Head Coach Jeff Monken
(Ref.: opening statement)
"We are really excited about the game this weekend. Anytime you're competing in anything at West Point, you look forward to the opportunity to compete against Navy, the biggest rival that we have. Our guys are excited as well as the coaching staff and everyone involved. We are really looking forward to the game this Saturday. We've had the opportunity to prepare, this is now our third week coming off the Fordham week. We had a few practices that first week with Thanksgiving weekend off, and I thought our guys came back fresh and a little more rested than we typically are which is good. We practiced five times last week and took Saturday and Sunday off. We finish up practice this week on Thursday and head out to Baltimore. Hopefully the extra time and preparation is going to be a positive for us. We've certainly tried to hit every scenario that we think may be a possibility in the game to try and best prepare for Navy who I think is a terrific football team. They are a very talented and extremely well coached team. We've got a few guys banged up still that we are not sure will be ready for the game, some guys in starting or key positions, we are trying the best we can to get those guys healthy this week, we would love to go into the game with 100 percent of our players that we count on from week-to-week. Read More