Navy remains charged up about end to historic skid against Irish

For a brief moment, linebacker Ram Vela didn't know how to react after Navy ended more than four decades of frustration by beating Notre Dame on Nov. 3, 2007.

The Midshipmen completed a wild 46-44 upset in triple-overtime when senior linebacker Irv Spencer and a host of teammates hit Fighting Irish tailback Travis Thomas behind the line of scrimmage on a two-point conversion attempt.

"When we got the stop, I actually paused for a second because I couldn't believe we had really won. Then I threw my helmet in the air and was hugging everyone around me," Vela said. "I remember singing Blue-and-Gold and...