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picture-perfect afternoon for college
football Hill streets gonna be rocking
later tonight for New Year's Eve day the
decade has arrived and we've got a good
one headed your way right now
welcome to the AutoZone Liberty Bowl as
part of Capital One Bowl mania with a
great turnaround stories in college
football in 2019 with Kelly stopper Roy
fill popcorn Sisler joins us on the
sidelines in just one minute you talk
about Navy Kelly a team that is seven
and a half wins better than it was a
year ago that leads the country in
Kansas State didn't make postseason play
last season they have this year and
refers to your head coach you know
what's interesting as we talk about this
game as they describe one another really
the same way they're tough hard-nosed
and well coached and I agree with all
three of those points and they've turned
it around by emphasizing the same things
they value the football they're very
good in situational football third down
red zone on both sides of the ball and
then time--as position matters to both
of these teams we'll see how it plays
out today well for Navy time of
possession starts at quarterback with
Malcolm Perry this guy has said so many
records this season in so many different
ways he's a native of Tennessee he's
gonna have about 50 family members and
friends on hand here today both of his
parents served in the Army so he's got
the kind of background that makes sense
at the Academy and oh by the way - he's
the offensive player of the year this
season in the American Athletic
Conference and just go back to earlier
this month 17 days ago Kelly
he was so solid against army Malcolm
Perry is an electric combination of size
speed and quickness his commitment to
the quarterback position is where
everything changed at the end of last
year he's bought into the position and
that's where the evolution began moving
from just a playmaker to actually being
a consummate quarterback and that's what
this team needed and my oh my was he
amazing throughout this entire season
304 yards in the victory against the
Black Knights that erased a three-game
losing streak you see the other numbers
history could be made today only needs a
buck 17 on the ground has set the FBS
single-season record in terms of rushing
yards by a quarterback well it doesn't
just end with Malcolm Perry we flipped
the script Kansas State Skylar Thompson
a native of Missouri was the Gatorade
Player of the Year back in 2015 in that
state and in his career the little Apple
Kelly 4,000 passing yards 1000 rushing
yards so far only company in terms of
k-state quarterbacks and he's a guy that
can beat you in so many different ways
this season Skylar Thompson is truly a
dual threat quarterback but it was the
Oklahoma game that really was the
turning point maybe for this program and
certainly answered a lot of questions
for Skylar Thompson he came into this
game wondering if he could do it in a
big game if his team could do it in a
big game and it became what he told us
was the best football moment of his life
and how sweet was it at the end in the
victory formation to win a game like
that it's been a rocky road that young
man has had a really amazing season
amazing indeed we mentioned a leak
company how about the likes of Michael
Bishop L Roberson Colin Klein Skyler
Thompson's name right there amongst some
of the great quarterbacks in the history
of the big 12 well Skyler Thompson story
is one that is rich with emotion and for
more on that weekend yeah Roy football
for skyler tongs and despite loss and
tragedy earlier in his life when he was
just six years old his mother lost her
battle with stage 4 breast cancer and
then seven months earlier his
grandfather John passed away from
pancreatic cancer before his mother's
passing his mother would often tell him
to set high goals chase after them and
never give up these words have always
stuck with Skylar and now when he puts
on the jersey with Thompson scrolled
across the back he hopes that everyone
will see his passion for the game and he
plays not only for himself but for the
people that he loves the most
conversation we have with k-state
starting quarterback yesterday Lauren
thank you very much and don't think that
the presence of his mother and his
grandfather is not with him here today
Wildcats led by first-year head man
Chris Klieman when four national
championships and five seasons at North
Dakota State before arriving in a little
Apple and you see those eight wins only
Ryan de better in terms of power five
head coaches in their first year this
season
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and for Navy can the amount to low low
year number 12 the three time American
Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
Kelley he was emotional speaking with us
yesterday for reasons we'll get into
later in our broadcast but always fun
catching up with coach Ken what a job he
has done in 2019 to turn around the
fortunes of the Naval Academy
midship and won the coin toss and have
elected to defer k-state set to receive
here at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl wacky
Bowl season already well underway we saw
Kentucky complete the comeback against
Virginia Tech just moments ago on the
belt bowl in Charlotte we believe this
games going to be quite competitive as
well these handles will pick things off
for the Midshipmen dumpling Phillip
woods back deep to receive Joshua
Youngblood the big 12 special teams
player of the season this year
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in Memphis and here's Philip Brooks
thread the dollar the crease
and spud down at the 26
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Scouter Thompson starting quarterback
native of Missouri just a junior so has
a lot of great football ahead in his
career and he's got some targets to
throw to his Kansas State now Jays
health at the wide receiver position and
what a difference of fresh starts makes
with Chris Klieman coming in one of the
first meetings was to give Skylar
Thompson the understanding that this is
your football team and take it and run
with it and I'll never take those keys
to the car back and Skylar Thompson has
done just that
this season Gilbert in the backfield
flanking Thompson on first down the
Wildcats will throw it and a pass is
incomplete so Nick Lehner's the
full-back the intended target it'll be
second and 10 as we take a look at our
impact players so Kansas State you
talked about it Josh Youngblood is
electric and I think the order of this
day we know how he can impact special
teams but also get him involved in the
offense and Diego foga is a fuga is a
very good linebacker that is going to
have to play well in space here today
Jordan Brown motions out on second and
long inside get straight ahead goes
Gilbert it'll be third down and short
after a gain of 8 yards but go made the
stop right on cue and forego is that guy
in the middle of the new defensive
scheme this year that is going to have
to play well in Skylar Thompson is a
truth do
for a guy we haven't seen a lot of this
year in terms of a dual threat guy but
he's going to be a guy that forego that
has to make plays out in space a lot of
times but remember k-state is about
running the ball downhill first two
teams that have been pretty good on
third down this season and I'm not quite
sure but I think I just saw a huddle on
the field just moments ago we haven't
seen a lot of that in 2019 nifty run by
Thompson that'll move to change the
drive stays alive after gate and for the
go made the stop
and one of the staples for Kansas State
and Brian Newberry the new defensive
coordinator for Navy told us this that
they live in third and short and that
sounds familiar because that's Navy's
offensive wheelhouse as well
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from the 39 mason Barta in motion we've
seen Huddle's we've seen full backs
already in this one Gilbert with a
crease and another nice Pekka that's a
first
the bonds new transfer James Gilbert
they told us yesterday he runs violent
he did so right there and this is what a
violent efficient run looks like in
Kansas State wants to be downhill
they're balanced offensively but it's a
new type of balance
Cortney messing them the offensive
coordinator said balance to him is
balance between shotgun formation and
under the center that's a new definition
of balance offensively five-man front
contact that'll cost maybe five yards
Jacob springer crossed the line of
scrimmage illegally for offense
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Nick Leonard instead moved early and
Lehner's is one of the three tight ends
we'll see today and the tight end
position just a little switch out on the
edge good recognition defensively by
Springer but the tight end position for
Kansas State is essentially an extension
of the offensive wine in that downhill
run game the football now back in Kansas
State Territory eight in the box for
Navy there goes Gilbert makes one man
miss and another
back in a tabi territory stopped at the
43 yard line by Cameron Kenley after a
gain of nine and this is what's referred
to as an ace formation double tight ends
single back to wide receivers balanced
formation you forced the defense to also
be balanced and then Skylar Thompson
manages the play at the line of
scrimmage it's check with me based on
how the defense defends that balanced
formation and then Thompson gets him in
the right play
Harry Trotter checks in for the first
time number two in white for Kansas
State on second down and six they'll
fake it to Trotter on the wheel route
wide open was ground in the passes
incomplete
Skylar Thompson missed a dare Brown was
the near back in a tube accent leaking
out of the backfield and essentially
just going vertical just inside the
numbers and Skylar Thompson just needs
to set his feet and dropped the ball
into Browns wow that was a big missed
opportunity early in this one
third and six
handoff Trotter right side he'll be
stopped well short front down near the
41 yard line for go and Carruthers
combine to make the head and let's see
what Chris Klieman elects to do here
yeah just getting to that plus 40 yard
line and you wonder that Chris Klieman
may go ahead and go for it they would be
punting into it really stiff breeze
moving from our right to laughs and
that's a pretty good time in this place
on the field to go ahead and roll the
dice early so I'm for that is short five
what do you call here Kelly you try to
get tops when I think out on the edge
and you see four wide receivers spread
the field with the dual-threat
quarterback feels like a trough and
instead Thompson's going to be flushed
surveys plain said tee complete the pass
was dropped by Phillip Brooks and that
should have been six
skyler thompson was getting away from a
little bit of pressure moving to his
right ii missed opportunity we saw
Skylar Thompson missed the back once and
now Phillip Brooks simply should have
corralled this one and walked into the
endzone for a big play early for Kansas
Day
back in Memphis you're looking one of
the most explosive players in college
football this season he's got a chance
to break records previously set by names
like Jordan Lynch Lamar Jackson 1800
plus rush yards already this season the
Offensive Player of the Year in the
American Conference Malcolm Perry
and he's going to take off it's what he
does best ripped up from behind after a
short game live gist Sullivan got there
first stopped up in just three yards
over 40% of call drop back passes or
play-action passes turn into Malcolm
Perry rods and we can see it there and I
