1965  S.O.M.D. 2005

Grey Cup 2005 10:00am Forbes Field (McGill's Practice Field)

The Grey Cup Story - November 5, 2005
It was a miracle finish for the White as they trailed 31 - 13 at the end of the 3rd quarter, It looked like Stan Rose's interception for a touchdown late in the third quarter had buried the White for good. With less than 15 minutes left in the game, the white team were about to call in the mercy rule. Some players had even put their cleats away. Then the miracle started happening. First, it was the 4th and long pass from Mark Larose to Mark Thivierge to within a foot of the touchdown. Then, the one yard touchdown pass to Paul to make the score a little more respectable. Then, Grey Cup MVP Maurice Beaudin intercepted a pass for a touchdown to bring the white team to within 6 points. Mark Thivierge then took over at quarterback with no time remaining an drove the white team into Green team end zone to tie up the score. Then came the Hail Mary convert pass to Joey Fitzmorris who finally caught a ball after putting his cleats back on. Final Score 32-31. The Grey Cup game with the most points scored since the early nineties. There will be more pictures posted when I receive them from Mike Curtis. Here is a picture of the losing team for now.

  

Week #5 - New SOMD record 15-10-2005
The weather was supposed to be miserable but somehow the rain only started late in the game but it didn't matter. Why? The red team set a new SOMD record by not getting one first down. After 10 quarterbacking attempts, the red team had gotten to within a couple of yards of a first down only twice. The white team managed to score only 2 touchdowns against a non-existent defense and give up one more on an interception by Maurice. Final score 19=0 with the mercy rule in effect. Four new fair weather inductees for the season, Stephane Chibok, Gary Nixon, John Griffin and Tom Griffin. The Gumboless Saturday was topped off by Hot Dogs under the tarps that took about 20 minutes to put up as the rain fell. All in all a great day except for the game.

Week #6 - The SOMD Colours Change 22-10-2005
As the season winds down to the Grey Cup, the new 40th anniversary shirt were unveiled the same week that Tartan Pub donated white t-shirts to the league. The weather was great and the after food was excellent thanks to Gary Nixon's surprise sausage and shrimp dishes. Click the picture for a few actions shots.

 

 

Week #7 - The Best Old Performance Ever 30-10-2005
Probably the best young old game in history was played on Saturday. The Young started quickly by intercepting the third play of the game and scoring a touchdown with a couple of good plays. At that point it looked like the old team was about to be taken to the cleaners. Little did we know that this would be the last points that the young would be able to muster. The Old got in gear and scored on their second, third and fourth possessions to bring the score to 20-6 at the half. There was not one incompletion during those three touchdown drives The Old added another in the second half and the game ended on a final interception in the end zone by Earl Macdonald. Final score 26-6 over the heavily favoured young team. Next week is the climax of the season.