Army Beaches Navy for Third Straight Rivalry Triumph

Beyond the greed and discrimination the FBS harbors against its own membership, there's at least one decision it got right.

Giving the Army-Navy game its own weekend so it can take center stage.

It's more than a throwback to a bygone era, of course, when this was one of college football's dominant rivalries.

 

It's also a tribute to the dedication of players who's next stop in life is to put themselves in harm's way for the good of their country.

 

After a spell where Navy won 14 games in a row to take a 60-51-7 lead in the series, Army's came storming back to take the last two prior to this one.

With a 17-10 grinder now in the books, the Black Knights of the Hudson have now claimed three in a row, after dispensing with the most awkward of ceremonies, of course:

 

The Cadets came into this game enjoying one of their best seasons ever, are now 10-2, and bound for the anticlimatic Lockheed Martin -- who else? -- Armed Forces Bowl against Houston, a club that outlasted Navy, 49-36, in AAC play.

Navy, on the other hand, suffered through a 3-10 season and is going home.

 

And until next December, all of them will be getting back to their task at hand.

Reality.