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Originally posted by DeltAlum
As the guy (I'm spacing his name right now) who wrote the book "Civil Wars" about the Army/Navy Game rivalry/tradition wrote, some of these players will trade gridiron wars for very real ones after graduation.
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John Feinstein. Wasn't that a great book? I got it for Mr. KR a few Christmasses back.
We went to the wedding of one of Mr. KR's classmates a couple of springs ago and Navy's All-American safety* was in the wedding party (Mr. KR's classmate was his "sponsor dad"). Mr. KR is a huge Navy football fan so he went up to him at the reception to shake his hand even though he'd never met him before. This young man stood up when Mr. KR approached his table, seemed genuinely happy to "talk football" for a few minutes and, when Mr. KR and I left, said, "It was nice meeting you, Sir, Ma'am."
Just trying to imagine Marcus Vick or someone of his ilk doing that! lol
*ETA: Mr. KR has informed me that he doesn't think he was an All-American; not first team anyway. But he was really good
lol