Navy: 2nd Quarter Live Blog

2nd Quarter

I have a lot of respect for David Robinson...great basketball player and a great man.

13:48...We need to not drop passes today. Can't afford giving downs up like that. John's drop was not a big deal, but Chip's on 2nd down was bad.

13:40...I couldn't tell how long that field goal was, and the announcers aren't helping us out right now. Just looked like a relatively poor kick. Big 3rd down here for Navy

12:24...Man that is just nasty! 2 good stops and then they break another big 1. At this point they are consistently picking up 1 out of 3 big plays. We've gotta do something to make that change.

12:18...What a great catch. We need overturned review badly. Very very close call. After review...no catch. Dangit, but a great play nonetheless.

12:12...So many things they can do with that. Incredible. I just don't know what we have to change to stop that play.

11:43...Are we overplaying the pitch? Starting to look like maybe we are. All the way down to our 17.

10:24...Touchdown Navy. 17-14 Navy leads. I really thought we could make a tackle there but both Alphonso and someone else missed it. We can't let them stop our offense any more until we've got there's under control.

10:12...We can't do dumb stuff like holding penalties. We will lose this game if we beat ourselves with things like that. I can't tell if the hold broke the play open or not, but it kills us either way.

8:36...Crucial throw to Kenny Moore on 3rd and 8 for about 20 yards. We could not afford to stall there.

7:37...Great catch by Kenny. We've gotta keep converting 3rd downs like this.

6:43...Josh Adams just runs hard. Good blocking by the line, but Josh got almost 5 yards after contact on that run. 1st down on the 27.

4:26...We're getting good protection here, we should be able to find some people down field going forward. big 3rd and 3 from Navy's 9 yard line. A touchdown here is essential. Tying the game is all well and good, but we need to get the lead back, as I fully expect them to go get at least 3 before the half. Time out Navy.

3:18...Big Navy stop of the Adam's run on 3rd down. Swank's 32 yard field goal is good to tie it up at 17. Time for the defense to step up.

2:38...What a hit by Aaron Curry!!!!!! I'm not even going to try to spell the Navy QB's name, but he is down. What a pop. Of course we all hope the QB is alright long term. Nonetheless, great job D.

2:19...HUGE TURNOVER!!!!!! It may get reviewed, but right now we have a fumble on the sack and a return for a TD. I believe that was Alphonso on the hit, and the return for a TD was Matt Robinson.

REVIEW CONFIRMS THE CALL, TD WAKE!!!!! 24-17 lead with 2:19 left in the half. That's the D's 7th touchdown, averaging 1 a game. That's incredible.

2:06...10 yard QB draw for Navy, and another one right after for 2. No big gains and the clock will keep the to a field goal at best.

1:34...Just can't make a stop, another 10 or 15 yards on the option pitch to Wake's 48.

1:28...Aaron Curry with another stop for a 2 yard loss. Timeout Navy as we look at 2nd and 12 from mid field.

1:02...Sack by Anthony Davis and Zach Stukes to force 4th and 15. Wake takes a time out. On our 2nd straight defensive stop. A time crunch is not surprisingly very bad for Navy's offense.

0:51...Wake's ball at the 24 after the punt. I expect pretty conservative play calls here just to see if we happen to bust something big.

0:40...25 yard pass to Kenny over the middle! Ball on Navy's 45

0:30...Another 5 yards over the middle, Wake takes 2nd time out.

0:23...Great throw to Kenny rolling out to the left. 1st down from the 24. PI called on the 1st down on the next play. This live blogging is tough when we're moving quick. Can't keep up!

0:10...Skinner scrambles on 1st down from about 12, gets out of bounds at the 7.

0:04... Quick throw to Terishinski goes nowhere, last time out taken by Wake, here comes Swank.

0:00...Swank makes the 26 yarder, 13 unanswered to finish the half up 27-17.