4.13.2023

The Rivalry: Mystery at the Army-Navy Game, Feinstein

                      Somehow, I misread a recommendation and downloaded a YA novel. I was on a plane when I realized it and had nothing else on my Kindle. Plus, John Feinstein is one of the best. I'll skip the plot which involves teen reporters meeting Barack Obama, Bob Woodward, and determining that the refs were betting on the game, before they were replaced in the 3rd quarter. The end piece has some great miscellaneous information though: TR was the first president to attend, the game was played in Chicago in 1926 to commemorate the opening of Soldier Field, only player in both college and pro HOF is, of course, Roger Staubach,  Staubach was also first of only four Heisman winners to be Super Bowl MVP, and the game was played in the Rose Bowl in 1983. Roger Staubach has said that the proudest moment of his life was to be introduced at the Super Bowl as "quarterback, from the United States Naval Academy."

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