GRR: College Men
Arkansas and UC Davis are through to the DIAA semifinals after both won their quarterfinals Saturday at the UC Davis campus.
Davis defeated Sacramento State for third time this season, taking the Hornets down 38-5.
It will be BYU and Cal once again in the Varsity Cup final, but it almost wasn't.
BYU was once again formidable, with the Whippy brothers right in the middle of the action. Josh Whippy scored two early tries and Jared Whippy converted them and added a penalty which, along with tries from Zane Mendenhall and Josh Anderson, staked BYU to a 27-8 halftime lead over Arkansas State.
They say speed kills and certainly it did some damage Saturday in the Eastern bracket of the DIAA college playoffs.
Bolstered by a solid forward effort, the pacey backs of AIC and Notre Dame College saw the two teams through to Sunday's semifinals.
The Falcons of Notre Dame College defeated Middle Tennessee State 38-7 to advance. Meanwhile AIC raced past James Madison 68-27.
And so we’re down to eight teams in DIAA, and it’s time to make some picks.
It's all about playoff time this week.
All of the games we list are between ranked teams. We've got Varsity Cup semis, the DIAA quarters, and the DIA quarters, as well. Note, of course, that Air Force plays Cal Poly in the DIA first round game that was snowed out last week. The quarterfinal against St. Mary's will be played Sunday.