ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Navy senior quarterback Malcolm Perry has watched Bijan Nichols kick long field goals in practice ever since the freshman arrived at the academy over the summer.
Still, he wasn’t taking any chances when Nichols lined up for a game-winner Saturday against Tulane.
“At the end of practice, everybody’s screaming and everybody’s trying to get in his head and try to emulate this situation on the field,” Perry said. “I’ve seen him do it before, and I was really confident in him. But my eyes were closed. I was praying.”
Perry’s prayers — as well as the Midshipmen’s — were answered when Nichols connected on a 48-yarder as time expired to help Navy edge the Green Wave 41-38 on Saturday.