smitty44 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 As a former Marine, with my niece a cadet at West Point and hoping she has the best day ever. Go Army, Beat Navy! TUNE IN, BE PROUD OF THESE YOUNG AMERICANS! https://youtu.be/7Tjhw-0H6FI 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbadur Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Football, the American kind. Which is different from the European one and even from the Canadian version. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 15, 2020 Administrators Share Posted December 15, 2020 Smitty, I’ve been following her progress through West Point, courtesy of yourself, and my thought and Prayers are with all of you as she continues receiving a world class University education in one of the most prestigious military universities in the world. I’m sure a stellar Army career will follow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 15, 2020 Administrators Share Posted December 15, 2020 On 12/12/2020 at 10:51 AM, abbadur said: ??? Smitty is a Marine, as in Navy. Their college is the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and their team is called Midshipmen. His niece is Army who’s team are the Black Knights at the US Military Academy in West Point, New York. The annual Army vs Navy football game is an American staple. Marines cheer Navy, and people with brains cheer Army. His niece has brains, unlike Smitty. But apparently, this year, the brain stem that Marines use to function and perform basic life skills has sprouted a few extra cells in his otherwise empty (jar) head. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Administrators Clunkmeister Posted December 15, 2020 Administrators Share Posted December 15, 2020 Well said... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Although we get the NFL and a fair bit of college football over here in the UK there's no coverage of games like this. The inter-services rugby games over here can be brutal, just punch-ups from start to finish. Is the Army-Navy game the same or are the referees pretty strict on foul play? The professional game seems very strict on dirty stuff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 5 hours ago, GusMac said: Although we get the NFL and a fair bit of college football over here in the UK there's no coverage of games like this. The inter-services rugby games over here can be brutal, just punch-ups from start to finish. Is the Army-Navy game the same or are the referees pretty strict on foul play? The professional game seems very strict on dirty stuff. Although things happen from time to time, the amount of repect the academy's have for each other is huge. They certainly play the game with an intensity matched by no other, but stuff like that is rare and would not be tolerated by even the coaching staffs. If tempers flare discipline is key. Sporting events in the fleet or regular Army could be quite different. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Thanks Smitty. Thought that would be the case. I've never quite understood what the levels of violence/indiscipline in our inter-services games say about the participants or the organisations! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 Army shut out Navy 15-0, so my niece and her brothers and sisters in arms were all very happy. Wish it could be so for both sides after a very difficult fall semester for both. Now she is home for Christmas and that makes us happy! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Im sure its a good rivalry ... Hard fought and intense ... but quickly laid aside when enemies arrive ... Like ANZACS ... We give the Kiwis heaps (and it's returned!!) but they are our brothers in blood in the fight. My AFL football team (Adelaide Crows) song is played to the Marine Corps Hymn ... "The Pride of South Australia" ... Dad was often found whistling Colonel Bogey when I was growing up ... decades long after leaving the BEF. Rog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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