Some positives though:

- I remember reading the comments of his high school coach on the amount of times our coaches have come out to meet him, which support the investment we plan to put into him.

- and his own comments about being able to start here early as opposed to being buried on a pac-12 roster.

Wednesday is going to be a long day anyways, but with the time difference between Ohio and BC, my guess is a long day is going to seem longer.



 

Someone on another thread (or this one?) stated that canadian HS football is generally played more-or-less by US rules.

 

Thanks.  Interesting. 

 

BC is not too different culturally from Seattle and the Pacific Northwest states and I imagine that trickles down to the HS sports culture. Of any place in Canada that is probably the most true. Once you get into Quebec and Nova Scotia there is an appreciable difference I would think but in Massachusetts this summer I couldn't believe how family oriented the towns were around there in an intense way.

i see vancouver high schools at either 3-0 or 4-0 vs. oregon/washington high schools this year..

the days of random small town USA high school destroying big city/huge enrollment canadian school are long gone.

of course, a washington, oregon or ohio powerhouse high school program would probably beat maleek's team 50-0 or similar but that's a select group of schools.

and having watched maleek and other teams at the highest level of canadian play i'd say the level of play is pretty high. the players look like they should for their positions and they train hard and have sophisticated coaches. large enrollment schools and a reasonable number of black kids often (not like most places in USA though).

anyway, i think you can see by watching the videos that the level of play is pretty decent..

it's basically the opposite of USA vs. canada in hockey where USA has taken monster strides the last 30 years and is basically as good as canada for the top all-star team. but i'd assume canada's 10th best team >>>>> same in usa.

i see terrell davis has transferred from ASU to UBC (british columbia, canada) and his brother has joined him there. his brother couldn't get a scholarship from USA or at least the one he wanted. he was in with WSU very late but i guess no offer. so UBC for him too.

i see a kid from my high school went to a california HS for senior year, had to sit a bunch of games due to transfer rules, don't think he made huge impact in the games he played (WR) and got scholarship to washington. no way he'd have gotten that if he'd stayed in canada IMHO. of course i could be wrong.


 

canadian university is canadian 3 down big field rules. makes for very very uncompetitive play as the best teams don't need 4 downs but the worst teams could move the ball and eat the clock with 4 downs...... canadian university is basically a "free for all" on funding/scholarships/etc. from what i can see. so the best few schools take all the best prospects like old time NCAA football.

i had forgotten about all-star games...... canadian HS all-star teams have done really well against US HS all-star teams, although it's best canadian players against "not the best" US players (but most US players are getting scholarships).

in the 1970's canadian university all-stars played US "similar to mid-major level today" all-stars. USA won 30-10 type scores. not sure how the rules were though.

 

i have to agree... i think marcus davis from mt douglas in victoria BC would have had 30+ division 1 offers if he played the whole time in top division seattle HS football. but from what i could see he had none at D1 level. not sure why someone like wyoming or NMS wouldn't offer him sight unseen (or meeting/seeing him play once say)

the big 12 had two rushing title holders from canada in recent memory (diedrick at nebraska, cornish at kansas) and still they haven't recruited another canadian TB since from what i can tell..

it's strange how little burn canada gets from USA programs........ one thing i guess is offering a kid from a los angeles or seattle HS has so many other benefits/efficiencies even if the kid doesn't end up playing well for your program.