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Depth Chart (from Sal Interdonato's twitter feed)

has some updated weights

Starting Monday (8/8) GBK will kick-off our annual Breakout Players Series, where Sr. Writer Gordon Larson will name and provide analysis on five (5) players:

• Who?
• Why He’ll Breakout?
• What He’s Capable Of?
• What Could Stand in His Way?
• GBK’s Prediction

But how about you Army fan? What player(s) do you feel would fit your Breakout Players list?

Information on what's going on at AF Academy is hard to come by, so the recently published Media Guide is the first official view of Calhoun's plans for 2016. A few surprises in the depth chart.

1. Romine is not on the top of the depth chart at QB. Right now, the #1 listed QB is Pate Davis, a senior who has appeared in 4 games, but has no rushing attempts of passing attempts. It will be interesting to see if he still holds that spot at the start of the season. Most people expected Romine to get the job, but he's been recovering from a torn ACL, which had people suggesting that Calhoun might back away from the triple option to more of a conventional running game with an increase in passing.

2. Junior Duty-Tyson is listed ahead of seniors Davern and Johnson at FB, which is a bit of a surprise, but not earth shaking since Davern and Johnson were both sidelined with injuries last year.

3. Senior Ryan Watson was moved up from OLB to DE to take the place of last year's leading pass rusher, Hansen. Watson was expected to be a backup OLB this year.

All eleven top spots on the defensive depth chart are occupied by seniors, and 4 of the #2 spots are also seniors; so you have seniors in 15 of the 22 spots on the defense's 2-deep. 7 of the 11 were regular starters last year. The rest were moved up.

The top spots on offense are filled by 6 seniors and 5 juniors, but only 3 of them (Robinette, Owens, and Sandor) were regular starters last season, and 2 of their OLs split the starts at center.

Also .... Check out Knapp’s exclusive radio commitment announcement

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Temple Vegas line opened 21.5 faves. Now down to 17. they avg 31 pts a game last season.

USMAPS (United States Military Academy Prep School) also known as West Point Prep or MAPS on Sports pages does not receive much attention "by design". Those Cadet Candidates attending USMAPS are not obligated to move on to Army West Point and are subject to being lured away by other coaches. Navy and Air Force have reportedly had a real problem with this in years past. Not so much today.

The former Cadet Candidates are now New Cadets, busy with football practice. Here is information about the 2015 USMAPS football season:


2015 USMAPS FOOTBALL

Overall Record: 7-2

DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME W/L

05 Sept Army JV West Point, NY W 27- 7

12 Sept Gattaca Academy USMAPS, NY W 54- 0

20 Sept at Lackawanna College Scranton, PA L 36-49

26 Sept OPEN

03 Oct at Valley Forge JC AWAY W 34-13

11 Oct at Milford Academy AWAY W 48-21

18 Oct Bridgton Academy USMAPS W 67- 3

24 Oct OPEN

31 Oct East Coast Prep USMAPS, NY W 43- 7

06 Nov Air Force Prep Co Spgs, CO L 19-27

14 Nov OPEN

21 Nov Navy Prep Newport, RI W 27- 21


The USMAPS Football team suffered a loss on Sunday, losing to a tough Lackawanna team 49-36. Army Prep picked off Lackawanna quarterback Andrew Ford and returned the interception 42 yards for a touchdown on the game's fourth play. Army Prep built a 20-19 halftime lead but couldn't hold on in a 49-36 loss Sunday in Scranton, Pa. After a 21-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter, QB Kelvin Hopkins connected on a 35-yard pass in the fourth quarter for Army Prep (2-1). Army Prep blocked a punt and returned it 26 yards for a touchdown, After a 7-yard run and K Zach Potter kicked a 47-yard field goal. On defense, LB Donavan Lynch had 12 tackles, four for a loss, and a sack and CB Jaylon McClinton added 10 tackles.

USMAPS Football (3-1) defeated Valley Forge Military Academy (3-2) on Saturday 34-13. The offense gained a total of 436 yards, with 300 of those yards coming from the ground attack. QB Malik McGue and RB Kevin Hicks each had a touchdown. K Zach Potter, also completed two field goals. The defense notched 6 sacks, led by DL Amadeo West. The football team elected its Captains for the season. The team elected DE Amadeo West, OL Rad Jang, and RB Kellyen Walker, all by unanimous decision. These men have demonstrated their ability to lead our team everyday, on and off the field, and will serve as team captains for the remainder of the season.

USMAPS Football (4-1) defeated Milford Academy (4-1) on Sunday, 48-21. The offense gained a total of 635 yards, with 516 of those yards coming from the ground attack, led by RB Kellyen Walker who had a season high of 200+ rushing yards and two touchdowns. QB Malik McGue, RB Cole Stacklin, and RB Dejoun Lee added one rushing touchdown a piece. QB Malik McGue connected on the first play of the game for a touchdown. The defense notched 6 sacks, led by DL Amadeo West, who had 2.5 sacks.

Just watched a video interview of Ahmad Bradshaw.

Each of the plays which were shown started from the shotgun.

Have we made a formation/scheme change? Or, were these snipets just showing a wrinkle to the TO?

Beat Temple!

John VOIT had very complimentary words for coach Wilt . With an experienced front 7 coach Wilt could make a difference in getting ARMY defenders to be the best they can be. Go ARMY

Most of you know me as the Crazy Colonel, a title and distinction I wear as a badge of honor. Clearly, I don’t get on the message board as much as I would like, but I will say this: I frequently check GBK for it’s articles about Army football, their analysis and, especially during the months leading up to "Signing Day" in February, their recruiting coverage ... all are the best in my opinion.

I also peak in on the 12th Knight as much as I can and I can see that I’m not the only Crazy Army fan out there, which is awesome.

Anyway, Happy Holidays to all and GO ARMY, BEAT NAVY!

It appears we have a few good looking TE’s coming in with the 2017 class, with Read, Schappell, Cameron and Ferbet. My guess is with their versatility someone could be moved to DE.

Here's a great opportunity/way for you to see what is unfolding with us on Twitter as well. We will attempt to keep this feed active, but also welcome your comments on this thread as well.

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