Navy quarterback Blake Horvath having a historic season

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- On a hot, sunny, September morning, hundreds of Midshipmen, dressed in their matching fatigues for a "tactical Thursday," crisscrossed Navy's campus to get to their next class, identical black backpacks hanging from their shoulders.

Midstride, a Midshipman peered out from under the brim of his required hat to say good morning with a huge grin.

"That's our quarterback," Navy fullback Daba Fofana told a nearby visitor.

Listed at 6-foot-2, 195 pounds, junior Blake Horvath easily blends in with his classmates on the Yard during school hours -- his 3.53 GPA as an operations research major included. When it comes to Navy quarterbacks, though,…