Hobart College will travel to Cortland State this Saturday to participate in the second New York Bowl. Both teams enter with an 8-2 record. They also both come into this contest with a starter who will be sidelined for the first half given ejections in the second half of last weekend's games.
For Cortland, SR QB Brett Segala accidentally made contact with an official at the end of the Cortaca game at MetLife Stadium. For Hobart, JR FS Cal Sullivan was disqualified from the game against Rochester for a targeting penalty.
Both players can come in the second half of Saturday's game.
Cortland won the inaugural New York Bowl game, 35-28, at Union back in 2017. While the LL was supposed to host in odd years, the series has been determined to be at the Empire 8 host's site for this season given the 2017 contest was hosted by the LL.
Cortland State has an excellent football facility, and it's not far from Geneva (and it's technically closer to parties east and south of the NYS Thruway which should help travelling fans). Apparently the winner receives a silver bowl and wooden base trophy - I'll post a picture once in receipt of one.
That's it for now. Congratulations to the Statesmen on their first postseason berth since 2016 and the opportunity to match that season's win number against a strong Red Dragons team.
I'll preview this game a little later in the week. In the meantime, stay tuned to @D3FBHuddle and ITH's Facebook page for more and more content this week.
Thanks for reading and go 'Bart!
Update - NCAA review has cleared Segala to play Saturday
ReplyDeleteAnd now Sullivan cleared as well.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope all the boys and the twelve seniors can finish the season with a victory lap. It would be a fine way for the twelve to say "Thank You!" to Coach Cragg for bringing them to Hobart. I am sure they all wish he was on the sidelines with them for their collective Swan Song.
ReplyDeleteGo Hobart!