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CIS Football coming to Victoria
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 7:29 pm
by Jim Mullin
Well, for a day.
August 26 the 2015 Vanier Cup Champ UBC Thunderbirds take on the 2014 Hardy Cup Champ Manitoba Bisons in Langford.
http://gobisons.ca/news/2016/3/23/bison ... ckoff.aspx
Re: CIS Football coming to Victoria
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 9:10 am
by CardiacKid
Awesome! This will be a real treat, getting to watch a CIS level game on the Island. We aren't starved for football as we have junior and high school football (reigning BC high school champs, MT. Doug Rams) but there are a few Victoria boys from the Thunderbirds last year. Kind of a nice tie-in.... Plus watching the game (albeit a pre-season game) outdoors in the summer makes a nice break from the indoors.
Re: CIS Football coming to Victoria
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2016 9:34 pm
by CardiacKid
We went to see the Thunderbirds play the Bisons last night in the VIThunder Bowl in Langford. The result was extremely lopsided in favour of the Bisons; I think it finished 50-7. The Bisons looked like they had been playing together for months; the Thunderbirds.......not so much.
But it was a treat to watch a game under the stars and while not a sellout, it seemed well attended to my eye. I hope it becomes an annual event as it ultimately is a fundraiser for Victoria Minor Football.
I was particularly struck by the number of Bison fans as the U of M is active in recruiting players from the island. Also met a few parents of Bison players who follow the team to all the away games; that is true support.