Statesmen Scrimmage Buffalo State

The Hobart College Statesmen hosted the Buffalo State Bengals last night at Boswell Field in their annual preseason scrimmage. The initial returns were encouraging as the Statesmen offense moved the ball well and JR QB Ryan Hofmann had the offense, especially the passing game, looking sharp. While not official by any means, reports of 21-7 from the second half seem to point to Hobart "winning" the scrimmage, for what it's worth.

The Hobart defense received a good amount of kudos, albeit they did have one momentary lapse on a 70-yard TD pass for the Bengals in the first half. However, while there were a lot of substitutions, the Statesmen otherwise kept the Buffalo State offense in check for the remainder of the night. SR DE Al Smith was noted for looking good as a pass rusher and run stopper. SO CB Jared Leake showed promise as in coverage and otherwise as well.

A few other players who made some big plays included SO WR Mike Giacobbe, who had a nice one-handed catch. JR FS Andrew Koonz had an INT and SO RB Alex Milliken did a nice job running the ball as SO RB Dakota Harvey sat out recovering from a mild injury from camp (much like Ali Marpet '15 will do  this Friday night for the Bucs. Better save it for the regular season, as they say).

While it was just a practice, ultimately, there were a lot of positives going into the Week 1 match up against #6 Brockport next Saturday.

I'll have my Week 1 game preview next week, and don't forget to like the In the D3FB Huddle Facebook page and catch our preseason preview show on Tuesday, August 28th.

Thanks for reading and go 'Bart!