think it's a combination of things first
of all Malcolm Perry is an electric
runner with the football but he also is
careful with the football and so he
doesn't want to throw the ball into
harm's way Jamel Carruthers joins it in
the backfield
on second down two brothers gets the
head dog driven backwards after a gain
of two Daquan patton got there first so
we take a look at our impact players
Kelly Jamal brothers is one of those
impact players more speed at the
full-back position and Wyatt Huber is a
disruptive guy off the edge and he's
going to have to have a huge impact
today and Elijah Sullivan maybe we'll
have a career day in tackles in his
middle linebacker position
the most efficient teams in the country
on third down Kansas State the best in
the nation on third down defense here's
the pitch close to the line again it'll
come down to this bond that should be a
nine to move the chains a gain of five
the Navy drive stays alive Kansas State
defensive coordinator Scaasi Scotty
Hazleton told us that he wants this to
become a pitch game and this is the true
triple option dive inside quarterback
Perry gets to the edge and then is that
a pitch or is it a key the more the ball
goes through the edge in a pitch
situation Kansas State is very very
comfortable with that type of process
Keanu Cordell mock a cow picks up five
as the navy drive continues now implies
territory from the 48 inside give
running the triple option no game Wyeth
Hubert first team all things well
performer with the tackle so what we'll
show today is we see right there Navy
has just off the hook good rushing the
football and Kansas State is very good
at defending the run game so good on
good in that situation but it isn't
always a triple option for Navy a lot of
times will not the parry it's a two-way
option high probability of the
quarterback Perry keeping the ball in
his hands
in the backfield pre wide receiver
formation for Navy and on second down
Perry's going to be flesh finds a crease
and makes something out of nothing it'll
be third and manageable
Jordan mini with a tackle Android gain
of five so the pass game for Navy is
first of all few and far between but
think of this you have the ultimate play
call you have the possibility of one
receiver open and Malcolm Perry can find
that open receiver that you also have
the defense that responds in to pass
coverage and then has to come out of
that and try to corral whether the most
electric runners with the football after
that and that's well compare
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Perry will take to the air on third down
and the pass will be reeled in Michael
Cooper will move the chains in the Navy
Drive stays alive Lance Robinson in
coverage and it's almost always going to
be some form to man-to-man coverage on
the back end just a simple hook route by
Michael Cooper throwing a little outside
but Cooper keeps his eyes on it and
snatches it whoa
Navy's been more efficient in the
passing game this year with Perry and
also the addition of Billy Ray sets been
from Hawaii Kelly has basically served
as the passing game coordinator for the
midship in this season bring a little of
that run and shoot that Hawaii is
running poorly
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second possession of the game we're
already halfway through the first Perry
stays alive makes a man bassinet goes
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down and Kansas State has this defended
perfectly outside of the fact that you
have to try to tackle meThe compari in
space it is a matter of just drawn it up
on a greased board having a hat on a hat
you have to get number ten to the ground
he's electric book with his feet boy and
also he's faster than most people on the
field back to his native state here in
Tennessee grew up just north of
Nashville
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in this area Carruthers is quickly
bottled up Kelley he's got a chance to
to play at the next level and his
commitment to our nation's armed forces
could be delayed as a result of that
potentially yeah that Brule has just
changed just a few months ago actually
allowing the active-duty part of Malcolm
Perry to start later if he has a chance
to play in the NFL
by the tribe Perry's one went for 25 at
was stucked at the line
it'll be third and goal from the 8 and
with Greenland to charge that time with
what Navy likes to do offensively they
have the ultimate kind of drive finish
and scheme their third in the country in
the red zone they score touchdowns 83%
of the time
but it's because you have a new best
coming
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on every bro
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third and goal Navy's gonna utilize your
time out baby
their first of a half 5/16 to go in the
first quarter big play coming up
floats and high school marching bands
from around the country third down and
goal coming up in a scoreless contest
here at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Carothers in the backfield he'll get the
pitch can he get to the edge
dripping down at the fact it'll be
fourth and goal from the four Denzel
Goolsbee got their first Kelly and the
thing to notice is how quickly Kansas
State was able to get the ball out of
Malcolm Perry's hands and that's gonna
be the order of the day from now all the
way through the last second get the ball
to the edge it was more of a speed load
option simply going isolate the in men
on the line of scrimmage and Perry makes
the decision to pitch it and the pitch
receiver actually has a
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mr. Hisham nickels
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the left hash right across the line
split the pipes Navy draws first blood
they're in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl
three nothing our score 426 to go here
in the first postseason
her offseason message board Twitter
fodder I've never been there I should
visit sometime quickly whenever you do
make sure that it happens in a very fast
fashion sounds good quick start for Navy
three nothing our score 426 to go here
in the first quarter of the AutoZone
Liberty Bowl Kelly Stouffer
Loyd Philpott Lauren sisal or on hand
though pooch the kickoff and a fair
catch made at the 29 well don't forget
coming up not to do with his numbers so
far this season Wildcats take over the
handoff right side and that's a couple
as Cameron Kinley made the stop after a
short game so Jordan Brown picks up two
yards let's see what Kansas State can do
on its second possession in Kansas State
certainly is built around the concept of
kind of fun Lee to third and manageable
converting and moving the chains we
talked about it Roy at the top that time
a position matters greatly to both of
these teams here today
a lot of people wondered would Chris
Klieman FCS brand of championship
football work in the big 12 the answer
was a resounding gas as knowles goes
around the left side for a short game i
think chris klieman was exactly the hit
coach following bill snyder than kansas
state needed i think the things that
chris klieman did in north dakota stayed
and was obviously incredibly successful
translate really well to the way that
you have to play football in Manhattan
Kansas third and six big play for the
Wildcats last thing you want to do is go
three and out after giving up a score to
Navy may not get the football back on
midway through the third quarter
k-state will utilize a timeout
3:11 ago here in our first quarter
thinking about the big 12 don't forget
now on ESPN plus is a must has pretty
good and so a lot of people wondered you
win those titles there how does that
translate into the FBS ranks inside the
power five the answer is so far you see
the eight wins most by a first-year head
coach in k-state history it's worked out
pretty well and let's see what happens
here today yeah just a different
approach altogether than what coach Bill
Snyder built his program around and so
far so good
Brown in the backfield
Thompson will change the play
dalton's shown in motion that's his
favorite target on third down pocket
collapses Thompson a try to buy some
time he cannot sack back of the 29 yard
line Jackson Perkins got there this is
Navy's new defensive scheme in a
nutshell there's a lot of pre snap
movement defensively by Navy they don't
want the offense to be able to take a
good picture before the snap and then
there's a lot of post snap movement as
well and Kansas State with that veteran
offensive line couldn't figure it out
and in the end
Skylar Thompson was swallowed up the
second team all-big 12 punter Devin
ankle will sit it away from his own 19
fair catch made by when at the 24 and
Navy will take over right there and we
mentioned Malcolm Perry on the verge of
setting several records the Navy offense
also close to establishing some new
highs for head coach Ken the Amato low
low and right now just 159 more rushing
yards will set the all-time
single-season record and Malcolm Perry
just 84 short breaking the record held
by Jordan Lynch the former Northern
Illinois quarterback and it certainly
has been that type of year for Ken
Niumatalolo going from 3 and 10 in 2018
to 10 and to have a chance to win 11
games and the commitment that was made
to this senior class by their head coach
after last season when the senior class
looked him in the eye and said coach
we have to do to win and I think they
figured it out
Perry keeps it dives across the 34 a
gain of six Sullivan the tackle one of
the things that Kenny on motto Lolo told
us it was a commitment to Malcolm Perry
as a quarterback but a commitment that
Malcolm Perry had to make at that
quarterback position as well and once
Malcolm Perry committed to being a
quarterback remember he came in as a
quarterback was moved to running back
was moved back to quarterback and then
was benched last season and lo and
behold now we have this an electric
quarterback playing this offense they
pitch mokka paiya stacked up to the line
he'll gain a yard
Daquan Patton didn't sell Goosby got
there Lawrence sizzler has lost our me
last season coach Jasper told Malcolm
Perry you're going to be our quarterback
and from that day forward a lot change
Perry went to work developing his skill
set watching and studying film more
intently and he's really progressed from
being just that athletic player to a
more cerebral quarterback
and that air force loss was a
bloodletting thirty five to seven and
the offense for Navy did essentially
nothing Malcolm Perry found himself as a
running back the next week running the
option twisting and turning his way for
a first down as ferry and the drive
continues for Navy the thing about that
time is Nia montolo Lowe said that it
wasn't actually fair in hindsight to
Malcolm Perry they were trying to kind
of shoehorn Perry into an offensive
approach that really didn't work more
physical once they decided that hey
what's the best skill set of that player
let's get him out in space and then they
blew the doors off of all kinds of
offensive records especially obviously
in the rush game this year
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and just go back to that victory against
army
and Perry 304 rushing yards by himself
bottled up here after a gain of one and
he told us after that game stay lined up
in victory formation he actually had
tears in his eyes and messed up the
cadence as they tried to close that
contest out but he was emotional his
teammates were emotional Ken the Amato
Lolo was as well
after a resounding victory against the
Black Knights 31 to 7:15 in the books
