Ok, I was at work and missed the original broadcast of this game, so I have just finished watching the recording. All I can do is laugh. I have read all these comments that CW needs to be fired and I really thought that he screwed this one up. What I saw was a ND offense that ran the ball up and down the field and would have probably scored 2 or 3 more touchdowns if it were not for JC's turnovers. I saw a defense, time after time, shut down the 2nd best rushing in attack in the country.
I then thought CW was stupid for putting the 2nd team offense, but those guys drove it all the way down inside the 5 yard line. Then all of the sudden things got strange. Here comes a monsoon out of nowhere and thus a slippery football and Gray fumbles. Fast forward to the the 1st onside kick. A 15 yarder for batting the ball out of bounds? I never heard of that rule. Navy tries it again and actually comes up with the ball? That is some lucky shit........McNeil gets beat deep on a catch that was not a catch.........More lucky shit.......Half of his foot is inbounds, half is out?????? Another onside kick that takes a crazy bounce right into the hands of a Navy player...........More lucky shit........All while this is going on, the monsoon has magically evaporated........the refs give Navy a 4th timeout???????? These events were straight out of made for tv movie. All I could do is laugh, not mad, just laugh.