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Huskies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: Saint Mary's-Acadia Loney Bowl will happen, but what about the Uteck Bowl?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Three days to heal up to play a very physical, much more rested Western Mustangs team reeks of a ritual sacrifice, but that's not for a court to decide.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJustice \u003Cb\u003EDeborah Smith \u003C\/b\u003Ehas granted an interim injunction to Saint Mary's, which will compel Atlantic University Sport to hold the Loney Bowl between Acadia and SMU by no later than Tuesday. Justice Smith, who took just more than 10 minutes to outline her decision after considering two days of arguments from lawyers for Acadia, SMU and AUS, seemed to centre the decision on whether AUS followed its bylaws. Toward the end of Sunday's proceedings, Smith asked the counsel for AUS if its bylaws contained a provision for creating the executive committee which was responsible for cancelling the game last Thursday (right as Saint Mary's was seeing its first injunction in Ontario Superior Court against U Sports). The response of \"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/edaves\/status\/929759278893879297\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eit's not anywhere\u003C\/a\u003E,\" amounted to a tacit admission that the conference overstepped its bounds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis will be back in court soon enough, but it the game will be played.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe devil is in the details; but sometimes it's in the practical reality that is outside the purview of the court. The ruling puts the winning team in a scenario of playing twice in five days since the Uteck Bowl against Western is scheduled for Saturday. That's an unfair strain on NFL players, just ask \u003Cb\u003ERichard Sherman\u003C\/b\u003E, never mind student-athletes. The ideal\u0026nbsp;recovery period after a football game is six or seven days. Now it's been pared to three. It is still outside of a 72-hour rule that Football Canada has on the books (i.e., no team can play twice within 72 hours), but it cuts it awfully close.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThat's the real scandal. \u003C\/b\u003EThe blame for that falls squarely on AUS and U Sports for the heavy-handed extralegal scramble drill that was conducted last Thursday after Saint Mary's began seeking its injunction in Ontario (read through the Twitter timelines of the on-the-ground reporters quoted below for background). \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ELaw and Order - Student Athletes Unit. So we get a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoneyBowl?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#LoneyBowl\u003C\/a\u003E but players are going to play Tuesday and then Saturday. Isn't that a player safety issue? \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FfrPOEyC04\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/FfrPOEyC04\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Donnovan Bennett (@donnovanbennett) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donnovanbennett\/status\/929852569173684224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EAny decision on \u003Cb\u003EArchelaus Jack\u003C\/b\u003E never should have been left that late, and those who contend he was ineligible should be the most irate of all, since such an apparent walk-in touchdown turned into slipping, falling and fumbling the ball directly to the other team. It's as if the national body has too many marketing minds and not enough people working on rule enforcement. Or something.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EBREAKING: Judge approves \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaintMary?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#SaintMary\u003C\/a\u003E's motion to reinstate Huskies. They will play the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Acadia?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#Acadia\u003C\/a\u003E Axemen in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoneyBowl?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#LoneyBowl\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Natasha Pace (@NatashaPace) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatashaPace\/status\/929818964611526656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EJudge says the game must be played by Tuesday, Nov. 14 2017 \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoneyBowl?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#LoneyBowl\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Natasha Pace (@NatashaPace) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatashaPace\/status\/929819426425376768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ELoney Bowl game back on \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/football?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#football\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoneyBowl?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#LoneyBowl\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TZ5LdcKgbX\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/TZ5LdcKgbX\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— ColleenJonescbc (@cbccolleenjones) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cbccolleenjones\/status\/929820494504906753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ESmith said earlier that the details of her decision and how she came to it will be released at a later date.\u003C\/div\u003E— Emma Davie (@edaves) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edaves\/status\/929821041404325888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ESmith being firmto Clarke: tell your client to take whatever steps are necessary to make sure there’s a game on Tuesday.\u003C\/div\u003E— Emma Davie (@edaves) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edaves\/status\/929821230496141312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EI was speaking w\/ Saint Mary's officials earlier who felt confident \u0026amp; said Archelaus Jack would play in \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LonelyBowl?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#LonelyBowl\u003C\/a\u003E if granted injunction\u003C\/div\u003E— Natasha Pace (@NatashaPace) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatashaPace\/status\/929820638734405632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ESMU coaches and players comment after scoring a touchdown in court. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/signalhfx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@signalhfx\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/smu?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#smu\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/aus?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#aus\u003C\/a\u003E # Canadianfootball \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/halifax?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#halifax\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/novascotia?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#novascotia\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yHJb29GDFZ\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/yHJb29GDFZ\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Tunde Balogun (@kingtundes) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kingtundes\/status\/929833023834591234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EGAME ON: SMU will play at the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/loneybowl?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#loneybowl\u003C\/a\u003E. Justice Smith Rules In SMU’s favor. Game will be played against Acadia on Tuesday. Shot out to \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/n_frew6?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@n_frew6\u003C\/a\u003E who broke the story \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/signalhfx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@signalhfx\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/loneybowl?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#loneybowl\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/smu?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#smu\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/halifax?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#halifax\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/novascotia?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#novascotia\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/aus?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#aus\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/canadianfootball?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#canadianfootball\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sJIJfan9ig\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/sJIJfan9ig\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Tunde Balogun (@kingtundes) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kingtundes\/status\/929829252211597312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EJudge rules that AUS Loney Bowl will go forward \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KeynAuhTsQ\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/KeynAuhTsQ\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Laura Brown (@LauraBrownCTV) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraBrownCTV\/status\/929839551710973952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E“AUS respects the court’s decision. However, this is not a final decision. The court has imposed a temporary injunction, suspending the decision to cancel the game,\" says Phil Currie, executive director of Atlantic University Sport \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoneyBowl?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#LoneyBowl\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Natasha Pace (@NatashaPace) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatashaPace\/status\/929846499340701698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E \u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E“AUS believes that it has the authority and made the right decision to cancel the game and that the court will ultimately confirm this,” says Currie \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoneyBowl?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#LoneyBowl\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Natasha Pace (@NatashaPace) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatashaPace\/status\/929846594807193602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E I am in no position to critique Justice Smith's ruling. Saint Mary's motion was to compel AUS to re-schedule the Loney Bowl and, evidently, it had receipts on the status of Jack. Acadia's arguments that it could not possibly be ready to host a \"world-class safe event\" seemed like weak sauce to me when they were presented early Sunday — a self-fulfilling prophesy passed off as a legal argument. That contention was revealed as hollow after the ruling when the AUS lawyer said, oh, Acadia could host after all.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EShe was going to rule on SMU’s request to host the game, going to let Acadia lawyer Keith and AUS lawyer Clarke speak to that.\u003C\/div\u003E— Emma Davie (@edaves) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edaves\/status\/929819254765117440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EClarke says right to host this game at Acadia, sees no reason that should be stripped fr them now. No evidence Acadia won’t comply w\/ court\u003C\/div\u003E— Emma Davie (@edaves) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edaves\/status\/929819552862613506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ESays he’s certain Acadia will want to host game and will do it, when asked by Smith that this decision was based on if Acadia couldn’t host\u003C\/div\u003E— Emma Davie (@edaves) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edaves\/status\/929819785449345025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003EThe crux of this post, though, is to wonder what will happen after the Loney Bowl, presuming it goes ahead on Tuesday as ordered by the court.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe possibility of a catastrophic injury is an ever-present reality in any sport that involves frequent collision or people leaving their feet at high rates of acceleration. The truncated turnaround puts the AUS team in heightened physical danger in the Uteck Bowl — as if it wasn't already up against it facing Western. That is very bad from a liability standpoint, and one wonders if AUS and U Sports are considering their options about the status of the Uteck.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EI've been a fan and a huge supporter of Canadian university sports, and Canadian university football, my entire life. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat's gone on in my home province the last few days has been humiliating for the entire product, and for better or worse screams bush league across the board.\u003C\/div\u003E— Arash Madani (@ArashMadani) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArashMadani\/status\/929823689251713024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EI want to say, I want to think, that those involved in administration with Canadian university sports are better than this. They've proven to us over the past weeks that they simply are not.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's about the kids. And so many seem to have forgotten that. Shame on so many of them.\u003C\/div\u003E— Arash Madani (@ArashMadani) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArashMadani\/status\/929824347191218176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EThe motion was about a conference championship game, and while AUS deserves a chance to face the rest of the country, in these circumstances is that really going to be as safe as it could be? Likely not, and that aforementioned 72-hour rule provides some legal fallback with liability, but this is a terrible situation. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA compromise might have been to push the Loney to Saturday and forfeit the Uteck Bowl to Western. Does AUS try to save face with such an action? Anything is possible never seemed like less of a throwaway phrase.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe court wasn't asked to consider that eventuality, so it didn't. The urgency of the situation likely proscribed either side pushing for it. Saint Mary's was just trying to get reinstated for the Loney Bowl, while Acadia and AUS argued the ship has sailed, ultimately in vain.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's an ugly situation, made uglier by the dread that it won't lead to change in the national or regional governing bodies that completely created the crisis.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/6504695216399411839\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/11\/football-saint-marys-acadia-loney-bowl.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6504695216399411839"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6504695216399411839"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/11\/football-saint-marys-acadia-loney-bowl.html","title":"Football: Saint Mary's-Acadia Loney Bowl will happen, but what about the Uteck Bowl?