CFL Game #72 Team Notes – Toronto at BC:

 Buono vs Trestman - Meeting #12: This game pits Head Coaches that are #1 and #16 in all-time victories. They have gone head-to-head 11 times before with Trestman leading 6 wins to 5. What is remarkable however is that neither has EVER swept the other in any season (1-1 MTL vs BC from '08 to '11; 1-1 TOR vs BC in '17). Trestman has a chance to do that this year leading the 2018 series 1-0. Wally Buono has 279 wins in his career and Marc Trestman is at 71.

 Another DOUBLE BLUE pair: Over the last 3 games, Green and Edwards have more than doubled their productivity. 

 Bethel-Thompson 2-5: The last time MBT started, and won, was against BC. That was back on Aug 18/18 at BMO Field in a 24-23 Argos victory which featured an essential 4th Quarter game-winning drive of 73 yards on 12 plays. He has now lost 5 consecutive starts.

 Toronto O-Line vs #1 BC Sack Attack: The Argos have allowed only 5 Sacks in the last 5 games. The Lions have MADE 21 Sacks in their last 5 games so this will be a key feature in this game. Toronto is #3 with just 24 Sacks allowed this year.

 Jonathon Jennings 2-3: The Lions are 2-3 in games that he has started this year but have another win in which he came off the bench to replace Travis Lulay. Jennings is 3-2 in 5 starts vs Toronto and has won 11 of 21 starts at B.C. Place. Last week , he was held to 146 yards and threw 3+ INTs for the 6th time in his career.

 Last 4 Argos' games: Toronto has allowed an average of 37 points per game over their last 4 contests - 42, 36, 30 & 38. The last time that Toronto allowed 30+ in 4 ore more games in a row was back in 2008.

 7 Running back rushes: Last week the Lions ran the ball just 15 times, one less than their season-low of 14 (vs CGY on Aug 4/18). Of those 15 attempts last week, just 7 came from the Tailback position - the fewest runs from that position in 2018.

 Split Season Series a habit: A win by BC would make it 6 years in a row that these two teams would have split the season series and that dates back to the last sweep in 2012 (by BC).

 After Q1: The Lions are 3-1 if they have led after one Quarter this year but just 3-6 if they have trailed. Last week, they were outscored 20-0 in the opening Quarter at Hamilton, their largest 1st Quarter deficit since 2015 (Aug 15/15 at Hamilton 0-21).

 Burnham feast or famine: The Lions all-star receiver has 5 games of at least 5 catches this season but also has 6 games of 3 or fewer receptions in 2018 (as he did last week). He has 10 of the Lions' 27 completions of throws 20+ yards downfield.

 BC Home vs Road gap: The Lions come into this game with just one home loss (5-1) and one win on the road (1-6). That is a gap of +4 wins between home and away - a win this week would make that gap +5 and tie their high mark (2013: 8-1 at home, 3-6 on the road) and be one short of the CFL record of +6.

 Toronto on the road: The Argos have lost their first 6 road games of the season for the first time since 1993.

 3-1 September Record: Despite the loss last week, BC's 3-1 mark last month matched their best since going 5-0 in Sep 2011.

 6 Sacks: Last week the Lions allowed 6 Sacks for the first time in over two years - August 25, 2016 vs Ottawa.

 James Franklin: Has a TD in each of the last 4 games and in 10 of Toronto's 13 games.

 Missing Wilder Jr.: In the 3 Argos' wins this year, Wilder averaged 95 rushing yards; in their 10 losses just 41 yards.

 Bo Lokombo: Has a Sack in each of his last 3 games.

 Chris Rainey: Is the only player to go over 2,000 combined yards this year and is #1 in kick return yards with 1,579.

 Ty Long: The only FG miss that Long has in his last 8 games (22-of-23) was a blocked kick by Chip Cox in Montreal.

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Annndddd... Rob Vanstone always knew Duron Carter was a bum apparently

Alright, I understand as a cord-cutter I'm in the minority here, but it is ridiculously lazy for TSN 1050 to just plug the TV announcer feed into radio instead of having dedicated radio announcers... and they wonder why the Argos struggle to remain relevant.

How have they not replaced Medeiros...  what a garbage kicker

5 minutes ago, Eternal optimist said:

Alright, I understand as a cord-cutter I'm in the minority here, but it is ridiculously lazy for TSN 1050 to just plug the TV announcer feed into radio instead of having dedicated radio announcers... and they wonder why the Argos struggle to remain relevant.

Bell Media cutting costs. Our country's media is totally being ****** over from Postmedia, Bell & Rodgers.

6 minutes ago, Floyd said:

How have they not replaced Medeiros...  what a garbage kicker

Didn't even give his team a shot at recovering the kickoff. No excuse for that.

Same Medeiros who lost them the game last week and who can't kick more then 40 yards.... 

I'd like Cross on our team replacing Lafrance on roster..

1 hour ago, Booch said:

I'd like Cross on our team replacing Lafrance on roster..

They used to have a guy like Cross, Chris Normand. 

He showed he could catch the ball when he was given a chance.

1 hour ago, Mark F said:

They used to have a guy like Cross, Chris Normand. 

He showed he could catch the ball when he was given a chance.

A Canadian hybrid along the lines of Andre Durie would be great. 

16 hours ago, Mark H. said:

A Canadian hybrid along the lines of Andre Durie would be great. 

That's pretty much what Demski already is, Durie rarely ran the ball, returned kickoffs sometimes, and was also injury prone.

4 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

That's pretty much what Demski already is, Durie rarely ran the ball, returned kickoffs sometimes, and was also injury prone.

I just remember watching a game at Sky Dome where he was very effective - particularly at running short slants and picking up good yardage every time.  Harris has so many roles - it would be nice to spread it out a little more.