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CFL News O’Shea’s winning % is 6th lowest in history of #CFL among head coaches who have been on sideline for at least 40 games. - @Ted_Wyman Gary Etchevery... Basically, etch figures Wpg still runs the same kind of offence and really is the reason why they have been so unsuccessful over the last few years. He's not blaming the team's lack of success on the defence, and he defends his defensive record. It's a 60 minute podcast where they review the most recent games. http://www.properspective.ca/?m=0 Since Darian Durant went down with a season-ending injury in the 2014 Banjo Bowl in Winnipeg, the club is 6-25. Rod Pedersen. Is it any wonder none of the three home games this year have been sellouts? RP To that end the Riders did get over 30,000 to the game on Friday...aided by a $20 blowout of end zone seats - Mr Dee More from Pedersen: It's clear Saskatchewan is slowly falling in love with Jones, his southern drawl and folksy sayings but these fans would turn on their own mother if she had a losing record. TSN panelist Jock Climie observed that things might be different for the Bombers - and quarterback Drew Willy - if they had a game-changing receiver like Bowman in their lineup..... I thought that comment was quite a stretch because it would take far more than Bowman to make Winnipeg a contender at this point, but it is a good point. Last year, it was Lions kicker Richie Leone struggling with the longer 32-yard extra points, missing a league-high 11 on the season. Rene Paredes is doing his best to surpass that mark with five misses already through just four games. - Calgary Herald Notable Quotables : true belief or wishful thinking? From these, the Bombers could be all-stars soon. From Bomber players... 1) "They've seen the film. They're not happy. They're going to fix it." - Coach O'Shea on the week 2 game against CGY 2) We're better than this" - we feel we're one step away from breaking through. We showed glimpses of it in Hamilton. Now we have to take the next step forward and put things together. 3) "We have a lot of tools here and this is a great team. It’s just taking some time to get rolling." 4) "I'm really really confident, both personally & as a unit. I feel like we can come away with this win" - Thomas Mayo 5) “We're close. WE truly believe that and we're confident in the things we're doing” Weston Dressler. 6) The players are buying in to the coaches right now. We’re fighting. We’re a 1-3 team, but we still believe.” - Macho Harris. 7) “You watch and see. Give it some more time. We’re going to make some noise." Darwin Adams.>> ow.ly/SM6t302xeMp Drew Edwards - Hamilton Spectator: -Challenges are up across the CFL this season — 1.6 per game versus 1.3 in 2015 — but Hamilton has challenged just twice, the fewest number in the league. Austin has, however, been correct both times. Across the league, coaches have been correct 51 per cent of the time so far compared to 34 per cent last season. Winnipeg leads the league with nine challenges, five of which have led to calls being changed. Only Calgary is without a successful challenging this season, going 0-for-4 so far in 2016. -With his two kick-return touchdowns this season, Brandon Banks has nine for his career, good enough for fifth all-time in Canadian Football League history. --Ticats lead the league in giveaways (12) and points allowed off of turnovers (31) but are also tops in take-aways (11) and points generated from turnovers (34). On defence, the Ticats have just one interception on the season (tied for the league low), but lead the CFL in fumble recoveries, with eight, and turnovers on downs, with four. On offence, Hamilton has yet to turn the ball over on downs this season. Hamilton has won the turnover battle in both their wins this season and lost it in both their defeats. The Ticats were 0-7 last season with a negative turnover differential and are 5-21 in the three-plus seasons under Austin. CFL News .@Filer64 tells @Y108Rocks @benmcvie he could be out for "3 to 8 weeks." bit.ly/29HZFvO #CFL #Ticats via @rickzamperin Ticats centre Mike Filer will soon learn the extent of his right ankle injury. Jeff Hamilton- Since 2013, the Bombers have two fewer wins at home (7-22) than Ottawa (9-9-1), who didn’t join the league until 2014. Crazy Head coach Scott Milanovich dropped the bombshell, announcing Akwasi Owusu-Ansah’s season is more than likely done following an injury to his pectoral. - Frank Zicarelli My question was - So, what does HC Campbell do when Henry Burris is ready to return? Well, now that Harris has been injured, we have out answer. Jensen 'til Burris returns. How easy was that? Regarding Chungh and his so-so play this year. Does it mean he's still seriously considering the NFL next year, or our we going to be hearing about an extension later this year? Dee Many of us were predicting this exact scenario years ago... "The Montreal Alouettes were spoiled to have a quarterback with the magnificence and durability of Anthony Calvillo. Since he retired after the 2013 season, the CFL club has been flailing about, trying to find a competent, durable replacement."- Curtis Rush, the star.com Jason Maas easily has the ugliest, most unbecoming hat in the entire league.