Thursday, July 9, 2009
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Midshipmen right ship with surge at midseason

Published 10/12/08

Back on Sept. 13, Navy's chances of earning a sixth straight bowl berth looked questionable. Navy was 1-2 after suffering consecutive road losses to Ball State and Duke, opponents that didn't garner much preseason respect.

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More troublesome was the fact the Midshipmen faced an ominous stretch of three potentially tougher games leading up to the current bye week.

On the horizon was a Rutgers program that had been to three straight bowls, a Wake Forest team that was an early favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference and service academy rival Air Force.

Rutgers, which had manhandled Navy each of the past two...

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