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AFTER WEEK 11 - Bye - BC Lions ?‍?In Hamilton they long for the days of co-ordinators Tommy Condell and Orlondo Steinauer. ?‍?Seems to me that curling in August isn't going to catch on very well? Esk’s Staff - Duke Williams catching six passes for 101 yards, the Esks extended their streak of having a 100-yard receiver to 10 consecutive regular-season games CFL News - #Redblacks draft pick, DL Mehdi Abdesmad signs with Bucs 3downnation CFL Headlines - In a poll released Monday morning, Montreal Alouettes quarterback Darian Durant ranked as Saskatchewan's most liked person, followed closely behind by Sask.-born comedian Brent Butt. http://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4264858 #Ticats @ticatmitchell on Art Briles: "We underestimated the tsunami of negativity." #CFL CFL News - "I'd still like to ask him (Kent Austin) behind closed doors, was it a jump or were you pushed?" - @MiltStegallTSN #CFL via @TSN1200 Eventually I think he (Austin) will be doing that (coaching). Of course, it won't be in Hamilton - @MiltStegallTSN #CFL #Ticats via @TSN1200 David William Naylor -So ... after Art Briles, what would reaction be to Johnny Manziel, who cut deal with prosecutors to dismiss domestic violence charge in '16? ?‍?A Day in the life of a Coach, or in Briles case, well, exactly that… Matthew Cruz CFL.ca memorable made-for-TV moments from this season. 1 Diversity is Strength T-shirts 2 Karen Kuldys misses one million dollars - on a penalty call. 3 Nic Lewis passes(receives actually) Geron Simon for the most receptions. 4 The punts. First, it was Ryan Lankford, then it was Boris Bede, then Lankford again. You don't see that in ‘Mercian football 5 SJ Green 10 receptions 210 yards (with 5 over 20 yards) 6 Duron Carter’s one-handed TD catch 7 O’Shea’s special teams kick to Miller on a fake FG. Sneaky 8 Gainy’s 4 interception day. 9 Week 1 Grey Cup rematch…ends in a tie. 10 60 points for one team, 1 for the other. 11 Bomber’s epic comeback from 12 points with under 2 minutes to play Blue and Gold CFL - CFL.ca writers made up their all-star teams today & their consensus team feat. 3 members on the #Bombers o-line. Oh how times have changed -Of the 41 games played so far this season, 24 of them have been decided in the final three minutes. CFL Headlines- Goossen: Bombers players are better, closer, since O’Shea’s arrival -Bryan Hall cut along with two others from Stampeders goo.gl/fb/4548Zy #Stampeders #Stamps Steve Patterson - I assume Air Canada gave up naming rights to Leafs/Raptors arena because they couldn't sell more tickets than there are available seats. Steve Daniel has been the head CFL statistician since 2007. He tracks general numbers to the most obscure ones through every 60 minutes of football during the season. And Daniel is fascinated by the trends he's seeing in the game this year, especially when it comes to the changing offence. "The rushing carries per game is the lowest it has ever been in our history and by quite a large margin," he says. "In the last four years it's absolutely plummeted and I don't think that trend is going to stop." "The raw number of pass attempts right now is around 75 per cent per game. That is the highest since what used to be referred to as basketball on grass with Flutie and Austin. Basically all of our passing records date back to that time for yardage." If there are two stats Daniel says fans should keep their eyes on to predict winners and losers for the rest of the season, it's the turnover ratio and second down conversion. "Those are really two of the most important numbers," he says. "Numbers aren't everything but they do tell a story. I've confronted coaches who have confronted me. If you provide them with those numbers, it's surprising how much they use them." - http://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4270054 CFL News - #Ticats remain keenly interested in signing @JManziel2 and Manziel remains keenly interested in playing for Ticats - @ProFootballTalk #CFL ?‍?Ticats say they aren't really shopping Collaros, Riders say they've been called. Stay tuned. ?