In case we missed it: Navy wins Lambert Trophy

[doctom4]

--The Meadowlands-Lambert Trophy stuff has fallen so far off the radar that nobody follows it, which is sad. And it's no wonder - there were no weekly polls (at least none that I saw) and the award wasn't presented until late February.

This past year Navy won the award and it was well-deserved. WVU was third behind Temple.
Think about that for a minute - the top two teams in Eastern football last year were Navy and Temple.

This would make a perfectly fine Big East football conference if the Big XII implodes, but alas, everybody else would have to leave their leagues to make it happen, which will never happen.
I miss Eastern football; it was more intimate and rivalry driven than what we have now. Sure, we're making a lot more money, but we should be winning more than we are. Even so, I don't look at gameday with quite the same anticipation - this is especially true for road games, where WVU's just out there somewhere. But that's just me. Anyway....


Final 2015 Lambert Poll Results

FBS

1 - Navy 11-2

2 - Temple 10-4

3 - West Virginia 8-5

4 - Pittsburgh 8-5

5 - Penn State 7-6

6 - Virginia Tech 7-6

7 - Connecticut 6-7

8 - Rutgers 4-8

9 - Syracuse 4-8

10 - Buffalo 5-7

 

[Bronco-eer]

I thought there was a report last year that West Virginia wasn't even eligible for this anymore.

 

[Orlaco]

I thought there was a report last year that West Virginia wasn't even eligible for this anymore.

"Established in 1936 by something called the Eastern College Athletic Conference, the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy attempts to crown the best college football team in the Eastern portion of the United States, primarily New York, New Jersey, New England and Pennsylvania, while teams in the surrounding areas become eligible by playing at least half their games against Eastern teams. '"

Found after a quick search. If the standards are still the same it seems you'd be correct.

I'm not even sure how many 'real' teams are still qualified to win the award.