College Confidential

Remarkably awful finish...

Or so it would appear. Navy now leads 74-56 after UNT coughed up nine points in a space of 10 seconds. Navy scored the weirdest safety you'll ever see, on a UNT holding call in the end zone with the line of scrimmage being UNT's 6.

Navy then ran the free kick by UNT back 73 yards for a touchdown. Another grueling loss in Todd Dodge's first season appears likely.

--Troy Phillips

Down goes the D again

Navy now leads UNT 65-56 late in the third quarter. UNT's defense is 1-for-11 on stopping Navy's offense. The Middies last scored this many points in 1919 (121) against something called Colby.

-- Troy Phillips

Stop the madness

UNT and Navy just set an unofficial NCAA record for aggregate points in a quarter, with 63. San Jose State and Hawaii (61 in 1999) held the old mark. We are finally to halftime, with UNT leading 49-45. This is exhausting, but enjoyable.

-- Troy Phillips

Vizza rings up Navy...again

UNT 49, Navy 31. This time it's Vizza (7 TDs) to high school buddy Sam Dibrell for 75 yards. Still 4:07 to halftime.

-- Troy Phillips

Vizza breaks record

Giovanna Vizza just threw his sixth touchdown pass against Navy, breaking UNT's single-game touchdown mark held by Steve Ramsey in 1969. UNT leads 42-24. The teams are trading scores like a video game. Casey Fitzgerald has caught four of those six touchdowns.

-- Troy Phillips

Notre Dame hangover?

Casey Fitzgerald just went WAY upstairs for his third touchdown catch of the day from Giovanni Vizza, this one from 25 yards after UNT recovered a Navy fumble. UNT leads 28-10. Wow.

--Troy Phillips

Up here in Denton...

North Texas is leading Navy, 21-10. This is no misprint. Giovanni Vizza is tearing up the Navy defense like a wet paper towel. UNT's defense held Navy to a field goal from the Mean Green 5. UNT also tried and recovered an onside kick in the first quarter.

Navy just scored on a 41-yard touchdown pass. More later.

-- Troy Phillips

Navy-UNT pregame

Today, Navy should help bring one of the bigger crowds UNT has seen at Fouts Field in some time. Heck, Navy offensive tackle Josh Meek alone did his part. His family and friends bought 100 tickets. At UNT, that probably qualified the Meek family for "season-ticket holder for life" status.

A few weeks ago, the Middies traded in their summer whites (think Tom Cruise/Demi Moore in A Few Good Men) for the dress blacks, long coat and all. They should be nice and toasty today with summery weather back.

In all, 26 Navy players are from Texas, including one from the Fort Worth area, former Kennedale linebacker Matt Humison. This team must have a good following, because one of the end zones at Fouts is filling up. Hope they wipe away the dust first.

Deathly quiet in the press box for the national anthem. No one moved a muscle. More singing than usual in the bleachers. A few Staubach jerseys out there, as expected. Thanks to Fort Worth NAS/JRB for the flyover. That will never get old at college games.

-- Troy Phillips