THIS POST SOMEHOW WAS MISSED AND NEVER POSTED UNTIL NOW. MY APOLOGIES.
Sorry sorry. Ive been away. Watching baseball, broadcasting hockey and doing interviews. None of which are anything to write about so Ill write about SMU Football which is super important to any AUS football fan other than Mt A or Acadia. Why? The reason is about the future.
Sorry sorry. Ive been away. Watching baseball, broadcasting hockey and doing interviews. None of which are anything to write about so Ill write about SMU Football which is super important to any AUS football fan other than Mt A or Acadia. Why? The reason is about the future.
SMU is our and by our I mean Atlantic Canada's best chance to beat any West team. Acadia does not have the horses to win a big game and Mt A has an All Star running back in Ross but has little experience and or enough good players to complete the goal. Of Acadia and Mt A I have to side with Mt A being the better of the two teams.
SMU has best chance to beat a West team and to bring some sort of respect to eastern Canada. SMU started 0-3 and has rebounded to surprise some to get to 5-3 and a get a bye into the finals. For others, not so much but we should be surprised they are at 5-3 because losing 3 is a lot of games. 1 game, then 2 then 3! Thats a big deal in a short season.
I think Coach Sumarah is the reason for this about face. A CIS coach of the year, I am sure Sumarah stood up after loss 3 and said "whoa whoa whoa". He separated the units of the team and set them straight. He got Micah Brown under control. Spoke to his receivers and taught them ball and self-protection. Spoke to his coaches and even that mascot we all see trolling the stands and said "do your job". Well in 5 straight games everyone has done their job and with vigor.
SMU has re-invented themselves in the last 5 weeks and are showing promise for the future. The future being the Loney Bowl vs Mt A? and then the Mitchell Bowl vs a team we know will be bigger and faster.
The dilemma is this. Whoever wins the Loney Bowl needs to be ready for a war in the West. SMU gives the East the best chance. Even if they lose in the Loney Bowl, their play, their resilience and their character makes them a favorite for me to play the Hardy Cup champs. Although you cant send a loser to the next round and whoever wins I will be cheering on with pompoms and brews, I hope its SMU that advances. They have the experience, the talent, the character, the resolve and depending on how the next 3 weeks go, the future of Atlantic Canadian university football respect in their hands.
