RPI 2025–26: Off the Critical List and In Recovery

[Waite21]

W21- Very difficult to find any sort of odds on this one. Seems these last minute ECAC bowls were not on many radar units. The only one I can find is that we are a 9.5 point favorite. You are absolutely correct about common opponents and the results but I had thought both teams had played St. Lawrence also. This has been a surprisingly good season for us and we were within range of turning around one of our losses (Ithaca) which might have changed the ending of this season even if it only moved this ECAC Bowl game to our home field.

You're right, they did both play St. Lawrence. RPI beat St. Lawrence by 48-0, while SJF scored a 28-23 win, so that one also could be counted as a comparative score in favor of RPI.

Then, again, I can recall back in 1966, someone calculated that by comparative scores, RPI would have beaten Notre Dame that year.

 

[DrDemento]

You're right, they did both play St. Lawrence. RPI beat St. Lawrence by 48-0, while SJF scored a 28-23 win, so that one also could be counted as a comparative score in favor of RPI.

Then, again, I can recall back in 1966, someone calculated that by comparative scores, RPI would have beaten Notre Dame that year.

I did that kind of calculation a few times back then. Just a fun little exercise that meant nothing of course. What is somewhat telling though is looking at our winning percentage in football over the past 25 years versus the winning percentage for hockey over the same period of time. Astonishing for someone like me who was in Troy for the early to mid 1960's when the winning percentage for football hovered around zero while the hockey team was competing for league and national championships.