From owner-usna-sports@usna-net.org Sun Oct 5 18:25:36 2003 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.9p1) id h95MPaQ4020870; Sun, 5 Oct 2003 18:25:36 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-sports@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5b-227.clvhoh.adelphia.net [68.71.101.227]) by usna-net.org (8.12.9p1) id h95MPYwi020862 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2003 18:25:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <1b0c01c38b8f$998ec280$6501a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" Subject: usna-sports Game Gab Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 18:25:36 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 Sender: owner-usna-sports@usna-net.org ----- Original Message ----- Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 21:21:14 -0400 Subject: Game Gab From: Joyce Hoffer To: Family Net USNA-Sports Last night, the Drum and Bugle Corps of Air Force and Navy met at Navy/Marine Corps Stadium in competition. As I had never seen it before, and my sponsor son from Texas plays the bugle, I went to watch. Luckily for me, an experienced D & B Mom sat nearby and could explain what I was seeing. Judges are on the ground, with small tape recorders in hand, to watch the footwork and listen to the notes and beats. Judges are high up above, to note the precision, the flow of formations and patterns. Each team played three pieces. AF added its familiar "Off we go, into the wild blue yonder." Air Force won the High Percussion and High Horns awards, and beat us out by a mere 2 points, plus a couple hundredths. We turned the tables on them today, though! It sprinkled a few drops as I left home this morning and a few drops as I was dropped off this evening. Otherwise, this was the PERFECT day for a football game!! We two sponsor moms chatted about our various mids, past and present, as we found a new way to Fed Ex Field. We arrived in plenty of time to meet the sister and grandpa of a very special plebe I know, to grab a hotdog, establish a meeting place for afterwards, and find our seats before the march-on. The pro stadium was more than half empty, but those in attendance made their presence known!! A perfect flyover began the perfect game. USUALLY, I take pictures at Navy functions. Well, I did that too, but today I took NOTES!! I was sitting next to 75 year old Connie and her husband Paul, of like vintage. Connie is "A PIECE OF WORK," as one of my ensigns likes to say!! Connie and Paul receive seasontickets to Navy football games as an annual Christmas present from their daughter and son-in-law. Connie is the grandstand coach, if ever there was one, and all our "neighbors" got a big kick out of her yelling, "NOT THAT PLAY AGAIN!" She continued, as our team was near the goal line with "TAKE IT OVER THE TOP!!" And when they did, she turned to me and commented, "They're finally listening to me!" I'm sure they could hear Connie clear to the middle of the field, and possibly to the other side of the stands. They could see her too!! At one point, the stadium TV cameraman on the field was focusing close-up on fans in the first few rows. A boy in the front row, with blue and gold stripes painted on his face, saw himself on the big screen, reached down and pulled up a poster: "FALCON: THE OTHER WHITE MEAT." He had drawn a picture of a Thanksgiving turkey on a platter at the bottom!! (When I met him outside the stadium after the game, he held it up so I could take his picture.) Not to be outdone, Connie stood up, pulled back her jacket, stuck out her chest ith the sweatshirt that read NAVAL ACADEMY MIDSHIPMEN and proceeded to do a "hoochy-koochy" shimmy onscreen. Everyone around us cheered. (Not sure if that was on the national broadcast. If so, you saw my hand waving at the right edge.) Somewhere about the end of the 3rd quarter, an AF fan two rows behind us caught Connie's eye, leaned down and asked, "Where did you rent that team from?" I got the idea that lady had come prepared to win big time!! One of the Navy players had a broken left hand, and wore what looked like a sack covering it. He played a GREAT game!! Connie turned to her husband and asked, "What's that thing on his hand? Is he the catcher?" Paul has a sly sense of humor, and came right back with: "He's not the catcher, he's the puncher." Connie turned to those of us sitting around her and quipped, " I may not know much about football, but I KNOW there's no such thing as a puncher!" We were in the 3rd row on the 30 Yard Line, behind the AF bench. AF AND Navy played their hearts out. One of the best football games I have EVER seen!! It was the first time we beat AF since 1985, so you can imagine how happy the mids were!! That was the best thing of all -- they were cheering, yelling, waving. Not a single one was just STANDING. They were jumping up and down, all together, so we could see the waves of happiness. Morale was at an all-time high. The Supe and the Dant were either on the field or in the stands for the entire game. At one point, the mids chanted, "Suuuuuuuupe, Suuuuuuupe, Suuuuuuupe." As the game ended, there was another announcement: The Supe and the Secretary of the Navy granted all four classes Overnight Liberty, so then they were delirious. Tonight was also a special celebration night at the big amusement park nearby, which features a Haunted House at this time of year, and lots of the mids had plans to go there. Watching the teams face their own fans and sing their school songs is unbelievable!! The Blue and Gold we recognize. The AF song was not that familiar. At the end of each, the fists went up and BOTH teams yelled, "BEAT ARMY!!" We all know that in the end, the three services will play on the same playing field. Joyce Hoffer, A Sponsor Mom *** USNA-Sports post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= From owner-usna-sports@usna-net.org Sun Oct 5 20:09:32 2003 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.9p1) id h9609W8k034194; Sun, 5 Oct 2003 20:09:32 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-sports@usna-net.org using -f Received: from imo-r07.mx.aol.com (imo-r07.