Gee-Gees Football

The Gee-Gee’s defeated the Carleton Raven 32-10 in the 51st Panda Game at TD Place Saturday afternoon. Trailing at the half, the Gees were opportunistic, taking advantage of Carleton’s errors to tie the game and take the lead thanks to fumble recoveries from defensive linemen Tramayne Stephen and Francis Perron.

Every year, the Panda Game draws thousands of students to the streets of Sandy Hill for massive parties. United by the drive to take down the Carleton Ravens and fuelled by booze, these street parties make national news. Here’s a breakdown of what’s happening this Saturday morning.

The Gee-Gees football team opened up their season last Sunday against McMaster in Hamilton. The Gee-Gees played a good first half but struggled multiple times with costly interceptions and late quarter drives against a strong offensive Marauders team

“I think we’ve got to have a bit of a refresher every few months to say: ‘Hey, if anybody’s taking any medications, you better let us know.’ So we’re going to have to have a system to check in.” —Sue Hylland, U of O director of Sports Services.

The board is set, and the number-two ranked University of Ottawa Gee-Gees will face off against the number-three ranked Guelph Gryphons on Nov. 3 at home for the second round of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) playoffs.

It was a quick turnaround for the U of O, having just played their last game five days prior, but this didn’t seem too daunting, as they rolled on to a fifth straight win over the U of T.

Although York did trouble the Gee-Gees early, it proved to be a big win for the Garnet and Grey, who eventually came together to defeat the smaller Toronto squad 42-16.

The game was a back-and-forth defensive battle throughout, with a mere safety being the difference for the Gee-Gees in what turned out to be a nail-biting finish.

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