http://sports.yahoo.com/news/navy-q...an-reynolds--heisman-candidacy-224031021.html
As a general life rule, you don't want the United States Navy mad at you.
Not only does it have warships that can launch ICBMs at you, but it also has the Naval Academy. And the Naval Academy has respect and prestige and clout. It is considered one of America's great institutions of higher education, producing future military leaders.
If you are perceived as anti-Naval Academy, you might as well be a flag-burning turncoat.
ESPN, of all politically and corporately correct entities, is now fighting the anti-Navy perception.
Here's the deal: Navy's quarterback, Keenan Reynolds, was leading the Nissan Heisman House fan voting for the past three weeks, which collectively will count as one actual vote for the Heisman Trophy. (You can cast your vote here.) Then, after the Midshipmen lost for just the second time this season, at Houston, Reynolds' name disappeared from the handy selection button page.
Previously, he had been one of five button choices. Now, there were five choices but no Reynolds. You could still vote for Reynolds, but it's a laborious process of selecting the write-in option, finding the conference, finding the team and then finding the player. To use a term from the World War II novel, "Catch-22," Reynolds was disappeared.
Navy was not pleased.
As a general life rule, you don't want the United States Navy mad at you.
Not only does it have warships that can launch ICBMs at you, but it also has the Naval Academy. And the Naval Academy has respect and prestige and clout. It is considered one of America's great institutions of higher education, producing future military leaders.
If you are perceived as anti-Naval Academy, you might as well be a flag-burning turncoat.
ESPN, of all politically and corporately correct entities, is now fighting the anti-Navy perception.
Here's the deal: Navy's quarterback, Keenan Reynolds, was leading the Nissan Heisman House fan voting for the past three weeks, which collectively will count as one actual vote for the Heisman Trophy. (You can cast your vote here.) Then, after the Midshipmen lost for just the second time this season, at Houston, Reynolds' name disappeared from the handy selection button page.
Previously, he had been one of five button choices. Now, there were five choices but no Reynolds. You could still vote for Reynolds, but it's a laborious process of selecting the write-in option, finding the conference, finding the team and then finding the player. To use a term from the World War II novel, "Catch-22," Reynolds was disappeared.
Navy was not pleased.
