:o You know Dallas CowBoys are still Winning.. No less than by their rinny-tinn-tinnss..
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:o You know Dallas CowBoys are still Winning.. No less than by their rinny-tinn-tinnss..
Richard, have you heard about this boy?
I had read something earlier in the season, but didn't know until my son sent the link that he had the eye removed.
Cheers for the USC team :love:
Wow,Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
Great story.
That is what sports is really about.
Just saw the World Cup drawings for groups
The U.S. got a great draw.
6 months!
In case you didn't see it in PARADE magazine -
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When Army Battles Navy
by John Feinstein
12/06/2009
This coming Friday night, on the eve of the 110th football game between Army and Navy, Anthony Noto, 41, will walk into a bar in Philadelphia wearing a black Army letterman's sweater.
He will be greeted by David Lillefloren, 40, and they will hug each other, order drinks, and toast.
The men became friends off the field after three years of battling each other on the field--as Army and Navy players often do. They still argue--every year--about whether Lillefloren, an offensive lineman who graduated from Navy one year after Noto graduated from Army, sent Noto flying on the opening drive of the 1990 game.
"I pancaked you," Lillefloren will say, using a football term for knocking someone flat while blocking.
"Not me," Noto will answer. "It was our other linebacker. I'll show you the tape."
"I remember it. I got you," Lillefloren will respond.
"Who won the game, Dave?"
"Who has won the last seven games, Anthony?"
And so it will go all night.
For years now, they have had a friendly bet on the game. Their latest is that the loser has to wear his letterman's sweater the night before the next year's game--whether it fits or not.
On Friday, Noto, who has lost the bet seven straight years, will be wearing his Army sweater.
While Lillefloren and Noto are teasing and toasting, this year's teams will be getting ready to play in the only rivalry in college football where the opponents truly feel bonded to one another.
Army cornerback Mario Hill will go to bed knowing he has one final chance to beat Navy.
"My last game in high school, we finally beat our archrivals for the first time," Hill says. "I've spent this whole year thinking my college career will end the way my high school career did. ‘’
"There's no one you respect more but no one you want to beat more," he says. "Every year, I get chills when we run onto the field. But I want to hear our alma mater played second--just once--before I'm through."
One of the great traditions in sports is the playing of the alma maters at the end of the Army-Navy game. The players, coaches, and students (the entire corps of cadets and the entire brigade of midshipmen attend the game) stand together. The losers always go first. Then the players cross the field together to hear the winner's song.
"The greatest feeling you can have in the world is crossing that field to hear 'Blue and Gold' [Navy's alma mater] after they've played Army's song," says Ram Vela, who at 5 feet 9 and 193 pounds may be the smallest linebacker playing major college football. "When we stand there and I know the Army guys are standing right behind us, or sometimes even with us, it's like nothing else we experience. It sounds corny, but they are our brothers."
In many ways, Vela is a poster boy for those who play for Army and Navy. Since every graduate of both academies must serve five years in the military, almost no one with serious NFL ambitions considers either school. That means the coaches seek players like Vela who may be overlooked because they lack size or speed but who make up for it with smarts, toughness, and desire.
As a high school senior in San Antonio, Tex., Vela jumped at the chance to go to the Naval Academy. He not only became a starter, he made the key defensive play of Navy's stunning triple-overtime upset of Notre Dame in 2007, jumping over a Notre Dame blocker for a fourth-down sack late in the game. It was the first time in 43 years that Navy had beaten the Irish.
"We all like the idea that what we do here is overcome odds, do things we aren't supposed to be able to do," Vela said. "Most of us have been told that we aren't good enough to play big-time football. There's nothing we love more than proving those people wrong."
When they play the alma maters after the game on Saturday, regardless of who wins, Lt. Cmdr. Damon Myers will no doubt feel waves of emotion. He will be in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he is currently deployed, meaning the game will begin shortly after midnight. But he will find a way to watch it or listen to it one way or the other.
In 1997, while a junior at Navy, Myers was diagnosed with cancer of the lymph nodes seven days before the Army-Navy game. He was admitted to Bethesda Naval hospital for treatment and watched the game that Saturday from the hospital, choking up when he saw that not only were his teammates wearing the letters "DM" on their helmets, the entire brigade was wearing them.
Navy won the game that day, breaking a five-game losing streak to Army, and his teammates dedicated the game to him. Two days later, Myers was resting in his room when a nurse told him the superintendent had come to visit him. Myers was delighted that Adm. Charles Larson, superintendent of the Naval Academy, was coming to see him.
