St. Thomas entered its game against the Presbyterian Blue Hose on Saturday at O’Shaughnessy Stadium knowing they would need some help in order to keep their hopes alive for a Pioneer Football League title and an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs.

It became a moot point when the Tommies failed to help themselves.

On a day when they struggled on both sides of the ball, but more so on offense, St. Thomas ended the league portion of their schedule with a 23-9 loss to the Blue Hose on Senior Day to drop to 5-3 (8-3 overall).

They end their season next week with a non-conference game at North Dakota State, the nation’s top-ranked team.

“Certainly it was an off day,” said St. Thomas head coach Glenn Caruso. “There are a lot of days when we’re ‘on’ or at our A-plus game — that’s football. You’

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