Football is more than just a game for us. There has never been an important game like the two service colleges, the Army and the Navy played in December 1944. Randy Roberts, an outstanding history professor at Purdue University, tells the story of a game army - a naval football game that has never been attended - and attracted a country in the war.
On December 3, 1944, the Earl of the Army, "Red" Black, received a telegram from a man he knew very well, a person who respected the football game very much. A day ago, the telegram congratulated Black and his army for defeating the most fierce rival Naval Academy. The telegram came from General Douglas Macarthur in the Philippines at the time.
The American team began to tell the story of Black and how he came to the Army's head coach. Roberts not only analyzed Black's coaching ability, but also analyzed the man's personality. An interesting story in the book is the original "Fifth Fifty" script. Real college fans knew about the Colorado-Missouri game in the late 1980s, when the fifth defeat was awarded. Well, what many people may not know is the game between Cornell University in 1940. Cornell was one of the highest ranked teams in the United States at the time, and Dartmouth was coached by a red Blake.
Subsequently, Roberts sneaked into a large number of military players, they are an important part of Black's grand plan to change the army football. You may have heard of Glenn Davis and Felix "Doc" Blanchard - two Heisman trophy winners, you may not be familiar with George "Barney" Poole, DeWitt "Tex" Coulter, Max Minor or Doug Kenna.
The story of how these people came to West Point and their story of athleticism and resilience is very interesting. You'll learn about existing military projects that bring the best, brightest, and most athletic people from all over the country to the Naval Academy. As a result, from 1939 to 1943, the Navy defeated the Army five times in a row, and the Cadets only scored 6 points in these five defeats. Black then found a way to get some talent to West Point, and the trend began to change.
What makes the story even more incredible is the time period in which it happens. The United States is a country in a state of war. This is the time for the ration and the draft. The college is cultivating the future leaders of our army, and our army now needs them! West Point cadets are advancing for two and a half years through their normal four-year program. Due to the war, universities across the country cancelled their football programs. Even the focus of this book, the game between the two chambers in 1944, was strictly examined and almost cancelled.
This is a fascinating story about our most precious games, about young people, about difficulties, about the country, about services. For real college fans, this is a game in December 1944, without a mask, the ball is slightly fatter than today; this is probably the most important game in the history of the sport. Read the US team and find out why.
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