USS Nimitz.
Go Navy, Beat Army
December 13th, 2013 at 11:54 AM ^
did you get to see the Pearl Harbor attack fleet? :)
December 13th, 2013 at 12:28 PM ^
Hell, I saw Monitor v. Meririmac.
December 13th, 2013 at 2:35 PM ^
...salty!
December 13th, 2013 at 11:42 AM ^
Go Army Beat Navy! Also, Michigan hoops wins by 8
December 13th, 2013 at 11:43 AM ^
Beat Army
December 13th, 2013 at 11:43 AM ^
Beat Army
December 13th, 2013 at 11:44 AM ^
Beat Army
December 13th, 2013 at 11:45 AM ^
While written from Navy's point of view this is an objective look the deep structural issues all of the academies face in football and explains why the Middies are currently the dominant program and will likely stay that way in the near future:
http://thebirddog.wordpress.com/2013/12/08/army-week-whats-wrong-with-a…
"Mike" is one of the best cfb bloggers around; you'd do well to read his stuff. And because I'm a big Ivin Jasper fan, GO NAVY!
December 13th, 2013 at 11:46 AM ^
Go Army! Beat Navy!
December 13th, 2013 at 11:48 AM ^
One of my favorite things about Army/Navy is you can't go wrong not matter what side you cheer for.