Ryerson Rams settle in at the 'Gardens'
A (smaller) Maple Leaf Gardens is draped in blue and gold to welcome their new tenants: The Ryerson Rams. This renovation, which cost upwards of $75 million, also features basketball and volleyball...
View ArticleGee-Gees to play at Beckwith Park
It's certainly not going to be an easy sell, but the Ottawa Gee-Gees will be playing their OUA Football season out at Beckwith Park, a facility southwest of Carleton Place. The Gee-Gees typically play...
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Athletic Department Snapshot: Overview
As many OUA sports are set to begin their season, I thought it would be appropriate to introduce each member school by taking a look at their respective athletic departments.To compose each school's...
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Athletic Department Snapshot: Brock Badgers
Varsity Teams: 28Athletics Director: Robert Hilson (entering his 2nd year as AD)Recent OUA Championships: Womens Wrestling (2011-2012, 2010-2011, 2009-2010), Mens Rowing (2010-2011), Mens Baseball...
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Athletic Department Snapshot: Carleton Ravens
Varsity Teams: 20Athletic Director: Jennifer Brenning (entering her 6th year as AD)Recent OUA Championships: Men's Basketball (2011-2012, 2009-2010), Men's Fencing (2009-2010), Women's Fencing...
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Athletic Department Snapshot: Lakehead Thunderwolves
Varsity Teams: 17Athletic Director: Tom Warden (entering his 14th year as AD)Recent OUA Championships: Men's Basketball (2010-2011), Men's Nordic Skiing (2011-2012), Women's Nordic Skiing (2011-2012,...
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Athletic Department Snapshot: Laurentian Voyageurs
Varsity Teams: 16Athletic Director: Peter Hellstrom (entering his 14th year as AD)Recent OUA Championships: NoneRecent CIS Championships: NoneMajor Sponsors: Adidas, Coca Cola, Sun Life Financial
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Athletic Department Snapshot: Guelph Gryphons
Varsity Teams: 32Athletic Director: Tom Kendall (entering his 9th year as AD)Recent OUA Championships: Men's Cross C0untry (2011-2012, 2010-2011, 2009-2010), Women's Cross Country (2011-2012,...
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Athletic Department Snapshot: McMaster Marauders
Varsity Teams: 35Athletic Director: Jeff Giles (entering his 3rd year as AD)Recent OUA Championships: Football (2011-2012), Men's Rugby (2010-2011), Men's Soccer (2011-2012, 2009-2010), Men's...
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Weekend Rundown: August 27, 2012
(Photo Courtesy of Marauders.ca)You can expect a lot of new weekly features on Always OUA, the first of which we're rolling out will be the weekend rundown - a weekly recap of pertinent OUA issues.......
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AlwaysOUA's XP1000 Turbo Charged Power Rankings: Pre-Season Edition
Image Courtesy of 'Googling' the word 'Power'The AlwaysOUA rollout of fancy new (these Rankings are not new) toys for the year 2012 continues with our first OUA football power rankings - a rank of...
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RougeRadio.com's CIS Football Preview
Above: A rouge radioWe have no affiliation with this program whatsoever, but this blog is happy to pump out other people's content so long as they're fighting the good fight and promoting CIS/OUA...
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CIS Top 10 Ranking Watch: Pre-season
Above: The first Google Images result for 'Rankings'The first CIS Top-10 poll of the year has made its way to newstands across the nation and, as such, as a newly minted Top 10 voter after all these...
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Athletic Department Snapshot: Nipissing Lakers
Varsity Teams: 8Athletics Director: Vito CastiglioneRecent OUA Championships:Recent CIS Championships:Major Sponsors: Adidas
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Athletic Department Snapshot: Ottawa Gee-Gees
Varsity Teams: 20Athletic Director: Luc GélineauRecent OUA Championships: Women's Basketball (2011-2012), Men's Golf (2009-2010), Women's Hockey (2010-2011)Recent CIS Championships: NoneMajor Sponsors:...
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Athletic Department Snapshot: Queen's Gaels
Varsity Teams: 37Athletic Director: Leslie Dal Cin (entering her 6th year as AD)Recent OUA Championships: Men's Fencing (2011-2012, 2010-2011), Football (2009-2010), Women's Rowing (2010-2011), Men's...
View ArticleBeyond the Boxscore: Laurier at Toronto 9/3/12
A cool video from the U of T Athletic DepartmentThis segment takes you behind the numbers in the newspaper to break down some aspects of playPregame atmosphereAbout 10 minutes before kickoff, the...
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Weekend Rundown: September 4, 2012
I decided today's rundown of week one will be a bullet point collection of my thoughts. Don't like it? Nobody cares about whether or not you like it, and 99.99999% of said nobodies don't care about my...
View ArticleLaurier Baseball Suspended over Hazing Incidents
The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks baseball team has been suspended a minimum of 4 games following reports over hazingSourceMore to follow
View ArticleProgramming Note: Programming will be back this week
Hey Folks,Long time no talk.As many of you have heard, the UR blog over at theScore is no more, and as such I'll be able to re-dedicate the football coverage here which will then turn into hockey and...
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First Years Gone Wild
Lakehead's Luke Judson is using his below average body to lead the league in pointsWe're just over two weeks into the OUA men's hockey season, yet a few players have already become comfortable in a...
View ArticleOUA Football Quarter-final Previews
Windsor Lancers at Western MustangsThe Western Mustangs, despite getting a home playoff game, proved many people right this season. Around the OUA and CIS there was plenty of skepticism that this team...
View ArticleOUA Uncut: Mike Daly
The Score recently put on mic on McMaster DB Michael Daly in a 43-0 win over Laurier. Michael sings, chirps, and throws his 182 lbs around to make some great hits and open field tackles. Daly and the...
View ArticleSo this is awkward...
We haven't posted anything in almost a year...Lets catch up with our co-founders/editors/writers/20-somethings-who-love-niche-sports-leaguesChris is doing work as the Content Producer for the Ottawa...
View ArticleWaterloo Suspends Men's Rugby team for one match
I guess the headline is self explanatoryFrom the UW varsity website:The University of Waterloo has suspended the men's rugby team for one OUA league game due to contravention of the Department of...
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