Reading Time: 4 minutesIn honour of the year in review, here are the top five moments for University of Ottawa teams, athletes, and alumni.
Football
Reading Time: 2 minutesBroken down, here’s how Sports Services spent its $16 million budget in 2017-2018.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThankfully for the world, there is even video footage.
Reading Time: 3 minutesJackson Bennett and Khadim Mbaye talked to the Fulcrum about their push to go pro, as they attend combines and interview with teams ahead of the CFL and NFL drafts.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAgainst all odds, I came out of the experience with no injuries, apart from a slightly bruised ego.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEvery year, new players join the Gee-Gees squad and add something unique to make the team better. The only difference this year is one of the players isn’t human—but it will make a big difference.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDespite the loss of super-stars Wendel and Baines, the future still looks bright for the Gees going forward, with a big recruiting class this year.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWendel continued his pursuit of a Hec Crighton Trophy, the award for most outstanding player in the nation, with 403 yards and three touchdowns in the win.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Gee-Gees football team takes to the field at Lees Campus in the beating sun to evaluate and condition for their upcoming make-or-break year.
Reading Time: 4 minutesMany schools publish write ups and hold press conferences to drum up excitement, feeding their fans all the information they need on their new addition. For Gee-Gees fans, it has been radio silence for not only this recruiting year, but for many years past.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter an abysmal year on the defensive side of the ball, the Gees are looking for a change in the upcoming season.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOld-timers once cavalierly called it “getting your bell rung”, but concussions have since evolved into a very serious problem in the NFL.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn most leagues, using video review during the game is a no-go, so coaches are starting to use photographs to analyze players’ position to prepare a winning play.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe expectations were low going into the game and despite the team putting up a somewhat valiant effort in the first half, they couldn’t hold off the Mustangs.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMany thought the Gee-Gees could do serious damage in the playoffs—but after facing off against Laurier, they’ve only damaged their pride and any shot at contention.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe game quickly turned into a shootout with Gee-Gees quarterback Derek Wendel spreading the ball and commanding the offence. The Gees found the endzone four times in the first half, and at one point held a 32-17 lead.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs thousands of fans packed into Gee-Gees Field, the team prepared to live up to the hype after an entire offseason of work. The tunnel inflated and smoke machines billowed as Jay Z & Kanye West’s ominous “No Church in the Wild” blared, leading the Gees onto the field. It was only a matter of minutes until the team would impose their will on the Gaels.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe highly anticipated Panda Game will be back at its historic homeland as the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group announced a multi-year agreement to host the football classic at TD Place.
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou could describe the Gee-Gees’ 2014 football season in many ways, but you couldn’t say it was disappointing.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Gee-Gees football team made the long trek to Windsor on Nov. 1 to not only win their first playoff game, but also get reparations for a match they needed to win weeks ago
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a trying week, the Gee-Gees football team closed the regular season with a secure finish against the third-ranked, undefeated McMaster Marauders Oct. 22.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA tour through the new Gee-Gees Field and facility on Lees campus Photo Credit: Marta Kierkus For more than 100 years the University of Ottawa’s football team didn’t have a stadium to call home on campus, but that changed last year when the brand new Gee-Gees Field opened on Lees campus. After a season of …
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast season the Gees posted a 5-3 record that led to a squandered playoff berth with a first-round exit. Their offseason was one of change, as they lost their starting quarterback to graduation, and their star running back to the Canadian Football League draft.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFootball players are modern-day gladiators and all of us that tune in on Feb. 2 are the Romans cheering them on. We cheer with every monstrous collision while understanding the mental illness it causes.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLumsden, who was born in London, Ont. and grew up in Toronto, enrolled at the University of Ottawa in 1972 and began playing for the Gee-Gees’ varsity football team.
