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Streaming Sports Network Canada Username Password Login Games Leagues Teams Venues Hockey Football Basketball Soccer Volleyball Blogs Neates take Holiday humour December 17 2009Quite the press release which came out this morning MEDIA ADVISORY Southern Ontario University Athletics (SOUA) is asking media partners to please continue referring to the Western Mustangs as defending Yates Cup champions during the coming year although the Queens Gaels actually won the league title before going on to capture the Vanier Cup last month Queens won 4339 on Nov 14 in a thrilling Yates Cup that was not decided until the final seconds as was also the case in the teams regularseason game on Oct 17 a 2726 Gaels win Media members should understand putting focus on one teams accomplishments overlooks that Western and quarterback Michael Faulds who played heroically with a torn knee ligament might have been just as if not more courageous and clutch in almost winning The Mustangs deserved better SOUA commissioner George Santayana says It would be remiss to use the standard practice of calling the team which was ahead on the scoreboard when the clock reads 000 the Yates Cup champion After reading a lot of the media coverage from London from both before and after the game we recommend the media when next season begins occasionally slip in a reference to Western as defending Yates Cup champions Queens will understand The record book will not change Santayana stressed Our aim is to subtly drive home the point it was not clear anyone lost the Yates Cup Santayana says The London Free Press offered assurance before the game that Queens coaches had to convince their players they could win against Westerns coach the guy who never loses it in the SOUA playoffs even though the Mustangs 14 record in their previous five tries vs Queens was more of a pertinent statistic Following the game the Free Press also reported that the film showed (Western receiver Nick) Trevail should have been awarded a touchdown on a fourthquarter catch Whether that was true is immaterial Most recently it noted that game at Queens will be the lasting memory of Faulds career at Western He kept dragging himself out there for another shot to help his team win If we did not know better either that last part was poor wording or Western actually completed their comeback at some point in the past month after the 90 players more than a dozen coaches and 7253 fans had continued living their lives Either way were just trying to capture the spirit of the thing Many previous Yates Cups have hinged on a handful of plays and people on the losing side have accepted the result These were exceptional circumstances There was risk involved in having a spotlight solely on Queens just because it went 111 compared to Westerns 73 Santayana says Having an academically elite schoo...