here at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl 2nd
quarter
coming up State Sugar Bowl will conclude
things on New Year's Day let's see if
Georgia can find its offense again
because it's been mis yeah Jake Fromm we
were in there earlier in the year and
Jake Fromm was speaking well of that
receiving group but that white receiving
group in Georgia just never really
showed up consistently this year as we
welcome you back here in Memphis the
start of our second quarter some laundry
on the field
I'll start that's another area of this
game that Navy and or Kansas they just
aren't penalized very often David for T
the guilty party Malcolm Perry has a
chance to smash a record set by Jordan
Lynch and join Lamar Jackson's one of
the top rushing quarterbacks in college
football history 1,500 on the ground 20
rushing touchdowns in a single campaign
impressive is there you kid me man once
that young man committed to the position
it's been absolutely lights out on
second and 14 Oprah
and flings that pass incomplete late
flag on the field will check the penalty
heavy pressure from Daquan patent that
time at his will linebacker spot for
k-state and this appears to be pass
interference when you get navy behind
the sticks and down in distance second
and 14 the last thing that you want to
do is at Kansas State defenses bail him
out with the pass interference
that wasn't accurately thrown the
coverage was great a little panic at the
end led to that pass interference call
Mike a cow as the penalty was assessed
on wild AAV I thought that the Kansas
State defender arrived a little bit
early second and 29 the triple option
doesn't exactly have an answer for this
unless your quarterback does Malcolm
Perry
let's see if the magician can go back to
work
we'll pitch it my case Califano duck
lodges sullivan led the charge for the
wildcats
that's Kansas State defense fruit in the
center they don't really have any alpha
dogs on that defense it's really
distribution and production across the
board that defensive line they'll have
some more than fine 20s and tackles and
they all have pressure numbers they have
four defenders in the back seven that
have 50 tackles or more and that was sue
Chris Klieman was at North Dakota State
it was a group effort defensively game
in and game out and you saw Scottie
Hazleton defensive play color for the
Wildcats very good year and his first
campaign in Manhattan trade - Sean
Reggie Walker stopped maybe dead in its
tracks right down the Shipman
Kelly just 59 yards on the ground so far
yet leading by three and that really is
the template to get Navy's offense off
the field is get him behind the chains
make them count on the pass game and
typically that doesn't in real well
this games had a old-school throwback
feel to it so far very physical at the
line of scrimmage
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Owen white checks in 43 yards per punt
this season he'll turn it over
beautifully here driving Brooks back
leathers 34 netting all the convoy there
he goes Brooks
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yes he can touchdown cats
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the 66-yard - to pay dirt and k-state
with its firstly great
Kansas State defense leads to a back to
pot that leads to a huge special teams
play by Kansas State Philip Brooks takes
it to the house this particular time but
whether it's Josh Youngblood or Malik
Noel's another staple in the way Chris
Klieman intends to build this program in
Manhattan
Blake Lynch's extra point is good and
our new score with 13 Kansas State
grabbing its first lead at 7 to 3 and
Phillip Brooks with the honors for the
big 12 for the
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just in a sense and a lot of specialty
plays of turn games for Kansas State
dick McClellan wearing number four this
afternoon we'll kick it on the fair
catch made at the two by Warren speaking
of - two more bowl games tomorrow for
you starting one Eastern Iowa State but
a good start would be beating Alabama
Clemson man something to say about a
potential dynasty run as well just had
to sneak that one in there's Ryan
Mitchell makes it catch for gain of five
yards
it's amazing to me in the national
championship game two weeks from
yesterday I guess Dabo Swinney gets to
play the underdog card for the time in
his career they haven't lost a game
forever today and coach Rania's writing
that
underdog car no doubt about that and
they should be an underdog - given how
well
LSU played against Oklahoma of course
quick toss by Kaku per second reception
how to move the chains ahead to the 41
yard line
that's a gain of 11 and that was the
area of the game once melt got it it's
not a staple who maybe wants to be
four-man front for the Wildcats on first
and 10
and out of the gun Perry straight drop
back and I pass Pat it down well that's
the other part of it Perry in the pocket
is five nine and there aren't a lot of
throwing lanes four five nine
quarterbacks in the pocket Perry wants
to get rid of the ball quickly and then
the defensive end and Duke just gets up
and bats that ball down freshman from
Atlanta to lead Duke did I just see
maybe throw the ball three times in a
row I mean they're operating straight
gun straight drop back
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Barry rips it out and sandwich between
three different k-state defenders
McPherson and Goolsby made sure stop
them for a short gain of three and you
said it's sandwich Kansas State
defensively the game plan is to box
Perry in and then have pressure that
kind of dense that line of scrimmage and
that's a really good example of it Perry
his so electric out on the edge in space
he makes defenders look foolish not that
time defensively for Kansas day four
receiver formation there goes Perry can
he get to the line to gain he cannot
stop the midfield by Sullivan it'll be
fourth and one from the 50 and tell me
what do you do here if your candy Amitha
Lola without hesitation
Kim niyama - Lola goes for they go for
it on fourth down anyway I mean and a
lot of times the third down call is
affected by the fact that niyama Tolono
has already told Ivan Jasper's offensive
coordinator this is two down territory
we're seeing it right here
first of all defensively Kansas State
has too little fog channel
eleven players of the box Perry left
side Malcolm parents gonna be tripped up
ball comes out late stopped at the 26 by
Walter deal and that was a shoestring
away from being a touchdown
well Navy lives in short down yardage
situations and that's what we see here
the offensive lines used to it but the
defenders all of those extra hats to the
line of scrimmage and then there's
nothing beyond that
and Perry almost took that one to the
endzone he tiptoed through the line of
scrimmage through all of that carnage
and then found a way to almost score a
touchdown late pitch here mile spouse
can't get to the action down he goes
Sullivan again who's been extremely
active in this first half and we talked
about it
Elijah Solomon is one of those impact
players the middle linebacker playing
the triple option sometimes as upwards
of 20 tackles you have to skate inside
fullback to outside to the pitch you
stand stay a half a little behind but
when the pitch shows up outside that
middle linebacker has to arrive as well
I love it when you drop a new
new terminology on me half a hole behind
oh yeah go you can use that sometime
today
breaking open towards the action on the
ground that fell touchdown Navy back in
front
mock a cow brings him to touchdown on a
beautiful pass from Perry it's easy for
the defense to lose running backs in the
pass game because of all of the bells
and whistles on the back end the K cow
is going to just release right up the
field and that's the part of the game
that melka Perry is so much better at is
reading defenses but also throwing the
appropriate pass that we saw right there
Nichols on for the extra point
flag on the field and likely offsides
coming against k-state
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so the place dropped the point is good
all sides defense number two that
penalty is declined
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so the Junior slop back keone Cordell ma
cacao scores the first touchdown of the
season the junior from Hawaii's Malcolm
berry drops the dime like it's his job
he's been doing it all season long for
the Academy kids you going this holiday
season I don't know what will
Naval Academy thirsty at 75 yards
scoring drive and eight plays and guess
what they're throwing the pill around
the day right I mean this has been fun
to watch yeah he plays for runs but also
for passes Mackay cow catching that last
pass in the end zone but you talk about
balance that isn't something that Navy
typically associates with their style of
play it's all on the ground and it's a
lot of times Malcolm Perry but that was
tremendous came out throwing three
passes in a row to start that Drive
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ask Malcolm Perry what would you tell
yourself three years ago after you burst
on the scene the Armed Forces bull
against Louisiana Tech with a touchdown
on your only touch of the game he said
you know what I tell myself take
ownership at the quarterback position
and become selfless earlier in my career
here's young one the big 12 Special
Teams Player of the Year sit down after
a short return on the kickoff as we take
a look back our great clips Drive recap
Navy throwing the football and they came
out throwing it three in a row the first
one to Mitchell the second one to Cooper
in Bock a cow catching the touchdown
pass and Perry in the middle almost
taking it into
and that was a forked one hip coach
kidding me about the logo chooses to go
for it that's not highly unusual finish
the drive through the air on the other
hand is unusual for Navy six-man front
and the first completion now for Skylar
Thompson as he's one for four and
that'll be a gain of six yards on first
down of the first grab for Dalton shown
and we anticipated this type of game
kind of back and forth violent run game
electric runs by Malcolm Perry we didn't
anticipate as much of the pass game by
Navy but now you would think that you
see k-state settling into their
offensive game plan a little bit more
right now Gilbert in the backfield
play-action on second and short that'll
move the sticks first down for Kansas
State close to midfield as the drive
continues springer the stop after a gain
of 14 yards malik doles makes his 23rd
catch of the season and an important
thing that Skylar Thompson pointed out
yesterday when we met with him is in the
two losses that Navy has against Memphis
and Notre Dame the offense had success
through the air and I think that's what
we're gonna see right now Kansas State
probing the pass game just a little bit
more than they have up to this point
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maybe showing different looks right
before the snap as advertised
Thompson delivers on target that's a
gain of 11 and now yet they'll say
that's a gram as nose makes his second
reception Carruthers applied the
pressure this is where Skylar Thompson I
think has improved so much Roy the
subtle movement the pocket manipulation
to get the football off there's pressure
by Navy that's now Navy's middle name
defensively and then he gets whacked in
the sternum does Thompson but gets the
ball aha that's all really really good
stuff so Thompson started the game over
threes completed his last three passion
attempts Kansas State now from the Navy
39 is going to utilize a timeout cats
with halfway through our second quarter
