Bill's Bowl Blog

Newport observations and half time breakdown

11:51: Wake still running between the tackles and trying to establish the running game. Seems odd. Has Jim Grob lost faith in Riley Skinner’s right arm?

11:56: Now we have established that Matt Harmon is even better than the “Jan Stenarud of today” Sam Swank.  Jim Grobe looks like he would rather be in a Guantanamo maximum security cell.

11:59: Things seem to be getting chippy between the players after tackles. I have to imagine that Navy guys are even winning the smack talk battle. “I took calculus, thermodynamics and electrical engineering this semester, and I still have time to school you guys 13-0.”

12:01: Tyree “Throw me the damn ball” Barnes gets another ball thrown in his direction.  No, not David Tyree….Its Tyree Barnes.

12:06: A very bad INT thrown by Kaipo. Trying to force feed Tyree Barnes. Why?

12:11: Riley Skinner has 7 passing yards. Wow.  That’s only 7 more than I have, and I’m nursing a snow shoveling injury on my couch. 

12:25: Halftime breakdown, which I’m sure will be 10 times more exciting than David Norrie’s breakdown.  Kaipo’s INT at the end of the half was a huge momentum-changer. Instead of going up by three scores, Navy sinds itself holding a tenuous 6-point lead.  Navy needs to shake off the last 98-yd drive from Wake and re-establish the option. Less throwing to Tyree Barnes!  It certainly appears that this game will come down to the very end. 1 turnover or big play might be the deciding factor. Also, everyone wants to know what it will take for Mark Teixeira to sign with the Orioles.  Come home, Mark! Come home.  I hope the ESPN producers are able to find David Norrie a personality during the halftime break.