46 - Wednesday, November 26, 1997 — North Shore News * Grey Cup glov TORONTO — Saturday’s Vanier Cup blowout in the sterile confines of the Skydome marked a new low in attendance for Canada’s annual battle for univer-_ ; sity football supremacy. * Just 8,184 paying fans watched the 33rd annual game, which saw the University of British Columbia trounce the University of Ottawa 39-23. Given that the game was played in the Centre of the Universe — of which Ottawa is anear moon, Vancouver a distant galaxy — Gee-Gee fans outnumbered T-bird support- ers five to one. Canadian Interuniversi drew Cretie view from the i cheap seats cials were righttully disappoint- ed in the small crowd that came in out of the cold to watch the game. ro AAU chief executive of i- rry Moynihan nowd niversity, of Wy the big game, the pe drawing a respectable crowd to the annual Skydome game is north shore news @ SPORTS ill fix Vanier Cup wi s difficult pulling people here i the participating teams come trom areas that are more than a few hours drive,” Moynihan noted. (Also, the gest vame in the Big 10 cason, pitting number one ranked Michigas against number tour ranked Ohio State on Saturday afternoon in Ann Arbor, did't help in spinning the Skydome rurn- ar's Vanier Cup will nark the 10th anniversary at the Skydome. This fact alanc is one of the major problems plaguing what is otherwise an incredibly entertaining football leagui CIAU officials contend that without a major corporate sponsor, the Vanier Cup would die a quick death. (This vou by the Chevrolet Cavalier.) And since Toronto is the centre of corporate Canada, it was felt back in the mi 1980s that » game atthe then Skvdome would m. Vanier Cup an even stronger institution. They were wrong. But where to play i The semi-tinaly are plaved just seven days before the Vanier Cap. so to play the game at one of the finalists’ Held isa logistic impossibility. Seven days may be enough time to prepare a football team, but it is nowhere near enough time to organize, promote and pull- off a V: cup. And even if it was, which of the two final teams would be given home field advantage? The only solution is to play the game on the Saturday Cup and the Grey Cup pit regions avast cach other, supporters would naturally find 3 favorite in cither game. Tickets could be p ed together — buy a Grey Cup ticket, get half off'a Vanier Cup ticket. es In addition, this scheme would wreatly benetit the Caradian content aspect of the CFL, since many of the plavers hitting the fickd on Saturday in the ee Cup could very well be playing in the Sunday Grey Cup the next vear. “MOUNT. 5 SEYMOUR TiO} LEAGUE § Nov. 26 & 2 (Wed. / Thurs.) @ 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Ron Andrews Pool ited space available in Division T-Bali to Big League 5-18 yrs Please bring « ph tovupy of your bith ~. For further .information-contact 929-0870 | tough, if not impossible. year’s gatne was brought to immediately betore Grey Cup Sunday at the field hosting the CFL championship game. Over 60,000 watched the Toronto Argos disassemble Saskatchewan in Edmonton two Sundays ago. 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