Truly Excited...But Beware the Trap Game

[wpgrad]

I am not sure there is a long line of colleges looking to steal away an OC who runs under center option. There is a reason why no one hired Ken and Monkens been here 11 years

Coach Ken was hired by San Jose State and beat Air Force this year.

I was referring to coach ken's time at Navy

[RABBLE]

I am not sure there is a long line of colleges looking to steal away an OC who runs under center option. There is a reason why no one hired Ken and Monkens been here 11 years

That said…team looks great so far in all aspects (navy does too)

I secretly hope army and navy finish 1-2 in conference so we can expose the stupidity of playing each other 2 weeks in a row (and see how fast that tv contract gets changed after that)

In my opinion , the whole conference is stupid.

[gabn92]

We know Rabble...and we know you hate Notre Dame and wish Army wouldn't play them anymore. Yada, yada, yada.

I will say I'm enjoying the additional exposure and coverage Army is getting as a member of the AAC now. See other post about power rankings in the AAC as an example of how there is more attention on the team simply by being in a conference.

I'm also enjoying the added inventive of a conference championship to play for. Army's not going to win a national championship in football, but winning a conference championship is attainable, even if challenging. I would imagine the players are enjoying the added goal to be playing for as well.

[neumanna1]

We know Rabble...and we know you hate Notre Dame and wish Army wouldn't play them anymore. Yada, yada, yada.

I will say I'm enjoying the additional exposure and coverage Army is getting as a member of the AAC now. See other post about power rankings in the AAC as an example of how there is more attention on the team simply by being in a conference.

I'm also enjoying the added inventive of a conference championship to play for. Army's not going to win a national championship in football, but winning a conference championship is attainable, even if challenging. I would imagine the players are enjoying the added goal to be playing for as well.

Agree with this. Kind of felt like all the other games previously (besides Air Force, Navy, and the occasional marquee opponent) were just like "Can we use this as one of our 6 wins to get to a Bowl Game?" Now there's at least something else in play, in terms of conference positioning and the like. Even if doesn't relate to a conference championship game, the higher they finish, the better an AAC- affiliated bowl game they end up in.

[Armyfaninpa]

There’s a saying in Texas that if you don’t like the weather there just wait 15 minutes and it’ll change. Same goes for football conferences- if you don’t like the current makeup just give it a couple of years and half the schools will leave for greener pastures. Who’s to say they won’t be replaced by programs better suited for rivalries with the academies?

[thedoc85]

I am not sure there is a long line of colleges looking to steal away an OC who runs under center option. There is a reason why no one hired Ken and Monkens been here 11 years

That said…team looks great so far in all aspects (navy does too)

I secretly hope army and navy finish 1-2 in conference so we can expose the stupidity of playing each other 2 weeks in a row (and see how fast that tv contract gets changed after that)

In my opinion , the whole conference is stupid.

31,000+ posts.

4 topics.

[gabn92]

I am not sure there is a long line of colleges looking to steal away an OC who runs under center option. There is a reason why no one hired Ken and Monkens been here 11 years

That said…team looks great so far in all aspects (navy does too)

I secretly hope army and navy finish 1-2 in conference so we can expose the stupidity of playing each other 2 weeks in a row (and see how fast that tv contract gets changed after that)

In my opinion , the whole conference is stupid.

31,000+ posts.

4 topics.

OK...lol...what are the 4 topics Rabble talks about? I can think of 3:

1) Joining a conference is stupid (with general rantings about scheduling)
2) I hate Notre Dame and Army should never play them (with general rantings about scheduling)
3) Back in my day / remember when (with general rantings about scheduling)
4) ?

[RABBLE]

Number 4?

Well, I like to win

Number 5?
I like to be competitive in EVERY game we play. That excludes all semi-pro teams like Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Notre Dame and teams that pay out millions to players in the transfer portal. We can be such competitive with almost all other teams if we wanted to. The problem is we don't. We join sub-par conferences with no rivalries, no real interest but the money we will receive from a conference and the tv deals we get from them. We are losing our prestige with a big letter A on the front of our jersies and yet we don't put the names of the players on the back of the jersies to give the fans, yes the fans, the added enjoyment of knowing who is who while sitting in the stands.
Proving to me once again that the administration doesn't give a damn abot its fan base who actually attend a game or two or three. They will play without fans in the seats as long as the game is televised and thus bringing in the money. What do you know? They figured out that belonging in a conference just actually does that.
Who would have thunk it!!!

