In one of the most iconic rivalries of the college football world, Navy Midshipman and Army Black Nights’ will meet each other for the 125th time on Saturday to wrap up the regular college football season. The Black Knights are heading to the game with a huge confidence boost as they came fresh off a massive American Athletic Conference victory last week against Tulane. They, overall, had a pretty distinct season, with their lone loss recorded against Notre Dame. Although the Midshipman had their own strong points as they put together a solid 8-3 campaign, they are running 2-2, quite in contrast to their arch-rival’s back-to-back wins. Can the Army offense fall heavy on the Midshipman? Veteran analyst dropped a concerning detail.

”I got a feeling that the Navy is a little tired of taking this year. Bryson Daily…he’s as tough as anybody… This Army team is put together through him, their offensive line. They got two first-team all-AAC offensive linemen.. They hold the ball, they’re playing great football,” Garry Danielson revealed in a red alert confession.

He also mentioned how the entire team is still adjusting to their new offensive coordinator, Drew Cronic’s habits and rules. They are preparing, but it will take some time to avail the full benefit of the former Mercer man. But against a team like Army, the Midshipman isn’t in a place to commit any error. So, the path is quite narrow.

Daily, the beating heart of the Army is not only ahead of his game by the numbers he racked up through the season. Rather, he’s advanced and leisure-focused in his mindset as well. Before facing the arch-rival in the annual rivalry game, the kid made it clear that they would suit up to defeat. Beating Navy once in a year kind of becomes a ritual for the Knights, no matter how they perform through the rest of the season.

Amidst all the warnings, Brian Newberry has a deeper motivation to surpass the Army and reach the next step.

Brian Newberry had a deep past with Oklahoma Sooners

The veteran coach knows how important it is to move past the Army to proceed further, and he can’t just wait to coordinate his dream match against the Oklahoma Sooners. Navy will play the Sooners in the Armed Forces Bowl on Friday, December 27, in Fort Worth, Texas. It’s way more significant for coach Newberry than any other regular bowl game.

The Naval Academy coach grew up watching the Sooners play as he was born and brought up in the neighbourhood in Oklahoma. He attended Westmoore High School before playing at Baylor. But the primary motivation to join college football stemmed from the home state Sooners. As a fervent kid, when Brain first visited a college football game, he was in awe of watching the Sooners dominate over Colorado at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The memory is still sweet and fresh.

His career comes to a full circle when, after a lot of years, he is gearing up to lead his team against the Sooners. ”My parents, my sister, my brother live there in Oklahoma City, and so a big Sooner family. I had a niece who graduated there this past spring,” the veteran coach articulated the emotion attached to his rival program.

But keeping aside the nostalgia, Brain will certainly do everything in his power to topple the Sooners and clinch a bitter-sweet victory. But first comes first. They need to take care of the highly organised Army this weekend.