Sometimes big stages in athletics lend themselves to dramatic outcomes that remind us anything is possible and miracles do happen, especially when mere fractions of seconds separate podium positions.
The University of Guelph Gryphons refused to let this be one of those times.
When Michael Prempeh spots a familiar face from his playing days in the Ontario Varsity Football League (OVFL), fond memories spring to the surface.
The fourth-year receiver for the University of Toronto Varsity Blues nostalgically recollects those childhood experiences with fellow OVFL alumni, now littered throughout Canadian University rosters.
The University of Toronto Varsity Blues are teetering on the playoff bubble heading into their final two games of the 2011 football season.
At 2-4, the Blues sit in seventh place in OUA standings, one win behind Laurier, which currently occupies the sixth, and final playoff spot up for grabs.