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Navy fans show spirit despite loss

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 12/21/08

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Going to a college football bowl game usually means flying to a warm-weather city to play a new and exciting opponent.

Colleen Dugan — The Capital Bill the Goat surfs over the Brigade of Midshipmen during the EagleBank Bowl at RFK Stadium in Washington.
The Naval Academy takes on Wake Forest in the inaugural EagleBank Bowl at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Wake Forest won 29-19.
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That wasn't the case for Navy fans this year, who made a short trip to chilly RFK Stadium yesterday to watch a rematch between the Midshipmen and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the inaugural EagleBank Bowl.

But the modest crowd of Navy fans were still on their game yesterday, cheering their Mids even as they suffered a hard-fought defeat, 29-19.

Fans tried to put a positive spin on the year, despite closing out the season with a loss.

"It was a great season and we look...

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