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Baltimore Ravens tight end Benjamin Watson spent enough time working with the NFL this year on its message to players about conduct that he wasnt expecting to be so personally engaged by it. Yet there he was, after the Ravens mandatory training hour last week, discussing childrens safety -- and guns.This is the third year the NFL has had social responsibility training, but its the first time the league added a discussion about gun ownership and the importance of safe storage of weapons.We hear these horror stories all the time about a child that finds a firearm and who shoots and hurts themselves, or kills someone else, Watson said. And youd hate for that to happen because its so preventable. Im glad they added that myself, as a father of five.This season, the training was pared down and changed as the league shifts from responding to the Ray Rice situation and domestic violence to a more interactive format. Players viewed videos (one, for example, showed a drunken driver swerving a car all over the road) and were asked to discuss.Weve never presented the issue from a social responsibility perspective before, said Anna Isaacson, the NFLs vice president of social responsibility. These were crucial societal issues that people just didnt know enough about, and we felt that it was our duty, and it was the right thing to do, to make sure that everyone in the NFL family had the same knowledge, so that we were all on an even playing field and we all had the same information.This year in the offseason, Denvers Aqib Talib suffered a gunshot wound in Dallas, and former Saints defensive end Will Smith was shot and killed?during a traffic altercation in New Orleans.Ever since Plaxico Burress shot himself in the leg when he was a wide receiver for the Giants, NFL teams have hosted presentations by law enforcement officials about local laws on owning and carrying weapons. Burress, who was not licensed to carry a concealed weapon in New York, served 20 months in jail.The NFL has recommended that players stay away from gun ownership, but Sean Taylors 2007 death during a robbery at home still lingers, and NFL players know they can be targeted for their wealth.Because of the Second Amendment, Watson said, the NFL cant tell you [that] you cant have a gun, because youre a citizen of this country.So the league is discussing gun safety through the prism of child shooting tragedies.About a third of teams have completed the sessions. Parts of the presentations still focus on domestic violence. Watson is featured in one of the videos, discussing a moment when he saw a woman in a convenience store. She appeared to be hurt and was lingering inside, apparently to avoid returning to a car and its driver.The discussion follows. Could he really assume violence had occurred? Should he have called anyone? What was his obligation to that woman? What would he risk for intervening?He spoke from the heart and its a real situation. People can imagine being in that situation and not knowing what to do, Isaacson said. What Ive heard from the feedback is, thats really hard. The point of that video is to spark that ongoing dialogue because theres no solution, theres no easy answer. ... Its important that we think through them.Of the sessions Watson said, Having a conversation is a way to engage in a nonthreatening manner.The NFLs previous training on domestic violence emphasized dos and donts. Players were presented with statistics and a discussion of the definition of consent in sexual situations.But there was some negative feedback from players who felt it was a bit patronizing and targeted them for an issue they might never intersect with.Watson discussed it with his wife, Kirsten.My wife, in her wisdom, told me, No matter the reason theyre doing it, if it changes one mans mind as hes about to hurt his wife or girlfriend, then its worth it, Watson said.Watson, who is entering his 13th NFL season, said he has seen change since the league began frankly discussing violence -- not just among players, but as a whole in the culture. And he emphasized that continuing the training is important, given how often new players come into the league.We were moving at lightning speed, Isaacson said of that first year. 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We sputtered early on offense and that compounded the problems for us.Rebounding from a 16-point loss to Temple that cost the Bulls (7-2, 4-1) sole possession of first place in the AACs East Division, Flowers keyed a balanced attack that amassed 629 yards total offense against an overmatched Navy defense that yielded TDs on six of USFs seven first-half possessions to fall behind 42-14.Great win for us, USF coach Willie Taggart said. Im really excited the way our guys responded to how we performed last week.Will Worth ran for four touchdowns for Navy (5-2, 4-1), which leads the AAC West and entered game as the only team without a loss in league play after beating then-No. 6 Houston and Memphis to nudge into the Top 25.Flowers joined Marlon Mack in topping 100 yards rushing for the third time in four games. The dual-threat quarterback scored on runs of 1 and 63 yards, while also throwing for 219 and two more TDs.Mack scored on an 85-yard run in the opening quarter and finished with 125 on 11 carries for the 18th 100-yard performance of his career, fifth this season.Our guys accepted the challenge. We needed to run the ball well and score early, Taggart said. You want (Navy) to have to play from behind.Worth rushed for 129 yards and scored on runs of 4, 1, 1 and 2 yards for Navy, which was forced to throw the ball more than the Midshipmen are accustomed, with Worth going 15 of 27 for 299 yards, one touchdown and one interception.The senior quarterback from Valrico, Florida -- a short drive from the USF campus -- set up one of his TDs with a 42-yard completion to Toneo Gulley. The Midshipmen attempted more than eight passes in a game for only the third time this season, finishing with 616 yards total offense, including 317 rushing.Worths 9-yard TD pass to Darryl Bonner came on the games final play.We gave them a 28-point lead, Worth said, and its tough to come back against a talented team like that.USF took a halff-game lead over Temple in the East standings.dddddddddddd Navy goes out of conference against Notre Dame next week, then faces Tulsa, East Carolina and SMU down the stretch in conference play.They got the `W but theres a possibility that we will play them again, Worth said. But we have Notre Dame next week and we have to bounce back and get focused on them.TAKEAWAYNavy: The Midshipmen thrive by essentially playing keep-away, using a potent rushing attack to control the ball and keep opposing offenses off the field for long stretches. The strategy worked to perfection a year ago -- when Navy ran for 442 yards to beat USF 29-17 in Annapolis -- but never got a chance to work this time.South Florida: Flowers leads the American in TD passes, however the Bulls are at their best when theyre able to run the ball consistently. Mack led the AAC is rushing the past two years. And along with Flowers, who is averaging more than 7 yards per carry, USF has the best one-two running punch in the conference.RUNNING WILDSouth Florida rushed for a school record 190 yards in the first quarter and finished with 412. DErnest Johnson gained a career-high 108 on 19 attempts, giving the Bulls three 100-yard rushers in a game for the first time in program history.AIR NAVYWorths passing total was a season high. The only other time he threw more than 12 passes in game, he was 17 of 30 for 260 yards and no touchdowns in a 14-point loss at Air Force on Oct. 1.POLL IMPLICATIONSNavy remains atop the American West standings, however the lopsided result likely will knock the Midshipmen out of the Top 25. USF was inching toward a spot in the rankings before last weeks loss at Temple. The dominating performance on national television states the case that at the very least no team in the AAC is playing better than the Bulls right now.RARE LEAGUE LOSSNavy has won 11 of 13 conference games since joining the American last year. The only another loss in league play was a 52-31 defeat at Houston last season.UP NEXTNavy steps out of conference, returning to Florida next Saturday to face Notre Dame in Jacksonville.South Florida has a bye before playing at Memphis on Nov. 12.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '