[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/bcplaceinside.jpg” caption=”Vancouver’s BC Place, site of the 99th Grey Cup game, won’t host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday, but it will be visited by another Hamilton football team: the McMaster Marauders, who will play for the Vanier Cup Friday night. Photo by One95.”]VANCOUVER – It's hard to imagine a bigger fan of Canadian football than Larry
Childerley.

A conspicuous Hamilton Tiger-Cats follower, he is easy to spot on campus in his team
jacket and cap.

An offset printer in McMaster Media Production Services since 1993, he tries to get to the Grey Cup every year.

He's been to 32 of the last 39 Grey Cups, and this year is no exception.

He booked his ticket to this Sunday's 99th Grey Cup at BC Place long ago, hoping to see
his team in the game.

But as he followed the McMaster Marauders season, he realized there might be another
game for him to see this weekend in Vancouver: the Vanier Cup, a championship he has
seen live three times before, but never with his own team in the game.

Now, even though the Cats were knocked out in the Eastern final, he still has a home
team to cheer on, and will be among the legions of Marauders supporters cheering on
the team as it faces the Laval Rouge et Or on Friday.

He offered a prediction while doing some pre-game sightseeing along the waterfront
near the Olympic Cauldron.

“I think it is going to be close. I think it will be a slugfest,” he said. “McMaster has to
keep the aerial game going to establish the run, and keep the ball away from the Laval
defence.”

Playing under pressure – Behind the scenes at the Vanier Cup