Football: Former Laurier QB Noble lands at Western

The Western Mustangs have turned to a Noble man to regain their OUA football crown.

Former Laurier quarterback Ian Noble, who sat out last season, is transferring to Western to try and fill a pretty important spot on Greg Marshall's depth chart. As The Cord noted:
"Noble maintains that he has stayed healthy and in good shape. He will also be training extremely hard to earn what he hopes will be a starting position with the Mustangs, who find themselves thin at quarterback after the graduation of Michael Faulds, who claimed the CIS record for career passing yards last season.

" 'I will have to earn my spot on the team,' said Noble. '[Western] has many talented quarterbacks, but my advantage comes with being more experienced.'

"The only quarterback currently on the Mustangs’ roster who has any experience is second-year Donnie Marshall – the son of head coach Greg Marshall – who has only played sparingly, backing up Faulds for the past two seasons."
Ironically, this comes with the Battle of the 401 is on hold for a season, since Laurier and Western miss each other in the OUA's regular-season scheduling rotation. No doubt this adds a little drama. Noble at the very least has experience being the No. 1 QB for a nationally ranked team and he played well in the 2008 OUA semifinal vs. the 'Stangs.

Related:
Former Hawks QB to play for Western (Tieja MacLaughlin, The Cord)
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2 comments:

  1. Speaking of Golden Hawk pivots who may be in need of a few snaps this up coming season, there were rumours, late last fall, that Thompson may transfer since Pawliuk looked so good. Any word through the grapevine about that?

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  2. hmmm debatable if noble will get any play time. considering that he was uprooted by thompson in his last year shows how good he is

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