From the looks of things, it appears that his recruiting is picking up with Michigan & Pitt knocking on his door. I know he had a great camp with us, but where do we stand with him now? Thanks!

I'm just curious how big we're our OL starters when they came into the Prep School? My son, came in at 6'4" 265lbs. After CCBT, he's done to 248lbs. He'd like to get to 275-280lbs by next year. Any idea what Matt Hugenberg weighed in prep? Or any of the other starters.

This rumor has been out there for months but FBSchedules just confirmed that Army West Point will play at Ohio State in 2017.

Link to story: http://www.fbschedules.com/2015/08/ohio-state-army-2017-football-schedule/

Does anybody else thing it odd there is no mention of Joe Walker (Jr -RB) on either the first or second team offense? Is there an injury or another reason I have missed? Early on it seemed a lock for him as the C-back starter. Who knows anything to report?

Steelman’s catch via FB - CLICK HERE

From A.L. Brown HS in Kannapolis, North Carolina. I believe Coach Bateman was tweeting about him earlier today but not by name. There is not much I can find on McCoy other than his Hudl tape. He can run and block and catch. Gets up a head of steam and then makes a lot of contact.

Hard to find any evaluations of him online.

This article pretty much sums up what I've been thinking about the wilderness of the past 20 years:

http://www.underdogdynasty.com/2015/8/18/9126733/why-army-has-struggled-when-navy-and-air-force-have-flourished-part-2


Can anyone enlighten me about what they refer to in terms of 'resources'? I've always though we had resources due to our successful alumni.

Stay tuned for our update and analysis on Ostin McPherson's commitment to the Army coaching staff.

Using the gbk post on Saturdays scrimmage I counted the numbers on offense and defense by class
The numbers using both first and second teams
OFFENSE 7SR 4JR 2SO 9FR

DEFENSE 5SR 6JR 5SO 6 FR

The freshman appear to be split 9 from the prep school and 6 were direct admits. The direct admits
were 2 3stars Gibson and Brinson and 4 are 2 stars .. As the numbers show their are 15 freshman trying to make or maintain their positions on the first two teams. Right now freshman are 34% of the two deep roster. Its still early but youth is going to be an important part of this team.
Information was gathered using gbk data

Ali Villanuava has been getting some favorable comments on the Pittsburgh sites. As most of you know he was given a tryout by the Eagles last year as a defensive lineman. He was cut by the Eagles but picked up by Pittsburgh who put him on their practice squad as an offensive lineman. Apparently it has been a smart move as he is currently listed as their number 3 offensive tackle. It is interesting to note that he is still listed on their roster at 6'9" , 277 lbs. That I am sure was his weight when they signed him as he had been trying to make the Eagles as an DE. One of the positive articles that I recently read referred to him as a giant among giants. Said they believed him to be 6'9" ,340. All I have read spoke about him perfecting the techniques of playing offensive tackle. All felt that he had made tremendous progress and was continuing to work hard to get even better. They play the Vikings tonight in the hall of fame game. He will play a lot tonight. His number is 78. It would be worth checking it out.
As most of you know Ali recently left the Army as a Captain where he was in a ranger unit and had 3 deployments in Afghanistan. Impressive young man. Hard not to root hard for someone like him.

Anyone know?

Thank you & enjoy your retirement sir!

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I just noticed that Army’s (or should I say Army West Point’s?) basketball schedule lists the home game against Navy as being played at Madison Square Garden, NYC, NY, Sat, Jan 23, Start time TBD.

It’s also listed as the star game. The Patriot League schedule hasn’t been announced yet, but the normal scheduling pattern for this year would have had Army hosting Navy in the 2nd of their two league games sometime in early February. It means that Boo convinced the Patriot League to move the Army-hosted game to a date when the Garden had an opening.

This will be an intriguing gambit. I presume that giving up home court for a neutral site was in anticipation of a higher attendance and ticket revenue than playing at West Point. The Army-Navy games are usually sell outs, or at least all the seats are filled. Whether this will translate to a decent crowd in NYC remains to be seen. Otherwise, attendance at Army Basketball games is relatively sparse.

Watching the interviews of Jay Bateman and Brent Davis today on twitter (periscope), it was encouraging to hear them both say that they think their guys up front (on both sides of the ball) are better this year. Davis also said we have more speed on offense. The coaches said the freshman class has a lot of talent, many of whom will contribute this year. All good news. Bateman said Moss adds a lot of much needed speed to the secondary and that Timph and King will anchor the D in the middle. All good news. Go Army.....Beat Fordham!

Stand-tuned for our upcoming one-on-one with Head Coach Jeff Monken and the progress of the team thus far during fall camp.

1. QB Competition
2. What freshmen are making their presence felt
3. Key injuries
4. Overall team progress
5. Etc.