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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Jordan Blackman #10 of the Army Black Knights celebrates after rushing for a touchdown during a game against the Mercer Bears at Michie Stadium on October 24, 2020 in West Point, NY.

Blackman rides a West Point wave to a storybook moment

PHOTO (Dustin Satloff/Army Athletics) By TOM SHANAHAN The scene unfolding as West Point's Jordan Blackman was engulfed by teammates was something out of a Hollywood movie. The senior had scored his first career touchdown in last week’s 49-3 win over Mercer at Michie Stadium. Moments earlier, his first career carry was a 13-yard run. On third-and-goal from the 6, he plowed his way over the left front pylon. A Mercy tackler, careening backward, must have asked for mercy…

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