Seems they run their own feeder prep school, plus, you can play pro while in the reserve, unlike the old Roger Staubach days - nice trick.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/sports...-news&_r=0

Well they went down today. Go Army!

Thanks for sharing. God bless all of our military!

That being said, I sure would like the Tigers to Beat Navy ! here (at home) next year.

(12-10-2016 06:28 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  Well they went down today. Go Army!

Army looked good. I guess Temple just took it all out of Navy.

(12-10-2016 04:12 PM)roundhouse74 Wrote:  Seems they run their own feeder prep school, plus, you can play pro while in the reserve, unlike the old Roger Staubach days - nice trick.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/sports...-news&_r=0

There are many things that you can do in the Navy that you cannot do anywhere else...

Fighter Pilot being one of them.

(12-10-2016 06:47 PM)roundhouse74 Wrote:  

(12-10-2016 06:28 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  Well they went down today. Go Army!

Army looked good. I guess Temple just took it all out of Navy.

maybe losing their qb to injury had something to do with it

Sounds better than a summer job at FedEx.

(12-10-2016 07:18 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(12-10-2016 04:12 PM)roundhouse74 Wrote:  Seems they run their own feeder prep school, plus, you can play pro while in the reserve, unlike the old Roger Staubach days - nice trick.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/sports...-news&_r=0

There are many things that you can do in the Navy that you cannot do anywhere else...

Fighter Pilot being one of them.

Well, the Air Force Academy is where Navy got the idea for this feeder system and they've got some good pilots too. I'm not getting in the middle of who is better.

(12-10-2016 07:18 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(12-10-2016 04:12 PM)roundhouse74 Wrote:  Seems they run their own feeder prep school, plus, you can play pro while in the reserve, unlike the old Roger Staubach days - nice trick.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/sports...-news&_r=0

There are many things that you can do in the Navy that you cannot do anywhere else...

Fighter Pilot being one of them.

You can sail the seven seas
You can put your mind at ease

(12-10-2016 08:07 PM)holyterror Wrote:  

(12-10-2016 07:18 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(12-10-2016 04:12 PM)roundhouse74 Wrote:  Seems they run their own feeder prep school, plus, you can play pro while in the reserve, unlike the old Roger Staubach days - nice trick.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/sports...-news&_r=0

There are many things that you can do in the Navy that you cannot do anywhere else...

Fighter Pilot being one of them.

You can sail the seven seas
You can put your mind at ease

You can be a fighter pilot in the Marine Corp. Also: Ask an Air Force pilot to land on a carrier that is bobbing up and down in the middle of the ocean.

(12-10-2016 04:12 PM)roundhouse74 Wrote:  Seems they run their own feeder prep school, plus, you can play pro while in the reserve, unlike the old Roger Staubach days - nice trick.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/sports...-news&_r=0

NAPS only accepts 250 students per year, the Academy appoints roughly 1500 midshipmen per year. Believe me, NAPS is not a backdoor to get players in.

As to your "reserve" trick you speak of, it requires a waiver granted by the CNO, the senior admiral of the Navy.

(12-10-2016 09:43 PM)Seabee TIger Fan Wrote:  

(12-10-2016 04:12 PM)roundhouse74 Wrote:  Seems they run their own feeder prep school, plus, you can play pro while in the reserve, unlike the old Roger Staubach days - nice trick.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/sports...-news&_r=0

NAPS only accepts 250 students per year, the Academy appoints roughly 1500 midshipmen per year. Believe me, NAPS is not a backdoor to get players in.

As to your "reserve" trick you speak of, it requires a waiver granted by the CNO, the senior admiral of the Navy.

According to the article (not me):

"Seventy-five percent of the current football team got into the Naval Academy through NAPS, according to the Midshipmen football media guide. More than half the men’s basketball team went to NAPS, and 60 percent of the women’s basketball team. There have been years when 80 percent of the lacrosse team’s players were NAPS graduates."

"In addition to a free education, the Navy gives NAPS students $1,000 a month."

"Recently, athletes good enough to become professionals haven’t had to put in five years of military service. In May, the secretary of the Navy granted waivers to four Navy athletes, allowing them to play while serving in the Reserve. They included Keenan Reynolds, last season’s quarterback, who is now with the Baltimore Ravens, and Joe Cardona, who is the long snapper for the New England Patriots."

On the positive side, the article presents a good case that these kids work hard on academics in the prep school and, like most college athletes, most don't go on to be professionals. Most of these young men and women go on to serve their country. I'm not knocking it, but when people marvel that we lose to Navy's and Navy has all these restrictions on attending so they must be winning on coaching, or smarts, it's worth noting that Navy has ways to recruit top notch athletes just like any other school - maybe better than some others.

(12-10-2016 10:48 PM)roundhouse74 Wrote:  

(12-10-2016 09:43 PM)Seabee TIger Fan Wrote:  

(12-10-2016 04:12 PM)roundhouse74 Wrote:  Seems they run their own feeder prep school, plus, you can play pro while in the reserve, unlike the old Roger Staubach days - nice trick.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/sports...-news&_r=0

NAPS only accepts 250 students per year, the Academy appoints roughly 1500 midshipmen per year. Believe me, NAPS is not a backdoor to get players in.

