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Navy, the team no one wants to prepare for.
Stop the FB dive, win the game. If you can't stop the dive, it will be a long day. Cats defense will have to be on its assignments all day without mental errors. Navy is 3-5 overall with all 3 Ws in conference. They are in the middle of the pack in the conference standings at .500 in league play.
This years Navy team throws a bit more than usual from what I've noticed from earlier in the year. QB Tai Lavatai runs the show for the Midshipmen. He has about 100 attempts in the passing game this season with slightly less than 50% completion rate. The fun thing is the pass yards per play is about 19 yards because it's always a surprise when they throw the thing over the top. When they put in Arline at QB to rest Lavatai, it's always a run.
The diver this year is Daba Fofana at FB. He leads the team in rushing attempts and yards but only averages 3.7 ypc. He's the short yardage chain mover.
Stat to keep an eye on is time of possession. Navy will completely eat the clock up if you let them, limiting UC's possessions. This almost means that UC has to score slowly or the defense will wilt from being out there forever.
For UC, the long ball should be in play if everyone's healthy but you want to maintain possesion to rest the D. The offense needs to click in this game and I'd prefer a fast start. You can not play from behind against Navy. We have superior talent but that doesn't matter against Navy if you let them control the clock. I think you'll see UC take the ball if they win the toss in this one and try to score first.
https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...tats/_/id/2426
Stop the FB dive, win the game. If you can't stop the dive, it will be a long day. Cats defense will have to be on its assignments all day without mental errors. Navy is 3-5 overall with all 3 Ws in conference. They are in the middle of the pack in the conference standings at .500 in league play.
This years Navy team throws a bit more than usual from what I've noticed from earlier in the year. QB Tai Lavatai runs the show for the Midshipmen. He has about 100 attempts in the passing game this season with slightly less than 50% completion rate. The fun thing is the pass yards per play is about 19 yards because it's always a surprise when they throw the thing over the top. When they put in Arline at QB to rest Lavatai, it's always a run.
The diver this year is Daba Fofana at FB. He leads the team in rushing attempts and yards but only averages 3.7 ypc. He's the short yardage chain mover.
Stat to keep an eye on is time of possession. Navy will completely eat the clock up if you let them, limiting UC's possessions. This almost means that UC has to score slowly or the defense will wilt from being out there forever.
For UC, the long ball should be in play if everyone's healthy but you want to maintain possesion to rest the D. The offense needs to click in this game and I'd prefer a fast start. You can not play from behind against Navy. We have superior talent but that doesn't matter against Navy if you let them control the clock. I think you'll see UC take the ball if they win the toss in this one and try to score first.
https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...tats/_/id/2426
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