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I guess there will be an extension to the November 29 deadline after all...

Oops, my mistake. :o You can also add DE Michael Bernier from Garneau (div. 1) to the list of Laval commits. His teammate Ayman Cissé, playing DT, is going to Montréal.

You can also add RB Émile Malenfant from Garneau (div. 1) and all-star WR Édouard Malenfant from St-Jean (div. 1) as for new Laval commits. I don't think they've been mentioned before.

That's true (2013 with Jordan Heather at QB) but Bishop's just went down afterwards up to the point they had a hard time competing with McGill, Bishop's and Sherbrooke when they decided to jump...

Over the last two years, yes. Before that, I'm not sure.

For that, U Sports would need to reduce substantially the guarantees they ask to present the Vanier Cup. I'm not sure they're willing to do that, unless the negotiations with the CFL fail and they...

Giraud and Chabot especially broke a lot of tackles to gain more yards. Had the Calgary secondary tackled properly, the Montréal offense would not have done much. They didn't have a single long pass...

Agreed.

Excellent analysis, once again. BTW, the Montréal RB is Giraud not Rinaud.

Western is a no-brainer. McMaster and Guelph are quite obvious. Then it gets fuzzy with Ottawa, Carleton, Waterloo and Laurier. I guess you could include a promotion/relegation system similar to what...

OK... :rolleyes:

Two weeks actually. Right now, the RSEQ, OUA and AUS seasons start a week before university begins. You can't really do anything about it with the odd number of teams in those conferences. Unless you...

His selection has been confirmed. I don't know if he'll be able to play though.

How much time remaining ?

Yes please!

That’s what they do best but they’ll need to score points at some point! I guess we’re somewhere in the second quarter now?

I’m at the arena watching my son play hockey. I’m recording it though to watch it all tonight.

Thanks.

What’s the score?

No, I can confirm the stadium won't be heated. However, the barbecues at the tailgate might lack fuel at some point so the meals could be slightly undercooked. :eek::p

Who was Merchant's backup? Is he ready to take over?

Agreed.

The one good news is "If the deal comes to fruition, the Vanier Cup would return to TSN along with Bowl games while conference championships and select events could be brought to TSN’s digital...

I don't see the "must" there. The Vanier Cup doesn't have to be the same week-end than the Grey Cup, unless they're paired obviously, which is the exception rather than the norm.

That wouldn't be...

Sherbrooke officially have 11 commits announced, latest being Gabriel Royer (LB, Sherbrooke, defensive player of the year in division 2). I don't know who the other 11 are.

Or rather a full back! :eek:

Kidding aside, I think Dequoy is bound to become yet another Canadian safety.

Simply because they have 11 teams in their conference so, logically, the chances that 3 of the 8 best teams in the nation are part of the OUA makes more "statistical sense". I'm not saying it's the...

Maybe you're right and his selection is not yet official, I'm not sure.

Dequoy has been invited as the Eastern representative.

Of course, it doesn't work now! Subjective adimission, like simply winning your own conference to get a spot in a national semi-final no matter conference strength? :rolleyes:;)

Well they should...

Strong start of recruiting 2020 by Laval!

I would only include one AUS team (champion) in the national quarter-finals, not two. I would add a third team from Ontario.

I don't think the AUS champion facing the vice-champion of another...

If the Vanier Cup is paired with the Grey Cup, that's a problem of course. If it's not, what does it matter? Anyway, isn't the CFL supposed to start its season earlier and have the Grey Cup played...

You're right that's still a possibility, although low because Laval could also have played against McMaster or Acadia. These four additional interlock games would certainly be fun to watch and also...

I've always supported the idea of 2 divisions and your proposition looks good globally but let's face it: it's not going to happen. U Sports is not able or doesn't want to make any changes...

Remove the word "only" and replace the word "might" by "does" in your sentence and you're right!

I don't agree with the fact that winning your division automatically gives you the right to play...

If you pit the the champions and vice-champions of all conferences against one another in national quarter-finals, the winners of these quarter-finals should be the 4 best teams in the nation, right?...

This year. He was ranked the 18th top prospect in the first rankings of the CFL scouting bureau for the 2020 draft. I wonder if he hasn't done 4 years in cégep to explain why he will be drafted in...

Agreed!

Much better! :p

Interesting, I didn't know that about how the AUS players now see their participation in the bowl game. A bit sad too. I fully agree with your conclusion that "if the AUS players themselves don't...

I'm one of them. This year, as I had doubts that Laval would make it to the Vanier Cup after all the graduations they had last year, I waited for the result of the Dunsmore Cup. Given that Montréal...

Funny and sad at the same time! :):(

The only problem here is they make the same mistake every year. :o

On the contrary, it would be a major improvement: instead of having one blowout out of 3 national playoff games (33%) and just the week prior to the big game when you try to build the hype, you would...

And the semis would pit the four best teams in the nation and build a great hype leading to the Vanier Cup.

Voilà. Nothing complicated there but it's taking years for U Sports to notice the problem and then years again to correct it. If they do one day... :rolleyes:

Exactly this. Been saying it for years now. :mad:

What about 38-0 at the end of the game, you know when it matters? :rolleyes:

Two things: A game lasts four quarters and, as explained previously, Montréal always play their best game against Laval. Still, they beat Acadia pretty handily today, as I had predicted, even...