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Army Launches Preemptive Strike

2:19 PM, Nov 29, 2007 • By BRIAN FAUGHNAN
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When the Army-Navy game goes down on Saturday, Navy is a two touchdown favorite to win its sixth straight Commander in Chief Trophy. But according to this college football blog, Army has already pulled off a win of its own--kidnapping Navy's goats. A 'cadet-team-sized element' reportedly infiltrated Horizon Organic Farm in Gambrills, Maryland, at 0200 hours on November 18.

In fact, Army even made a YouTube video to document their brazen raid:

While there's no shame in getting your goats stolen, it does raise questions about security procedures. Shouldn't the Naval Academy be protecting not only the goats, but even the location of the facility where they're kept?

Worse still is the Navy response:

It's a good thing the Middies are (reasonably) good at football; their trash talking leaves much to be desired.

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