On Sun, 25 Jun 1995, Mike Machnik wrote: > Arthur Berman asked if Maine was "ducking" Alberta. I don't know the > details, but I wouldn't go that far. First, we don't know whether > Maine even tried to schedule Alberta. Also, Maine has had a history > of playing Canadian national champions, most recently Acadia. And at > least one of Maine's opponents on the tour - Ottawa - is a past > Canadian national champ too. I don't know about the others, but they > are all teams that have played a number of US teams in recent years. Mike, I guess the net did not reveal my tongue firmly planted in cheek in my prior post. I am disappointed not to be able to see Maine locally. Although Alberta has a record second to none they are coming off a poor season in which they did not make the playoffs [only four league members do, we've burned that topic to death]. Local wisdom suggests next year might not be all that stellar for the U of A either. Arthur Berman [log in to unmask] GO BU!!! NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!! GO GOLDEN BEARS!!!