NAVY HEAD COACH KEN NIUMATALOLO TELECONFERENCE 9/4/2017
Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo spoke to the media during the American Conference weekly teleconference. (more…)
THREE KEYS: NAVY VS. FLORIDA ATLANTIC
The long wait is over and it is time for the Mids to finally get their college football season underway. The opponent on opening day 2017 is the Florida Atlantic Owls, a strange choice in some ways given their relative ability and that this is the Mids only true flexible scheduling game of the season. […]
NAVY FIRST LOOK: FLORIDA ATLANTIC
Football season is here! The Navy Midshipmen visit Florida Atlantic for a Friday night battle on the beach. Here is your first look at the Florida Atlantic Owls. (more…)
THREE REASONS NAVY WILL BE AS GOOD AS SOME THINK IN 2017
The closer we get to the season beginning the higher people are ranking Navy in their preseason previews. This does make sense – given that most such previews are written as a countdown from worst to first – but it is still interesting given the number of unknown variables the Mids have to deal with […]
KEN NIUMATALOLO AND IVIN JASPER DISCUSS MONDAY’S PRACTICE
Navy head football coach Ken Niumatalolo and offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach Ivin Jasper met with the media following Monday’s practice. (more…)
ATHLON SPORTS IS HIGH ON NAVY FOOTBALL 2017
It is difficult to know what to expect from Navy in 2017. The team faltered down the stretch in 2016 and lost its last three games. There were mitigating circumstances for those losses, but the team has also seen a host of important players move out of the program through graduation (and one transfer). With […]
PUBLICATIONS LIKE NAVY FOOTBALL IN 2017
You get the feeling that the various publications and analysts out there have no idea what to do with Navy as we head into the 2017 season. On one hand this is pretty easy to understand. The Mids play a devilishly tough schedule this fall and their quarterback situation is hardly locked down in a […]
NAVY LOSES A PLAYER TO A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRANSFER
It is hard enough for head coach Ken Niumatalolo and his staff to prevent players transferring out of the Navy football program to play at other schools. The Mids combination of academic requirements, Naval officer training, and the demands of football life, make it very difficult to keep players around. This is especially true for […]
NAVY SENIOR OLB D.J. PALMORE NAMED TO THE BUTKUS AWARD WATCH LIST
Annapolis, Md.–Navy senior outside linebacker and co-captain D.J. Palmore has been named to the Butkus Award Watch List. The Butkus Award is given to the nation’s top collegiate linebacker. Palmore started in all 12 games he played in last fall and led the Mids in sacks (six) and tackles for a loss (11.5), while finishing […]
ARMY, NAVY LAND PLAYERS ON THE NAGURSKI TROPHY WATCH LIST
The Football Writers Association of America released its 2017 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List on Thursday. Army and Navy both had players listed among the 103 candidates on the list. (more…)
TOP FIVE GAMES OF 2017 INVOLVING SERVICE ACADEMIES
No one will question that the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy matchups are the top games on the schedule for the various service academies. When those are taken out of the equation, however, which games on the 2017 slate would be seen as the most important or most intriguing? (more…)