GRR: College Men
A week before the ACRC Bowls, the ACRL champion Clemson Tigers took on the US Naval Academy.
Navy has been following a challenging fall schedule, playing highly-regarded teams every month or so. They defeated Ohio State 48-10 August 29, lost to Air Force 38-26 October 3, and beat Maryland 54-21 October 25.
South Carolina has claimed the SCRC Championship, but perhaps the biggest news of the weekend among the SEC teams is that they didn’t beat Tennessee in the final, they beat Alabama.
Cortland will play Oswego in the final of the Upstate NY Collegiate Rugby Conference Sunday after a snowy Saturday of semifinals.
The University of Wisconsin won the Big Ten Saturday, defeating Ohio State 34-20 in the championship game.
Wisconsin finished 6-1 in Big Ten play, losing only to Michigan. The Badgers didn’t have the best record in the Big Ten, that belonged to Indiana, but IU was not eligible for the championship game because they used ineligible players last season.
Roger Williams defeated Central Connecticut 40-36 to gain a place in the national DII College Round of 16 Saturday, scoring on the last play of the game.
CCSU led in the first half as they used their size advantage and solid forward play to push RWU back. And with a smart kicking game the Hooligans pinned RWU back in their 22.