Wake Forest pulls off a nice win against a good Navy team
New Nudgette of the week Emmanuelle Chriqui from Entourage likes the way Jim Grobe's Deacons pulled off the cover
The Nudge covered on his first two picks of the bowl season with a 2 duchess pick on Wake to cover and a 3 Duchess pick on the over at 41. Handicapping legend Rossi called the game the right way too.
The first half of the game saw Navy coming to a quick 13 point lead and it looked like the Midshipmen would be running away with this game.
The first half of the game saw Navy coming to a quick 13 point lead and it looked like the Midshipmen would be running away with this game.
The key to Wake pulling this off was Riley Skinner's ability to stay away from the rush and buy some time in the pocket. On a couple of third and long plays, he side stepped the rush and found open receivers who had dropped behind Navy's zone playinf defenders.
Nice clock management by Navy's HC with 36 seconds left. I know he's going to take some heat for trying to kick the field goal on second down (and missing it, effectively ending the game). But The Nudge actually thought it was a good move. Navy has shown this season that they are able to kick the on side kick and recover. If Navy does hit the field goal, and recover the onside kick, they would have about twenty seconds left to try and put the ball into the endzone, it's a good move.
so far the bowl picks are 2* 1-0, 3* 1-0
On to the New Mexico Bowl, should be a good one.
Nice clock management by Navy's HC with 36 seconds left. I know he's going to take some heat for trying to kick the field goal on second down (and missing it, effectively ending the game). But The Nudge actually thought it was a good move. Navy has shown this season that they are able to kick the on side kick and recover. If Navy does hit the field goal, and recover the onside kick, they would have about twenty seconds left to try and put the ball into the endzone, it's a good move.
so far the bowl picks are 2* 1-0, 3* 1-0
On to the New Mexico Bowl, should be a good one.