But when the door opened, Larson wasn't there. Gen. Daniel Christman, the Army superintendent, was, and he was carrying a football. He introduced himself to Myers and said, "Damon, our football team wanted me to bring this to you."
It was a game ball, signed by every member of the Army team. "They all want you back on the field next year," Christman said, smiling. "They want a chance to whip you and your teammates."
A year later, Myers was on the field as a Navy senior. Army won the game late 34-30, and as he crossed the field to hear Army's alma mater, Myers was emotional, thrilled to be healthy and playing but sad to have lost his final college football game.
As the song and his tears started, he felt an arm around his shoulder. He looked up and saw General Christman. Without a word, he buried his head on Christman's shoulder and cried.
"There was no need to say anything," Christman said later. "At that moment every year, Army and Navy are one team. And everyone on that field knows it."
As does everyone watching. Regardless of who has to wear the letterman's sweater a year from now.
PARADE Contributing Editor John Feinstein is the best-selling author of 25 books, including "Cover-up: Mystery at the Super Bowl."
Thanks for that Richard!
Yay BCS time...GO DUCKS!
these dang Raiders!
I have to stay consistent and mock them in victory.:eek:
I can't believe I haven't posted at all on this thread, with both my Cincinnati teams doing so well!! Now that the Nascar season is over I can change my focus.
UC's game against Florida will be tough. We do not have a Defense and I don't know if our offense can go scrore for score with Tebow.
Bengals are starting to look a little week to me, but I think if we can win 2 of the last 4 we will get in the playoffs for the first ime in years. A great season so far!
NAVY - 17
ARMY - 3
Ricky Dobbs, Navy's junior QB, got a rushing TD, his 24th of the year. With that TD, he set the NCAA single season record for rushing TDs - previously held by Tim Tebow of Florida.
The boys in purple are still alive!!:D
It is, at the moment 48-3 against Detroit (REALLY, 48-3), and Pittsburgh lost to Cleveland on Thursday (Really, Cleveland! Sorry David) - things are looking up!:D
GO BOYS!!:)
I think Ive posted this before...
SEATTLE SUCKS!!!!
*sigh* they need to rebuild...a lot.
At least I can root for Navy, Air Force, Nevada and Oregon in their respective bowl games! :D
The Bears did, again, against the Packers. They are now officially out of contention for post-season play. This morning on news radio I heard the sports commentators saying they only lost by one TD. (Yes, but they still lost.) Pinot's Mom, your Ravens play the Bears next weekend, so I don't think you will have to worry. When is the Super Bowl on, I am ready for funny commercials.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady's Human
Roll Tide
(1) Florida 13, (2) Alabama 32...... SEC Champions
MARK INGRAM - 2009 HEISMAN WINNER of
... Alabama was selected as the 75th winner of the Heisman Memorial Trophy
...Alabama (1) against Texas (2) should be one whale of a game.
National Champion ...we will know on the 7th of January
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/344540...nfl/?GT1=43001
Wow,
No one learns anything from watching what happens to others.:rolleyes::eek:
RIP Chris Henry. Seemed it was finally getting his life together after 5 arrests...given more chance then most common feople would have. Such a waste. Thoughts and prayers for his children.
Today, Army-Navy Just a Game, Tomorrow It's for Real (AOL Fanhouse)
David Whitley is a national columnist for FanHouse
PHILADELPHIA -- If the NCAA really wants to cure what ails college football,
it should pass one rule. Make every player and fan attend an Army-Navy game.
Maybe they'll get a sense of pride or responsibility or whatever was going
through Alejandro Villanueva's mind Saturday night.
"It's time to hand in the cleats and pick up the rucksack," Army's wide
receiver said.
Cleats you probably know. A rucksack is a backpack, the kind Cadets lug into
battle. As bad as it felt to get beaten 17-3 by Navy, losing the next
skirmish could be much more costly, if not potentially life-threatening.
It will be in Kabul or Kandahar or one of those places that would make even
Ray Lewis tremble. We all know that drill, how kids like Villanueva go off
and serve their country instead of the NFL. We're so used to it that the
Army-Navy game is almost a cliche.
They are long-faded football powers who still get top billing because we owe
them that much. They play hard, they sing each other's alma mater then we
move on to more important things, like who won the Heisman?
Before Saturday, I was for that future No. 1 pick from Nebraska with the
unpronounceable first name. Now I'd vote for Villanueva. You would too if
you had the privilege of experiencing an Army-Navy game.
Army hates losing to Navy worse than Alabama hates losing to Auburn. Navy
hates losing to Army worse than USC hates losing to UCLA. The difference is
players and fans at Lincoln Financial Field can comprehend an actual war.
