Now what? A picture of a Navy football player? What site was this again?

But...if you look a little closer at #74's jersey, particularly his left shoulder...you'll notice that he's wearing, like all service academy football players, a patch, which the players wear to honor military units. Here's the patch close up:

My son Ben graduated from the Naval Academy in May 2008. This photo is from his last regular season game in December 2007, at Ravens Stadium in Baltimore.

During his USNA years he was an offensive lineman, playing in over 35 games, helping the Mids win four Commander-In-Chief's Trophies, a victory over Notre Dame (Navy's first in 43 years), and four bowl appearances.

He wasn't the only Navy player to wear an Army patch that day. Star running back Reggie Campbell, in honor of a relative deployed with OIF with the 1st ID, proudly wore TBRO on his Navy jersey.

Ben honored all of us in the Army Bands family in his last Army-Navy game, the 108th in the series.

This Saturday is the 110th meeting...here's to two great football teams, made up of some great young men whose best days serving our country lie ahead.

Oh...and here's Big Ben with his proud mom and pop, taken on his wedding day at USNA, May 2009.