playing Navy every year has its costs. I think we should continue playing them, but not every year. I d like to see us continue the series along with Army, maybe play Navy more but spice in Army. We have a great history with Army and I understand the whole Navy series with the ROTC saving Notre Dame, but we have magnified their program through the years and the results are pretty clear with everyone they play it takes something out of the opponent the following week. ( Ohio state national title team playing Virginia tech the week after navy).
If we do play them, we should schedule a bye week.
Is southern Cal magically the team of the west historically or have we magnified them through the years?
Is Stanford all of a sudden a power or is it the Notre Dame series that has elevated them over the past 20 years when we started playing?
I think it's time to schedule better, playing Stanford the week after navy is a hidden scheduling problem for Brian and the staff.