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Recapping The 2010 Fraudulent Bowl

My apologies for not having a post sooner rather than later after the conclusion of the Western-Guelph game I previously and, dare I say it, accurately, dubbed the 2010 Fraudulent Bowl.

But, I likened this game to covering a tragic three-vehicle collision. It usually takes the police hours, sometimes days, to figure out what exactly happened. And truth be told, more than 24 hours after the conclusion of this wreck of a game, I still have no real idea what to make of it, other than it was one of the most disappointing "top-10" and "nationally televised" games I've ever witnessed.

About the only thing this game sold the nation on behalf of the OUA was metaphoric snake oil while Queen's and Ottawa were the real deal playing out a barn-burner in the 613.

The offences were bad. The quarterbacks, if possible, worse. The play calling was bad — but I suppose that's what happens when you have slightly more than zero options on offence; what's to coach? Both are hamstrung by awful offences and were facing good defences, arguably the best in the OUA. The weather was bad. The officials were bad. About the only the things that weren't bad were the offences, and even those struggled at times.

What we definitely learned is neither Western nor Guelph is a Yates Cup contender. Not in their current form — Western, remember, gets running Nathan Riva back this week against Queen's? And Guelph, having to rely on a well disguised fake field goal, still is not a top-10 team. The Gryphons now have the same number special teams touchdowns as passing majors — one. But, vote the Gryphons in if you must. Both teams have enviable defences but one-dimensional offences that set the passing game back 30 years overshadow the other side of the ball.

Nick FitzGibbon continues to prove he's one of — if not the — best running backs in the OUA. And receiver Jedd Gardner made just three catches, and all were spectacular. But that's all the offence offered. Chris Rossetti has thrown just one touchdown pass this season, and it's reached the midway point. And even that pass should have been ruled incomplete.

Western desperately needs Riva to return, if only to give the Mustangs three options in the backfield. What Western needs more is Donnie Marshall to find a few inches and favourite target. 

Guelph defensive lineman Grant MacDonald compared the two pivots in talking with Ryan Pyette of the London Free Press.

“But the difference is Chris is looking to pass first,” MacDonald said, “and Donnie’s looking to run. But I give Donnie credit — he’s a good quarterback in this league, but I’d still take our guy every time.”

Ok. Fine. But Western is clearly the better team even though it now merely clings to its rung in the hierarchy of the OUA's three-tiered pecking order, in which Western routinely finds itself among the league's top-three teams. But Guelph once again squandered its chance to break into the upper echelon and remains one of the best second tier teams in the league; junior varsity champions until they prove otherwise.

“Nobody expected us to win except us,” Gryphon defensive back James Savoie told Rob Massey of the Guelph Mercury. “We let ourselves down.”

I think it's clear I've (slightly) underrated Guelph and everyone, me included, has overrated Western.  And the rest of the OUA, except Ottawa, is average at best. Western barely beat Guelph, which needed a last-second field goal to barely beat Toronto. You do the math. Is Guelph to be feared? Hell, no. Respected? Hell, yes, thanks particularly to the team's outstanding defence.

However, it must be asked, even if only rhetorically: Riva practised in full all week, wanted to play, but didn't dress Saturday. And Western head coach Greg Marshall elected to try and convert a third-and-six. Did Western really fear that defence?

So, which team is really the fraud? Both. Because neither are truly contenders.

Nathan Riva, Your Team Needs You

For Greg Marshall, the question is a simple one — and I think we all know the answer.

Is Nathan Riva hurt or is he injured?

Because if he's hurt, he can and should play Saturday against the Gryphons.

His team needs him. Badly.

It's up to Marshall whether he wants to run the risk of finding out Guelph is actually for real without fielding the best possible team you can. But why chance it.

Riva's an all-star running back on a team that's in dire need of an all-star running back, if only to relieve its starting quarterback of the duties. Quarterback Donnie Marshall is the OUA's second-leading rusher with 339 yards. Seriously.

Western's convincingly beat Laurier and McMaster. And it gave Ottawa a real game in the Nation's Capital. Now the Mustangs need to assert themselves; leave no mistake that they are the second-best team in Ontario.

But, by not playing Riva, they run the risk of being upset — if like many you believe Guelph, its defence in particular, is to be reckoned with.

According to Western Gazetter sports editor, The Score Blogger and advid Tweeter Arden Zwelling, Riva's ready and Marshall knows it.

