DIAA College Rugby News
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This is an opinion op-ed by guest columnist Dave Miller
The University of Alabama surprised many, perhaps even themselves, in winning the LA Invitational men's college bracket Saturday.
The final, played in Dignity Health Sports Park in front of the day's LA Sevens crowd, was an exciting affair, with Alabama coming back from a 12-0 deficit to win 19-12 over New Mexico Highlands University.
It's all happening in South Florida, as USF put together another dominating performance this week.
Here are scores from this weekend in DIAA college rugby.
These include the NCRC semis: Oregon vs WSU and WWU vs Boise State.
We don't make a lot of changes this week with the DIAA rankings.
Fresno State, having beaten Chico State two weeks ago, didn't consolidate that victory by beating UC Santa Cruz. Instead, the Bulldogs tied the Banana Slugs. With Chico State looking solid with a win over Sac State, you could argue that we could throw out Chico State's close loss to Fresno, and move Chico higher.