WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Army coach Jeff Monken is set to begin year three at the helm, which means half his roster includes players he has signed.Right now, he likes that mix.I think were getting better as a program and better as a team, Monken said. Weve got a lot of guys that have played in games that find themselves in pretty important roles this year. Weve just got to perform, execute.Army finished last season 2-10, the finale against Navy a heartbreaking 21-17 setback. It was the 14th straight defeat suffered in the series by the Black Knights, who came oh-so-close to ending the skid.Lost in the emotion of the moment was that Army quarterback Chris Carter was a freshman making only his second career start leading the complicated triple option. And he nearly led the Black Knights to victory against a heavily favored Navy team led by record-setting senior quarterback Keenan Reynolds.For a kid to not play in this offense in high school, learn the offense and the very next year hes starting in the Army-Navy game, thats a lot to ask, Army offensive coordinator Brent Davis said. It was a huge test. He really elevated his game. I think theres something there.Carter returns this season along with junior Ahmad Bradshaw, the starter in 2015 before injuries sent him to the sidelines.Its important that we start to show some improvement, Davis said. Guys that we recruited our first year ... for what our vision of the offense is are working their way into the lineup. Thats exciting.Other things to know about Army heading into the new season:QB SHUFFLERunning the option usually requires more than one quarterback to get the job done because of the punishment that goes with the position. Army seems to be set there. Bradshaw, a junior, sparkled at times (468 yards rushing with five touchdowns) when he wasnt ailing -- he missed four games -- and Carter has two big games (Rutgers was the other) under his belt.Its not a finished deal, Davis said. We think its a good situation to have two guys we feel good about.WHAT PRESSURE?Armys run totals were down in 2015. The Black Knights outgained opponents 2,931-1,982, but their per-game average was just 244.3 and their 4.8-yard average per run was barely better than their opponents (4.5). Thats a far cry from the 2012 team, which averaged 369.8 yards to lead the nation.A lot is expected this season.We need a guy to rush for 1,000 yards out of that position, Davis said. That makes us really dangerous.TOO MANY TURNOVERSLast season, Army lost 13 of 38 fumbles and suffered nine interceptions in just108 throws, while the defense had six picks and five fumble recoveries.Not a recipe for success.We cant turn the ball over and weve got to find a way to get more balls back from the other team, Monken said. That may be the biggest statistic in football in terms of who wins and who loses. We didnt do a very good job with it the last two years.NOT-SO-GREEN DEFENSEArmy, which was forced to start two freshmen on defense last season, has some experience to count on this time. The two-deep preseason depth chart features four seniors, four juniors and zero freshmen.I hope we can execute this year, said senior Jeremy Timpf, who tied fellow linebacker Andrew King for the team lead in tackles with 92. Our fundamentals are coming together. We have a bunch of veterans now on defense and a bunch of good guys on offense. I think this year its just putting the pieces together and executing.King, also a senior, had 4.5 of Armys 15 sacks, while defensive Brandon Jackson had 50 tackles and three picks as one of those two freshman starters.PREDICTIONArmy plays only one of its first five games at Michie Stadium -- Rice on Sept. 10 -- and hosts rival Air Force in November. The Black Knights also play Notre Dame in San Antonio in November before the annual season finale against Navy. With Lafayette and Morgan State of the FCS, and North Texas also at home and road games against Buffalo and Wake Forest, a total of five wins doesnt seem out of the question.---Online: AP College Football Website: www.collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Kekis on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Greek1947 Fake NFL Jerseys . Now tied for second in the league in shootout goals, the 24-year-old likes to see what the opposing goaltender has in store before he ultimately lands on a move. Fake Soccer Jerseys . 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EUGENE, Ore. -- Growing pains are nothing new for the oldest veteran on Oregons roster, who may have finally found his comfort zone.After missing most of the Ducks run to the Elite Eight last season because of a foot injury, sixth-year senior Dylan Ennis, a graduate transfer from Villanova, is still getting acclimated to his teammates.Ennis scored 18 points and No. 23 Oregon rallied for a 68-63 victory over Boise State on Monday night.Tyler Dorsey added 17 points for the Ducks (5-2), who came back from 14 down in the first half to win their 28th consecutive home game.A 3-pointer by Ennis with 3:30 to play put Oregon ahead for the first time since early in the game.He probably played as well as anybody we had, coach Dana Altman said.Ennis also made nine of 10 free throws and had six rebounds in his best all-around game with the Ducks, but he was particularly pleased with his lone 3 when Oregon needed it most.That was one that was in rhythm and it just went down, Ennis said. I havent played with these guys at all. Were still meshing in and were going to get it.Last year we had a few growing pains and at the end of the year we got it right, and that can happen this year as well.After Dorseys free throw gave Oregon a 66-63 lead, the Broncos (3-3) had a chance for a tying shot, but Paris Austin lost possession on a baseline drive with 5 seconds left. Dillon Brooks sealed the win with two free throws.Brooks, a preseason All-America selection, had five points and shot 1 of 9 in 21 minutes off the bench in his fourth game back from offseason foot surgery.He had a bad game, Altman said. He was trying too hard, going way too fast.Austin led Boise State with 16 points. Nick Duncan added 15 on five of the Broncos 11 3-pointers.Altman thought his team was lucky to come back after Boise State built its big lead from beyond the arc.When a team hits mmore than 10 3s, youre fortunate to win playing as poorly as we did, he said.ddddddddddddThe Ducks finished with 10 blocks and a 39-32 rebounding edge. Chris Boucher led the way with five blocks and eight rebounds.BIG PICTUREBoise State: The Broncos missed a shot at their fourth road win against a Top 25 opponent and third under seventh-year coach Leon Rice. Boise State beat unranked Oregon 74-72 last year in Boise.Oregon: The Ducks wont leave the state for their next eight games to finish 2016, capped by visits from No. 11 UCLA and USC in late December to start Pac-12 play.POLL IMPLICATIONSOregon, which has dropped 19 spots since reaching a school-best AP ranking of No. 4 two weeks ago, should bounce back in the poll with six more games against unranked teams to finish its nonconference schedule.STAT OF THE NIGHTBoise State had nine steals to Oregons three, a 15-9 edge in second-chance points and played the Ducks even on points in the paint at 20-20 -- all of which left Altman shaking his head. We got beat in every category, he said.ROLE PLAYERJunior point guard Casey Benson, who is adapting to coming off the bench after starting the first four games and leading the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio last season, hit consecutive 3-pointers in the second half that helped spark Oregons comeback. Those were two big shots, Altman said. We were stuck in the mud and couldnt get anything going.UP NEXTBoise State hosts SMU on Wednesday night before traveling to play Evansville as part of the Mountain West/Missouri Valley Challenge on Saturday.Oregon hosts Western Oregon, which reached the NCAA Division II Final Four last year, on Wednesday night and then Savannah State on Saturday to continue a five-game homestand. ' ' '