I played Rugby at BYU. AFA was always our most physical game of the year. The

Oct 27, 2020
4:37:02pm

oldrugger Contributor

mentality of just about everyone that goes to any military academy is that you meet violence with more violence. Guys that sign up to fight wars aren't really scared of a game.

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I dislike the narrative on CB that Army is afraid to schedule us now. Army has

BerkeleyCoug

10/27/20 9:02am

I think it's funny also

CasualFan

10/27/20 9:07am

Try to be objective. It’s not our fault you chose to serve in that branch. 😉

FrontLineFan

10/27/20 9:10am

Here’s a post from a couple days ago from someone very familiar with their

che flaco

10/27/20 9:11am

BerkleyCoug - read this - exactly what i found and remember from a former player

Pobs

10/27/20 9:12am

Also, if Covid tripped up BYU when new cases in Utah were holding steady at 400/day, why would the Army AD be confident

ColoSpgs

10/27/20 9:23am

I don't think the UMass contract argument holds up. UMass-Army was originally

cwilke1

10/27/20 9:25am

Army already has 11 games scheduled. They can't schedule both UMass and BYU.

BerkeleyCoug

10/27/20 9:33am

oh yes you are right about # of games. I missed that.

cwilke1

10/27/20 9:38am

And some other poster mentioned that Army traditionally is off Thanksgiving

cwilke1

10/27/20 9:34am

One doesn't have to look any further than last season to debunk that myth.

BerkeleyCoug

10/27/20 9:37am

did you look at the 3 years before that? I did but then got tired to look

cwilke1

10/27/20 9:40am

Not this year. No cadets get to go home.

WP17

10/27/20 10:11am

Didn't Army already play and lose to a top 10 in Cincinnati?

idacoug

10/27/20 9:32am

None of the service academies are afraid.

oldrugger

10/27/20 10:11am

I think you are right, "afraid" is not the term - doesn't fit their model

Pobs

10/27/20 12:05pm

I played Rugby at BYU. AFA was always our most physical game of the year. The

oldrugger

10/27/20 4:37pm

They're not afraid of playing us or any good team. They just want to beat Navy..

BamaCoug

10/27/20 1:14pm

Nov. 28 is 2 weeks before Army-Navy. Your point may be a reason for Army not

cwilke1

10/27/20 1:21pm

Honestly, I think that there's a chance we're the ones holding it up for two

DescendentCoug

10/27/20 1:26pm

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