Tonight I was watching the 6:30 rerun of Pardon The Interruption on ESPN2 when I noticed “Army/’Cuse” at the bottom of the rundown. Holy hell, I thought. That’s pretty damn impressive. I mean, the service academies hardly ever make PTI. The Army lacrosse team’s NCAA tourney win over Syracuse must be an even bigger deal than I thought. So the “Jack/Whiff” (don’t ask) and “1st Pitch” segment end, and PTI goes to commercial. I wondered what Mike Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser would say about Army 9-8 overtime victory. Would Kornheiser clown on Syracuse for choking away a 5-1 lead? Would…
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… There’s already a prediction that they’ll be a preseason Top 25 team next year. ESPN college football writer Mark Schlabach released his “Way too early 2010 Top 25” yesterday, and the Midshipmen are penciled in as his #25 team. The Midshipmen didn’t miss a beat in 2009 under second-year coach Ken Niumatalolo, who led them to a 10-win season for only the third time in school history. Navy pulled off a trifecta of impressive feats, sweeping service academy rivals Air Force and Army, winning at Notre Dame for the second time in a row and blasting Missouri 35-13 in…
ESPN blogger Tim Griffin touched on the upcoming Navy-Missouri matchup in the Texas Bowl in an article about “12 players on the spot during the bowls.” One of Griffin’s picks to be on the spot is the entire Missouri defensive line, who excelled at the end of the season, allowing only 52.4 yards rushing per game during the Tigers’ final five games. But the Ricky Dobbs-led Navy triple option is a different animal than what the Tigers faced in the Big 12, and the Mids have shown the ability all year to give big-time programs like Ohio State and Notre…
