Saturday, October 02, 2010

Service academies

TV announcer at the end of Air Force - Navy game, which the former won as underdog. "If you only get to see one football game, see this one, or another service academy game, it's the way football is supposed to be played. Pure class."

I couldn't agree more and the contrast is greater than ever in this era of corporate sports arrogance. This is why Army-Navy is my favorite football game and probably always will be. Even if both teams have winless seasons, this is the best football you can see. This is what sports is supposed to be about. College teams used to demonstrate this kind of post-game attitude but you seldom see it any more. Instead, some Oregon thug punches out an opposing player. Very sad what has happened at Oregon and many other universities.

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