New York Times bestselling author, John Feinstein, is back for another season with the Black Knights and will report in after each football game during the 2018 season. Feinstein's weekly report will be posted to GoArmyWestPoint.com following each battle on the gridiron.
Too many heroes to count. And every one of them was needed. Or, as Jeff Monken said when it was over, "That was a fistfight, a bloody-knuckle brawl."
Or, put more simply: it was one hell of a football game.
Once upon a time, Saturday's game against Hawai'i on a perfect late summer afternoon inside Michie Stadium would have been one of those where those who live and die with the Black Knights would have walked out shaking their heads about the blocked field goal at the end of the half; the two chop blocks that short-circuited third quarter drives; the failed fourth down lunge that could have wrapped up the game.