Army-Navy OPEN Thread

This is my favorite game where I have no affiliation one way or the other to watch. It's refreshing to watch two running football teams go at it. 

I come from a family of Army Rangers.

My grandfather & his four brothers were all in the Rangers in WWII.

So Go Army, beat the squids!

Given the way that recruiting has evolved, player conditioning and size has increased, and super conferences have formed/are forming, we may never see an Army or Navy national champion ever again.  But, that does not take away ANYTHING from this game.  It's pretty amazing and awesome that even though the rest of college football is drifting towards commercialization, money, and sponsorship, the Army-Navy game has remained as traditional as it ever has.  In fact, it's hard to argue that there is truly something more "American" that exists - college sports (American), football (American), Army-Navy.

 

I love that it's held in Philly, right in between West Point and Annapolis.  Watching the March On earlier (at halftime!) gave me chills.  Somehow, I feel like an Army win to snap their losing streak would reverberate so much more than Michigan's win over Ohio St. in 2011.  Even if you can only watch for 2 minutes today, it's worth every second.

Go Navy! Beat Army! Semper Fi!

love this game. attended the 2011 game in washington and loved the atmosphere. 

In the Air Force so I've no dog in this fight. Love the pageantry of this game though.

Snow + America = Nobody Loses

Favorite non UM football game. Some say amateurism is dead, or that it never existed in the first place. Maybe they're right. But this is the one of the few games where all the players truly are there for something bigger than football. So even if its not the best quality, this is one of my favorite games to watch.

As a Navy veteran, let me say "Go Navy! Beat Army!".

I don't know if there's a Gary Danielson drinking game for this one, but making an analogy between Auburn and the service academies is definitely chug your drink. 

No matter how much college football changes more towards a commercialized money grabber, Army-Navy seems to stay as pure and traditional as it's ever been.

There might not be much more that embodies America than this game.

I have no dog in this fight, but it'd be great to see Army snap their losing streak, especially after they came so close last year. You think we at Michigan have had it bad against OSU? At least we've beaten our rival in the last decade.

Go Army!! Go Navy!! I always look forward to this game at the end of every year. One of these years I hope to make it to the game.

Danielson is at his worst during this game...it is as if he feels contractually obligated to remind everyone watching that the players for the academies don't have the athletic ability of those playing for major college programs.

I refuse to believe CBS couldn't put together a different crew for this game.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe UM is one of the two schools in that trivia

Beat Army!

Beat Army

Hooyah!
ST-8
SDV T-1

Anyone else watch that halftime show with Winston, Mason, and Manziel?

 

I was taken aback by how Manziel is now the "mature guy" there.  Honestly, his story reminds me so much of the Fab Five.  Wish the kid luck.

Go army!

Beautiful play by the Army QB to get the TD.

Hopefully the Knights can make it close.

A few bubbleheads in my family. Go Navy!

C'mon Army, get another score on this next drive, make a game of it boys.

This is the worst game to watch, which is why I do not watch it. Triple option over and over is beyond terrible.

and am hoping Army can pull together some 4th quarter magic... Nothing like these two teams playing in these conditions!!! 

How about that direct snap reverse pass? I love it.

12 years in a row is brutal.  And they don't seem close to being competitive. . .