GRR: College Men
In a tense, dramatic final worthy of the name Indiana eked by Ohio State to win the Big Ten Conference final Saturday night in South Bend, Ind.
Played at the University of Notre Dame, which hosted four games for placement from 1st to 8th in the conference, the final capped off an entertaining day of rugby.
Indiana took the conference title, Ohio State is second.
This is a calm before the storm kind of weekend in D2, but at the same time, the games that are being played carry plenty of weight.
UNC-Charlotte vs North Carolina State is a game being made up after it was postponed on October 1, and has turned out to be a conference decider as well as a national playoff seeding decider.
No one really knows what to make of the western bracket of the NCR Men's Small College playoffs, because every team is really strong.
Cal Poly Humboldt out of California, 2021 runners-up New Mexico Tech, Colorado School of Mines (who beat NMT this year), and a surging Western Oregon all come in with plenty to recommend them.
Small college teams in the Mid-Atlantic will be key threats as the small-college playoffs loom.
Two teams to keep an eye on ae Catholic University and Susquehanna.
Susquehanna Gets By LoyolaHaving lost only to Shippensburg during the regular season Susquehanna went into their game against Loyola feeling confident and won 33-15.
Well we've come to some conference culminations this weekend and some playoffs right after.
Let's get to it.