Observe this glorious rivalry condescension, which Navy is pulling off with the helmets it’ll wear in the 2016 Army-Navy game. Here’s the Secretary of the United States Navy:
Yep, those 14 stars on Navy’s alternate uniforms refer to their 14-year win streak over Army
There’s a spot for 15. About that, though.
See that white star at the base of the back of the helmet below? That’s the “room for one more.”
That shot across the bow certainly wasn’t going to go unreturned by Army, even aside from, you know, winning the game and making this a potentially significant embarrassment.
It took things so seriously, it revoked a G-14 (get it?) classified order in advance of the game, thus ending a secret Pentagon program meant to boost Navy morale by having Army pretend to be inferior at football for 14 straight years, according to this very serious video. (Every year, Army and Navy like to have fun with each other online before this game.)
The helmets are part of a full set that is a nod to uniforms worn in the ‘60s.
They look absolutely lovely in their own right. But the hook here is the stars, and the marketing campaign that revolves around earning the 15th.
Before the streak started, the series was almost dead even at 46-49-7, with the edge going to Army, but then Navy ripped off 14 straight and begun to own the rivalry. It’s the longest streak in the series, and there wasn’t even a streak longer than five wins before 2002. Now the streak is over.
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