Officially Speaking: Bye Week Edition

Lost in the action of last week’s close, hard-fought Huskie win over UBC was the excellent job done by the officiating crew. The game was evenly and not overly officiated, and for the most part the officials were invisible, which is what they aim for. But it wouldn’t be a Huskie game without a few [...]

Officially speaking: 2011 rule changes & more

We are back with another season of Officially Speaking. If you have any questions about the calls in a game or rules in general, our resident expert, WhiteHat, will provide us with answers every week. Huskie Outsider: Are there any rule changes that fans should know about? White Hat: The only on-field change is in [...]

Officially speaking: substitution and too many men

We are back with another edition of “Officially Speaking.” Our guy in the trenches, WhiteHat, answers reader questions about CIS football rules. If you have a question, post in the comments below or email us at skhuskies@gmail.com. Calvin from Calgary asks: When the Huskies played in Calgary, it looked like the Dinos sent a player [...]

Officially speaking: Western round-up

Our favourite official, WhiteHat, is back for another season of Officially Speaking. WhiteHat will answer your questions about the rules of CIS football. We’ve got three questions to start off with this year. Huskie Outsider: In the fourth quarter of the Western game, it appeared that the Huskies scored a touchdown when the ball broke [...]

Officially Speaking: CIS rule changes

The Huskie Outsider’s favourite official is back for another season of helping us understand and interpret the rules. With the Huskies season starting two weeks from tonight against the Western Mustangs, we thought we would check in and see what rule changes will be in store for the 2010 season. At the end of the [...]

Huskies host High School Lineman Camp

The University of Saskatchewan Huskies will be hosting a High School Elite Lineman Camp on May 28th & 29th at Griffiths Stadium The camp is geared towards offensive and defensive lineman currently in grades 9, 10 and 11 with a passion to be the best. The clinic goals are to teach the fundamentals for outstanding [...]

Officially Speaking v4

Each week we ask an amateur football official, White Hat, to clarify some rules of the game. If you have any questions, please email us and we will ask on your behalf (skhuskies at gmail dot com). Nancy from Saskatoon asks: How do they pick the officiating crews for CanadaWest games. Is it different for [...]

Officially Speaking v3

Each week, we ask an amateur football official, White Hat, to clarify some rules of the game. If you have any questions, please email us and we will ask on your behalf (skhuskies at gmail dot com) Thomas from Saskatoon: At the Huskies game against UBC last Friday, there was quite a wind. Are there [...]

Officially speaking: v2

Each week, we ask an amateur football official, White Hat, to clarify some rules of the game. If you have any questions, please email us and we will ask on your behalf (skhuskies at gmail dot com) The Outsider: In the fourth quarter of the Rams game, the Huskies had a good punt return by [...]

Officially Speaking v1

The Outsider is adding another feature to our blog called Officially Speaking. “White Hat”, a CIS football official has agreed to answer questions about some of the rules of the game. Today, we have two questions, one of them from a fan. If you have any questions you would like answered, please submit it in [...]

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