Fox Sports' tradition of going to military installations in honor of Veterans Day will include two firsts this weekend.
This week's “Big Noon Kickoff” and “Fox NFL Sunday” pregame shows will originate from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, and the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
This marks the first time Fox's college football pregame show will be part of the coverage. It is also the first time the network has done the show from multiple military installations.
Fox Sports CEO and Executive Producer Eric Shanks said the expanded coverage was a nice way to cap off America's 250th birthday celebration.
“We've had an incredible year with the baseball All-Star game and the (IndyCar) race in Washington D.C., and we still wanted to celebrate America 250. Bill Richards, our producer said, 'Why don’t we for the first time ever split the show and honor both service academies, because anytime you go to either one of them, they’re obsessed with each other.' And we thought we would bring that to life.”
This will be the second time Fox Sports has been to West Point and Annapolis. The show has also originated from military bases around the world, including Afghanistan.
“Fox NFL Sunday” host Curt Menefee has long said the Veterans Day show is his favorite one of the season.
“It’s easy to be in a place where people are preaching gloom and doom and the other side’s miserable. But when you get there to visit the service academy and you see all these young people from all around the country and you see the quality and the leadership skills that they have and the way they carry themselves. I mean, it continues your faith in America," Menefee said.
The “Big Noon Kickoff” crew of Rob Stone, Urban Meyer, Matt Leinart, Brady Quinn, Mark Ingram II, Chris “The Bear” Fallica and Tom Rinaldi will be at West Point and show some of the preparations before Army matchup against Air Force.
The "Fox NFL Sunday' team of Menefee, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan, Rob Gronkowski, Jay Glazer, Charissa Thompson, Charles Woodson and Julian Edelman will be split between the two academies.
Quinn is the son of a Vietnam War veteran and founded the 3rd & Goal Foundation in 2011 to support veterans and their families.
“It’s such a big weekend of college football. I hope we’re able to do everything justice, being there at West Point, honoring the cadets, honoring really what they represent and how they’ll serve this country, but also at the same time doing the best we can to give them a great show,” Quinn said. “Veterans have talked about games they watch when they’re serving overseas and how much it meant to them. So we understand the magnitude of being there and what it means to highlight them and make sure we give them the appreciation they deserve.”
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FILE - A Fox Sports logo displayed on a television camera before an NFL football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Commanders Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
BALTIMORE (AP) — Jacoby Brissett is officially a Baltimore Raven.
He's walking into a bit of a crisis.
After Thursday night's 33-10 loss to Jacksonville, the Ravens have lost three straight games by at least 20 points for the first time in franchise history. The losing streak is at four overall. After Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley were both injured last weekend against Buffalo, Joe Fagnano was next man up at quarterback. Him having to make his first career start on a short week against the Jaguars was predictably difficult.
Now the Ravens have completed a trade for Brissett, who has started eight games this season for Arizona. He gives Baltimore more experience at the position, but it was clear again Thursday that quarterback is not the only problem the Ravens face. Brissett can certainly make Baltimore (4-5) more competitive in the coming weeks, but issues on the offensive line and in the secondary persist.
“We’ve got to make a decision over this break,” coach Jesse Minter said. “Got a little bit of a break for the guys to kind of mentally reset and come back and seek improvement really in all three phases.”
The Ravens managed only 227 yards of offense against Jacksonville, 65 of which came on a long touchdown run by Justice Hill long after the outcome had been settled.
On defense, Baltimore has allowed more than 30 points three straight games.
“It sucks losing Lamar, but we all know at the end of the day, in this league, it’s the next man up, regardless of who you are," linebacker Roquan Smith said. "Very unforgiving game. No matter who you are, what you’ve done for the game, the game will slap you in the face every day of the week and twice on Sunday. So, it’s just about us honing in on our details and doing our job.”
Baltimore has scored on its first offensive drive in five of its last six games, the lone exception being against Buffalo when Jackson went out with an injury on his first play.
The offensive line remains a concern, but with so many different player combinations, the Ravens sometimes can't even make it to the snap. Baltimore had four more false starts despite playing at home Thursday. It's not just the linemen either. Two of those were by tight ends and one was by a wide receiver.
Even before Thursday's game, the Ravens led the league with 20 false start penalties, according to nflpenalties.com.
“I just have to be better,” veteran tackle Ronnie Stanley said. "I’m trying to get off the ball as soon as I hear the quarterback, but that’s too fast, so I need to hone that back a little bit and maybe come off slower. But whatever the case, we have to be on the ball. We can’t afford to have pre-snap penalties. They stall drives and take away points from us.”
The Baltimore defense did a decent job stopping the run and forced Jacksonville into more field goals than touchdowns.
Even though Jacksonville wasn't being overly aggressive on offense, the Ravens still allowed a couple big plays in the first half. Trevor Lawrence found Nate Boerkircher behind cornerback Marlon Humphrey for 52 yards on the second play from scrimmage, setting up an early touchdown. Then Parker Washington beat safety Malaki Starks for a 50-yard TD catch shortly before halftime.
“I think when we’ve got some guys out on offense, whatever the game plan was, it kind of kills momentum to give up one early. So, that was just an explosive, a scramble drill,” Humphrey said. "Just have to play better fundamental football, and that’s kind of just been (what) I’m chasing.”
Nate Wiggins (illness) wasn't able to play, and safety Kyle Hamilton (hip) left the game. Those absences, should they linger, would make a bad situation worse defensively.
Over their last four games, the Ravens have been outscored 84-10 in the second half.
The Thursday game means Baltimore gets a little more time off before its next contest, Nov. 16 against the Los Angeles Chargers, who are currently winless. After that, the Ravens have road games against Carolina and Houston before their open date. Those are winnable, but Baltimore desperately needs its offense to wake up.
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Jacksonville Jaguars safety Antonio Johnson (6) tackles Baltimore Ravens running back Justice Hill (43) during the first half of an NFL football game in Baltimore, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Branson Combs (50) tackles Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Fagnano (12) during the second half of an NFL football game in Baltimore, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
