Navy defensive coordinator Brian Newberry joked on Thursday that, when only one reporter logged onto his virtual news conference, no one wanted to talk to him anymore after what happened to the Navy defense during Monday night’s 55-3 loss to Brigham Young University.
While coach Ken Niumatalolo has shouldered all responsibility for the lopsided loss, Newberry said there was plenty of blame to go around and pointed the finger at himself for not having the defense prepared.
“I’m disappointed. I certainly thought we would perform better,” Newberry said. “We didn’t perform well as a staff and we didn’t perform well on the field fundamentally.