GRR: College Men
The Mid Americans Conference opened up with two lopsided results and two closer games that
First the lopsided games. Louisville defeated Dayton 67-0, while Bowling Green won comfortably over Ohio 69-3.
Meanwhile, Western Michigan showed well in a 35-19 defeat of IUPUI.
Ohio State defeated Tennessee in a preseason non-conference game 12-10 Saturday.
In what was clearly a tight contest both sides had scoring chances and both sides saw them squandered by handling errors and mistakes. Well-executed tactical kicking helped the Buckeyes keep Tennessee pinned back ...
Thomas More defeated University of Kentucky 24-15 Saturday night in a matchup that is fast becoming a strong rivalry.
The teams were evenly-matched through much of the game although the Saints held a decided territorial advantage. It was tenacious and aggressive UK defense that kept the game in the balance throughout.
Friday night brought us three D1 college results of note—here's a look.
Iowa State 58 Iowa 5The Cyclones looked pretty strong in their defeat of the Hawkeyes. Iowa State lost a tough, close game to Iowa Central last week, and this week put into practice some of the lessons from that game.
We have at least 26 games plus a tournament with about as many short-form games this weekend in Men's D1 rugby, including the reigning D1A champion and the reigning NCR D1 winner.