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-7381463593941058762"},"published":{"$t":"2017-11-11T10:00:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-11-12T20:52:51.068-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eligibility"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Graham Brown"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"In For A Dozen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vanier Cup"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"In For A Dozen: AUS cancels Loney Bowl in craven decision, awards Acadia league title, but Saint Mary's takes it to court"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EDue to exceptional circumstances, this week we'll publish one-by-one.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E \u003Cb\u003EAcadia wins Loney Bowl by default; or, drop-kick that last shred of credibility through the goalposts of life. \u003C\/b\u003EPeople putting the game last has led to the last game of the season being cancelled, make no mistake.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAtlantic University Sport, in it infinite wisdom, has decided the best remedy for a bad situation is to cancel the Loney Bowl and declare the Acadia Axemen the conference champion. Taken on face, it makes no sense. The only bit of adult perspective one can scrounge is that the regional association made a power play against U Sports, and Saint Mary's, but particularly U Sports for letting this drag out for so long. \u003Ci\u003EDrag your feet on an eligibility issue and cast a shadow over our big event? Bring lawyers in? We'll show you, even if it means cutting off our nose to spite our face. \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt manages to be bold and craven all at the same time. To a certain way of thinking it seems audacious to shut down a championship game, but on the other hand, it also betrays a deathly fear that a little controversy might actually draw more eyeballs to an athletic contest. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat has prompted Saint Mary's to bring out the hole card it's had up its sleeve the entire time: \"SMU signed a binding, written agreement with U SPORTS on Oct. 27, which 'cleared all players to play.' \" (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurabrownctv\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ELaura Brown, CTV\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ESMU was in a TO courtroom filing an emergency motion today. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTVAtlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@CTVAtlantic\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Laura Brown (@LauraBrownCTV) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraBrownCTV\/status\/928748336399749121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 9, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ESMU Associate VP says the university was in court today, making sure a \"binding agreement with U SPORTS\" is enforced. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTVAtlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@CTVAtlantic\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HUkGN2p4YG\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/HUkGN2p4YG\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Laura Brown (@LauraBrownCTV) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraBrownCTV\/status\/928788551617122305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 10, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EMargaret Murphy says SMU signed a binding, written agreement with U SPORTS on Oct. 27, which 'cleared all players to play.'\u003C\/div\u003E— Laura Brown (@LauraBrownCTV) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraBrownCTV\/status\/928788789933363200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 10, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EShe says they're in front of the Ontario Superior Court, making sure that agreement is enforced.\u003C\/div\u003E— Laura Brown (@LauraBrownCTV) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraBrownCTV\/status\/928789065239093249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 10, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EShe said court resumes tomorrow, and they're hopeful for a decision at that time.\u003C\/div\u003E— Laura Brown (@LauraBrownCTV) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraBrownCTV\/status\/928789157450846209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 10, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ESo in the meantime, are the Huskies still practicing? Murphy says yes: \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTVAtlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@CTVAtlantic\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0xqUrSEh5w\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/0xqUrSEh5w\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Laura Brown (@LauraBrownCTV) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraBrownCTV\/status\/928790134362923008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 10, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EWhy take it to court? Murphy says they want assurance. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTVAtlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@CTVAtlantic\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f9m8Sp3oxu\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/f9m8Sp3oxu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Laura Brown (@LauraBrownCTV) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraBrownCTV\/status\/928790464362373121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 10, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003ENo one wins with this decision by AUS. All four teams are hurt in some way. Fans are also screwed over by this; they just wanted to watch a good football game.\u0026nbsp;Seriously. This should have had a pin stuck in it until the off-season, when it could be fully investigated and then a decision could be made on whether there was professional misconduct.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs unfair it was to Acadia to go all week without certainty of what opponent it was getting on Saturday, the decision essentially says: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ea) Saint Mary's is guilty \u003Ci\u003Eeven though\u003C\/i\u003E there has been no formal ruling that wide receiver \u003Cb\u003EArchelaus Jack \u003C\/b\u003Eis ineligible, and Saint Mary's claims it is has a ruling to the contrary (and, again, would not have continued to let Jack play if it didn't think it was OK);\u003Cbr \/\u003Eb) St. Francis Xavier is vindicated \u003Ci\u003Ebut\u003C\/i\u003E gets no reparations, in the form of a berth in the championship game. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI hate to throw around 10-dollar words; right now I'm eschewing it because I cannot pick just one. This is far from over when it never should have been allowed to reach this point.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ERoughly 48 hours to kickoff and we still don't know who is playing for the AUS championship. Did they bring back Friday Night Lights and not tell anyone? This seems more like fiction than reality at this point.\u003C\/div\u003E— Mike Hogan (@tsnmikehogan) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tsnmikehogan\/status\/928686320179871745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 9, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EStatus update on 2017 AUS Loney Bowl football championship game - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5iMg0Z7Fwi\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/5iMg0Z7Fwi\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BkvTLs3FWD\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/BkvTLs3FWD\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— AUS_SUA (@AUS_SUA) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AUS_SUA\/status\/928711664819757056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 9, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ECanadian University Sport is flawed and will not grow until the ineptitude at the top is removed. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DrainTheSwamp?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#DrainTheSwamp\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Jordan Henry (@Jor_Henry) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jor_Henry\/status\/928714508175998976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 9, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EGiven the ruling on not playing the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoneyBowl?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#LoneyBowl\u003C\/a\u003E, \"leadership\" proved to be cowardly, placing the game LAST. At this moment I fear promoting the values of CIS Football a waste of time since breaucrats are killing the game thru ineptitude and selfishness.\u003C\/div\u003E— Jim Mullin (@Jim_Mullin) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Mullin\/status\/928722868984201217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 9, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003EThe AUS had the nerve to say \"time does not permit for a \u003Ci\u003Efair\u003C\/i\u003E resolution to be reached prior to the playing of this game.\" \u003Ci\u003E(Emphasis mine.)\u003C\/i\u003E They used the word \"fair\" while making a decision that denied \u003Ci\u003Etwo\u003C\/i\u003E teams, one of whom, St. Francis Xavier, has followed the rules. Please explain how that makes sense.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EAs for the rule itself ... how is it\u0026nbsp;fair, as \u003Cb\u003EJim Mullin \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/radio\/audio\/kcu-radio-november-8-2017-1.910265\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Epointed out, that a player drafted after his fourth season can have the benefit of playing CFL preseason games and practising with a team until Aug. 15 and then play his fifth year\u003C\/a\u003E while according to one bylaws interpretation Jack was expected to lay out for a full year and let his football skills atrophy before playing university ball? Sounds rather classist.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EThis week's \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KCURadio?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#KCURadio\u003C\/a\u003E features an in depth discussion on the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SMUHuskies?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@SMUHuskies\u003C\/a\u003E situation with \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GARandall?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@GARandall\u003C\/a\u003E. The Canadian Boxscore features \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UConnHuskies?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@UConnHuskies\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigPlayHm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@BigPlayHm\u003C\/a\u003E + National Roundtable with \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shelbyblackley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@shelbyblackley\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USPORTSca?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@USPORTSca\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAAFootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@NCAAFootball\u003C\/a\u003E 🇨🇦 \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tjv59Cgi5T\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/Tjv59Cgi5T\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Krown Countdown U (@KrownCountdownU) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KrownCountdownU\/status\/928655536735756289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 9, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EMoreover, no matter what, a league that wants to be credible has to play its championship game. Sounds weird, but corporate sponsors are very insistent that when they pay to have their name associated with an event, that the event takes place.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EFeared it from the start. No Loney Bowl. The worst outcome. Everybody is a victim. Acadia will have a month off now before facing OUA.\u003C\/div\u003E— monty mosher (@justplainmonty) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justplainmonty\/status\/928715740605280256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 9, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EWould have voided semifinal and sent X (or Mount A) to Acadia; declaring a champ just doesn't work for anybody; sad end to an AUS season.\u003C\/div\u003E— monty mosher (@justplainmonty) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justplainmonty\/status\/928717779854913536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 9, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ESports season should always end between the lines. Bureaucracy cost a lot of people a chance to play for a title. Black eye all around.\u003C\/div\u003E— monty mosher (@justplainmonty) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justplainmonty\/status\/928719094681145345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 9, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EMeantime, presuming the decision stands, Acadia will end up with three bye weeks before the Uteck Bowl against OUA's champion. And that's the least absurd part of the story.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYou can't make this up. This happened on the 20-year anniversary of the Montreal Screwjob. True story.\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E20 years ago today: The Montreal Screwjob. Wait, it was something else than this, no? \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XuV4mnY4FH\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/XuV4mnY4FH\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Marty (@martinrkipp) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/martinrkipp\/status\/928731918757117952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 9, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EIf there is any good to come out of this?\u003C\/b\u003E The aptest comparison for this argle-bargle is probably Yellow Sunday in the NHL about 30 years ago. For those among us not old enough to remember, New Jersey Devils coach \u003Cb\u003EJim Schoenfeld \u003C\/b\u003Econfronted referee \u003Cb\u003EDon Koharski \u003C\/b\u003Ein the hallway after a Stanley Cup playoff game. The game was on ESPN — yeah, ESPN covered hockey once — and the visuals, along with Schoenfeld shouting, \"You fell you fat pig, have another doughnut,\" was in continuous loop.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wsv7-7E1lVg\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe game was on Friday night. The NHL handed down a suspension to Schoenfeld without allowing the Devils to present their side of the story — \u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003Ewhich seems loosely analogous to barring Saint Mary's from a championship game before their player was even ruled ineligible now that I think of it.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Devils obtained a court-order injunction against the suspension, so when Schoenfeld appeared to coach, the game officials staged \"what amounted to a walkout strike.\" (\u003Ci\u003ESports Illustrated\u003C\/i\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/vault\/1988\/05\/16\/117674\/theater-of-the-absurd-when-officials-refused-to-work-a-devils-bruins-playoff-game-it-was-amateur-hour-in-the-nhl\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMay 16, 1988\u003C\/a\u003E.) But they had to play, and they eventually did, with a crew of amateur officials that included linesmen wearing yellow practice jerseys and borrowed pants, hence the term Yellow Sunday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn all of this, NHL president\u003Cb\u003E John Ziegler \u003C\/b\u003Ewas AWOL — the head of the league didn't work weekends, even during conference finals. There might not be a direct line from that saga to the modernization of the NHL that, for good or ill, took place when \u003Cb\u003EGary Bettman \u003C\/b\u003Ewas hired as its first commissioner in 1993. It was a moment of clarity that showed the NHL had fallen behind the times with meeting its commitments to its players and to its fans. