Bryson Daily won’t be at the Heisman Trophy ceremony on Dec. 14 in New York. Arguably, he deserves to be one of the finalists. The Army quarterback will be preoccupied that day with a game against Navy.
Before that rivalry clash, he led the Cadets to their first conference championship on Friday. Daily scored four touchdowns and rushed for 126 yards in a 35-14 win over Tulane in the American Conference Championship Game at West Point.
BRYSON DAILY’s 29TH RUSH TD OF THE SEASON 🔥
Currently tied with Ashton Jeanty for the most in FBS 👀 pic.twitter.com/LSbqBI7b5W
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) December 7, 2024
Army is 11-1 and after years of being an independent has its first conference title. The 11 wins equal the mark Jeff Monken’s team had in 2018. There is Navy left and a probable bowl game in the distance.
The Cadets iced the game with what has become a typical Army march. After going for it on fourth-and-short near their 30, the Cadets devoured 10:44 on the clock over 16 plays and 84 yards.
Rather than scoring his fifth TD, Daily handed off to Kanye Udoh for a one-yard touchdown run to seal the victory that was never in doubt.
Udoh and Daily combined for 284 of Army’s 335 rushing yards.
Daily threw two passes in the romp, completing both. He has rushed for nearly 1,500 yards and scored 29 TDs on the ground.
After watching Army QB Bryson Daily:
1. If he’s not @HeismanTrophy finalist it’s a travesty
2. If Army holds on and beats Tulane they deserve to be in 12-team playoff
3. I can see #NFL team drafting Daily, trying to make him Taysom Hill type player 🤷🏻♂️
pic.twitter.com/YooG3CS3cD— Fletcher Mackel (@FletcherWDSU) December 7, 2024
The loss was the second straight for Tulane, which fell to 9-4.
