This is a massive win for Brian Newberry and Navy
This was only Newberry's second Army-Navy Game in charge of the Naval Academy, but it was important for him to get his first win. Not for himself, but for the Academy as a whole.
Navy dominated this series for nearly 20 years, winning 16 of 18 meetings between 1997 and 2015, but the tide has turned in recent seasons. Army had not only won six of the last eight meetings entering the season, but it showed up in Navy's conference this year and won it on the first try.
Navy hasn't won the league in any of its 10 seasons.
But you know what? None of that matters. Navy won this game, and the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy is heading to Annapolis. In the end, that's all that matters to either of these teams.