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Army wants a promotion. The Black Knights are tired of ending their season against Navy.

No BCS glamour teams? No Heisman Trophy candidates? Nobody who'll be decked out in a pricey designer suit and jabbering into a cell phone when the TV cameras show him as a top pick in the next NFL draft? Not enough big-time atmosphere, not enough glitz - that's your problem with the Army-Navy game? If so, you're missing the whole point of the best ...

The U.S. Naval Academy football team, riding a triple-option offense that clicks with military precision, already has wrapped up its seventh consecutive season with at least eight wins and a bowl berth.

Rich Ellerson loves the rivalry between Army and Navy, calling it "a template" and "the example of what a rivalry should look like." He is aware that Navy has dominated the competition recently, winning the past seven games by an average score of 39-10. But he wants to make one thing clear.

It's called the double-eagle flex defense and it was basically co-created by Rich Ellerson more than 20 years ago when he was defensive coordinator at Hawaii.

Times Herald-Record Army football reporter Sal Interdonato and Annapolis Capital Navy football reporter Bill Wagner will offer their take all week on issues related to the Army-Navy game to be played at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Philadelphia.

Alejandro Villanueva is used to getting up early. West Point cadets usually awaken before sunrise, often cramming for tests.

PHILADELPHIA - For the players at Army and Navy, the first Thursday in December has usually been a time to put the finishing touches on their preparation for their annual rivalry game.

Army coach Rich Ellerson left his defense on the field. Steve Erzinger had just dropped North Texas quarterback Riley Dodge for a four-yard loss on third down inside Army's red zone.

Brad Marren isn't going to be the player sitting on the bench during a sideline pep talk Saturday.

The Army football players met on Sunday to watch film, as they always do the day after a game.

Victor Ugenyi wasn't exactly smiling Tuesday while watching Army's first-team defense prepare to play Air Force on Saturday.

First-year coach Rich Ellerson brought a new offense and defense with him to Army.

Army and Rutgers games had essentially been over by halftime the last two seasons.

Last time Rutgers traveled up to West Point to face Army, RB Ray Rice had a career day, rushing for 243 yards and two touchdowns, in a 41-6 win.

Army defenders Mike Gann , Victor Ugenyi and Josh McNary pressure Vanderbilt quarterback Larry Smith causing him to throw an incomplete pass in the first quarter of their game in Michie Stadium at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY on Saturday, October 10, 2009.

Team records: Army 3-3; Temple 3-2. Series: Army leads series 4-2. Temple beat Army 35-7 in the 2008 season opener at West Point.

Army football co-captain Victor Ugenyi kept a close eye on his team's pulse at practice Tuesday.

Tulane quarterback Joe Kemp and the Green Wave offense will have to contend with Army's double-eagle flex defense today at West Point, N.Y. The defense presents mutiple eight-man fronts and can be hard to dissect for offenses.

Following Army's 35-19 loss to Duke, Army head coach Rich Ellerson addressed the media.