Zwelling tweeted the following, in succession Thursday:

- Mustangs RB Nathan Riva is taking part in a full equipment practice tonight for the first time since the preseason.

- Riva said he was running at 100% at last night's practice -- wants to play this weekend if coach Marshall lets him.

- Marshall says Riva will be a game time decision but he's leaning towards giving him an extra week of rest.

- Marshall said the turf at Guelph is a concern -- doesn't want Riva to hit a divet and re-injure his hamstring.

- Marshall: Riva is "chomping at the bit" to play.

Then I say let him. He's your horse. Ride him. It's not like this hamstring injury puts his livelihood at risk, the way a concussion could.

And, it's not like Western hasn't ridden an injured horse in big games before. See: Faulds, Michael; 2009 stretch run.

Faulds looks like he’s being held together with medical tape. He went out on the first series in the game hurting and already injured knee and while he came back and played the rest of the game, his limp was noticeable. — Morris Dalla Costa, London Free Press, November 2009.

Marshall has said more than once this week that Riva is "a game-time decision."

Marshall told Rob Massey of the Guelph Mercury:

“It’s easy to say you’ll dress him and play him in certain situations or only if you need him,” Western head coach Greg Marshall said. “But I think if you dress him, you’re going to play him. It’ll be a game time situation.”

No one is silly enough to think that's true, are they? 

The decision has been made already. It has to have been. Marshall's just using gamesmanship to keep the Gryphons on their collective toes; forcing them to prepare for two different looks.

Saturday, we learn what exactly Marshall and Riva have decided. Let's hope the decision is to finally let him play.

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Welcome To The 2010 Fraudulent Bowl

Live! From Alumni Field on the campus of the University of Guelph, it's the 2010 Fraudulent Bowl featuring the host Guelph Gryphons (3-0) and the visiting rival Western Mustangs (3-1), two OUA football teams no one is quite sure what to make of.

Is one — or maybe both — a legitimate Top 10 team? Are they both Yates Cup contenders? Are their defences really that good? And, conversely, are their offences really that anemic (Guelph) and one dimensional (Guelph and Western)? We'll find out Saturday, live on University Rush OUA Football on The Score!

Look, I dub this the 2010 Fraudulent Bowl, because, let's face it, one of these two teams will be exposed for the overrated, overachieving team it is at this point in the season.

But, which is it?

The Guelph Gryphons, who have been receiving high praise from the voters because not-so-shockingly they beat Toronto *cough, cough* on a last second field goal *cough, cough* at home *cough, cough* and York and a drastically different (read: weaker) Queen's team than won the 2009 Vanier Cup?

Or the Mustangs, who sent messages to Laurier (46-1 win) and Mac (50-19 win) and nearly beat Ottawa (20-19) loss in the Nation's Capital but then barely (by Western's standards) got by Windsor 30-15 in the Rose City.

Western's the fifth-ranked team in Canada. Guelph's 10th, because, dammit, the Gryphons "work hard" and not grudgingly, as some did suggest.

Saturday, we'll learn which ranking is more accurate.

But, despite the game being a sellout (8,800 tickets sold as of Thursday), it's should be about as much anticipated fun to watch as a root canal.

The eras of all-star quarterbacks Michael Faulds and Justin Dunk, high school teammates from Guelph who eventually quarterbacked Western and Guelph, respectively, are over.

Now we're left with Western junior Donnie Marshall, who runs more than he throws — maybe because he's an (allegedly) 5-foot-9 fullback at the quarterback position — and Guelph sophomore Chris Rossetti, who has but one passing touchdown on the season. And replays showed even that was incomplete.

Before we go any further, now is as good a time as any to note a team simply can't win more than a Yates Cup without a legitimate passing game. The last four OUA teams which did anything nationally ('5 Laurier, '06 Ottawa, '08 Western, '09 Queen's) could throw the ball all over the yard.

Still, all that offensive negativity doesn't stop Dunk, who now blogs for the Score, from picking wide receiver Dillon Dimitroff as his breakout player this week and Rossetti as the player who "if he plays well, the Gryphons win."

However, I suspect Tim Micallef will be uttering "he legs it out!" more than "he airs it out!" while calling the play-by-play of both teams during Saturday's broadcast what with Marshall and maybe, although doubtfully Nathan Riva, rushing for Western and Nick FitzGibbon carrying the ball, workload and team Saturday for Guelph.

