Zemek: Army WP should remain an independent

The past several years of conference realignment have caused many teams to switch conference affiliations. Many will ask why Army did not join Navy in moving to the American Athletic Conference for this season. If you observe a few details about college football in general and about this season in particular, you will be able to see that Army made the right decision... and it's not a close call.

For more than a full century, Army was a major college football Independent. If Beano Cook – the beloved late college football historian and commentator – was still alive today, he might have said of Army, “It fought for our freedom, so it should remain free from a conference affiliation.” You may or…