The game continues amid the pandemic: Army and Navy will meet Saturday for the 121st time, remaining as planned while other rivalries — including Ohio State and Michigan, originally set for Saturday — become casualties of COVID-19.
There are no secrets between Army and Navy, two programs tied by tradition, bonds between coaches, offensive styles and the neutral-site affair that typically stands alone as the only game played on the final weekend of the regular season.
That won't be the case in 2020. With the season extending deeper into December than ever before, Army-Navy is just one of 38 games set for Saturday (a random regular-season Saturday last year had 58 games).