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An Opening, a Rivalry, and a Culmination Coming Up in D1 College Games

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An Opening, a Rivalry, and a Culmination Coming Up in D1 College Games

Army vs Navy highlights the next few days. Colleen McCloskey photo.

Well, what a weekend coming up.

Army vs Navy is a massive game every year, but, like last year, this is also potentially a conference championship decider. Remember that last year Army beat Navy 24-17. This year's game promises to be equally close. Army has been getting an excellent fall from captain Lucas Pattinson at No.8 and scrumhalf Tiaan Mosconi was a good player before, but has been even better this year.

Army is coming off a 53-8 win over Air Force where Head Coach Matt Sherman saw some players we don't hear about so much making some big players. Sherman has been pretty happy with his side but expects them to be more clinical and to convert a little better on scoring chances.

Rivals Navy beat Kutztown 46-16 with No. 8 Ben Haugh leading a superb back row.

“We are extremely excited for Saturday," said Head Coach Gavin Hickie. "While we know we have not achieved anything yet this season, we have progressed each week, building depth and trying out different combinations. We are exactly where we want to be."

Center (and flyhalf last week) Lewis Gray leads the Rugby East with 89 points off seven tries, 21 conversions, and four penalty goals. Haugh leads the conference with nine tries. 

Also we've got some earlier insight on what could happen in the Rugby East>> and some specifics on St. Bonaventure's chance to maybe joining Army and Navy atop the conference>>

The Big 10 semifinals see Notre Dame take on Indiana and Illinois face Ohio State.

The Liberty D1 final, AIC vs Brown, will be a big tossup game, and the Liberty DIAA semifinals are on as well.

That not enough for you? What about the opening weekend of the Mid-South Conference? A Davenport side that has started very nicely this fall but are perfectly cognizant of the fact that they haven't beaten Life in 20 meetings. But last they met in the fall Life won by a single point. 

Life is coming off a 24-14 win over BYU. The Running Eagles have been working their way slowly into launching their Mid-South 1st 15; their set piece is solid but they haven't yet, broken open the way they can.

Check back for scores:

11/4 Virginia Tech 7-40 Queens Rugby East
11/5 Army 14-27 Navy Rugby East
11/5 Mary Washington 19-27 Penn State Rugby East
11/5 Notre Dame College 39-25 Mount St. Mary's Rugby East
11/5 St. Bonaventure 44-28 Southern Virginia Rugby East
11/4 U. Notre Dame 8-22 Indiana Big 10 SF
11/5 Illinois 18-64 Ohio State Big 10 SF
11/5 Purdue 3-37 Michigan State Big 10 Minor SF
11/5 Michigan 14-19 Wisconsin Big 10 Minor SF
11/5 Life University 10-23 Davenport Mid-South D1A
11/5 Florida State at Citadel Non-Conference
11/5 Lander 0-28 UNC Chapel Hill Southern Conf. D1AA
11/5 Georgia 19-39 Tennessee SCRC D1AA
11/5 Kentucky Ppd Alabama SCRC D1AA
11/5 Kennesaw State Fft L-W South Carolina SCRC D1AA
11/5 Brown 33-14 AIC Liberty D1 Final
11/5 Northeastern 43-22 Fordham Liberty D1 Bowl
11/5 Dartmouth 29-51 Fairfield Liberty D1 Bowl
11/5 Iona 26-14 Nazareth Liberty D1 Bowl
11/5 UConn 34-33 Syracuse Liberty D1AA Bowl
11/5 Colgate 31-8 Buffalo Liberty D1AA Bowl
11/5 Yale 52-5 Albany Liberty D1AA Bowl
11/5 Stony Brook 7-68 Boston College Liberty D1AA SFs
11/5 UMass 17-18 Binghamton Liberty D1AA SFs
11/5 Adrian 22-31 Wheeling Big Rivers
11/5 Temple 11-15 Salisbury MARC D1AA
11/5 James Madison 52-17 Delaware MARC D1AA
11/5 Rutgers 0-69 Maryland MARC D1AA
11/5 West Chester 34-19 Rowan MARC D1AA
11/5 Western Washington 26-43 Boise State NCRC
11/5 Nebraska 19-21 Minnesota Heart of America
11/5 Missouri 50-7 Kansas State Heart of America
11/5 Arkansas Ccld Kansas Heart of America
11/5 Texas State Ppd Texas A&M Lonestar
11/5 Sam Houston State 48-7 Univ. Dallas Lonestar
11/5 UTEP at UTSA Lonestar
11/5 Colorado at Utah Valley Non-Conference
11/5 Colorado St. 35-17 Utah State Rocky Mountain D1A
11/5 Ohio 0-28 Louisville MAC
11/5 Western Michigan 38-17 Cincinnati MAC
11/5 Dayton 21-48 IUPUI MAC
11/5 Pitt 0-91 Bowling Green MAC