Arden Zwelling, also of the Score's corner of the blogosphere, shares in my sentiment. Please, note Zwelling's sarcasm.

But really, who doesn’t enjoy a little bit of low-scoring, run-heavy, safety-conceding, frequently-punting football?

Me and a lot of other folks.

That's why it would be nice to see a 41-39 shootout like we got last year. But I highly doubt with the caliber of these defences, we'll get anything remotely close to that.

Guelph's allowed the fewest total yards per game, fewest rushing yards per game and second-fewest passing yards per game in the OUA this season. Credit new defensive coordinator Kevin MacNeill and defensive backs coach Billy Brown for the success, But throw a little of that credit York's and Toronto's way, would you please? And only after you credit head CEO, err, coach Stu Lang for hiring MacNeill and retaining Brown. Good coaches surround themselves with great assistants.

But the defensive unit will be tested by the OUA's highest scoring offence — an offence that's scored a combined 145 points against Windsor and perennial powerhouses Laurier, Ottawa and McMaster. Now that sounds like a real deal. Hey, I'm just sayin'.

Western's defence, meanwhile, has the OUA's best rush defence — so it could be, should be a tough day for FitzGibbon and the Gryphons' one-dimensional offence. Western has allowed nearly 254 passing yards per game this season, but as mentioned, Rossetti's thrown a single scoring pass this season.

I suspect Western will be better disciplined and a little ornery after their win that felt like a loss to Windsor and will bounce back in a big way.

And I suspect the Gryphons, as always and as any OUA team always is, will be motivated by the fact it's (hated) Western in front of 8,800 fans at homecoming. I assume they're sick of losing (one win in the last 14 games against Western) and they need to prove to more than just a handful of voters and fans they are for real.

By about 4 p.m. Saturday one of these defences will come out on top. And only then will we know which team is a fraud and which is the real deal.

And, if it's close, I'll re-post and name it the Truthiness Bowl. Because then, we'll know they're both for real.

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EXTRA POINT(S)

Here's some more preparatory reading heading into the 2010 Fraudulent Bowl:

The Guelph athletic department's game advance.

The Western athletic department's game advance.

According to Rob Massey of the Guelph Mercury, Guelph is prepared for Western with or without Riva.

Zwelling's advance in the Gazette.

A mishmash of rewritten media releases and conference call quotes at HamiltonScores.ca.

The Score's DJ Bennett's piece on FitzGibbon:

Media Blitz (a couple hoops notes)

The OUA basketball season is little more than a month away, but the pre-season schedule is ready to tip off.

- Who better to prime us for the pre-season than CIS hoops fantatic Mark Wacyk, who, thankfully, is back to blogging about basketball this season.

Afrer being idle for about two weeks, Wacyk returns with a lengthy primer and a complete schedule of pre-season and non-conference games. Personally, I'm bookmarking the latter.

- And, in keeping with the pre-season, Bernd Franke of the Welland Tribune has a piece advancing the charity basketball game between the Brock Badgers and Niagara College Knights.

It's almost unbelievable these two teams have supposedly never played each other in their 43- and 41-year histories, respectively.

I should take this time to remind readers this is not strictly a football blog, but will delve heavily into hoops and hockey as the seasons inch closer. However, at the moment, there is no denying we're in the throes of the football season.

Big, Bad News Out of Kingston

Mike Koreen of the Kingston Whig-Standard confirms what many Queen's (Golden) Gaels had likely feared all week — fifth-year receiver Chris Iaonnides, the teams leading receiver this season is out with a knee injury for quite possibly the remained of the season.

When asked if the injury -- suffered late in the fourth quarter in a loss on Saturday in Guelph when his leg bent awkwardly while being tackled -- could end Ioannides' season, Sheahan said, "That would be a worst-case scenario."

Sheahan said medical staff need to wait for the swelling to go down before determining if surgery is needed.

Let's face it, if the swelling hasn't subsided three days after the injury and there is already a hint of needed surgery, it's tough to be optimistic of a regular-season return.

Perhaps equally as big of news is the fact head coach Pat Sheahan wouldn't reveal his starting quarterback for Saturday's home game against Ottawa, fueling a quarterback controversy that sparked last week in Guelph when Justin Chapdelaine was yanked in favour of freshman Billy McPhee.

