Category: U Sports
Once again, it was another entertaining and somewhat unpredictable U Sports week. The top teams continue to be the teams to be the best, the middle pack is incredibly competitive and tight, and thanks to an administration error - the York Lions picked up a technical victory after initially losing to McMaster, making the OUA … Continue reading Top Ten U Sports Football Teams – Week 3
With the Canada WEST season starting this weekend, we have now officially seen every U Sports team play a game this season, and we’ve already seen lots of great college football being played! As such, we have many high-quality teams all fighting for seeding and future playoff glory! As such, here are the top ten … Continue reading Top Ten U Sports Football Teams – Week 2
Its November 30th, 2021, and it's the day of the Yates Cup final between the best two collegiate football teams in Ontario. The nationally-ranked second-best team in Canada Western Mustangs, and the nationally-ranked third-best team in Canada, Queen’s Gaels. Both teams have been by far the best in Ontario this season and for most of … Continue reading Canadian Sports Rivalries – Western Mustangs Vs Queen’s Gaels
The Western Mustang touchdown horses were resting under a shade tent catching a little refreshment as the game clock ran out Saturday at Western Alumni Stadium in London. The pair of horses were tasked with making the trot around the track that circles the newly named Haylor-Semotiuk field after the home team scores each major. … Continue reading Mustangs Outpace Gryphons to Open Vanier Cup Defence
It’s 2002, and the Saint Mary's Huskies of the Atlantic University Sports (AUS) conference have just won their second consecutive Vanier Cup, cementing themselves as the best college football team in Canada for the second year in a row. It was the sixth time since 1966 that an Atlantic football team had won the Vainer … Continue reading Why the AUS Has Declined as a Football Force in U Sports
Canadian Football has changed a lot since 1903. The game is unrecognizable from the early twentieth century, and many teams have come and gone. Nowhere is this fact better known than in the nation's capital, a place that has been the home of three CFL franchises in under thirty years. But one thing that has … Continue reading The Long and Adaptive History of TD Place Stadium
The Ontario University Athletics is the largest and most trophy-laden conference in Canadian collegiate sports. Not only has the OUA combined for nineteen Vainer Cups, but Canadian football's biggest prize, the Grey Cup, has been won a combined five times by both the University of Toronto and Queens University. With prestige and history comes characters … Continue reading Ranking the OUA U Sports Stadiums
Its February 18th, 2022, and the 8-0 Ottawa Gee-Gees basketball team are heading into a crucial match-up with their city rivals, the Carleton Ravens, who are also 8-0. This game will go a long way to determining who will be atop the OUA East division in the 2022 U Sports Basketball season. But this game … Continue reading Canadian Sports Rivalries – Ottawa Gee-Gees Vs Carleton Ravens
Stretching from Manitoba all the way to British Columbia, western Canada is a large, diverse, and spectacularly stunning part of the world. In the world of Canadian football, its U Sports teams have a lot in common with their CFL counterparts. Five of the six Canada West teams play in the same city as a … Continue reading Ranking the Canada West U Sports Stadiums
When people think of the young Canadian quarterbacks in the Canadian Football League, their minds will instantly snap to both Nathan Rourke and Michael O'Connor, both of whom are signed with the BC Lions for the 2022 season. It makes sense that both of those players are front of mind considering they are already known … Continue reading Evaluating Where Canadian Quarterback Tre Ford Could Be Drafted
