Ever Wonder Why Army-Navy Gets Its Own Weekend?

Hola, America.

Not only did I unwittingly overlook the MAC championship (Northern Illinois 23, Ohio 20), but should have paid ho-mage to the Baylor-Texas game (da Bears annihilated the Longhorns, 48-24).  So out of the box, here's my first prediction of the weekend:  Robert Griffin III will win the Heisman Trophy tonight.  (By the way, Matt Barkley wasn't even invited to New York?  Really????)

Most of my picks last weekend turned out to be right--LSU, Oklahoma State (which should be playing in the BCS championship game), Oregon, Wisconsin, Boise State, and BYU all winning as predicted.  Truly surprised seeing Houston get thoroughly blown out (watched most of the game, Cougars were wannabees and Southern Miss was soooo stoked).  And how about those Clemson Tigers...defying the odds, beating VA-Tech for the second time this season...even worse than the first.

Once again, Division III provides the anti-playoff argument, as Mount Union and Wisconsin-Whitewater...ho-hum...will win their semi-final games and face each other next week for the seventh year in a row for the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl.)

And now, without further delay, here's what my service academy family has been waiting for since Air Force nailed down the Commander In Chief's Trophy (again)...the ONLY game being played in Division I FBS this week. 

Army (3-8) vs. Navy (4-7).  Game will be played at FedEx Field in Landover, MD, seemingly providing a home field advantage to the USNA.  Most of the pundits are leaning in the direction of the Middies.  Yet they've been disappointing, which was especially the case during the middle of the season.  They did rebound nicely to beat SMU, and their offense churns out 406 yards of total offense per game.  In the early part of the season, Army showed more guts.  After dropping its first two games, the Cadets rebounded with an impressive victory over Northwestern.   But they've been manhandled by some pretty mediocre teams since then.  Both teams defenses will be hard-pressed to stop the others' running game, and recently Navy has been more successful as it's held its last two opponents under 140 yards.  Everyone knows this game is won as much on emotion as anything else, which is why Army has a real chance to pull the upset.  But Navy QB Kriss Proctor has never lost to Army, and in my estimation that adds up to the better motivation.  Sorry, family.  PICK:  Navy.