Oh, I get it. We don't get North Carolina or Kentucky but we get Massachusetts. Getting a school without a hyphen named solely after a state is the accomplishment.
OT. A buddy at work had a D1 football player son who is transferring from a military academy. And because of Zipsnation I was well-versed in the Transfer Portal. Buddy: yeah, they put his name in... Me: The transfer portal?
If you watch the Twitter video, his mom says she drove to every one of his games and put a lot of miles in her car. So when Buffalo collapsed Akron was maybe the next closest thing.
The Canadian calendar is actually a week later than the American calendar. So considering that, the time change, customs, weather and the NCAA Canadian exemption, this makes total sense.