NAVY BRINGS IN A PLAYER FROM THE STANDS: He’s a freshman and he didn’t suit up because he’s way down the depth chart as a quarterback. But in today’s game Navy’s starting quarterback got hurt and the midshipman in the stands was told to suit up. He eventually got into the game. SBNation writer Rodger Sherman remembers Texas Aggie lore of a player coming out of the stands — then he ends up needling Aggies, albeit mildly.
A key moment in college football lore is that about a century ago, Texas A&M had to grab a 12th man out of the stands to complete a game. You’d think in the modern era of college football we’d never have a moment like that, but Navy had to grab a freshman quarterback out of its stands in the season opener against Fordham.