The Hobart College Statesmen looked a little sluggish coming off their Week 3 bye, allowing an opening 12 play, 78-yard TD drive to the visiting Keystone College Giants in last night's game at Boswell Field. It was the first time this season Hobart had trailed in a game and the home crowd remained uneasy, after the Statesmen's response was only a 41-yard JR PK Tobias Wefering FG.
The Giants would extend their lead to 10-3 early in the second quarter, but after that it was all Hobart. The Statesmen ran off 40 unanswered points; scoring 6 TDs before the start of the 4th quarter.
JR QB Johnny Columbi notched his first, second and third passing TDs of the season - finding SR WR Peyton Cayea, SO WR Ahmad Crowell and JR WR Rane Daramola for 21-, 12- and 19-yard scores. Columbi punctuated the game win with a 48-yard rushing TD to boot. Give that QB a game ball for that excellent effort.
Wefering's 41-yarder was a career best and maybe like getting a hole in one in golf, his excitement got the better of him for a bit, as he missed a couple of PATs right after, but ultimately finished the night going 4-6 to tally 7 points.
Getting in on the fun was FY RB E.J. Taylor who helped Hobart (3-0) tie the game in the second quarter thanks to his first collegiate rushing TD and SR RB Rayshawn Boswell scored his 30th rushing TD, the 34th of his great Statesmen career, in the third.
JR OLB and Co-Captain Jamien Bliss led the Statesmen defense with 12 total tackles, including half a sack and 1.5 TFL. Overall, the Hobart defense held the Giants (2-2) to 266 total yards (78 of those coming on the first drive). You can read more about the game in the HWSAthletics.com official recap here.
We all know what's coming up next, the Liberty League conference opener against the #21 Ithaca Bombers (2-1). There have already been three major losing streaks snapped this season, along with several high-profile upsets in Week 3 and this past weekend. Hobart will hope they can be the fourth and latest upset special, as they are 0-17 all-time down at Butterfield Stadium.
Thanks as always for reading and go 'Bart!
Before I go, I'd like to send a special "Happy Anniversary" to my good friend and "In the D3FB Huddle" co-host, Frank Rossi, on today being our show's 15th anniversary. More on this game and the 87 others from this weekend coming up on our next episode.
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