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The Manitoba Bisons football team locked horns with the Regina Rams on Saturday and emerged with a 49-46 victory. The win helps keep the...

A week ago, I wrote a sports piece entitled “Build it and they will come ,” which discussed what Bison Sports has been doing to try and encourage fans to come out to sporting events. In this piece, I stated it’s also up to students to do their part and show up to the games.

This past Friday night saw the University of Manitoba Bisons football team get their first home win of the season, soundly beating the Regina Rams by a score of 34-19.

It didn’t take Jesse Walker long to figure out that football was his calling. A fairly gifted soccer player growing up, Walker stepped onto the gridiron for the first time midway through grade eight, and the rest is history.

After a slow start to the season, the University of Manitoba Bisons football squad has won their last two consecutive games, and head into the Thanksgiving bye week tied for second in the conference with a 3-2 record.