What happened to Air Forces's defense in the second half (and OT)?
What an exciting game. However, I didn't get to see the overtime as I was watching it on DVR and it had stopped recording at the end of regulation play.
"Two down, four to go"
Keeping the other team's offense off the field is how Navy stays in most games. We routinely hold the ball close to 40 minutes per game. And very often, just like this past Saturday, the opponent's defensive players get very tired about halfway through the second half.The game wasn't decided by 1 play or call. If navy didn't go wide on the early field goal, there would have been no overtime. If there.defense wasn't confused, in the 1st half, air force wouldn't have had 21 points. And the other way too. If the ref didn't accidentally blow a whistle, air for would have has a fumble on the navy 30. And if air force didn't go prevent defense in the 4th, navy would loose by 15 points. Thats why we play 60 minutes. If u think navy lost because of 1 call, then u don't know anything about football, and are just an emotional fan. Here's the best proof.:... Nave had 41 minutes of possession. Air force had 19. Navy ran 105 plays. Air force had 47. Air force capitalized on the small time they had the ball. Navy didn't. Sorry, but 1 call did not decide this game. Just like navy letting air force score so quickly in overtime and win the game didn't do it. It was 41 minutes and 105 plays and not capitalizing that let air force win and navy lose.
Navy lack discipline.
"I got up and I was trying to run to our sideline," Proctor said. "Some guy got in my way and I just told him to move explicitly and he called it.
Ridiculous. Like others have said the game is 60 minutes long. The only thing that matters is the score at the end. Plenty of teams make comebacks after a disastrous first half. They adjust during halftime. I suppose you think Navy should have stayed in the locker room at half time and conceded? Good grief.the way Navy played a majority of the game....they didn't deserve to be near the ball after half time. Navy lack discipline. They had some key issues. Air Force should have beat them in regulation, but Navy had no business being in that game, and if you cut the last 4 mins out of the game, Navy wasn't in that game.
Don't bet on it. Watch the AF/Army game this year. There will be pushing, shoving, and taunting by both sides just like the Navy/AF game. Then watch the Army/Navy game and I will almost guarantee you that there will not be any. What is the common denominator in the games where unsportsmanlike conduct runs rampant? It's not Army and Navy. And we well know in instances like this it is most often the instigator who gets away and the rebuttal which is caught. Regardless, it is a call that needs to be made either after warnings (there were none) or in the early minutes of a game to prevent it from getting out of hand. As everyone else has stated, emotions were running high- on both sides.Certainly true of the Navy QB who clearly was taunting. His excuse was laughable
Navy had more first downs, 31 compared to 19. Passing was exactly the same. Navy had over 100 more yards of rushing offense. Both sides scored exactly 28 points. How did AF do more?? And yes, ball control is the basis of Navy's game plans.And u can believe that if u want to. I believe that a football game is 60 minutes long. And air force did more with their 19 minutes of offense than navy did with 41 minutes.
.And AF only played half a game?? Navy outscored AF in the third quarter 7-0 and in the fourth quarter 18-7. So your arguments about not playing a full game applies equally to AF in the second half as it does to Navy in the first half.Navy didn't come out and own in the second half. They came out and gradually did better on their own turf. Then, they marched it down, scored, got an onside kick and scored again. Half of of their regulation scoring came in those final minutes.
But as you have so keenly pointed out, athletes play a full game You play a full 60 mins, it doesn't play you. The game controlled Navy for a majority of that 60 mins.
When the wind is out of the NW, there are a lot of swirls in that end of the stadium and there was wind, a lot of it. And it was raining. A 35 yarder in those conditions was definitely not a gimmee.Generally, calls are better for the home team anyway. And finally, even with the call it was WELL within range of the kicker.