Central Connecticut Routs Robert Morris 49-14 on the Ground
Robert Morris finished with negative 8 rushing yards on 11 carries. Central Connecticut had 341 on 46. That gap is most of the story of a 49-14 game.
The Blue Devils were up 21-0 before the first quarter was over. Brett Griffis scored from a yard out, threw a 3-yard touchdown to Davon Smith Jr., and then Chris Jean took an interception back 27 yards to make it 21-0 with 7:00 still left in the quarter. Smith ran one in from a yard out and John Manning IV scored from two, and it was 35-0 with 9:08 left in the second. Noah Schaerli finally put Robert Morris on the board with a 10-yard catch from Carson Haggard, but Griffis ran in an 8-yarder with 0:34 left in the half and it was 42-7.
Robert Morris did throw it, 328 yards worth, which is a lot of yards for a team that scored 14. Schaerli caught a 68-yarder from Cooper Panteck with 6:35 left in the fourth, and by then it was 49-7 after Smith's second rushing touchdown, a 2-yarder with 2:36 left in the third. Central Connecticut threw for only 128 yards, so this was about the carrying, not the catching.
Central Connecticut moved to 4-2 and Robert Morris dropped to 3-3. Take away the pick-six and it is still 42-14. It was not close.
Fantasy-wise, Smith had the best game of his season at 35.3 points, and Griffis was right behind him at 34.5. Schaerli, on the losing side, still got you 24.8.