GRR: College Men
DIAA college teams are on the field this weekend with the Mid-American and the Mid-Atlantic (MAC and MARC, respectively) opening up conference play.
Several other teams have non-conference games against DIA opposition.
The Men's DII college season gets well and truly underway this weekend with four conferences in action in some form or other.
Heading the list is a Great Midwest clash between Northern Illinois and Northern Iowa, a game that will go a long way to letting us know who is a challenger in the GMW South.
Here's how this works: if you are playing for a national championship, and someone is better than you, then that other team will likely beat you.
That's the way of the sporting world. We have rules about eligibility and what type of competition you're in, sure, but this sport has far, far too many examples of "we lost but ..." excuse-mongering.
The University of Minnesota-Duluth opened up a new season in a new conference with a very impressive 65-19 defeat of Northern Michigan.
It's preseason rugby time and a few teams got some much-needed early action over Labor Day Weekend.