I had the game on while finishing up some work so I didn’t focus on it. Take my comments with a grain of salt.
It seemed RPI actually played pretty well (better than the score might indicate) against a team that seemed superior in virtually every way. I thought the line held up better than expected in pass blocking, but just couldn’t open enough holes for the running game. The QB had a few nice throws and there were a few drops, mostly when throwing into tighter coverage - seemingly because the receivers had less separation than they might have gotten against lesser competition.
The defense did fairly well with a bend but don’t break philosophy until they seemingly wore down in the second half. UW-L just seemed to have a few “better than D3”” athletes at skill positions. I thought the defensive front held up fairly well but speed and athleticism permitted the Eagles to take much greater advantage of their opportunities.
Not bad thoughts at all. I felt we stayed close enough for much longer than I expected. We were up against an over powering offense and very tight defense. Our boys never got more than a few inches without someone hanging on them while their offensive players eemed to be wide open more times than not. But overall - i think we will be giving most teams quite a bit of trouble.