Navy (1-1) @ Pitt (2-0)Saturday, September 19, 2009
Heinz Field - 6:00 p.m.
Pitt -7
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This is the third straight year these two teams hook-up...in 2007, Navy won at Heinz Field 48-45 in 2 overtimes...the game was tied 6 times with Navy holding Pitt on a 4th and goal in the 2nd OT...last year the Panthers went to Annapolis and won 42-21...overall, Navy has lost 5 of the last 6 in this series...
Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo is in his second season at the helm...last season Navy was 8-6 overall and 6-5 ATS...
Pitt game notes for the Navy game...
Navy game notes for the Pitt game...
Paul Zeise of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes how the Panthers secondary is hurting... "As if Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt and defensive coordinator Phil Bennet didn't have enough of a headache thinking about what has gone wrong with the Panthers' secondary, yesterday they received this news -- starting free safety Andrew Taglianetti is out for the season with a torn ACL in his left knee." ...
Zeise writes about the Panthers defense and their mental mistakes.... "Though he said after watching film he found that nearly every big play the Bulls made was a result of a mental breakdown by Pitt's defense, those things are easily correctable. And the Panthers must correct them before Saturday when they play host to Navy given the Midshipmen's precision and efficiency on offense." ...
Bill Wagner of the Annapolis Capital writes about the Midshipmen's victory this past Saturday... "Green's message to his unit between the first and second defensive series: Stick to the game-plan and execute your assignments. "For the rest of the game, we did a better job of keeping the throws in front of us, running to the football and getting guys on the ground." ...
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