The best team preview countdown anywhere continues with a team-by-team look at this year’s four independent programs. Join in!
The big Notre Dame preview
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Update, August 15: Four key contributors have reportedly been dismissed. Adjust expectations accordingly.
Read Article >Navy commits to its identity
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Make really good hires, back those hires up with good support in terms of facilities, salaries, etc., and voila. Any program can succeed.
Read Article >It’s Monken’s turn at Army
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That’s how I led off April’s Air Force preview. It goes for football jobs outside of the service academies, sure, but it really goes for the service academies. As college football gets bigger and stronger, Army, Navy, and Air Force athletes, by design, stay basically the same size. And while Navy has some things figured out from a financial standpoint, the Army and Air Force athletic departments have been playing catch-up for a while.
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