GRR: Arkansas State
Goff Rugby Report #12 Arkansas State plays GRR #2 Life University in the first Mid-South Conference game of the season, and there's something weird about it.
Arkansas State University defeated LSU 27-17 in a non-conference match that perhaps says more good things about LSU than the Red Wolves.
For Arkansas State, it was another warmup game as they look to the start of the Mid-South conference season. Playing against the wind in the first half, ASU kept running into penalty problems around the breakdown.
NEW YORK City (Varsity Cup Release) – The 2017 Penn Mutual Varsity Cup Rugby Championship kicks off once again this April with 14 teams vying in the April postseason to advance to May’s championship final.
Davenport University came back from a 7-0 deficit to defeat Arkansas State 15-12 in a non-conference clash between two teams set to be in the Mid-South next spring.
Arkansas State and Clemson will be playing against Mid-South DIA opponents this coming 2016-17 season, but it won't be a full five-team conference just yet.