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The Army Navy game is still relevant

Neither Army nor Navy will likely ever finish in the Top 25 again, much less earn a berth in one of the major bowl games, but the Army Navy game still manages to draw good numbers both in the stadium and at home watching on TV. As recently reported by GBK, the number of people who watched the game this year was the highest since 1999 at 6.3 million.

Of course, a large part of the reason that the game has so many viewers is that there are no other college games to watch that day, but it also reflects a degree of residual fascination with the contest and interest in the patriotic pageantry that's hard to match. I had a date for the game, who was thrilled to have the opportunity to go, and TV commentators regularly say its one game that should be on everyone's bucket list. As graduates, we sometimes forget the number of regular people out there who think the game is special regardless of the records.

When fans start talking about changes we need to make to the football program, the starting point for my agreement or disagreement is how it will effect the Army Navy game as it is played today. That rules out joining the same conference as Navy or dropping to FCS level unilaterally in my opinion. Losing 13 times in a row is painful, and I certainly hope that we can turn that around soon, but the game gives our players a chance to play on the big stage with 6 million fans watching, and it's something that we need to do everything we can to preserve.

Thanks GBK!

OUTSTANDING COVERAGE from the beginning to the end of this full season. Winter conditioning, spring and summer football practices, game day coverage, video interviews, photos and of course the best Army football recruiting coverage anywhere. I mean seriously. Someone just asked this morning for an update on Brinson and you guys were right on top of it with a response.

Thank you!

Outstanding Defensive Effort On Saturday

We played very well and I would like to believe that part of that was Bacon being back in the line-up and also that Navy is a run oriented offense and we didn't have to concern ourself so much with the pass.

But either way, outstanding job defensively.

By the way, Josh Jenkins is a stud, I like what Timpf has done all season, King will only get better. Mr. Voit is only a freshman, so plenty of upside there and we have Carnegie back at the other corner. Hopefully Andrew McLean will have a great sophomore year up front.

So we have a really good nucleus, but need help up front across the board.

Uniforms

Great win and I am excited for the team but what's up with our uniform selection week in and week out? Have we worn our tradition uniform at least once this year? Uniforms are expensive and they create an identity.....we have no ID. Most teams will wear 2-3 sets of uniforms each season but play more than half of their games in tradition colors. Some of the uniforms look great but today for a home game was terrible.
Love Army football but wish we would focus more on winning than different uniforms. Am I alone on this topic ?
Hope when we adjust our brand we also fix the Army "A" which looks terrible. Navy and AF win and do not play games with uniforms and their brand.
Please keep it simple and fix the A and uniforms next year.

GBK VIDEO: ARMY FOOTBALL RECRUITS, BOO CORRIGAN & MORE (Non-Premium/Free)

Check out our exclusive video interviews with several key Army football commits and recruits; Athletic Director Boo Corrigan; West Point Corp of Cadets First Captain Jim Welch and others. Click link below for the inside stuff found only on GoBlackKnights.com.

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OC prospect Eric McAllister interviewed by GBK's Maddy Daugherty
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GBK VIDEO: ARMY-NAVY 2014 GAME HIGHLIGHTS & MORE

Both the atmosphere and game were at their highest, although Army came up short against Navy on Saturday, 17-10.

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Our GBK highlights prove it was a "hyped" day down in Baltimore (Md.).

But there is more to come with our in-depth photo feature; the newest member of Army's 2015 recruiting class; looking to see who might be next to commit to the Black Knights' staff and plenty more inside stuff from GBK as we close out the 2014 campaign.

GBK VIDEO: ARMY-NAVY 2014 GAME HIGHLIGHTS

GBK: Official Army-Navy Game Day Thread

As previously mentioned, we will not have our weekly LIVE Blog/Chat up for this game.

So we welcome everyone to join in here on this thread, as the Army Black Knights & Navy Midshipmen face off against one another at M&T Bank Stadium in the Baltimore (MD.).

Although the kick off is at 3:00pm EST, you can feel free to jump at anytime before to get the flow going.

Please note that there is a similar thread on The 12th Knight Message Board.
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