<p>I got a good feeling about this one folks---Navy is going to sail right into a Bobby Ross minefield!!!!! Lets get some predictions going-----</p>
<p>28-17 ARMY!!!</p>
<p>imma say army wins by 1...and that they trail until the 4th quarter then make a pretty decent comeback.</p>
<p>I've gotta say that Army will win, but by a close one. I'm guessing a field goal in the end. Maybe 24-21 Army wins! I'm very excited for the game, can't wait to watch it and I wish I was going!</p>
<p>I'll second Army winning by a field goal. Definetly going to be fun to watch this year, looking forward to it.</p>
<p>Check it out--the Cadets in the front seats will be my Company, 'cause we're definitely going to do the most push-ups! (27,000 in one day, baby!)</p>
<p>I'll be there with bells on! Can't wait to watch Army win this one. Shogun, I've got a good feeling, too.</p>
<p>While the midshipmen were sleeping on watch>>>></p>
<p>something went missing>>>>>></p>
<p>GO ARMY!!! SINK NAVY!!!!</p>
<p>I hope tha NAVY wins cuz i plan on goin there, 10-24</p>
<p>I hear they have good english classes!</p>
<p>fo real, thaz wussup, GO NAVY</p>
<p>Gag me... Navy sucks.</p>
<p>The Army/Navy Game is about more than Football. Here's a newspaper article about how the game is used to honor our soldiers.</p>
<p>Tribute to Ranger- LB Scruggs will honor fallen soldier</p>
<p>By Justin Rodriguez
<a href="mailto:jrodriguez@th-record.com">jrodriguez@th-record.com</a></p>
<p>Rangers, the elite of the Army, are given some of the most dangerous missions. The kind that leave young men like John Henderson Jr. dead.</p>
<p>Henderson Jr. never played football at Army, never attended classes at West Point, never even stepped foot on campus. But Private John Henderson Jr. of Columbus, Ga., was a soldier. That's why starting Army linebacker Barrett Scruggs will honor him during the Army-Navy game Saturday in Philadelphia by wearing the same Ranger patch Henderson wore when he took his last breath on a mountainside in Afghanistan this summer.
"I'm definitely moved," Scruggs says. "I'm honored because (Army football) coach (Bobby) Ross tells us all the time that we have an effect on so many troops around the world."
His father, a physician who retired from the U.S. Army after more than 20 years of service in 2004, wrote to West Point officials in September about a player wearing a patch to honor his fallen son. Each Black Knight in this game traditionally wears a patch representing an Army unit. Army director of football operations Maj. Bill Lynch contacted Henderson weeks later and told him it could be done. </p>
<p>"It is overwhelming," Henderson says. "It would be one thing if John was a three-star general, but he is a private. For these men to think of him like this is amazing, outrageous." </p>
<p>One of the last times the Hendersons talked was on July 11 , the day before the son deployed for Afghanistan. They spoke about funeral arrangements , everything from pallbearers to what would be inscribed on his tombstone if tragedy struck. Henderson chose "Continue the Mission" for his epitaph.
In Armyspeak that is abbreviated "Charlie Mike." Father and son ended each conversation by saying the phrase to one another. </p>
<p>Henderson sent a message to Scruggs earlier this week through Army senior associate athletic director for athletic communications Bob Beretta. "I told Barrett to kick some Navy ass," Henderson says, fighting back tears. "I told him 'Charlie Mike.' He knows what to do."</p>
<p>Henderson Jr. and another soldier, Damian Garza of Odessa, Texas, died during a mission near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on Aug. 4 with the 3rd battalion 75th Ranger Regiment. The pair were following a group of Taliban fighters when their armored Humvee rolled down a mountainside, killing them both instantly. John Henderson Jr. was 21 years old , just 23 days into his first tour. </p>
<p>Henderson expects to speak with Scruggs via phone today. He will tell Scruggs, 20, how grateful he is for what Scruggs is doing for him, his son and his family. He'll tell him how proud he is of his son and him.</p>
<p>Then he will bid farewell to Scruggs as he used to John Jr.: "Charlie Mike."
"I can't wait to talk to him," Scruggs said. "I'm glad I have this opportunity. I'm lucky to be able to honor someone who put his life on the line for all of us."</p>
<p>NOW I GOT A REALLY GOOD FEELING ABOUT SATURDAY!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Thanks Aspen!</p>
<p>SGT Scruggs was in my Beast Company... He's a good guy.</p>
<p>some of us have SATs :) im tivoing and will fast forward through commercials and eventually catch up to you all :)</p>
<p>sorry, guys...maybe next year! ;-)</p>
<p>GO NAVY! BEAT(EN) ARMY!!</p>
<p>Beat Army.</p>
<p>No need to shout it when you've demonstrated it. ;)</p>
<p>All that said:</p>
<p>GO AMERICA!!</p>
<p>BEAT THE ENEMY! </p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>go navy.</p>
<p>army, sunk. </p>
<p>thank you very much</p>
<p>like zaphod, no need for caps when it has been done, and will continue to be for at least the next 4 years, c/o 2010 usna</p>
<p>Yea, you can talk when you actually get to the Academy. Go think about the fact that Navy used M14s in their Spirit Videos, at least the ones that didn't include some form of Star Wars and Legoes. M14s. That should tell you something. </p>
<p>If that doesn't tell you something, ask, and I'd be HAPPY to enlighten you.</p>
<p>usna_aviationgirl- </p>
<p>First of all, stop talking like you already go to USNA. Second, don't say Army sunk. That doesn't make sense. We say "sink Navy" for a reason. Try to figure it out. Third, don't be too excited about going to a service academy. I've noticed you and other candidates are like this. Most people honestly don't know what they are getting into. I definitely didn't. I thought I knew everything. My dad went to USNA, I read all the books, articles, and anything I could get my hands on. I did the overnight visit and was actually somewhat anxious to go. If I could go back in time, I would have taken my Army ROTC in a heartbeat over going to USMA. Very few cadets or midshipmen will tell you they like the academy. Life just plain sucks. You get no freedom as a plebe and are pretty much restricted to your room (I think at the Naval Academy you can go out a little more on the weekends). I was never a pessimist until I came here. Now, it doesn't take much for me to develop a negative attitude, hence this post.
I don't mean to be insulting you. I know it is an honor to recieve an appointment from an academy and there are probably swarms of people in awe of your accomplishment. I know that was how it was for me. I'm talking to every candidate on here when I say don't let all that pressure you in to accepting it. I did, and I regret it, but now that I'm here I'm not going to quit. I believe ROTC is the way to go. It still develops great officers without all the BS. It also produces more mature officers who have had exposure to a normal college life.
Anyway, I know the academy will open many doors later in life, but be prepared for four years of BS. I've been wanting to get this off my chest for a while. The combination of being ****ed off because we lost and now we don't get PMI for a week and the fact that there was some trash talking set me off.</p>