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Week 9 football preview: Ball State at Army

By Kevin Lilley on October 25, 2012 Army, Football, Uncategorized

What Black Knights fans need to know as Army concludes the Mid-American Conference portion of its schedule: Who, where, when: Ball State (5-3, 3-2 MWC) at Army (1-6), Saturday, noon. TV: CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden and Randy Cross have the call). Gambling is illegal in most states: Ball State is a 4.5-point favorite. Is it Build-A-Bear giveaway day at West Point?: Yes. Make-or-break bowl run: At 1-6, the only way Army can reach this year’s Military Bowl, presented by Northrop Grumman, is a 5-0 run to close the season. While bowl organizers obviously can’t pick favorites, a service academy…

From enlisted man to draftee?

By on April 19, 2010 Football, Marine Corps

Brandon Crawford may turn out to be the feel-good story of this year’s NFL draft. Sure, the former Marine is a long shot to get picked, but he’s overcome the odds before. Once a promising high school prospect, Crawford’s hope of playing college football went down the drain after getting arrested his senior year. But Crawford persevered, working in a factory for a short time and eventually enlisting in the Marine Corps. After leaving the Corps in 2003 with an honorable discharge, Crawford walked on at Ball State — 10 years after he last played a down — and eventually…

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