Courtesy Winnipeg Free Press:

The crowd will be louder and rowdier. There will be even more friends and family than in his previous visits. His college coach will be there as will a handful of ex-teammages.

And not only will Pierre-Luc Labbe be running onto the field at McGill Stadium Friday night for the first time as a pro, he will also be carrying the banner of the University of Sherbrooke Vert et Or — a program just five years old — as the school’s first player to make it to the Canadian Football League.

How’s that for pressure, mon ami?

“I cannot wait for Friday night,” said Labbe, the Winnipeg Blue Bomber rookie who hails from Quebe City. “Each player gets two tickets for the game and

I’ve been trying to trade my tickets for a game in B.C. or Toronto later in the year so that I can get more than two. For sure my family is going to be there and my girlfriend and some friends, too. I heard that (Sherbrooke) Coach (Andre) Bolduc found a few tickets and he’s going to give them to a few of my friends in Sherbrooke. But they can also watch the game on TSN. After the game we’ll go eat and maybe have a few beers to celebrate and enjoy my time as a pro.

“It’s going to be special to play at McGill again. I’ve played there many times in the CIS but it will be different with the stadium full.”

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