GRR: College Men
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.
We all know that the college 7s spring is a bit in flux, but it's still the central competitive form for many teams, especially in the Northeast and Midwest.
It's Week 7 of This Week In College Rugby, and someone's wearing a feather boa.
With Gift Egbelu getting into the Mardi Gras spirit and also looking at how the Mid-South is shaking out, Alex Goff makes some what-if predictions on the D1A rankings, and Matt McCarthy looks at the razor-thin UCLA vs Arizona game.
This week's DIA ranking decisions are difficult.
Arkansas State beat Life on February 8, and Life then beat Lindenwood on February 15. Both scores 29-22. Both games were close, but we got the feeling that the Life-Lindenwood game was just a little bit closer ... Life was in real danger of seeing Lindenwood tie that game in the final minute.
Oklahoma and Texas A&M clinched spots in the Red River Conference championships game in March after both won games Saturday.
A&M won big over Texas in the FTF / Eleven Sports Game of the Week, but had trouble regardless as sometimes they ran the phases nicely, and sometimes gave Texas the momentum after a poor pass or a miscommunication.