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Navy
(2-8, 2-5American)

Temple
(3-8, 1-6American)

Lincoln Financial Field
Philadelphia, PA
35° F
Tickets as low as $19
Line : NAVY -12.5
O/U : 42.5

Navy Radio Network is on satellite radio at: Sirius 103, XM 205, SXM App 968, as well as the usual affiliates coast to coast.

PLAYING AGAINST THE HOME STATE: Navy has 5 players on its roster from the state of Pennsylvania, including 3 key contributors on offense: starting slot back Carlinos Acie (McKeesport), starting guard Lirion Murtezi (Pittsburgh) and part-time starter at fullback and leading rusher Isaac Ruoss (Mohnton).

TOUGHEST SCHEDULES
• Navy’s 10 opponents it has faced to date are a combined 70-30 (.700), which is the toughest schedule in the country based on opponent winning percentage (does not include games against Navy).
• If you include Navy’s entire 12-game slate, the combined record is 80-41 (.661), which is tied for the nation’s thirdmost difficult schedule.
• The ELO computer rankings by WarrenNolan.com has Navy’s schedule to date as the toughest in the country.
• The Mids have faced three teams currently ranked in the Associated Press Top 25, including two in the top 5 - Houston (#19), Cincinnati (#4) and Notre Dame (#5).
• Nine of Navy’s opponents are bowl eligible, while Tulsa (vs. SMU) and Memphis (vs. Tulane) can become bowl eligible this weekend. The 9 bowl eligible opponents ties for the second most in the country.

YOUTH IS SERVED
• Navy is fielding one of its youngest teams in recent memory.
• The Mids have 2 freshmen and 11 sophomores on the offensive depth chart, while 8 freshmen and 10 sophomores appear on the defensive side (10 freshmen, 21 sophomores combined).
• Those numbers do not include a sophomore kickoff specialist, a freshman long snapper, a freshman punter and a freshman kickoff return specialist.
• Navy starts 8 freshmen on the kickoff return team and has started 11 different players along the offensive line.
• As a reminder, Navy is not allowed to redshirt, so those are all true freshmen and sophomores.

FIRST-TIME STARTERS: 20 Navy players have earned their first-collegiate starts in the Mids’ 10 games this season.

VADM Buck already had the holiday decorations up Wednesday...

Temple won the toss and deferred.

Opening kickoff out of bounds, and the announcers get to use the word "inauspicious"

(11-27-2021 12:07 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  Temple won the toss and deferred.

Opening kickoff out of bounds, and the announcers get to use the word "inauspicious"

Lol. They love to use that word when given the opportunity.

My first time seeing Temple this year. Looks like a decent amount of talent but they also seem somewhat disinterested as a group.

Of course mistakes like that will get them interested.

Navy is so stupid for pitching the ball. Run the ball up the middle every play and you win by 30.

(11-27-2021 01:03 PM)Vonz90 Wrote:  My first time seeing Temple this year. Looks like a decent amount of talent but they also seem somewhat disinterested as a group.

We're disinterested because the players are all sick or injured, and know the coach is getting fired on Monday.

(11-27-2021 01:07 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  Navy is so stupid for pitching the ball. Run the ball up the middle every play and you win by 30.

That pitch was a bad decision because he mis-read the pitch key.

But Temple overall is TRYING to take away the dive.

(11-27-2021 01:09 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  

(11-27-2021 01:07 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  Navy is so stupid for pitching the ball. Run the ball up the middle every play and you win by 30.

That pitch was a bad decision because he mis-read the pitch key.

But Temple overall is TRYING to take away the dive.

Doesn't matter. Our DL is mid tier FCS. Run the ball straight and you win.

Navy is the only team in the country as dumb as us

Temple is the worst team in the league by a longshot.

(11-27-2021 01:03 PM)Vonz90 Wrote:  My first time seeing Temple this year. Looks like a decent amount of talent but they also seem somewhat disinterested as a group.

Temple coaches need to work on motivating players, putting them in positions to succeed, and toughness. Other than that, we'll be fine.

(11-27-2021 01:10 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(11-27-2021 01:09 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  

(11-27-2021 01:07 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  Navy is so stupid for pitching the ball. Run the ball up the middle every play and you win by 30.

That pitch was a bad decision because he mis-read the pitch key.

But Temple overall is TRYING to take away the dive.

Doesn't matter. Our DL is mid tier FCS. Run the ball straight and you win.

Exactly wrong, we run ar where they aren't.

(11-27-2021 02:45 PM)Vonz90 Wrote:  

(11-27-2021 01:10 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(11-27-2021 01:09 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  

(11-27-2021 01:07 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  Navy is so stupid for pitching the ball. Run the ball up the middle every play and you win by 30.

That pitch was a bad decision because he mis-read the pitch key.

But Temple overall is TRYING to take away the dive.

Doesn't matter. Our DL is mid tier FCS. Run the ball straight and you win.

Exactly wrong, we run ar where they aren't.

lol you overthink things