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U. S. Military Academies

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Army-Navy is the biggest rivalry among the academies but Air Force has won the most CIC trophies (21).

Army has the fewest (9) but are the only team who can win it this year if they beat Navy (16).
 
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Navy is in a down year and still trying to find themselves since parting ways with Coach Ken. Going to take a minute I'm guessing depending on how the wars keep going and people start wanting to wear a uniform or not. If war in the ME pulls us in, the Navy is the safest place for people to enlist! LOL
 
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NCAA committee tables Army, Navy request to add regular-season game in hopes of boosting CFP chances

The service academies play their annual rivalry game one week after the playoff field is selected
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NCAA committee tables Army, Navy request to add regular-season game in hopes of boosting CFP chances​

The service academies play their annual rivalry game one week after the playoff field is selected​

Army and Navy's request to add a 13th regular-season game has been tabled by the Division I Football Oversight Committee, sources confirmed to CBS Sports.

Because their annual meeting in December is played the week after the College Football Playoff field is selected, an additional game would have helped with not only their CFP resumes but also standing in the AAC.

Both programs were in the running for a CFP berth well into November just this past season.

The Oversight Committee, which met recently to discuss the matter, has oversight responsibility of the regular season and championship administration. A source familiar with that meeting told CBS Sports there was "no support" from Oversight to honor the request. The source added that granting the schools' request would be "a legislative beast" to be approved because of the impact on the regular season.

The Army-Navy request would require the NCAA to modify its rules which limits teams to 12 regular-season games. CBS Sports was first to report the schools' request.

NCAA Bylaw 17.11 sets the maximum number of regular-season FBS games at 12. Bylaw 17.11.4.1 allows a 13th game for teams that play a regular-season game in Hawaii.

Both Army and Navy are in the AAC. The Black Knights joined in 2024 after 20 years as an independent prior to its last conference membership in Conference USA from 1998-2004.
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Just sayin': I think that they should arrange with the AAC to play the Army/Navy game the week just before the AAC CCG. Problem solved....:cool:
 
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Navy's Blake Horvath is elite college football quarterback who earns no NIL money

Blake Horvath is one of the top QBs in the country. But he's unique even among that group for a very specific reason. His career NIL earnings: $0.
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Navy's Blake Horvath is elite college football quarterback who earns no NIL money​

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Consider these rankings.

At No. 10 is D.J. Lagway, a five-star recruit from a year ago, a trendy Heisman pick who likely saved Billy Napier’s job and has Florida fans legitimately excited for the first time in years.

At No. 9 is Arch Manning, the most recognizable player in college football, as close to a Chosen One as has existed in football for a long while.

At No. 8 is Blake Horvath. Navy’s quarterback.

That’s the way EA Sports College Football 26 ranked those three quarterbacks ahead of the game’s release this summer, putting Horvath in an elite tier next to the game’s best. He’s part of a top 10 that includes Clemson’s Cade Klubnik, LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier and the rest of the names you’d recognize.

This being college football in 2025, that means everyone on that level is being well-compensated. It’s probably conservative to estimate that every elite quarterback in the country is at least a millionaire, with plenty of those names earning way more than that. Duke quarterback Darian Mensah is making a reported $4 million a year. Klubnik has an NIL valuation of $3.3 million, per On3. Manning is estimated to make more than $6 million.

“It’s funny sometimes to look around and be like, ‘Wow, that guy’s getting $6 million, that guy’s getting $4 million,” Horvath said at American Conference media days in July.

Horvath’s valuation is simple, and it isn’t an estimate. It’s $0.

Athletes at service academies are considered government employees and are not allowed to make money off their name, image and likeness. The service academies are also barred from opting into the House v. NCAA settlement that allowed schools to directly pay athletes for the first time.
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“There was never a thought in my mind to leave,” he said. “I don’t think there’s another quarterback or player in the country who’s a better fit for a system than I am at Navy.”
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Unlike Manning and Lagway, Horvath was not a five-star recruit. He grew up just outside Columbus, Ohio, born into a family of diehard Buckeye fans. It’d take longer to list the members of his extended family who didn’t go to Ohio State.

A three sport athlete (basketball, baseball and football), Horvath ran the triple-option offense at Hilliard Darby High School. Former coach John Santagata estimates they’d throw the ball an average of five times a game.
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Just sayin': Anyone else a Horvath fan?
 
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