Related Stories Friday night, the McMaster Marauders and Laval Rouge et Or will play what has become perhaps the most-anticipated CIS game ever. While the Marauders and the Rouge et Or are looking at it as their ultimate game, a championship game that will make history for whoever wins it, it is turning into something more. Last year, when the Marauders and the Rouge et Or played in the Vanier Cup in Vancouver, no one could expect what was to come. The Marauders took a 23-0 lead over favoured Laval. Laval came back and so began a titanic struggle for university football supremacy. By the time the Marauders defeated the Rouge et Or 41-38 in double overtime, the climate had already begun to be established for this Vanier Cup. A look at the rosters showed that there was a strong possibility that 12 months later, a rematch was in the making. Now a reality, that rematch is a watershed moment. All the stars have aligned to make this game a springboard for university football in this country. Laval is looking for revenge. A six-time winner of the Vanier Cup, their only defeat in the championship game was that night in Vancouver. Should Laval find revenge, it would become the first team with seven Vanier Cup wins. McMaster is looking to become the fifth school in CIS history to have won back-to-back Vanier Cup. They have established a CIS-record 21-game winning streak. These two teams are the legitimate No. 1 and