*gleeful snicker*
Ok, if you don’t know what happened: Navy, for some unfathomable reason (likely national exposure and/or TV revenues), travelled to Ohio to (presumably) get beat up by the Buckeyes.
Which shows how much attention I’ve paid to Navy football lately, except for the annual Army-Navy game. (Beat Army!)
To put it in a nutshell, Navy didn’t win, but they didn’t lose badly, either. Actually, the game had plenty of exciting drives and plays, including several interceptions and some incredible touchdowns. It was a close game, and when we’re talking about #6 ranked Ohio vs. unranked (and hasn’t been in the rankings for decades) Navy, well, close wasn’t supposed to be an option. (And if Navy had just taken the extra point on their last touchdown instead of trying for two, then having Ohio intercept and get two instead, it would’ve been 29-28.)
Final Score: Ohio- 31, Navy- 27
When the coaches met in the middle of the field for the obligatory handshake and chitchat, the Navy coach appeared to be consoling the winning Ohio coach.
My husband (also a grad of Canoe U.) is betting Ohio won’t be in the top ten after this, maybe not even in the top twenty. I don’t wish Ohio ill, but, wow, that was, to put it mildly, not a #6 performance. And I really wish Navy had played like that when I was stuck watching them, especially that first year (attendance at home football games is mandatory at the Academy). It was so bad, and we scored so rarely, we started doing pushups for every first down (also not a common occurence that year) instead of just for scores.
And on that note, for any Navy fans out there, may I recommend Jen’s (at Sarah Winchester of the Fiber Arts) and her husband’s training of their son (yes, they’re both Naval Academy grads, and my classmates, too). Upon visiting them, newly ensconced in the DC area, their four-year-old son promptly tried to pass on this training to Empress. When Jen’s DH took us on a Pentagon tour, an Army major passed by, and the training was repeated:
“Hey, son, what does a goat say?”
“BEAT ARMY, Daddy!”
The major declined comment, besides rolling his eyes.
No longer like your or your stinkin’ Navy-lovin’ blog!!
Signed,
An Ohio State alum
p.s.
Just kidding…LOL… enjoy this once in a lifetime near victory (aka LOSS)…OSU will always be near and dear to my heart.
Like I said, when you cheer for Navy, you take what you can get! 😉
do us navy fans a favor and don’t write anymore about the team. a comment like that is just disrespectful and shows that you need to tend more to your “housewyf” duties and leave the sports to those who care. Navy has been great for years, has more television exposure than a lot of BCS schools, and a fan base that believes in the team
you may be a grad like me, but it’s clear you were one of those people who never gave two wits about navy sports.
Well, ’99, I was around a little before you. My first few years at USNA, the main football talk was about whether or not Navy should be booted down a division for being so incapable of beating almost anybody. We lost to Army all four years. The Notre Dame games went well only until ND put in their second and first string; after that point, they mopped the field with us. We shrugged, smiled, and cheered anyways, but we were aware of our team’s limitations. Maybe I don’t have such a rosy view of Navy Football as you do, since I was well acquainted with how things looked before the current good period.
Although there were some great people on the football team, there was also a preponderance of people who should have never been admitted to the Academy (and it wasn’t only football). Varsity athletes were given all kinds of special treatment: tutors on trips, being steered to the “easy” profs and majors, and more lenient academic board treatment. Why? “Oh, they give us exposure, so how dare you complain they aren’t pulling their weight!”
Know what? A lot of us didn’t want that kind of exposure. If someone became interested in the Academy only because they saw one of the teams play on TV, well, they just don’t get it, and they don’t belong in uniform. If someone wants to be a Naval officer and happens to also be pretty good at sports, great.
Yes, I gave two wits about Navy sports (and continue to), but I also have the bizzare idea that the purpose of the U.S. Naval Academy is supposed to be to graduate quality officers for the U.S. Navy. Anything that detracts from that (including recruiting underqualified, oversized guys because of some “need” to be competitive in football) should be seriously reconsidered.
BTW, if you’re looking for someplace to make snide, misogynistic comments in poor English, you’re on the wrong blog.
ouch! love your comment Kathy.
Go Navy Beat Army is what my kids say too.
Hope all is well with you and the family.
A tad late on posting this. I live in Buckeye country….but I was rooting for Navy. Only I didn’t say that too loud cuz my HHBL was not. However, his comment at the end of the game was, “Man! Navy is no push over. Those guys were tough.”
[PHW: You have to be tough when your line averages forty pounds lighter than every team you play!]