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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