All the talk coming from and about the 2010 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute football team (myself included) was that shootouts would be the name of the game this season in Troy.

One game and six points later, there's no longer talk about how many - but when will the Engineers score their first touchdown of the year.

The offense (115 rushing, 92 passing) was simply not good enough last Saturday against Endicott.

This offense was supposed to be better than last year's, now that quarterback Mike Hermann had another year under his belt.

In 2009, RPI beat Endicott 28-0. This year the score was just 6-3.

Brian Surace is back in the fold as Offensive Coordinator and his first game was not one I'm sure he'll want to remember.

If it weren't for three missed field goals from the Gulls (two blocked, one missed with 54 seconds remaining) RPI would be at 0-1 and have a lot more questions to be answered.

As many coaches say and I'm sure RPI coach Joe King will echo, it's better to learn things in a win rather than a loss.

Hopefully, the Engineers are learning something because six points won't be enough to win on Saturday against Utica.