here in Memphis good wood brewing the
AutoZone Liberty Bowl three-point
contest
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and we welcome me back to the AutoZone
Liberty Bowl as part of Capital One Bowl
mania Beale Street will be rocking later
tonight here on New Year's Eve
one of the final countless football
games of the decade and don't forget
inside the college football playoff now
streaming on the SPN Plus episode two
actually premieres today following the
day surrounding last Saturday's
semi-final games as LSU and Clemson
punch their ticket to the national
championship in less than two weeks down
in the Big Easy and how much fun is that
going to be
Joe Perot Trevor Lawrence etn Edwards he
layers now healthy it's going to be a
lot of fun a lot of fun here at the
Liberty Bowl as well first in 10 from
the 39 for Kansas State
Kelly Stoffer Lauren Sisler Lloyd
Philpott Wildcats keep it on the ground
and a gain of three on first down four
go with the tackle and Skylar Thompson
what a comeback story this has been at
least you look at the numbers the
metrics all suggests he's had a great
year but so much to unpack with the
junior signal column from Independence
Missouri and it really all started with
the fresh start that Skylar Thompson got
when Chris Klieman took the job they
have a prior relationship Klieman
actually recruited Thompson out of high
school to North Dakota State and it
ended up that they're together again and
it makes a difference in a quarterbacks
life when you're told that you have the
keys to the offense right checks it at
running back for the first time those
makes his third reception on this
possession and that'll move the chains
as we can get once again with Lauren
yeah and Kelly when you talk about he
was given the key so to speak he said it
really changed his entire outlook he
told us that because Coach Klieman
believed in him he was able to focus on
becoming a better leader for this
football team and not always having to
look over his shoulder and wonder if
he's going to lose his starting job it's
been a tremendous confidence boost for
him and for the entire team knowing he's
their guy under center and that's the
right word confidence you need that as a
quarterback in this coaching staff put
their trust in Skylar Thompson Wright
will get his first touch and the
bruising back times ahead for a short
gain of one Carruthers with the tackle
and Lauren what you talked about once
you're not using all of your energy to
fight and or keep the starting job is
you get to work on the little
intricacies of playing the position and
that's where Skylar Thompson is now and
it's a final place to be you learn the
offense better you could be a better
leader and right now Kansas State seen
all of that out of that young man
Gilbert back in it running back out of
the I Thompson's going to be flush and
the dump-off Pass will pick up a couple
of he third down and short upcoming as
Evan Fineman limits that to a short gain
and there you see the Thompson family
his father Brad it's been an incredible
season for Skyler and company that upset
victory against Oklahoma ran to his Dam
after that game he said I saw tears in
his eyes it's the first time that I've
seen him cry an emotional moment has
resonated with him ever since
so after Logan long picked up four it'll
be third and five for the Wildcats on
the Jets wait Philip Brooks score the
touchdown on the puck return moments ago
stopped short here it'll be fourth and
one jacob springer got there and I would
think Coach Klieman would probably go
for it right here right now what you see
is Kansas State's getting a really good
fit up front on the offensive line of
scrimmage some gnarly nasty pitch runs
up for all senior starters great deal of
communication and why not go forward and
port them warm right here after Kansas
Day
Wildcats vote for one on fourth down so
far today
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and a timeout called by Kansas State
that'll be their final timeout
[Applause]
three-point game for twenty three to go
and a fast moving first half here in
Memphis back against Virginia Tech
should be a lot of fun sit yeah to the
Rose Bowl back here in Memphis
fourth and one for Kansas stayed out of
the timeout
Gilbert flanking Thompson in the
backfield
sit in the box for Navy Gilbert let's I
only needed a yard and this is going to
be close they're gonna give him the spot
the drive continues Chrome Barney met
him right there in the hole in Gilbert
won that one-on-one battle and at the
end of the day I think Chris Klieman was
confident in this they didn't need a
whole lot you have a veteran offensive
line and they communicates so well and
there's very little leakage and that's
what you needed short yardage situations
a hat on the hat just don't allow quick
penetration and typically you can
convert right there in Kansas there Trey
Blake leads our ACC veteran officiating
crew this afternoon and for the first
time we will have a additional look by
Joe Ryder and the replay booth it was
interesting during that timeout there
was a little gamesmanship going on
Blake Lynch the kicker from Kansas State
was out warming up on the field as if he
was going to kick a field goal as we
take a look at the replay to see if
indeed Gilbert did make the line to gain
and I'm not exactly sure certainly
didn't make a good three quarters to a
full yard passed the line to gain but
remember the standard always is
indisputable video evidence and I'm just
not sure from those first two angles it
appeared he was stopped short of the 18
yard line which was the line to gain to
get the first down question is to your
point is that indisputable video
evidence based off the angle yeah that's
the key is the is the angle unless you
have a camera that's looking right down
on the line to game
it's very difficult in short yardage
situations to reverse how it was called
on the field originally and I think
that's probably what we're gonna get
this should be a great look at it I
think this is a call stands situation
and kidney Amata lo-lo's certainly
thought his defense prevailed right
there what do you think the calls going
to stand because there's not enough
video evidence to overturn it
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that gamesmanship was interesting
because Blake Lynch was out warming up
and the effect that has is that Navy's
looking out to see what some package
they put in or they kick in at ogle or
not and wench gave the impression that
he was staying on the field to kick at
the last minute he left I told our
producer during that break Robert damned
ski there's a better chance of me
kicking a field goal than Blake Lynch I
knew they were gonna go for it
you used to kick field goals right it
was pretty efficient back in the day for
the first down here's Gilbert
and no letting laying there he is sit
backwards he's gonna lose half a yard
remember how this drive started Schuyler
Thompson thrown the football and I think
that's exactly what Kansas State has to
continue to do and furthermore kids
gather Thompson out on the ads right now
it's tough sledding up inside to some
extent even though that's who Kansas
State is offensively level play the
drive up coming nice hair Cromartie
playing from that Raider position in the
Navy defense in attack boat in this
first half bottled up Gilbert that last
play Jordan Brown the new running back
for the Wildcats
clean pocket for Thompson has all day
and stepped out of bounds I believe
before releasing the pass it'll be third
long Navy doing a great job in coverage
Navy's new defensive identity is a lot
of pre snap movement give pressure on
the football don't allow the quarterback
to take a quality picture before the
snap but coverage really wasn't in that
description but that was really good
coverage by navy that tuck officially
ruled an incomplete pass Kelly although
that second look appeared as if he threw
it from out of bounds I think you're
right it looked like that right foot of
skyler thompson might have been out of
bounds before he released a football
third down and 11
this might be the replay booth two
coming in to take a look
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and can the Amato lo-lo's suggesting the
same thing to this veteran crew and the
difference would be a loss of 5 to 6
yards it's a throwing down nonetheless
into the red zone but it may be from a
different starting point that's back
near the 21 yard line
a loss of about two to three more yards
in a game like this football they say is
a game of inches but in particular
triple option time of possession game
like we're seeing today it may mean a
little bit more yeah and in this game
you need to really finish well in the
red zone
we saw Kansas State's defense bow up and
hold Navy to a field goal originally
early in the first quarter and can Chris
Klieman understands to beat Navy you
have to beat him at their own game you
have to be really good in situational
football convert third downs extend
drives and then get sevens instead of
threes in the red zone
so the first-ever meeting between these
two schools has been a good one so far
by the way how cool are those uniforms
that navies were - - fantastic
we noticed that as soon as we arrived at
the stadium Kelly staffer Roy Philpott
here in the booth Lauren Sisler on the
sidelines here at Liberty Bowl Memorial
Stadium may be trying to win its 11th
game of the season that would tie the
mark for victories in a single campaign
and Chris Klieman doing a fantastic job
in Manhattan taking over for Bill Snyder
which as anybody could understand is not
easy to do further review
[Applause]
would be third down if it's winning one
you are alive please reset the game
clock
it's a 248 248 on the game clock the
replay booth has been crushing it so far
this this game and I emphasize that
because they're basically agreeing with
us and that's always a good buy right it
usually is usually I shouldn't say
always usually third and 13
coaching two and a half to play here at
the Liberty Bowl an exciting first half
Brown the running back here comes
pressure Thompson escapes throws it into
the turf and he was lucky wasn't set by
a lawn - near the 30-yard line
head coach Ken Niumatalolo went looking
for something new defensively in the
offseason and this is in Brian Newberry
brings in a scheme that really is
creating a niche at the Naval Academy
it's a lot of bells and whistles before
the snap creating indecision in the
blocking scheme whether it's run or pass
protection that's the result of it we
just saw on that part 39 yard field goal
attempt by blake ledge is good and just
like that we're tied at 10
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when you play Navy
it's about TDS and not threes but
they've traded a couple of kilos so
forth so far so good
well don't forget we mentioned it
earlier commenting on Brit Venables even
though those numbers are completely
outrageous
well the mad scientists will go back
into the laboratory in Clemson South
Carolina and try to conjure up something
that just slows down LSU's off it's
because really nobody has done that the
entire year to your point what a great
matchup Joe Brady passing game
coordinator Brent Venables defensive
coordinator it's gonna be sad when you
win all those games in a row and you
still get to play the that car
first down for Navy Midshipmen with two
timeouts remaining and the inside gill
nets four yards many the stop against
Carruthers and certainly a hurry up to
minute situation Navy doesn't actually
live here very often but they can go
fast when they want to
