Navy Accepts Invitation To Play In The Meineke Car Care Bowl

Colleges & Universities A-Z Naval Academy - Annapolis
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<p>Published in the Charlotte Observer:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/special_packages/bowl_game/16353995.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/special_packages/bowl_game/16353995.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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It's fitting that Boston College's bizarre month would end with an improbable finish that made a hero out of a walk-on kicker. Steve Aponavicius kicked a career-best 37-yard field goal on the final play and the 23rd-ranked Eagles beat the Midshipmen 25-24 in the Meineke Bowl to extend the nation's current longest bowl-winning streak to seven.</p>

<p>"What they had to overcome and all the adversity," interim coach Frank Spaziani said. "No one asked about Navy. Everyone was talking about the situation."...

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