GRR: CRAA
The University of Kentucky rode a huge first half to win the Mint City Bowl over Colorado State.
Kentucky came into the game determined to show they were quite possibly the best DIAA team in the nation but negating CSU's kicking game and winning the field position contest. They did that, while CSU made some uncharacteristic mistakes that hurt them.
Lindenwood and Life University know each other all too well.
The two Women's D1 Elite programs have faced off three times in the last seven months, and Saturday will make it four. In May they met up in he CRAA D1 Elite Final, won by Lindenwood. And this fall, with the entire D1 Elite season shifted to the fall, they met in two regular-season games, with Lindenwood winning both.
Four teams remains in the CRAA Women's D2 championships and this weekend we'll find out who ends up on top.
Late in the fall it's a small list of games but an important one.
NCR will decide its finalists in Men's D1 and Men's D1AA. The semifinals in Small College and D2 will be held the same weekend as their finals, and the D1/D1AA finals, Dec 9-11 in Houston. They will also have two bowl games with Notre Dame vs Boise State and Southern Nazarene vs Sam Houston State.
The Hornets Nest Bowl Game at the CRAA Fall Classic pits two longtime rivals against each other in Ohio State and Penn State.
It's a good rivalry not consummated much in recent years but with plenty of history.