First Things First

Before bowl season starts, we gotta finish the regular season! 

Navy (8-3) and Army (6-5) will go toe-to-toe in a much heated rivalry game this weekend in the 111th meeting of the two military academies. Kick-off is at 11:30 AM PST, and it will be hard to miss for college football fans, because quite simply, it is the only game on this weekend as it is the last regular season game of the year. It is one of the oldest rivalry games of all-time, with the first meeting of the two back in 1890 when Navy won 24-0. Last year, The Midshipmen beat the Black Knights 17-3 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA, which has traditionally been the site since 1932. The USNA (United States Naval Academy) has won 8 straight against the USMA (United States Military Academy). 

Both schools offer an option style of offense, so both defenses will have their hands full as Navy is 5th in all of Div. I NCAA football in rushing yards per contest with 302.5, and Army trails closely at 260.3 rushing yards per game which makes them 9th. Both team's starting quarterbacks combine for 230 pass attempts on the year, which is basically what Peyton Manning does in 3 weeks in the NFL...

Both teams have received bids to play in Bowl games this month as well, as The Naval Academy is playing in the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego on Dec. 23rd, and Army will be playing in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl on the 30th. Air Force completes the military school bowl game sweep as they will play in the Independence Bowl against Georgie Tech, and what I found via research, will be the first time EVER that all three schools will be "bowling" in the same season.

• Fun fact, instant replay made its debut in the Army-Navy game back in 1963.