The Hobart College Statesmen's woes at Butterfield Stadium continued, as a late TD by Ithaca (2-2, 2-0) knocked out the Statesmen's Liberty League and NCAA playoff hopes. While it's still statistically possible for Hobart (3-2, 0-1) to win the LL, it would take an incredible amount of luck and tie-breaker rules to go their way for that to happen.
SR QB Shane Sweeney and SR WR Brandon Shed will probably rewrite the Statesmen record books (and Sweeney did break the all-time passing and career TD marks in the game), the fact he will likely only appear in one playoff game in his outstanding three-year Hobart career is very disappointing.
The Statesmen defense couldn't solve the Ithaca offense, as they allowed FY QB Wahid Nabi pass for 343 yards and a TD, while also allowing SR RB Tristan Brown to rush for 120 yards and two scores, including the game-winner. Brown averaged 5.2 YPC, which was a season high for him.
Highlights from the IC side can be viewed here. The HWS recap can be seen here.
This one's going to hurt for a bit, but there won't be much time to dwell on this as RPI (3-1, 0-0) comes to Geneva next weekend, riding a two-game winning streak over the Statesmen.
While a chance at the playoffs may have been dashed today, a win over the Engineers would do some good in making this season feel better after this weekend.
Thanks for the almost 200k readers over the last nine seasons. We'll be alright - go 'Bart!
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