‍?Kevin Glenn says Regina has the loudest fans. Says that if he'd been asked that in Winnipeg…he'd lie. http://fw.to/oUKj9cU Ryan Phillips - As I watched the Montreal vs Ottawa game I wonder how long this is gonna keep up? Same guys getting beat but they continue to play. ??smh CFL News - #AlsMTL saddled w/ 35-year-old making reported $400K, and no reason to believe Drew Willy provides better option. - @HerbZurkowsky1 #CFL Mike Sawatzky - Agent for LB Andy Mulumba says "CFL is a possibility" for recent #Rams cut. Mulumba was #Bluebombers No2 overall pick in 2013. #WFP WPG Free Press - Bombers eye Mulumba, still in talks with NFL Rouge a Radio - Our power rankings very well could Be 1. #Stamps 2 TBD 3 TBD 4 TBD 5 TBD 6TBD 7. TBD. 8. 7 other teams 9. #TIcats Dave Dawson - The #Eskimos have 2 games vs #Calstampeders left, 1 IN Regina and 1 vs #Bombers. Boy, at this rate could they finish 5th in West? ?‍?Stupid Headline - MASSIVE FALLOUT FROM LABOUR DAY CLASSIC 2017 rodpedersen.com/2017/09/massiv… via rodpedersen Randy Turner - I'm beginning to think Riders fans believe Gainer is an actual giant gopher. You know, as opposed to a human being wearing a costume. ?‍?Really irritating…makes you want to spit - TSN cameras caught several of those injured Roughriders openly laughing and smiling while leaving the field after being examined by medical staff. Dave Campbell - Average start position for the #Eskimos is the 29 yard line. 40 yard line for the Stampeders. #CFL ?‍?Coming up next, highlights of the Bomber’s game on Sunday”……………………………. ?‍?I know what I want for the Bomber’s defence…2000 lbs. That's right - one ton. One single ton. Is that asking for much? Derek Taylor - Adarius Bowman targeted 7 times through 3 quarters. 3 catches for 23 yards. Tough slogging against that Calgary coverage. ?‍?It's a Bomber fan’s hard task - to not be proud of the Bomber linebackers..it doesn't seem right. Devin Heroux - The @CFL Commissioner is now delivering pizza slices to game day staff and journalists in the press box. This great Canadian game. Derek Taylor. - Underplayed fact: @UCLAkp7 has not missed a convert for the Bombers! I think it's up to 69 in a row!!! Drew Edwards - For the first time this season, there is music in the #Ticats locker room after a game. ?‍?Looks like the shift is on to feature Brandon Banks over Luke Tasker. Quote June Jones - “If I was going to sacrifice anything, I’d sacrifice for speed,” says Coach Jones. Argos - "We're a good football team that's not playing good football." - Coach Trestman #Argos #CFL WEEK 12 Montreal @ BC - Friday Saskatchewan @ Winnipeg - Saturday Hamilton @ Ottawa - Saturday Calgary @ Edmonton- Saturday Bye - Toronto Western Division Games only: Edmonton beat BC, beat BC, lost to Winnipeg, Saskatchewan, lost Calgary 2-3 WPG beat Saskatchewan, Edmonton lost to Calgary, BC , lost Saskatchewan 2-3 Calgary beat Saskatchewan, beat BC, beat Winnipeg , beat Edmonton, 4-0 BC beat Sask, beat Wpg, lost To Sask, lost to Calgary,lost to Edmonton twice 2-4 Saskatchewan beat Edmonton, beat BC, beat Winnipeg, lost to Winnipeg, Calgary, BC 3-3 COMING UP Week 12 Montreal at BC - Sask. at Winnipeg - Calgary at Edmonton Week 13 Sask at Hamilton- Edmonton at Toronto- BC at Calgary Bye Winnipeg Week 14 Ottawa at Winnipeg- Hamilton at BC - Calgary at Sask Bye Edmonton Week 15 Sask at Ottawa - Montreal at Calgary- Winnipeg at Edmonton Bye BC Week 16 Ham at WPG- Sask at Tor.- Ottawa at BC - Edm. at Montreal Bye Calgary Week 17 Calgary at Ham - Ottawa at Sask. - BC at WPG. - Tor. At Edm. Week 18 Sask. at Calgary - WPG. At Tor. - Edm. At BC - Week 19 Mtl at Sask. - BC at WPG. - Cal at Edm. Week 20 WPG at Cal - Edm. At Sask. - Tor at BC

After Week 11 Bye BC CFL news O'Shea said rule change will “absolutely” force coaches to think twice before throwing their challenge flags. - @PentonKirk #CFL #Bombers #Bombers in the first half were 2-4 against starting quarterbacks and 3-0 versus backups. - @PentonKirk #CFL CFL.ca I think we only 25 yards of penalties in the second half so we changed the way we were playing,” O’Shea said. “The ability to adapt in-game is pretty darn good. These guys are showing a lot in that regard.” CFLNews Roster in state of flux since pre-season because of injuries & because Jones & co. looking for the right mix. - @IanHamiltonLP #CFL #Riders ?‍?Well, yeah... Jones says “Unfortunately, we’ve had discontinuity. We’ve had a lot of guys in and out of the roster due to multiple reasons." - Jones #CFL #Riders ?‍?Again, well, yeah.. -Jones repeatedly has said he’ll stick to the formula that has worked in his previous places of employment. - @IanHamiltonLP #CFL #Riders CFLNews Austin/several players express concern audio gleaned could put them at competitive disadvantage in subsequent games - @scratchingpost #CFL ?