The annual Army-Navy game welcomed the College GameDay crew to Philadelphia on Saturday, and these were the best signs out in the crowd.
On the final true week of the college football regular season, there’s never a question where the College GameDay crew is headed. With the annual Army-Navy game being played in a week all to its own, that’s where Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and the crew head annually, and rightfully so. And in 2018, that took them to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday.
Though there are many great things about the Army Knights and Navy Midshipmen and their annual meeting, one of the most underrated parts is the College GameDay atmosphere. Every fan, be it students, service members or veterans, are all exceptionally passionate about the game that will be played later. And it makes for a phenomenal show on ESPN.
What is also often phenomenal are the GameDay signs. Because these fans are so incredibly passionate about this game, the creativity flows through them like the sweetest red wine that you’ve ever tasted. And the result is that the sweetness pours out onto the signs.
Cheesy metaphors aside, the Army-Navy game typically does provide some of the best College GameDay signs of the year. With so much history, with so much respectful rivalry between the two schools and so on, there’s always fodder for these two fanbases to take aim at one another and allow hilarity to ensue.
Was that the case this year, though? Let’s take a look at the best College GameDay signs from the 2018 Army-Navy game:
Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica. Beat Navy. pic.twitter.com/04c19pI5ZD
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) December 8, 2018
Oh the shade 🤭 pic.twitter.com/5AvvZpYYqz
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) December 8, 2018
“Navy Pushed Mufasa” 🦁 #GameDaySigns #ArmyNavy pic.twitter.com/NezoB9BEup
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 8, 2018
“Berets are French hats, Go Navy” #GameDaySigns #ArmyNavy pic.twitter.com/gclg8mgdWx
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 8, 2018
“Army Killed Stan Lee” #GameDaySigns #ArmyNavy pic.twitter.com/ae2yOJwZlG
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 8, 2018
NAVY GOES TO WAFFLE HOUSE SOBER. GameDay signs are strong today. #ArmyNavy #GameDaySigns #TodayInSports #ArmyNavyGame pic.twitter.com/B7oFVvwr5D
— TodayInSports (@TodayInSportsCo) December 8, 2018
Nice reference to the Cadets misadventure kidnapping the Air Force Falcon: #GameDaySigns #ArmyNavy pic.twitter.com/AN6zeMaseW
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 8, 2018
“Will Urban Meyer Coach at USC?
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 8, 2018
• Yes
• Yes but in Gold”#GameDaySigns by /u/Nicholas1227 pic.twitter.com/37v24wqrwY
“If he joined the Navy, Bubba would still be alive” (Forrest Gump) #GameDaySigns #ArmyNavy pic.twitter.com/kVzoKbt27D
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 8, 2018
“Navy laughed when Marley died” #GameDaySigns #ArmyNavy pic.twitter.com/vMsAdFnmmV
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 8, 2018
“We Want Bama (ROTC)” #GameDaySigns #ArmyNavy pic.twitter.com/xrBYc8TukJ
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 8, 2018
YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH pic.twitter.com/TNeEIrhBrG
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) December 8, 2018
“Big. Deck. Energy.” #GameDaySigns #ArmyNavy pic.twitter.com/ZOi0caalSW
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 8, 2018
“ProTip: Don’t run a fake punt on 4th & 11” #GameDaySigns #SECChampionship pic.twitter.com/7BY3Av8xAz
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 8, 2018
“Knights are sooo 600 AD” #GameDaySigns #ArmyNavy pic.twitter.com/30sngWGuQy
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 8, 2018
“Navy is a color” #GameDaySigns #ArmyNavy pic.twitter.com/lDZHz0VZsZ
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 8, 2018
From my perspective, this is the best group of College GameDays signs that we’ve seen in the 2018 season. You can be the judge of if that’s the case in your opinion, but there’s no doubt that the Army-Navy game is always in the running in that regard.