Teaching at USMA might have been my best three years in the Army. Like most Corps / ROTC folks, I thought hating West Pointers was the thing to do. I have an immense respect for the kids and how tough that place is now.

I never watched a single Army game before, but after holding review sessions at 11pm in the locker rooms after practice, having Jeff Monken drop into my class to see how his players were living, etc. I'm a fan for life. I would regularly get emails from the coaches in all sports about players - not asking for leniency or to delay putting in grades for kids in trouble, but asking me to push them harder, where the coaches could help in the schedule, and communicating if a kid had some personal troubles they thought the profs could help work through.

How do you castrate a sailor? Kick his rack mate in the jaw. LOL.

I recently realized that the Army QB is out of the Panhandle/South Plains. Played high school ball at Abernathy, just north of Lubbock. We have a great nephew who played high school football with him. We met his parents at a BB game, as he was being recruited by Army. Nice people, well thought of in the school and community.

Seems like a quality kid, just branched Infantry, according to the announcers at Friday's game.

I always enjoy watching quality people succeed.

One of our kids went USAFA, so we don't have a dog in this fight, but I think Army is going to kick butt.