GBK: MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK (Free/Non-Premium)



Since Saturday was Senior Day at Michie, we thought we'd honor them by devoting a section of our weekly Monday Morning QB article to the seniors who played in the game.

Strong performance by USMAPS Today over NAPS. Shutout Navy Prep in 2nd half to secure victory. I really enjoyed watching this team play this year, finishing the season 7-2. Was at the Air Force Prep game and gave that one away. Besides the athleticism, the best thing about this group is how they play with an edge! They expected to win every game and it showed! Congrats on a great season and great things to come.

BRYSON COMMITS DURING VISIT (GBK EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)



"Glad to be a part of the family," were the first words out of the mouth of Bryson Stephens in his post game day visit interview with GBK. Click above for highlights, video interview & more.

Go Army!

It’s obviously too late in the 2015 season to do so, but I hope come winter, spring and summer camp, that’s where I see him. He has above average speed and it going to give you 100% out there. Neither Poe or Bell stretch the defense. Bell of course will be gone next year so no lost there.

Per Sal Interdonato, Chris Carter took the first team reps on Wednesday. I haven't seen any report that Bradshaw or Schurr practiced on Thursday or Friday. Granted, Bradshaw played last week without practicing, could that happen again, or will a plebe get the start?

ARMY VS. RUTGERS LIVE BLOG/CHAT (Free/Non-Premium)

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ARMY VS. RUTGERS LIVE BLOG/CHAT (Free/Non-Premium)


Can’t make Saturday’s? Or even if you can ...

... Come join in with other Black Knights fans as GBK launches our LIVE Blog/Chat (Free) as Army host Rutgers on Senior Day on Saturday at Michie Stadium.

There’s tons of recruiting to report and bring your way, especially for your folks out there that embrace the idea of what quality recruiting can do for a program. We sincerely believe that is exactly what Coach Monken and the staff continue to do.

We will have an update on the Smith twins (Cade & Zach) out of Texas, who are ballers and both play linebacker. Cade recently received a PWO from the Michigan Wolverines, but we will more on that later.

• Cade Smith
• Zach Smith

Then there’s this Saturday’s group of visitors, who will be on hand as Army host Rutgers. Although we will have an upcoming article on Saturday’s guest, here are just a few:

Rivals 2-star OL, Devon Robinson out of New Jersey

• Outside Linebacker, Christian Gomez - Rivals 3-star and Army commit is one of the Black Knights’ jewel pledges, who committed early on.
• Cornerback, Bryson Perry - picked up offer from Army on October 21st
• Athlete, Yajaha Banks - Named running back MVP at Army’s one day camp this past summer. Saturday will mark his 3rd visit on campus.
• Ramar Williams - QB - This Rivals 3-star prospect out of Maryland is a stud and having him on campus is huge step for the Army staff.
• Noel Hijazi - OL
• Devon Robinson - OL - We have been covering this Rivals 2-star and Illinois commit as if he had pledged to Army. Well, as we shared in our last update on the big OL, it is down to the Black Knights and the Fighting Illini.

Yes, there are some big-time guys that are coming on Saturday.

I think this guy is a special player and if he more talent around him, especially up front, we would probably be talking about him like we talked about Steve Anderson.

Remember, Anderson had the likes of Michael Gann at DT and Josh McNary at DE, which allowed him to do some things defensively that King doesn’t have the luxury of right now.

