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Alex McComb
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Teller of stories, national champ, media free agent, bad at avoiding door frame collisions.

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Hey! I'm new here!

I'm a sports media free agent who used to tackle people, formerly with CBC Sports, FanSided, Raptors Insider, ~20 others.

Here's some of my links to get you up to speed.

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The Bicep Baker may have to be a recurring character in my life. #cfb

This week on Border Ballers, my Canadian college football segment on Gridiron Nation:

🦁 Shakespeare Louis + Evan Aubrey, SLU
🍊 Antoine Deslauriers, Syracuse LB
🔴 Wesley Bailey, Louisville DL
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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🏈 Queen's, SMU defences win titles
🏈 Antwan Raymond: Rutgers workhorse
🏈 Sask gets comeback revenge vs Regina
🏈 Sacks for Mesidor, Gatkuoth, Bailey
🏈 Montreal conquers Laval

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Queen's defence cleans up in Yates Cup, Antwan Raymond carries rock 41 times in Rutgers W over Maryland
PLUS: Akheem Mesidor, Nuer Gatkuoth create turnovers in ACC wins
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November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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🏈 StFX, Regina FGs clinch title berths
🏈 Darius Bell keeps ECU pocket clean
🏈 Faulds, Snyder to meet again in Yates
🏈 Wesley Bailey shines again for Louisville
🏈 Laval, Montreal back (again)

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StFX, Regina clinch conference title berths on field goals; Darius Bell's East Carolina rolls Temple
PLUS: Michael Faulds, Steve Snyder to meet in Yates Cup again
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November 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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🏈 Guelph, UBC win upsets
🏈 Wesley Bailey, Rene Konga drop BC
🏈 SMU gets over StFX hump
🏈 Antwan Raymond gets to 11 TDs
🏈 Concordia over McGill in run-heavy W

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Guelph, UBC win upsets; Wesley Bailey, Rene Konga drop Boston College
PLUS: Saint Mary's finally gets over StFX
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October 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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🏈 Laurier dismantles Western
🏈 Buffalo's Junior Poyser humbles UMass
🏈 Laval evens series with Montreal
🏈 Nick Cenacle strikes at Colorado State
🏈 StFX rebounds in Bishop's blowout

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Laurier shocks Western, Buffalo's Junior Poyser humbles UMass
PLUS: Laval evens season series with Montreal ahead of RSEQ playoffs
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October 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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🦃 Saint Mary's THANKFUL for Mount A
🏈 Bryce Butler, Rutgers' Canadians reunite
🏈 Ethan Dolby breaks an RB U record
🏈 Brendon Barrow breaks out at RIU
🏈 Ottawa keeps losing 1-score games

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Mount A takes down StFX, Antwan Raymond gets in on the Rutgers aerial attack
PLUS: Western's Ethan Dolby breaks record at RB U
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October 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Canadian WR Nate DeMontagnac caught this DIVING 20-yard score against Northern Iowa for his 1st TD of the season and North Dakota’s 1st road W on Saturday.

“It’s just about winning now,” the Mississauga native told reporters after the game.

🎥 @ericmoon.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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🏈 Carleton snaps Ottawa's Panda streak
🏈 Nuer Gatkuoth gets in the backfield
🏈 Saskatchewan, Regina hold on
🏈 Akheem Mesidor scary at Florida State
🏈 McGill almost gets Montreal again

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Carleton wins first Panda Game over Ottawa since 2017, Nuer Gatkuoth gets his sack back
PLUS: New TSN segment, Instagram partnerships for your boy
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October 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Catch me on TSN’s college football show, Gridiron Nation, today at 2:30pm ET talking about 2 Canadians dominating the trenches down south as part of my new show segment, Border Ballers:

⚫️ Melvin Siani, Wake Forest OL
🔴 Rene Konga, Louisville DL

📸 Minxing (Mike) Liu, Louisville Cardinals
October 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Canadian Antwan Raymond is the only D1 RB to have scored at least 2 TDs in 4 consecutive games this season.

The Rutgers sophomore nearly had another on this play against Minnesota, but check out the contact balance from the Montreal product.

