Battle for 1st coming up in the 2nd of 3 meetings between these two clubs.

Hamilton won the 1st game 13-12, but that game Toronto did not have Chad Owens.

*No team has EVER won its Division and been below .500.

 

*Hamilton beat BC last week without scoring a TD

This year there has been 5 games won by a team that hadn't scored a TD

Between 2010-13, in 216 games, that didn't happen once.

 

* Chad Owens: Leads the CFL in BOTH receiving yards (109.0) and receptions per game at 8.7.

 

* Last three games: The Toronto offence has been at its best over the last three games averaging 35.3 points, 389 net yards, 23 first downs, 121 rushing yards and a 32:34 Time of Possession.

 

* Ricky Ray eight straight games: Ray has thrown a TD pass in each of the last eight games, two short of his career-long streak of 10 straight games played (in 2013-14 but that was interrupted 3 times due to injury). Only twice in his career has Ray thrown a TD pass in 9 straight games played for his team without missing a game (2003 and 2007).

 

* Under 60 rushing three games in a row: Hamilton has held its last three opponents to under 60 yards rushing – that is the first time Hamilton has done that in a decade

* The Ticats have the leading run defence in the CFL.

 

They will be up against Toronto's duo of Slaton and Curtis Steele.

But the interesting part of Toronto's run strategy is that they don't try to establish the run until R Ray has been 'established'. That is according to Scott Milanovich.

 

* Going for five in a row: The Ticats are on their longest win streak since 1998 – that year was the last time they won as many as five games in a row with a six-game winning run in July and August.

 

*CFL.ca news

 

And..** Drew Edwards - The Scratching Post:

 

**Collaros has been the CFL's most prolific quarterback since returning from injury in time for Labour Day, averaging more than 300 yards passing, while leading his team to a 5-1 record.

 

** Hamilton remains dead last in Red Zone efficiency.

 

** Scott Milanovich ignores conventional coaches' non-speak and says his team considers Friday's Tiger-Cat visit a playoff game, and right guard Wayne Smith comes perilously close to calling it a "must win."

 

** Hamilton's defence has restricted opponents to 232 yards or less each of the past six games.

 

** Toronto will be without Jalil Carter.

 

** Kicker Swayze Waters leads the CFL with 33 field goals and his average kick is from 34.4 yards, the longest in the league

 

**  What the Argonauts like to do on defence: Hang on for dear life. The Argos have given up 357 points this season, the second highest mark in the CFL, and have a league-low 24 take-aways. They do have some success getting to the quarterback, as their 36 sacks ties them for fourth with Hamilton and Montreal (defensive end Tristan Okpalaugo leads the team with nine).

 

** Toronto starts Canadians: Offensive linemen Tyler Holmes, Jeff Keeping, Wayne Smith and Chris Van Zeyl, receiver Spencer Watt, linebacker Shea Emry, safety Jermaine Gabriel.

 

** With wind a non-factor, both Medlock and Waters can easily attempt 60-yard field goals. Argos head coach Scott Milanovich, in fact, felt Waters could be called upon to boot a 65-yard field goal.

 

** On Friday, the Double Blue will once again feature an all-American defensive line.

 

And the most important part of the game….Olympic Gold medalist curlers Team Jacobs, including Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden and Ryan Harnden will take part in the coin toss.

 

So, who's your pick?

 

My heart says Toronto, and my head agrees.

 

 

Wow!

Gutsy call by Burke, blitzing the HB when the Cats are close to FG position...

That's Burke's style. Very aggressive.

I hereby formally retract my previous statement. Heckuva game, no matter who won-classic CFL game at last.

Never in doubt. 

 

-40 penalties. 19-153 yards Hamilton…..21-178 Toronto

-Two very hot QBs 23-32- 302 yds. Hamilton…34-46- 431 yds. Toronto (attendance - 17811 - including Bluto)

- 4 sacks by Hamilton 2 Toronto

 

This is the same damn team we let off the hook two weeks ago that has led to all this crying and pouting on this board.

We had them beat…'til we beat ourselves.

Heckuva game, no matter who won-classic CFL game at last.

 

Hell yeah.  Glad to see it.

 

All credit to the Argos, but that boneheaded play by Sinkfield looms very large. Huge unforced error that took four points off the board.  If he doesn't turn to look at the Argo bench, likely all those Argo heroics would have been futile.

