About last night

Here are a few more post-Poinsettia Bowl thoughts, in no particular order.

THE GOOD
Joey Bullen's perfectly placed onside kick. What a great play to end his career on.
Zerbin Singleton's recovery of same. And ditto!
Eric Kettani.
And the guys on the O-line who opened up some nice holes for him.
Shun White.
The defense, for the most part.
Fighting back at the end of the game to have a shot at tying or winning it.
Coach Niumatalolo.
Utah overall. They were a good opponent.

THE BAD
Most of the first quarter.
Turnovers.
The offense seeming to have trouble finding and staying in its rhythm.
Missed tackles on defense.
Some problems on special teams.

THE UGLY
That botched call by the refs that denied Navy a touchback at the 20. The replay guy later admitted that he didn't know the rule and blew the call. Could it have changed the game? Maybe. But, as Coach said, Navy had other chances.

THE RIDICULOUS
ESPN.
When ESPN had to stay with the basketball game that went into OT, we had to scramble to find the ESPN Classic station (which showed up on our Comcast menu as showing boxing) and missed the first couple of minutes of the game.

Too many times during the game, ESPN was throwing up graphics of upcoming games between plays, which really made it hard to keep track of what was going on in the game we tuned in to watch.

And too many times the guys in the booth got so caught up in happy talk that they lost track of what was happening on the field.

Also, I basically like Lou Holz, and he mentioned that he's watched lots of Navy game film, but there are things that he obviously hasn't picked up on that those of us who have watched Navy all year just KNOW. Yes, Navy can, and often does, score quickly when the heat is on.

THE PUZZLING
Reggie Campbell, who had a difficult night. I hope he's okay.