During his time at West Point, Ford was surprised to hear that Army was a decade behind its service-academy rival in moving cadets summer training to June so that football players could have July to attend summer school and prepared to the upcoming season.
Ford was also surprised to hear Monken talk about how little “Beat Navy” signs he saw on post when he first arrived.
“When I would go down to Annapolis, everywhere you looked was a ‘Beat Army’ sign,” Ford said. “Does that make a big difference? Probably not. But it’s symbolic.” Read More