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt never happened again. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt will happen again in U Sports, probably before the end of the fall season at this rate, because it still depends on self-reporting and whistle-blowing. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith properly funded enforcement that could root out a problem in August or early September, \u003Ci\u003Eit never gets to this point\u003C\/i\u003E. The national office owns some of this too for being ill-equipped to address this promptly. And Graham Brown admitted as much on Friday when he said they get \"220 questions of eligibility interpretations in a given year.\" Did anyone ever to think that, instead of hiring another marketing person, maybe they should hire people whose skill-set involves answering those questions? At some point, being swamped with demands isn't sympathetic when you refuse to advocate that you have the proper tools for the job.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ECEO says they get 220 questions of eligibility interpretations in any given year. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTVAtlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@CTVAtlantic\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Laura Brown (@LauraBrownCTV) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraBrownCTV\/status\/929019874378223616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 10, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhere is this season's Grey Cup again? Oh right.\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;The first reaction upon reading CEO \u003Cb\u003EGraham Brown\u003C\/b\u003E's comment \"It just makes sense for us right now, from a business standpoint, to try to realign the Vanier Cup back with the Grey Cup and hold both games on the same weekend,\" was a self-admonishment to not spike the football. Nobody likes an I-told-you-so'er, but the Grey Cup is in Ottawa, and Ottawa interests have kicked the tires on hosting a Vanier Cup, and someone said after the 2016 debacle Ottawa should get the '17 game. It would have worked, kind of\/sort of, apart from the whole having to play on Friday night.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EHow U Sports fumbled the Vanier \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RRUwmynPm3\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/RRUwmynPm3\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Argos End Zone (@ArgosEndZone) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArgosEndZone\/status\/927571291548381184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 6, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003EInstead, it's cross-the-fingers-time that Western or Laurier wins the Yates Cup and Uteck Bowl, so its alumni and students can fill seats at Tim Hortons Field.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe hard reality is that the Vanier will never be paired with the Grey Cup as long as the pro game and university game are on opposite battle lines in the Canadian Telco Wars. That needs to be resolved before anyone can figure out how to stage the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOne observation: less is more. In 2012, the last time the Vanier piggybacked on the Grey Cup, both the attendance figure (37,000 at Skydome for Laval and McMaster) and the media audience somewhat smacked of artificial growth.\u0026nbsp; .\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EU Sports' need for validation and frankly, for funding, is why it wants that crowd of 20,000 to 30,000 at the Vanier Cup. But it's also fighting currents beyond its control; generally, that mass audience is harder and harder to attract for anything that isn't considered big-time entertainment.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETotal blue-sky thinking, but would it be feasible to use a university facility\u003Ci\u003E within \u003C\/i\u003Ethe Grey Cup city when one is available? Bring in temporary stands to create a pop-up PEPS and try to pack in 12,000 people or so on Saturday afternoon.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnd the whims whisper, \u003Ci\u003EMarshall\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;Three deep before even talking about anything occurring between the lines seems about typical for sports in 2017. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf the Western Mustangs and\u003Cb\u003E Greg Marshall \u003C\/b\u003Ecannot win a national championship after a season where they have an average margin of victory of 37 points and have outgained opponents by a factor of two (and then some), then what has this been all about? Just go get it done already.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe weather forecast for Yates Cup Saturday is \"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/ca\/london\/n6g\/daily-weather-forecast\/55489?day=3\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Enot as cold with sun through high clouds\u003C\/a\u003E,\" which doesn't seem like strikingly anti-passing game weather. Western certainly grades out higher than Laurier in being constructed for bad-weather November football, but the Golden Hawks have a fairly decent defence and a puncher's chance if QB \u003Cb\u003EMichael Knevel \u003C\/b\u003Ereturns after missing three weeks. A field with some snow on it could actually work in the offences' favour, since receivers know their routes and defenders move with them.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EWestern Mustangs shovel snow and ice off home field for tomorrow's 110th Yates Cup. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/oua?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#oua\u003C\/a\u003E # yatescup \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U7tGznMp63\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/U7tGznMp63\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Mark Lee (@MLeePxP) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLeePxP\/status\/929105275478360064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 10, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EWestern Mustangs shovel snow and ice off home field for tomorrow's 110th Yates Cup. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/oua?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#oua\u003C\/a\u003E # yatescup \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U7tGznMp63\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/U7tGznMp63\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Mark Lee (@MLeePxP) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLeePxP\/status\/929105275478360064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 10, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI would say there's a much greater likelihood of Western winning handily than Laurier pulling an upset. But they said that last year.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EForeshadowing much? At the women's soccer nationals, Western knocked out No. 1 seed Laval on Thursday.\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EHere’s the story on \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternMustangs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@WesternMustangs\u003C\/a\u003E women soccer team upset of No.1 ranked team in Canada. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ldnont?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#ldnont\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Re0HFeec1V\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/Re0HFeec1V\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Morris Dalla Costa (@MoDaCoatLFPress) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoDaCoatLFPress\/status\/928757908006932481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 9, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnd then there were two other championship games outside Ontario. \u003C\/b\u003EAt least one road team wins every year on the antepenultimate Saturday of the season. UBC has won a Hardy Cup on Calgary's field (in 2015); ditto Montréal at Laval (in 2014).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECalgary has betrayed more signs of regression than Laval has during the past few weeks. Based on that, there's probably more potential for UBC to pull a stunner than Montréal. Prove me wrong!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EAndrew Buckley on tomorrow's Hardy Cup final between the Dinos and Thunderbirds:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"I love seeing UBC lose as much as I love seeing U of C win\"\u003C\/div\u003E— Danny Austin (@DannyAustin_9) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DannyAustin_9\/status\/929071872875962370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 10, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBy the way, a feel-good story that's definitely needed involves retired U of Calgary employee Jack Neumann ponying up to buy football jerseys. One also has to love the insistence that black be minimized in the design: \"As long as it was scarlet and gold, that’s the Dinos colours, I didn’t want any black in them or third jerseys. I’m not into that kind of stuff.\" Can Neumann be in charge of designing Canada's international hockey jerseys, please?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ERetired Dinos communications director donates football jerseys in perpetuity \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCDinos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@UCDinos\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uBg5yPcuZK\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/uBg5yPcuZK\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCalgary?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#UCalgary\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoDinos?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#GoDinos\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RzYLREpiqk\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/RzYLREpiqk\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— U Calgary (@UCalgary) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCalgary\/status\/928392972013637632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 8, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPtaszek back.\u003C\/b\u003E The rule of thumb is leave for the right opportunity, which \u003Cb\u003EStefan Ptaszek\u003C\/b\u003E never got with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the CFL's long-running gong show. It bears asking whether the greater good, in the hypothetical, is best served by Ptaszek returning to McMaster. McMaster might not be the world-beater of 2011-12, but it seems ensconced in the upper third of OUA. Ptaszek could have more impact keeping Guelph at the big kids' table or helping someone else be the next Waterloo that achieves respectability.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EEdmonton Energy? Edmonton Evergreens?\u003C\/b\u003E The higher road beckons with the Edmonton CFL team and its dated moniker. Apologists can play the prevent defence of \u003Ci\u003Ewhat-abouts\u003C\/i\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E strange this only comes up in the playoffs\u003C\/i\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Ethere are bigger issues\u003C\/i\u003E and \u003Ci\u003Enot all Indigenous people are offended\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;all they wish. Those are just arguments in favour of reinforcing Otherness. To torture the football analogy, though, prevent defences don't work for a reason.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EEdmonton mayor urges Eskimos to move quickly on name change \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nlEVPxvsO2\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/nlEVPxvsO2\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/moIc5Dlfx9\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/moIc5Dlfx9\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— CBC Edmonton (@CBCEdmonton) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBCEdmonton\/status\/928700769414598656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 9, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ECalls from Winnipeg for the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Esks?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#Esks\u003C\/a\u003E to change their name has reignited the debate in \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/yeg?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#yeg\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngelaJungCTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@AngelaJungCTV\u003C\/a\u003E asks \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/doniveson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@doniveson\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdmontonEsks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@EdmontonEsks\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026amp; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ITK_CanadaInuit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@ITK_CanadaInuit\u003C\/a\u003E for their thoughts tonight on CTV News @ 5 \u0026amp; 6: \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VMpbWHlN6i\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/VMpbWHlN6i\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GreyCup?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#GreyCup\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OneEmpire?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#OneEmpire\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BUpiAXRTFN\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/BUpiAXRTFN\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— CTV Edmonton (@ctvedmonton) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ctvedmonton\/status\/928760660204367873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 9, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003EAnd as a case in point about reinforcing Otherness, eeeeeeeeeep:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EThis is easily the worst (?best?) take on the Eskimos name change. Never change \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SportsFacebook?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#SportsFacebook\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q2wr9Aicwc\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/q2wr9Aicwc\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Tyler Yaremchuk (@tyleryaremchuk) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tyleryaremchuk\/status\/928871078700576768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 10, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe only get so much energy and, not that anyone asked me, that could be better spent on a name change that, while mostly symbolic, is more in the spirit of inclusion and that whole Diversity Is Strength campaign the CFL launched. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EI love the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@CFL\u003C\/a\u003E, I love tradition - but it’s time to change the name “Edmonton Eskimos.” It’s not as heinous as “Washington Redskins”, but it’s on the spectrum. