During his final preseason news conference on Friday, Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo wondered aloud whether his team would be ready to play football.
Niumatalolo’s decision to not practice live produced the result he and many others had feared: The Midshipmen were woefully unprepared for the speed of a real football game and could not execute the basics of blocking and tackling.
Quarterback Zach Wilson directed a devastatingly efficient offense as BYU built a big first-half lead and never looked back in blowing out Navy, 55-3, on Labor Day night at an empty Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.