It’s time for my prediction on the Army-Navy game. Yeah, the game is several weeks away but I think my prediction will hold up to the test of time. Here it is – Navy 49 Army 14. I had the unfortunate opportunity to watch Army get crushed by Georgia Tech today. Somebody reading this entry will counter by pointing out that Navy was smoked today as well by Wake Forest. To me it’s irrelevant. Navy runs a better system on offense. Army’s offense can’t keep the ball moving. That’s why Army’s defense is always so tired by the third quarter. You can bet on it – Navy will win going away (again). Army should have offered Paul Johnson the coaching job back when they had the chance.
This is my highlight for today. Taji simply didn’t deliver much excitement. It’s whisper quiet, the weather is nice, and our work was routine. On our way to one of the battalions we’re working with we passed an almost unending field of rusting tanks, artillery, engineering equipment, and armored personnel carriers. It’s another stark reminder of how the balance of power has changed in this region. The Iraqi army went from being one of the largest in the world to practically nothing. I personally think it was a huge mistake to disband the Saddam’s army. It was one of the few remaining unifying organizations remaining after the invasion. Instead of using it to help rebuild we gave the entire army pink slips. That adds up to almost 450,000 trained personnel that we sent packing. Voila! Instant insurgency! …. I digress.
Back to college football – I loved Vandy’s upset of South Carolina. LSU pulled off another miracle win. If Ohio State plays in the BCS championship against an SEC team they will get stomped again (see last year for reference).
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