Laurier coach Kelly Nobes did not hide his emotions after a 10-4 loss at Lakehead on Friday night.
"There are ample calls the other way that are there that aren't being called, and it's the double standard that frustrates me, and it frustrates other guys in our league when we come up here. It's embarrassing."
Not so long ago, there was another Queen's football team which was out to wash away the stain of a playoff humiliation: A loss in the 1991 Churchill Bowl motivated the '92 team to come back and win in the following season (and they probably weren't as talented as the team from the season before).
Western won't have centre Andy Rady (concussion) vs. Laurier.
Laurier's recent poor fortunes vs. Western are unlikely to improve in Saturday's semifinal (4:30, The Score), so says Always OUA.
Remember, both OUA football semifinals will be liveblogged, starting at 1 p.m. with McMaster-Queen's.
Again, 5-of-8 opening night men's games in the OUA were one-possession contest. The Brock-Ottawa women's game went to OT. Why are you not getting out to these games?
The upshot of participating in the Masters University Basketball League: Queen's lost its OUA opener 75-74 to Lakehead (Andrew Hackner hit a three-pointer with three-10ths of a second left). However, the Golden Gaels' Mitch Leger had 29 points, 18 rebounds, was 100% from the foul line and had four assists from the forward spot, so it was all good, except for the part about forgetting which conferences start their schedules later.