That's why, unlike the standard Eagles game, you could wear a visitors
jersey Saturday and not have to worry it would end up in a urinal. With you
still in it.
There was no need to worry that your radio antenna would be ripped off your
car because you painted "Go Navy" in shoe polish on the back window. You
could scan the program and see where starters were majoring in things like
Economics, Mathematics and Aerospace Engineering Astronautics.
You could have rubbed your ear as Villanueva discussed walking off the field
for the final time.
"When you do everything you can and leave your guts on the field, it's easy
to hang up the cleats and say 'It's time to move on to bigger and better
things."
There's something bigger than football?
You wouldn't have known it for 3 hours. Navy came in with eight wins and a
bowl bid in hand. It had beaten Army seven straight times by an average
score of 39.1 to 10.1.
But first-year coach Rich Ellerson had squeezed five wins out of the Cadets.
One more and they'd get invited to the Eagle Bank Bowl. The players wanted
it so badly, they were willing to spit up blood.
Army quarterback Trent Steelman (pictured) didn't quite do that, though
Ellerson said his he might have broken a rib in the first half.
"I'm probably not supposed to say that," the coach said. "I'll probably get
sued."
That would be frivolous, and these guys don't do frivolous. The last time
the nation saw them, they were at West Point listening to President Barack
Obama commit 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.
They don't ask why, they just do. A big reason they do it is because they
know the guy next to them depends on them. That's why Steelman could turn
toward Villanueva after the game and say something without worrying how it
would sound.
"I love him."
What's not to love? Villanueva may be the first player in college football
history to switch from offensive tackle to wide receiver.
"He didn't know wide receiver from third base," Ellerson said.
Villanueva was 6-foot-10 and almost 300 pounds. But Ellerson noticed he had
a nice stride, good hands and decent speed. He issued new orders to his
captain. A few million down-and-outs later, Army had a leading receiver.
Villanueva had five catches Saturday for 62 yards. He almost had a sixth
catch after Army drove to the Navy's 8-yard line with 2:45 left. But
Steelman's next toss was deflected to Navy's Ram Vela. That killed Army's
last hope of ending the hated streak.
"All I can say is I wish I caught it," Villanueva said. "I wish I could
still be in the game, but it was incomplete."
So was his career. O-for-Navy.
One last time, he walked down and stood in front of the small sea of
gray-suited Cadets and sang Army's alma mater. All the whooping Navy fans
got quiet and took off their hats. Navy's players stood at attention behind
Army.
Then it was the Midshipmen's turn. They ran to the other side of the field,
where thousands of classmates in their dress blues were celebrating. The
band struck "Blue and Gold," and both teams stood at attention.
You just don't get that from "Rocky Top."
If only the entire football season could be more like Saturday afternoon in
Philadelphia. But we have future NFL stars to watch and a BCS title to
decide.
Even if you never make an Army-Navy game, try to remember players like
Villanueva. All they'll be doing is lugging around those rucksacks, making
sure the rest of us can get caught up in bigger and better things.
Great game last night!
I love overtime.:confused::D:cool:
The Steeler's chances at being in the playoffs are right now on life support, but still there. It was a must win against the Ravens (sorry Pinot's Mom!) and we did it! Now we'll have a better chance against the Dolphins on Sunday. GO STEELERS!
David, that was HEARTBREAKING! We actually won the game, but were so stupid in penalties- so many points were taken away we lost it. Sometimes it's so frustrating being a Ravens fan. Well, we have to win this week (again) to even have a whisper of a chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by davidpizzica
I think I hurt my larynx yelling at the screen.:rolleyes:
Apparently the substitute team that's been filling in for the Bears for the past month finally left, because the team that played Minnesota last night actually looked good! Unbelievable! Why, Bears, why could you not have played like this all season? (sigh) (holding head in hands)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady's Human
I think I strained my voice yelling at the screen, too! The Ravens and the Steelers certainly play interesting football against each other!
I hate the Miami Dolphins.
Well, not the team, per se?
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I was watching the game on Sunday and got up to grab a soda.
I had just turned to grab a glass and I heard an air raid siren go off.
For you young-uns who do not remember ARS?
On the last friday of the month at 10 a.m. the city would test the air raid sirens to make sure the system worked. If you were not prepared or forgot about the test? You were in for a great scare!
The school I went to was half a block from the siren and you really got an earful-and your heart would sink to your stomach with the fear of it being a nuke being dropped on your head.
