is highschool or even college football popular in canada?

D1FBALL · 05-12-2009, 09:08 PM

just wondering, have no clue what the situation is up there but have noticed a lot of people on here from canada....

bigmike_d · 05-12-2009, 11:37 PM

not anywhere near like us....university games in canada probably dont get as much attendance as a high school game would in southern cal...and def not texas.....

btw...i kno my location says california....im actually orginally from toronto canada...just go to school here...so ive seen the difference!

you cant even compare really

Ryhiggers · 05-13-2009, 06:24 AM

definitly not im would b currently playing in highschool but ther isnt anyone that wants to play on the highscool team. there is 12-15 guys playing and we need at least 20 in order to keep the program running. i hope we pull through....

Marcoccia · 05-13-2009, 11:59 AM

Only a handful of guys take it serious and a few will go on to play D1 the rest will probly play university ball in Canada if they have the grades. There is no money put into the sport, no stadiums or seating at some schools. Equipment is old I had a jersey once from 1993. Even with all this there are still some guys heading to great D1 schools. My friend is at Rice, another guy a Virginia, one a USC and more but I forget where they went.

st3223 · 05-13-2009, 12:52 PM

I wish lol. I know nazar went to rice and urban went to virginia, but who was the guy that went to USC? I also heard there were two guys that went to Eastern Michigan, but I haven't heard anything about that recently.

vtx7 · 05-13-2009, 02:08 PM

Just hockey brah... I wish I grew up in Canada

bigmike_d · 05-13-2009, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by st3223

I wish lol. I know nazar went to rice and urban went to virginia, but who was the guy that went to USC? I also heard there were two guys that went to Eastern Michigan, but I haven't heard anything about that recently.

corey watman and this other guy from the same school as him...and og and a de...played on the same comfl under 17 all star team as them back in the day.....the only canadian at usc is that te from out of vancouver college.

Moh7 · 05-13-2009, 05:35 PM

Its famous here in calgary. Lots of full highschool teams and spring teams. As in lots of players... Attendance is meh maybe 100 people.

Marcoccia · 05-13-2009, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by st3223

I wish lol. I know nazar went to rice and urban went to virginia, but who was the guy that went to USC? I also heard there were two guys that went to Eastern Michigan, but I haven't heard anything about that recently.

I went to school with Nazar and played next to him for 3 years, I also played againts Urban before he got really good. The guy who went to USC is from BC Trey Henderson. I'm not sure about the guys who are going to EMU. Once my season was done this year I was mainly done with football.

st3223 · 05-13-2009, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Marcoccia

I went to school with Nazar and played next to him for 3 years, I also played againts Urban before he got really good. The guy who went to USC is from BC Trey Henderson. I'm not sure about the guys who are going to EMU. Once my season was done this year I was mainly done with football.

Oooh cool. I believe the OG was Corey Watman and the DE was Bronly K, but im not too sure about the DE. Just wondering, but what year did Urban start getting really good?

And to give you an example of how bad it really is in canada, (at least in the city, rural areas are a different story) our junior team had 27 ppl on it lol. We ended up pretty decent, losing in the city semis by 5 points to the team that went on and won the city title.

Coaches don't get paid (we just get teachers that volunteer, and coaches from the community that volunteer), no one really cares about it, and the only audience are usually some of the students at the school and maybe some of the parents. There is little to no exposure to american universities. It's taken too lightly and not seriously at all.

The summer football leagues are a different story, but still not nearly close to the intensity of football in the states. Man how I wish I was born in the states lol.

Fullback7 · 05-13-2009, 08:39 PM

From the highlight tapes I have seen from Canada HS, and colleges.... Not really. One of my HS games probably had more fans in one game, than a majority of high schools in Canada have all season.

brandon2743 · 05-13-2009, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Moh7

Its famous here in calgary. Lots of full highschool teams and spring teams. As in lots of players... Attendance is meh maybe 100 people.

yah our team in airdrie (just north)
has about 65 signed up for spring camp

not high quality players by any means
but hey the interest is there

Moh7 · 05-13-2009, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by brandon2743

yah our team in airdrie (just north)
has about 65 signed up for spring camp

not high quality players by any means
but hey the interest is there

Are you a norther raider or airdrie storm? Or just highschool?

bigmike_d · 05-13-2009, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by bigmike_d

corey watman and this other guy from the same school as him...and og and a de...played on the same comfl under 17 all star team as them back in the day.....the only canadian at usc is that te from out of vancouver college.

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Originally Posted by Marcoccia

I went to school with Nazar and played next to him for 3 years, I also played againts Urban before he got really good. The guy who went to USC is from BC Trey Henderson. I'm not sure about the guys who are going to EMU. Once my season was done this year I was mainly done with football.

[QUOTE=st3223;329737211]Oooh cool. I believe the OG was Corey Watman and the DE was Bronly K, but im not too sure about the DE. Just wondering, but what year did Urban start getting really good?

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i dont know why i even bother posting...no one reads what i have to say...