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By Wray Morrison

Rams vs Huskies 2.0

Canada West leaders prepare for Saskatoon showdown

Oct 11, 2022 | 2:00 PM

The province’s two Canada West football teams meet for a second time this season on Saturday at Griffiths Stadium. Most university football fans in Saskatchewan believe it should be like this every season. The 5-0 University of Saskatchewan Huskies host the 4-1 Regina Rams in a clash at the U of S campus.

The Rams are coming off a 19-14 win over the Alberta Golden Bears on October 1^st. Regina’s defense held Alberta to just 52 yards in rushing. “They’re known to be good defensively”, said Huskie head coach Scott Flory. Regina fifth year defensive end Anthony Bennett, from Weston Florida, has six solo sacks in five games this season.

The Huskies did come away with an 11-10 win over the Rams on September 17^th at Mosaic Stadium, however points were tough to come by for both teams. Saskatchewan’s David Solie was forced to punt the football 9 times in the contest. We had a bunch of second and medium situations where we didn’t execute”, said Flory. “Those turned in to 3 or 4 punts where we shouldn’t have punted.”

In the two games since, the Huskies have put up 38 (vs. Alberta) and 43 points (vs. Manitoba) respectively. Saskatchewan fifth year quarterback Mason Nyhus had more than 300 yards passing in each of the two games. While there is always great interest in Ram/Huskie matchups at Griffiths Stadium, Flory extends an open invitation to those who haven’t seen Nyhus play.

“I encourage more people to come see this young man lead our football team”, said Flory. “The stuff that impresses me is the stuff that people don’t see. It’s in the locker room, it’s in the meeting rooms, it’s in the coach’s rooms, it’s in the film room. It’s massive and it shows on the football field!”

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Nyhus,a strong contender for the 2022 Hec Crighton award, has 1,715 yards passing in five games, (343/g) along with 11 touchdown passes to just one interception. The only team to hold Nyhus to under 300 yards in passing this season was Regina. Rams defensive coordinator Sheldon Gray will no doubt have a game plan in place to try stop the Huskies at the point of attack.

Flory says there are few secrets five games in to the Canada West season. “The knowns are pretty well known. They’re known to be aggressive on special teams. They’re known to be good defensively. They are going to take chunks and shots on the offensive side. They are a good football team.”

Saturday’s showdown can be heard on 900 CKBI, Saskatchewan’s Beach Radio 750 and 1050 CJNB as well as on the free HuskieFAN app. Saturday’s kick off is at 1pm.

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