Baltimore Sun: Navy must forget Notre Dame, focus on SMU

[PonyPride]

Very cool to see stories like this written about SMU.

Navy football needs to put Notre Dame loss behind, focus on Saturday’s game against SMU

Bill Wagner
By BILL WAGNER

NOV 17, 2019 | 7:59 PM

There is only one thing for Navy to do in the wake of Saturday’s lopsided loss to Notre Dame. Flush that disappointing performance down the toilet and start preparing for Southern Methodist University.

Navy could not capitalize on a tremendous opportunity on a sunny afternoon in South Bend. Defeating Notre Dame would have validated Navy’s newly acquired national ranking and propelled the program into a stronger position within the College Football Playoff poll.

Instead, the Midshipmen absorbed a beatdown so severe it will most likely knock them out of the rankings altogether. Navy already dropped out of the Associated Press Top 25 and will likely fall from the College Football Rankings as well.

It doesn’t really matter. Navy (7-2, 5-1) can gain all the national respect it wants by beating SMU (9-1, 5-1) on Saturday in Annapolis. The Mustangs have been one of the top teams in the American Athletic Conference all season and this is a chance for the Midshipmen to make a strong statement.

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[ALEX LIFESON]

Time to panic?!

[redpony]

Navy will obviously be fired up and ready for Saturday. Let's hope the Ponies are ready to accept the challenge and sink the middies.

[SMUFan]

Supposed to be in the 40s and possibly raining. Jones and Freeman need to come up big.

[JoeKidd]

40 and raining could hamper our passing game advantage which is where ND exploited Navy with their speed. Our O-Line will really have to step-up to create 2nd and 3rd and short situations and the D-Line and Defense overall is going to have to play much better. For us to win we can't give up more than 31 points to Navy.