We put a teenie-weenie name on the front of the jersey with a lager conference logo also on the front , with the customary NIKE swoosh and on the back we put the word ARMY. What the hell, we all know its Army so what is the reason for that?
Put their names on the back so we know who is who and what is what !!

And how about a darker color gold on the pant with a black stripe on the outside of the pant and also a brighter gold on the helmet. Gee, we could put actual gold on the helmet like Notre Dame does.

You see guys, I can ACTUALLY talk about just three topics other than this poster says I can write about.
Maybe a 100 more? Sure. Being an Army fan for nearly 80 years gives me the experience of just doing that.

Its a perk that I believe I actually earned over the years.

[RABBLE]

Number 4?

Well, I like to win

Number 5?
I like to be competitive in EVERY game we play. That excludes all semi-pro teams like Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Notre Dame and teams that pay out millions to players in the transfer portal. We can be such competitive with almost all other teams if we wanted to. The problem is we don't. We join sub-par conferences with no rivalries, no real interest but the money we will receive from a conference and the tv deals we get from them. We are losing our prestige with a big letter A on the front of our jersies and yet we don't put the names of the players on the back of the jersies to give the fans, yes the fans, the added enjoyment of knowing who is who while sitting in the stands.
Proving to me once again that the administration doesn't give a damn abot its fan base who actually attend a game or two or three. They will play without fans in the seats as long as the game is televised and thus bringing in the money. What do you know? They figured out that belonging in a conference just actually does that.
Who would have thunk it!!!

We put a teenie-weenie name on the front of the jersey with a lager conference logo also on the front , with the customary NIKE swoosh and on the back we put the word ARMY. What the hell, we all know its Army so what is the reason for that?
Put their names on the back so we know who is who and what is what !!

And how about a darker color gold on the pant with a black stripe on the outside of the pant and also a brighter gold on the helmet. Gee, we could put actual gold on the helmet like Notre Dame does.

You see guys, I can ACTUALLY talk about just three topics other than this poster says I can write about.
Maybe a 100 more? Sure. Being an Army fan for nearly 80 years gives me the experience of just doing that.

Its a perk that I believe I actually earned over the years.

Back in my day? True.
3 national championships
Number 2 in 1950
Number 3 in 1958
A half dozen Lambert Trophies.

Back in my day, things were pretty damn good.

[RABBLE]

Number 4?

Well, I like to win

Number 5?
I like to be competitive in EVERY game we play. That excludes all semi-pro teams like Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Notre Dame and teams that pay out millions to players in the transfer portal. We can be such competitive with almost all other teams if we wanted to. The problem is we don't. We join sub-par conferences with no rivalries, no real interest but the money we will receive from a conference and the tv deals we get from them. We are losing our prestige with a big letter A on the front of our jersies and yet we don't put the names of the players on the back of the jersies to give the fans, yes the fans, the added enjoyment of knowing who is who while sitting in the stands.
Proving to me once again that the administration doesn't give a damn abot its fan base who actually attend a game or two or three. They will play without fans in the seats as long as the game is televised and thus bringing in the money. What do you know? They figured out that belonging in a conference just actually does that.
Who would have thunk it!!!

We put a teenie-weenie name on the front of the jersey with a lager conference logo also on the front , with the customary NIKE swoosh and on the back we put the word ARMY. What the hell, we all know its Army so what is the reason for that?
Put their names on the back so we know who is who and what is what !!

And how about a darker color gold on the pant with a black stripe on the outside of the pant and also a brighter gold on the helmet. Gee, we could put actual gold on the helmet like Notre Dame does.

You see guys, I can ACTUALLY talk about just three topics other than this poster says I can write about.
Maybe a 100 more? Sure. Being an Army fan for nearly 80 years gives me the experience of just doing that.

Its a perk that I believe I actually earned over the years.

Back in my day? True.
3 national championships
Number 2 in 1950
Number 3 in 1958
A half dozen Lambert Trophies.

Back in my day, things were pretty damn good.

Some of you don't know what good really was. This year I am proud of our team. They are wonderful. I am greatly pleased.
However, I was around for the really great years. There is no comparison between BACK IN MY DAY and the product we now put on the field. No comparison at all. Why? I saw the difference.
BACK IN MY DAY.