At the tail end of every Navy practice, head coach Ken Niumatalolo blows his whistle and yells “field goal.”
It is the final period of practice and finds placekicker Bennett Moehring attempting about a dozen field goals from various angles and distances. Moehring is very much like a machine during the drill, booming field goal after field goal through the uprights.
Regular visitors to Navy practice this season have marveled at how Moehring almost never misses.
That is why it has been so mind-boggling to see Moehring struggle during games to date. The returning starter missed his first two field goal attempts of the season – a 29-yarder at Florida Atlantic and a 24-yarder versus Cincinnati.