Fans of hard-nosed football will love this years Mitchell Bowl.The sixth-ranked Mount Allison Mounties and No. 3 Marauders will bring very similar styles to McMasters Ron Joyce Stadium on Saturday for the Vanier Cup semifinal. Both teams have relied on smash-mouth defences and solid running games throughout the Canadian university football season and promise to bring more of the same to the Mitchell Bowl.We want to be violent. We want to make sure we hit you, said Mounties head coach Kelly Jeffrey said in an interview this week. We want to be disruptive in terms of taking the ball away as much as possible. We want to be disciplined, we want to have sound schemes that dont give up big plays.If we can do those things, thats basically the heart of our defensive philosophy.That approach has worked for Mount Allison all year. The undefeated AUS champions had the best defence in Canada this season, allowing an average of eight points per game and ranking third in both total yards allowed (324.0) and against the run (98.1).The Marauders are strong defensively as well. The 9-1 OUA champions allowed 17.75 points per game, the best in Ontario and fifth-best across the country. OUA defensive player of the year Nick Shorthill has been dominant at linebacker, helping McMaster place second against the pass (201.4) and the run (132.1).Defensively weve got several guys that we lean on and have come up huge in our playoff run to date, said Marauders head coach Stefan Ptaszek. Nick Shorthill, (defensive backs) Scott Martin, Steve Ventresca and Joey Cupido are four of the best in the country and were going to continue to lean on them.Both teams have relied on productive ground attacks all season, with Mounties tailback Chris Reid earning AUS rookie of the year honours after leading his conference and placing second in the country with 987 rushing yards.Hes explosive, hes got great burst, said Jeffrey of his star running back. Maybe not the sprinter some guys are, but certainly hes got very good burst and quickness that can make guys miss in a small area.Once that little guy gets behind that big O-line hes hard to see and contain.McMaster relies on two running backs in its schemes, with Wayne Moore averaging 70.3 yards per game in the regular season for a total of 492. Although he only averaged 61 yards per game in the regular season, Chris Pezzetta rushed for 143 and 144 yards in the Marauders first two post-season games.Establishing our run with that big O-line and Chris Pezzetta and Wayne Moore, our two running backs that are going to get the bulk of the work, is critical, said Ptaszek of Saturdays matchup.An emphasis on the run could be necessary on Saturday, with a wintry blast hitting southern Ontario and western New York for most of the week. McMaster had to move its practices from Ron Joyce Stadium to Redeemer University College in nearby Ancaster, Ont., to make use of an inflatable dome covering the schools football field.Forecasts have the temperature rising to just above freezing on game day with a chance of rain.If theres some elements of weather its always important to run the ball well, said Jeffrey. If we can then pop a few big plays offensively I think thatll be important to help change field position and set up scores.Although McMaster is only 1-3 when hosting Vanier Cup semifinals, Ptaszek is confident that playing in the Marauders home stadium will play to his teams advantage.No place like home is especially true for a student-athlete thats working through midterms and has finals not too far away, said the McMaster head coach. Just staying in our routine and all the national exposure that our student-athletes are going to get over the week, it helps us stay grounded and remember that theres actually a football game to be played at the end of this week.Having the 13th man in the stands is a huge advantage.The winner of the Mitchell Bowl will advance to the Vanier Cup in Montreal on Nov. 29. They will play either the Manitoba Bisons or Montreal Carabins, who face each other on Saturday in the Uteck Bowl.---Follow @jchidleyhill on Twitter Wholesale Hockey Jerseys . 