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Army engaged in 'positive' talks with American about joining conference as replacement for SMU (www.cbssports.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have always thought Army had the toughest row to hoe out of the service academies, just due to the fact that it's harder to sell athletes, who may still harbor some professional ambitions or at least have civilian FBS options, on joining "the one where people get shot at by tanks." AIR AND SEA SUPERIORITY IN THE POST-WW2 ERA AIN'T FOUGHT NOBODY, PAAAWWWWLLL!

Then, if you do have some loony who's into that, Navy at least still offers the Marine option and presumably a dining hall with the full Crayola spread.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Great, now even the independent conference is falling apart.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Not over Notre Dame's dead body.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Will no one think of a hundred+ years of classic Army-UMass matchups?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I never really understood what they got out of being independent anyway. I get they can make their own schedule and recruit (literally) the whole country, but the AAC has an immense and varied footprint, plus their friend (or foe) Navy is already there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Basically, they sucked a lot, even by the relatively modest standards of post-Staubach Army/Navy, and they wanted to schedule as many winnable games as possible.