GRR: Loyola
As we mentioned last week, the men’s D2 college playoff picture is a lot more open to student-supported club teams this year.
In two completely different games IUP and Principia won their Men’s D2 national semifinal to book places in Sunday’s championship game.
Loyola of Chicago entered the 2022 fall season with all sorts of questions.
On the search for a new Head Coach after Lance Houia moved to work with MTSU, and short players, there were real questions about the competitiveness of a team that had made the national playoffs as recently as 2019.
Loyola's 68-0 win over Washington University should put teams on notice.
Can they beat Auburn in the Round of 16? Certainly pitching a shutout in the play-in game is something to take a look at. Winning 68-0 is an indication that this rapidly-improving team is hitting its stride at just the right time.
It's still early days in the Great Midwest but a couple of teams are making their presence known.
For Northern Michigan, this was a big weekend as they held off Wisconsin-Platteville 20-15. It was a tough game for sure, and a defensive one.