The dream is dead, the dream is dead. Long live the dream. The dream is dead.
Houston’s hopes of busting into the College Football Playoff perished at the hands of a disciplined, physical Navy team.
And worse — because the playoff was a long shot anyway — Navy took a one-game lead over Houston in the race for the AAC championship game. The Cougars no longer control their own destiny as far as the postseason is concerned.
Navy won its first game over a top-10 opponent in 32 years, since Nov. 11, 1984 when it upset No.