GRR: Central Washington University
Getting to Central Washington's campus is difficult enough, but it turns out leaving can be even tougher.
The higher-ranked teams all won in the first round of the DIA playoffs Saturday.
BYU and Central Washington won by relatively large margins, while in the lone game in the East, Life had to battle through a tough Navy side.
Cal defeated Central Washington 48-19 under the lights in Berkeley on Friday.
The Bears hit hard and early and stymied CWU's initial opportunities, and it was, overall, an aggressive defensive performance from Cal and some quick ball movement that saw them through.
In yet another exceedingly close game between top-ranked D1A teams, Saint Mary’s came back from 19 points down to edge Central Washington 30-27 in Ellensburg, Wash. on Saturday.
Saint Mary's took control of 1st place in the California Conference after a convincing 60-5 win over Grand Canyon Saturday night.