DIAA College Rugby News
Upset? What upset?
Sacramento State might have been the #2 team out if the Pacific Western Conference, and they might have been playing the #1 team out of the Gold Coast, but the Sacramento State players and coaches did not think it was an upset to beat the 49ers and make the DIAA quarterfinals. Not by a long shot.
After most of the winter/spring being about 7s, American International College rolls into the DIAA quarterfinals at Bowling Green University hot on the trail of a 15s championship.
This comes after an impressive 55-35 win for AIC over Delaware in the 1st round of the playoffs, a game that was difficult to prepare for.
For most of the teams in DI-level rugby, the spring now means thinking about 7s and finals and rehashing the season.
For some, though, some sort of championships still beckons, and the games they are playing mean plenty - this is where a team has to be playing its best, and we assign plenty of importance to those games.
It RuggaMatrix America time again and in Show #165 Alex, Bruce, and Pat look at the major college playoffs - where the surprises were and what surprises might come.
The guys also check in on Pro Rugby, and maybe have to admit they were wrong ... for now.
There's also something involving Bruce's definition of Disco, which seems to encompass almost everything.
The finalists for the first annual Rudy Scholz Award - co-sponsored by the Washington Athletic Club and Goff Rugby Report, and sanction by USA Rugby - have been selected.