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Week #5 Summary - Laurier 23 Queen's 4
Oct. 1, 2007
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Greetings Golden Gaels Fan
Jim Allin

The sun was shining and lots of good times were had by all alumni this weekend. The only thing that could have made the day better was a Gaels victory. The #4 nationally ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks scored 23 unanswered points to take the #7 Queen's Golden Gaels 23-4 in front of 5,582 fans at Richardson Stadium.

The score does not reflect the game as the Gaels were matched very evenly with Laurier except for some untimely turnovers and the offence being a little bit off.

Please see below for all of the game and weekend summaries.

Moose Opening Kick
Thanks to all alumni who made the trek to Kingston this past weekend to celebrate 125 years of Queen's football. We had a great weekend starting with the annual Green Jacket golf tournament at Smuggler's Glen in Gananoque.

The Green jackets were won, again, by former quarterbacks from the 1980s Peter Harrison and Trevor Hains who shot a 60 in 2 man scramble. We have already started the recruitment of Rob Weir - another former QB who is Club Champion at Mississauga Golf and Country Club to unseat this duo next year!

The Saturday pregame event at the Gaels Club was enjoyed by over 150 alumni and fans where food and beer was served, kids were able to run around, Paul and Vicki Hand discussed the Fields project

Click here to see a picture of the proposed stadium

and theScore game coverage was broadcast on flat screen TVs - a truly great place to catch up with friends and a great job by Athletics to organize this great venue.

This is the first year of the Gaels Club and the QFC appreciates all the work done by Athletics to set this up.

Saturday night we had over 250 people at the Grizzly Grill to take part in the post game party. All of the players were on hand and it was very encouraging to hear them put the day's disappointment away and already looking forward to the Ottawa game.

The night was highlighted by some great old team photos presented by Queen's archives, a performance by the Queen's Bands and a brief historical perspective from former captain and Hall of Famer - Merv Daub.

The Score
See all the video recap of the Gaels game and other video highlights from the games around the CIS by clicking the link below.

Queen's Dancers
You better watch out! You better not cry! You better not pout! I'm telling you why! The Golden Gaels are coming to town! However, they're going to be arriving a day later than planned.

Kick-off is now on Saturday, October 6th at 2 p.m. Join us at the Arrow and Loon Pub (99 Fifth Avenue in the Glebe) from 12 to 2 to warm up for the game, enjoy some drinks and snacks, enter to win door prizes and pick up your pre-ordered tickets. Then, show your true Queen's spirit as you march from the pub to Lansdowne Park with the Queen's Bands and cheer on the Gaels in the Queen's section of the stadium.

Tickets are available by registering online by clicking on the link below. $10 for adults and $6 for students/seniors. Go Queen's Go!

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Posted By Claude Scilley

Amid the euphoria of four straight season- opening victories, despite the thrill of coming from behind to win three of them, pundits, patrons and players alike remained wary of one thing: It was all well and good to be overcoming these chronically slow starts but against a top opponent, the Queen's Golden Gaels likely wouldn't get away with it.

Guess what?

They were right.
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KINGSTON

The No. 7 Queen's Golden Gaels held the nation's leading rusher Ryan Lynch to 78 yards, but four turnovers came back to haunt them as the visiting No. 4 Laurier Hawks scored a 23-4 victory in Saturday's Ontario university football action.

Laurier kept its undefeated streak alive at five games and halted the Gaels' win streak at four before 5,582 fans at Kingston's Richardson Stadium and a national television audience.
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The real downer in the Queen's Golden Gaels' first loss, 23-4 to the Laurier Golden Hawks on Saturday, is it pointed out the limit to what the Gaels are trying to do on offence.

Before getting into that, 23-4 was perfectly indicative. It went mostly badly for the Gaels, but the D with Osie Ukwuoma, D.J. Mulholland and Jimmy Allin, et al., and the offensive line, which gave Mike Giffin the chance to outrush Laurier's Ryan Lynch 165- 78 (small cheese, though, after a fumble in the first half), kept hitting and playing like it could still be won. There was no quit in the Gaels, which is a small victory. Still, coach Gary Jeffries' Golden Hawks, a genuinely elite team, not only beat the Gaels on the scoreboard, but also beat them on a general principle, which makes it even worse to a sports supergeek.*

The Gaels (4-1) are living on being high-risk, high-reward in the passing game.
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Please click below to see the full roundup from our friends at the CIS Blog.
Danny - UWO
  • Oct. 6 @ Ottawa (2pm)
  • Oct. 13 vs Waterloo (Homecoming)
  • Oct. 20 @ Toronto

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