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 | Full Article

First look at 2011 Huskies

The University of Saskatchewan Huskie football team returned to the indoor practice field last week after three months of off-season strength and conditioning. Each CIS team is allowed 15 off-season workouts and the Huskies will have ten indoor sessions before moving outside to Spring Camp on April 29th. Yesterday was the first chance to look | Full Article

Training camp report: Practice 2, Sat pm

The Huskie Outsider training camp reports are sponsored by Gabruch Legal Group. Saturday afternoon’s practice was ran under hazy skies with a slight breeze coming out of the south east. It was hot and muggy in Saskatoon all day Saturday and it is expected to be the same on Sunday. Like the morning practice, there | Full Article

The Big Question: Running Backs

Over the next few weeks, we will ask a question about each of the units on the Huskies Football Team. We started with Quarterbacks and Offensive Line and today we will look at the Running Backs. The Big Question for the Running Backs is can they stay healthy? If the running backs can stay healthy, | Full Article

Huskies Defense looks in mid-season form

The Huskies held their annual Green and White scrimmage earlier today. Dallas will be breaking down the scrimmage and should have some video up later tonight or tomorrow. In the meantime we’ve got a few notes from the game. The first team offense was able to move the ball effectively on the defense, however the | Full Article

Holiday thoughts from some Huskies

We asked some of the Huskies players to think back over the holidays they had while they were younger, and in the past few years. Happy Holidays from the Huskies Football Outsider. What was your favorite Christmas gift? Mitch Friesen, Defensive Back: My favorite present was my table-top hockey game I got when I was | Full Article

Huskies Football this week

After the team meeting on Monday, the players cleared out their lockers and started to meet with the coaches on an individual basis. Most of these are complete now. The coaches have also had a number of meetings to identify areas of needs for the upcoming season. In college football, there will always be a | Full Article

Outsider Q & A: Canada West Semi-Final vs. Rams

1. Who gets the offensive game ball? The Outsider: Cory Jones and Braeden George each had three touchdown receptions. Both had long TDs catches as well. Jeff Hassler had over 100 yards rushing on only nine carries. The offensive line gave the quarterbacks time to throw and opened up huge holes for the running backs. | Full Article

Practice report: Oct 27

The Huskies practiced for about an hour and forty minutes last night on a cold, windy October evening. They travel to Regina on Friday to take on the Rams before starting the playoffs in Saskatoon on November 7 at 1:00pm. It was a typical second prep practice with most of the new wrinkles on offense | Full Article

Five questions vs Alberta

Will Alberta’s defense contain the Huskies? In the first meeting between the Bears and the Huskies, Alberta switched into a defense that they had never used before. In fact, it is not seen very much in college football in Canada. Essentially, they played a cover two, with seven under. What this means is that they | Full Article