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Army vs Navy Prediction Game Preview

Army vs Navy game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the game on Saturday, December 10

Army vs Navy prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Saturday, December 10

Army vs Navy Prediction Game Preview

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Army vs Navy How To Watch

Date: Saturday, December 10
Game Time: 3:00 ET
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
How To Watch: CBS
Record: Army (5-6), Navy (4-7)
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Why Army Will Win

Both teams do the same thing, but Army does it better, at least on offense.

The Air Force version of the ground game is the strongest among the military academies, but Army’s isn’t all that far off as it stepped up over the second half of the season. It might not be quite as dominant as it’s been over the last few years, but it hit 300 yards in four of the last six games and 400 in two of those, winning them all.

It’s Army, it’s not going to wing it around the yard, but it leads the nation in yards per completion – hitting over 22 yards on the few a game it completes – and that might be just enough.

It’s Army-Navy. It’s going to be low scoring and it’s going to be close. That one play through the air against one of the nation’s worst pass defense might be enough.

However …

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Why Navy Will Win

Navy can hit the big play, too, and it’s much, much stronger and more consistent against the run.

The Midshipmen haven’t allow 100 yards rushing in any of the last four games, and it’s not like it’s done it against a slew of lightweights stuffing Notre Dame, Cincinnati, and UCF over the last three games.

Army doesn’t just have to run to win, it has to explode. It’s been able to get past 200 yards without a problem – that’s great for anyone else – but it needs to get to 320. It’s 5-1 when it does and 0-5 when it doesn’t.

Navy allowed 200 rushing yards in the 13-10 loss to Air Force, and that’s been about it. Houston ran well, and East Carolina and SMU had a few yards, but that’s been about it against the nation’s fourth-best run defense.

But of course …

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What’s Going To Happen

It’s Army-Navy. Every Army-Navy game is close and low scoring, and it almost always defies any logic or analysis – a bad Navy team beat a great Army squad 17-13 last year.

2013 was the last time the game pushed past 38 points, and even then it was a 34-7 Army win. 2005 was the last time the two teams combined for 50.

It’s going to be low scoring, and as always it’s going to be as intense and fun as any game of the season. Navy’s defense will be a bit stronger, the offense will hold the ball a bit longer, and it’ll make it two in a row.

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Army vs Navy Prediction, Line

Navy 17, Army 13
Line: Navy -1.5, o/u: 32.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Army vs Navy Must See Rating (out of 5): 4

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UCF vs Navy Prediction Game Preview

UCF vs Navy game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 12 game on Saturday, November 19

UCF vs Navy prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 12, Saturday, November 19

UCF vs Navy Prediction, Game Preview

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UCF vs Navy How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 19
Game Time: 11:00 ET
Venue: FBC Mortgage Stadium, Orlando, FL
How To Watch: ESPN2
Record: UCF (8-2), Navy (3-7)
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Why Navy Will Win

The wins might not be there, but the team hasn’t been all that miserable. The running game is okay even if it’s not its dominant self, there aren’t any mistakes – the penalties and turnovers have been kept to a minimum – and there’s a chance it all comes together in a special performance.

Can UCF gear up the focus?

It’s coming off a huge win over Tulane that put the New Year’s Six bowl appearance on the table, and now it has to hold up against the curveball of a ground attack.

Tulane was able to get its backs into space averaging close to six yards per carry, and Navy should do the same. However …

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Why UCF Will Win

The Navy running game is good, but UCF’s is better.

The powerful O has hit 200 yards or more in four of the last five games and leads the AAC with about 250 per game. The Navy run defense has been great over the last few games, but that’s partly because everyone has been throwing.

UCF will run.

QB John Rhys Plumlee has been running wild – he hit Tulane for 176 yards and two scores – Isaiah Bowser will bang away, and the rest of the options will keep grinding.

But …

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What’s Going To Happen

Can the Navy run defense hold up?

Again, the stats are skewed because opposing teams throw, but UCF will be balanced, it’ll average five yards per carry, and it’ll set up a shot at cementing a place in the AAC title game.

It might take a win over USF next week to do that, but first the offense has to keep up with the Navy offense that will take off for well over 200 yards.

The UCF offense will control the game better.

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UCF vs Navy Prediction, Line

UCF 34, Navy 20
Line: UCF -15.5, o/u: 52.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
UCF vs Navy Must See Rating (out of 5): 2.5

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Notre Dame vs Navy Prediction Game Preview

Notre Dame vs Navy game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 11 game on Saturday, November 12

Notre Dame vs Navy prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 11, Saturday, November 12

Notre Dame vs Navy How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 12
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, MD
How To Watch: ABC
Record: Notre Dame (6-3), Navy (3-6)
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Notre Dame vs Navy Game Preview

Why Navy Will Win

The defense is playing well enough to keep this interesting.