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AVrLvoXsec\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/AVrLvoXsec\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Steve Hayman (@shayman) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shayman\/status\/929037894093811713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 10, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EI got your low-impact change right here: “Edmonton Eskers”. An Esker is a long ridge of gravel and other sediment, typically having a winding course, deposited by meltwater from a retreating glacier or ice sheet.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(It’s not worse than “redblacks” :-)\u003C\/div\u003E— Steve Hayman (@shayman) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shayman\/status\/929052547133968387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 10, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003E\u0026quot;I call on all media to stop using the term Eskimos in your reporting so as to respect Inuit\u0026quot; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6aySx4RyBc\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/6aySx4RyBc\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026mdash; Aylan Couchie (@AylanX) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AylanX\/status\/929887865097551872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 13, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EPlaying defence against a greater woke-ness is just wasted energy.\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E'This is why athletes kneel': CFL players and alumni speak out \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iv9V10jfZb\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/iv9V10jfZb\u003C\/a\u003E via \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/macleans?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@macleans\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— CFL Headlines (@CFL_Headlines) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFL_Headlines\/status\/928771296514654211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 9, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDecember duel.\u003C\/b\u003E Under the heading of \"yes, please,\" currently No. 2-ranked Brock and eternally No. 1 Carleton are moving their Dec. 2 matchup to the Meridian Centre in St. Catharines. Who doesn't have a travelling Jones after learning of that matchup?\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EGAME STORY: \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrockMensBall?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@BrockMensBall\u003C\/a\u003E led by Cassidy Ryan takes down \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryersonrams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@ryersonrams\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A4JShVVOuj\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/A4JShVVOuj\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Satbir Singh (@SatbirSingh_) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SatbirSingh_\/status\/928473768678297600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 9, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ECanada’s top two basketball teams to clash at the Meridian Centre \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ONE68He9iG\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/ONE68He9iG\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OUAsport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@OUAsport\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USPORTSca?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@USPORTSca\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrockBadgers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@BrockBadgers\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CURavens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@CURavens\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CUSNetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@CUSNetwork\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Brock Badgers (@BrockBadgers) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrockBadgers\/status\/928665505560371200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 9, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003EBrock \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.brockpress.com\/2017\/11\/cassidy-ryans-career-high-leads-badgers-to-win\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eshowed during its overtime win at Ryerson\u003C\/a\u003E on Wednesday that it has greater depth than previously, given that they had \u003Cb\u003ECassidy Ryan \u003C\/b\u003Elead the scoring in the decisive stages after three of the five starters fouled out. The jump-out stat with Ryerson, both Wednesday and in a loss against Western, was some crooked three-point shooting (combined 11-of-53) and free-throw shooting (a dozen clanks in each). Is that where not having \u003Cb\u003EManny Diressa\u003C\/b\u003E, who didn't play Wednesday, hurts the quality of the looks the Rams get? Yet still, Ryerson nearly beat Brock. \u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EA look at how close \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JvMukama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@JvMukama\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyersonRamsMBB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@RyersonRamsMBB\u003C\/a\u003E was to knocking off \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrockMensBall?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@BrockMensBall\u003C\/a\u003E in regulation last night: \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IjyrFqypJv\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/IjyrFqypJv\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Jordan Henry (@Jor_Henry) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jor_Henry\/status\/928846597907083264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 10, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESeriously, I'm asking; my straight job doesn't let me get out to as many games as I'd like.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOf course, the team that should be everyone's darling is Lethbridge. How about a steal and a buzzer three from \u003Cb\u003EDeJon Burdeaux\u003C\/b\u003E to finish off Mount Royal on Thursday. By the way, Pronghorns coach Mike Hansen, with 280 characters you could have worked in that Burdeaux took only 12 shots while getting his 28 points.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EBurdeaux returns in 4th quarter after hyper-extending his knee and guts out a great performance (28\/10\/3\/2) with a game winner. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UofLPronghorns?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@UofLPronghorns\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cishoops?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@cishoops\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattbattochio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@mattbattochio\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/windcitysports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@windcitysports\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlobalLeth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@GlobalLeth\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DWoodardHerald?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@DWoodardHerald\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oHk0ZDCxCO\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/oHk0ZDCxCO\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Mike Hansen (@PronghornHoops) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PronghornHoops\/status\/928860831529316352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 10, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERoy Halladay, 1977-2017.\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;Nine is the number of completion and fulfillment. \u003Cb\u003EHarry Leroy Halladay\u003C\/b\u003E, \u003Ci\u003Erequiescat in pace\u003C\/i\u003E, embodied those concepts so very thoroughly. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMy best stab at an original thought about the deceased Toronto Blue Jays pitcher is that he imparted that baseball in its purest form is in the individual craftsmanship and, for the fan, in learning to identify and appreciate it. What differentiates baseball is it always has some nuance or nook or cranny that will find its way to you and can often be completely ancillary to whether your favourite team has legitimate World Series chances. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EHey \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlueJays?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#BlueJays\u003C\/a\u003E fam. Folks will be gathering tomorrow evening at 7pm outside gates 5\/6 of the SkyDome as a tribute to Roy Halladay. Please join us. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIPDoc?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#RIPDoc\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8GwCR6mSf9\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/8GwCR6mSf9\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Jenn Smith (@Baseball_Jenn) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Baseball_Jenn\/status\/928707979133595648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 9, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Toronto sports fan needed someone to deliver that lesson in the aughts, since let's face it, to be a Blue Jays fan from 1985-93 was to be spoiled rotten. I began cheering for the Jays as soon as I could, but it was not until I was 18 years old that they had a going-nowhere-fast season. In that sense, Halladay perfectly was suited for a fanbase that had to re-learn how to love a game for what it is. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo me at least, the Jays might not have been worth an emotional investment 100 per cent of the time, but you had to be completely engrossed when Roy was pitching. The bond felt real. One Toronto columnist, apparently not realizing why so many people were mourning Halladay's death, wrote, \"The sad truth of Halladay’s Jays career, of course, is that not a single one of those starts truly mattered.\" \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFalse. Every one mattered.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESeparating art and artist.\u003C\/b\u003E It is a terrible time to be an abusive man, unless you're protected by a congressional majority. A reckoning for people who made life miserable for multiple humans, well, who would not get behind that? \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt is discomfiting, though, that there is an automatic response that the work of the latest disgraced performer —\u003Cb\u003E Louis C.K.\u003C\/b\u003E, whoever — should be erased. That's not a call to binge-watch all of C.K.'s comedy specials. But it's another form of enabling — enabling people to forgive themselves without thinking of why they did not take action against men whom they knew to be treating other people badly. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFading people from memory can reduce the urgency to learn from it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ELet’s discuss solutions. How can we prevent this? We must look at what happened more deeply and learn. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/defJkwlfAo\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/defJkwlfAo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuddApatow\/status\/929387185584922624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 11, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGetting back to the point, scrubbing entertainers from existence is unhealthy. I've gone along with that, but it was selective and based as much on personal taste as disgust. \u003Cb\u003EWoody Allen\u003C\/b\u003E? We get it, you have neuroses.\u003Cb\u003E Kevin Spacey \u003C\/b\u003Egot overexposed in the 1990s and\u003Ci\u003E American Beauty\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;was a bad film, a deal-breaker.\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;Jian Ghomeshi\u003C\/b\u003E was a fine interviewer but always carried on like he had been asked to solve the world's problems. And so on.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat erasure, can removes the possibility of examining why we were taken in, seduced. On \u003Ci\u003ESlate\u003C\/i\u003E, \u003Cb\u003EWilla Paskin\u003C\/b\u003E wrote of C.K.'s HBO comedy series, \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/browbeat\/2017\/11\/10\/watching_louie_in_light_of_allegations_against_louis_c_k.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethe only bad option is not to think about it. The revelations, as damning as they are, don't make the show worthless, though they do make it a very different kind of document\u003C\/a\u003E.\" \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhy does the abuser get the benefit of the doubt, always, while the willingness to hear from abusers goes up and down?\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELest we forget.\u003C\/b\u003E Don't read just one article about a Canadian war hero, but do read the piece that \u003Cb\u003EJoe O'Connor \u003C\/b\u003Ecrafted about Passchendaele veteran \u003Cb\u003ECecil Kinross\u003C\/b\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003EHeroes, the lucky ones, come home, where their life stories — unlike their war story — continue. Kinross took out that German machine gun in a profound act of bravery, but at a profound personal cost. Passchendaele changed him. It made him the hero he was, but less of who he had been, or might have hoped to be. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/they-gave-him-a-medal-and-named-a-mountain-after-him-but-this-passchendaele-veterans-story-is-a-tragedy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENational Post\u003C\/a\u003E, Nov. 9)\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAt the end of the day, that's what's left after all the commemorations, the poppies, the \"thanks Grandpa\" posts. Sensing that is why I usually chose to be alone in quiet reflection on Nov. 11. That's classic avoidance, no doubt, but it also feels like the message has shifted within my lifetime. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the '80s, when more Second World War veterans were around to impart the message there was a much strong sense of \"never again\" when it came to war, an idea that such a conflict must be avoided at all costs. I do not see that as much at a grass-roots level or at a global level anymore, since everyone plays\u003Ci\u003E Call of Duty \u003C\/i\u003Eand global capital loves funding a war.\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ECecil Kinross VC: The tragic life of a Canadian war hero. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Gj9YVh4ai\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/0Gj9YVh4ai\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zzuUYSuj6u\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/zzuUYSuj6u\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Joe O'Connor (@oconnorwrites) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oconnorwrites\/status\/928988971606204416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 10, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ESurely \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LestWeForget?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#LestWeForget\u003C\/a\u003E is meaningless unless we genuinely try to prevent war and conflict, unless we elect leaders who reject violence as a policy, unless we look to a radically different path. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RemembranceDay?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#RemembranceDay\u003C\/a\u003E must be more than mere words.