There would be no revenge for HC Kevin DeWall '00 against his former employer, as the Endicott Gulls (2-2) shredded the Statesmen defense to the tune of 409 yards. While I know there's a lot of new players on this year's squad, this still goes down as one the most embarrassing losses by Hobart that I can recall in my 25+ years of following the team. There really is no excuse for losing to a 1-2 CCC team, even if it was one built by Coach DeWall. The Statesmen's many missed tackles and offensive turnovers certainly hurt them today, and it's remains hard to comprehend a loss to a team that the Statesmen had beaten by at least two or more TDs in the prior four seasons.
Hobart being held to 19 rushing yards by a defense that had given up over 200 to Framingham State and almost 140 to MIT, is also really surprising. That statistic (and the fact that 7 FY players were listed among the 10 OL two-deep on the line up card today), is partially why JR QB Ryan Hofmann was forced to drop back 50 times in the game. He finished the day with 294 passing yards and three TDs, but was also intercepted twice.
Defensively FY LB Bryan Aguilar was a lone bright spot, who once again led the Statesmen with 10 tackles, including two TFL (one which really should have been scored as a sack). Getting his first start was FY DL Ryan Cottom who held his own with SR DL Reid Crobok suspended.
Unfortunately, today's result will call into serious doubt that Hobart will be favored in any, save for potentially two, Liberty League contests the rest of the year, and at 2-2, are in serious jeopardy of fielding the first losing season by a Statesmen team since 1995.
Not really much to say about this game. Will have some analysis later in the week given Hobart's passing on playing #6 Frostburg State for Homecoming and there being a bye week / no game next Saturday.
Tough season for the Statesmen.
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