GRR: College Men
UCLA defeated Saint Mary’s 22-12 Saturday in Los Angeles, shutting out the Gaels in the second half to preserve a huge victory for the Bruins.
Both teams were coming off close games in which they felt they gave up far too many points—Saint Mary’s had won 43-38 over Cal Poly, while UCLA had dropped a 47-41 decision to Central Washington.
Florida State and St. Thomas tightened their grip atop their respective divisions in the Florida D1AA Collegiate Conference after both won in fairly convincing fashion this weekend.
FSU defeated Florida 40-22, with the Gators scoring at the death to make it a little closer.
We find out a lot in this week's D1AA action.
D1AA Gamebreakers From February
The California Conference decided its champion last week with Saint Mary's defeating Cal Poly in what turned out to be a close one.
This week we decide who takes 2nd with Cal Poly playing upstarts UC Santa Barbara. It's likely that the Mustangs are favored, but this has still been a good year for the Gauchos and we could well see them in the postseason in some form.
Here's a look at some of the D1AA standouts of the past couple of weeks.
Corinthian Cormier, Sam Houston StateThe 8x8 Sports D1A player of the week, the No. 8 and sometime lock was a try-scoring force for the BearKats as they won the Lonestar playoffs.