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Matthew Peterson’s career performance leads the Bears to a win in Saskatoon! It’s the first time since 2005 the Bears start the season 3-0, and first win over the Huskies on the road since 2010.
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Huge performances from Eli Hetlinger, Carter Kettyle, and Matthew Peterson power the Bears to a 33-9 win over Calgary!
The 1-0 Bears will host Manitoba next Friday at Foote Field.
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WESLEY BOOKLAND!!! Did you see that?!?
The Bears take the missed Huskies field goal back 110 yards for the return touchdown!!!
It's the longest missed field goal return in program history! Bears lead 7-0 over Saskatchewan in the first quarter!
Congratulations to our 25 student athletes who were named Academic All-Canadians in 2020!
Academic All-Canadian honours are awarded to student athletes who maintain an average of %80 or above while competing full-time for one of their universities varsity teams.
“Hey google, who’s the best defensive player in the country?”
Congratulations to Josiah Schakel on winning the Presidents Trophy for top defensive player in the country!
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An explosive first half powers the Bears to their second-straight win!
Eli Hetlinger finishes with 392 total yards and 3 touchdowns, with Jassen Brown leading the defence with 1.5 sacks.
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Heartfelt sympathies to the Family & to teammates & coaches of this great young athlete. We stand with both Sherwood Park Rams and Salisbury Sabres in morning the lose of KP. Keithan was a long time attendee at our camps and built great relationships with our staff and players!
The Golden Bears are excited to announce Victor Cui as our keynote speaker for the 7th Annual Golden Bears Football Gala, presented by Arpi's North! Victor has brought a buzz to Edmonton's football community, and we couldn't be happier to have him as our special guest!
With first place on the line, we head down to Calgary this Saturday to take on the Calgary Dinos! Any Bears fans making the trip down into enemy territory with us?!
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Were at the midway point of the season and after an electric start, 5th year receiver Ben Kopczynski leads all Canada West receivers with 25 catches for 396 yards!
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#BEARS
🚨Verbal Commit - Albert Reese 🚨
Albert has made the University of Alberta his Canadian choice for Post Secondary Studies. Albert will continue to pursue major Division 1 opportunities and a full scholarship at a major D1 Program, a goal which we whole heartedly support.
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TOUCHDOWN BEARS!!
Brad Launhardt hits Daniel Bubelenyi for an 80-yard bomb!!
Alberta leads Saskatchewan 14-0, just eight minutes into first quarter!
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#BeTheRoar
TOUCHDOWN BEARS!! Alberta goes for it on third down, with Brad Launhardt finding Tanner Buchanan for his second TD of the game!
The 32-yard touchdown gives the Bears a 16-10 lead over the Dinos!
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Congratulations to Rodeem Brown who has earned the start at centre this week for the Stamps! With Ro getting the nod there are now 4 starting centres in the CFL from the Golden Bears Football program! 4/9 ain’t bad!
Why Coaches like
@UACoachMorris
and Bison HC Brian Dobie are in the game! Coach Dobie is in his 24th season at UofM and we can only hope Coach Morris can keep a tenure that mirrors Dobie!
Make no mistake UofA made a statement last night and are young and rising!!
#Respect
#Class
The Golden Bears Experience
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#Niedermedia
With our first VIRTUAL Spring Camp in the books we just want to remind you what Golden Bears Football is all about.
Golden Bears Football’s Carter O’Donnell cracks the Colts’ 53 man roster! Congratulations on a tremendous accomplishment Carter!
Colts announce initial 53-man roster
🚨Committed-
@CodyNeumann3
🚨
@UABearsFootball
is again excited to announce another early commitment‼️Cody Neumann is the
#2
ranked OT in Western Canada, the Golden Bears are building something special for the 2020 Class‼️
🔰Welcome aboard Cody🔰
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#PTP
Congratulations to Jonathan Giustini, Tyshon Blackburn, Matthew Peterson and Daniel Shin for being invited to the National CFL combine! Four participants ties Golden Bears Football for the most in USPORTS Football! Congratulations to these four outstanding young men!
Excited and ready to compete in our exhibition game down in Medicine Hat!
@UABearsFootball
vs Regina on September 12 @ 4:00 at the Med Hat Methanex Bowl.
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Through 4 games so far this season, 4th year Quarterback Brad Launhardt leads the Canada West conference with 1182 passing yards! He was named U Sports player of the week in week 3 and has lead the bears to last-minute, game-winning drives in the last 2 games!
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🚨Committed -
@TysonKrush
🚨
🔰Welcome to the family🔰
2x Sask Provincial & 2x National Champion Tyson Krushelniski to the Golden Bears! Tyson is the
#1
ranked LB in Western Canada, is on
@FootballCanada
National Team & earned DPOG at the
@chatfootball
game on
@TSN_Sports
!