(Sheahan) did say it is possible that Chapdelaine, who struggled against Guelph, and Billy McPhee, who replaced the starter late in the third quarter, both could see playing time.

Chapdelaine, who isn't afraid to run, and McPhee, more of a drop-back passer, are very different quarterbacks and both would present different challenges for the Gee-Gees.

"I wouldn't hesitate to switch (during the game) and it wouldn't be because of an explosion," Sheahan said.

The loss of Ioannides makes Devan Sheahan, another senior, the go-to go-to guy now and, we can suspect, the subject of better perhaps double coverage.

It's going to be interesting to see how either - or both - pivots perform with one less fifth-year veteran receiver to throw to. It may, in fact, affect McPhee more so. He's a deep-ball passer while Chapdelaine can fend for himself by scrambling.

Needless to say, the Queen's stretch run just got a little more interesting - if not more difficult.

•  Posted by Greg Layson — Follow me at www.twitter.com/TheBMoC

Looking For A Good Home: One MVP Quarterback

By now, we all know 21-year-old quarterback Jack Creighton quit the St. Mary's University Huskies on Tuesday.

What we don't know is whether he quit in a huff over losing his job as the No. 1 starter. After throwing three interceptions Week 1 in a loss at Acadia, SMU head coach Steve Sumarah benched him Week 2 in favour of U.S. transfer Micah Brown, who, like just about anyone that would have played pivot, was hammered by Laval.

Perhaps Creighton's homesick. Maybe he's overwhelmed with the double duty that comes with being student-athlete.

Whatever the reason, Creighton's leaving Halifax after the first semester.

Make no mistake, Creighton will be a wanted man. The dot-orgers are frothing at the mouth at the thought of landing a former Loney Bowl MVP.

Here's a sampling of the salivation:

Oh look! There's a school in S. Ontario with no veteran QBs and it has a roster loaded with kids he knows from the Niagara Region including a couple of his former teammates at Lakeshore Catholic.

The inference here is Guelph. With sophomore quarterback Chris Rossetti struggling; Lakeshore alumni such as running back Corey Davidson and defensive lineman Mike Millar on the team; and fellow Niagara Region standout receiver Jedd Gardner with a season of eligibility left, Moo U could be an attractive and "fun" place to play.

The shock and awe of Creighton's announcement come from as far away as Calgary:

Holy Crap !!!! Well, he will probably look good in Dinos Red/Black.

But perhaps the most intriguing place for Creighton to play next season is noted by friend of the blog Rob Pettapiece, who pointed out on The CIS Blog that Waterloo is without a program and pivot at the moment.

There's a joke in here about Creighton joining Waterloo, which is about a two-hour drive from his hometown and, like him, the school becomes eligible to play again in 2011, but I'm not witty enough to make it.

Uh, no joke, Rob. This makes sense.

Billy McPhee, who led his Burlington Notre Dame Fighting Irish to a Golden Horseshoe Bowl Championship in 2009, was to be the future at Waterloo's quarterback position, but he fled for Queen's when the steroid bust blew up in Waterloo.

Creighton, meanwhile, grew up in Port Colborne, just two hours southeast of Waterloo.

He is seemingly without a place to play next season, assuming he still wants to — he's made no mention of intentions in regard to football or his next university of choice. And, coincidentally,  the Waterloo Warriors are currently without a program and thus a big name star to help lure recruits and transfers in an effort to jump start the program next season.

After sitting out the mandatory 365 days, Creighton would be eligible to play on Sept. 21, 2011 - perhaps a few days earlier, considering he was on the dress roster Sept. 18 and quit a few days later. And with the re-entry of Waterloo, the OUA schedule presumably reverts back to "normal," meaning he'd miss only three games, not four or three and a bye week.

It's a match made in Heaven, no? A top-notch quarterback making a homecoming of sorts to heroically rescue a red-faced program. A perfect fit for everyone.

•  Posted by Greg Layson — Follow me at www.twitter.com/TheBMoC

Heirs Not-So-Apparent

If you're waiting for the second comings of Danny Brannagan, Michael Faulds and Justin Dunk, patience is a virtue. As you'll read, a star quarterback isn't born overnight.

So far, none of their replacements at Queen's, Western and Guelph, respectively, have given their teams and fans much in way of an aerial assault.

