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Bowl Games (other than ours) and associated silliness 2024 Plus the Playoffs

hokiehead said:
I'm not seeing the connection from the last three paragraphs to the plenty of reasons that the game should be played the week after the CCGs.
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Think in terms of planning a military campaign.

Also just think in terms of teaching in general.

You don't give the final exam at the start of the semester.
 
Ever since there was an Army/Navy game, it’s been held at the end of the season. Let’s at least pretend to hold some traditions sacred, shall we?
 
hokiehead said:
I'm not seeing the connection from the last three paragraphs to the plenty of reasons that the game should be played the week after the CCGs.
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The service academies have a whole period of time, well more than a week, built and planned around the service academy games. Outsiders would look at them as just a bunch of dusty traditions but they are all part of ingraining a culture that is part of forming the officers who eventually will be the core of the command structure of the military.

This isn't stuff that can just be moved from the end of the season to the beginning. It's a lot bigger than some cheers and parades
 
Not Sure said:
Ever since there was an Army/Navy game, it’s been held at the end of the season. Let’s at least pretend to hold some traditions sacred, shall we?
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We're ok crowning a NC who didn't even win their conference, ok paying players, ok with players transferring every year, ok with conference realignment that has nothing to do with geography or traditional rivalries or similar academics..... but the Army/Navy game is too sacred to move to a different week.

I'm just not seeing the logic.
skibum said:
Think in terms of planning a military campaign.

Also just think in terms of teaching in general.

You don't give the final exam at the start of the semester.
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Not so you give the final exam after the end of the semester (in this analogy the AAC CCG).

Look, I don't really care. I just find the passion over the Army/Navy game disproportionate to its relevance. Maybe if I had a military background of any sort I'd feel differently.
 
hokiehead said:
We're ok crowning a NC who didn't even win their conference, ok paying players, ok with players transferring every year, ok with conference realignment that has nothing to do with geography or traditional rivalries or similar academics..... but the Army/Navy game is too sacred to move to a different week.

I'm just not seeing the logic.

Not so you give the final exam after the end of the semester (in this analogy the AAC CCG).

Look, I don't really care. I just find the passion over the Army/Navy game disproportionate to its relevance. Maybe if I had a military background of any sort I'd feel differently.
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The game is bigger (to the schools) than the conference championship, the playoff, any bowl, etc.

It is their biggest game of the year, in any year.

No qualifiers, no "unless ___."

It's the biggest game.

They ain't moving it for anyone.
 
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