‍?This could be a valid concern. Justin Dunk 3downation Big plays continue to hurt Saskatchewan. The Riders have allowed a league-worst 27 big plays on defence (rushes of 20 and receptions of 30 yards or more) CFL Communications Yesterday’s #CFLWired game was the second-most watched #CFL regular season game televised on a Sunday in the past two seasons. Blue Bomber Talk Former Blue Bomber RB Cameron Marshall has been released by the Jacksonville Jaguars. #Bombers #CFL #NFL Eliot Shorr-Parks Aaron Grymes still has a locker. None of the other cut players do #Eagles CFL History On Nov 6, 1884, The Ottawa RedBlacks took on McMasters in the very first Canadian Championship...Wait that can't be right, can it?? #CFL (Actually on Nov 6, 1884 The Montreal Football Club wearing Red AND Black took on The Toronto #Argos wearing Maroon jerseys #CFL Herb Zurkowsky The #CFL has fined #Als' rush-end @7Bowman for criticizing the work of its officials following last week's game vs. Winnipeg. CFL History Top 4 things impossible to get rid of: 1 - The Clap 2 - Fruit Cake 3 - That cat who keeps coming back 4 - Wed night #Argo tickets Justin Dunk -Sportsnet There are rumblings from Regina that the players are an unhappy group with the way they’re being treated. Until that changes, it’s hard to expect the green and white to give maximum effort for Chris Jones. ******BC back-to-backs in Ontario II: Across 63 seasons of Lions club history they have NEVER swept both games of a road trip to Ontario and have a chance to accomplish that for the first time in this game vs the Argos. and did they? They did.. CFL Headlines The Spec: CFL honours Mitchell, Paredes, Toliver as top performers for August bit.ly/2bEnDLx #CFL Jeff Hamilton Wpg Free Press Through 10 weeks, Medlock leads the CFL in kicking accuracy at 91.8 per cent, hitting 45 of his 49 total kicks (included in that is a perfect 18-for-18 on converts). Justin Dunk #Riders ink Canadian RB after he asks for release from #Eskimos 3downnation.com/2016/09/01/rid… #CFL Ed Tait Medlock has been around long enough to know what constitutes a good special teams unit. And he sees it here with the Bombers. “That’s what O’Shea is known for: special teams, defence and hard-nosed football and getting people riled up,” said Medlock. “That’s probably why we do so well. We have a great special-teams coordinator (Paul Boudreau) who has come from the States and he’s done a great job coaching us with the little discipline/technique stuff. Both of them together have come up with a good plan for us.” Darrin Bauming Former #Bombers running back Paris Cotton has landed on the #CalStampeders' practice roster. Blue Bomber Talk Jovon Johnson now has two more sacks than any player on the Saskatchewan Roughriders. #Riders #CFL Lowell Ullrich Wally Buono on Ronnie Yell injury: ‘We know it’s not good’ Broken bone in foot suspected New role for Brandon Stewart More @TSN1040 at 230p Don Landry CFL.ca The Bombers had 37 takeaways in 2014 and 38 in 2015. Know how many they have so far in 2016? They have 33. In half a season. Paul Friesen the Sun Last year's best turnover-ratio team was Hamilton, at plus-14. That's not even an average of plus-one per game. Winnipeg is on pace for a plus-32, or nearly plus-two per game. Maurice Leggett Just made the decision this past offseason that Winnipeg will be my home until I'm done with football. Santino Filoso 3downnation Head Coach Rick Campbell has talked tough about holding his players accountable for the number of flags they draw, but you’d never be able to tell by the 9 penalties for 103 yards his team took in the first half. Of the eleven infractions that Ottawa finished the night with, nine unacceptably fall into preventable or technical categories. Something’s gotta give. ?‍?Hello Sergio? -you have to wonder how long GM Marcel Desjardins waits to bring in competition if Milo continues to struggle. Ed Tait The Bombers are allowing just six yards against in punt returns, the fewest in the CFL. Rob Vanstone Weston Dressler's first catch of the game is spectacular one. And he gets a nice hand. Classy player. Classy response. -Glenn Reid of CBC pointed out to me that the Riders have gone four consecutive games without scoring a point in the first quarter. -Darian Durant to Caleb Holley for a four-yard touchdown -- his first CFL major. Riders end TD-pass drought 272:51. Derek Taylor @DTonSC Jamaal Westerman 2nd in QB pressures this season with 22. The leader is Charleston Hughes with an amazing 32! #Details #Bombers -Medlock now 16 for 29 on kicks 50+ yards. Since start of 2008 season no one else has more than 12 attempts of 50+ #Bombers #Details Blue Bomber Talk #Bombers are 8th in the #CFL in yards allowed, but 2nd in points allowed. First quarter pretty indicative of that. #CFL #Bombers #Riders #LDC #CFL ?