Three Huskies in Texas for the International Bowl

Once again, Huskie Football will be showcased on an international stage as three Huskies participate in the third-annual International Bowl 19 and under football game (formerly known as the USA vs. The World game). The game will be played on Wednesday, February 1. Quarterback Jahlani Gilbert-Knorren, who is entering his third year with the Huskies [...]

Hearing from 5th year veteran, Darren Hinds

Left tackle, Darren Hinds, will make his final regular season appearance at Griffiths Stadium in tonight’s “Blackout Game” vs. the Calgary Dinosaurs. Amazingly, this will be the 49th time that Darren has been in a game with the Dogs. He spoke to Huskie Outsider about Friday’s game, an offensive line that is starting to come [...]

Silver linings: Huskies at Dinos

Even in a loss, such as the Huskies had on Friday to the Dinos, there are still some positives that come out of the game. Here are some Silver Linings from the Huskies at Dinos. Rookie kicker Cole Samson had a good night. He had some deep kick-offs and punted well, with a 37.5 yard [...]

Unsung Hero: Huskies over Rams

After each game, the Huskie Oustider gives a shoutout to some of the players who made a contribution although you may not have heard their name over the PA system. Tom: There were 7370 unsung heroes at Griffiths Stadium on Friday night. Well done Huskie fans! We set a new regular season attendance record for [...]

Practice report: Tuesday, Sept. 6

No practice report from Monday, as the Outsider crew was only in attendance for about half of the practice. The Huskies took to the field, in hot weather, for two hours on Tuesday. It is expected that the temperatures will again be hot on Friday, so today’s conditions were good preparation for game day. -The [...]

Freshman, Jordan Arkko, to start at left guard

For the first time since Ben Heenan’s freshman season in 2008, the Huskies will start a rookie on the offensive line. Jordan Arkko will be alongside Heenan, starting at left guard in the Huskies’ Canada West matchup vs. the Alberta Golden Bears. “Jordan has been doing awesome,” stated offensive line coach, Bart Arnold, regarding Arkko’s [...]

Three downs: non-conference game vs. Windsor

The Huskie Outsider crew is excited for today’s non-conference game vs. the University of Windsor Lancers, and we thought we’d weigh in with our thoughts and predictions about the game. 1st down: Which Huskies’ positional battle will you be monitoring the most? Ryan: To me it comes down to quarterback. I think that Trent Peterson and [...]

Three Downs: training camp revisted

Now that 2011 Training Camp is in the books, I thought I would check back to our pre-camp edition of ‘Three Downs’ to see if our questions have been answered. 1st down: What position battle are you most interested in? Three out of four of us were most interested in the offensive knowing that there [...]

Practice 4 report: Saturday afternoon

The Huskies are currently in team meetings, so we have a quick chance to update you on training camp practice four. The Huskies practiced for about two hours yesterday afternoon. The session seemed a little bit more uptempo than the morning session. Before the practice, Huskies Hec Crighton winner (1973) Dave Pickett talked to the [...]

Practice 02 report: Friday afternoon

Practice two is now in the books. The team spent about two hours in a slight drizzle, which was completely different than this morning’s sun baked session. This afternoon, there were about 100 people in attendance watching the practice as many fans are excited about the return of CIS Football. Griffiths Stadium, a few minutes [...]

Three downs: It all starts with training camp

The Huskies’ 2011 training camp is set to start. Over the next couple of weeks Huskie Outsider will be providing practice reports, player and coach interviews, and photos of the Dogs. Before the players take centre stage, we at Huskie Outsider wanted to weigh in with our thoughts on what we expect, and hope, to [...]

Recruit report: Clinton Reeder

Clinton Reeder, a 6′-3″, 330 pound offensive lineman from Lord Beaverbrook Collegiate, in Calgary, came to spring camp as a guard, but ended up taking reps at tackle. “I thought that I did pretty good for a first time tackle,” remarked Reeder. “The move is a big change. It’s a lot quicker of a position, [...]

Recruit report: Jordan Arkko

Following spring camp, offensive line coach, Travis Serke, said of this year’s crop of OLine recruits that “It’s probably been five years since I’ve seen a crew come in this well skilled.” One of the players that he was referring to was Jordan Arkko, a 6’2″ tackle from Harry Ainlay High School in Edmonton. Prior [...]

Future Huskies star in Senior Bowl games

Both Football Saskatchewan and Football Alberta held their annual Senior Bowl football games this past weekend, with future Huskies on the roster of each of the four teams. In Regina, Monday’s Ed Henick Senior Bowl saw the South defeat the North 37-21. The North team was led by Huskie recruit Drew Burko, who set Senior [...]

Random Thoughts on Spring Camp

One of the hot topics of discussion at this years’ Spring Camp was the quarterbacks. Hec Creighton nominee Laurence Nixon has graduated leaving Trent Peterson (2nd year), Jahlani Gilbert-Knorren (2nd year) and Parker Siemens (4th year) as the only quarterbacks with CIS experience. The Huskies also recruited high school standout Drew Burko. In the scrimmage [...]

Four quarters: Spring camp 2011 Edition

First Quarter: Which veteran impressed you the most on offense? Tom: I’ll begin this by saying that there were so many players that it is hard to single people out, and I will be mentioning more than one player in most of the quarters (and I will still have left some people out). That being [...]

Dogs’ Breakfast 11 Highlights and Interviews

Here are a few highlights and interviews with offensive linement Jordan Arkko and Clinton Reeder, defensive back Tyler Robson and receiver Jerit Lambert of the Huskies.

Huskies announce new recruits

From huskies.usask.ca University of Saskatchewan Huskie football head coach Brian Towriss announced 17 new faces to the squad for the 2011 season Thursday at the 11th Annual Dogs Breakfast. The 17 additions to the lineup are some of the best players in the province and Western Canada coming out of the junior football and high [...]

Recruit profile: Jordan Arkko

This recruit profile is part of the Huskie Outsider series introducing new recruits, sponsored by Pizza Hut. Jordan Arkko Offensive Line 6’2″, 290 lbs. Harry Ainley H.S., Edmonton, AB Huskie Outsider analysis: Arkko is the top offensive lineman out of Alberta and possibly western Canada. He is very strong and physically ready to compete right [...]

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