Thought on why?

BlueBulldog said:
but I guess as a practical matter service academies just have to have D1 programs to be taken seriously
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Taken seriously by whom and as what? Do you think if they didn't have DI programs that somehow they wouldn't be "taken seriously" as institution, as a college or what?
 
Devil Doc said:
I haven't told this story in awhile. I'll keep it short. We thought DS was a lock for football at USNA. Seats on the 50 yard line at all home games. Pre-game conversations on the field with Coach Johnson. It all came to a crashing stop though when they got lots of the recruits they were going after. My son didn't slate high enough and he was more interested in football than the Academy. He ended up bouncing around to five different schools before graduating. He chased the sports dream until it ended. He's doing OK though. He ran another 300 PFT last week including a sub-18 minute three mile run and he's currently at the rifle range wasting more government money on ammo.
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Good Lord! He's a PT stud!
 
kinnem said:
Devil Doc said:
I haven't told this story in awhile. I'll keep it short. We thought DS was a lock for football at USNA. Seats on the 50 yard line at all home games. Pre-game conversations on the field with Coach Johnson. It all came to a crashing stop though when they got lots of the recruits they were going after. My son didn't slate high enough and he was more interested in football than the Academy. He ended up bouncing around to five different schools before graduating. He chased the sports dream until it ended. He's doing OK though. He ran another 300 PFT last week including a sub-18 minute three mile run and he's currently at the rifle range wasting more government money on ammo.
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Good Lord! He's a PT stud!
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I started sneaking him into the Ft. Belvoir gyms when he was 11 when I transferred up from Camp Lejeune. When he turned 12 I got him in without being shady and it was hard to get him out of there. He realized how it helped in hitting homeruns and obviously with football and conditioning became an obsession. Being unmarried helps along with not having other hobbies or distractions. He pretty much just works and works out. He told me that some of his Marines brag to others that their CO is not human, a cyborg even.
 
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