D2 Weekend Preview: See You at Dawgs vs 'Cats
It's an active weekend in D2 but not necessarily one where we see a lot of ranked team-vs-ranked team matchups.
We do see #5 Northern Iowa face off with #21 Marquette in an early litmus test for both. Marquette is pretty sure they have a solid team and club president Dominic Bartolone was pretty direct when asked about team goals.
D2 Roundup. Who Has Started Strong?
It's early days in D2 but we're getting a sense of who might be some of the stronger teams.
IUP Pulls Away in Clash of D2 Powers
In probably the highest,profile Men's D2 college game of the weekend, IUP rode a torrid second half to pull away from Grand Valley State 48-19.
While this was not a conference game for either team, it mattered in terms of how they might be seeded if these teams make the NCR D2 playoffs, which they are expected to do.
D2 Preview: Big Games Headed by IUP v GVSU
The search for challenging opposition is real and certainly important for those not fortunate to play in, say, the Great Midwest or the MARC, there is more work to be done to find those challenges.
D2 Weekend Preview—Testing the Waters
It's a slow burn in early September for D2 College Rugby.
The major contenders for playoff rugby aren't going to play each other, for the most part, for a while.
But we do have a couple of cross-conference matches to keep an eye on, such as Marquette vs Miami of Ohio and Northern Iowa vs D1AA's Iowa State.
