Tuesday morning’s rainy practice on the turf at Chodoff Field reminded senior linebacker Jarred Alwan of his days in high school and little league football.
Alwan and the rest of the Owls will play in the most important game of the season in Saturday’s American Athletic Conference championship against Navy, the No. 20 team in the Associated Press Top 25.
Navy will host Saturday’s game at noon at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium as it tries to win its first conference championship and record the first back-to-back 10-win seasons in program history. The Midshipmen spent 134 years as independents before joining The American for the 2015 season.