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Former University of Calgary Dinos' head coach Wayne Harris has joined the UBC Thunderbirds as linebackers coach. (Photo property of Electric Umbrella 2023 All Rights Reserved)
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UBC football ’24: Can Thunderbirds find a way to snap 37-year Hardy Cup repeat drought? Ex-Dinos’ boss Wayne Harris reunites out west with old boss Blake Nill as ‘Birds new linebacker coach!

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VANCOUVER — Last spring, coming off the team’s first Canada West title and Vanier Cup appearance since 2015,  Blake Nill’s cel phone began to elicit some interesting activity from the 403 area code.“When the University of Calgary decided not to bring in Wayne for this season, it was funny because I got calls from three […]

Thunderbirds' Cesare Rednour-Bruckman puts the straight arm on St. FX punter Max Capriotti on his way to a punt return touchdown Saturday as the Thunderbirds defeated the Atlantic champion X-Men 47-17 in the Mitchell Bowl national semifinal at Thunderbird Stadium. (Photo by Bob Frid property of UBC athletics 2022. All Rights Reserved).
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UBC at Vanier Cup 2023: Through Soriano, Kennedy and a kid named Chez, how three blank football canvases now paint Thunderbirds’ title-contending DNA!

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VANCOUVER — How do you define the image of a Vanier Cup national title contender?How about through the actions of three UBC defenders, who over the early stages of the second half of Saturday’s Mitchell Bowl national championship semifinal game at Thunderbird Stadium, made the kinds of back-to-back-to-back plays which not only reversed the momentum […]