The Vanier's return to Toronto

Shi Davidi of the Canadian Press had a nice piece today on the Vanier Cup's anticipated return to the Rogers Centre this season as part of Grey Cup week:

For the first time the country's two biggest championship football games will be played on the same weekend, an idea that has floated around for years with Canadian Interuniversity Sport officials running both hot and cold on it.

The Grey Cup's 2007 return to Toronto's Rogers Centre and the Argonauts' desire to create a “Celebration of Football” weekend ended the debate and prompted the CIS to roll the dice. If all goes well, the Vanier Cup will attract a huge crowd and gain more exposure than it has ever had; if it doesn't, the game will get lost in a much bigger and more popular event.

Attendance and relative popularity are always going to be a theme when it comes to the Vanier Cup; expect this to be a storyline all year as football season builds towards the event.