Navy

Coach: Paul Johnson (first season) Last year: 0-10 Conference: Independent Radio: WJFK (1300 AM), WNAV (1430 AM) Stadium (capacity): Navy-Marine Corps Memorial (30,000) Offense: Spread option Defense: 4-3 Top returning players: QB Craig Candeto, RB Tony Lane, DT Josh Brindel, S Lenter Thomas, LB Eddie Carthan, OL Grant Moody, OL Matt Nye, P John Skaggs Top newcomers: FB Kyle Eckel, WR Amir Jenkins, CB Vaughn Kelley Strengths: Johnson is a proven winner. He went 62-10 at Georgia Southern, and helped take both Hawaii and Navy to bowl games as an offensive coordinator.

Loren Generi, Navy Freshman, Bayport, N.Y., attacker Generi scored a career-high seven goals last Friday to help Navy clinch the Patriot League regular-season title with a 19-6 win over second-place American. The seven goals - which came on just nine shots - tied the school's single-game scoring record for freshmen and were one shy of Danielle Vivonetto's single-game school mark. Generi scored five straight goals during a 15-1 run and added eight draw controls and three ground balls.

Navy (1-1) at Pittsburgh (2-0) Time:: 6 p.m. TV: : ESPN360.com Radio: : 1090 AM, 1430 AM Line: : Pittsburgh by 7 1/2 Series: : Pittsburgh leads 21-13-3 Last meeting: : Pittsburgh won, 42-21, in Annapolis on Oct. 18, 2008. No passing fancy: : Navy junior QB Ricky Dobbs played only one series in last year's game but made an impression. He led the Midshipmen on a 54-yard touchdown drive, which included a 39-yard pass to Mario Washington. Dobbs has already surpassed his passing totals from last season, completing 14 of 21 passes for 259 yards and two touchdowns.

For an offensive lineman at the U.S. Naval Academy, it's as much a calling as it is a job. Much like being in the military. You must be strong, but also athletic. You need to be relatively tall and broad shouldered, yet nimble enough to chase after, and then block, safeties. You need to be an intellectual in the classroom, but also have a nasty streak on the football field. You need to be heavy, but not too heavy, because of the academy's intense fitness requirements. And you need to play in virtual anonymity despite having, arguably, the most crucial job in the Midshipman's rushing juggernaut.

The 2012 Navy football team will visit the White House on Friday for a ceremony with President Barack Obama . The team will be honored for winning the Commander in Chief's Trophy for the eighth time in the past 10 years. The time and location of the ceremony has not yet been determined. The Midshipmen were victorious over Air Force (28-21 in overtime) and Army (17-13) en route to an 8-5 record and the school's ninth bowl game in the past 10 years. Navy has won 19 of its past 21 service academy games.

Et cetera Navy's women's lax recruiting class includes Gallagher, Pastrana Navy announced its women's lacrosse class of 2016, which includes three players who earned US Lacrosse first-team All-America honors in 2012 — midfielder Miranda Beal , defender Lizzy Rullan and attacker Kelsey O'Brien — as well as attacker Katie Gallagher (C. Milton Wright), attacker Cara Pastrana (Annapolis Area Christian School), goalie Cassidy Chaney , misfielder Molly McNamara , attacker Codi Mullen , defender Lizzy Rullan , attacker Kelsey O'Brien and midfielder Molly Doyle . College football: Stevenson sophomores Donnell Brown (Poly)

Greg Brown scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds Tuesday night as Navy defeated Neumann, 74-62. Neumann (0-2), a Division III team, was undone by 35 turnovers and an inability to keep Navy from grabbing key offensive rebounds. The Midshipmen (1-2) grabbed 17 offensive rebounds to Neumann's nine. Navy had beaten its previous four Division III opponents over the past four years by an average of 32.3 points, so the Knights gave the Midshipmen a better game than most. In fact, the Knights took their final lead, 45-44, on Marquise Boggs' jumper with 13:37 to play.

Navy women's soccer team could not have started the season off with a more frustrating loss. The Mids welcomed then-No. 13 Maryland to their field on Aug. 17 for a showdown of the top teams in the state and found out quickly it would be a long match. Terps midfielder Becky Kaplan started the game off quickly scoring the first of her two goals in the 15th minute, and Navy was unable able to recover. Kaplan scored again in the game's 58th minute, and teammate Alex Reed sealed the deal with the Terps' third and final goal 20 minutes later.

For the second game in a row, Navy committed more turnovers than its opponent. Perhaps not coincidentally, the Midshipmen lost both games. The team turned the ball over 18 times compared to No. 18 Fairfield's 13 in an eventual 10-9 loss last Tuesday. On Sunday, Navy coughed up the ball 17 times versus Georgetown's 16 turnovers in a 9-8 overtime loss. The Midshipmen's inability to protect the ball has been a theme harped on by coach Rick Sowell, who was understandably dismayed by the team's performance against the Hoyas.