King Article

• These camps are ONLY for those players, who are serious about playing college basketball. All Camps are for 6th graders and older. The two-day camp format will be intense and players will be instructed by many of the top individual instructors in the country. Every single Camp will be run by a current or former COLLEGE coach.​

• Instruction will be given by ONLY current and former college basketball coaches. Campers will perform drills and skill work that they would be doing if they were current college players.​

• The Camp will include but not be limited to on court instruction (speed dribbling and moves off the dribble; half court and transition shooting; passing with a purpose; using and defending screens; ball screen actions; 3 on 3); detailed discussion on how to put yourself in the best position to get recruited; nutrition and diet; academic evaluation and goals; and the various basketball opportunities at all collegiate levels.​

• At the end of each Camp, every participant is given a detailed evaluation of what they do well and what they need to work on in order to reach their dreams of playing collegiately. We will then send these evaluations out to every college coach in the country. This can be a huge help to your recruiting.​

• Each Camp is Two Days long, hotels and meals are the responsibility of each camper. A player may decide to attend just one day; however we highly recommend attending both if possible.​

• Every camper will receive an official Maximum Exposure Basketball T-Shirt.​

• Camp cost is $195.00 per player (for both days) or $125.00 per player (if you just attend one day). A $100.00 deposit is required to reserve your spot.​

• These camps will fill up extremely fast! Make sure to register now so you don’t miss your chance to participate!​

Thanks GBK!! Gavin is going to be a great addition to the Long Gray Line. I can't wait to see him come up and knock the snot bubbles out of some Navy and Air Force slot backs; and drill some receivers going over the middle.

Does anyone know what's up with Dylan Cox? He didn't play in either of the first two games against Ferrum or Binghamton. He still shown on the team roster and was mentioned in pre-season news articles as being a team captain. The point guards, who were playing, Scott Mammell (cow) and Jordan Fox (plebe) aren't nearly as good as Cox.

Pasted in below from The Coaches Hot Seat. Coach Monken needs a win at AF!



27. Jeff Monken, Army – In his second season at Army Jeff Monken is plodding along at a pretty pitiful pace just like a lot of Army coaches have plodded along at West Point in recent years….make that for two-plus decades…and frankly…

We are sick of Army football being PITIFUL!

With Army’s loss to Rice on Saturday that dropped the Black Knights record to…

2 – 6

…on the season with these games still left on the schedule:

At Air Force
Tulane
Rutgers
Navy

Damn Jeff Monken….you need to win your last FOUR games to get bowl-eligible and THREE of your last FOUR games are against teams better than the team you just lost to in Rice!

Come on….Coach up Army Jeff Monken

Phil Steele tweeted an interesting stat this morning on FBS teams currently running the fewest offensive plays per game:

1. Army 60.4
2. Syracuse 62.6
3. LSU 62.7
4. Penn St 62.8
5. Georgia 63.6
6. South Carolina 63.8

What could this be measuring? Shorter drives? Drives suddenly ending due to huge plays? I kind of think it is that last one as we have had a lot of long TD plays including passes. And also fumbles lost on the first series of downs in a possession. We have bipolar disorder!

What are your thoughts on what Army can still accomplish in the remaining few weeks of the 2015 season? Here are my quick thoughts:

1) Recruiting!! It seems that the staff aimed much higher this year with many, many offers to 3 star+ talent. Already we have matched the total of 2015 with 2 Rivals three stars in Christian Gomez and Kjetil Cline. Can we get more? It seems like any of the following are still possible based on reports: Joe Dublanko (4 star), Tre Miller (3 star), and Miles Strickland (3 star). Any one of these players would be a huge 'get' for the team.

2) Beat Rutgers!. Army opened as a 5.5 point underdog vs Rutgers in Vegas today. That's a winnable game if our team responds with some pride for the last home game of the season. It would also greatly help with the recruits who may be visiting or just paying attention. The NJ recruits we are still talking to could be particularly influenced by a good showing in this game.

3) Avoid being embarrassed by Navy. Not being blown out in this game is important. Notice that I offered no opinion on our chances of winning.

Let's hear your comments. Was anyone watching?

My initial thoughts are that this is an Army team that plays poorly, lacks confidence, and does not execute its bread and butter plays well. It is a consistently bad team. The coaches fail to make a difference through practices or game decisions. I am extremely disappointed with today's performance but unfortunately it is exactly what I expected after watching this team play the past two years.

As bad as we have played lately it is surprising to see us getting even worse.