Program Profiles: Army

Army since 1890
Independent
Mascot: Black Knights
Colors: Black and Gold

It’s like the service academies are in their own little world. In fact, Army is, being Independent of conference. As long as they win the Commanders-in-Chief cup, very little of the rest of the season matters to anyone. The players are not provided the luxury of concentrating on nothing but the game like in small town enclaves who pump their heart and soul all year in to the program. Army can’t compete with schools like that.

But they do have the Army-Navy game. This game is invariably on Top Ten lists of college tradition. Everything about this game has been ritualized from the walk in to the stadium to singing of the alma maters after goose eggs. Perhaps attendance isn’t life altering for neutral spectators, but they report it is something every football fan should experience.