Ghost of Kyler Murray haunts Army in Sam Hartman

PHOTO (Wake Forest Athletics): Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman escapes a sack. VIsit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN WEST POINT – Wake Forest’s Sam Hartman haunted Army with a Kyler Murray-ish performance. Hartman had to play to that level if the16th-ranked Demon Deacons were to beat the Black Knights. Army controlled the ball for 42:43, but Hartman maximized the Demon Deacons’ limited possession time of 17:17 to outscore Army 70-56 in a shootout on Saturday before…

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Army’s football players learn during turbulent year there is always more awareness to discover

By TOM SHANAHAN “Awareness, awareness, awareness,” was how TV analyst Frank Broyles, a College Football Hall of Fame coach, described players with instincts. Another kind of awareness, racial, was an additional quality that Army West Point’s players gained as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. The players relied on virtual group phone calls to remain connected upon West Point closing nine months ago at the start of COVID-19 pandemic. At first, they were casual conversations from hometowns…

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Cunningham’s commitment as a future veteran is uncommon but at the same time familiar

PHOTO (Army Athletics): Cedrick Cunningham celebrates with teammates. By TOM SHANAHAN Cedrick Cunningham explained how West Point recruited a guy that knew little about service academy football. In exchange for a chance to play Division I college football, he committed to serve as a future officer during an endless war on terrorism. It's not your stereotypical West Point story of son or daughter following their father into the military. But it is a familiar one among players, I’ve…

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