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troutman · 08-31-2011, 12:44 PM

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Not much is certain as the University of Calgary Dinos prepare to defend their Canada West championship for the third straight season, but one thing is for sure: the 2011 campaign will not end at PEPS Stadium in Quebec City.

After winning Canada West’s Hardy Cup each of the last three seasons, the Dinos invariably headed to the Université Laval campus – for the Uteck Bowl in 2008 and the Vanier Cup in 2009 and 2010 – and all three times made the long journey back to the visitors’ locker room empty-handed.

In 2011 the Vanier Cup heads west, crossing the Rockies for the first time on its way to BC Place Stadium in Vancouver and Grey Cup weekend. The Dinos would dearly love to spend a late-November week in the Lower Mainland – but the road is an arduous one.

The team returns in 2011 without the services of eight former conference all-stars, seven of whom were also All-Canadians – including a two-time national MVP quarterback. Erik Glavic, Andrea Bonaventura, Anthony DesLauriers, and Aaron Ifield each exhausted their CIS eligibility last season, while Anthony Parker, Nathan Coehoorn, Paul Swiston, and Alex Krausnick-Groh each stuck with their respective Canadian Football League teams after Calgary’s outstanding showing in the CFL Draft in May.

08-31-2011, 12:44 PM	#4
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/fba...iews/calgary11 Not much is certain as the University of Calgary Dinos prepare to defend their Canada West championship for the third straight season, but one thing is for sure: the 2011 campaign will not end at PEPS Stadium in Quebec City. After winning Canada West’s Hardy Cup each of the last three seasons, the Dinos invariably headed to the Université Laval campus – for the Uteck Bowl in 2008 and the Vanier Cup in 2009 and 2010 – and all three times made the long journey back to the visitors’ locker room empty-handed. In 2011 the Vanier Cup heads west, crossing the Rockies for the first time on its way to BC Place Stadium in Vancouver and Grey Cup weekend. The Dinos would dearly love to spend a late-November week in the Lower Mainland – but the road is an arduous one. The team returns in 2011 without the services of eight former conference all-stars, seven of whom were also All-Canadians – including a two-time national MVP quarterback. Erik Glavic, Andrea Bonaventura, Anthony DesLauriers, and Aaron Ifield each exhausted their CIS eligibility last season, while Anthony Parker, Nathan Coehoorn, Paul Swiston, and Alex Krausnick-Groh each stuck with their respective Canadian Football League teams after Calgary’s outstanding showing in the CFL Draft in May.