This week saw one team produce show their overpowering
strength, the other three of the four
games weren't decided until the fourth quarter and there was the first coach
sacking of the season. The CFL's certainly not boring.
Montreal Alouettes 23 - 13 BC Lions
The Alouettes broke a winless streak at BC Place going back to the year 2000 on Thursday night. More importantly, they also broke the current three game losing streak they had going.
The game opened with Montreal giving BC a seven point start as Rakeem Cato threw an easy interception to Ryan Phillips on only their third play. From then on it was the Al's running game which dominated. Tyrell Sutton led the way with 154 combined yards, Stefan Logan enjoyed playing against his old team and contributed a 54 rushing yard day and Brandon Rutley ran for 50 too. On the BC side Andrew Harris was restricted to only 10 yards. Montreal put the game away in the fourth quarter, the decisive score coming when Tanner Marsh, who had been coming in and out at quarterback, ran in from a short distance.
The Alouettes broke a winless streak at BC Place going back to the year 2000 on Thursday night. More importantly, they also broke the current three game losing streak they had going.
The game opened with Montreal giving BC a seven point start as Rakeem Cato threw an easy interception to Ryan Phillips on only their third play. From then on it was the Al's running game which dominated. Tyrell Sutton led the way with 154 combined yards, Stefan Logan enjoyed playing against his old team and contributed a 54 rushing yard day and Brandon Rutley ran for 50 too. On the BC side Andrew Harris was restricted to only 10 yards. Montreal put the game away in the fourth quarter, the decisive score coming when Tanner Marsh, who had been coming in and out at quarterback, ran in from a short distance.
Despite the win the Alouettes owners sacked their head coach
Tom Higgins after the game. General Manager Jim Popp will be the interim HC, a
role he's filled before.
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 48- 20 Edmonton Eskimos
The Tiger-Cats proved that they could take their incredible
home form on the road on Friday as they went into Edmonton and scored seven
touchdowns against what was supposed to be the toughest defence in the country.
Ti-Cats defence forced five turnovers which
the offence turned into three touchdowns. There was also a defensive
touchdown as linebacker Eric Norwood ran back a fumble for no less then 106
yards. That's the Hamilton Defence's eighth touchdown in eight games, the
record for a season is only eleven! On the offensive side Zach Collaros passed
for 300 yards and 3 touchdowns, and he also rushed for one. Terrell Sinkfield
Jr was the leading receiver with two touchdowns while both he and Luke Tasker
had over 100 yds receiving.
Edmonton tried to spark a change by replacing Mike Nichols at quarterback again with James Franklin, this time before the second quarter was over. Franklin led them to a couple of second half scores but they were never in the game. Troubling times for the Eskimos, this was the first of a run of five games against the top four teams and James Franklin is now reported to be shaken up.
Edmonton tried to spark a change by replacing Mike Nichols at quarterback again with James Franklin, this time before the second quarter was over. Franklin led them to a couple of second half scores but they were never in the game. Troubling times for the Eskimos, this was the first of a run of five games against the top four teams and James Franklin is now reported to be shaken up.
Calgary Stampeders 32 - 29 Saskatchewan Roughriders
Once again Saskatchewan were competitive in front of a
sold-out home crowd but once again they fell short in the fourth quarter and
that's now eight consecutive defeats.
Calgary looked to have taken control after a bizarre sequence of plays which ended the first half. With 15 seconds left the Roughriders attempted a 65 yd field goal. Not surprisingly it fell short. Tim Brown ran it back but he was stopped by a vicious clothesline tackle by the Rider's Randy Richards who was promptly disqualified from the game. Then, with two seconds left, Bo Levi Mitchell threw a Hail Mary pass which Eric Rogers caught in the end zone to give the Stampeders a nine point lead.
Saskatchewan didn't give up though and they'd pulled the score back to 22 all by the end of the third quarter after Weston Dressler caught Brett Smith's second touchdown pass. The Stampeders built a lead again through a TD reception by Tory Harrison and a field goal by Rene Paredes. The Riders pulled a last touchdown back after Carl Fitzgerald blocked a punt but they couldn't force one final score to rescue the game.
Calgary now have the outright lead of the West Division with a 6 & 2 record.
Calgary looked to have taken control after a bizarre sequence of plays which ended the first half. With 15 seconds left the Roughriders attempted a 65 yd field goal. Not surprisingly it fell short. Tim Brown ran it back but he was stopped by a vicious clothesline tackle by the Rider's Randy Richards who was promptly disqualified from the game. Then, with two seconds left, Bo Levi Mitchell threw a Hail Mary pass which Eric Rogers caught in the end zone to give the Stampeders a nine point lead.
Saskatchewan didn't give up though and they'd pulled the score back to 22 all by the end of the third quarter after Weston Dressler caught Brett Smith's second touchdown pass. The Stampeders built a lead again through a TD reception by Tory Harrison and a field goal by Rene Paredes. The Riders pulled a last touchdown back after Carl Fitzgerald blocked a punt but they couldn't force one final score to rescue the game.
Calgary now have the outright lead of the West Division with a 6 & 2 record.
Ottawa Redblacks 24 - 30 Toronto Argonauts
The Argonauts got the result they needed to keep pace with Hamilton at the top of the East Division. While the Tiger-Cats are winning with ease, Toronto haven't won a game by more than a single score since Week 1 and once again they had to dig deep in the fourth quarter to get this one. The Redblacks actually took the lead of this game with two touchdowns in a minute at the start of the fourth quarter. Jeremiah Johnson ran one in from 2 yards, his second of the night, and then Jerrell Gavins took an interception to the house from 29 yards. As usual it was up toTrevor Harris to lead the Argos back, a 15 yard pass to Vidal Hazelton tied the scores and then, as Ottawa couldn't respond, two field goals by Swayze Waters sealed the victory. Waters was playing his first game since a Week 1 injury. The sight of him pursuing one of his punts down the field and making a hard tackle was one of the highlights of the game.
The Redblacks were vastly better than the team which was humiliated in Calgary last week. Henry Burris completed 32 of 36 passes for 426 yards and both Ernest Jackson and Greg Ellingson had over 100 yards receiving. However their discipline was lacking again and they didn't manage to score through the air so lost out as a result.
The Argonauts got the result they needed to keep pace with Hamilton at the top of the East Division. While the Tiger-Cats are winning with ease, Toronto haven't won a game by more than a single score since Week 1 and once again they had to dig deep in the fourth quarter to get this one. The Redblacks actually took the lead of this game with two touchdowns in a minute at the start of the fourth quarter. Jeremiah Johnson ran one in from 2 yards, his second of the night, and then Jerrell Gavins took an interception to the house from 29 yards. As usual it was up toTrevor Harris to lead the Argos back, a 15 yard pass to Vidal Hazelton tied the scores and then, as Ottawa couldn't respond, two field goals by Swayze Waters sealed the victory. Waters was playing his first game since a Week 1 injury. The sight of him pursuing one of his punts down the field and making a hard tackle was one of the highlights of the game.
The Redblacks were vastly better than the team which was humiliated in Calgary last week. Henry Burris completed 32 of 36 passes for 426 yards and both Ernest Jackson and Greg Ellingson had over 100 yards receiving. However their discipline was lacking again and they didn't manage to score through the air so lost out as a result.
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