GRR: College Men
Well, well, well.
So we have many changes. Most obvious is the #1 spot. Kentucky has done just fine, and we commend them for their tough schedule, and we also recognize that their game against Indiana really could have gone either way. But ... if you're not going to give a team like Louisville a shot at #1 after they thump both Bowling Green and Western Michigan, when would you?
We noticed we had something kind of weird here.
Michigan lost to Rio Grande, but we don't have Rio Grande in the rankings. Michigan also lost to Aquinas, and we do have Aquinas in the rankings, but below Michigan. Now, some would say that is, to coin a technical term, a "mistake."
The US Rugby Foundation has announced the Andrew S. McPherson University of Texas at Austin Rugby Scholarship Program, a new fund dedicated to supporting student-athletes at the University of Texas at Austin Men’s Rugby Club.
Cal won the first leg of the West Coast Sevens Saturday
Cal won their pool matches while only giving up three tries, one to San Diego State and two to Cal State Long Beach; they shut out Western Washington 27-0.
Meanwhile, UCLA beat Cal's 2nd side 38-5, USC 28-5, and University of San Diego 34-5 to run the table in Pool B.
Notre Dame, Michigan, and Wisconsin all pulled off wins in Big 10 action this weekend.
Two of these games were quite close, while Notre Dame produced an impressive win over Michigan State.