Game Preview: Navy
Last year, Keenan Reynolds became the first freshman to start at quarterback for Navy since 1991 and the
first signal-caller to win his first four career starts since 1979.
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By Lou Somogyi
Keen On Reynolds
Navy's 2012 football season had all
the makings of an implosion, especially after coming off their first losing
season in nine years (5-7 in 2011).
The Midshipmen began the 2012
campaign getting rocked by Notre
Dame 50-10 and ended September
with a 1-3 record after San Jose State
held Navy scoreless at home for the
first time in six years. The season
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would end with the team yielding 62
points to Arizona State.
In between, though, head coach
Ken Niumatalolo's football program
found itself, and its future, with freshman quarterback Keenan Reynolds.
He began the turnaround by coming
off the bench to rally Navy to a victory against military rival Air Force,
was named the starter thereafter and
helped steer the Midshipmen to seven
victories in their next eight contests.
Reynolds became only the third