play-action Terry drops back DPS trooper
wide-open couldn't sail he'll take off
and be stopped short of the line to gain
by Wyatt Huber that's a gain of Forbin
Michael Cooper number three was
streaking wide open to the same yeah
right down the hatch and you're right
kind of plays that passing game
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conservatively if he doesn't see it
clearly he doesn't throw the football so
Navy will call a timeout third and two
upcoming less than two to play in our
first half it's already been a crazy day
of postseason football we saw the belt
bowl Kentucky and Virginia Tech came
down to the wire the 31 to 33 ler in
Charlotte and now Scotty Hazleton will
talk things over here with his star
linebacker Elijah Sullivan who already
has more than seven stops in these first
two quarters how good is coach Hayes is
beard right there
beard game I told him yesterday I seen
you since she left Laramie it remains as
strong as ever he had no question that
is a good beard and his defenses played
really well against it incredibly an
electric quarterback in Mill compari
thus far today out of the timeout third
and two
two others stepped up driven backwards
he's going to lose a yard trade as Jean
got there first the senior the option
for Navy starts with the fall back in
Kansas State knows that Navy appears to
be getting ready to at least the emotion
to run on a fourth down play
let's do jump first Hubert was in the
neutral zone
it's who went first and I think it was
Wyatt Hubert that jumped in and caused
them
correction number 56
Wyatt Hubert goes down inside from his
defensive in position and just gets
drawn off sides by the hardcamp I'm
comparing he's been one of the
additional coaches on the field and the
weeks leading up to this bowl game face
the option almost every week in high
school he told us off the Karem Cooper
makes the catch for a gain of about five
well that's just a lack of discipline
because even Kim niyama to Lolo I don't
think is going for it right there as we
see Malcolm Perry throwing from inside
the pocket and once again the five nine
quarterback getting the ball tipped that
was Reggie Walker on second down Terry
spun backwards by Sullivan pick up three
yards his time continues to wind down
under a minute now another timeout will
be called the last two bounce-back
programs this season to bounce back
quarterbacks you see their numbers
Thompson got off to a slow start but he
started to warm up on that last
possession
the atop s'en was a better passer on
that last drive in Perry throwing the
football five of six we know he's
electric with the ball in his hands on
the ground it's gonna come down to these
two guys at the end of this game we
thought it would be tight and it has
been and the two quarterbacks will
decide who's gonna win this game today
maybe 3 of 7 on third down
Thompson was given the keys to the
Kansas State offense the second that
Chris Klieman arrived on campus really
changed his outlook I'm not even sure if
he would be at Kansas State
that climate not arrived and said what
he said on third set
Reggie Walker tempt to pass two downs
ago now records a sack to thwart this
Navy Drive here Scottie Hazleton
bringing pressure on that down in
distance right there man the man on the
backend
adding hats to get after the quarterback
it's all about being disruptive
defensively whether you're playing the
spread hurry up throw the ball type of
offense or the triple option the more
you can pressure the guy with the
football obviously the better you're
playing defense now Kelly both teams out
of timeouts so Navy allowing the clock
to wind down tied at 10 and I would
imagine they will take delay of game
penalty then punt it away on fourth down
entertaining first half just about in
the books what we expected and Chris
Klieman told us yesterday it's a
possession game they're gonna keep it
we're gonna keep it they're really built
the same they look different but they're
built the same they play football the
same they come it they value the
football they take care of it time of
possession matters and so it's really
meeting each other at their own game
here's the ever dangerous Phillip Brooks
already returned 166 yards to the house
earlier today and you got to think Owen
why it's going to be instructed to kick
it out of bounds
and he does so three seconds remaining
see if Coach Klieman elects to allow
Skylar Thompson to run around a little
bit try to make something happen throw
the football in the air you can either
get it a huge play or potentially a
penalty and get another crack at it but
it looks very much like Kansas State is
happy what tend to tend to go into the
locker room I just think about what we
saw yesterday at the end of the Western
Kentucky Western Michigan game Hail Mary
into the end zone penalty flag thrown
and a field goal wanted for Western
Kentucky entertaining first half in the
books here in Memphis at the AutoZone
Liberty Bowl Chris Klieman plays with
his club start we're tied at 10 Navy and
Kansas State will sit you to reach Davis
for the briseida's bids halftime report
coming up right after these messages
and then still let it loose a little bit
allow Skylar Thompson to throw the
football they have an advantage wide
receivers on Navy secondary Kelly
Stouffer
Roy Philpott Lauren Sessler here with
you ozone Liberty Bowl they be set to
receive our second half kickoff and the
fair catch they just inside the tents we
check in with Lauren for the first time
talking to coach Klieman going into the
locker room he says he really likes the
way the defense is executing they really
understand the speed of the game on
offense inside the football not
executing as well as he would like them
to he said they really got to shore up
their protection create some explosive
plays create something that I'm here in
the second half what Lauren just talked
about the speed of the game with Coach
Klieman referenced is so important you
can't really anticipate the execution
that Navy does in that triple option and
Kansas State adjusted to it from the
get-go in this game
maybe's got a chance to win 11 games
this season that would ties
single-season record with a victory
today on the option ahead to the 30
it'll make it second and five as Mitty
stops the ball carrier and I would think
at an AV offensively we're gonna see
more of the true triple option I think
Kansas State has proven that they can
Corral
Malcolm Terry and more of the two-way
option game which is quarterback centric
more triple option out of the Navy in
the second half now less than a hundred
yards on the ground in the first two
quarters by Monta Ellis a fly on the
five-yard penalty second down is it just
me or the Griff's Mike giving us about
every third word I think maybe there was
some hangang on Beale Street late
yesterday perhaps I don't know I was
hoping that my ears were cutting out
like that I'm blaming it on the bike to
game that's featured fullbacks Huddle's
defense physicality
fantastic way to end the college
football decade right here on ESPN Terry
escapes he's got a first down a lot more
then the plush territory
Navy setting up shop on its opening
possession as Sullivan ushered him out
of bounds
five out of ten poll passes turn into
this type of Malcolm Perry outside the
design of the concept play where one of
the most electric quarterbacks in the
country actually college football
players in the country gets outside and
plays like that and you can see right
there the twenty first game a hundred
yards second-most in school history
twenty nine on that last carry
from the 46
and a gain of 4 is Jamel Carruthers is
stopped by Sullivan who now has nine
tackles today and we have to keep in
mind that Jamel Carruthers can make
Navy's offense different much more speed
at that battering ram fullback type of
position and we haven't seen a lot of
him
Kansas State knows the triple option
starts with establishing the full-back
and then moving to the edges so Kansas
did did a great job of corralling
Carruthers in that first game the
Carruthers actually has been clocked
faster than Malcolm Perry right side
that's a first down in history is made
as Malcolm Perry moves the chains he was
tackled by Denzel Goolsbee but a new
single-season rushing record has been
established as Malcolm Perry already
over a hundred yards in this game today
passing Jordan Lynch all-time four
quarterbacks on the ground in a single
season Kelly we talked about maybe
Milken Perry had somewhat of a quiet
first half could you have a quiet 100
yards it seems impossible but I think
Kansas State prevented Malcolm Perry
four from taking over the game in that
first timeout their first big shipment
will utilize a timeout will step aside
1208 to go in our third quarter we're
still tied at ten
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back at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl we're
tied at 10
Kelly stopper Roy Philpott Lauren Sisler
history made as we went out to that last
break Malcolm Perry a navy quarterback
now has established a new single-season
record 1923 rushing yards eclipsing the
former mark set by Jordan Lynch the
Northern Illinois quarterback in 2013
nobody has been more effective on the
ground at the quarterback position Kelly
it's always a pleasure when you get to
watch history being made and what an
electric runner with the football
quickness in speed that's a tough
combination to find in one human being
but 19 on the ground already today for
Perry and Counting he had 304 against
army 17 days ago flush locate a yard
here there is a flag on the field at the
17 yard line is Wayne Jones stop tearing
Candia montolo told us this week know
what I was thinking the Perry not
playing quarterback last year they were
three in ten as a result Lance Robert
Robertson down below on chance Warren
chance Ward's just trying to get
vertical and obviously Robinson reaches
out and grabs him it was holding instead
of pass interference because Malcolm
Perry never threw the football numbers
through the air been quite impressive
this afternoon as well for Malcolm Perry
the kidney of Matsumoto and told us that
wasn't one of his finest moments when he
moved Malcolm Perry from running back to
quarterback in then back to running back
once again but it was that beat down by
air force last year when the offensive
essentially nothing and the irony in
that game is afterwards it was the
valuation are we too one-dimensional
because the quarterback does everything
with our offense well it's hard to
imagine now
having less of an impact in this game
than what we've seen this entire year
Nelson Smith in the backfield he'll get
the handoff straight ahead for the a gap
back to the line of scrimmage and not
much more trade to shop bouncing up down
I don't mind an offense being one to
mention all of that dimension is Malcolm
here I'm not exactly sure what that
evaluation meant but I think the main
thing is that they discovered that they
were just trying to plug no comparing
into the walk wrong approach too much
physical running inside not in the
electricity outside
Perry while the option got to the adds
back to down hard Wayne Jones the full
head of steam and Kyle ball got their
short game and just watched the speed
and athleticism coming from the inside
out the Kansas State that's how you have
to defend Malcolm Perry that half a hole
behind concept is you chase the
quarterback from the inside outside and
then speed has to kind of feather the
play and then you swallow up the
quarterback 37
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- real estate left towards the end zone
tents for sex