~~~~in all of sports. Kirk Penton CFL coaches and managers give their anonymous thoughts on what they’re talking about behind closed doors: The GM's job is to get us players, and they don't have enough good players, but they'll just - fire coaches -- Hamilton's offensive line won't be able to block Edmonton's front The Bombers are nothing if not consistent, even with all the free agents, money spent and draft picks invested. It's tough to see the same struggles three years in a row: the O-line, issues on all three sides of the ball and being outcoached more often than not ... (Ottawa's) Abdul Kanneh is the most underrated defensive back out there. He's good and playing the toughest spot in the secondary: weak side halfback ... The refs are ruining our game. We have more penalties than big plays. Four or five flags for every touchdown ... I respect Chris Jones as much as anyone I coach against, but at 0-3 I don't think they can recover and make the playoffs ... We have a 'national' problem, and we've only played three games. Where can we go get more national offensive lineman if we get another one hurt? Adding Ottawa, and not changing the ratio, was a big (bleep)-up ... Don't sleep on No. 0 from B.C. (Loucheiz Purifoy). He's good ... Our Canadian depth is holding up decently. We added enough depth at all our spots but offensive line, which is like most teams. Don't have the figures for the Calgary game, but in the Edm. game Andrew Harris made tacklers miss or broke the tackle 16 times. TSN That's pretty good! Before this week's games, Home teams are just 3-12-1 through the first chunk of games, for a paltry .219 winning percentage. E Tait. Word out of Montreal is #alouettes fined Nik Lewis for his post-game outburst. Injuries and off-field issues dominating early season stories - Gary Lawless. And fine'ly BC was the last team to have a player fined L. Ulrich. CFL.ca - Jamie Nye -In 2016, CFL clubs have converted 37-of-47 attempts on third down gambles of two yards or less. Edmonton and Ottawa have yet to fail at 7-for-7 and 3-for-3 respectively, while Calgary has been an excellent 9-of-10. -The game between Saskatchewan and BC last week featured a CFL rarity in that each club recorded a quarter with 20-plus points. It was Saskatchewan’s first 20-plus point quarter since getting 26 in the second Quarter on Sept. 7, 2014 at Winnipeg. It was the first time in almost six years since Oct. 11, 2010 (Winnipeg 47, BC 35) where both teams did it in the same game. -This year the REDBLACKS lead the CFL at 503.8 yards of net offence per game. They are first club since 1991 to threaten the 1956 Montreal Alouettes’ record mark of 532.6 yards per game. The last CFL club to exceed the 500-yard per game over a whole season was BC in 1991 at 506.5 per game. Only three teams have ever averaged over 500 net yards per game, the other being Montreal in 1955 (518.8 per game). -The areas where Saskatchewan has been the strongest thus far are in the passing game, third overall at 326 yards per game, and having allowed just four QB Sacks in three games (tied for first in the CFL). They have controlled the ball for 31:54 per game (second), and have yet to throw an interception Still can't believe we let Ricky Collins walk... THE BIG STAT (no excuse, just reality..) 19: Points off turnovers by the Stampeders, including Joe Burnett’s interception return for a touchdown. 619: Bo Levi Mitchell’s passing yardage total against Winnipeg in two starts this year. The Calgary QB has completed 53 of 78 attempts for 619 yards with five touchdowns and one interception. Mitchell is now 30-7-1 as a starter. -Ed Tait. Messam - "Everyone on this team vibes with each other, thats why we gonna win the Grey Cup!"#squad It's not true, that in teaching form tackling, Macho Harris's technique is used as example of how NOT to. But it could be... CFL News - A witness said #Bombers pres. Wade Miller tore a strip off game observer Ken Lazaruk at suite level during half time. - @PentonKirk #CFL If I were the CEO of Ottawa, there would be sufficient grounds to tear another strip off Ken Lazaruk for back-to-back contradictory PI calls in the Sask Ottawa game. 1st the uncatchable ball to Roosevelt, then the non-call, for one even worse on Williams. See the video... https://twitter.com/failedprotostar/status/756704892299931648 I was curious on the uncatchable aspect in pass interference and found that in the NFL, they state - "Pass interference can only be called if the player could reasonable have made a play on the ball." "If the pass is deemed to be "uncatchable", pass interference rules do not apply in American college football or the NFL, and starting with the 2010 season they do not apply in Canada." Wikipedia. This is how I now thought it to be. Then, I thought I would ask a minor league official - ***** just a quick question on your understanding of "uncatchable ball" in regards to pass interference. Is there consideration given to that aspect from a referee's viewpoint or no such thing? Have you ever been informed of such? RESponse - Yeah, we talk about that. Ultimately it's a judgement call, which is why I much prefer refs who have played. Players likes to say "don't tell me what I could or could not have caught" after being interfered with, so close calls tend toward being catchable more often than not, but ultimately, judgement call, thus highly debatable. But that Friday night game Ottawa-Sask was nonetheless...very entertaining. Sask. handed off the ball only 3 times on Friday - Vanstone