The offense isn’t running and controlling games like it might want to, but the run defense was great against Cincinnati, it’s been able to hold up enough to stay in games, and the whole formula might slow things down.

No, the running game doesn’t go on enough long, good marches, but the team still holds the ball for close to 35 minutes.

However …

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Why Notre Dame Will Win

Everyone is throwing on the Midshipmen.

Notre Dame isn’t throwing well enough to bomb away, but it doesn’t need to be Tennessee to open things up. As long as Drew Pyne is able to hit half of his passes and connect on the third down shots, the running game will do the rest.

The offense doesn’t have to take any chances. Just keep moving, and the defense that held Clemson to 90 yards on the ground and hasn’t allowed more than 100 rushing yards five of the last seven games should take care of the rest.

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What’s Going To Happen

Navy is 1-5 when it doesn’t run for more than 215 yards, and 2-1 when it does. Marshall is the only team to get past 215 against the Irish – Navy won’t get there.

The style of the Midshipmen will keep this from getting too out of hand, but Notre Dame will be in control from the late first quarter on.

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Notre Dame vs Navy Prediction, Line

Notre Dame 34, Navy 13
Line: Notre Dame -15.5 o/u: 39.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 4
Notre Dame vs Navy Must See Rating (out of 5): 2.5
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Cincinnati vs Navy Prediction Game Preview

Cincinnati vs Navy game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 10 game on Saturday, November 5

Cincinnati vs Navy prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 10, Saturday, November 5

Cincinnati vs Navy How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 5
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Venue: Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati, OH
How To Watch: ESPNU
Record: Cincinnati (6-2), Navy (3-5)
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Cincinnati vs Navy Game Preview

Why Navy Will Win

The running game isn’t dominating, but it’s doing just enough to go along with the improvements on defense.

More than anything else, the Midshipmen are owning the time of possession battle again – they lead the AAC keeping the ball for close to 35 minutes a game.

Cincinnati doesn’t do much to try to screw teams up with a quick pace, but it doesn’t care a whole lot about controlling the clock. If the Navy O works, it could be on the field for way too long for UC’s liking.

Here’s the problem with that …

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Why Cincinnati Will Win

The Bearcats are brilliant at getting behind the line.

Sacks don’t matter in this – Navy doesn’t throw – but the Bearcat D is No. 1 in the nation in tackles for loss. Overall the run defense has been just okay, but it’ll come up with just enough negative plays to screw up the Navy attack that can’t afford to ever more backwards.

On the flip side, great things happen when Cincinnati runs well. It’s 5-0 when it averaging 3.8 yards per carry or better, and Navy is 0-3 when it gives that up or more.

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What’s Going To Happen

Navy should be an interesting test for a Cincinnati team coming off the tough loss to UCF. Now that the New Year’s Six dream is all but gone for the Bearcats, will they be focused enough to handle the curveball of a Navy attack?

It’ll take a little bit, but yes.

The Knights ran well in the 25-21 win, but they didn’t dominate up front – and neither will Navy.

The Bearcat offense will be balanced. About 150 rushing yards and 250 through the air should do it as long as it’s converting the third down tries.

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Cincinnati vs Navy Prediction, Line

Cincinnati 30, Navy 17
Line: Cincinnati -19.5, o/u: 46.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3.5
Cincinnati vs Navy Must See Rating (out of 5): 3
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Temple vs Navy Prediction, Game Preview

Temple vs Navy game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 9 game on Saturday, October 29

Temple vs Navy prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 9, Saturday, October 29

Temple vs Navy How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 29
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Amherst, MA
How To Watch: CBS Sports Network
Record: Temple (2-5), Navy (2-5)
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Temple vs Navy Game Preview

Why Temple Will Win

The defense is fantastic at coming up with third down stops.

No, the run D isn’t amazing, but overall the Owls have a problem against teams that can throw enough to make open things up for everything else. Teams that weren’t able to throw – Rutgers, UMass, Lafayette – also didn’t run for a score.

Navy might not be able to throw outside of a few plays here and there, but there won’t be a whole slew of worries about the air show. Temple should be able to hold up against the run by selling out to keep the Midshipmen from getting to the outside, but …

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Why Navy Will Win

It’s not like the Temple offense will put up a ton of points and big plays.

The Owl offense has managed to get past 16 points just twice so far – it was the only two wins against Lafayette and UMass. Navy might not have an amazing defense, but it mostly has issues against teams that can throw well and that’s not Temple.

The Owls don’t control the clock for long periods of time, and Navy being Navy will have it for at least 35 minutes.

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What’s Going To Happen

Can Temple’s defense rise up enough to force Navy into several third and longs?

