Ho Hum

I wore red on Friday the 16th, as I do every Friday, in support of the troops overseas in the Afghani wilds, both urban and rural. If I were the Taliban I would fear the news that the Canadians are near arrival, but this is Ryerson's Kerr Hall and the Cadets are coming to town. There is no fear here as the Royal Military College Paladins are not even close to being a credible threat. As a matter of fact, Deefirst was expendable for this game (some might mutter that this application of expendability should be expanded for the worthless sod) and was found lurking in the unfriendly confines of U of T's Athletic Complex scouting the next opponent, Queen's Golden Gaels. BTW, permission to plug a memory stick into the game recording laptop at U of T was denied. Something about being against department policy and that that request has to be submitted to the Communication Department beforehand. Are you serious? The game is on the internet shortly after the final buzzer for easy download. We are just talking about a little convenience amongst neighbours. I am sure there will be an opportunity in the future to make U of T have to jump through an extra bureaucratic hoop.

Back to the game. Actually, I never did make it back to the game, but I heard and read the reports. RU 102 RMC 51. Boris had 31 pts and 8 bounds. coming off the bench Muddy (Madhav) Trevedi had 13 pts in 11 minutes and Freshman Corey May had 10 pts in 12 minutes of questionable defense. At this point I have to give some props to the Cadets who have come to a gun fight with knives. The two leading knives were Mathieu MacDonald & Nicolas Cooke with 15 points each. I would hope and assume that in the off season RMC improves it's arsenal. It has a lot going for it. Enlist and it is free education and a guaranteed job for five years after graduation. Don't enlist and you can still attend a school with first class facilities, support and programs. Plus if you are an above average player you are going to get playing time and lots of it. Alright enuff already let's not give them too much fodder, I mean these are two guaranteed wins a year.

The next night it was Queen's turn to face the mighty Rams in Howard's Hall. Unfortunately, there most significant player went down with a knee injury in the U of T game and the Golden Gaels were facing Rye without Mitch Leger. Him being in the lineup probably would not have made a difference as we came flying out of the gate winning the 1st quarter 21-11 and the 2nd 22-5. That was enough to cruise to a, 82-65, win. Boris Bakovic had 31 & 12, which helped propel him to OUA Athlete of the Week. Dan Bannister had what appeared to be a career game for Queen's with 26 pts.

Next weekend, York and Laurentian at home.