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all this second half's going to be a lot
of fun the last time out it was the Navy
special in Philadelphia against Army and
this is that version except without the
toy this time it's just a walk in by
Warren on the reverse same concept ones
who run the other against the army was a
pass he shan't Nichols on for the point
after in our new score 10 15 remaining
in our third quarter 17 to 10 the Naval
Academy not in front of Kansas State's
of trickeration
for our first points of our second half
as chance Warren scores his second
touchdown of the season
like that I think well said so many of
these postseason contests giving back to
their communities Malcolm Perry
orchestrating another Navy touchdown
drive on their first possession of the
third quarter
here comes Malik Knowles with one man to
mate and he can't do it as he stopped at
the 40
Kansas State without standing field
position the star Nets first drive of
the third quarter well the big special
teams play in the first half was
delivered by Philip parks and now Malik
knows he's healthier now than he was
just a few games ago and that's one
source of speed that the big 12 is going
to see in Kansas State's offense next
season
it's Malik knows it's Josh Youngblood
and it's good books that's going to be
infused into the design of what Kansas
State does offensively in 2020 that
return covering 52 yards Gilbert on
first down off left tackle will pick up
a couple so think about Phillip Brooks
to your point 66 yard punt return for a
touchdown earlier we saw nulls from 52
yards out there and Joshua Youngblood
big 12 special teams player of the year
this season for k-state yeah and I would
think we would see Youngblood in this
game here soon I think by design you can
build touches to your playmakers and
Kansas State has to do that offensively
here in the second half
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free man front for the Midshipmen now
make it four on second and seven shown
has it one yard short of a first down
Carruthers stopped them
oh he talked about Skylar Thompson
getting the keys to this offense meeting
number one with Chris Klieman well this
is where you prove that offensively as a
staff with Skylar Thompson allowed this
game to be put on his back in the past
game in the second half and get get it
done
that's what it's going to take for
Kansas State here Barta the full-back
Gilbert doubting the eye
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straight ahead
knee to the yard and this comes down to
the spot Springer in Pittman stop them
right and the line to gain Kelly and
it's gonna bring up fourth down
the Kansas states not opposed to going
under center that's what they did
Thurman to be balanced is between gun
formations and under the center puts
Tyler Thompson under the center and
quarterback sneak right here seven in
the box for Davey all at the line of
scrimmage
Thompson straight ahead the secondary
search may have got him there let's see
and a late flag on the field
he had to reach the 30 and I think
they're gonna give him a spot
[Applause]
and the penalty coming well after the
play ended
but there are some unpleasant trees that
take place in quarterback snakes and
someone got offended by it the play is
the recent line the game for first down
after the play will be first down well
Tyler Mitchell is the right guard for
Kansas State one of those seniors that
played a lot of football but lost his
cool on this play and you can see down
in the bottom of that massive humanity
things are said and places are grabbed
that aren't allowed in most walks of
life and that's what happened right
there with Tyler Mitchell that was
fantastic
you saw the a gopher go kind of grimace
backwards for a moment maybe
highlighting your poi grimace indeed it
will be a first down the ball moves
backwards and summons a snap Thompson
jumps all over
way back in Kansas State Territory at
the 35-yard line it almost looked like
Thompson wasn't ready for the snap and
then when the gun snap is off the frame
of the body of the quarterback that one
was high and it was hot and I don't
think Thompson knew it was coming
so Kelly after picking up the first down
Kansas State then he loses 33 yards on a
penalty and a snap that went right past
Thompson out of second and 28 sound to
you
the left side run Jordan Brown sent out
past the 40 by Paul Carruthers and I'm
not sure Skylar Thompson knew the ball
was coming when it did Skylar was
definitely looking other places that
right hand going out I think was to tell
the center that I have more to say to
get our offense in the right play and
that's about the time the the high heart
one came off to the left you call the
five seniors up front for Kansas State
at gnarlie bunch earlier that was a
gnarly ill-timed snap right there
13:24 Thompson with time now escapes
pops out near the 41 hey let's see who
chucked on it
Kansas State lucky to get the football
back and you talk about a possession
that started so promising Lee it ends in
catastrophe for the Wildcats
defensive coordinator Brian Newberry
likes to move pieces before the snap and
you can see this ball comes out late
Diego
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I didn't see the number of that defender
but what a disastrous play after
converted on third and short
and you end up in fourth and forever and
that was Diego forego he's on the wrong
end of that penalty just moments ago
literally Garrett Wynn calls for the
fair catch Navy takes over after a 44
yard punt and a penalty flag on the
field way back at the 39 so we'll keep
it right here check the penalty
during the kick holding receiving team
number 22 10-yard penalty first now
timeout
Travis Brandt reserved slot back with
the infraction timeout on the field
people let's look back at today's punch
delivery
brought to you by Chipotle ticket away
Roy Malcolm Perry 29 yards to get things
started for Navy then the
record-breaking run now the new
single-season rushing record holder at
the cornerback position the end or
putting a VBAC on top 17 to 10 a fun
start if you're a fan of the Midshipmen
to begin in this second half and we'll
see if this can continue is now Navy's
backed up all the way at its own 12 yard
line
well this is where Navy tends to take
over games they have a scoring drive
takes the starts out of the defense the
opposing offense pits the dip bit on the
drive and Kansas State's defense is back
out there quickly five-man front working
against the vaunted triple option
Carruthers mcduck Perry he escapes back
to the line of scrimmage and not much
more Wyatt Huber first team
all-conference performer around the big
12 of the tackle typically today when
Kansas State has had trouble defensively
it's Malcolm Perry in the pass game that
turns into Malcolm Perry impromptu
running the football out of that pass
game that's what Kansas State has had
issues with that times
Karrie under center on second and nine
here comes the option there goes the
pitch that'll be a first down for Davi
finding ways to create drives mock a cow
with a first down carry true triple
option fake dive inside they take the
dive Perry gets to the edge does he keep
it does he pitch in Kansas State wants
to make this a pitch game but you have
to defend the pitch when Malcolm Perry
gets out to the edge and indeed pitches
the ball away
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more of the option than a big gainer for
the Academy nearside run close the
plunge territory stopped at midfield
the Navy in business once again as Jimmy
Williams picks up a gain of 27 and it's
the pitch out on the edge once again
this wasn't the triple option it's
called the load option there is no dive
component to that play it's Malcolm
Perry getting to the edge does he keep
it or does he pitch it to CJ Williams in
this case Scotty Hazleton told us
yesterday it's like the options
following me around I was up in Wyoming
we would see it with Air Force and now
here the bowl game at Kansas State
trying to make it a pitch game they're
doing that right now trail by a
touchdown however pairing scape one
tackler stop to the 49 by Hubert wide
Hugh Byrne chasing that play down from
the backside and Hubert is disruptive
whether you run at him from that edge
position or in this case he has the
speed to chase Perry down from the
backside
Navy now has established a new school
record for rushing yards on this drive
production has been tremendous they
share Malcolm Perry a big reason why
spun down after a gain of eight Byway
Jones we hear a lot about the jump Cod
Malcolm Perry has something that I would
describe his almost a skip car actually
he plants his foot skips to the right in
this case and then kids on field pretty
interesting to watch 32 upcoming how
does his game translate to the next
level potentially because he has
aspirations of playing at the NFL
imagine that dude is a slot receiver at
the next level you kidding me teach him
how to run rounds find space and then
he's dynamic after he has the football
in his hands
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on third down they'll toss it out first
down for Davey and a punishing finish at
the 30-yard line
miles spells with authority that time
way Jones on the wrong end of that
collision so Navy has shown the
willingness to get out on the edge in
the second half this is called the
rocket tots first time we've seen it
this year the true pitch outside
initially berry reverses out and then
gives the ball to fells and then wowed
his vows deliver the blow good running
backs dish out punishment at the end of
runs and that's what it looks like
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Bell stays on the field on 511 175
pounds of them flag on the field as
Perry escapes makes another man mess
it'll be first down and goal pending the
penalty yeah this is all coming back on
a holding penalty right at the point of
attack
holding offense in the 71 2 yard penalty
from the previous spot replay first down
Billy Honaker the right tackle actually
held the defender that probably did
figure significantly into Malcolm Perry
actually getting free
it's the counter play you show pitch
triple option to one side and Penry
reverses back has two offensive linemen
pulling from the right to the left and
Honaker ends up getting called for the
hole that don't forget about wildcard
weekend it is all mode first and 20
after that holding penalty this is the
way that Kansas State needs to get off
the field
berry settles in
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Carothers stop at the 41 by Daniel Green
and just kind of thinking ahead on this
drive this certainly has the feel of a
four down territory with kidney Amato
Lola behind the sticks if you can get
into fourth and somewhat manageable
kidney amount of all may look to go for
it
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second and eighteen time winding down to
the third
Perry
on the design back when he's tripped up
in the backfield by Colleen dude
cailli do did a tremendous job of being
disciplined in staying home Duke is the
outside defender to the left side and
you have to be disciplined against mouth
appeared because he may show up again
even though he started the opposite
direction from dude
Navy won three games a year ago
Midshipmen have claimed ten victories
already this year looking for number 11
that would tie another school record can
they get there
Kansas State will have something to say
about it Wildcats trailing by a
touchdown 15 minutes to go and a back
and forth affair here in Memphis don't
you
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the Sun beginning to set along the banks
