Saturday, 10 December 2011

Obama, at Army-Navy football game, praises troops

Navy lined up as if it would go for the first down, but senior quarterback Kriss Proctor managed to draw freshman defensive tackle Jacob Drozd offside to extend the series and effectively end the first Army-Navy game contested within proximity of the

Did you see how the guys at Cincinnati and Xavier acted, knowing they were missing the Army-Navy game? They did, however, play basketball at Mizzou Arena and no punches were thrown although the 10th-ranked Missouri Tigers did apply a knockout blow

All Hail Army-Navy! A Dozen Games to Fill Your Plate [NHL Live Thread] · The Nation's Top Teams Face Hostile Territory [NCAABB Live Thread] · Report: A's deal Trevor Cahill to the Diamondbacks · Rays Give Matt Moore the Evan Longoria

2, 1944, West Point's Felix "Doc" Blanchard kicked the football to Annapolis's Bobby Tom Jenkins to begin the biggest contest in the history of the Army-Navy series. Sitting in the press box in Baltimore's Municipal Stadium, reporter Al Laney wrote,

Today, Army and Navy will be kicking the ball off and battling it out for the Commander-in-Chief Trophy. While neither of these teams are heading to a bowl game this year, this game means more to these players than bowl games normally would.


No comments:

Post a Comment