Tiger Cats out, Marauders in

Looks as though the Tiger-Cats are out and the Marauders are in, quite the season of Canadian football here in Hamilton and at Mac, but what do you expect, even if you lose badly at the professional level, you have the amateurs ready to pick up the slack and hey just look what is happening over at the City of Champions (who could have ever thunk it)?

This city has the Hall of Fame and its Museum to rest back on during the off-season at 58 Jackson Street West (luckily have been part personally of three displays down there for the AKO Fratmen of Windsor way down south, the Sault Storm/Steelers way up north and the hometown Steel City Ironmen right here in Hamilton-Wentworth or Halton-Niagara), so fans don't fret upon the season that is, think about the season to be and alleviate all worries until training camp opens up again at McMaster University's new Alumni Field then onto the start of the Canadian Football League's pre-season once more in the spring-summer!

As McMaster plans on going 5-0 this weekend with a win against Queen's and their Golden Gaels (or is that Golden Girls), things are looking great for them at the current, another Yates Cup win in the cards with only OUA arch-rivals WLU Golden Hawks (Laurier defends its Vanier without its offensive co-ordinator Stefan Ptaszek, who is now the head coach for Mac for its new dynasty years) and UWO Mustangs (Western tries to go back to the future with its now new old offensive co-ordinator Greg Marshall, who was the head coach for Mac for its old dynasty years) standing in the way. Even Guelph near the end of the schedule at home could present some problems, as it was almost one year ago this week at the beginning of October, that the Gryphons picked off passes by the sack-attacked Mac quarterback Jon Behie, whose three interceptions away at Alumni Stadium some say lead to the eventual dismissal of Marcello Campanaro. If they can continue the tradition of excellence Mac has consistantly shown in the past, a Yates Cup win is there, then on to playing what looks to be the Manitoba Bisons for the Mitchell Bowl in Ivor Wynne Stadium, laying out some revenge for the 27-6 2001 Churchill Bowl loss at Winnipeg CanadInns Stadium and finally clean up plate with a Vanier Cup victory against Rouge et Or de l'Université Laval out in Saskatoon, who have already won 2 of the last 3 or 3 of the last 7, thus giving Mac its first shot since it lost 10-9 by one point to the Alberta Golden Bears at Toronto's Varsity Stadium in 1967 - sounds fair eh?