What"s Army-Navy game like for players? "So loud it"s silent"

Prelude: The Making of A Game of Honor - Full Episode - Army Navy Football - SHOWTIME

Army linebacker Andrew King is seemingly unflappable, until you start talking about what its really like to play in the Army-Navy game.

Thats when Kings eyes light up a little bit. He remembers the first time he experienced it, in 2013. h**l play in his final game in that rivalry on Saturday, at MT&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.

MORE: Memorable photos of Army-Navy games

He can sumup perfectly what its like to see the pageantry of that game unfold as a player.

"It"s a different atmosphere, King told Sporting News. Your whole student section and student body is there. The Army fans are all there. You can feel the presence of people overseas just watching the game at 4 a.m. You know they are rooting for you.

"It"s a different feeling, he added. The crowd is so loud it"s silent. It"s one of those games."

King won the Defender of the Nation Award, presented to him by the Charlotte Touchdown Club in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday. The award honors a player from one of the nations military academies, based on leadership on and off the field. King attended the awards ceremony and left an impression on Touchdown Club member Greg Mercer, whose father was a World War II veteran. Talking with King conjured up those memories of watching Army-Navy every year with his dad.

MORE: 12 reasons Army, Navy and Air Force deserve respect

Andrew is the total package, Mercer said. Hes great in the classroom and hes tremendous athletically on defense. Hes such a fine example of a great young man, and it makes you feel real good thats the caliber of young men and women that are in our military academies today.

King has 88 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss and five sacks for Army this season. He spent Monday sitting with the finalists for the Bronko Nagurski Award, which went to Alabamas Jonathan Allen. King, however, stood out in his full military uniform, and with good reason.

"Just receiving the Defender of the Nation is a great honor, King said. I"m truly humbled to represent the Military Academy, my family and my friends back home and the army in general. . . . I"m honored in every aspect and trying to lead others to do the same thing."

King has helped lead the Black Knights to a 6-5 record and a postseason berth, but the priority this week is that matchup with Navy. King knew this was the 117th meeting without hesitation.

"It means the world, King said. You have a bunch of guys on both sides just playing for the love of football. Most of us are going to go and out and serve our country after with a five-year commitment. That time when we"re battling each other, and we"re fighting to the end."

MORE: Army incorporates D-Day message for Navy hype video

Army also is trying to snap a 14-game losing streak to the Midshipmen. The Black Knights have inched a little closer each of the last three seasons and fell short 21-17 in 2015. King doesnt offer any bold predictions, but he simply says what a win would do for Army.

Its the same thing hes doing for this country.

"It definitely would mean a lot for this program, King said. It would leave us in the right direction."

Source: http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/news/army-navy-game-schedule-time-andrew-king-army-black-knights-navy-midshipmen/1pplrbiry11vh1b5qdf1ohhya9

Continue Reading ..

Local to fly high over Army-Navy game

John Andrew Prime, jprime@gannett.com 9:18 p.m. CST December 12, 2014

U.S. Army Capt. Harrison Carmody in his AH-64 Apache helicopter.(Photo: Courtesy Harrison Carmody)

Story Highlights

• A Shreveport-born Army helicopter pilot will have a place of honor at today's Army-Navy game.
• Harrison Carmody, 29, graduated from West Point in 2008.
• Now a captain, he's stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
• He deployed to Afghanistan in 2011-2012 and has flown almost 200 combat missions.

A local pilot and war veteran will have one of the best seats for Saturday's Army-Navy football game.

But it won't be in the stadium.

Instead, Army Capt. Harrison Carmody will look down at the decades-old interservice rivalry from the cockpit of an AH-64 Apache helicopter in an official game overflight that should be part of the local telecast on CBS stations at 2 p.m. today.

"It's a real honor to be able to do this," Carmody, 29, said in a call from Baltimore, Maryland, where the game, the 115th in a series of grudgematches since 1890, will be played. "Only a select few get the opportunity to be chosen by the commander. It was something I did not think I would be selected for. It was a great surprise."

He and three other Apache pilots left Fort Campbell, Kentucky, several days ago, but were held up in West Virginia by weather. Friday was rehearsal day.

"We're just going to do a tight, four-ship diamond formation within one rotor distance of each other," he said.

Carmody, in the Army seven years and single, joined for a number of reasons, patriotism among them of course.

"I just always wanted to do it," he said. "That, and I joined out a sense of service and adventure."

One of six children of Jacquie and Arthur Carmody III of Shreveport, he attended St. Joseph's Catholic School in Shreveport, then later went to the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, N.M. Then he was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, from which he graduated in 2008.

"We are so proud of Harrison for his service to his country," Art Carmody says of his son, "After serving as an Apache pilot in Afghanistan, being selected to do the flyover at the Army-Navy game will be a special day for Harrison and his entire family."

Currently stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, the younger Carmody flies with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). In military speak, that's A/1-101 AVN REGT. He has served a tour in Afghanistan in 2011-2012 and has flown "probably close to 200 or so" combat missions.

All of that has led to an overflight at the game that closes out the college football regular season and sets the eyes of the nation on a lad from Northwest Louisiana.

"It's good that a Shreveport boy could make his way up north to Baltimore to enjoy a football game and some crab cakes," he said.

Watch

The Army-Navy game will close out the regular college football season with a game in Baltimore, Maryland, today at 2 p.m. It will be shown on CBS affiliates.

Read or Share this story: http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2014/12/12/local-fly-high-bowl-game/20313329/

Source: http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2014/12/12/local-fly-high-bowl-game/20313329/

Continue Reading ..

Navy Dons New Uniforms For Army-Navy Game

BALTIMORE (WJZ) When Navy takes the field against Army Saturday, theyll do it in style.

With new custom uniforms from Under Armour.

Linh Bui gives us a sneak peek.

The first Navy jack used during the American Revolution and global war on terror.

Its whats inspired the custom uniforms the Navy football team will wear when they take on Army.

Check it out the Under Armour Dont Tread On Me uniform.

The red and white stripes of the flag appear on the shoulders, knees and gloves.

On the helmet a new N-star logo with red and white stripes and a rattlesnake.

Navys new Dont Tread On Me Helmets. Photo Credit: Under Armour

From head to toe the patriotic theme continues down to the shoes.

Pretty dope! We were pretty hyped after we got to see them after the South Alabama game, said junior quarterback Keenan Reynolds. We were pretty excited in the locker room. Got a big win. And got to see those sweet uniforms.

I love them. Theyre nice!, said senior fullback Noah Copeland. Theyre the best uniforms I think Ive ever worn here.

If you look good, you feel good and that could translate into a victory for Navy.

Under Armour has been outfitting Navys athletic teams since July 2014.

Other Sports News:

Source: http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/12/13/navy-to-don-new-uniforms-for-army-navy-game/

Continue Reading ..