ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The coffee shop was mostly empty in front of the Naval Academy entrance.
A pair of Midshipmen walked around. A few SMU fans — coffee in hand and dressed in red — were soaking in the ambience of the prototypical New England town. The atmosphere was quiet as a few stragglers hustled past.
And then, crisply breaking through the light crash of waves on the harbor, one of the men responded to the question of what it would take for SMU to come away with a win at Navy on Saturday.
“Probably a couple of touchdowns from [Tanner] Mordecai.