Vanier Cup Playoff Update

G’Day Lads,

Let’s hope for a Mt. Allison vs Laurier  Vanier Cup Final!!

It would be a rematch of 1991 (Laurier won 25-18 BTW) and our own Spencer played in that game for Mt. A… Even his stalwart play and blazing speed wasn’t enough to help the Mounties overcome the All-Star Hawks and the famed “Fumblerooski” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumblerooski in a very exciting game. It had a record attendance of over 30,000 people. Pretty awesome for 2 of the smallest universities in Canada at the time. Several of us were in attendance and rushed the field at SkyDump to celebrate with the Hawks.

As a precursor to that same 1991 Vanier Cup game, Eddy played vs. Laurier in the Churchill Bowl just 2 weeks before on his quest to earn a berth to the Yates Cup (and Vanier). WLU was victorious 42-22 but was not for lack of effort, as Ed carried the Gaels on his back.

I would be remiss to forget mentioning Sharpy, who was a proud Mount A Mountie and their crowd-favourite (so the Ladies tell me) fullback during his career there. Anyways, there’s a little nostalgia/history on some Vanier Santa crew members in our midst … all who had great CIS Football achievements. I hope to be regaled with stories at Vanier Cup weekend.

Here were this weekend’s results/scores;

Sat. 5	* Acadia	18	Mount Allison	27	Final
	* McMaster	19	Laurier	21	Final
	* Carleton	24	Western	51	Final
	McGill	0	Montreal	42	Final
	Concordia	14	Laval	39	Final
	* Saskatchewan	17	Calgary	47	Final
	* UBC	40	Regina	34	Final