Capital Gazette · Oct 9, 2016
Navy positions itself for run at conference championship
Navy's D.J. Palmore and Jarvis Polu sack Houston quarterback Greg Ward Jr. in the second quarter. The Navy Midshipmen played the visiting Houston Cougars in NCAA football Saturday at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. (By Paul W. Gillespie / Capital Gazette) In the football locker room afterward, Vice Admiral Walter "Ted" Carter made an announcement that was just as stunning as Navy's upset of sixth-ranked Houston.
"By the grace of God, we are not having class on Tuesday," Navy linebacker Micah Thomas said when asked what the Naval Academy superintendent told the team. "The locker room erupted."