It's been a couple of weeks since I've been able to report
on what's happening in the CFL so here's the catch up on what's been happening.
Week 15
Henry Burris threw a record 45 completions as Ottawa Redblacks thrashed the Montreal Alouettes 39-17. The previous record holder, Anthony Calvillo was watching from the opposite sideline.
Jonathon Jennings was the star as BC Lions dumped on Saskatchewan Roughriders 46-20. The BC quarterback threw four touchdown passes and caught one too!
Edmonton Eskimos and Calgary Stampeders both officially qualified for the play-offs with narrow wins and last minute field goals over Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats respectively. The Bombers kicker Lirim Hajrullahu missed 5 kicks in their game.
Henry Burris threw a record 45 completions as Ottawa Redblacks thrashed the Montreal Alouettes 39-17. The previous record holder, Anthony Calvillo was watching from the opposite sideline.
Jonathon Jennings was the star as BC Lions dumped on Saskatchewan Roughriders 46-20. The BC quarterback threw four touchdown passes and caught one too!
Edmonton Eskimos and Calgary Stampeders both officially qualified for the play-offs with narrow wins and last minute field goals over Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats respectively. The Bombers kicker Lirim Hajrullahu missed 5 kicks in their game.
Week 16
Toronto Argonauts beat Ottawa 38-35 in a wild game. Argo's Chad Owens made an outstanding one handed touchdown catch for the winning score.
Hamilton Tiger-Cats got their first win with Jeff Matthews
at quarterback as they saw off
Saskatchewan by an easy 30-15.
Edmonton got a win in Calgary by 15-11. This gave them the lead in the West Division as they now hold the tie breaker over the Stamps.
Edmonton got a win in Calgary by 15-11. This gave them the lead in the West Division as they now hold the tie breaker over the Stamps.
In the battle for the last play-off place in the West,
Winnipeg had a big comeback win over BC Lions. They came back from 14 points
down to win 29-26
In Toronto's second game of the week they saw off Montreal 25-17 and took top spot in the East Division.
In Toronto's second game of the week they saw off Montreal 25-17 and took top spot in the East Division.
The Trade Deadline arrived and there were two
significant departures from the Saskatchewan Roughriders who have gone into
rebuilding mode. Firstly, Montreal signed quarterback Kevin Glenn to cover for
Rakeem Cato who's doubtful for the rest of the season after suffering a concussion.
Then Calgary signed running back Jerome Messam. This gives the Stampeders the
season's second and third top running backs in their backfield.
Week 17
Ottawa beat Winnipeg 27-24 in dreadful weather to secure their first ever play-off spot.
Week 17
Ottawa beat Winnipeg 27-24 in dreadful weather to secure their first ever play-off spot.
Toronto had to play their home game in Hamilton due to the
Blue Jays MLB play-offs and lost to Calgary there by 27-15.
BC Lions had an opportunity but couldn't take advantage of Winnipeg's loss. They surrendered a late lead and finally lost 26-23 after overtime in Edmonton.
Hamilton finally got a win over Montreal on the third attempt of the season, wining 23-11. The highlight was an over the shoulder reception by Luke Tasker.
BC Lions had an opportunity but couldn't take advantage of Winnipeg's loss. They surrendered a late lead and finally lost 26-23 after overtime in Edmonton.
Hamilton finally got a win over Montreal on the third attempt of the season, wining 23-11. The highlight was an over the shoulder reception by Luke Tasker.
The Play-off Picture
The three post season places in the East Division
have been claimed by Hamilton (10&5), Toronto and Ottawa (both 9&6).
The last three regular season games will be needed to sort out the seeding.
In the West Division Edmonton and Calgary (both 12&4) have tied up the top two spots. With two games left the automatic place in the West Final is Edmonton's to lose. The last place is up for grabs is still between Winnipeg, BC and Montreal who have 5 wins each. Montreal would need to finish with more wins than the other two to achieve the crossover from the East.
In the West Division Edmonton and Calgary (both 12&4) have tied up the top two spots. With two games left the automatic place in the West Final is Edmonton's to lose. The last place is up for grabs is still between Winnipeg, BC and Montreal who have 5 wins each. Montreal would need to finish with more wins than the other two to achieve the crossover from the East.
This week's games
It's Week 18 and every game has play-off implications. The action starts on Friday night with Toronto Argonauts having to play their home game away in Hamilton again, this time against Montreal Alouettes. Toronto beat Montreal easily a couple of weeks ago but then played badly against Calgary. Montreal will hope Kevin Glenn settles in at QB for this one. However they've lost four in a row and another defeat would pretty well kill their play-off hopes.
It's Week 18 and every game has play-off implications. The action starts on Friday night with Toronto Argonauts having to play their home game away in Hamilton again, this time against Montreal Alouettes. Toronto beat Montreal easily a couple of weeks ago but then played badly against Calgary. Montreal will hope Kevin Glenn settles in at QB for this one. However they've lost four in a row and another defeat would pretty well kill their play-off hopes.
The late Friday game is a
match up between two young quarterbacks. BC Lions with Jonathon Jennings
playing well enough to keep Travis Lulay off the field, host Hamilton
Tiger-Cats and Jeff Matthews. It's a long trip for Hamilton on a short week,
and BC have been unlucky in recent games.
There's another East to West
trip on Saturday for Ottawa Redblacks as they're in Winnipeg to play the Blue
Bombers. This one's a match-up of veteran quarterbacks, the Bomber's Matt Nichols
against Ottawa's Henry Burris who's in contention for the CFL's Most
Outstanding Player award.
The week finishes with
Edmonton Eskimos facing the ultimate banana-skin game as they visit
Saskatchewan Roughriders. With only two wins through the season this is the
Riders last home game and with rookie Brett Smith now established as their
quarterback they have a lot of points to prove. Edmonton have won their last
six games but haven't always been convincing. They can't afford to lose if
they're to finish top of the Division.
This week's TV
Schedule
There's only one live game
in the listings so far but hopefully more slots might become available if the
Baseball Conference Championship series finish before Game 7.
Ottawa Redblacks at
Winnipeg Blue Bombers – LIVE
Saturday evening October 24, 21:00 hrs – BT Sport 2 repeat - Monday morning October 26, 10:00 hrs – BT Sport ESPN
Hamilton Tiger-Cats at BC Lions - recorded
Sunday evening October 25, 22:30 hrs – BT Sport ESPN repeat - Wednesday morning October 28, 06:00 hrs – BT Sport ESPN
Edmonton Eskimos at
Saskatchewan Roughriders – recorded
Monday morning October 26, 01:00 hrs – BT Sport ESPN repeat - Monday afternoon October 26, 13:00 hrs – BT Sport ESPN
Montreal Alouettes at
Toronto Argonauts – recorded
Thursday afternoon October 29, 13:30 hrs – BT Sport ESPN  |
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