Montreal, February 21, 2017 – The RSEQ and TVA Sports are pleased to announce the Quebec university football schedule and televised games calendar for the 2017 season.
As part of its partnership with the RSEQ through 2019, TVA Sports will broadcast 11 games during the 2017 season, including the crowning of the Quebec conference champion in the Dunsmore Cup!
Coverage on TVA Sports will kick-off with the season opener on Saturday, August 26 at 7:00 p.m. as the l’Université de Sherbrooke Vert et Or take on the defending Dunsmore Cup champion l’Université Laval Rouge et Or. The pre-game will begin at 6:30 p.m. In addition, TVA Sports will launch its university football coverage with a 30-minute season preview on Thursday, August 24 at 6:30 p.m.
TVA Sports will have its team of football experts back in place this season. Denis Casavant and Charles-Antoine Sinotte, a former McGill Redman standout, will call the games. While Louis-Simon Lapointe will be on the sidelines and Matthieu Quiviger, a former Montreal Alouette lineman, will serve as an analyst.
As the RSEQ’s broadcast partner, TVA Sports has committed to covering Quebec university football through 2019.
Serge Fortin, vice president of TVA Sports, is enthusiastic about the 2016 coverage. “In another thrilling season last year, RSEQ University Football gave fans their money’s worth in excitment. We had to wait untill the last play of the last game to confirm the RSEQ champion. University football occupies a prominent place on our airwaves and we will bring the fans even closer to the action to let them experience the intensity of the confrontations. »
“Starting our third year of broadcasting university football with TVA Sports, we are very satisfied with the partnership we have with our broadcaster,” said Gustave Roel, Chief Executive Officer of the RSEQ. “This deal goes well beyond the visibility given to university football and reflects on all of our activities. We are happy to be able to count on TVA Sports as a major partner through 2019. The coming years will allow us to develop our partnership further.”
New Competition Format
The five RSEQ teams will square off twice, one at home and once away to make up the eight-game regular-season schedule. Each team will have two bye weeks during the regular season. The format remains unchanged for the playoffs with the conference’s top four teams qualifying for the postseason.
RSEQ Football to be featured on all platforms
Broadcasts of these games will also be both available online and on the TVA Sports app. Fans are also welcome to visit tvasports.ca/football/RSEQ for all the latest news on all RSEQ teams including statistics, standings, schedules and videos.
For the complete 2017 RSEQ Football schedule head to: http://www.sportetudiant-stats.com/universitaire/football/.
Source: RSEQ
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