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Rupe's Report
What
a strange game with Tulane!—Full of mysteries. The first was why was Navy
playing so poorly, especially after a bye week and they were so highly favored?
The answer turned out to be that when Tulane twice played Georgia State (who
uses the same triple option offense that Navy does), Tulane used the same
defensive game plan in both games. So, it stood to reason that they would use it
against Navy as well, at least that was the assumption. So, Navy reviewed the
films and practiced against it all week. Surprise! Surprise! Tulane came in with
a totally different defensive game plan and navy had to struggle for
nearly the whole first half trying to adjust to it. Nevertheless, no matter how
ugly, a win is a win. And, Navy received 15 first place votes in the
Today/Coaches Poll—up six from last week. The second mystery was that we in
Section 129 detected across the field a yellow Class of ‘58 flag lashed to a
railing outside of the the upper level of suites, above the midshipmen. Who was
it? And, what is the chance of being invited up there to join him?
Our
Tulane tailgate turnout was larger than expected and included about 20 ‘08ers.
The melding of our Great Eight Classes (’58 and ‘08) Tailgate continues to
grow and strengthen and we learn as we progress. We have tried two plans and
they both seemed to work well—If ‘08 has a large group, they remain and
continue to party at the site after ‘58 has departed. They store away any
tables and chairs after they have finished and return Sunday morning to strike
the tent. If it is a small group, we strike the tailgate site and ‘08 shifts
over to Mo’s house which is nearby. For the Tulane game, we used a third
plan—the Cadets took away all except the tent, tables and chairs and departed.
The mixed tailgate went on for another two hours. Finally, when we were reduced
to a “quorum” of about a dozen ‘58, ‘08, and guests, we drafted
everybody and struck everything with the ad hoc group.
Navy
is now one win away from Bowl Eligibility and Keenan is just three touchdowns
from a career record of most ever recorded. You have got to watch this one.
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| Bruce Wilcox with son Mark and Terry and Bette Cooper | Eileen Giglio with Jean LeBer |
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Eileen, Lynn, Ralph, and Mike |
What a manly group. Harry, Bob, and Tom |
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| Link Mueller, John Kennard. Paul Polski | Marty Hill, Gary Krause, and George Ojalehto |