GRR: Heart of America
In a clash of big offense vs big defense, it was the defense that prevailed as Kansas defeated Arkansas in Week 2 of Heart of America conference play.
Arkansas had put up 72 the week before, but against a tough Jayhawks defense they managed only 10, and that wasn’t enough.
A tough, physical game saw Arkansas bring out the defense too, but the one Jawhawks try was enough.
The Heart of America Conference remains one of the more competitive conferences in DIAA and certainly the conference started that way.
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.