🎥 @btn.com via Rutgers On3
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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🏈 Laurier, Western last undefeateds
🏈 Konga + Bailey's Louisville rolling
🏈 Can Carleton snap Ottawa's Panda streak?
🏈 Cruji + Stanley stout in Maine W
🏈 Alberta grabs 1st dub

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September 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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🏈 McGill upsets Montreal
🏈 Jesse Palmer remembers his French side
🏈 How do CFL changes impact U Sports?
🏈 Antoine Deslauriers' Syracuse mobs Clemson
🏈 Mesidor + Bain = Florida nightmare

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September 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Canadian Dylan Djeté has been a valuable add to Alabama State’s receiving corps since transferring.

The WR from Levis, Que., has a TD in 3 straight Hornets games to start the college football season. He plays former CFL QB and current co-OC Henry Burris’ Florida A&M next.

🎥 Alabama State Hornets
September 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Weapon X had to wait his turn at Manitoba, but it looks like it paid off.

Veteran WR Nathan Udoh hauled in his 1st U Sports TD and exploded for 158 receiving yards on a record-tying 12 catches in the Bisons’ Saturday comeback over Saskatchewan.

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September 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Queen’s DB John Corscadden had a day vs UofT this weekend, sniping 3 INTs from the U Sports passing yards leader.

The New Brunswick native is the 1st Gael to record a hat trick of picks (hat pick? pick trick?) in 1 game in over 15 years.

📸 Seyran Mammadov/Queen’s Gaels
September 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Canadian DB Jett Elad blocked a punt — Kaj Sanders recovered for a TD — in Rutgers’ W over Mike Vick’s Norfolk State on Saturday.

Mississauga’s own also caught his 1st interception of the college football season in the blowout.

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September 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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🏈 Montreal tops Laval in RSEQ
🏈 Jett Elad, Antwan Raymond lift Rutgers
🏈 Manitoba comes back on Saskatchewan
🏈 Dylan Djete scores in 3rd straight game
🏈 Queen's is a Yates Cup contender

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September 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Almost 10 years ago, Steve Bolo Mboumoua crossed the Atlantic from Cameroon to Quebec. He showed up to his first-ever practice in shin guards, having never seen this kind of football. (h/t Radio-Canada Sports)

On Saturday, he recorded his first 3 tackles for Alabama.

📸 Alabama Crimson Tide
September 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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🏈 Antoine Deslauriers seals for Syracuse
🏈 York drops UofT in OT
🏈 Rutgers' 5 Canadians contribute to W
🏈 Hardy Cup still runs through Sask
🏈 Wesley Bailey, Rene Konga topple JMU

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September 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Rutgers’ first 2 sacks of the college football season were courtesy of Canadians Dariel Djabome and Djibril Abdou Rahman.

The pair from the Montreal area got in the QB’s face within 2 plays of each other in Saturday’s W over Miami OH.

📸 Rutgers Scarlet Knights
September 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The fun police ruled this an incomplete pass on Saturday, but let’s pretend it wasn’t:

Canadian Nuer Gatkuoth leverages his pterodactyl wingspan with a 1-arm stab & rip on the LT, strip-sacks the QB in 2 secs AND recovers the fumble for Wake Forest — if only it counted.

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September 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Like his home country in WWI, Canadian Akheem Mesidor dominated the trenches for Miami in Week 1 of college football.

Against Notre Dame’s top-ranked OL, Ottawa’s own won 37.5% of his pass rush reps — the best among Power Four DLs with 20+ pass rush snaps in Week 1 (via PFF).

📸 Miami Hurricanes
September 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Canadian OLs Albert Reese IV and Logan Taylor didn’t allow a single QB pressure in their respective starts to the college football season (via PFF).

Reese’s Mississippi State and Taylor’s Boston College enter Week 2 at 1–0.

📸 Mississippi State Bulldogs
September 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Canadian RB Antwan Raymond is making an early case for the Cornish Trophy.

The Montrealer kicked off his Rutgers CFB season ranking Top-5 in yards after contact (68), missed tackles forced (6) and 10+ yard carries (3) among Big Ten RBs (via PFF).

🎥 Rutgers Scarlet Knights
September 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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🏈 Akheem Mesidor magical for Miami
🏈 Waterloo, Regina survive OT
🏈 No sophomore slump for Antwan Raymond
🏈 StFX earns 1st U Sports shutout
🏈 Reese IV, Siani allow 0 sacks in wins

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September 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM