Army, Navy and Air Force may be playing football games this weekend, after all. The service academies just need final approval by the Secretary of Defense, a source told ESPN's Brett McMurphy. The Defense Department temporarily had suspended sports competition at the service academies Tuesday as a result of the partial government shutdown stemming from the budget impasse in Congress. All schools involved have said that a decision would be made by noon Thursday. "The games (Air Force at Navy, Army at Boston College) have been approved to be played by everyone at the service academies, even the lawyers," the source told McMurphy. "Everyone is in. All the boxes are checked, just waiting for approval by the Secretary of Defense, who has final say, which would make it official." The source also said that costs would be taken care of by "non-government funding." "Not a dime of expenses: travel, game expenses, anything. Not one dime of government money will be spent." Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...ege-air-force-navy-games-await-final-approval
