This past weekend my family and I (minus Mom) met in Philadelphia for the 111th Army Navy Game. My Dad is an extremely proud graduate of West Point, and we have been going to these games for what it seems like forever. For those who do not know, the Army Navy game is a huge rivalry, with lots of pranks/name calling happening up until the event. When we were younger my Dad used to dress all my siblings up in Army gear and we would ring the doorbells of his Navy friends cheering Go Army, Beat Navy. Now, as we grow older, my sister is dating a Naval Academy grad, so the smack talk usually resides between him and my father. Unfortunately for my Dad Army has not managed a win in quite some time, but he takes it all in stride.
We met in the parking lot outside of Lincoln Field and tailgated for a couple of hours. This was one of the warmest games in my recent memory (44 degrees) so I was loving life. After everyone enjoyed some beers and sandwiches, we headed in to watch the pregame show. Parachuters enter the stadium from high in the sky, and there are several fly overs. Cadets and midshipmen from their various schools make video skits taunting the other teams, and those are played on the jumbo tron. After all the pomp and circumstance the game begins and we settled in for 3 hours of kind of boring football (they can't make the whole game exciting). Its nothing like watching bigger schools play football, but its a great family experience that we share every year, even if there are no bragging rites any more.
Go Army, Beat Navy!
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