This year, they started 3-0, beating up on weak teams.
I do not say that weaker teams must lay themselves out to be carved open.
There are too many weak teams in the group stages.
It is not that the Americans have fielded a weak team.
The rule not only separated weak teams from the strong.
Harvard has only six starters returning from a weak 3-7 team.
The professional field was relatively strong in 1869 and its weaker teams did not play many games.
But there is no reason to celebrate or feel great because we played against a weak team.
It should also help the advanced programs, since those players do not benefit from playing weak teams.
They also recognize the equally important need to keep weak teams from spending too little.