Queen's sophomore Justin Chapdelaine got the hook in favour of freshman Billy "The Kid" McPhee on Saturday after a dismal first half in a 21-15 loss at Guelph.

Meanwhile, Chapdelaine's starting counterpart for Guelph, sophomore Chris Rossetti also gave way — albeit briefly — to his backup, freshman Luke Nangle.

Western's Donnie Marshall has been the only replacement to be his team's unequivocal No. 1, game in and game out this season.

However, none are on pace to come even close to passing numbers posted by their predecessors a season ago.

Head-to-head, here's how they compare:

Danny Brannagan completed 174 of 280 passes (.621) for 2,580 yards and 15 touchdowns in seven games last season. Chapdelaine, assuming he remains the No. 1 pivot, is projected to complete 131 of 226 passes (.576) for 1,618 yards and six touchdowns.

Faulds led the league with 201 completions in 310 attempts (.648) for 3,033 yards and 15 touchdowns. Marshall is projected to complete a paltry 98 of 190 (.515) for 1,396 yards and eight majors.

And Dunk, despite his propensity to run and run some more, actually completed 127 of 227 passes (.559) for 1,897 yards and 13 touchdowns. Rossetti is on pace to complete 101 of 184 (.551) for 1,224 yards and three — yes, three — touchdowns. And that's rounding up.

All told, the graduates threw for a combined 7,520 yards and 43 majors.

The replacements are on pace to throw for a combined 4,238 yards and 17 touchdowns. Those numbers are roughly half — more than half — of last season's totals. Then again, the replacements are only halfway through their OUA careers.

Chapdelaine may be in the toughest of them all the rest of the way. He's clearly got legitimate competition in the rear view mirror. He's (barely) protected by an offensive line with just two returning starters playing — right tackle Derek Morris is injured. And he's going to be without fifth-year senior receiver Chris Ioannides for perhaps the rest of the season. He left the Guelph game injured in the fourth quarter.

Rossetti has thrown but one touchdown pass this season — not two as the OUA's website egregiously reports. And replays showed it was actually an incomplete pass. And two of the league's worst teams (Toronto and York) are teams of the long gone by past of Weeks 1 and 2. It would be wishful thinking to  expect much more out of him the rest of the way, what with games at Laurier, McMaster and Ottawa remaining. Not to mention a likely ornery Western team coming to Guelph on Saturday after it won (but felt it lost) 30-15 at Windsor.

Rossetti's got standout tailback Nick FitzGibbon working in his favour, forcing defences to contain the run by tightening up the box and flats — where he was such a dangerous receiver with Dunk at pivot. But unless Rossetti takes advantage, both he and FitzGibbon will soon be rendered useless by better competition. So the sophomore quarterback may only throw those three touchdown passes he's on pace to complete. Think receiver Jedd Gardner saw this coming at the beginning of the season?

Finally, Marshall would be a better passer if he wasn't such a damn good fullback. Marshall's rushed for 351 yards this season. Perhaps somewhat out of necessity, considering tailback Nathan Riva is still nursing a hamstring injury.

Against Windsor, the one bad team that isn't from Toronto, Marshall completed 13 of 26 passes for 180 yards and two touchdowns. But he also fumbled once and threw two interceptions.

An article by Morris Dalla Costa in the London Free Press suggest Marshall's passing problems may have more to do with the receivers than the quarterback himself.

Marshall had to run because his receivers couldn’t get open ... He also had to run because the guys who are supposed to run couldn’t find room. Some of that had to do with an injury to Dan Duff. The big fullback walked off gingerly in the first half and didn’t return.

Part of the problem, too, may have to do with the fact the Mustangs have simply accepted the fact Marshall's a scrambling, running quarterback instead of asking him to pass more.

The Mustangs aren’t going to stop Marshall from running — not even when running back Nathan Riva is healthy again. His ability to take off is an integral part of the team’s offensive approach.

“The planned runs have really worked out well so far,” Greg Marshall said.

Unless you're a fan of the passing game, of course. In that case, check back sometime around 2012.

