It sort of feels the way college football should feel to me. I hope they can remain undefeated until they play their rivalry game in December.
Anyone else stoked to see Army and Navy both undefeated and ranked?
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Yeah it’s great!
Get used to it. In ten years it’s going to be Big Ten vs SEC and everyone else will be like Army - Navy.
If they did that would be two more losses for Notre Dame which is an added bonus
I love it when the service academies do well.
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Yeah, I didn't check their schedules before posting. That being said, you and I can't possibly agree more on anything!
Air Force under Calhoun had some decent teams in a challenging conference for an academy but Army/Navy this year have a legit chance to contend for the AAC. I'd like to see Boise State stumble and one of them get into the playoff--preparing for their offense would be a nightmare for the 5 seed
A bunch of great storylines here. Both undefeated at this point since 1945, could both play ND undefeated, and could play twice this year (AAC title game + end of season) among others.
Love going to both campuses for a game. Like West Point slightly better. Tough to beat that view on the Hudson River.
Army and Navy throwing around that NIL money. Only way you can compete nowadays, amirite?
Army has played:
Lehigh
FAU
Rice (the college not the food)
Temple
Tulsa
UAB
East Carolina
A veritable Murderer’s Row. Amirite?
You thought that was a joke? Every retired career officer, I know, family, friends and acquaintances has lived the high life and continues to do so. The Academies are the stepping stone.
Which speaks to the opportunity a great education can give a highly motivated student-athlete. That should be the case at places like Northwestern, where the original lawsuit took place to give student-athletes a piece of the pie.
In D1 the service academies are really the last place you'll actually find student athletes. I hope both teams are undefeated when they play each other.
What do retired career officers have to do with NIL money for cadets playing football?
Well duh. Cadets are in training for a career as an officer. I think the opportunity and career that comes with being an officer is one hell of a lot better than the flirtation of what could be very short term that is the enticement of quick cash called NIL.
NIL + 0.04 % of a career in the NFL
vs officers career and retirement. NIL seems way the lesser of those two choices to me.
I had to read that a couple times because it could be taken a couple different ways, but I gotcha now
'Kay, and?
My joke was a playful jab at the commentary that the introduction of NIL will destroy the competitive landscape of college football, enabling only the well-heeled NIL producers to function properly. It had nothing to do with salaries of service academy graduates vis-a-vis other opportunities.
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Army and Navy undefeated in college football?!? The government is taking over EVERYTHING!!!
Your unfunny “joke” was an inadvertent admission of what we have been saying all along. The new college football landscape will be the SEC vs Big Ten professional model and the remaining schools who can’t compete will be left to fend for themselves as something like we saw in traditional college football with student athletes. It remains to be seen whether they will survive or go the way of University of Chicago.
No NIL at the Academies. What the Academies have is roster stability in the age of NIL. Typically, they’ll have 40-50 of their high school grad recruits go to the prep school for a year, then they are at the academy for 4 years. Plus, no transfers are coming in.
And what would it have been like without NIL? Kent St. v. New Mexico St. for the Natty, just like it was back in the 80s? Or 90s? Or 00s? Or 10s?
The players for the Academies are committed to their country above football. I personally think our youth should have a required service to their nation. JMO
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