For some stretches, yes, but the Midshipmen will go on just enough good scoring marches to get up early, and they’ll take the air out of the ball in the second half.

Temple won’t be able to take advantage of its chances to take over the game – there won’t be enough of them.

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Temple vs Navy Prediction, Line

Navy 24, Temple 16
Line: Navy -13.5, o/u: 40.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Temple vs Navy Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Houston vs Navy Prediction, Game Preview

Houston vs Navy game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 8 game on Saturday, October 22

Houston vs Navy prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 8, Saturday, October 22

Houston vs Navy How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 22
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD
How To Watch: ESPNU
Record: Houston (3-3), Navy (2-4)
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Houston vs Navy Game Preview

Why Houston Will Win

NOTHING has been easy for the 2022 Houston Cougars.

This was supposed to be the best of the Group of Five programs, but it lost a heartbreaker to Tulane, pulled off a thriller over Memphis, and every game has been crazy-wild-close.

It had a few weeks, though, to take a deep breath and rest for the finishing kick.

For all the problems, the run defense has generally been okay, the passing game has been great, and the offense has a way of rallying back when needed.

If the D can get into the backfield like it normally does, it should stop the Navy offense before it gets started, but …

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Why Navy Will Win

The Navy offense is back.

The team might have lost to SMU, but it ran for 372 yards after rolling by Tulsa for 455. Because of it, the team is great at controlling the clock, it’s hitting the big play the few times it throws, and on the other side the run defense is terrific.

Houston will get its yards, but there’s a shot the D can’t hit the curveball and the Navy offense runs well early, takes a lead, and takes the air out of the ball in the fourth quarter, because …

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What’s Going To Happen

The Cougars are great in desperation mode, but they might not easily get the ball back when needed.

It’s Houston, so this is going to be close throughout, it’ll stall for stretches, and it’ll get its shot late to pull everything out of the fire.

Too many Cougar penalties and a few other mistakes will make this a fight, but once again Clayton Tune will do what he needs to.

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Houston vs Navy Prediction, Line

Houston 31, Navy 27
Line: Houston -3, o/u: 51.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2.5
Houston vs Navy Must See Rating (out of 5): 3
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Navy vs SMU Prediction, Game Preview

Navy vs SMU game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 7 game on Friday, October 14

Navy vs SMU prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 7, Friday, October 14

Navy vs SMU How To Watch

Date: Friday, October 14
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Venue: Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas, TX
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Navy (2-3), SMU (2-3)
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Navy vs SMU Game Preview

Why Navy Will Win

The team needed to pivot, and it did it.

Navy was going nowhere, the offense wasn’t working, the team lost to Delaware to start and couldn’t get anything working against Memphis, and now it won two of the last three with an explosion in the 53-21 win over Tulsa.

That’s how the ground game should work. It’s been more precise, the O line is playing better, and the team is controlling the clock.

On the flip side, SMU is 103rd in the nation against the run, it’s allowing everyone to hit passes – Navy won’t throw, but if it hits three big throws, that will be enough – and …

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Why SMU Will Win

Navy can be thrown on.

The Tulsa offense sputtered and struggled in last week’s loss, but the passing game went for 284 yards, Memphis bombed away for over 400, and overall the Midshipmen pass D is among the worst in the country.

SMU is going to throw for over 300 yards, because that’s what SMU does. It might be on a three-game losing streak, but going against Maryland, TCU, and UCF is part of the reason why. Navy might be playing better, but it’s not one of those three, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

It might come down to Navy converting off mistakes.

Along with the running game working better last week the four takeaways made the difference. Navy has come up with eight turnovers in the last three games, and it’ll generate two in this.

It won’t be enough, though, as SMU perks back up at home, gets the passing game going from the start, and the season kicks after a rough few weeks.

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Navy vs SMU Prediction, Line

SMU 34, Navy 23
Line: SMU -12.5, o/u: 57.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Navy vs SMU Must See Rating (out of 5): 2.5
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Navy vs Tulsa Prediction, Game Preview

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Navy vs Tulsa prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 6, Saturday, October 8

Navy vs Tulsa How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 8
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD
How To Watch: CBS Sports Network
Record: Navy (1-3), Tulsa (2-3)
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Navy vs Tulsa Game Preview

Why Tulsa Will Win

How do you beat Navy? You stop the run and control the clock. There’s a problem with the first part, but the second aspect shouldn’t be an issue.

Tulsa has the ability to get the passing game going. Get up fast, make Navy press, and all should be fine against an offense that doesn’t put up points in bulk and doesn’t have the ability to mount any sort of a comeback.

No, the stats against the run aren’t great, but that’s partly because the Golden Hurricane dealt with Ole Miss and Cincinnati over the last two weeks.

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Why Navy Will Win

There’s a pass rush.

