The Hobart Statesmen ran 18 plays for 11 yards, including -1 passing yards with zero first downs in the first half against the RPI Engineers. However, two SR QB David Krewson passing TDs in the second half lifted a struggling offense to a 13-2 lead with just under 13 minutes left in the game, giving Hobart hope they could leave Troy with a hard fought win. Unfortunately the wind, penalties, bad punts, and play calling gave the game away to an Engineers' comeback, 16-13 (which is the exact score I predicted but just the wrong team won).
The Statesmen (3-3, 0-2) ran 54 plays for 201 total yards, nearly setting a new program low for total yardage (156 is the "record", I think) in today's game. The conversative play calling at the end really seemed to do them in however, as both sides of the ball just couldn't make a game saving play when it counted. Overall Hobart was 2-13 on third down today, which played a big part in the loss.
As bad as the first half was, the Statesmen defense held and didn't allow any points. RPI had a 2-0 lead at the half mostly due to JR RB Rayshawn Boswell not looking at the ball when it was snapped and ended up getting batted out of the end zone for a safety. The defense forced two turnovers (1 FR and 1 INT) and SO LB Anthony Romano had a game high 15 tackles. Unfortunately, the defense also let up 13 points on RPI's two final drives.
The win keeps RPI (5-2, 3-0) in the LL and playoff hunt, but the loss is effectively a season ender for Hobart. I suppose there's still an outside chance we can get an ECAC bowl bid with a 7-3 or 6-4 record, but that isn't what we expected for this team in the preseason, especially with what came back from last year's 9-2 team.
Saint Lawrence is currently making things interesting against Ithaca. The Statesmen will travel up to the north country next country to take on the Saints next Saturday in what amounts to a meaningless game, other than extending Hobart's 10-game winning streak over SLU.
I'll have more on that game around Monday.
Damn these kinds of losses suck. Onto the next.
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