OTTAWA (CFL.ca wire) -– The 2007 Canadian Interuniversity Sport season officially gets under way this weekend with the presentation of eight football games beginning on Friday night.
The Canada West and OUA conferences will be in action, while Quebec (Sept. 6) and the AUS (Sept. 8) will kick things off a week from now.
The opening weekend of Canada West football is highlighted by a Friday night tilt between the No. 2-ranked and 2006 Vanier Cup finalist Saskatchewan Huskies and the visiting Alberta Golden Bears.
All five OUA duels are scheduled for Labour Day Monday, with the reigning conference champion, No. 3-ranked Ottawa Gee-Gees visiting the Guelph Gryphons, and the No. 8 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks hosting the No. 9 McMaster Marauders in an early season Top Ten clash.
For complete schedules, results, standings and statistics, visit www.universitysport.ca
CIS FOOTBALL WEEK 1 SCHEDULE (all times LOCAL)
Friday, Aug. 31
7 p.m. Calgary at Simon Fraser
7 p.m. Alberta at No. 2 Saskatchewan (Shaw TV / Access in Regina)
Saturday, Sept. 1
3 p.m. No. 4 Manitoba at Regina
Monday, Sept. 3
1 p.m. Waterloo at Toronto
1 p.m. No. 3 Ottawa at Guelph
2 p.m. York at Windsor
2 p.m. No. 9 McMaster at No. 8 Laurier
7 p.m. Queen’s at No. 7 Western