Navy might be known for its ground game, but the dense and pass rush have been the key to a decent team that might be 1-3 but it’s competitive enough to make games interesting.

The running game hasn’t worked like it needs to, but it should hit 200 yards for the second time all year while the other side should make a whole slew of plays in the backfield on a consistent basis.

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What’s Going To Happen

Tulsa needs to get its season going with a. win.

The two nastiest games on the slate are out of the way, and now it needs to kick in or else a bowl game might be out of reach. It starts by scoring early, but Navy is playing strong enough defense to keep that from happening.

What Navy isn’t doing is running well.

It’s averaging just 3.2 yards per carry, but the attack will be okay against the Tulsa D. It’ll be a bit of a higher scoring game than Navy might like – Tulsa is better equipped for it.

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Navy vs Tulsa Prediction, Line

Tulsa 30, Navy 23
Line: Tulsa -6, o/u: 46.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Navy vs Tulsa Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Navy vs Air Force Prediction, Game Preview

Navy vs Air Force game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 5 game on Saturday, October 1

Navy vs Air Force prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 5, Saturday, October 1

Navy vs Air Force How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 1
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, CO
How To Watch: CBS
Record: Navy (2-2), Air Force (3-1)
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Navy vs Air Force Game Preview

Why Navy Will Win

Finally, Navy was able to be on the right side of a decent win.

It’s been a rough run for the program to start the season, but there was finally a moment of fun in the 23-20 win over East Carolina.

What went right? The passing game hit on just enough big plays on the 11 throws to matter, the defense came up with one of its better games in a long time – the two takeaways helped – and not turning the ball over was a big deal.

There’s always a fine line when it comes to what Navy needs. It needs to run well, it needs to control the clock, and it really, really can’t screw up. There was just one turnover last week after giving it up six times in the first two games.

However …

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Why Air Force Will Win

Air Force hasn’t given away any turnovers over the last two games.

Yeah, Navy won, but the running game still isn’t working like it needs to.

It’s fine, it’s averaging close to 200 yards per game, but it’s hardly dominating like the Air Force attack is.

Navy controls the clock by holding the ball for 34 minutes a game. Air Force is No. 2 in the nation in time of possession keeping it for over 36 minutes per outing, and that’s because the running game is averaging a ridiculous 412 yards per outing.

But …

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What’s Going To Happen

Navy’s run defense has been solid so far. Granted, that’s because everyone is throwing it on the porous secondary, but allowing 2.3 yards per carry isn’t bad.

Style knows style – these two know how to run, they know what the other side, and …

Air Force does it all better.

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Navy vs Air Force Prediction, Line

Air Force 30, Navy 13
Line: Air Force -14, o/u: 37.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3.5
Navy vs Air Force Must See Rating (out of 5): 2

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Navy vs East Carolina Prediction, Game Preview

Navy vs East Carolina game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 4 game on Saturday, September 24

Navy vs East Carolina prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 4, Saturday, September 24

Navy vs East Carolina How To Watch

Date: Saturday, September 24
Game Time: 6:00 ET
Venue: Dowdy-Ficken Stadium, Greenville, NC
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Record: Navy (0-2), East Carolina (2-1)
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Navy vs East Carolina Game Preview

Why Navy Will Win

The team got two weeks to prepare.

This hasn’t gone well so far for the Midshipmen with an 0-2 start, losses to Delaware and Memphis, and with the season slipping away before it could even get going.

However, this might be fixable.

The turnovers have to stop. They gave it up six times in those two games – three in each. Start there, come up with more on the outside with the running game against an East Carolina defense that hasn’t really been tested on the ground, and this might turn around fast.

The Navy D is getting into the backfield, it’s not bad at controlling the clock ben when the running game is working, and it’s only allowing 1.7 yards per carry.

With that said …

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Why East Carolina Will Win

Yeah, the Navy ground game isn’t working.

It’s not generating the push needed inside, QB Tai Lavatai and others aren’t getting enough space to blow up big yards on the outside, and there’s absolutely no passing game to speak of other than the occasional big play down the field.

East Carolina got past the tough late loss to NC State with two solid performances against Old Dominion and Campbell. There hasn’t been a turnover in the last two games.

Be +2 in turnover margin, take an early lead, and this should be no problem.

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What’s Going To Happen

Can Navy find any sort of a rushing groove?

It’s got the parts, and the defense hasn’t been all that bad, but the team simply isn’t able to do what makes it so good.

It needs East Carolina to implode, and it needs this to be a low scoring fight. Neither thing will happen.

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Navy vs East Carolina Prediction, Line

East Carolina 34, Navy 14
Line: East Carolina -16.5, o/u: 48.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3.5
Navy vs East Carolina Must See Rating (out of 5): 2

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