of the mighty Mississippi here in
Memphis Tennessee the AutoZone Liberty
Bowl one possession game third down and
22 to start our fourth quarter Kelly
Stouffer
Lauren Sisler Boyd Philpott 15 to go
Malcolm Perry wants to throw Eddie well
incomplete had a man open under through
his intended target and that could have
been a big gainer instead it's fourth in
a country mile yeah you're exactly right
Malcolm Perry gets outside the tackle
box and just doesn't really get his feet
in the proper position to clean complete
this pass Kansas stated drop coverage
there was certainly a miscommunication
mock a cow the intended receiver as
Phillip Brooks drifts back to receive
this navy puck
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very busy afternoon and now evening of
college football and I'll filter over
into tomorrow on New Year's Day it'll be
first in 10 from the 20 News to it and I
think more people will call it 2020 as
opposed to 2020 but I said not quite
sure that's why it sounded strange a
thing perhaps they'll fake the jet sweep
the Youngblood is Thompson Bowles's way
ahead for a gain of two he was stopped
by forego I need to see more
Skylar Thompson both in the pass game
and the dual threat quarterback zone
read type of run game
Skylar Thompson can win this game for
Kansas State Wildcats with just 126
yards of total offense
as big 12 versus the American clash the
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
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play action for Thompson will scamper
ahead for a quality pickup stopped at
the 26
byph ago and Thompson can get things
done with his feet he doesn't
necessarily look as good doing it as say
a Malcolm Barry but at times he's
productive with plays just like that
third down and four I feel like it's a
really really important third down for
Kansas State offense hasn't done much on
the defense found the way on that last
drive to get off the field
Wildcats just 1 of 7 on third down
blown snap Hildy flax they're gonna back
about five more yards
snap it fracture offense number 79
five-yard penalty
third now I'm not exactly sure what the
miscommunication is here you can see the
ball move slightly and that's the second
time the high hard one to the left that
resulted in the loss of yardage on a
previous drive in the net hesitation on
the snap right there you can feel the
pressure mounting on this Kansas State
offense
maybe trying to force another three it
out here's Thompson
to run for it and he would not get there
tripped up in the twenty five by Jacob
Springer well at the Academy they call
it get six they're looking for three
announced they're looking for all kinds
of different ways to get the football
back to the offense and a three and out
it's one of the keys for Navy this
season
yeah they get six is a combination of
three announced turnovers and four town
stops and Navy's probability of winning
goes up greatly actually they know this
year when they get at least six of a
combination of those categories ankle
take the Kansas State bounce and be
whistled dead near the 11 yard line
the all-big 12 punter feeling good after
a punt of 64 yards bridge connecting
Tennessee and Arkansas across the
Mississippi in a one possession game at
the AutoZone Liberty Bowl Kelly Stouffer
Roy Philpott Lauren Sisler so glad you
could join us happy new year and away we
go for our final 12 16 on this New
Year's Eve
maybe has the ball on its own 11 yard
line with a seven-point advantage
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Perry keeps it double team brought down
spun backwards finally after a short
game
Elijah Sullivan active in the first half
makes a tackle there
you can't defend the triple option
better than Kansas State does right here
you take away the pullback you feather
the triple option to the outside and
then you crushed the quarterback milk
compari with multiple hats and that's
exactly what Kansas State did
defensively right there
that was Sullivan Walker Jones and a
wave of light you've missed at least
three hats that were there as well
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ok Kalyn motion Perry keeps it goes
Perry can they catch him sent out at the
30 huge line by Malcolm Perry the mid
line option you have to go back dive and
then the quarterback steps up then that
void if they defend the fullback well
and you don't want to leave that much
room with Malcolm Perry a gain of 59
yards Kelly he has a hundred and
eighty-six for the game
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and movement at the line really is the
beauty of the option just one man to the
wrong position one man has his eyes in
the wrong place and it's a 60-yard run
yeah that's one of the things that the
triple option is meant to do is to force
the defense to be so focused on their
assignment that they're actually two
things that can happen one they're out
of place or two they're a little bit
slow because of overthinking it and
certainly they were severing grass for
time out on the field
10:40 to go here in Memphis as we step
aside she was a nice story that a lot of
people talked about about a week ago and
Malcolm Perry in a game that has seen it
so many records fall kind of like what
we expected witness tonight at Times
Square with the ball dropping to
celebrate 2020 he's got a chance to
eclipse 2,000 rushing yards and a single
season here this evening the late pitch
Mike a cow gonna be bottled up after a
gain of 2 maybe 3 Daquan Patton and
Elisha Sullivan greeted him rudely that
time
when you get there the feeling that this
is an essential drive for Kansas State
defensively down by seven a little over
ten minutes laughs Kansas State
offensively may only get the ball at the
outside two more times you have to keep
this a one possession game and you
wonder his Navy already in four down
territory Perry after reversing his
field there he comes Malcolm Perry
third and short upcoming take one patent
ushered him out of bounds
he makes it look so easy when you're
that fast and that quick I think he
feels it's easy but that was the counter
play again you give the impression that
you're running triple option to the left
the quarterback Perry reverses to
offensive lineman polling from left to
right and leads the quarterback around
the edge it only takes one defender
stumbling Doron McPherson was that
defender and that allowed Perry to get
outside
very five yards away from 200
here tonight
stop short of the line to gain it would
be for down trade to shot able to bring
down Malcolm Perry dead in his tracks
and now this is interesting
kidney of Mata Lola loves to go for it
on fourth down because his offense is
built to do that fourth in short but a
field goal makes this a two possession
game and may close the door on Kansas
State
he has a reliable field goal kicker
bashad Nichols
maybe trying to draw them outside you're
exactly right - now Malcolm Perry's
giving the impression he's changing the
ploy he's not time out maybe to believe
a field goal attempt coming up after
this timeout okay Reese back in Memphis
fourth down upcoming for Navy the
Midshipmen leading Kansas State by a
touchdown
Bijan Nichols 11 for 15 he's perfect so
far today this effort from 38 yards out
just inside the left hash a chance to
make it a two-possession game
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on the way with plenty of distance and
it pushed it wide left and Kansas State
defense comes up with a big stop the
nickels push this outside left from the
get-go it really was never within the
left up right and Kansas State had a
block coming from Nicholls this right
side and I don't know if that factored
into the kickers thinking at all but
that ball was out left from the
beginning a little bit of contact at the
very end there was a little contact and
a lot of acting as Nichols stepped on
the defender Kansas State takes over
Thompson flings it Knowles has it that's
a gain of eight yards on first down
I think it was the right decision by Ken
diamante Lola to try to get this to a
two-possession game but Nichols kids did
not come through officially a gain of
nine second and short that missed field
goal changes the complexion of this game
in every single facet if you think about
it and a first down carry down to the 37
as we check in with let's go Thompson
has become such a better leader this
year the confidence that Chris Klieman
instilled in that young man from the
get-go shows up in moments like that
after brown picked up seven first and
ten for Kansas State with new life
backside pressure Thompson fouled
why can't get rails a 10 in punch
territory and the drive continues how
about that toss yeah the touch on this
pass Bachmann was underneath this
receiver and the touch to get it right
over the top of the defender that was a
really really good touch pass and one of
the most difficult passes to make as a
quarterback it's a gain of 15 yards
Thompson has completed eight of his last
nine passes after starting over three
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it'll change the play here back to the
air heaves one date gels open they'll be
first down and goal Kansas State
don't say that Kevin Brennan that time
in the Wildcats suddenly in business a
single my safety and manda man all over
the board and Gil gets by Brennan and
the Honorable I believe by Skylar
Thompson led to this matchup you see it
you have a play that you can get to it
if you have the confidence and the keys
to the car you can go ahead and have the
freedom to get there and all of those
things happen for Skylar Thompson right
there Thompson warming up his senior
running back James Gilbert joins him in
the backfield on first and goal he'll
get the hand out towards the end zone
and stop just inside the 1 and I do
believe James Gilbert ends up just a
little bit short it's where a body part
is down when the ball and where the ball
is at that point I think the half yard
line
quarterback sneak time I believe for
Skylar Thompson once again
that senior Laden offensive wanting
needs to get pavlovas low and get a
Porsche all five starters playing their
final game here tonight upfront
Thompson straight ahead and through a
mass of humanity I'm not sure if he got
there no signal yet and now it's
touchdown Kansas State
Jackson Pittman the nose guard at 300
pounds made this very difficult it
didn't seem like there was a whole lot
of movement I brought the replay booth
with that a question has taken a further
look at this but the push by Gilbert at
the end which is legal at this point in
time and I'm not exactly sure it's will
be difficult once again to reverse
something you can't see
blank Lynch on for the all-important
point after we're we've got some work
left to be done here at the AutoZone
Liberty Bowl tied at 17
Kelly stopper Roy Philpott and Loren
senseless Navy will take over at
inventions and guys we've got to score
again we have to reset we've worked too
hard for this I've got you let's go
Lauren remember how this season unfolded
when conference play started Kansas
State lost their first two games to
Oklahoma State and then Baylor and it
was down to Thompson that stood in front
of the team before the TCU game and said
you guys can count on me to get it done
and it continues on in this game right
now and Dave inside keV stopped at the
line trade to Jean the tackle of Jamel
Carruthers
not only did Kansas State beat TCU the
next day after Thompson's speech to the
team but they went on then to upset
Oklahoma the following weekend that
young man's career has changed with the
arrival of Chris Klieman
on second down late pitch farside it'll
