They are national stalwarts in every way, including when it comes to simply showing up in the stands. It’s the Army-Navy game, so there they are. They almost never miss. For decades, they have rearranged their lives to be there.
Why do they go?
How could they not?
“When you go for that first time, you’ve heard about it, but when you’re in that stadium, you get it, my goodness, you really get it,” Clint Carroll, Navy Class of 1989, said on the phone this week. “You realize you’re connected to these people. The word I would use is noble.