Post by sleepy on Dec 21, 2010 12:06:31 GMT -8
(Disclaimer: For you sensitive Alan Alda-types on this board who can't stand anything remotely disparaging against Annapolis, do not read past this point!!)
The following is from John Feinstein's excellent book, "A Civil War: Army vs Navy" (Back Bay Books)...
"The 1994 (Navy) opener was at San Diego State, a talented Western Athletic Conference team. Garrett Smith, who was one of four new starters on the offensive line, remembers the first play of the new season vividly:
"It's your first game, you're all fired up and ready to go," he said. "First play, I come off the ball with everything I have, throw my entire body into the guy I'm blocking, and pick myself up two yards behind the line of scrimmage. I said, 'Uh oh." I went back to the huddle and I said to Bryce [Minamyer], 'How's your guy?' He said, 'Brutal.' Then I asked Alex Domino the same thing and he just shook his head and said, 'A monster.' Right then, I knew we were in trouble."
It was worse than that. At halftime it was 42-0. San Diego State called off the monsters in the second half, and the final was 56-14."
The following is from John Feinstein's excellent book, "A Civil War: Army vs Navy" (Back Bay Books)...
"The 1994 (Navy) opener was at San Diego State, a talented Western Athletic Conference team. Garrett Smith, who was one of four new starters on the offensive line, remembers the first play of the new season vividly:
"It's your first game, you're all fired up and ready to go," he said. "First play, I come off the ball with everything I have, throw my entire body into the guy I'm blocking, and pick myself up two yards behind the line of scrimmage. I said, 'Uh oh." I went back to the huddle and I said to Bryce [Minamyer], 'How's your guy?' He said, 'Brutal.' Then I asked Alex Domino the same thing and he just shook his head and said, 'A monster.' Right then, I knew we were in trouble."
It was worse than that. At halftime it was 42-0. San Diego State called off the monsters in the second half, and the final was 56-14."
