The Black Knights came through with a tough win against lowly Temple in their season opener on Friday in a game that was a joy to take part in.

"I love the defensive battles, you always cherish them when you get 'em, because with EA's ingenious Wide Open Gameplay West Point Pop Warner teams could put up 80 on USC. It's ridiculous."

Pat Mealy and Carson Williams helped manage the game and control the clock in this 21-17 thriller, but it was the defense that was the real MVP for Army. With a little over a minute to go Temple had the ball inside the Army 5, and with some not-so-intelligent CPU playcalling, Army held the Owls less than a yard short of the end zone when Temple was forced to go for it on 4th and 6.

"I'm really proud of the way we played today. We better enjoy this one, because I don't think we'll be winning a whole lot more this year."