CIS Roundup

[jerrym]

A judge has ruled that the Loney Bowl must go ahead on Tuesday. Acadia will not challenge the ruling that St. Mary's has a right to play the game.

After a marathon court hearing in Halifax, a judge has ruled Atlantic University Sport must allow a football game between Acadia University and Saint Mary's University. ...
The winner of the Tuesday game will play Western, the Ontario champion from London, in the Uteck Bowl. ...
Lawyers from Saint Mary's, Acadia University and AUS were back in Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Sunday morning after a 5½-hour hearing on Remembrance Day.The last-minute hearing was held to deal with a motion from Saint Mary's to have the game reinstated. The university also asked that the case be dealt with on an urgent basis. ...
The controversy started with concerns over the eligibility of Saint Mary's wide receiver Archelaus Jack, who was on the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders practice roster until last October. League rules state that any former CFL player, or anyone who remains on a CFL team's practice roster after Aug. 15, has to wait one year before playing for a university team.
But Saint Mary's says the question of eligibility has already been decided by an Ontario court judge. Its lawyers argued yesterday that AUS is in contempt of that court order.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/saint-marys-acadia-university-football-court-1.4399358

[OV Argo]

A judge has ruled that the Loney Bowl must go ahead on Tuesday. Acadia will not challenge the ruling that St. Mary's has a right to play the game.



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And what a game it turned out to be ! High scoring, back and forth - late TD drives by both teams to force over-time- where Acadia prevails.

Most thinking Acadia is going to get just slaughtered by Western now; maybe so, but I wouldn't mind seeing an upset.

And hoping the Dinos get revenge, at home, for last year's Vanier loss to Laval. They put up tons of passing yards against Laval last year and they continue to have a big air attack.

This might be finally Western's year (?) after a lot of disappointment even though they have been a dominant OUA team for some time - only to get knocked-off in the play-offs. Like to see them stick with lots of that dominant ground game (though their QB Merchant - formerly at Div I Buffalo in US college ball - is quite good IMO - pretty decent arm and a good running/scrambling QB). Their new OC (Snyder) is maybe deserving lots of credit for their offence now - he might be the key with play-calling and believing in their ground game.