be third and manageable CJ Williams his
second carry of the night he was stopped
by McPherson a lot of play management at
the line of scrimmage by Malcolm Perry
right there and ultimately it ended up
in a true triple option to the left side
and Kansas State defensively has
typically defended that triple option
really well in this game this has to be
met the pair attack right on third and
three game on the line
at the thing show
straight ad Carruthers needed to get to
the 35 and he just made it Daquan time
to stop them that'll move the sticks and
that fullback position is somewhat of a
temperature taker you go ahead and run
the fullback certainly in a short
yardage situation but it also takes the
temperature the defense to make sure the
defense is still defending that fullback
dive parry rips it out keeps it spins
his way ahead for a gain of nine maybe
10 Patton stopped him again
fans Dover 200 rushing yards six times
that's happened in his Navy career
that's a new school record I mean it
just doesn't stop with that young man
so Kelly time winds down approaching
three to play Navy's out of timeouts and
Scotty Hazleton trying to figure out a
way to get his offense back on the field
and as the defensive play caller for the
Wildcats
easier said than done
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three-man front for k-state and two
others stopped at the line I don't think
you got there Daniel Green certainly did
and it should bring up third down well
if ever you designed an offense to be
really sure gets Navy's offense in this
auction concept with an electric
quarterback in bearer
no receivers in this formation eleven in
the box for Kansas State
they need a stop here can they get it
they cannot Malcolm Perry scoots ahead
for a gain of two maybe three it's so
difficult for a defense when Malcolm
Perry starts to work along the line of
scrimmage at any point they're knowing
the line to gain he can just plan his
left foot and get upfield and that's
what he does to extend this drive for
Navy
less than two minutes to go there at the
AutoZone Liberty Bowl Perry wants to
throw it here comes the pressure
Perry escapes back to the line of no
more Daquan patent active in this fourth
quarter brought him down to the turn
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and the senior from Cedar Park Texas
having himself bite a final game
berry on second down tripped up in the
plus territory stopped at the 46
dashan and Goolsby stopped them after a
gain of seven now an injured Kansas
State player and this is the time in the
game where you start to see defenders
starting to wear down to some extent I'm
out so this basically equates to a free
timeout for the Naval Academy as DeSean
is tended to on the field and you can
feel the pressure this triple-option
offense puts you under yeah I mean think
of that when you when you're a play call
or offensive lay you you want to call a
good play well you have three different
options every play if you're Navy I
would take you back to earlier in this
fourth quarter in Navy with an
opportunity to go ahead by two scores be
Shane Nichols from 38 yards out just
inside the left hash hooked it left
Kansas State then takes the ensuing
possession right down the field it ties
up at 17 so this also factors into
kidney Amata lo-lo's thinking on this
possession at the end of regulation for
nickels you're going to have to get well
inside perhaps the 25-yard line to give
him a realistic chance to win the game
yeah that that's a good point and on
that Miss by Nichols Kansas State had a
block set up coming from Nicholas's
right side and I know that kickers are
aware of those things where the block
attempt is going to come from and he
just left it left from the beginning
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fifty-five seconds remaining
- rather shredded third down and no
running room that time patent and Hubert
stopped him dead in his tracks it'll be
fourth down and kidney bottle Olo says
it right there let's go for it yeah
let's go for it and maybe even let the
clock run to some extent if you don't
get it at least there are less seconds
for Skylar Thompson to work
on a trick play
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talking about digging deep into the
playbook he did at that time for a gay
the 41 Navy special all over again
the pitch and the eventual pass off of
that pitch
less than 20 seconds remaining maybe out
of timeouts
Perry's gonna have to quickly spike it
to set up a game-winning field goal at
Ted Dan he will
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that was almost disastrous because it
looked to me like there was some
indecision by Malcolm Perry of whether
they had a timeout or not and then Ken
Niumatalolo was literally running down
the sideline to let them know that you
have to get up and quit on the play
clock what a play call and a clutch
moment here at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl
it'll set up BGN nickels 1 for 2 tonight
a freshman from Texas let's hit the
game-winner from 23 yards out we just
never know in bowl season we we expected
a good one we expected a really close
one two teams that kind of resemble one
another even though they get to the
basics slightly differently and that's
exactly what happened what was going to
happen on that previous play before
Kansas State's timeout is Kansas State
was sending up the block to the white
side of the field and the significance
of that is the block was the opposite
side last time and Nichols felt that and
pushed the ball away from the attempt
that block and you wonder here because
you have to kick from the right hash to
the left right in to where Kansas
State's gonna be bringing that pressure
frog
five seconds remaining here's Nichols
timeout Kansas State their second of the
half 30 sexual angel the second of the
half I can assume that Chris Klieman
will use his third of the half here
shortly
I would like to wait a little bit longer
if you're gonna ice the kicker though
let him get all girded up ready to kick
the ball and then call the timeout if
you call it too early I think it's
insignificant what a game this has
turned out to be Navy three and ten a
season ago ten and two coming into this
contest tonight and Skylar Thompson it's
been so impressive this year for Kansas
State
it's just wishing for an overtime
miracle tonight yeah remember against
Oklahoma that onside kick attempt he
said he couldn't even watch it he just
had to wait for his teammates to show
that they were going to celebrate
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and as you correctly predicted Chris
Klieman in Kansas State this was snapped
in which the snapper should do a nickel
should go ahead and kick the football
you get it freebie did some of the
nerves out to some extent he hit a
practice run at it
India Monta Lolo told us earlier this
week he knew back in January this team
had an opportunity to be special do you
think he realistically thought way back
then that this team could tie a single
season record for victories with 11
having lost 10 at games a year ago got a
chance to do it right here
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while cats out of timeouts five seconds
remaining
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fish and nickels tick on the way Navy
grabs the lead as time expires and the
Liberty Bowl there might be a couple of
seconds to get put back on this clock
it looks like the officials are trying
to keep both teams on the sidelines
[Applause]
and nickels just drives this right down
Broadway that was true from the
beginning
two seconds will be put back on the
clock
can the Amato Lola could barely watch it
in fact he couldn't and Bijan nickels
after missing from 38 yards out earlier
in the quarter lot better after that
make yeah the true freshman meets
redemption that's that's always a good
thing
well at least we're going to see a
kickoff in some level of shenanigans I
would assume by
the receiving team of Kansas State well
think back to earlier in this game
Knowles reeled off the 52 yard kickoff
return Phillip Brooks had a 66 yard punt
return for a touchdown
Joshua Youngblood just happens to be the
big 12 special teams player of the year
as well for Kansas State it would be a
pretty decent way to go into 20 22
seconds remaining
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and this one will roll out of bounds so
the clock will stay with the two ticks
of the clock left on it and now Kansas
State will have an opportunity to try to
heave one deep well the theme will be
the Chanel Mouse nicotine excuse me the
ball we spun it in a 35 yard line so
yours now 35 yard line
Skylar Thompson doesn't have the arm
strength to throw this into the end zone
as a prototypical Hail Mary so you will
see some version of some laterals or
Skylar Thompson running around trying to
give his guys time to get down the field
Navis deepest defender back at the
20-yard line and the crosser shoveled
down to the turf and that's going to do
it from 3 and 10 to 11 and to Navy
defeats Kansas State in the AutoZone
Liberty Bowl 20 to 17
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[Applause]
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what a performance by Malcolm Perry 213
yards on the ground 57 more through the
air as we take a look at today's Capital
One player of the game and you know it's
gonna go to number 10 Kelly yeah
fittingly so and we talked about Malcolm
Perry at the top and in the middle and
then at the end it was going to be
Malcolm Perry time and that's exactly
what we've seen and when that young man
kick committed to the quarterback
position it's been lights out literally
every sense
can the Amato Lolo told us this week
this has been his most satisfying season
as a head coach 10 victories now 11
after this evening
now sweet it is a grandfather now
completing his 12th season in Annapolis
what a brand he is built and redemption
in 2019 after what occurred a year ago
in a a man that was willing to kind of
revisit some basics he's an emotional
man but an incredibly loyal man as well
and had to make some tough decisions
lawrence Isler has Ken the Amato logo
right now
coach an emotional win for you guys
three and tennis season ago and now you
come out here 11 wins this season and
the winners now have the AutoZone
Liberty Bowl what does this win mean to
you guys just everything for seniors
really happy for them great kids are
going to go out and serve our country
now but couldn't be more happy for them
just happy for three years one of those
seniors Malcolm Perry described his
performance tonight
well he's such a tough kid don't be
confused by size he's as tough as they
get you said in January this was going
to be a very special football team now
after it's all said and done how special
is this football team is this hard to
explain I'm just really happy for them
all the hard work everything that
they've done not just had before seniors
thank you so much coach thank you one of
the great traditions in college football
the singing of the Navy alma mater an
invitation of the opposing team as well
in Kansas State
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[Applause]
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for our director Ben Johnson our
producer Rob Adamski for Kelly staffer
at Lauren Sisler here in Memphis
Tennessee I'm Boyd Philpott telling you
goodnight and Happy New Year
as the Naval Academy finds away against
Kansas stayed out of the big 12 our
final score once again
22:17 Navy finishes its season at 11 and
2 good night everybody and Happy New
Year