GRR: College Men
It’s time to wrap up the Big 10 with all eight teams participating in the Big 10’s rugby conference playing at University of Notre Dame Saturday.
Notre Dame, of course, is not a traditional Big 10 school but as recent shifts in college sports have sent traditional conference associations into turmoil, the Fighting Irish are much more Big 10 than many others.
NCR's playoff play-in schedule is slightly smaller than originally expected, but not that much.
The original NCR plan was to have nine teams go straight into the Round of 16, with 14 more teams in play-in rounds.
What we at GRR World Headquarters have been able to ascertain, that split is now a more realistic 11 straight-in and 10 more in play-ins.
As the D1AA playoffs and conference finals are upon us, here’s a look at standouts from the past couple of weeks.
Here’s a look at standout players in major D1-level games the last two weeks.
We’re tracking NCR D1 and CRAA D1A games and who made impacts in those games.
Aaron Juma, WheelingWe’ve talked about Juma before but he was enormous for Wheeling in the Big Rivers semis and final, scoring tries, playing terrific defense at flanker, and overall being a game-changer.
The Heart of America crowns its champion this weekend with a two-game weekend in Lawrence, Kansas.
Teams from two states take each other on, as Kansas plays Iowa in one semifinal, and Iowa State plays Kansas State in the other. All four will play on Sunday in the conference final and the 3rd-4th game.