•  Posted by Greg Layson — Follow me at www.twitter.com/TheBMoC

Audio Visual Squad

Football highlight packages from around the OUA:

Mac/Ottawa

Western/Windsor

Queen's/Guelph

FitzGibbon on the Score

More Mac/Ottawa

York/Toronto

The Fifth Quarter — A One-Stop Shop For Football Coverage

Look no further, here's the media coverage (with more to be added Monday morning) surrounding Saturday's games — and more, including Carleton Ravens football and the Battle of Waterloo?

WESTERN 30, WINDSOR 15

•  We'll start in the pages of the Windsor Star where Bob Duff, like many, suggest this game was closer than the score — and that irked the 'Stangs.

In the Western locker-room, there was disgust. The Mustangs acted like they’d lost the game, a factor which speaks volumes as to where the respective programs are situated in the OUA football stratosphere.

•  Morris Dalla Costa of the London Free Press is critical of all things offense for the Mustangs.

The Mustangs didn’t look sharp, especially offensively. They took some undisciplined penalties and had to rely too much on the running of quarterback Donnie Marshall to move the football.

•  MDC also posted a tweet that said a lot in less than 140 characters:

The Mustangs won but the dressing room atmosphere was like a loss. Unacceptable said coach Greg Marshall. Undisciplined and ragged.

•  Even the purple-coloured glasses of Western's sports information department couldn't mask the ugliness of the win.

It wasn't pretty, or perhaps as one-sided as many would have predicted ...

• The Lancers athletic department provides a box score put to words.

GUELPH 21, QUEEN'S 15

• They partied in Guelph like it was 1996, writes Rob Massey of the Guelph Mercury.

“This is a big win for the program,” Gryphon all-star receiver Jedd Gardner said.

The victory stretches the win streak for the Gryphons to three games, and also marked the first time they had beaten a tough opponent.

•  Neate Sager over at The CIS Blog puts the Queen's loss, season and cyclical success all in perspective.

•  The Whig's Mike Koreen, one of the better writers covering the OUA, has the Queen's reaction, including a couple quotes from head coach Pat Sheahan.

"I thought we were going to win it at the end," Sheahan said. "I really did."

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"Listen, we could be 3-0," Sheahan said of his team, which has lost both its games by less than a converted touchdown. "Last year, a lot of people thought we could have been 0-3.

"We need to be a little more poised. We've got to get out there and get better. We've got to get back to work."

•  I'm not sure if Guelph won a baseball or football game after reading this lead from the Guelph athletic department.

•  Good guy Michael Grobe of Queen's cuts right to the chase in his release: Too many turnovers.

• Finally, three more posts from me on this game, its players and its broadcast here, here and here

OTTAWA 43, MCMASTER 35

•  Mac head coach Stefan Ptaszek told Martin Cleary of the Ottawa Citizen that Gee-Gee's quarterback Brad Sinopoli is the best pivot in the country. Sinopoli, meanwhile, thanked his teammates.

"When you look around at the receivers, the offensive line and the great rookie running backs, it's hard not to have confidence," Sinopoli said. "I made mistakes, but they believed in me. We have talent to get us through those situations."

•  The Ottawa Sun covered the game in more of a visual sense, uploading a slide show.

•  Even Larry Moko's piece in the Hamilton Spectator praises Sinopoli.

•  HamiltonScores.com has a video package and little more than the school's press release written.

•  And here's how Ottawa's athletic department put the box score to words.

TORONTO 24, YORK 19

•  Well, thank goodness for the Toronto Observer. It's the only outlet that covered the 41st Red and Blue Bowl, complete with player reaction.

THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO — SORT OF

•  The suspended Waterloo Warriors played their idle crosstown rivals Laurier Golden Hawks in a controlled scrimmage reports Matthew McCarthy of the Waterloo Region Record.

CARLETON RAVENS FOOTBALL?

•  While the two major dailies in Ottawa basically ignore all things CIS, at least we have Julia Johnson of the Charlatan to tell us the Ravens are on track to be on field in 2012.

(Steering committee chairman Kevin) McKerrow said the goal of having a varsity Ravens team kick off in the 2012 season is still on track.

“It’s right around the corner in terms of trying to field a varsity football team. If we continue with the progress we have experienced, it is certainly within our reach.”

EDITOR'S NOTE: The video packages are in the post below, or click here to see them.

Oh, What Could Have Been ...

After watching Queen's Gaels freshman Billy "The Kid" McPhee nearly complete the comeback Saturday against Guelph, what do you think Waterloo Warriors fans think when they see this picture?