Football: Kinnick hosts Kadena with something likely on the line again

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa – Ask most Division I coaches in DODEA-Pacific football and they’ll tell you every game means something.

But the last two-plus seasons, Kadena vs. Nile C. Kinnick has ended up meaning more than any other pairing. They’ve played each other the last two years for the Far East D-I title. And in every other game they’ve played, host rights to the title game have been on the line.

Friday’s rematch is no different, as the Panthers (2-0) and Red Devils (1-0) take their unbeaten records into their latest showdown – with, quite possibly, D-I final host rights at stake yet again.

“We’re anticipating a great game, just like the last four or five games, with a lot of fireworks,” said Red Devils 10th-year coach Dan Joley. “This is a very meaningful game. Every game is important in Division I.”

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