Here's a link to a story in the Deseret Morning News about the Navy-Utah matchup in next Thursday's Poinsettia Bowl.
It should be a terrific match-up, but there are a couple of coincidences that would hint at some sort of cosmic convergence in the world of college football, if it weren't such a small world at that.
For instance --
Paul Johnson just left Navy to go to Georgia Tech. Utah beat Georgia Tech in the Emerald Bowl two years ago.
The Deseret Morning News didn't report that Navy beat New Mexico in the Emerald Bowl three years ago. And in that game they sustained a 94-yard drive for 26 plays, taking 14 minutes and 26 second off the clock. The number of plays and duration of the drive are both NCAA records.
Navy Coach Ken Niumatalolo is an old friend of Utah Coach Kyle Whittingham. Whittingham recruited at Hawaii when Niumatalolo was coaching there.
Read the whole article for more.
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