(02-10-2017 07:06 PM)Agust Wrote: (02-10-2017 08:17 AM)uccheese Wrote: I just hope people don't get too discouraged if we go get rocked @Navy to start 0-1 again in AAC. There are a lot of winnable conference games on the back half of the schedule.
Navy didn't look the same when Will Worth went down. They may have struck gold when they went from Reynolds to Worth but after that they just spiraled down and looked like they didn't belong. This might be a down year for Navy.
Rising junior QB Zach Abey 2016 (2 starts (0-2 record), CCG injury relief, and mopup appearances vs ECU & SMU):
70 rushes, 384 yds, 5.5 ypc (long of 55) 6 TDs
20/35 passing, 352yds, 57%, 10.06 ypa, 1TD, 4 int
Will Worth after 3 starts (UConn, Tulane, AirForce 2-1, plus injury relief vs Fordham):
70 rushes, 173 yds, 2.5 ypc (long 31) 5 TDs
31/53, 527 yds, 58.5%, 9.94ypa, 1TD, 2 int
After some rough spots against Temple and in first half of Army game (first start in front of 7.9 million TV viewers, the President-Elect, and all the hoopla)...
Zach Abey's last three halves of football:
37 rushes, 184 yds, 4.97 ypc (long 41) 4 TDs
12/19, 237 yds, 63.2%, 12.4 ypa, 1 TD, 0 INT
It's not JUST the QB's numbers, it's how the offense as a whole runs...on a per game basis, the Abey-led Navy offense once he hit that stride looks like it will be good for 400 ypg, 41 points per game, typical very few turnovers, 2-3 punts per game ... pretty much the last 14 years in a nutshell.
Thanks for your concern, but Navy will be just fine in 2017 - I predict 9-3(6-2) and in the Division, Conference, and just maybe NY6 conversations through Thanksgiving.