The man who had the single greatest influence on Lombardi’s life was Colonel Red Blaik, one-time football coach at West Point. Lombardi worked six years under Blaik at the Point and no doubt ...

At the time, Lombardi's career goals were modest: to be Fordham's head coach. But when he was turned down for the job in 1949, he headed up the Hudson River to West Point. Lombardi spent five ...

Banks is the first Texas player to win the Lombardi Award since Brian Orakpo ... along with Army West Point and Oregon, which honors the country’s best collective offensive line.