Comparing offence, defence and special teams to see who has the edge in the 2022 Hardy Cup In 2021, the Saskatchewan Huskies snapped a string of ten consecutive years of the Hardy Cup being hosted by the Calgary Dinos at McMahon Stadium (where the Dinos won seven times). The Huskies took the field at Griffiths Stadium and defeated the Manitoba Bisons 45-17 for their first … Continue reading Huskies the favourite heading into 2022 Hardy Cup
Comparing offence, defence and special teams to see who has the edge in the 2022 Loney Bowl Most conference championships in U SPORTS football see the two best teams in the conference meet to fight for the trophy. The battle for the 2022 Jewett Trophy in the Loney Bowl, though, is about as close to a true underdog vs favourite matchup that will exist this … Continue reading StFX X-Men on track to repeat heading into 2022 Loney Bowl
Comparing offence, defence and special teams to see who has the edge in the 2022 Yates Cup The 2022 OUA Football season has come down to its final day. On Saturday, Nov.12, the Queen’s Gaels head to Alumni Stadium on the campus of Western University for a rematch of the 2021 Yates Cup against the Western Mustangs. The Mustangs reached the final thanks to a … Continue reading Western the favourite heading into 2022 Yates Cup rematch against Queen’s
Breaking down the three Yates Cup quarterfinal matches from the past weekend in the OUA Continue reading Breaking down the Yates Cup quarterfinals
Ottawa, ON – With just over six minutes to go in the fourth quarter of the Ottawa Gee-Gees’ and the Windsor Lancers’ Yates Cup quarterfinal matchup, Windsor quarterback Danny Skelton took the snap on first and ten from the Ottawa 45 and handed off to running back Christopher John. John ran straight through the centre of the Ottawa defence but got stopped and dropped, allowing the … Continue reading Gee-Gees outlast Lancers to advance to Yates Cup semifinal
Hamilton, ON- Heading into their regular season finale against the University of Toronto Varsity Blues, the McMaster Marauders football team controlled their playoff fate. If other results were to go as expected, it was essentially a win-and-get-in game against Toronto. All season long, the Marauders played on the brink. After forfeiting a game against York and losing against Ottawa, they found themselves fighting for their playoff … Continue reading “We Just Never Got Anything Going”: Marauders drop season finale and miss Yates Cup playoffs
Ottawa, ON – Sometimes, there are those days when everything just seems to go right. Two weeks ago, that wasn’t the case for the Carleton Ravens. In front of 24,000 fans at the annual Panda Game, everything seemed to go wrong as the Ravens got kicked up and down the field by the uOttawa Gee-Gees on their way to a 37-7 loss. On Seniors Day at … Continue reading Carleton controls Waterloo in blowout win.
Hamilton, ON- Coming off a bye week, the McMaster Marauders football team was facing a tough but crucial stretch run. They had beaten the Waterloo Warriors a couple of weeks ago, getting a much-needed victory to move to 1-3 (they forfeited their win against York in week two). Now, they were hosting the defending Yates and Vanier Cup champion Western Mustangs. The undefeated number one ranked … Continue reading “You need to have Critical Mass”: Western Pushes McMaster Football to Playoff Edge
Ottawa, ON – It’s one of the biggest spectacles in Canadian university football, and for the Ottawa Gee-Gees, a 37-7 win over the Carleton Ravens in the 2022 Panda Game also served as a statement of their claim as potential Yates Cup contenders. The Gee-Gees entered the afternoon as three-time defending champions after picking up a tight 19-17 win in the return of the Panda … Continue reading Ottawa Gee-Gees ride hot offence to blowout win in 2022 Panda Game
Hamilton, ON- Entering their game against the Ottawa Gee-Gees this Saturday, the McMaster Marauders received some news that would make winning the game even more important. It stemmed from a player who was deemed not eligible to play. “The ineligibility is due to an administrative oversight in the paperwork involved in a student transfer between institutions,” the Marauders wrote in a statement. As a penalty, … Continue reading Gee-Gees execute with smart football to sink winless Marauders