\u003C\/div\u003E— Michael Coren (@michaelcoren) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelcoren\/status\/929352646393253888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 11, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe final word, the best word, just a tremendous word for 2017.\u003C\/b\u003E Voilà!\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1uIJAPtTiG\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/1uIJAPtTiG\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— worddiction (@worddiction) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/worddiction\/status\/927407319016669185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 6, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Ci\u003EApanthropinization.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat takes in everything. \u003Cb\u003EDonald Trump \u003C\/b\u003Esides with \u003Cb\u003EPutin \u003C\/b\u003Eover the U.S. intelligence community who risk their lives getting sensitive information, on Veterans Day no less, and some Americans still support him? \u003Ci\u003ELet it go.\u003C\/i\u003E Religiously minded voters in Alabama are insistent on voting for a child-molesting Republican instead of his Democrat opponent who prosecuted people who, wait for it, bombed a church during the Civil Rights era? \u003Ci\u003EQue sera, que sera.\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EDonald Trump's chemistry with the truth \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VcEoePrT3n\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/VcEoePrT3n\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Curtis Harris (@curtismharris) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/curtismharris\/status\/929521858327621632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 12, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/7381463593941058762\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/11\/in-for-dozen-aus-cancels-loney-bowl-and.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7381463593941058762"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7381463593941058762"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/11\/in-for-dozen-aus-cancels-loney-bowl-and.html","title":"In For A Dozen: AUS cancels Loney Bowl in craven decision, awards Acadia league title, but Saint Mary's takes it to court"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/wsv7-7E1lVg\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-1851485259944615498"},"published":{"$t":"2017-11-06T13:24:00.004-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-11-07T08:46:23.424-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axemen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Editorializing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eligibility"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Loney Bowl"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: Saint Mary's Archelaus Jack ends up as a political football, for shame"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"#ChampSZN now includes lawyerball.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/sports\/1517598-huskies-defeat-x-men-in-aus-semifinal\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESaint Mary's defeated St. Francis Xavier in the AUS football semifinal on Saturday\u003C\/a\u003E. That should be that .sThe statute of limitations on eligibility questions, in any sane universe, should be up well before the start of the playoffs. If no one called a team on it after the first couple games, well, too bad. Yet here we are, since a mountain has been made out of a situation that Saint Mary's surely was aware of since the day the player in question, believed to be wide receiver and former Saskatchewan Roughriders practice squadder \u003Cb\u003EArchelaus Jack\u003C\/b\u003E, took his talents to the south end of Halifax.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFrom \u003Cb\u003EJim Mullin\u003C\/b\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EI'm understanding the SMU ineligible player situation has gone \"thermonuclear legal\". Huskies lawyering up while USports is considering vacating SMU season. No end in sight. Ridiculous this is happening during playoffs. Something has to change. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KrownCountdownU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@KrownCountdownU\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UdontknowJack?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#UdontknowJack\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Jim Mullin (@Jim_Mullin) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Mullin\/status\/927314632422731777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 5, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003EDoes anyone really believe there is the will to overturn a playoff game and send St. Francis Xavier to the Loney Bowl against Acadia, thus erasing the game that was played?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EAnyone with a passing familiarity with university football knows about the Aug. 15 cut-off date for players on practice squads. By rule, an athlete who played university ball the season prior must be released in order to be eligible to play the upcoming season. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIs that applicable to Archelaus Jack? The CTV Atlantic article published on the eve of the game purports it is: \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/atlantic.ctvnews.ca\/smu-football-season-may-be-in-jeopardy-due-to-possible-ineligible-player-1.3662956\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAccording to U Sports eligibility rules, a player with CFL opportunities can return to the university level if they are no longer listed on the player roster after Aug. 15. Otherwise, they can't play for 365 days.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/atlantic.ctvnews.ca\/smu-football-season-may-be-in-jeopardy-due-to-possible-ineligible-player-1.3662956\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/atlantic.ctvnews.ca\/smu-football-season-may-be-in-jeopardy-due-to-possible-ineligible-player-1.3662956\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"The CFL confirmed with CTV News Friday that Jack was released Oct. 11, 2016, bringing into question his eligibility for the five games he played for SMU between Aug. 25 and Sept. 30 this season\u003C\/a\u003E.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat typically has come into play with student-athletes who were drafted by the CFL after their fourth season, stuck around for the early portion of the regular season and then opted to return to school, for whatever reasons. Regarding Jack, though, he was not a university player in 2016, or '15. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mississauga.com\/sports-story\/7416174-longhorns-have-professional-football-aspirations\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EJack played in the Northern Football Conference with the Oakville Longhorns\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EHow would U Sports have jurisdiction over the decisions of a human being who was playing somewhere else?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe legal interpretations and grey areas within that Aug. 15 rule can be parsed by people at a much, much higher pay grade than I, a hobby blogger who works a straight job. There have been more than a few instances of players coming into the U Sports\/CIS\/CIAU by way of a CFL stint. I cannot quote chapter and verse about whther each one got his walking papers from the pro league by Aug. 15, and that is precisely the point. It was never contestable until last week.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAgain, I don't want to play internet lawyer or take people into the wrong grey areas. There's letter of the law and the spirit of a law. Is it possible that the Aug. 15 cut-off date only applies to \u003Ci\u003Ereturning\u003C\/i\u003E players? Also, based on my limited understanding, if something is a common enough practice, then the courts' wont is to take that as case law.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat's a convoluted way of saying this can only get uglier the longer it is pressed. A flag definitely should be thrown on the well-after-the-fact whistle-blowers. The timing fails the sniff test. And U Sports, ideally, would have the perspective to realize three things:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EIt is bad optics to make any student-athlete a political football. \u003C\/b\u003EThis is a league that has long acknowledged that there is no one, direct from high school to university at age 18, path to becoming a university student-athlete and using that, ideally, to better oneself. And here the person is not being put first.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EA league should not have the limited amount of oxygen it gets in the Canadian media landscape used up on a controversy where no one comes out smelling good.\u003C\/b\u003E It's always bothered me that in the general news judgement of the typical Canadian media outlet, a university team forfeiting games or cancelling a season is newsworthy, but their actual games are not. And here is U Sports\u003Ci\u003E fanning the flames\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAgain, if this is such a problem, have an auditor of football eligibility. \u003C\/b\u003EFor a salary in the mid to high five figures, surely a qualified person can be found, who can make sure the reals are 100-per-cent crystal clear amd make sure every player has the all-clear. This should not be decided by ad hoc committees after someone basically runs up to the teacher to tattle-tale.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAn annual salary and benefits amounting to, ballpark figure, 100 grand a year works out to fewer than four grand per team. No one's going to go broke chipping in to fund that position.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOr in this case, takes their sweet time strolling over in order to time things to have the maximum impact on the AUS playoffs and the media. That seems curious and dubious.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAgain, I'm no lawyer nor am I a fly on the wall of any conference rooms. But I doubt that Acadia is acting like it has to prepare to play either SMU or St. FX.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003EAn athlete who was on a CFL PR in 2016 should not be sidelined while players in 2017 were in camp, CFLX and\/or PR in 2017 and returned to their U Sports teams. In addition, he was not U Sports \u0026quot;property\u0026quot; in 16. Simplify. Play a CFL game \u0026amp; you are out. Easy to track.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026mdash; Jim Mullin (@Jim_Mullin) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Mullin\/status\/927732327576256512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 7, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003EWhat are the good things to be generated out of this? Clean up by-laws. Redefine relationship with CFL. Sanction non-conforming team. Hire a full-time \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@USports\u003C\/a\u003E football person. For me, it\u0026#39;s clear this is a moment which should produce progressive change, \u0026amp; eliminate embarrassment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026mdash; Jim Mullin (@Jim_Mullin) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Mullin\/status\/927733652393418753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 7, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003EWhat are the good things to be generated out of this? Clean up by-laws. Redefine relationship with CFL. Sanction non-conforming team. Hire a full-time \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@USports\u003C\/a\u003E football person. For me, it\u0026#39;s clear this is a moment which should produce progressive change, \u0026amp; eliminate embarrassment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026mdash; Jim Mullin (@Jim_Mullin) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Mullin\/status\/927733652393418753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 7, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003EAgreed. The rule may be out of sync, but it\u0026#39;s there and should be respected as such. Either use your alternative, or if you\u0026#39;ve played a CFL regular season game and you\u0026#39;re a professional. It\u0026#39;s the elemental way to deal with eligibility. Scrap the rest of the bylaw language.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026mdash; Jim Mullin (@Jim_Mullin) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Mullin\/status\/927738267209842688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 7, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother update:\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003EWorking on a developing story.... The situation at SMU continues to get worse. Colzie’s job may be on the line when all is said and done.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026mdash; Mike Still (@mikestill94) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikestill94\/status\/927725461525934080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 7, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/1851485259944615498\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/11\/football-saint-marys-archelaus-jack.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1851485259944615498"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1851485259944615498"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/11\/football-saint-marys-archelaus-jack.html","title":"Football: Saint Mary's Archelaus Jack ends up as a political football, for shame"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-716915334083444470"},"published":{"$t":"2017-11-04T22:00:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-11-04T22:07:40.785-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Carabins"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Editorializing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eligibility"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Bears"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Hawks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mustangs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Regina Rams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rouge et Or"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: Conference Semifinal Saturday thread ... Laurier-Western, SMU-Acadia on one bracket, Montréal-Laval in the other; and Happy Eligibility Controversy Week!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Peak U Sports: a team playing with a receiver whose eligibility was openly questioned in the media wins a playoff game on a missed field-goal single in the last minute.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENo, that's not a crisis of an organization's own making\u003Ci\u003E at all.\u003C\/i\u003E Saint Mary's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticuniversitysport.com\/sports\/fball\/2017-18\/postseason\/postseason-boxscores\/20171104_5a20.xml\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Egritted out a 16-15 AUS semifinal win against St. Francis Xavier\u003C\/a\u003E. While they pulled it out at the eleventh hour, somehow, in the 11th week of a 14-week season, whether receiver\u003Cb\u003E Archelaus Jack \u003C\/b\u003Eshould have been playing games in September became A Thing.