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- The Maryland football team learned Sunday that it will play Stanford in the Foster Farms Bowl on Dec. 30 at Levi¿s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.
- Who's to blame for Maryland not winning close games, Mark Turgeon or his players?
- With four consecutive wins, Navy (8-4) now wants to do something it hasn't done since 2009 — win a bowl game. The Midshipmen will get that opportunity when they meet Middle Tennessee State (8-4) on Monday in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas.
- The Military Bowl in Annapolis would be 'a logical choice' for Maryland, and the AdvoCare V100 Bowl in Shreveport is also scouting the Terps.
- Navy fullbacks Noah Copeland and Chris Swain combined for 215 rushing yards against Toledo. The Midshipmen play Pittsburgh on Saturday.
- Switched from fullback to linebacker this season, Navy football player Maika Polamalum adjusts to playing defense, an art perfected by cousin Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
- Time has done little to dull the sting of Navy's 34-point loss to Arizona State. Although that 62-28 outcome at the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl took place on Dec. 29, Midshipmen on the defensive side of the ball are still carrying a grudge about that performance.
- Development of sophomore QB Keenan Reynolds has the Midshipmen feeling confident
- A little more than a month into the season, Navy had lost to all three Football Bowl Subdivision opponents it had played, and the closest result in any of those beatings was 12-0 at home to San Jose State.
- J.O. "Bo" Coppedge, a former Navy football player and wrestler who ran Navy's athletic department from 1968 until his retirement in 1988, died Wednesday night -- less than three days before the Midshipmen were scheduled to play Arizona State in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco.
- Going into Saturday's Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl against Arizona State (7-5) at San Francisco's AT&T Park, Navy (8-4) has lost four of its last five postseason games and six of nine since 2003.
- After failing conditioning test before season, senior had to regain his starting spot
- Senior wide receiver makes big catch on game-winning drive for Midshipmen
- Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds took advantage of the added attention Saturday against Texas State, pitching to a slew of slotbacks and handing off to sophomore fullback Noah Copeland en route to a 21-10 victory over the Bobcats before 31,004 on senior day at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
- Senior class at Navy goes out knowing they turned program around
- After a slow start by Navy and its burgeoning star, the Midshipmen overcame an early 10-point deficit to Florida Atlantic on Saturday, roaring back behind Reynolds to take a 14-point lead and holding on for a 24-17 victory before a chilled crowd of 29,326 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
- At the start of the season, Navy was fielding one of the youngest football teams in the country. That perceived weakness has gradually become a strength, and the Midshipmen can become bowl eligible with a win Saturday against Florida Atlantic.
- Despite 6-game losing streak, Illini excited to play UCLA in San Francisco