As to your "reserve" trick you speak of, it requires a waiver granted by the CNO, the senior admiral of the Navy.

According to the article (not me):

"Seventy-five percent of the current football team got into the Naval Academy through NAPS, according to the Midshipmen football media guide. More than half the men’s basketball team went to NAPS, and 60 percent of the women’s basketball team. There have been years when 80 percent of the lacrosse team’s players were NAPS graduates."

"In addition to a free education, the Navy gives NAPS students $1,000 a month."

"Recently, athletes good enough to become professionals haven’t had to put in five years of military service. In May, the secretary of the Navy granted waivers to four Navy athletes, allowing them to play while serving in the Reserve. They included Keenan Reynolds, last season’s quarterback, who is now with the Baltimore Ravens, and Joe Cardona, who is the long snapper for the New England Patriots."

On the positive side, the article presents a good case that these kids work hard on academics in the prep school and, like most college athletes, most don't go on to be professionals. Most of these young men and women go on to serve their country. I'm not knocking it, but when people marvel that we lose to Navy's and Navy has all these restrictions on attending so they must be winning on coaching, or smarts, it's worth noting that Navy has ways to recruit top notch athletes just like any other school - maybe better than some others.

I've had the priveledge, and chore I might add, in assisting some young people process their applications, none have been athletes, but it is a tedious process. The academy's primary mission has been, and always will be, to man the fleet. The athletes that they are accepting aren't 4 or 5 star recruits. They're people who incompass the whole person concept.

(12-11-2016 12:24 AM)Seabee TIger Fan Wrote:  

(12-10-2016 10:48 PM)roundhouse74 Wrote:  

(12-10-2016 09:43 PM)Seabee TIger Fan Wrote:  

(12-10-2016 04:12 PM)roundhouse74 Wrote:  Seems they run their own feeder prep school, plus, you can play pro while in the reserve, unlike the old Roger Staubach days - nice trick.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/sports...-news&_r=0

NAPS only accepts 250 students per year, the Academy appoints roughly 1500 midshipmen per year. Believe me, NAPS is not a backdoor to get players in.

As to your "reserve" trick you speak of, it requires a waiver granted by the CNO, the senior admiral of the Navy.

According to the article (not me):

"Seventy-five percent of the current football team got into the Naval Academy through NAPS, according to the Midshipmen football media guide. More than half the men’s basketball team went to NAPS, and 60 percent of the women’s basketball team. There have been years when 80 percent of the lacrosse team’s players were NAPS graduates."

"In addition to a free education, the Navy gives NAPS students $1,000 a month."

"Recently, athletes good enough to become professionals haven’t had to put in five years of military service. In May, the secretary of the Navy granted waivers to four Navy athletes, allowing them to play while serving in the Reserve. They included Keenan Reynolds, last season’s quarterback, who is now with the Baltimore Ravens, and Joe Cardona, who is the long snapper for the New England Patriots."

On the positive side, the article presents a good case that these kids work hard on academics in the prep school and, like most college athletes, most don't go on to be professionals. Most of these young men and women go on to serve their country. I'm not knocking it, but when people marvel that we lose to Navy's and Navy has all these restrictions on attending so they must be winning on coaching, or smarts, it's worth noting that Navy has ways to recruit top notch athletes just like any other school - maybe better than some others.

I've had the priveledge, and chore I might add, in assisting some young people process their applications, none have been athletes, but it is a tedious process. The academy's primary mission has been, and always will be, to man the fleet. The athletes that they are accepting aren't 4 or 5 star recruits. They're people who incompass the whole person concept.

Also, to even be considered for the Academy, or any other NROTC scholarship a composite 24 ACT is required to even be remotely competitive. The acceptance rate to the academy is less than 10%.

I wish our LB's had played the Navy option the way Army's did today. Dayum!

(12-11-2016 07:22 AM)SandyTiger Wrote:  I wish our LB's had played the Navy option the way Army's did today. Dayum!

Army players actually study group movement tactics. I expect that is an advantage in preparing for a Navy-style offense. You can't expect to duplicate the results of weeks of study in a one week game prep.

(12-10-2016 08:44 PM)TIGERBUDDY Wrote:  

(12-10-2016 08:07 PM)holyterror Wrote:  

(12-10-2016 07:18 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(12-10-2016 04:12 PM)roundhouse74 Wrote:  Seems they run their own feeder prep school, plus, you can play pro while in the reserve, unlike the old Roger Staubach days - nice trick.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/sports...-news&_r=0

There are many things that you can do in the Navy that you cannot do anywhere else...

Fighter Pilot being one of them.

You can sail the seven seas
You can put your mind at ease

You can be a fighter pilot in the Marine Corp. Also: Ask an Air Force pilot to land on a carrier that is bobbing up and down in the middle of the ocean.

Where is the Marine section at the Army Navy game?

They're all Navy until they graduate ... I think they're made their choice ... but it ain't official till they toss their hats. One other thing ... the KIA rate for Navy grads vs Army grads is way low, obviously. Navy is quite safe compaired to Army. Maybe why they've been getting better players. Just sayin' ...