‍?Well, let's just leave it that the Rider's fake punt was bad...very bad. Scott Billeck @ScottBilleck Yeah, Macho Harris isn’t getting his job back. Derek Taylor My favorite "some stats are meaningless" for this week...Matt Nichols and Drew Willy have the same completion % this season (71.7%) #Bombers -The CFL needs a "stand your ground" rule for DBs. Expecting them to get out of the way seems silly ?‍?I don't know. Maybe I'm losing it. I thought that that was a common practice in the past. The defender has a right to his space.. Darrell Davis Unofficial count: Four new #Riders for today's #CFL game, 83 different players thru 10 games this season. #Ticats set record of 88 in 2013. All this whining about missed pass interference. Granted. But why don't people talk about how the #Riders didn't show up for 30 mins again Thomas Gunther - Last Word On Sports CFL The Bombers win, not just the early lead, comes down to three words: second down conversation. The Riders were unable to stop the Bombers from converting whether it was runs by Andrew Harris or short crossing routes to Gerrad Sheppard. The Bombers were frequently driving down the field and putting up points rather than striking out early. and that made all the difference in this matchup. Adam Schefter Hope for underdogs: There are more undrafted free agents on NFL rosters today (481) than 1st- and 2nd-round picks combined (480), per Elias. Scott Billeck #Bombers QBs thru 10 gms: Nichols 126-for-177 (71%) - 1,448 yards - 7 TDs - 5-0 Willy 137-for-191 (72%) - 1,473 yards - 5 TDs - 1-4 Jack Todd: Time for Alouettes to close window on Jim Popp era http://montrealgazette.com/sports/jack-todd-time-for-alouettes-to-close-window-on-jim-popp-era/ Arash Madani Andy Fantuz flops and a failed #CFL referee, demoted to back judge, falls for it. Anyone surprised? Drew Edwards This is the highest scoring Labour Day game between the #Ticats and #Argos in #CFL history. ?‍?Labour Day Monday games: Edmonton - Calgary 71 points (45-24) total yards 799 Toronto - Hamilton 85 points (49-36) total yards 902 They had a fly-by before the game in Hamilton, then they had another air show with Collaros and Ray! QBs Ray 31/41 386 3tds 2 int Collaros 28-35 359 4 TDs 1 int BL Mitchell 25-32 380 2 TDs 1 int. ?‍?Calgary 4 sacks Edmonton 0 ?‍?Simply can't let that dreadful PI call go called on Toronto's Jefferson. I don't blame him one bit for being upset. Possibly, no definitely, the worst call of the year. John Hodge 3downnation -The span of Winnipeg’s last five victories: 38 days. The span of Saskatchewan’s last five victories: 671 days. That’s wild. -With Ryan Smith expected to return to the line-up next week, it will be interesting to see if Nichols throws the deep ball more often with an elite deep threat at his disposal. -Two fourth quarter interceptions aside, Sunday’s game was disastrous for the Blue Bomber secondary. Johnny Adams struggled mightily against rookie Caleb Holley, often looking flat-footed and out of position after the catch. Adams will need to return to his 2015 form if he is to keep his starting spot when Chris Randle returns from injury. -is there a chance the Riders look to sign one of Swayze Waters or Sergio Castillo? -The Bomber offensive line allowed two sacks on Sunday, one of which came on a poorly-executed quarterback draw late in the game. Winnipeg has now allowed eight sacks in Nichols’ five starts (1.6 per game), half the number that the Bombers allowed in Drew Willy’s five starts (16). -Speaking of Sunday’s controversial pass interference call, let’s not forget that the Riders played a mistake-ridden game against Winnipeg. The gamble on third and 3? The bizarre fake punt to Ed Gainey? Two fourth quarter interceptions? Two missed field goals? These are all mistakes that went into the result of Sunday’s game (which, in fairness, featured a ton of mistakes from the Bombers, too). To simply chalk the Riders’ loss to a bad penalty would be unfair — Sunday’s game was decided on a combination of 158 plays, not just one. Bye in Week 12 - Ottawa