Navy travels to the suburban city of Dekalb on Tuesday night to take on Northern Illinois of the Mid-American Conference. It is a rare mid-week game for the Midshipmen and comes between two emotional meetings.
Factor in that Northern Illinois is a solid program seeking to assure itself a winning record and it's understandable that Niumatalolo is a little worried. He thinks it will be important for the Midshipmen to put a difficult defeat to Notre Dame behind and keep the season-ending showdown with archrival Army...
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Coach Just Let It Go! - 2008-11-21 11:24:04
Coaching staff give it a rest with the mental mistakes of Dobbs. You are suppose to be encouraging an not discouraging to your Midshipmen! Bring out the violins, this speech is old. It seems funny to me that you can only focus on Dobbs mistakes! I am so glad that Dobbs is a strong and humble young man with Christ in his life! It has been more negative press about Dobbs from the coaching staff than positive. Keep the faith Dobbs and go to work! Look forward to seeing Mr. Excitement!
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