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Others receiving votes: Kansas State 57, Kentucky 41, Louisville 32, Colorado 32, UCLA 28, Maryland 20, TCU 17, Tulane 11, Syracuse 8, Air Force 6, Wisconsin 6, Texas A&M 5, Clemson 5
Dropped from rankings: Colorado 19, UCLA 22, Iowa 24

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• Location: JMA Wireless Dome (formerly the Carrier Dome) – Syracuse, NY (capacity – 49,057)

• Kickoff Time: 12:00 PM Eastern - Saturday, September 23rd

• GBK Cover-It-Live Opens: Saturday (9/23) @ 11:30 am EST (however anyone can chime in at any time prior to and of course during the game)

• TV: ACC Network

You can enter the LIVE CHAT through either of our two message boards (which is where the LIVE chat will take place)…

... Premium (CLICK HERE - The 12th Knight) or Non-Premium (CLICK HERE - Army Black Knights Football) door!

With that being said, “Who’s Got Their Game Face On? .... Because It Is Showtime once again for the Black Knights”

See you back here at 11:30 am EST (if not sooner) and even if you are taking in the game LIVE as will our GBK Team, you can still jump on either of the COVER-IT-LIVE Threads (The 12th Knight or Army Black Knights Football Message Boards).

• THIS IS LIVE & COMMENTS ON THIS THREAD AND RELATIVE TO PRE-GAME CHATTER ... BUT, IT CAN START ANYTIME (FROM NOW - END OF THE GAME).

• NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE HERE WITH YOUR GAME FACE ON.

WE WELCOME ALL COMMENTS THAT FALL WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF BEING RESPECTABLE.

Note: The most active fan participation with The LIVE Chat is on the 12th Knight premium message board. In addition, there will be minimum moderation of these threads, although GBK Recruiting Analyst A.M. Allan will be peeking in from time to time throughout the contest.

Obviously, no team can hold every halftime lead. But after 4 games this season Army has led every game this year at halftime but only won half of those games.

During the 2022 season Army also held halftime leads against UTSA, Air Force, and Troy and lost. Additionally, Coastal Carolina was tied 14-14 at halftime and a loss. Army trailed ULM, Wake Forest, and GA State last year at the half and only managed to comeback against ULM.

Army defenses seem to wear down as the game progresses. Our opponents have picked up on this trend and favor hurry up offense to take advantage and to prevent us from getting set.

Two things I take from this. First, it is incredibly important for Army to get ahead and possess the ball on offense. The second thing is that we may need to play on defense differently in second halves.

This is a very sensitive topic. How does it impact us here at West Point, especially under the football banner?


The Supreme Court on Thursday restricted consideration of race in college admissions, effectively overturning decades of court precedent. A plaintiff had challenged race-conscious programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The vote broke along ideological grounds, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. writing for the conservative members in the majority, and the liberals dissenting. Roberts said remaining opinions for the court’s term will be released Friday.

• Location: JMA Wireless Dome (formerly the Carrier Dome) – Syracuse, NY (capacity – 49,057)

• Kickoff Time: 12:00 PM Eastern - Saturday, September 23rd

• GBK Cover-It-Live Opens: Saturday (9/23) @ 11:30 am EST (however anyone can chime in at any time prior to and of course during the game)

• TV: ACC Network

You can enter the LIVE CHAT through either of our two message boards (which is where the LIVE chat will take place)…

... Premium (CLICK HERE - The 12th Knight) or Non-Premium (CLICK HERE - Army Black Knights Football) door!

With that being said, “Who’s Got Their Game Face On? .... Because It Is Showtime once again for the Black Knights”

See you back here at 11:30 am EST (if not sooner) and even if you are taking in the game LIVE as will our GBK Team, you can still jump on either of the COVER-IT-LIVE Threads (The 12th Knight or Army Black Knights Football Message Boards).

• THIS IS LIVE & COMMENTS ON THIS THREAD AND RELATIVE TO PRE-GAME CHATTER ... BUT, IT CAN START ANYTIME (FROM NOW - END OF THE GAME).

• NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE HERE WITH YOUR GAME FACE ON.

WE WELCOME ALL COMMENTS THAT FALL WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF BEING RESPECTABLE.

Note: The most active fan participation with The LIVE Chat is on the 12th Knight premium message board. In addition, there will be minimum moderation of these threads, although GBK Recruiting Analyst A.M. Allan will be peeking in from time to time throughout the contest.

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Check out this Elijah Riley tackle at the 2 minute mark. That’s some serious closing speed and a great tackle.

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Jakobi Buchanan appears to block a LB and a safety on this play. The key block!

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What a game Friday night !!!!

Prior to the season we talked about the team's quality depth everywhere, O-line size, the new offense "potential", player enthusiasm, a very difficult 2023 schedule, and the high level of OPTIMISM for the season. I confidently and optimistically predicted an 8-4 record.

Then the ULM "bomb" hit all of us resulting in the Joe Iacono post game, accurate video of just how God-awful that game was....and he was totally on point and accurate. We all bought into that and rightfully so. We questioned the new offense, our quarterback, and the readiness of the entire team as well as even any possibility that a bowl game was feasible. I have never seen a more despondent Coach Monken in the aftermath of that game. Sure, we all believed ULM should have been a "W", but maybe the team wasn't as good as we had thought. Then there was a dominant victory over Delaware State...but wait, anyone could defeat them, right? So what did that prove...BUT how many would post a 57-0 shutout? confusing to say the least. And next we faced murder's row...five consecutive games that could potentially leave the team with a record of just 1-6 after the LSU game. And how in the world could Army consider a move to the American Conference. No way Army could be competitive there, right?

That was then, and what do we know now?
Friday's Army team validated most if not all our pre-season expectations, IMHO.
1. The new GUN OPTION works and we still see an efficient run game with the addition of a passing threat. (254 run and 188 pass split). There is an Offensive Coordinator that can have a great game plan and call a great play-calling game that is not predictable to our opponent.
2. This offense can "control" the game with time of possession. 44:25 minute Friday.
3. We have a Quarterback! And he is a tough runner who throws better than I could have imagined. Daily looks confident, calm and in control. I like his option reads.
4. The defense in not impregnable but stout and not a pushover. OK, the defense can be susceptible to a long, speedy WR if their QB can get the pass in the right spot. BUT, what defense isn't? And by statistics, the run defense isn't bad...just 117 y/p/g so far, and the pass defense allows just 175 y/p/g so far.
5. Army just defeated a heavily favored UTSA team and as I've said before, this will be called an UPSET. But consider this, how is it an upset if Army dominated and never trailed in the entire game? So what if Frank Harris did not play! I believe and many of us predicated this result not knowing he was injured.
6. This one victory changes the entire trajectory of Army's season. Before the game and with the ULM game in mind, the best most could predict was a 6-6 season with two FCS victories. After last night, the FPI win Prediction percentages NOW suggest eight victories showing. And, percentage chance of victory improved in every future game. Those are now showing W's for BC, Troy, UMASS, HC, Coastal , and Navy prior to this afternoon games.... (8-4 which is bowl eligible). AFA being 3-0 has Army the "dog", but let's see what happens, the CiC should come home to Army this year.
I could go on, but I'll leave more to your thoughts.

Let's address the elephant in the room for a moment... joining the American Conference. I'm no expert in this matter, but there are some interesting thoughts rolling around in my head as a result of the defeat of UTSA. Not thoughts of will we or won't me, but some food for thought.
1. Anyone bet against the AAC Commissioner's hair standing up over Army just taking down the team picked second in the AAC this year. The same team that won the USA Conference Championship the previous two years.
2. You think the AAC could believe Army is a fit in their conference?
3. What could have been a better "AUDITION" for inclusion than that performance Friday night?
Any thought that fans might add?

Go Army....Beat Syracuse
1 for 1 this Saturday

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