A few minutes after Stony Brook’s 35-10 steamrolling of Merrimack on Saturday afternoon at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, Seawolves coach Billy Cosh was asked about the importance of the win.

“This one was huge,” he said. “We had to play our best and we found a way to do that.”

Especially considering Stony Brook (2-3) and Merrimack (2-3) entered the game on different trajectories. Whereas Merrimack had alternated wins and losses in their first four games, the Seawolves had dropped three of four, including the previous Saturday’s 30-27 loss to Lindenwood.

But Stony Brook looked like the team that entered the season with FCS playoff aspirations coming off an 8-4 season.

The Seawolves led 20-7 at the end of a first half in which they were able to move the ball with relative efficiency and cr

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