After his first term, he was expelled for failing math. Davis returned to California and attended an intensive four-month math course at a prep school, Webb School for Boys. Because he successfully completed the course, Davis was readmitted to West Point for the 1944-45 school year, but was again a plebe.
Paired with Blanchard in the Backfield
At the beginning of the 1944 football season, Davis switched to halfback from fullback because of the transfer of another man in the backfield, Doc Blanchard. Though the pair started out as second string players, they soon made a name for themselves, "the Touchdown Twins." Davis became known as "Mr. Outside" and Blanchard was "Mr. Inside." Some believe that the pair formed one of the greatest backfield pairings in college football history, in part because their skills complemented each other and their combination of speed and strength helped the Academy dominate their opponents. Dave Newhouse in Heismen: After the Glory wrote "While teammate and friend Doc Blanchard softened up opposing defenses on the inside, the speedy Glenn Davis would make them pay outside. He was poetry in motion. He brought grace and style to an otherwise forceful offensive machine. Glenn Davis ran like the wind and blew away defenses with an elusive agility unmatched in college football."
Davis played on three of the best teams Army ever put together.
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