GRR: College Men
In one of the more evenly-matched high-scoring games in D1A, Central Washington pulled out a dramatic 47-41 win over UCLA Saturday in Southern California.
It's common to say a game was back-and-forth, but this one really was. Teams would answer try-for-try, both got into penalty trouble, and there was plenty of emotion, too.
We talked quite a bit this week about developments in the California Conference.
The US Air Force Academy men's rugby team is hiring a Head Coach.
The Service Academy is not a varsity program as is West Point and the US Naval Academy, but it was the first Service Academy to win a national championship, taking the USA Rugby D1 title in 2003.
Queens University Charlotte Head Coach Frank McKinney has stepped down from his position and is taking up a new job as Head Coach (and, it appears, Director of Rugby) at Wingate University.
Every team in the California D1A has now won a game.
At the beginning of the season the inside info on the teams was that two rebuilding teams—Cal State Long Beach and San Diego State—would struggle. And they did, at first. But over the weeks these teams were the most likely to improve markedly, too.