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELogically, Saint Mary's would not have gone ahead and played Jack if it did not believe the issue had been cleared and wasn't going to be a problem. The wide receiver had a game-high 72 yards, including the only touchdown of the game by either side, one day after \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/atlantic.ctvnews.ca\/smu-football-season-may-be-in-jeopardy-due-to-possible-ineligible-player-1.3662956\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECTV Atlantic got confirmation that Jack was on the Saskatchewan Roughriders practice roster as late as the second week of October 2016\u003C\/a\u003E. There is supposed to be 365-day sit-out rule for any player who was on a CFL \"taxi squad\" after August. 15. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe fact that no one at the highest pay grade where the buck stops noticed a potential issue should be the real within-the-context-of-sports outrage. Either it's checked out by the end of August or it isn't. If it takes until Nov. 3 for a gatekeeper to, guh, \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/atlantic.ctvnews.ca\/smu-football-season-may-be-in-jeopardy-due-to-possible-ineligible-player-1.3662956\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E(start) its investigation Friday and is (strike) a committee to look into the allegation\u003C\/a\u003E,\" then that's a broader problem. Hire an auditor to look after football eligibilty and do nothing else, please!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnyway, semifinal — is there any word more thrilling to the human soul! It holds the promise of playing a trophy game the following week and the sheer horror of having a winter of our discontent descend far too soon. Even if one's team was stood to get stomped real good in the conference final, at least you had that extra week of football, eh?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThree of four conference finals will be rematches, including Montréal-Laval for the fifth consecutive season and UBC-Calgary for the third in succession. The Laurier-Western matchup is the first rematch Yates Cup since 2004.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe record for largest Yates Cup blowout is shared by Windsor, but that could change quickly.\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;Western, going in reverse order, has scored 66, 63 and 51 points in its last three games, and won by margins of 54, 53 and 37. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis is a 1983 Nebraska Cornhuskers level of domination and I don't see Miami Hurricanes dynasty waiting in the wings.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaurier kept up its end of the bargain with setting up a Rematch! by winning a field goal-fest — my most hated of fests — against McMaster. Montages and oral histories of the last 8½ minutes of the 2016 Yates Cup for everyone. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tmwomfiD2NI\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt is not quite the same this time. The meat in the reality sandwich is that Mustangs look even more imperious than they did 52 weeks ago. Laurier can still play some defence, but last year its offence was building toward a peak and this year's Golden Hawks offence has trended in an inauspicious direction since an injury to QB \u003Cb\u003EMichael Knevel\u003C\/b\u003E pushed young \u003Cb\u003ETristan Arndt \u003C\/b\u003Einto the breach.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe last time the same two teams played in the Yates in successive seasons was 2003 and '04, Laurier and McMaster.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI am being a little facetious about the record for largest margin of victory in a Yates Cup game. It won't be that bad, but if this was a game down south Western would probably be a 21- to 24-point favourite and no one would be afraid to state otherwise. I am not averring that Laurier has no chance, since some of those three-touchdown 'dogs win on the field.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe actual record for winning margin in the Yates Cup is 57 points, shared by Queen's (1964) and Windsor (1975). I know, it seemed weird to me too that Windsor is on the right side of a scoring record, let alone one for a championship game.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaint Mary's squeaks through. \u003C\/b\u003EAs alluded to up top, it is bad optics to have an eligibility issue come up in the first week of November. It's doubtful the furor ended with the St. FX-SMU game itself.\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ESaint Mary's appears to believe it has done nothing wrong. But if they broke a rule it would appear forfeit is the only remedy. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wjNbJID3R6\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/wjNbJID3R6\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— monty mosher (@justplainmonty) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justplainmonty\/status\/926811688107761664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 4, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EGonna be an interesting week in AUS football. 16-15 SMU final in semi.\u003C\/div\u003E— monty mosher (@justplainmonty) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justplainmonty\/status\/926901118529163264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 4, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003EThere's no remedy to this that won't end without someone saying, \"Well that went slightly better than the worst it could have gone.\"\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECalgary gets its third wind. \u003C\/b\u003EAlways a sucker for a running back jetting outside on third-and-short and scoring a dagger touchdown. Well-done, \u003Cb\u003EJeshrun Antwi\u003C\/b\u003E! And with that, Calgary will host another Hardy Cup game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E🏈 | \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PRime_tiM321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@PRime_tiM321\u003C\/a\u003E with a BIG touchdown as the Dinos take a 36-22 lead with 1:43 remaining!! \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoDinos?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#GoDinos\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QZp1mROwJm\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/QZp1mROwJm\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— UCalgary Dinos (@UCDinos) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCDinos\/status\/926927707853565952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 4, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003EIn UFC terms, SMU's win against St. FX could get the game-of-the-day bonus since it was not decided until th final play. Some people like offence and \u003Cb\u003EAdam Sinagra\u003C\/b\u003E's Calgary offence (648 yards, 475 passing) and \u003Cb\u003EBrad Bake\u003C\/b\u003Er's Alberta attack (493, 429) had a lot of it.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe CFL game on the same field on Friday did not have an offensive touchdown, but that's hardly a fair comparison.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMontréal at Laval for the Dunsmore Cup. \u003C\/b\u003EFor only the fifth consecutive season and seventh out of the last nine! \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd if we want to strain the MMA analogies, that was probably like a\u003Cb\u003E Georges St-Pierre\u003C\/b\u003E fight during his peak years. Take a backseat to no one in respecting the technical mastery but boy, was that ever perfunctory.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe games themselves: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAtlantic\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaint Mary's 16,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003ESt. Francis Xavier 15\u003C\/b\u003E — The Huskies kept up their pattern of putting up numbers on the stat sheet, 435 yards, including 300-plus in the final 30 minutes, if not the scoreboard. I'm glass half-full about that; if the production is there, it's more likely a team will start finishing, rather than stop moving the ball. It's like.when you were a kid and your parents warned you about spoiling your appetite. There's going to be another appetite.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECase in point, the Huskies lost the ball inside X's 10-yard line in the third quarter. But right after \u003Cb\u003EKaleb Scott \u003C\/b\u003Eput together a neat six-play drive that ended with Jack catching a touchdown.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SMUHuskies?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@SMUHuskies\u003C\/a\u003E down StFX 16-15 in \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SubwayAtlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@SubwayAtlantic\u003C\/a\u003E AUS Football Semifinal to advance to next week's Loney Bowl game: \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/olBCiLIzyE\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/olBCiLIzyE\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— AUS_SUA (@AUS_SUA) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AUS_SUA\/status\/926903381117014022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 4, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAntoine Lyte-Myers\u003C\/b\u003E interception with 1:57 left in a tied game sparked Saint Mary's to get in range for a go-ahead single on a missed field goal. The X-Men opted against a Hail Mary or a Madame Lateral play to let\u003Cb\u003E Jonathan Heidebrecht \u003C\/b\u003Etry a 68-yard field goal on the last play. Please tell me they put men onside for that.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECanada West\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECalgary 39, Alberta 22\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E— It took a good 2½ quarters before the Dinos tilted the field. One snap after Alberta got to even terms midway through the third quarter, Calgary's\u003Cb\u003E Ab Abdel-Rahim \u003C\/b\u003Escored on an 88-yard reception. The Dinos never led by fewer than seven points again.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E🏈 | Abdel-Rahim with a touchdown on the Dinos' first play after the Bears touchdown! They lead 23-16! \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoDinos?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#GoDinos\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lXEUpFm7Ey\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/lXEUpFm7Ey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— UCalgary Dinos (@UCDinos) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCDinos\/status\/926915643890270210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 4, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Dinos, who were still without receiver Michael Klukas, are apparently back in form but please keep in mind that even with the mail-in job by Calgary last week, the Alberta defence is still statistically week. They allowed the most yards of anyone who made the Canada West playoffs, gave up the most passing yards and were second-last with 24 disruptions. (That's a made-up category for combined fumble recoveries, interceptions and sacks.) \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;No. 6 UBC 28, No. 9 Regina 21\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;— The 'Bird gang, and please come up with a better nickname for that defence, UBC sports communications, made enough plays to thwart a Regina comeback.\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EHUGE PLAY! \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Elliot_G98?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@Elliot_G98\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E'Birds 28 - Rams 21\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoBirdsGo?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#GoBirdsGo\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HardyCup81?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#HardyCup81\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PYhL9C7XZS\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/PYhL9C7XZS\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— UBC Thunderbirds (@ubctbirds) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ubctbirds\/status\/926975323744247809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 5, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E.\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tha_RisingStar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@Tha_RisingStar\u003C\/a\u003E knocks down the Hail Mary!!!\u003Cbr \/\u003E'Birds win! 'Birds win!\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoBirdsGo?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#GoBirdsGo\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HardyCup81?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#HardyCup81\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EJJhjrlUNt\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/EJJhjrlUNt\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— UBC Thunderbirds (@ubctbirds) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ubctbirds\/status\/926979830171688960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 5, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003EBy the way, since that was wide receiver Trivel Pinto breaking up the Hail Mary pass, you can't say the UBC offensive players didn't have any big plays in the second half. In the rain in Vancouver, UBC didn't score any offensive points in the second half. Being sporadic is unlikely to get it done against the Dinos.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOntario\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENo. 5 Laurier 19, No. 7 McMaster 6\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E— Laurier's veteran defensive back\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EScott Hutter\u003C\/b\u003E broke up a potential touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter, keeping Laurier ahead and the game from getting interesting.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EConference semifinals in Ontario often do involve one team just trying not to screw up a good thing and that was Laurier in a matchup that presented stout defences and low-risk, low-yield offences with young quarters, the Golden Hawks' \u003Cb\u003ETristan Arndt \u003C\/b\u003Eand Mac's \u003Cb\u003EJackson White\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter Mac got within four points, Laurier did a decent job of closing up. Chunk-yard plays in both offensive phases from \u003Cb\u003ELevondre Gordon \u003C\/b\u003Eand \u003Cb\u003EKurleigh Gittens Jr.\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;helped Laurier seal the win with field goals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EArndt did show a flash of potential by hanging in against a free rusher to deliver the deep shot to Gittens that set up the late field goal that opened a 10-point lead.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMac's longest play from scrimmage was on a fake punt.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"\u003E🔥\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Back4More?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#Back4More\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreHAWKS?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#WeAreHAWKS\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LYhQhGCKGI\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/LYhQhGCKGI\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Laurier Golden Hawks (@WLUAthletics) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WLUAthletics\/status\/926905851834785792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 4, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E110th Yates Cup, we see you 🔥 \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreHAWKS?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#WeAreHAWKS\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OCS1NxkZuO\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/OCS1NxkZuO\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Laurier Golden Hawks (@WLUAthletics) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WLUAthletics\/status\/926909865376845824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 4, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENo. 2 Western 66,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENo. 8 Guelph 12\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E—\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EGuelph might have a chance, they said.\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;The Mustang machine rolled up 28 points during the second quarter to decide the issue very early. They hit half-a-hundred before the game was 42 minutes old.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Gryphons touchdown came through a 102-yard fumble return by \u003Cb\u003ENick Parisotto\u003C\/b\u003E.\u0026nbsp;That runback covered more yardage than the Gryphons netted the entire day. True story. Unless Western had 12 separate misfortunes befall its defensive starters — one maybe; two sure; three there's an outsid chance, but 12? — there isn't much point in offering further commentary.\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EFOOTBALL | Final score | \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/westernu?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#westernu\u003C\/a\u003E 66 \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guelph_gryphons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@guelph_gryphons\u003C\/a\u003E 12 \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PurpleReign?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#PurpleReign\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Western Mustangs (@WesternMustangs) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternMustangs\/status\/926899620063481856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 4, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003EQuebec\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENo. 1 Laval 45, Sherbrooke 0 (fourth quarter)\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;— The Vert et Or are now 0-27 all-time against Laval, and it's now more than two years since its last offensive TD against Laval. Bishop's was allowed to go join another league; might the same accommodation be extended to Sherbrooke? Let them switch with an Ottawa-area school and then have Western join the RSEQ to even the numbers out?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJust a thought. Rouge et Or QB \u003Cb\u003EHugo Richard\u003C\/b\u003E had three rushing touchdowns and passed for a fourth. Very\u003Cb\u003E Phill Côté\u003C\/b\u003E-esque.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENo. 3 Montréal 42, Concordia 20\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E— Finally, a game where each team had points. In a way, that makes them both winners but in another, more accurate way, Montréal is the winner.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERichard's Carabins counterpart,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003ESamuel Caron\u003C\/b\u003E, had two touchdowns by air and one by land. How drearily conventional. But defensive back\u003Cb\u003E Jordan Perrin \u003C\/b\u003Ehad an 80-yard pick-six. That's better.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EDirection : Coupe Dunsmore. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8LbcpphjVj\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/8LbcpphjVj\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Carabins (@Carabins) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Carabins\/status\/926925257092550662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003ENovember 4, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Stingers got their Big 12 on in the first quarter with a three-play, 86-yard drive that used only 76 seconds.\u003Cb\u003E Adam Vance \u003C\/b\u003Ehad two 42-yard strikes on the drive, the second a touchdown pass to\u003Cb\u003E Jarryd Taylor\u003C\/b\u003E. More of that next season, please, Concordia.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/716915334083444470\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/11\/football-conference-semifinal-saturday.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/716915334083444470"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/716915334083444470"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/11\/football-conference-semifinal-saturday.html","title":"Football: Conference Semifinal Saturday thread ... Laurier-Western, SMU-Acadia on one bracket, Montréal-Laval in the other; and Happy Eligibility Controversy Week!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/tmwomfiD2NI\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-3370888370791047337"},"published":{"$t":"2016-08-02T16:45:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-08-02T23:33:19.905-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eligibility"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gaiters"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Marauders"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mounties"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vanier Cup"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Warriors"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Vanier Cup games that time did not forget, since they never happened "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FZpS6odQhOE\/V6D9-HOSuII\/AAAAAAAADLQ\/uG13KKKuOisk6VeiQb2zK3S0K-ZLuu66wCLcB\/s1600\/20031115%2BMitchell%2BBowl%2B278-XL.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FZpS6odQhOE\/V6D9-HOSuII\/AAAAAAAADLQ\/uG13KKKuOisk6VeiQb2zK3S0K-ZLuu66wCLcB\/s640\/20031115%2BMitchell%2BBowl%2B278-XL.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EWhat might have been: Mathieu Bertrand shattered McMaster's Vanier Cup ambitions in 2003 with a game-winning TD run.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003EVictors write the history, and CIS football obsessives with too much time on their hands rewrite it to tide them over until the start of the season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPerhaps this post idea sprang as a rearguard action against the prospect of another football season where the road to the Vanier Cup will go through the Laval\/Montreal\/\u003Cb\u003EBlake Nill\u003C\/b\u003E axis of awesomeness. The endless loop will involve some riveting conference playoff games that might be available only via webcast, the OUA being three-tiered (powerhouses, the pretty goods, the perpetually mediocre), and the AUS champion getting the obligatory pat on the head after travelling a few thousand kilometres to get \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitchell_Bowl\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eblown out in the Mitchell Bowl\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo much depends on the bowl rotation when it comes to having a memorable final four. I am the guiltiest of trolling sundry Londoners when the team with the biggest football budget in Ontario, non-\u003Cb\u003EStu Lang\u003C\/b\u003E division, has their Vanier Cup drought extended for another year. In fairness, three of the four Yates Cup-winning teams\u003Cb\u003E Greg Marshall \u003C\/b\u003Ehas produced since 2007 were on the road for their semifinal bowl.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnyway, today's twist on fantasy football is imagining Vanier Cup matchups that could, would, should have happened. The parameters: maximum of two different outcomes in the conference finals or the bowls.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1986\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat happened: UBC 25, Western 23\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat might have been: Bishop's-Western\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELike their 1982, '97 and 2015 teams, the '86 Thunderbirds ventured down east for the semifinal, won it, and stuck around to win the Vanier too. That championship game was the first to match two undefeated teams, and it was one of the most dramatic, as \u003Cb\u003EEric Pututo \u003C\/b\u003Ecame off the bench to march UBC down a muddy field before connecting with \u003Cb\u003ERob Ros\u003C\/b\u003E on the winning touchdown in the final seconds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHowever, the Bishop's Gaiters of coach\u003Cb\u003E Ian Breck \u003C\/b\u003Ecertainly rated an opportunity to play for all the marbles at least once. The small school reached the Dunsmore Cup nine times in 11 seasons from 1984 through '94, winning four times. In '86, they won the O-QIFC (aka the Nontario conference) for the first time and hosted the semifinal on campus. Alas for BU, UBC pulled out a 32-30 win.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBishop's vs. Western would have been the small Quebec school against the large Ontario school, with both wearing purple and silver. (They did meet in the 1994 semifinal, and in an interlocking regular-season game in '99, and yes, it looked weird.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"YOUTUBE-iframe-video\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/3cAMLfMwlrY\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3cAMLfMwlrY?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI am in no position to say whether '86 was Bishop's best shot at a national title during Breck's 24-season tenure. To nine-year-old me, football was boring and violent, and then-Gaiters star\u003Cb\u003E Leroy Blugh \u003C\/b\u003Ewas a member of the North Fredericksburgh Kings junior men's fastpitch team, which won the first of back-to-back Canadian titles that summer.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlso, in 1992 the Gaiters were ranked No. 2 heading into conference championship week, with a high-octane O led by QB \u003Cb\u003EJim Murphy \u003C\/b\u003Eand a speedy D bolstered by future long-time CFL deep back \u003Cb\u003ETom Europe\u003C\/b\u003E. Queen's stunned Bishop's 32-6. That day had two defining moments - a Queen's goal-line stand that maintained a halftime lead, and \u003Cb\u003EBrad Elberg \u003C\/b\u003Ehousing the second-half kickoff, going 86 yards through the muck and mire. They played on grass back then, you know.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOdd note about UBC: all four of their Vanier Cup winning teams have had to go east for the semifinal. In 1987, UBC defeated Laurier at home, then got on the plane and lost the Vanier to McGill.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1997\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat happened: UBC 39, Ottawa 23\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat might have been: Mount Allison-Waterloo\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EKids, back in the '90s, you needed a landline to get on the Internet. Waterloo being good and the Atlantic conference having relative parity with the rest of the country were also whole things.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the actual game, UBC, with QB \u003Cb\u003EShawn Olson \u003C\/b\u003Eand the tailback tag-team of \u003Cb\u003EMark Nohra \u003C\/b\u003Eand \u003Cb\u003EAkbal Singh \u003C\/b\u003Eworking behind a stacked offensive line, beat Ottawa decisively. It was a bad game in front of a bad crowd of only 8,000 at Skydome. The small gathering might or might not have included an undergrad from another eastern Ontario university who relished the Gee-Gees getting their comeuppance, who would go on to become uOttawa's play-by-play commentator.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBoth semis were high-scoring games, with UBC outlasting Mount Allison 34-29 in the Atlantic Bowl while Ottawa defeated Waterloo 44-37 to get the unification belt in Ontario. Since this is fantasy, one can assume the Mounties would have a healthy\u003Cb\u003E Éric Lapointe \u003C\/b\u003Einstead of having to carry on without the two-time Hec Crighton Trophy winner, who was out with a broken arm. Lapointe might have helped the Mount A defence get more rest, which would have helped defensive end\u003Cb\u003E Mathieu Gauthier \u003C\/b\u003Eand his mates keep up the fight. \u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Churchill matchup is mostly remembered for the infamous \"illegal interference by an unauthorized person\" penalty on Ottawa that was called when the Gee-Gees mascot took down a Waterloo receiver. The fallout from that, apart from enduring infamy, was that the officials penalized Ottawa half the distance to the goal. Waterloo 'dive back'\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EEddie Kim \u003C\/b\u003Ebroke a 17-yard touchdown run on an inside dive on the next play.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOttawa's speed won the day, as\u003Cb\u003E Chris Evraire \u003C\/b\u003Eaccounted for two of their\u0026nbsp;three punt return TDs. That said, it would have been something to have the engineering school which had never won a Yates Cup before 1997 against the small school from the Maritimes, who probably would have had more support at Skydome despite Waterloo's proximity to the GTA.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWarriors coach \u003Cb\u003ETuffy Knight \u003C\/b\u003Ehad his wishbone running on all eight cylinders that season with option QB\u003Cb\u003E Ryan Wilkinson \u003C\/b\u003Eand 'pitch back' \u003Cb\u003EJarrett Smith\u003C\/b\u003E. The Mounties had a good offence built around Lapointe, who's now in the Hall of Fame as a university player. With all that running, they might have finished that game in 2½ hours, even with extra TV timeouts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2000\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat happened: Ottawa 42, Regina 39\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat might have been: Ottawa-Saint Mary's\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOttawa was dominant in the final seasons of the old O-Q (four conference titles and two Vanier berths from 1995-2000), while the\u003Cb\u003E Blake Nill \u003C\/b\u003EHuskies repped the Atlantic every November from '99 till 2004.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBoth teams were at a peak in 2000. The tectonic shifts in the university game factored into Ottawa an SMU never getting together for a game that would have included teams that with explosion-play capability in all three phases, and swarming defences.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENill also had some experience with the Gee-Gees, since he was defensive coordinator at St. FX when they shut down Ottawa 13-5 in the '96 Atlantic Bowl.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe prologue was 1999, when Laval beat an 8-0 Ottawa team in the playoffs on the way to their first national title, and Regina imported their junior program into Canada West. (Ottawa was on CIAU probation, so 6-2 Laval hosted that Dunsmore Cup.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaval's ascendancy led to Ottawa and Queen's shifting their football teams back to the OUA, which diminished the bilingual university's ability to fish in the deepening Quebec recruiting pool. Regina, with 27-year-old QB\u003Cb\u003E Darryl Leason\u003C\/b\u003E, also made one of the great road runs in 2000, upsetting Saint Mary's 40-36 in Atlantic Bowl in Halifax. That game probably started the conversation about an age cap in university football.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe way that Atlantic Bowl got away from the Huskies is unforgettable. Saint Mary's opened a two-score lead. A poorly directed kickoff created a wide field for\u003Cb\u003E Neal Hughes \u003C\/b\u003Eto house a kickoff with an 89-yard return, saving Regina the trouble of the need to run a one-minute drill for a touchdown and try to recover the ensuing short kickoff.