Was it really true, as Justin Dunk indicated, that the Riders had a policy for a flannel-free facility for their game against Ottawa? https://twitter.com/sskroughriders/status/755883953383313408 CFL News This year’s #Riders team has remained mentally tough for the most part despite their struggles. - @JGasson_21 #CFL ***So very true. The same cannot be said of the Bombers. They're floundering. (Struggling mightily - and it's not just the players) You have to ask, as Santino Filoso did, "at half-time last night Brad Sinopoli had 5 catches for 156 yards and 2 TDs. Then, in the 2nd half...nothing". So, why did that change? What a matchup in the Edmonton-Hamilton game. The defensive front four of the Ticats battling against a pretty big O-line of the 'smoes. The evening out factor is Mike Reilly who reacts so quickly to get the ball away as pressure mounts. The other huge matchup, or mismatch if you will, is Bowman against the Ticat secondary. Bowman is having a field day! And then, there in the background, is Walker, who only scores TDs. Regarding Bowman.. Interesting to hear that Adarius Bowman considers that catch he made in double coverage against the Bombers, to be the 2nd best catch in his entire career, including college. Edmonton, with every possible means for a thrashing at their disposal, lose that game... "Our offence didn’t help the defence, the defence was on the field too much in the 2nd half.” Winnipeg? No, Edmonton's Jason Maas. All's I can say is...I'm sure glad it wasn't the Bombers who fell apart like that. Things are bad enough. ZERO somersaults for the Edmonton defence.... Only 5 FIVE penalties in the entire game and Edmonton didn't get any. What? But, but, but, didn't the Bombers beat Masoli? As we all know the Bombers have recently been hit hard with injuries. The infuriating part, for me, is we now have no real idea how long these guys will be out. This is because of the current regime's insistence on not releasing relevant information. Such as the actual injury. Instead it's cloak and dagger. Because, well we have to keep other teams in the dark. Yeah, like they need that help. Ex. Johnny Adams "yeah, not ready","we'll see", "maybe next week" Now, with all these injuries, we know they won't be "2 weeks" - more like "we'll tell you the same in two weeks. This about sums it up: Sebastian Ball @therealsebball I hate feeling hopeless about CFL football in July. It shouldn't be this way. We shouldn't be expecting losses at all let alone this early. Random remark...That moment when you realize that the Oiler defense will be better than the Esks defence. - woodguy55 Hajrullahu tackles as badly as Willy slides. Dee ***Both offences in the Tor.-Mont game starting kind of Bomberish = sluggish Carter is the best receiver, at his position, in the CFL. How do I know. He said so. Carter likes to straight-arm his tacklers...straight in the face mask. Argos best in the CFL in the score zone... Kickers, well, stunk tonight. Tor. - Mont What did I miss? Low hit on Ray....no penalty??? Suspected sprained ACL Out 4-6 weeks Nik and nine (hundred receptions) Montreal 13 penalties 130 yards Toronto - time of possession 38 mins-22 The latest - Gary Lawless says the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are looking to build a team under Mike O’Shea’s leadership, and that O’Shea’s job isn’t in jeopardy. Lawless also says that newly-named starting quarterback Matt Nichols has management’s support heading into Edmonton. http://www.tsn.ca/radio/winnipeg-1290/lawless-bombers-have-faith-in-nichols-o-shea-1.532602 Names that stood out this past week: Ja'Gared Davis Calg. - 7 tackles, 2 sacks. Tommie Campbell Calg. - 11 tackles,1 deflection, and was a disruption all night. Weston Dressler 12 rec. - 118 yds. The bombers spoiled this effort. Darwin Adams - 7 rec. - 109 yds Paul LaPolice. - for the insufferable running up the middle on 1st down, when everybody knew it wasn't working, forcing our QB and newbee receivers into long 2nd down plays where they routinely ever get is 80% of the yardage. Talk to the receivers Paul! Brad Sinopoli - 5 rec 156 yds Naaman Roosevelt - 8 rec 182 yds Commissioner Jeffrey Orridge - for accepting the 22 push up challenge from the TSN crew, then proceeding to do them in a Twitter posting. Mitchell Gale 21-36 354 yds 1 TD and one hell of a gutsy effort...for the win. Brock Jensen - 20-29 271 yds 2 TDs another rookie QB who's put spirit and points on the board...in an emergency situation. Zach Evans - 6 tackles and 3 sacks Rick Campbell - on QB Jensen.."He gave us a chance to win the game, which is what you want from your quarterback." Tyler Crapigna - 5-5 FGs including that 53 yard winning FG. 15-17 for the year... That guy who fluctuates between average and awesome...23 consecutive passes! on route to 31-38 and 391 yds and 3 TDs. The other guy who went 32-42 and 354 yds and 3 TDs and LOST! Masoli 139.25 QB efficiency! Reilly 124.5 Derek Walker 12 rec for 140 yds 1td Adarius Bowman 9 rec for 111 yds 1 TD. Luke Tasker 11 rec for 146 yds Fantuz 2 TDs and one incredible catch Chad Owen - small guy, times a jump perfectly to tip a two-point convert to himself, in the end zone, to prove it can be done. Wow-catch. Ricky Ray - ho hum another 3 TDs 29-34 before injury Duron Carter 6-124 1TD Bear Woods 10 tackles 6'3" Alexandre Dupuis, the nullifier, doing a good job blocking Bear Woods off R. Ray.