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By Katie Brickman-Young

WIEBE DEBUTS

Nick Wiebe settling in with Huskies

Sep 27, 2021 | 4:06 PM

Saskatoon was the only location on the mind for Nick Wiebe this offseason.

The Okotoks, Alta. native transferred to the University of Saskatchewan (USask) Huskies football program this summer from the University of Oregon Ducks.

“I don’t think there is any coach in the country that I’d like to play for than Scott Flory and Warren Muzika,” said Wiebe. “The first time I came to Saskatoon, they sold me on the campus and the city. My teammates I met this summer were absolutely amazing and having Scott and Warren just sold me on coming here.”

The decision to come back home to Canada was one that brought comfort to Wiebe, wanting to be close to his family.

“I wanted to be close to home. My dad’s health wasn’t doing too well at the time, going into my fourth year at Oregon,” he said. “I wanted to be home and be closer so that my dad could see all my games and hopefully travel to all of them. The change of scenery was something I wanted as well.”

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The six-foot-one, 230-pound linebacker played in four games for the Ducks making eight tackles last season. The Huskies will look for him to make an immediate impact on the field.

When asked about what he brings to the team, “I am just a hard-working sideline-to-sideline linebacker and just want to be a piece of what will bring home a ring to Saskatoon,” Wiebe said.

Wiebe put the USask jersey on the first time in Calgary this past weekend when the Huskies opened its season against the University of Calgary Dinos, something he was looking forward to.

“That hometown game has been circled on my calendar for a while now. Being in green and white out there is going to be a ride,” he said. “Playing Calgary is huge for me – to be able to go back home and lots of people and family are going to come out for that (game). That will be fun to play in front of the home crowd.”

It was over 680 days that the Huskies were last on the field for game action and while Wiebe wasn’t there for the 29-4 Hardy Cup loss to the Dinos, that game is very much on the mind of his teammates.

“Just talking with my teammates and the guys on defence, it is such a huge opportunity to go in there and prove a couple people wrong about what the Can West is this year. I’m just excited to be a part of it,” said Wiebe.

The season is a shortened one due to COVID-19 with only six games on the schedule – instead of the usual eight games but Wiebe thinks the Huskies have the team to make a run in the Canada West conference and beyond.

“This team is really talented, and we are built to win right now. I think the opportunity to be a contender in the Can West and nationally is a huge opportunity for us,” said Wiebe. “We have the opportunity to win a Vanier (Cup).”

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