{"id":120105,"date":"2021-11-28T08:44:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T13:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=120105"},"modified":"2021-11-28T08:44:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T13:44:11","slug":"army-cadets-raid-annapolis-steal-the-wrong-goat-from-navy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=120105","title":{"rendered":"Army cadets raid Annapolis, steal the wrong goat from Navy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Army cadets raid Annapolis, steal the wrong goat from Navy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

By\u00a0<\/span>Claire Barrett<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The recent cold snap along the East Coast can mean only one thing: The Army-Navy football game is afoot, and with that, the time-honored tradition of stealing the schools\u2019 mascots, a mule and goat, respectively.<\/p>\n

The Naval Academy adopted the goat as its mascot in 1904 and all goats have since been lovingly\u00a0dubbed Bill. West Point officially made the mule its mascot in 1899 without bestowing a name.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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According to a joint statement released by the Army and Navy in response to questions from The New York Times<\/i>, the West Point raiders attempted to sneak up on Bill No. 37 as he dozed peacefully in a pasture with several other retired Bills.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe noisy assault team spooked the goats into a run, though, and when the fumbling cadets gave chase, they managed to grab only one goat \u2014 and not the right one. After a four-hour drive back to West Point, they unveiled not Bill No. 37 but Bill No. 35, an arthritic, 14-year-old retiree with only one horn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bill No. 35 was unharmed and safely returned on Monday by some rather sheepish Army officers.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s game will be the 122nd meeting between the two. Kick-off is set for 3 p.m. EST on CBS. If any gaffe ever deserved a \u201cGo Navy, beat Army,\u201d it\u2019s this.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Someone, who shall remain nameless, quipped that there is a reason the task of going after Bin Laden was given to the Navy instead of the Army.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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