Anyway, the Dolphins think it's great fun to play that sound when they have the ball.
I stopped and almost crapped my pants when I heard it. I ran into the front room and heard it coming from the TV set....
Boy, was that interesting...
Morons.:rolleyes::mad:
Tomorrow is the BCS National Championship game from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
#1 Alabama
#2 Texas
This should be a whale of a game. Heres hoping my team wins.
ROLL TIDE
http://crimsontider.com/images/logo1.jpg
The jets for the flyby just flew over the house!
Wow, you could tell those were military jets.:D
let's rock and roll.:)
Good Luck to both teams!
Just got home from choir practice....'bama - 14, Texas - 6 .....:)Quote:
Originally Posted by kokopup
Roll Tide Alabama National Champions
(2) Texas 21, (1) Alabama 37
I wish Mc Coy hadn't gone down with tha injury.:eek:
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Good luck to everyone this weekend.
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Hey,
DJ?
Shanahan to Seattle?:eek::D
I wish Mc Coy had been in there also. I wanted to see both teams play to their original game plan. With Mc Coy out both teams changed everything making for a very uneven game. I believe the outcome would have been the same because both teams would have been playing all 4 quarters. We would have seen the best and worst of both teams. The Tide would still have prevailed.
Told myself that I was going to watch a WHOLE football game today.
8:10 into the Pats/Ravens?:eek:
I hope this ain't stinker.
One more thing.
When you make the first tackle of the day and start jumping around like you WON the game, it's only Karma that an 83 yeard TD is the next play.:confused::o:mad:;)
I have no dog in this fight. I want a good close game.:)
I just looked up and watched Brady get picked off.
I may be the bad luck.:D
Why is TB just sitting on the bench heart broken?
Get up and rally the team!
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Why do they have to put microphones everywhere during the game?
And, I hate that sound effect CBS uses when they cut to the next shot..
I don't particularly care for most Texas fans, (not all, by any means, but a lot!) anyway, I was rooting for Alabama!! Many down here think the game was "tainted" because Colt didn't play. Colt's a great kid, and I hated to see him hurt, but injuries are just a part of the game. It happens....Oklahoma lost an average of one a week to injuries this season....it just happens....you have to deal with it....Kokopup...I also think Alabama would have won, too....it was almost like they got really conservative with the Texas back up in.....Colt usually doesn't do well against really good defenses....(only faced two this season, and he didn't fare well in either game...they won, but he didn't do as well) so I think Alabama's D would have gotten him a lot....sheesh, I miss college football already!!
double u, oh, double u
I know, it just broke your heart, didn't it. I think we made him cry! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
I called my brother from the party right after the game; I had everybody yell GO RAVENS, then told him I loved him and hung up...(he's in CT and a Patriot's fan)...I'm a BAD SISTER!! ;)
GO RAVENS, GO RAVENS, GO RAVENS! :D
Oh, you ARE terrible, but that was a great win for the Ravens. I must have given them the power of the terrible towel!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinot's Mom
The Packers-Cardinals game was "defense optional" until that last play! I still think the ref swallowed his whistle on that face mask on Rodgers at the end, but I'm a TAD biased...:p
but wasn't that a great game?Quote:
Originally Posted by smokey the elder
As a fan, I love high scoring, goofy plays and 96 points to split between the teams.
I loved it....but then again? I am a raiders fan.:rolleyes::eek:;)
:) Hey Hello over here in Tx.. Our Dallas Cowboys have decided to play some good ball now.. So lets see if they can stay on the same page of winning until the end of the season..:p
I'm in a quandary who to root for in Vikings vs Cowboys. As a Packers fan I'm obliged to root against the Vikings, especially ever since they signed The Traitor.:p But I don't like the Cowboys, much either. But their quarterback was a long shot to get into the NFL, and from Wisconsin to boot, so maybe...see below!:)
Oh, and Arizona over the Saints. Warner has the hot hand right now.
As far as the AFC: I'm cheering for the Jets and Ravens, because I usually root for the underdog if I don't have a team I feel strongly about (read: Packers) in the playoffs.
I think a Cards vs. Vikings NFC final would be cool, though: the two oldest quarterbacks ever to lead their team to the finals?
You mean you don't tune in to yell at the TV set for three hours?;)Quote:
Originally Posted by smokey the elder
I had two stock reasons for watching a game that I had no interest in.
One, I cannot use anymore.:eek:
The second? I wanted the teams to beat the poop out of each other because they may play a team I wanted to win the following weekend!:eek:;)
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So Pete Carroll has a few bad years then defects to the NFL?:o;)