[Needle77]

Haji,

I think getting a full-ride to a university with that much prestige academically does help. Not everyone coming out of HS is assuming they are going to the NFL and might actually put academics ahead of athletics. These individuals could choose to play at a service academy instead, as long as they are also willing to put up with the rigorous off-field activities.

Kyle,

This is correct to a point. The offenses they run do take advantage of the agility of linemen though. The ability to control the time of possesion the way that Navy does actually sets them up for a possibility of an upset more so than the bottom feeders of each conference. But having linemen struggling to keep their weight up at 265+ leads to strong DL's kicking the ass of the SAs OL's.

Also, do these schools have anywhere near the same lifting schedules that top tier schools do?