Army Navy game…….

I made a point to be in to watch the Army Navy game yesterday. It is the only time of year I root for the Naval Academy or have anything nice to say about it for that matter.

It is always an impressive sight to see the Brigade of Midshipmen and the Corps of Cadets march onto the field and to see them in the stands. ( I love how they got relegated to the end zone seats by the way-did not used to be that way). Of course, to really admire the spectacle you have to turn a blind eye to all of the ethical, financial, military and moral compromises the Academies have made to be on the leading edges of social experimentation. Knowing how the academies have sold their souls to make sure they have the requisite quota of women on board kind of sours the view.

(Yes I’ll say it-women have no business being at the service academies-and thirty years of experience at the institutions have proven me right-again and again. I will not apologize or go back on the sentiment as long as I live.)

Nonetheless, the game was a good one-and it is actually kind of nice to see football played where players make errors, are not waving locks of long black hair like some girl, and not playing on a work release scholarship ( like they do at a certain institution here in Shopping Mall’s home state). And its also nice to know that these players are working for something better than themselves.

I felt sorry for Army’s field goal kicker-had he have made that field goal, Navy would probably still have won-but the momentum of the game would have been different. It was also disheartening that Navy blew three different pass opportunities in the first half-but they seem to have re-grouped in the second half. The S.O. and I had to leave for a Christmas party with six minutes left in the game-but fortunately Army never made a serious drive.

So now I can go back to listening to people tell me how much the Steelers suck this year…………..