 

Also Ray ran a bunch of QB sneaks.  Weird to see a starter doing that in this day and age.

Two entertaining post game videos on the Scratching Post, naked men in the Collaros video and Austin doing his very best not to spit venom on reporters for asking questions. 

 

http://scratchingpost.thespec.com/

Two entertaining post game videos on the Scratching Post, naked men in the Collaros video and Austin doing his very best not to spit venom on reporters for asking questions. 

 

http://scratchingpost.thespec.com/

 

Got kinda excited after reading the naked men comment but I think they were o-linemen. A bit of a let-down.

Oh yeah, Austin called out Sinkfield big time.  "He was clowning.  We have some players who need to grow up, he's one of them."

Two entertaining post game videos on the Scratching Post, naked men in the Collaros video and Austin doing his very best not to spit venom on reporters for asking questions.

http://scratchingpost.thespec.com/

lol that's quite a bit of nudity there!!!

Gives a whole new meaning to 'folded like a cheap suit'. I bet you could've fried a steak on the back of Austins neck after that one. Argos took a big step toward securing top of the heap in the east. Can they hold it?

Argos seems to be peaking at the right time

Big time comeback by the Argos. How they got Owens matched up on that LB'er with no safety help is a real head scratcher if you're a TiCat fan.

 Austin doing his very best not to spit venom on reporters for asking questions. 

 

 

People complain about O'Shea's post game interviews…i wouldn't want to be within arm's length of Austin when a delicate question has to be asked.

By the way, has anybody seen Sinkfield since yesterday?

 

Interesting to hear Austin say what O'Shea has been saying, that not all penalties are penalties, and that the coaches have to do a better job of coaching the players.

 

 Austin doing his very best not to spit venom on reporters for asking questions. 

 

 

People complain about O'Shea's post game interviews…i wouldn't want to be within arm's length of Austin when a delicate question has to be asked.

By the way, has anybody seen Sinkfield since yesterday?

 

Interesting to hear Austin say what O'Shea has been saying, that not all penalties are penalties, and that the coaches have to do a better job of coaching the players.

 

 

All coach's say the same things, seems to be the party line.  Including reference to having to watch the game film to understand what happened and than never hearing back regarding their conclusions.  If you watch Chamblin's interviews it's amazing how similar his answers are to O'Shea's.

Wow the Ticats really blew it. It's always nice to see Kent Austin lose.

 

 

 Austin doing his very best not to spit venom on reporters for asking questions. 

 

 

People complain about O'Shea's post game interviews…i wouldn't want to be within arm's length of Austin when a delicate question has to be asked.

By the way, has anybody seen Sinkfield since yesterday?

 

Interesting to hear Austin say what O'Shea has been saying, that not all penalties are penalties, and that the coaches have to do a better job of coaching the players.

 

 

All coach's say the same things, seems to be the party line.  Including reference to having to watch the game film to understand what happened and than never hearing back regarding their conclusions.  If you watch Chamblin's interviews it's amazing how similar his answers are to O'Shea's.

 

 

It's not what he said, it's how and when he said it.

 

You, yourself said he was ready to spit venom, and yet you're saying, in his state of mind, he just fell back on standard lines?

 

I think Austin feels the same as O'Shea in that he feels the Refs have to be better at what they're calling and when to call/or not call certain penalties.

A point about penalties: the last PI call in the BC vs. Ottawa game.  At that point the game was out of reach, it wasn't exactly a catchable ball, and all the call did was turn the game into an even bigger rout for BC.  

Maybe it's just me but the CFL refs certainly seem to love the camera time. In other sports, you don't see nearly as many calls as you do in a CFL game.

 

I'm under the impression that a good ref is seen but rarely heard. Let them play guys, stop hogging the spot light really. Nobody is at the game to see the  REFS, that's for damn sure. I don't know one person who has ever paid 80 bucks or more to watch the refs out there and some games this year, it seems the refs time of possession is higher than both other teams time of possession, by that i mean, the ref gets more tv time than the other teams offenses do. It's not cool. It needs to stop, it's ruining the game. Some games have been pretty poor so far in the CFL and those poor games are partially because the refs call a penalty on every other play.. remember that Montreal Bomber game earlier in the year, took like 2.5 hours to get to half time, sure part of it was because both teams sucked but, a bigger part of it was because the refs were throwing flags left right and center. CFL refs seem to love the spotlight more than any other refs in any sport out there.