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA quick exchange of possession followed Hughes' touchdown, and Saint Mary's gave a safety that cut the lead to a field goal. Of course, that meant kicking off again, which was a trigger for fatalists. Hughes broke a 67-yard return into the red zone, and Regina capitalized for the TD.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe tightening of the age rules certainly set back Saint Mary's. So have tighter budgets and OUA's introduction of \u003Cstrike\u003Escholarships\u003C\/strike\u003E athlete financial awards keeping more players at home. They were great in their time.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor those who don't recall, or don't care, 42-39 was a misleading score. The Rams scored a window-dressing touchdown and two-point convert with zeroes on the clock.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2003\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat happened: Laval 14, Saint Mary's 7\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat might have been: McMaster-Saint Mary's\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs alluded to up top, the bowl rotation has been less than serendipitous for\u003Cb\u003E Greg Marshall \u003C\/b\u003Eas a head coach. The four-in-a-row Marauders got to host a national semifinal thrice from 2000 till '03. By the last one in 2003, the \"if not now, when?\" desperation had traction beyond just the Marauders and their following, since OUA's Vanier Cup absence stood at seven seasons.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaval got by McMaster 36-32 in the Mitchell Bowl on the margin of \u003Cb\u003EMathieu Bertrand\u003C\/b\u003E's long touchdown run late in the fourth quarter. Memories are hazy, and the game isn't on YouTube, but the way it's recalled is the Marauders were blitzing, so Bertrand coolly called his own number and scored on a quarterback draw. The Marauders had time to respond, but a pass just sailed past a receiver's hands inside the 10-yard line in the final seconds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWho knows how Mac would have fared against SMU. We know that Laval eighty-sixed a great storyline. Mac would have been in its first Vanier since the event's infancy, while SMU was going for a three-peat. That's the contrast in team histories broadcasters love. Mac and SMU also had a familiarity after playing in the 2002 semifinal. Then you have the whole Maritimer resentment of Upper Canada.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEverything happens for a reason, though. McMaster would eventually get another chance against Laval.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2010\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat happened: Laval 29, Calgary 2\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat might have been: Calgary vs. Ottawa\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECalgary and\u003Cb\u003E Erik Glavic\u003C\/b\u003E, two-time Hec Crighton winner, against Ottawa and \u003Cb\u003EBrad Sinopoli\u003C\/b\u003E, the 2010 Hec honouree. Now that is a quarterback matchup that would play in Peoria: two dual threats who often extended plays beyond all logical limits.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOttawa got home-field advantage throughout the Yates Cup playoffs on the margin of a one-point home win against Western in the season opener. The Mustangs avenged that with a two-point win in the Yates Cup, prevailing on\u003Cb\u003E Lirim Hajrallahu\u003C\/b\u003E's late field goal. That probably seemed just to the Mustangs, who in the regular-season game had a potential game-icing TD taken off the board after being penalized for a pick play.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the reg-season game, Ottawa took the lead with 35 seconds left. In the Yates, there was 1:45 left when Ottawa kicked a sure go-ahead field goal on a third-and-1. That left Western just enough time to reply. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow, how can one say Ottawa should have been in the Vanier after failing to get it done on their home field in the Yates? Well, the Yates was close, and the spoils of winning was a Uteck Bowl against a banged-up Laval team with a first-year starting quarterback. The Rouge et Or just slipped by Sherbrooke 19-18 to get out of Quebec.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWestern went toe-to-toe with Laval, but the Rouge et Or took down four interceptions and eked by 13-11 at a blustery PEPS. Ottawa was the more advanced team in the passing phase, and was capable of challenging Laval's back eight. Both the 2009 Queen's and 2011 McMaster teams beat Laval by taking vertical shots, along with doing a lot of other good stuff.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAny other matchup would have been more watchable than Laval plowing over Calgary in a snow bowl. \u0026nbsp;Or maybe it would not have been.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat's the point; we'll never know, but it's fun to imagine.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/3370888370791047337\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/08\/vanier-cup-games-that-time-did-not.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3370888370791047337"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3370888370791047337"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/08\/vanier-cup-games-that-time-did-not.html","title":"Vanier Cup games that time did not forget, since they never happened "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FZpS6odQhOE\/V6D9-HOSuII\/AAAAAAAADLQ\/uG13KKKuOisk6VeiQb2zK3S0K-ZLuu66wCLcB\/s72-c\/20031115%2BMitchell%2BBowl%2B278-XL.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-7169832032799803905"},"published":{"$t":"2016-03-01T15:46:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-01T15:54:15.977-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bisons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Carabins"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIS Issues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eligibility"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gaiters"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Gaels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lancers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Media Coverage"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mount Royal Cougars"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Soccer"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Golden Hawks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Volleyball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Warriors"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Wilson Cup"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Eligibility: York Lions' brief history of OUA forfeits"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"How many people does it take to check player eligibility? Or more to the point, how many times can York University play an ineligible player and not have severe consequences?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFurther to that, what does it say about the state of Ontario University Athletics that media — choose your adjective(s); corporate media, old media, legacy media, traditional media, the salary-and-benefits media — does not even deign to cover it? Apart from the blogs maintained by us hobbyists who find other ways to get paid, the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/02\/york-lions-booted-from-oua-wilson-cup.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EYork Lions' men's basketball team's ouster from the OUA Wilson Cup\u003C\/a\u003E was hardly covered, by anyone.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis is a public university, funded by the province, and no one seems to care that one of its most public departments is dropping the ball. By unofficial count, starting with the most recent first, York has forfeited games five times since \u003Cb\u003EJennifer Myers\u003C\/b\u003E' \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/yfile.news.yorku.ca\/2012\/05\/16\/jennifer-myers-named-president-of-ontario-university-athletics\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehire as director of sports and recreation in 2008\u003C\/a\u003E. Myers is also a past OUA president.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2015-16, men's basketball — \u003C\/b\u003EForfeited nine games after using \u003Cb\u003ERaheem Isaac\u003C\/b\u003E, who was not eligible since he had played exhibition games for Windsor and OUA rules proscribe playing for two teams in one season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2011-12, women's volleyball — \u003C\/b\u003EDisqualified from hosting the OUA final four after playing middle hitter \u003Cb\u003EMichelle Pierce d\u003C\/b\u003Euring a 3-0 quarter-final against the RMC Paladins. Pierce, another Windsor transfer, had not played an OUA match in 365 games, but was not eligible for the playoffs since she had not competed during the regular season. As a result, OUA had to move the final four to Ottawa. As CIS Blog alumnus \u003Cb\u003EAndrew Bucholtz\u003C\/b\u003E put it at that time, \"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/ca.sports.yahoo.com\/blogs\/eh-game\/top-seeded-york-women-volleyball-team-disqualified-oua-002334879.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFrom what's come out, York has to bear most of the blame for this fiasco\u003C\/a\u003E.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2010-11, women's soccer\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003ERelatively minor, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.oua.ca\/sports\/wsoc\/2010-11\/releases\/7272.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esince this was self-disclosed\u003C\/a\u003E, although the culprit was midfielder \u003Cb\u003ERita Keimakh\u003C\/b\u003E, who was a former national under-20 and Big Ten player. On Tuesday after Thanksgiving weekend, Keimakh dropped a class, reducing her load to 7½ hours per week. York required 9 hours in order to be considered a full-time student and, thus, OUA-eligible. Keimakh competed one day later. It was caught and the game was forfeited to McMaster six days later. To her credit, Keimakh competed for York in later seasons.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2009-10, football\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E—\u003Cb\u003E Patrick Hooey\u003C\/b\u003E had played for Saint Mary's in 2008, and enrolled at York with intentions to start a new degree, so he could play right away. Instead, he was enrolled as a \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2009\/09\/football-york-discloses-it-played.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Efull-time undergraduate student\u003C\/a\u003E\" but coach\u003Cb\u003E Mike McLean\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003Eallowed him to play in the season opener against Windsor. If memory serves, York self-disclosed the error, calling it a \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/yfile.news.yorku.ca\/2009\/09\/11\/new-u-of-t-library-fee-hits-york-students-staff-and-faculty\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ebreakdown in communications\u003C\/a\u003E,\" after Saint Mary's athletic director \u003Cb\u003ESteve Sarty \u003C\/b\u003Ealerted them.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcLean (career record: 0-16) left coaching after that season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2008-09, men's soccer\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Ci\u003EWhere have you gone, \u003Cb\u003EAndrea Lombardo\u003C\/b\u003E? A shut-in sports blogger turns his lonely eyes to you, woo-woo-woo.\u003C\/i\u003E Actually, Lombardo works at York, in the admissions department, and no doubt is great at his job. Hopefully, he would be a good sport about his line of work seeming ironic, lo, these many years later. In 2008, he played four games for the No. 1-ranked men's soccer Lions after having played for Toronto FC during its maiden Major League Soccer campaign.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs \u003Ci\u003EMacLean's\u003C\/i\u003E put it: \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/general\/york-universitys-soccer-scandal\/\"\u003EThe fact that they managed to play four games with this illegal player ... is just mind blowing. The fact that they didn’t know it was illegal is somewhat hilarious\u003C\/a\u003E.\" \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI apologize, fully completely, to Mses. Keimakh and Pierce and Messrs. Hooey, Isaac, Lombardo and even McLean that unpleasant incidents from their past have to be exhumed. It's just that a thread runs through all of this, which is that is seems like this isn't begin taken very seriously, by anyone whatsoever.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat is very, very bad. That goes for the scary thought that this happens since there is essentially no check and balance. Those have to be there. It can derive from \u003Cb\u003E1) \u003C\/b\u003Esome combination of intensely local news coverage that has a collective long memory; \u003Cb\u003E2) \u003C\/b\u003Eengaged alumni who expect more from an alma mater's varsity sports program and \u003Cb\u003E3) \u003C\/b\u003Ean athletic conference, OUA in this case, keeping member schools accountable. Honestly, I feel like the Walter Sobchak character in \u003Ci\u003EThe Big Lebowski\u003C\/i\u003E, minus the concealed carry, of course.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThis is not 'Nam ... this is high-performance sport. There are rules.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"YOUTUBE-iframe-video\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/P41gT4eicrE\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P41gT4eicrE?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYork is far from alone in having had player eligibility issues, of course, and this is not meant to be a call-out or a castigation. It just bears pointing out that a serious sports conference takes these matters seriously. That might help with getting the media to pay attention outside of Vanier Cup and Super Championship Weekend time, when they wonder why no one cares when they do a drive-by on something they have ignored for the other 49 weeks of the year.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere is a brief list of other eligibility-related forfeits in recent years:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2015-16\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EWaterloo men's volleyball\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2014-15\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EQueen's football; Calgary football; Mount Royal men's soccer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2012-13 —\u003C\/b\u003E Bishop's football; UPEI men's soccer; St. Francis Xavier men's soccer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2011-12 — \u003C\/b\u003EUBC football; Montreal football\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2010-11 — \u003C\/b\u003ELaurier football\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2009-10 — \u003C\/b\u003EManitoba football; Simon Fraser football.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/7169832032799803905\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/eligibility-york-lions-brief-history-of.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7169832032799803905"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7169832032799803905"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/eligibility-york-lions-brief-history-of.html","title":"Eligibility: York Lions' brief history of OUA forfeits"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/P41gT4eicrE\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});