argh1 Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 To be telecast live on TSN Sat Jan 15th at 2pm ET. McMaster's Jesse Lumsden & UBC's Nick Johansson will be Canada's reprsentitves in this years all-star game in San Francisco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc_soccer_fan Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Also Toledo's Nick Kaczur is from Ontario. Apparently he has a good shot of being drafted by the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Talking about Lumsden during the game and getting some good props. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanKeay Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Lumsden has done really well today, had about 5 or 6 touched for about 40 yards... i think he can do it , tho Toronto would look nice too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcl_19 Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 good to hear that lumsden got some touches and got some props......i only caught the last 2 plays of the game and a couple of the TD passes during the game ... what did the guys from espn have to say about lumsdena nd what about Johansson if they mentioned him at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 What did they say about Lumsden? I missed his big run, but saw some of his time in the 3rd and 4th Q. Their comments about Canadian football were hilarious. They were mostly talking about Kaczur and said something like "high school football is a little different up there. He never watched film, he'd never had a two-a-day. But the game is catching on up there." They were talking like no one up here had heard of football. And the no two-a-day (or three-a-day), no film HS atmosphere of one player is obviously representative of the entire country. Oh well. FWIW I don't think Lumsden is going to be a particularly dominant CFL back never mind making the NFL. He's too much of a tweaner. He's not big enough to be a dominant blocking back and he's no fast enough to be a tailback. Now watch him turn into the next Reuben Mayes cheers, matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Shrine: Lumsden impresses in East rout Canadian Press 1/15/2005 SAN FRANCISCO (CP) - Jesse Lumsden, the record-setting running back from McMaster University, led the East in rushing Saturday in the 80th annual East-West Shrine Game. The East won, 45-27, before an announced attendance of 25,518 at SBC Park, and Lumsden's contribution was enough to earn him one vote for the game's outstanding offensive player. Although he wasn't put into the game until the third quarter, Lumsden racked up 41 yards on five carries, including a 21-yard run in which he faked out two defenders and broke two tackles before being brought down on the West 34-yard line. The run set up a 29-yard field goal by Michigan State's Dave Rayner that put the East on top, 38-13. "I was happy with my performance," Lumsden said. "When I got in, my heart was pumping, that's for sure. Once I got the first carry out of the way, the rhythm got going. Once I got in, I did what I could." Lumsden played the rest of the game, but his contribution might have been limited by a game rule that permitted the West to receive the kickoff twice after it scored touchdowns. "I was disappointed with that, but it's an all-star game and you have to keep it rolling," the native of Burlington, Ont., said. "I think I showed that there are players all over the world who can play in the NFL and people are beginning to find them more and more. Hopefully, I showed a little of my talent. Maybe I'll get a chance to play at the next level." Purdue's Joe Tiller, who coached the East, left Lumsden in for the entire second half. "He's a big strong guy," said Tiller. "I was impressed when we ran a trap inside about four times and he was the only guy to hit the hole." Two other Canadians also saw playing time in Saturday's game. "I thought I did well," said East offensive tackle Nick Kaczur from Brantford, Ont., who represented the University of Toledo. "The field took a little bit to get used to. We had to widen our stance or get beat." Nick Johansson, a defensive tackle from Richmond, B.C. who plays for the University of British Columbia, played for the West. He didn't register any tackles. "I think I played okay, but I could have played a little better," Johansson said. "The athletes here were really good. The East was doing a lot of bootleg stuff and the boots were away from me. There wasn't much I could do except chase." http://www.tsn.ca/ncaa/news_story.asp?id=111405 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcl_19 Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 wow they really dont know much about canadian football. I played all throughuot high school... 1) we DID watch game tape. and 2) We didnt do much 2-a-days but i know of teams that did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcl_19 Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 wow they really dont know much about canadian football. I played all throughuot high school... 1) we DID watch game tape. and 2) We didnt do much 2-a-days but i know of teams that did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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