From the Buffalo Bills May 18 press release – 5 things to know about these moves in the Bills player personnel department (buffalobills.com) Curtis Rukavina will be the assistant director of pro scouting/free agency and Chris Marrow will be the assistant director of pro scouting/team advances. Rukavina and Marrow started working for the Bills around the same time and their ability to go above and beyond what is expected has been noticed by the scouting department and coaching staff. “Curtis (Rukavina) is going to be in charge of free agency,” Beane said. “Chris (Marrow) is going to be in char ..read more

Our new coaching staff is putting together a dynamite recruiting class. People are already asking me if I think it is Guelph’s “best ever”. My answer has been, it’s close too it and they are not even done. I do think this class is already 80% complete. Up until this point, I thought the Gryphon’s best class in memory was the final recruiting class put together in 2018 under former head coach Kevin MacNeill. That year Todd Galloway was the recruiting coordinator and OC J-F Joncas helped the Gryphons breakthrough with recruits in Quebec. Last year’s class was very good considering Coach Sheahan ..read more

The 2020 edition of the Wildman Dinner took place Saturday night in Guelph. The Wildman, as it’s known, is Gryphon Football’s annual awards banquet and the program’s opportunity to honour it’s graduating players. This year’s edition of the event was back on-campus at Creelman Hall for the third year in a row, after being held off-campus for more than a decade. The historic building brings a wonderful connection to the history of the program. It was the site of many Wildman Dinners in earlier decades. As always, the highlight of the evening is the awarding of the Ted Wildman Memorial Trophy ..read more

Week 1: Sun, Aug 30 – Guelph @ York – 1pm Week 2: Sun, Sep 6 – Waterloo @ Guelph – 6pm Week 3: Sat, Sep 12 – Laurier @ Guelph – 1pm Week 4: Sat, Sep 19 – Guelph @ Western – 7pm Week 5: Sat, Sep 26 – Toronto @ Guelph – 1pm Week 6: Sat, Oct 3 – Guelph @ McMaster – 1pm Week 7: Fri, Oct 9 – Guelph @ Ottawa – 7pm Week 8: Sat, Oct 17 – Carleton @ Guelph – 1pm Week 9: Bye Week My first impression: I really like it! Why? In 2020, the Gryphons will face all of last year’s playoff participants, miss two non-playoff teams [Queen’s & Windsor], play Laurier again and have only one long road tr ..read more

Congratulations to Rob Maver (UofG’10) ! CALGARY — Stampeders punter, Rob Maver was named the 2019 recipient of the Tom Pate Memorial Award at the Shaw CFL Awards on Thursday night at Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome. Selected by the CFL Players’ Association, the award celebrates outstanding sportsmanship and is given to a player who has made significant contributions to his team and his community Association. Presented annually since 1976, the winner of the Tom Pate Memorial Award is selected by the Canadian Football League Players’ Association in recognition of his sportsmanship and contrib ..read more

Ryan Bomnben (centre) with former Gryphon teamamtes Nick FitzGibbon, Tim Randall, David Harrison, Gord Fairity, Matt Rossetti & Grant MacDonald   There’s a story on former Grphon offensive lineman Ryan Bomben [2006-2009], by Frank Ziccarelli, in the Toronto Sun. By his own admission, Ryan Bomben wasn’t aware of his milestone moment until it was announced to the crowd at BMO Field. Admittedly, Bomben said he was unaware that he’d be playing in his 150th game in the CFL when the Argos and Roughiders hooked up last Friday night. Bomben isn’t the type to seek the spotlight having played alo ..read more

Bombers’ running back Augustine puts in memorable performance in first CFL start Link: Bombers’ running back Augustine puts in memorable performance in first CFL start By Ted Wyman, Winnipeg Sun REGINA — Johnny Augustine was as disappointed as anyone else that his team lost to the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sunday but he’ll still look back on the game with some fond memories. The running back made his first CFL start at Mosaic Stadium and had a big game for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He ran for 98 yards and caught three passes for 17 yards while filling in for the suspended Andrew Harris. Th ..read more

I was tempted to simply re-print last year’s preview with a few updates. So much of what I said then is still true. Here is just one excerpt from my 2018 preview … The Marauders are one of 8 OUA teams expected to compete for 6 playoff spots. No team can afford to lose any games to these rivals because it will impact playoff seeding, even if it doesn’t cost them a playoff spot. The Marauders are a team Guelph has had problems with in recent years. They are  the proverbial monkey on our back. The Gryphons have won more games against Western and Laurier over the last five years than they have ag ..read more

This is a must-watch for Gryphon fans. The Quarterbacks: #1  Dante Djan #8  Brayden Lassenba #9  Kaidan Gilbert #17  Theo Landers Red t-shirt/black shorts – Andrew Horscroft Lots more I could say about this but it’s too late for me to start on that tonight. This video only reinforces my opinion that we have the right coach in charge of the program ..read more