A Civil War: Army Vs. Navy a Year
Inside College Footballs Purest
Rivalry by John Feinstein
A Great Topic
Fans of Yale-Harvard--or, for that matter, of Tennessee State-Grambling--
may disagree with sports author John Feinsteins subtitle, but this look
inside the Cadet-Midshipmen wars backs up the idea of the annual Army-
Navy game as a purer expression of the ideal of college athletics than
your basic Poulan Weed-Eater Bowl. Feinstein focuses on the defensive
captains from each 1995 squad, young men whose football careers end
with the final gun of the big game. In a year when the service academies
are enjoying their biggest gridiron success in many seasons, Feinsteins
ruminations on the game seem particularly timely.
Personal Review: A Civil War: Army Vs. Navy a Year Inside
College Footballs Purest Rivalry by John Feinstein

Army-Navy is certainly an under-appreciated game. At least it has been by
me. I love college football. Not only that, I have an uncle who went to West
Point and another uncle who went to Annapolis and I *still* didn't care
about this game!
It is because I just didn't know.
I am not a big John Feinstein fan in general. I like his writing best when he
is just covering facts. If he tries to think, he gets in trouble. He is
sometimes not a particularly sharp guy: "Tom Cruise in Top Gun was the
greatest recruiter Air Force had. Come to Air Force, fly superfast jets, and
hang out with Kelly McGillis when you're on the ground"
Then he further alienates those hands that fed him as he did the book with
the moronic and trite "John Graves got the most oxymoronic assignment
the army can offer: miltary intelligence"
Turn-offs, to be sure, but not material to the subject at hand. I also respect
the chances Feinstein takes when he commits to following a team,
knowing that at the end of the day (or the season) it's possible that nothing
"magical" actually happens.
In this case, the magic is throughout, and the whole endeavor adds up to
one big inspiration. I can't wait to see the Army-Navy game this fall.
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