An Army Navy classic article by John Feinstein

Though dated December, 2002 - most of Feinstein's gouge is spot-on (except for that comment about " two bad teams" that is) . . . click on the hotlink title line to see the entire article on-line.

in part:
"All great rivalries for different reasons with differing traditions. But Army-Navy is unique because as much as the players want to win the game--and they want desperately to win it, believe me--theirs is a bond between them that simply doesn't exist in other rivalries.

But for this one day, the records simply don't matter. They will matter again soon, but not on this day, not during this game. Bob Sutton, who coached at Army for 17 years--eight as an assistant, nine as the head coach--explained Army-Navy best. "Other games are played for today," he said. "Army-Navy is played for forever."

Go Navy!