Yates Cup

Obviously, though, the most important thing is securing home field advantage, as the National Semifinals will also be played in Ontario this year.

which means should the number one seed win the Yates Cup, they will be able to play home games until the Vanier Cup, which is being hosted in Quebec City this year.

It cannot be overstated how big a matchup this game is, And on paper, it pits an explosive, balanced Queens offense with an overwhelming Western offense.

The Gales are the better passing team.

And if you're a four win team in the only way, I think probably 95% of your times, you're going to be locked into a playoff spot.

So if you're Ottawa and you can get that done now, you start looking for bigger goals and start to scheming yourselves for bigger stages, like potentially a Yates Cup, if we could talk about that in week three or in week four, sorry, here in the OUA.

So getting that almost certainty to be in the playoffs will be a huge thing for Ottawa this week.

I think Yates Cup at this point in the year is a little early, but the formula is there.

I've seen a lot of good football at Ottawa to start the year, and I like what they're doing.

But speaking of Yates Cup potential early in the season, Wade, a team that is often talked about for the Yates Cup, the Western Mustangs.

They have an old four matchup with the Toronto Varsity Blues at Varsity Stadium at 1 p.m. this weekend.

I will hand the floor over to you as this is your album

But if we jump into some of the football stuff, obviously an emotional week, as we just discussed.

You had to have that difficult time as a coach of balancing that and preparing the fellas for the defending cup, you know, Yates Cup champs and traveling down to Kingston.

We know you have a high standard for the boys on defense, and we gave up 49 points.

Obviously, there's a pick six in there as well.

I think this Windsor team is the real deal.

I think we're going to be seeing them in the late rounds of the Yates Cup playoffs.

But this Western-Windsor rivalry is a thriller now that both these teams are so competitive.

Oh, it certainly is.

Just wait.

We have not seen the real Ottawa yet.

They now play the Laurier Golden Hawks, who were in the last two or three Yates Cup finals.

I know it's a new group, a new set of coaches and players and the whole line, but you're Ottawa GGs, Connor.

And that can happen in U Sports football.

But Laurier was undefeated until the Yates Cup.

last year and uh that that we'll see what happens with windsor going forward if they uh can i don't know come together during this difficult time they might have a pretty impressive season in windsor as a u sports football is officially underway with a pile more games set to happen this coming weekend it's a big one in the CFL as well the Labor Day rematches are going to get underway three of them anyway Toronto and Ottawa are the other game that are going to start this quadruple header on Saturday Sheldon what do you think about these quadruple headers I uh it is a marathon on the couch i'm assuming part of the reason is that it's nfl opening weekend probably one of the most exciting times of the season until you know uh four weeks in and your team's oh and four and you kind of check out of the season kind of thing but the quad header i'm sure that's a big reason why they're doing it

yeah i'm sure they are too i i When I first saw it, I was like, hey, this is awesome.

halftime, our alumnus of distinction, Greg Marshall.

Wow, what a career he had in Hamilton, leading Tiger Cats to early success in his early days in Steel Town, and was a successful coach before that with McMaster University, and obviously with Western University, winning The Yates Cups and the Vanier Cup.

And is now enjoying the life in retirement.

Right now here is referee Tim Croker on the decision after all that.

So.

um they're at home this week uh sunday six o'clock at alumni field they're playing laurier laurier went uh eight and oh last year uh made it to the yates cup final two years in a row they lost last year to queens but they won it the year before so they come in and you know i mean they're one and oh and they're they're hot so uh

that's gonna be a tough one

that's why week one loss wasn't great for them i thought for sure you know you get that mac win under your belt and then You set yourself up to see how you stack up against the powerhouse, right? And then next week, they have Western.