Projo Sports Blog

WEST POINT, N.Y. _ This is one of the great places in America to watch college football.
The campus of the United States Military Academy sits on a bluff above the Hudson River, and part of the pageantry of game-day is the parade on The Plain at 10 a.m., when two regiments -- half the Corps of Cadets -- marches in review. They emerge from the Eisenhower and MacArthur Barracks in their full-dress uniforms -- grey tunics, with black braid and gold buttons; white pants; and hats they call "tarbuckets." The first-class Cadets -- the seniors -- are recognizable because they have plumes on their hats, and carry sabres, instead of rifles.
They march into formation on the lush, green grass, in front of bleachers that, when empty, are painted in such way as to read "Beat Navy."
The U.S. Army Band plays martial airs throughout the approximately half-hour long ceremony.
URI president Robert Carothers was among the dignitaries invited to be part of the reviewing party, which also included the Superintendent of West Point, Lieutenant General Franklin Hagenbeck, and the Commandant Cadets, Brigadier General Robert L. Caslen Jr.
It's a moving scene when the band plays the Star Spangled Banner and the voices of people in the stands carry across The Plain.

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