College Football in theUnited States has come to a pause, a major pause, awaiting the start of theBowl Season next week. The soleexception as usual, is the annual contest of the teams from the United StatesMilitary Academy at West Point (Army) and from the U.S. Naval Academy atAnnapolis. The Army Army Black Knightsand the Navy Midshipmen have played each other since 1890, and meet for the116th time on Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia. The Black Knights (alternatively, the"Cadets") are represented by a mule, and the Midshipmen by agoat. The game marks the end of the college footballregular season and the third and final game of the season'sCommander-in-Chief's Trophy series, which also includes the Air Force Falconsof the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The game is frequently attended by sittingU.S. presidents. Instant replay made itsAmerican debut in the 1963 Army–Navy game. The game has been held in multiple locations, most often in the New YorkPolo Grounds, but was last played there in the 1920s, and since has been playedalmost exclusively in Philadelphia. Chicago's Soldier Field was dedicated in 1926 with the game. Only oncehas the game been played west of the Mississippi River, at the Rose Bowl inPasadena, California, in 1983.
The Army and Navy havefaced off a total of 116 times. To date, Navy has 60 wins, Army has 49. Therehave been seven ties. At their firstgame on November 29, 1890 on "ThePlain" at West Point, Navy won. They had been playing organized football since 1879 and defeated thenewly established Army team, 24-0. For many decades the game was held on theSaturday after Thanksgiving every year, but has since shifted to the secondSaturday in December. The longestinterruption in the series, which lasted from 1894 to 1898, came about after anargument between an Army general and a Navy admiral almost resulted in a duelfollowing the 1893 game. The traditionof mules as mascots for Army dates back to 1899, when a quartermaster officerdecided the team needed a mascot to counter the Navy goat and chose a white muleused to pull an ice wagon. Instant replay made its American debut in the 1963Army-Navy game, helmets in 1893. Only six Army-Navy games have been held on thecampus of either academy. Stadiums onthe two campuses are just too small. The Army vs. Navy gameis said to be one of mutual respect and camaraderie. Following each game, players sing both teams'alma maters. The winning team joins the losing team and sings facing the losingteam's students. Then the losing team joins the victors on their side of thefield and sings the winner's alma mater to its students. We wish the best to the Army in today'sgame. Meanwhile, Bowlassignments have been decided and awarded in all of the upcoming Football Bowls: AFR Celebration BowlGrambling St. vs North Carolina A&T Sat. – Dec. 16 Noon R+L Carriers NewOrleans Bowl Troy vs North Texas Sat. – Dec. 16 1:00 P.M. AutoNation Cure BowlGeorgia St. vs WKU Sat. – Dec. 16 2:30 P.M. Las Vegas Bowl BoiseSt. vs Oregon Sat. – Dec. 16 3:30 P.M. Gildan New Mexico BowlColorado St. vs Marshall Sat. – Dec. 16 4:30 P.M. Raycom Media CamelliaBowl Middle Tennessee vs Arkansas St. Sat. – Dec. 16 8:00 P.M. Boca Raton Bowl FloridaAtlantic vs Akron Tue. – Dec. 19 7:00 P.M. Frisco Bowl LouisianaTech vs SMU Wed. – Dec. 20 8:00 P.M. Bad Boy MowersGasparilla Bowl FIU vs Temple Thu. – Dec. 21 8:00 P.M. Popeyes Bahamas BowlUAB vs Ohio Fri. – Dec. 22 12:30 P.M. Famous Idaho PotatoBowl CMU vs Wyoming Fri. – Dec. 22 4:00 P.M. Birmingham Bowl TexasTech vs USF Sat. – Dec. 23 Noon Lockheed Martin ArmedForces Bowl San Diego St. vs Army Sat. – Dec. 23 3:30 P.M. Dollar General BowlAppalachian St. vs Toledo Sat. – Dec. 23 7:00 P.M. Hawaii Bowl Houston vsFresno St. Sun. – Dec. 24 8:30 P.M. Zaxby’s Heart of DallasBowl West Virginia vs Utah Tue. – Dec. 26 1:30 P.M. Quick Lane Bowl Duke vsNorthern Illinois Tue. – Dec. 26 5:15 P.M. Cactus Bowl Kansas St.vs UCLA Tue. – Dec. 26 9:00 P.M. Independence BowlSouthern Miss vs Florida St. Wed. – Dec. 27 1:30 P.M. New Era Pinstripe BowlIowa vs Boston College Wed. – Dec. 27 5:15 P.M. Foster Farms Purdue vsArizona Wed. – Dec. 27 8:30 P.M. Acadamy Sports &Outdoors Bowl Texas vs Missouri Wed. – Dec. 27 9:00 P.M. Military Bowl Virginiavs Navy Thu. – Dec. 28 1:30 P.M. Camping World BowlOklahoma St. vs Virginia Tech Thu. – Dec. 28 5:15 P.M. SDCCU Holiday BowlMichigan St. vs Washington St. Thu. – Dec. 28 9:00 P.M. Valero Alamo BowlStanford vs TCU Thu. – Dec. 28 9:00 P.M. Belk Bowl Texas A&Mvs Wake Forest Fri. – Dec. 29 1:00 P.M. Hyundai Sun BowlArizona St. vs NC State Fri. – Dec. 29 3:00 P.M. Music City BowlKentucky vs Northwestern Fri. – Dec. 29 4:30 P.M. Nova Home Loans ArizonaBowl Utah St. vs New Mexico St. Fri. – Dec. 29 5:30 P.M. Goodyear Cotton BowlUSC vs Ohio St. Fri. – Dec. 29 8:30 P.M. Taxslayer BowlMississippi St. vs Louisville Sat. – Dec. 30 Noon Autozone Liberty BowlIowa St. vs Memphis Sat. – Dec. 30 12:30 P.M. Playstation Fiesta BowlPenn St. vs Washington Sat. – Dec. 30 4:00 P.M. Capital One Orange BowlMiami(FL) vs Wisconsin Sat. – Dec. 30 8:00 P.M. | | | | Outback Bowl Michiganvs South Carolina Mon. – Jan. 1 Noon Chick-fil-A Peach BowlAuburn vs UCF Mon. – Jan. 1 12:30 P.M. Buffalo Wild WingsCitrus Bowl LSU vs Notre Dame Mon. – Jan. 1 1:00 P.M. Rose Bowl – SemifinalPlayoff #2 Oklahoma vs # 3 Georgia Mon. – Jan. 1 5:00 P.M. Allstate Sugar Bowl -Semifinal Playoff #1 Clemson vs #4 Alabama Mon. – Jan. 1 8:45 P.M. College FootballPlayoff Championship at the Rose Bowl Winner vs Sugar Bowl Winner Mon. – Jan. 88:00 P.M. -- Posted By Rex to SR at 12/09/2017 12:01:00 AM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
