Bill's Bowl Blog

Wake pulls ahead: Wake Forest 14 Navy 13

Navy has to be kicking itself for not extending its lead at the beginning of the game when the team dominated the Demon Deacons.

Wake running back Josh Adams just ran in his second touchdown on the day. Skinner connected with fullback Kevin Harris on a 32 yard pass after Skinner extended the play by evading the rush and found Harris who snuck behind his defender. Navy isn’t bringing any blitzes so Navy will have to depend on its defensive line to pressure Skinner.

On their next possession after the touchdown Navy moved the ball to around midfield, but slotback Shun White couldn’t convert a third down and four forcing Navy to punt the ball back to Wake. Luckily for Navy, punter Kyle Delahooke delivered and pinned Wake on it’s own six-yard line. Last week, coach Ken Niumatalolo said Delahooke was a key to the win against Army. High praise for a position that often gets overlooked, but Delahooke is again coming up large.

Navy’s defense now needs to stop Wake and get the ball back for it’s running attack. It might be time for coach Niumatalolo to get sophomore sensation Ricky Dobbs involved at slotback possibly and provide Navy’s offense a spark because it looks like Wake has figured out how to contain White on the wide pitches.