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He faced only one break point, winning 24 out of 29 points played on the first serve.If this game was played a year ago, it would have been a higher profile matchup, and perhaps one deserving of a more prestigious bowl than the Belk Bowl (no offence to the southern department store chain). Instead this year it’s a matchup of two teams that have bounced around the Top 25 and are looking to end their mostly disappointing seasons on a high note. The biggest disappointment for Georgia was of course Todd Gurley’s season. In an era when running backs simply aren’t taken in the first round of NFL drafts (save for Trent Richardson regrettably), Gurley has been ranked by experts and draftniks as high as the Top 10. The guy is legit, but a combination of injuries and poor decisions, robbed the RB of most of his junior season. Gurley finished with 911 yards and nine touchdowns on just 123 carries but first missed four games to suspension for accepting money for his autograph, and then tore his ACL in his return against Auburn, an injury that would cost him the rest of the season and the upcoming Belk Bowl. The good news for Gurley and football fans everywhere is the North Carolina native is expected to make a full recovery and the injury isn’t expected to cost too many draft slots come late April. The loss of Gurley can’t be considered a crutch for Georgia’s below expectations season however as freshman Nick Chubb did an admirable job filling in, rushing for 1,281 yards and 12 touchdowns on 186 carries in Gurley’s absence. Despite routing eventual SEC East champion Missouri midway through the year, losses to South Carolina and Florida led to Georgia missing out on the SEC Championship game. It likely wouldn’t have mattered however, as the Bulldogs fell to in-state rival Georgia Tech in the last game of the regular season. The post-Teddy Bridgewater Louisville Cardinals meanwhile, were largely off most college football fan’s radars until late in the season when they found their way into the Top 25. Bobby Petrino’s Cardinals again finished the year ranked 21st in the nation despite only playing one ranked team – No. 2 Florida State, losing 42-31. Louisville wasn’t without big wins however, opening the year with a 31-13 rout of ACC rival Miami (Florida) and a late season upset of Notre Dame, who spent time in the Top 10 earlier in the year. In a transition year, Louisville boasts a middle-of-the-pack offence, ranking 77th in the nation at a little under 400 yards per game. The Cards have a better passing attack than Georgia (333rd ranked offence in the NCAA) averaging nearly 250 yards per game through the air to the Bulldogs’ 200, but lose a lot on the ground where Chubb, Gurley, and Georgia averages more than 100 yards per game more than Louisville (255 to 149).dddddddddddd This game could be a low scoring tilt as both teams rank in the Top 20 in the nation on defence Louisville is sixth, giving up less than 300 yards per game while Georgia finished just 12 teams behind, giving up 334 per game. The Cardinals are even better against the run, finishing third in the NCAA in that category at a 93.7 yards per game average, and it will be interesting to see if Chubb and the run-heavy Bulldogs can get going at a greater clip than that. Louisville has played very few teams of Georgia’s calibre, a fact that likely helped their numbers on defence. If the Cardinals’ defence can prove as stout as they’ve been against lesser competition, they’ll have a chance, but the Bulldogs, a seven-point favourite, should be able to establish their run game enough to make sure they don’t lose to two ACC opponents in a row. Eye on Sunday WR Devante Parker, Louisville All the prospect talk at the receiver position has been about Alabama’s Amari Cooper, but that may change in the New Year. The senior missed the first seven games of the year to injury but made up for lost time in the final five, amassing 735 yards and five touchdowns. A big game against Georgia should make things all the more uncomfortable for Cooper as the draft’s top receiver. LB Leonard Floyd, Georgia The Bulldogs are known for producing NFL-calibre linebackers and Floyd appears to be the latest high profile prospect. Floyd projects as an up-and-coming edge rusher but may return to school to add more size before entering the draft. S Gerod Holliman, Louisville Holliman led the country in interceptions, by a wide margin with 14. He may also be the early leader in draftniks tearing apart his game ahead of the draft. Holliman’s been criticized for a number of things, from poor tackling to immaturity. The playmaker has a chance to silence some of the criticism against Georgia. RB Todd Gurley, Georgia Gurley’s struggles off the field, and staying on the field, will probably push him out of the Top 10 in April’s draft but many still feel he’ll be a first rounder. Gurley will now likely battle Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon as the top running back taken in the draft, likely somewhere in the teens. ' ' '