By Dylan Monico – Contributor

On Oct. 5, 2024, the Bishop’s Gaiters traveled to Antigonish to face the St. FX X-Men with the hopes of returning with the coveted Bigg Bowl. A trophy they had not held since 2019. Also on the line and carrying maybe a bit more of a weight on the Gaiters shoulders was a chance to clinch 1st place. Almost a replica of last year’s Bigg Bowl, this game would need multiple overtimes to find a winner. It would be the Gaiter’s own O’shae Ho-Sang (2nd year, Lasalle, QC) who would deliver the final blow on a six-yard run in double overtime to seal the 42-37 victory. 

The Gaiters offense with 3rd year southpaw Justin Quirion (Saint-Georges, QC) at the helm completed a phenomenal comeback drive to send the game to overtime. The 13-play 75-yard drive was capped off by a Marco Briones (5th year, Monterrey, Mexico) 18-yard catch and run to make it 27-29 with just six seconds left in the game. Quirion would connect again with Briones on the two-point conversion tying the game and sending it into overtime. Quirion was impressive, throwing for 354 yards and three touchdowns. This was Quirions 3rd game of the season throwing for more than 350 yards and he currently sits 4th in the entire country in passing yards with 1884 yards and tied for 4th with 12 Touchdown passes. 

Ho-Sang was lights out for the Gaiters once again, rushing for 145 yards and finding paydirt twice. O’shae has been producing all season long he currently has 598 rushing yards and 8 rushing touchdowns which is tied for the most in the country. His ten total touchdowns are the most in the nation and he currently is 2nd in the entire nation in all-purpose yards with 1226. On the defensive side of the ball for the Gaiter’s 2nd year defensive back, Mathieu Déry (Lac-Beauport, QC) was a big part of the game tallying 7.5 tackles and breaking up three passes. Déry has 9 breakups on the campaign making him 1st in Usports. Francois Richer (2nd year, Boucherville, QC) was also a contributor to the Gaiter’s defense registering three tackles and a sack. 

The win brings the Gaiters to a solid 6-0 and as mentioned before they have clinched 1st place in the Atlantic conference and will have home-field advantage for the playoffs. The 5th-ranked Gaiters will travel to Wolfville to face the Acadia Axemen on Oct. 19 and will close out the regular season on Oct. 25, when they host the Mounties of Mount Allison.