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Jeff Monken starts his third season at Army with one goal in mind - win the opener just like he did as rookie head coach of the Black Knights. It promises to be a difficult task - the foe is Temple, and the Owls will be playing at home Friday night. ''What they've done and what they've built there is not just build a good team, but build a good program,'' Monken said about the Owls, who finished 10-4 last year and were ranked. Continue to Article

September 01, 2016 6:44:pm EST

Remember when news emerged that Army starting quarterback Ahmad Bradshaw had left the program? Well, apparently he changed his mind, and is now back in line to start for the Black Knights when their season opens against Temple. Army coach Jeff Monken said Thursday that it’s “likely” Bradshaw, a junior, will start over sophomore Chris Carter. “He’s so far ahead in the repetitions that he has taken,” Monken said of Bradshaw per the Times Herald-Record. Continue to Article

August 26, 2016 9:24:am EST

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Syracuse and Army have agreed to resume their football series with four games in the next decade. Continue to Article

August 21, 2016 11:41:am EST

Army junior quarterback Ahmad Bradshaw has left the program just days after leading the first-team offense in a scrimmage on Saturday. Bradshaw, who made seven starts last season, was in line to be the Black Knights’ starting quarterback. According to the Times Herald-Record, Bradshaw’s decision came after West Point held its Affirmation Ceremony on Sunday, which coincides with the start of the academic year. Continue to Article

August 17, 2016 11:43:am EST

When Army coach Jeff Monken kicks back in his office chair, he can stare out the massive side window at Michie Stadium and the sign that hangs above Blaik Field on the home side - ''National Champions 1944, 1945, 1946'' - and imagine Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside running rampant. ''I think that's awesome,'' said Monken, the latest Army coach to use films of the program's glory days as motivation for today's players. Army briefly became king of the hill in the decade of the 1940s after Earl ''Red'' Blaik was hired as head coach in 1941, and Notre Dame became its foil in the biggest rivalry in the nation. Continue to Article

August 14, 2016 2:02:pm EST