Beat Army, Beat Navy, Ua Si Rau Lub Tebchaws

Keenan Reynolds tau zoo siab tom qab Navy rub tawm 17-13 yeej dhau Army hauv xyoo 2012 ntsib ntawm cov kev kawm. Lub quarterback, tus tub ntxhais kawm tshiab thaum lub sijhawm, coj Midshipmen ntawm 80-yard qhab nia tsav, uas nws tau capped nrog yim-yard touchdown khiav nrog tsawg dua tsib feeb ua si.

Navy yeej yav tav su hauv Philadelphia yog nws 11^th ncaj nraim rau cov Dub Knights. Reynolds yuav tsis paub qhov nws nyiam hu nkauj ua ntej. Nws yog ib tug zoo meej 4-rau-4 nyob rau hauv nws cov hauj lwm tiv thaiv Army raws li qhov streak loj hlob mus rau 14 kev ua si, ntev tshaj nyob rau hauv kev sib tw uas hnub rau 1890.

Nws yog qhov kev ua si 2012, txawm li cas los xij, uas sawv tawm. Tom qab tag nrho, txij li thaum tuaj txog hauv Annapolis lub caij ntuj sov "Beat Army" tau dhau los ua txoj hauv kev ntawm lub neej.

Reynolds hais tias, "Nws yuav luag zoo li qhov hnyav hnyav tau raug tshem tawm vim tias peb yeej, txoj sia nyob, thiab nws tau zoo li no," Reynolds tau hais rov qab, uas nws 4,559 txoj haujlwm rushing yards yog feem ntau los ntawm Football Bowl Subdivision quarterback thiab nws 88 txoj hauj lwm rushing touchdowns. yog cov feem ntau nyob rau hauv tag nrho ntawm Division 1, FBS thiab FCS, los ntawm ib tug quarterback. “Los mus rau hauv lub tsev kawm ntawv, kom yeej Army yog zoo li thawj yam koj kawm. Koj yog ib tug plebe, koj tab tom taug kev hauv lub tsev thiab txhua zaus koj tig sab xis lossis sab laug, koj qw, 'Beat Army'."

Joe Gerena paub qhov kev xav ntawm sab nraud ntawm kev sib tw ncaws pob hauv tsev kawm qib siab. Ib pab tub rog quarterback los ntawm 1997 txog 2000, Gerena thawj zaug tawm tsam Navy yog xyoo 1998 kev ua si hauv Philly. Nws tuaj rau Dub Knights 'thib peb series thiab thaum kawg tau pab coj rov qab ib nrab thib ob hauv 34-30 yeej. Kev yeej yeej yeej tsis sweeter.

"Kuv paub tias lub sijhawm ntawd tshwj xeeb npaum li cas," hais Gerena, uas, tom qab txhos caug tsis kam tso kev ncaws pob, uas yog nyob rau hauv rooj plaub hauv nws lub tsev Tampa. “Kev xyiv fab thiab kev zoo siab ntawm kev ua koob tsheej nrog kuv cov phooj ywg thiab kuv cov kwv tij yog qhov zoo kawg li. Txhawm rau sawv tom qab Navy raws li lawv yuav tsum tau hu nkauj ua ntej, thiab tom qab ntawd los pivot thiab khiav mus rau lub corps yog ib yam uas nyuaj rau muab tso rau hauv cov lus uas nws xav tau tiag tiag vim tias koj muaj ntau txoj kev xav hauv koj lub siab. Beat Navy. Nws yog ib yam uas koj nyob thiab ua pa tiag tiag. "

Txawm li cas los xij, muaj qee yam uas nws nyiam tshaj, thiab qhov ntawd tau pom nws tus tub tau tawm tsam tawm tsam Midshipmen xyoo tas los. Brett Gerena ua si tsuas yog ob qho kev ua si rau Tub Rog xyoo 2021, thiab ib qho ntawm lawv tau tawm tsam Navy hauv New Jersey Meadowlands. Ib tug 17-13 tub rog poob yog ib qho lus taw qhia hauv tag nrho cov tswv yim ntawm txhua yam rau tsev neeg Gerena.

Tus txwj laus Gerena hais tias, "Nws ua rau kuv chim siab thaum pom nws mus tom teb. "Qhov tseeb, peb tsis tau txais qhov txiaj ntsig peb xav tau, tab sis nws yog hnub tshwj xeeb, paub meej. Kuv yuav tau txais cov qub goosebumps dua nyob rau xyoo no kev ua si. "

Qhov kev ua si xyoo no, 123rd ntawm cov kev kawm, yuav nyob rau hauv Philadelphia rau hnub Saturday tav su.

Qhov txias txias, qhov kev zoo siab yog qhov uas cov neeg ua si xav thaum sawv cev tsis yog tsuas yog Corps of Cadets thiab Brigade of Midshipmen, tab sis qee yam loj dua.

"Nws yog rau Asmeskas," said Kip Frankland, Navy qhov kev tawm tsam loj. "Peb ua rau Asmeskas thiab nws yog qhov zoo heev uas pom cov txiv neej tawm mus ua haujlwm rau peb lub tebchaws. Tib neeg tuaj yeem cog rau qhov ntawd. "

Vim tias qhov kev ua si yog America's Game, uas Navy coj 62-53-7, muaj kev xav ntawm lub luag haujlwm ntawm cov kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm gridiron.

