Goins served seven years in the U.S. Army and at 30 years old is one of the older players in college football. Freeman's military ties are due to his father serving in the Air Force, and he says he was happy when Goins joined the team and thought Goins' experience would be a "huge addition" to the football team.

Army football is all about shoving someone out of the way, just flat two-handing him in the chest. Clearing the path ahead is what players have long been taught to do at West Point, but this particular team,

No. 6 Notre Dame and No. 19 Army are set to revive their rivalry Saturday evening as they clash inside New York's Yankee Stadium. This will be the first meeting between the two programs since 2016, and just the fourth since the turn of the century.