Navy Quotes

[Punch for Bowls: Navy still has to play Notre Dame (4-1) and Rutgers (3-1). Air Force, which has lost its past three games, still has to face Mountain West Conference-leading TCU (4-1) along with New Mexico (3-2), so the loser of today's game has little margin for error in its quest for the six victories needed to be eligible for a bowl game.] I think whichever team is the more urgent or plays like the more desperate team could be the one that wins the game, ... I told my team the other day, 'Don't forget to what it's like to win.' - Fisher DeBerry

[Highlighting the 2005 schedule are games with local rivals University of Maryland-Baltimore County (Sept. 11), Navy (Sept. 13) and Howard (Sept. 25). The Mids will be making their first trip to Emmitsburg since the 2002 season. The Mount opens the conference schedule at St. Francis (Pa.) in Loretto, Pa., on Sept. 30.] The non-conference is always a mixed bag... Our non-conference contests are good, but we need to be prepared for St. Francis (Pa.) at the end of September. Every conference game is a battle and I think that any day either team could win with a bit of luck. - Paul Wood

[Coyle said the point of BRAC is to coalesce military functions and save the DOD and taxpayers money.] This doesn't do either... The DOD itself says that this recommendation will not save the taxpayers or the Department of the Navy any money. - Philip Coyle

[A few doors away Scott Wood hung a 5-foot-by-10-foot flag on his front porch.] It actually was given to my mom when my dad passed away... He was a Navy veteran in World War II. I've been waiting for the right time to pull it out, and today seems to be the right day. - Scott Wood

(Navy) football history is certainly part of the current group of players' education. But they only go back as far as the days of the 1950s and '60s. - Paul Johnson

(Brad) came over and we watched the Army-Navy game on TV and he got sucked in a little bit. When you go there, your jaw just drops and he knew it was for him. - Nick Kamberis