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.103]) by usna-net.org (8.12.9p1) id h9609UYL034177; Sun, 5 Oct 2003 20:09:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from LKernNavyMom@aol.com by imo-r07.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id 3.1a1.1b10f20e (3948); Sun, 5 Oct 2003 20:09:24 -0400 (EDT) From: LKernNavyMom@aol.com Message-ID: <1a1.1b10f20e.2cb20cb3@aol.com> Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 20:09:23 EDT Subject: Re: usna-sports Game Gab To: mzets@usna-net.org, USNA-Sports@USNA-Net.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 6018 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.98e X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Sender: owner-usna-sports@usna-net.org Thank you, Joyce, as always for the wonderful narrative report! Wish we were there in Crabtown for the historic football game yestereday! Even our Mid missed the exciting game (on the road in PA for a CC meet). Laura Kern Commerce Twp, MI Kristyn (05) Varsity CC/Track *** USNA-Sports post by: LKernNavyMom@aol.com ========================================= This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= From owner-usna-sports@usna-net.org Sun Oct 5 21:18:53 2003 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.9p1) id h961Irr6042165; Sun, 5 Oct 2003 21:18:53 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-sports@usna-net.org using -f Received: from web80402.mail.yahoo.com (web80402.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.79.57]) by usna-net.org (8.12.9p1) id h961IpjS042140 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2003 21:18:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20031006011842.7777.qmail@web80402.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [63.205.143.190] by web80402.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 05 Oct 2003 18:18:42 PDT Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 18:18:42 -0700 (PDT) From: LaMar Stewart Subject: usna-sports Pride Bowl Sprint Football Victory To: usna-sports@USNA-Net.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.98e X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Sender: owner-usna-sports@usna-net.org Good News!! We got a call this afternoon from our son, Scott Lieng, from Riverfront Stadium in New Jersey where the Navy Sprint Football team shut out Army by a score of 14 to 0. He indicated that the offense came alive (377 yards - total offense) and the defense limited Army to 132 yards. The team has a four hour bus ride back to the yard, so they will be tired in class tomorrow. Also they will have a short week because they will leave for Ithaca, NY on Thursday to play Cornell next Friday. Good luck to the Sprint Team (And The Varsity) for continued success. Go Navy! Beat Army! LaMar H. Stewart Sokcheat Ly-Stewart Brea, California Parents of Soktheas Scott Lieng, '04/5th - Sprint Football *** USNA-Sports post by: LaMar Stewart ========================================= This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. ========================================= From owner-usna-sports@usna-net.org Sun Oct 5 22:25:09 2003 Received: (navy@localhost) by usna-net.org (8.12.9p1) id h962P9Si050164; Sun, 5 Oct 2003 22:25:09 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: usna-net.org: navy set sender to owner-usna-sports@usna-net.org using -f Received: from Orion (oh-northolmstead1-5b-227.clvhoh.adelphia.net [68.71.101.227]) by usna-net.org (8.12.9p1) id h962P7Sl050155 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2003 22:25:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <1cee01c38bb1$10bf4a70$6501a8c0@Orion> From: "Mike Zets" To: "" References: <20031006011842.7777.qmail@web80402.mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: usna-sports Pride Bowl Sprint Football Victory Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 22:25:09 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 Sender: owner-usna-sports@usna-net.org A minor correction to an earlier post. Navy's Football team last beat Air Force in 1998. The statistic that was misquoted was than Navy hasn't beat a Nationally ranked Air Force team since 1985. This year's Air Force team was ranked in the top 25 college teams in the US going into last Saturday's game. Overall, this was one of the best games I've had the pleasure of attending in a long time. The team played extremely well and the coaching/play-calling was balanced in a way not seen very often in a Navy game. The right plays at the right time... Clock Management that was on a par with the best Pro games... A goal line defense worthy of the Steel Curtain of the 70's... And best of all, real-time adjustments on both the Offense and Defense that reflected an extremely well prepared team capable of reacting to the best Air Force could muster. My congratulations and thanks to all involved for the best navy Football game I've attended in many, many years. Mike Zets Westlake, OH mzets@USNA-Net.org Moderator - USNA-Net Listservers SysOp - www.USNA-Net.org *** USNA-Sports post by: "Mike Zets" ========================================= This Message may not be shared with any non-member! Remember, your Mid is NOT a member of this list. =========================================