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Former Elks’ special teams coordinator AJ Gass to join University of Alberta coaching staff: Former Edmonton Elks’ special teams coordinator AJ Gass is taking his talents to the University of Alberta, according to Reid Wilkins. Gass… via
@3DownNation
For the first time since 1989, the
@CFL
’s Most Outstanding Player wears the Green and Gold! Congrats
@Rikester13
on being named 2017’s M.O.P.
#OneEmpire
We are proud to announce 4 Golden Bears have been selected to participate in this years East West Bowl! DL Cole Nelson, LB Josiah Schakel, DB Jayden Dalke, and OL Peter Kozuska
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🔥Best of luck to the following
@UABearsFootball
players as they prepare for the upcoming
@CFL
Combine‼️
💣
#BOMB
💣
#PTP
Jon Harke
Colton Balicki
Kemal Kochisarli
Josh Taitinger
Tyrell Hering
Troy Hansen
Ben Kopczynski
Garrett Meek
Andrew MacLean
RIP Coach Drake....your name, passion for hockey, coaching and the green and gold lives on through the hearts of everyone here at the U of A, especially those involved with
@GBHKY
past and present.
#GOAT
#GBHKY
#Legend
Golden Bears Football will have three athletes representing at the U-Sports East - West Bowl this year! This years game will be hosted at McMaster University and you can catch the action kick off May 7th at 10:00am MST.
After a dominant season on the OL we are proud to announce that Carter O'Donnell has been invited to the National CFL Combine in Toronto! More to come...
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#INTEGRITY
#CFL
What a hit from Josiah Schakel!! His hit forces a poor pass from Mason Nyhus, which is picked off by Jayden Dalke!
Alberta marching with the ball, leading Saskatchewan 8-3 in the second quarter.
Golden Bears Football proudly welcomes 6'2''240 DE to the family. Vinnie has led all B.C. high school players over the past three years in sacks with 58 . Vinnie was a dominant force in last year's Canada Cup and will look to make an immediate impact on our program.
🚨Committed-
@BleikenSean
🚨
🔰We got our 6’5” 250Lbs TE🔰
Sean his a force in both the backfield and flexed to TE. A League MVP in only his junior season and CFL Nissan All-Canadian! An amazing player and even better person, congrats Sean and welcome to the family!!!
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The Golden Bears are thrilled to introduce our first recruit of the 2023 class! Defensive back Strachan Liberman joins us from Notre Dame Secondary School in Vancouver B.C. Welcome to the family!
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The Golden Bears are proud to announce the signing of QB Eli Hetlinger from Harry Ainlay High School in Edmonton! Welcome to the family!
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#BEARS2020
Thanks to
@globalnews
for the shoutout about our Upcoming VIRTUAL Gala sponsored by Arpi's North! Unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures!
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#GBFVG2020
BEARS WIN! The final score from Medicine Hat is 34 to 11. Thanks to all our fans that came out to support and to Medicine Hat for being gracious hosts. Be sure to mark Sept. 9th in your calendars for the Bears home opener against the Manitoba Bisons!
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BREAKING | GBF 🐻🏈
Four members of the
@UABearsFootball
team were named
@CanadaWest
all-stars on Thursday!
OFFENCE
QB - Brad Launhardt
Receiver - Ben Kopczynski
Offensive Tackle - Carter O'Donnell
DEFENCE
Safety - Jayden Dalke
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These unprecedented circumstances have significantly impacted us all. How we operate and navigate these challenging times has presented so many obstacles. Please join us Thursday, July 16th as we take our Arpi's North, 6th Annual Gala VIRTUAL! The registration link is in our bio!
🔰🔰🔰GAME DAY🔰🔰🔰
Happy Birthday to our Head Coach
@UACoachMorris
. What better gift than to give Coach a WIN!!!
🚨Tonight @ 7:00 @ Foote Field
🥁Pre-game festivities
Thank you for the leadership Coach - and thank you to all 27 USports Football programs and coaches who rise together united in their support and fight for all the athletes affected by this decision
#FootballisFamily
#united
#USports
As my final act as President of the National Football Coaches Association (CUFCA), I was asked by my peers to write an open letter to the public. The Canadian National Football Coaches Association is appalled by this ruling and will do everything in our power to have it reversed.
Once again we will be hosting our summer Elite High School Camp! The 5 day camp will be held between August 4th and 8th! Players must be going into their grade 11 or 12. Residence is available for out of town players. Contact dszafran
@ualberta
.ca for details!
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