Military’s first yr within the AAC couldn’t have probably gone higher for this system.
The Black Knights secured their first convention title on Friday night time with a convincing 35-14 win over Tulane, bettering their report to 11-1 total and an ideal 9-0 throughout the convention.
The No. 24 Black Knights don’t have a sensible probability on the 12-team School Soccer Playoff, even with the convention championship, however it’s nonetheless a season value celebrating following back-to-back 6-6 seasons.
Exterior of a short run in Convention USA between 1998-2004, Military has largely been an impartial earlier than becoming a member of the AAC this season.
Its solely loss was a 49-14 loss to Notre Dame two weeks in the past.
Military nonetheless has one sport left on its schedule when it performs Navy within the annual Military-Navy sport subsequent weekend at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland.
If Military wins that sport, it’ll give this system its first 12-win season.
That is already simply the second 11-win season in program historical past, a mark it beforehand reached in the course of the 2018 season.
The celebrities of Friday’s sport for Military have been quarterback Bryson Each day and working again Kanye Udoh, each of whom rushed for greater than 125 yards within the win.
Each day rushed for 4 touchdowns all on his personal whereas additionally finishing his solely two passes for 17 yards.
Whereas Friday’s sport is a trigger for celebration for Military, it’s a bitterly disappointing finish to the common season for Tulane. With a No. 18 rating going into final week’s sport towards Memphis, the Inexperienced Wave had at the very least a preventing probability to get into the playoffs because the AAC champion if it had gained out.
However after shedding to Memphis by 10 factors after which getting blown out by Military on Friday, these likelihood is utterly gone. It additionally provides Tulane 4 losses in a season for the primary time in three years.
