Whoa...cool!
Whoa...cool!
Think so? These are not civilian
students pretending to be soldiers, dressed up in fake uniforms and carrying the American flag because it looks cool to people who see it.
These are Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy - officers in the United States Navy - carrying the Colors of the
United States Navy and of the United States Marine Corps. They also carry the National Colors - the emblem of the nation they have taken an oath
to defend "against all enemies, both foreign and domestic".
That, people, means that they are willing to die for the flag they carry on parade - which leads to me say, yet again: Navy football - like all Navy sports - is played by student-athletes who - like their counterparts at West Point, Colorado Springs, and New London - are in school to become officers in the armed forces of the United States, not to get into the NFL.
Yes, it's true that the service academies don't win many gridiron battles against the likes of Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, West Virginia...
But we win the important battles - the battles to keep this country free so the fans of Notre Dame, Georgia Tech and West Virginia - and the fans of Catawba, Cortland State, and Baldwin-Wallace - can cheer their teams on.
That is what Navy Football - like all service academy sports - is about.
You're damned right they are.
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