GRR: Heart of America
Iowa State held off University of Iowa 18-10 in a tense Heart of America conference game Saturday.
The Cyclones secured an early 15-0 lead but after that was under a lot of pressure from Iowa. Seeing one player get two yellow cards, and thus being shorthanded throughout the second half, didn’t help.
The Heart of American DIAA conference has settled its schedule for the fall of 2021.
The conference welcomes back Arkansas and also brings in the University of Minnesota, which moves from the Big 10.
The addition of these two programs makes the HOA now ten teams strong, so the teams within the conference agreed to split the conference into two geographical divisions.
Despite the early end to the rugby season this spring, we got to see enough players to give a nod to some of the standouts in DIAA.
If things go according to plan, we'll have a DIAA playoff this spring; here's where we stand around the country.
This week we've got the Heart of America back in action and a chance for Kansas to wrap up this conference soon.
We've looked more closely at University of South Florida, and USF has a massive test against Central Florida this week. This is a game that could tell us a lot about who will move to the top in that conference.