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Army cadets swipe Navy’s mascot but grab wrong goat

By Mike Brest
Published November 24, 2021 3:46pm ET
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Army cadets swipe Navy’s mascot but grab wrong goat
Navy Midshipman Frey Pankratz singles his classmates as they march onto the field ahead of an NCAA college football against the Army, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in Philadelphia. | (Matt Rourke/AP)

The military academies have a long tradition of swiping rivals’ mascots ahead of big games, but the most recent attempt was a bungled operation.

With the Army and Naval academies set to play each other in football on Dec. 11, West Point cadets decided to steal Bill, the Navy’s goat mascot, according to the New York Times.

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