Monthly Archives: January 2008

Bishop Lynch pipeline

By Sal Interdonato | Published: January 30, 2008 | Comments closed
Army coach Stan Brock and his staff must have really like what they saw in the Bishop Lynch (Dallas, Texas) football team. Brock got his second verbal commitment for a Bishop Lynch player in linebacker Thomas Puskarich, according to the Dallas Morning News. Puskarich, who is 6-foot-2, 215 pounds) was a second-team all-state selection and made a [...]
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Good news for Army football players?

By Sal Interdonato | Published: January 25, 2008 | Comments closed
West Point superintendent Franklin L. Hagenbeck released this news yesterday. Cadet Field Training in the summer will be shorten after plebe year, starting with the class of 2011.  Another summer training session will be added to the final cadet summer (before his/her senior year). If I’m reading this right, it means cadets will be cut a break during the summers before [...]
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Army’s 2008 schedule

By Sal Interdonato | Published: January 24, 2008 | Comments closed
It’s official, the Army’s 2008 schedule has been released. You won’t see the Boston Colleges, Georgia Techs, Wake Forests or even the Tulsas. But it’s consistent with what athletic director Kevin Anderson has talked about and it gives Army a realistic chance to have its first winning season since 1996. Seven of the teams on the schedule had a [...]
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Texas safety gives verbal

By Sal Interdonato | Published: January 23, 2008 | Comments closed
Army coach Stan Brock continues to build a solid recruiting class. Bishop Lynch (Dallas, Texas) safety Michael Tamez gave Brock his verbal committment recently, according to Bishop Lynch assistant coach Rene Ramirez. “Michael was a team captain and a great competitor,” Bishop Lynch coach Bill Persinger said. “Michael is a fine young man and will do us proud at the Point. He [...]
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2008 Buffalo-Louisiana Tech games confirmed

By Sal Interdonato | Published: January 23, 2008 | Comments closed
The University at Buffalo athletics Web site confirmed Tuesday Army will travel to Buffalo on Oct. 18, 2008 in the first of two meetings between the teams. This means Army and Buffalo should play again sometime in the near future. Maybe at West Point. Last week, Louisiana Tech athletic director Jim Oakes announced Tech signed a contract [...]
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Campbell out of Shrine game

By Sal Interdonato | Published: January 19, 2008 | Comments closed
Talked to Army senior safety Caleb Campbell today. He will not play in the East-West Shrine game Saturday (tomorrow). Campbell tweaked his right hamstring in practice Wednesday. He decided playing and risking further injury wasn’t worth it with the NFL Scouting Combine approaching next month. Campbell talked to plenty of scouts in Houston, site of the game. “I’m excited because I’m [...]
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Scheduling stuff

By Sal Interdonato | Published: January 15, 2008 | Comments closed
The Tulsa Word confirmed Friday Army canceled its away game at Tulsa in 2008 and bought out the home-and-home contract. The newspaper said Tulsa officials didn’t release the amount Army paid. Tulsa played at West Point in 2007. So Army paid to get out of a home game against Georgia Tech and a road game at Tulsa in 2008. Where [...]
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No decision on Army’s offense

By Sal Interdonato | Published: January 10, 2008 | Comments closed
Army coach Stan Brock said Thursday he and his staff haven’t made a decision as to what offense his team will run in 2008. And Brock said they probably won’t sit down and talk about it as a group until after the recruiting season, which lasts until mid-February. “It’s just too busy right now,” Brock said. “The [...]
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Viti tough

By Sal Interdonato | Published: January 8, 2008 | Comments closed
To anyone that’s watched Army fullback Mike Viti, it’s no surprise the senior made ESPN college football analyst Mark May’s “All-Mayday”  team, which recognizes the toughest players in the country. Viti probably shouldn’t have been on the field for the Army-Navy in December. He had suffered a high ankle sprain two weeks before against Tulsa and was on crutches and in [...]
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Bowl watching

By Sal Interdonato | Published: January 8, 2008 | Comments closed
As I watched Tulsa rip apart Bowling Green Sunday night and Rutgers score at will against Ball State Saturday, I came away with a few observations. 1. The Mid-American Conference, which Bowling Green and Ball State play in, is pretty bad. When Army played a MAC team this season, TV announcers brought up how it would be a good move [...]
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