Navy Key: Hog the ball and milk the clock
Navy needs to keep South Florida's high-scoring offense off the field. The Midshipmen go into every game looking to dominate time of possession and did so quite effectively against Houston (34:44 to 25:15) and Memphis (39:48 to 20:12). "That's always been our calling card. We try to limit possessions. All these up-tempo teams are used to getting a lot of possessions, are used to other team's going fast. We want to be methodical and eat the clock." Navy hopes to frustrate South Florida the way it did Memphis by mounting multiple drives of five minutes or more.