{"id":301716,"date":"2025-11-23T12:54:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T12:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/301716\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T12:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T12:54:16","slug":"no-whining-and-complaining-from-saskatchewan-huskies-after-key-missed-call-in-vanier-cup-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/301716\/","title":{"rendered":"No ‘whining and complaining’ from Saskatchewan Huskies after key missed call in Vanier Cup loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo courtesy: Piper Sports Photography\/U Sports<\/p>\n

If the Saskatchewan Huskies had any homefield advantage in the 60th Vanier Cup, it didn\u2019t come from the officials.<\/p>\n

While the squad from Saskatoon was soundly beaten by the Montreal Carabins<\/a> in front of a friendly local crowd on Saturday afternoon in Regina, one egregious missed call loomed large in the aftermath.<\/p>\n

With the Carabins marching inside the three-minute warning at the end of the first half, quarterback Pepe Gonzalez<\/a> escaped the pocket on second-and-seven to find Simon Larose for an 18-yard catch. Flags initially came out, as replays showed that the first-year pivot was several yards past the line of scrimmage when he delivered the throw. However, the officials second-guessed themselves, picking up the flag and waving off the obvious penalty<\/a> to allow the drive to continue unaltered.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the word I got was he somehow got talked out of it,\u201d Saskatchewan head coach Scott Flory said post-game, choosing his words carefully. \u201cI don\u2019t know. I\u2019m not a ref. We don\u2019t have replay. You\u2019ve got to trust that both the ones they picked up, it was for a reason.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard. I\u2019m not gonna get into that whining and complaining. If you\u2019re gonna get it right, I think that\u2019s the whole point (in picking the flag up).\u201d<\/p>\n

On this occasion, the referees didn\u2019t get it right. The Carabins continued down the field and ate up the remainder of the clock. While the Huskies held firm at their own three-yard line, Philippe Boyer hit a chip-shot field goal on the final play of the half to go into the break leading 15-11.<\/p>\n

While that didn\u2019t prove to be the difference in a 30-16 final, Saskatchewan could have had a chance to steal momentum and earn a halftime lead if the correct call had stood. Even so, star linebacker Seth Hundeby wasn\u2019t interested in dwelling on the flag that should have been.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s gonna happen. There\u2019s gonna be some crazy stuff. I don\u2019t know, keep playing football. That\u2019s my philosophy,\u201d he said. \u201cLine up on any given play, you can get a touchdown, you can force a fumble. I don\u2019t know, man. You just gotta keep chugging.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the officiating error, the penalty margin for the game skewed heavily in favour of Saskatchewan. The Carabins were flagged 13 times for 135 yards, including several majors, while the Huskies committed just six infractions for 60 yards.<\/p>\n

Being more disciplined didn\u2019t translate into success on either side of the ball, as Montreal outgained the Hardy Cup champs 434 yards to just 281. Flory refused to deflect from that result<\/p>\n

\u201cLook at us on offence \u2014 we didn\u2019t do enough in the second half. Didn\u2019t feel like we got any traction,\u201d he said. \u201cKudos to them. I don\u2019t know if we executed cleanly enough.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy: Piper Sports Photography\/U Sports If the Saskatchewan Huskies had any homefield advantage in the 60th Vanier…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-301716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}