Army-Navy in a Snowstorm: Must See TV. (Open Thread)

Submitted by stephenrjking on

I figured I'd turn on Army-Navy because the game is legitimately in question this year and there's not much else to do and it's Army-Navy.

Turns out it will be played in a driving snowstorm.

Football is a great sport for many reasons. One of those reasons is that it is a game for all seasons. Other sports have a set range of acceptable conditions; football will play in all of them. And it will look spectacular.

This is going to be awesome.

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micheal honcho

December 9th, 2017 at 3:50 PM ^

I can't help but wonder what would happen if a team with legit big time lineman took the 3-4 weeks ahead of the CFP and worked a system like these. Show up to play Clemson or Bama and I wonder how badly it could screw them up.

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Grampy

December 9th, 2017 at 3:52 PM ^

Saw an Army player with a sweet 10th Mountain Division patch. Those guys were the German’s nightmare in the mountains of northern Italy. Check out their memorial at the top of Tennessee Pass south of Vail, Colorado. Makes you proud to be the Arsenal of Democracy.

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Arb lover

December 9th, 2017 at 6:22 PM ^

I very much suspected Army was going to pull it off after the 2nd to last stop, right about when my 3 year old came downstairs with a bunch of lego stormtroopers and started rooting for the stormtrooper team. 

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1VaBlue1

December 9th, 2017 at 6:23 PM ^

Well, that sucked.  You know there's something wrong with the world when Army wins 2 in a row...

But what a game - it had everything but passing!!  I feel bad for the kicker, he got it so close.  Take away the two procedure calls, and I bet he nails the 38-ydr.  But that's not how it sorts out.

Class by the Army coach, too, for shouting out the Navy OC's kid before saying anything else after the game.  Great display all around.  

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Beat 'Em

December 9th, 2017 at 6:58 PM ^

Navy was a 3 point favorite. This wasn’t a big upset and don’t forget Army shut out Air Force 21-0 on the road this year. I think the game will be competitive for as long as Monken stays at Army. The recruiting is finally on par with the other academies and West Point made some long overdue institutional changes in terms of admission policies and summer training assignments. I had to sit through 14 straight losses but the tide has turned. Time to get back to the celebration with my classmates. Big bites and PMI for the Corps! Beat ‘Em.

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superstringer

December 9th, 2017 at 6:48 PM ^

... is what a game from 1917 looked like, I guess.

The quarterbacks combined went 2-2 for 22 yards.  Some will call it "old school" or "throwback."  While I can't stand Big XII games ("let's try to play without defense"), I can't say this was good football either.  For ten minutes or so, fine. For three hours, it was incredibly monotonous.

(Really, really trying to avoid any O'Korn references...)

(Whoops.)

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stephenrjking

December 9th, 2017 at 8:21 PM ^

You're right, it wasn't good football. 

It was great football. 

Not great passing football, no, and thanks to the snow some of the precision of the offenses (which are fantastic) was lost. But this was a game about blocking and tackling and making plays and, yes, even heart and effort. 

Every possession mattered, which meant every play mattered, which meant every small mistake or extra piece of effort (not even a question that a DE running back to just barely trip Perry up at the 10 was the play of the game) matters. And it all came down to the last play. In a driving snowstorm. Between two teams that desperately, desperately wanted to beat each other.

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