GRR: College Men
The Varsity Cup starts this weekend, with 14 teams involved in some way, and a variety of mat chips in the opening round.
Here’s a look at the teams and the matchups:
BYU
The Cougars are defending champions and have a bye into the quarterfinals.
St. Mary’s College of California will cap off it’s trip to the Northeast Saturday with a clash with Army at West Point’s Anderson Rugby Complex.
It’s been a weird year for the Northwest Collegiate Conference.
It’s play-in time for the Ivy League, as Brown University hosts three other teams in a two-day playoff to see who will represent the conference in the DIAA national playoffs.
This article includes some opinion commentary by Goff Rugby Report Editor Alex Goff. The Varsity Cup has announced that the University of Oklahoma will forfeit its opening-round game with Utah.
Utah now gets a bye to the quarterfinals, to be held April 11, where the Utes will meet the winner of Central Washington and Arizona State.