At Queens, it's football for fun Canadian college champs take a low-key appoach to the game

From: The Boston Globe | Date: October 20, 1993| Author: Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff | Copyright information

KINGSTON, Ontario -- Thirty minutes before game time on a golden autumn afternoon, and it's absolutely quiet. No band playing. No crowd noise, either, because the crowds are nowhere to be found -- not in the stands, not in the parking lots, not anywhere in sight of Richardson Stadium.

The parking lot, which sits above the field, is virtually empty. No tailgaters are in sight. Normally, one would say, "What's the big deal?," since this is Kingston, Ontario, not Tuscaloosa, Ala., on a c...

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