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Wednesday, November 29
Updated: December 12, 12:42 PM ET
 
Playbook:Army vs. Navy

By Bill Curry
Special to ESPN.com

The service academies love to smash each other, and this is a smash play involving just a little trickery. Army QB Joe Gerna (7) will make a simple handoff on the zone play to his TB Michael Wallace. Meanwhile slot Omari Thompson (3) will come on a reverse path after the ball has already begun to move toward the line. If LB Jake Bowen (1) and FS Chris Lepore (26) are sufficiently affected by the ballhandling of Gerna and Thompson, they will pause, just pause...and the damage will be done. The hesitation will allow OT Mike Larkin (71) to rub off his zone block and seal Bowen. Wallace loose in the secondary with Lepore distracted momentarily means a long gainer for the Cadets!







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