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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Prep-school bound?
Army released its 2009 recruiting class Monday.
Some names were missing from the list. A number of players will attend and play football at Army Prep in the fall.
Rivals.com lists a 2009 signing class. Here are some players who are on the Rivals list but not among Army’s announced recruiting class. So they could [...]
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Recruiting class by the numbers
1: Quarterback. Trent Steelman, the quarterback at Army Prep last season, will be given a chance to compete for a starting spot in the fall.
4: California recruits. Ellerson plucked three high school players from his old recruiting stomping grounds when he was Cal Poly. Linebacker Will Holder could be one of Army’s better open-field tacklers [...]
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Army’s 2009 recruiting class
Here’s what Army fans have been waiting for since February. Coach Rich Ellerson announced his 2009 recruiting class Monday. I just got off the phone with Ellerson and will have more later today and some of the incoming freshmen which includes prep school quarterback Trent Steelman.
Frank
Allen
OT 6-4 275 Palmyra,
N.J./Holy Cross (USMAPS)
Justin Allen RB [...]
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A long-awaited Homecoming
He coached LSU to a national football title and was a coach of the year.
He worked under legendary coaches Earl “Red” Blaik and Paul “Bear” Bryant.
Paul Dietzel was the first non-West Point graduate to be named Army football coach in 1962. It was Dietzel’s third tour of duty as West Point. Dietzel coached the plebes [...]
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Future schedules update (Updated)
June 24: Temple announced a 1 p.m. kickoff time for the Oct. 17, 2009 game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. It is also Temple’s Homecoming game.
June 11: Nothing new to report on Army’s quest to play a game at the new Yankee Stadium.
June 10: ESPN’s Ivan Maisel wrote on ESPN.com Tuesday that Army bought [...]
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Army-Navy future sites announced
Army and Navy announced sites for future games Tuesday afternoon.
Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field will host the Army-Navy game in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2017.
The game will be held at FedEx Field in Washington, D.C. in 2011 and M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore in 2014 and 2016.
The new Giants Stadium was the only one of [...]
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Where are they now? Owen Tolson
Former Army punter Owen Tolson still has NFL dreams.
But for now, Tolson is focused on his military life. On Monday, Tolson was moved to a new assignment, working in Brigade Headquarters in Ft. Hood, Texas.
Tolson, a 2008 West Point graduate, was a platoon leader in charge of 30 soldiers at Ft. Hood since January.
“I’m making [...]
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Recruiting Class 411