"Koj xav ua si nyuaj rau txhua tus neeg uas saib," Reynolds hais. “Txhua tus neeg saib. Lub teb chaws, kev pab tub rog, neeg txawv teb chaws. Nws yog kev hwm zoo heev thiab ntau lub luag haujlwm los koom nrog hauv qhov kev ua si. "

Qhov ntawd yog li cas tus hluas Gerena xav ua ntej ua haujlwm xyoo tas los.

"Nws yog qhov tshwj xeeb heev nrog ntau lab tus kiv cua saib thoob ntiaj teb," nws hais. “Nws yeej ua rau koj ua tsis taus pa. Lub sijhawm ntawd, koj tsis xav txog dab tsi tab sis lub luag haujlwm ntawm tes, thiab qhov ntawd tau ntaus Navy. "

Gerena feem ntau hnav nws txiv lub tsho rau hauv tsev kawm ntawv theem pib. Loj hlob hauv Tampa, nws tau ncig los ntawm cov kiv cua ntawm ntau pab pawg ncaws pob hauv tsev kawm qib siab hauv Sunshine State. Yog li ntawd, nws daig tawm thaum nws los txog rau nws txoj kev ntseeg, hnav cov xim ntawm West Point thaum xav ua raws li nws txiv txoj kev taug.

"Kuv ib txwm muaj qhov ntawd ua lub hom phiaj, loj hlob thiab ua si ncaws pob," nws hais. “Kuv yuav nyob hauv lub tiaj nraum qaum tsev ua txuj ua si rau Army. Loj hlob hauv Florida, koj muaj cov kiv cua ntawm Florida State, Florida, UCF, USF thiab Miami. Txhua tus muaj lawv pab neeg thiab kuv zoo li sawv tawm. Tab sis saib tus me nyuam tam sim no, ua si rau pab tub rog. "

Tus me nyuam ntawd, tam sim no ib tug thib ob linebacker, yuav yog ib feem ntawm ib qho kev tshwm sim, tsis yog ib qho kev ua si, uas tsim nyob rau hauv lub lim tiam thiab yog nyob rau hauv cov yeeb yam los ntawm kev hu nkauj ntawm alma mates tom qab ua si kawg. Txhua yam hais txog Tub Rog / Navy drips nrog pageantry thiab keeb kwm.

Reynolds hais tias "Raws li ib tus neeg ua si, koj sim ua kom koj tus kheej tsuas yog lub suab nrov xwb, thiab tsom mus rau qhov kev ua si thiab qhov tshwm sim ntawm kab," Reynolds hais. "Qhov tseeb yog tias koj yuav tsum sim ua kom nws tag nrho. Raws li kuv hais tias kuv tsuas yog tsom mus rau qhov kev ua si, khiav tawm (ntawm lub qhov) thiab mus rau hauv qhov chaw ntawd, koj yuav tsum tau tsau nws thiab txaus siab rau lub sijhawm ntawd. "

Nws yog qhov pom zoo kom pom tag nrho Corps of Cadets thiab tag nrho Brigade of Midshipmen zoo siab rau lawv pab pawg, thiab txhua qhov kev lom zem ntawm lawv uas ua si tawm ntawm cov laug cam thaum so hauv qhov kev txiav txim.

"Nws yog qhov kev ua si lom zem tshaj plaws uas kuv tau ua si hauv," hais tias tus ncaws pob laus Bijan Nichols, ntseeg tias yog thawj qhov chaw ncaws pob hauv Navy keeb kwm los ua tus thawj coj pab pawg. “Kuv tsis xav tias muaj dab tsi tuaj yeem piv rau nws. Pom cov tub rog thiab cov tub rog yog qhov txias heev. "

Zoo li Frankland, Nichols tau sau tseg tias qhov kev ua si kuj yog hais txog dab tsi los tom ntej, yuav ua li cas tag kis.

Nws hais tias, "Qhov kev ua si sawv cev li cas," nws hais tias, "muaj ntau yam txog kev pabcuam rau peb lub tebchaws thiab peb yuav ua li cas tomqab ntawd (peb tawm hauv kev kawm).

Qhov ntawd yog qhov uas tus txwj laus Gerena ib txwm xav tias tshwj xeeb txog qhov kev ua si. Ob pab, tseem yog ib pab tub hluas npaj ua hauj lwm ua ke.

Nws tau hais tias "Nws yog tib qhov kev ua si uas txhua tus neeg ntawm thaj chaw ntawd txaus siab tso lawv lub neej rau txhua tus saib nws," nws hais. "Txhua tus thiab txhua tus ntawm cov neeg ua si ntawm ob sab ntawm lub pob tau xaiv los ua cov haujlwm uas xav tau los npaj lawv tus kheej los ua qhov kev txi kawg hauv kev tiv thaiv peb lub tebchaws thiab tiv thaiv peb cov txiaj ntsig."

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123rd kev ua si ntawm Tub Rog / Navy yuav yog hnub Saturday ntawm Lincoln Financial Field hauv Philadelphia. Nws yuav tshaj tawm hauv CBS pib thaum 3 teev tsaus ntuj Nws yuav yog lub rooj sib tham 90th hauv Philadelphia thiab thawj zaug txij li xyoo 2019. Xyoo tom ntej kev ua si yuav raug ua si ntawm Gillette Stadium hauv Foxborough, Mass. ua ib feem ntawm kev ua koob tsheej nyob ib puag ncig 250th hnub tseem ceeb ntawm Boston Tea. Party thiab 225th hnub tseem ceeb ntawm USS Constitution. Nws yuav yog 2027 ua ntej qhov kev ua si rov qab mus rau Philadelphia.

2024: Fed Ex Stadium, Landover, Md.

2025: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore

2026: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ

2027: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia