CFL game notes…and bits and pieces...

- The Ticats have scored 292 points this season, the most in the CFL by far, and allowed 156 points for a whopping differential of 136 points.

- Hamilton leads the league with eight defensive touchdowns this season and 11 overall, leaving the Ticats within reach of two single-season all-time records:

1) Defensive touchdowns in a season, which the Ticats can break with four more touchdowns. They sit three behind the Lions' 11 defensive touchdowns in 1987.

And, 2) Non-offensive touchdowns, which combines defensive and special teams touchdowns. With a high-scoring defence combined with the talent of Brandon Banks, the Ticats have 12 non-offensive touchdowns through eight games. The record for that in a season is 15 by the very same Lions back in 1987, another record well within the Ticats' reach.

- Mike Daly, Zach Collaros and Terrell Sinkfield Jr. were named the Shaw CFL Top Performers of the Week for Week 9 of the CFL’s 2015 season. A Hamilton sweep.

- Ti-Cats have 30 takeaways for 118 points this year.

- Quarterback Zach Collaros leads the league in passing yards with 2,314 and arrives at the stadium ready to roll: the Ticats have outscored opponents 70-6 in the first quarter of their last five games, and held halftime leads of 31, 21 and 21 points the last three weeks. They also lead the league in touchdowns with 22 and points per game at 36.5.

- Not much happening with the Alouettes - oh wait, they have a new Coach after firing Tom Higgins. Jim Popp takes over..again. Oh, and A. Calvillo is now the QB Coach. Which begs the question..why'd it take so long?

- Montreal used seven different running backs last week to gain 251 yards on the ground,

As C Schultz says - "This is a tough first game for Jim Popp to begin his fourth stint as head coach of the Alouettes. Montreal has to survive the first quarter if they have any chance of winning this game. Hamilton has out-scored opponents a combined 63-3 in the first quarter of their last four games."

He thinks the Ti-Cats will prevail as do 96.7% of MBB posters who bothered to vote. The Montreal vote? Me.

The Bombers and BC will be lucky to win 5 or 6 games this year.

The Bombers and BC will be lucky to win 5 or 6 games this year.

Always so positive. That opinion tho means very little. Bombers could easily win 5 games. Seriously. They aren't gonna go 2 and 8 to end the year. Probably 8 or 9 wins is likely.

That was a very impressive drive by Marsh at the end to set up the winning field goal, didn't think he had it in him.

 

Missed most of the game, how did it come to be that Marsh was at the helm?

 

The Bombers and BC will be lucky to win 5 or 6 games this year.

Always so positive. That opinion tho means very little. Bombers could easily win 5 games. Seriously. They aren't gonna go 2 and 8 to end the year. Probably 8 or 9 wins is likely.

 

 

What is the Bombers record without Willy again......

 

That was a very impressive drive by Marsh at the end to set up the winning field goal, didn't think he had it in him.

 

Missed most of the game, how did it come to be that Marsh was at the helm?

 

 Cato got rocked by Norwood I think it was.

That was a very impressive drive by Marsh at the end to set up the winning field goal, didn't think he had it in him.

Missed most of the game, how did it come to be that Marsh was at the helm?

Cato got injured in the first half.

 

The Bombers and BC will be lucky to win 5 or 6 games this year.

Always so positive. That opinion tho means very little. Bombers could easily win 5 games. Seriously. They aren't gonna go 2 and 8 to end the year. Probably 8 or 9 wins is likely.

 

 

 

.....and we start this Saturday with a win over the Stamps, no excuses. This is not the Calgary of years gone bye they can be beaten.

Kudos to the Larks. A note of caution, though- often teams will play over their heads right after the coach is gassed, so lets see how they do next week. Gotta admire Montreal's really diversified offensive game plan- it made Giguere look like an all-star.

The Bombers and BC will be lucky to win 5 or 6 games this year.

Always so positive. That opinion tho means very little. Bombers could easily win 5 games. Seriously. They aren't gonna go 2 and 8 to end the year. Probably 8 or 9 wins is likely.

What is the Bombers record without Willy again......

Irrelevant really.

Kudos to the Larks. A note of caution, though- often teams will play over their heads right after the coach is gassed, so lets see how they do next week. Gotta admire Montreal's really diversified offensive game plan- it made Giguere look like an all-star.

2 of Hamiltons 3 losses are to Montreal. They have the ticats number.

 

 

The Bombers and BC will be lucky to win 5 or 6 games this year.

Always so positive. That opinion tho means very little. Bombers could easily win 5 games. Seriously. They aren't gonna go 2 and 8 to end the year. Probably 8 or 9 wins is likely.

 

 

 

.....and we start this Saturday with a win over the Stamps, no excuses. This is not the Calgary of years gone bye they can be beaten.

 

A win over Calgary would be a great morale-builder and ought to make a sweep over the Riders a good possibility, but a loss opens the team up to all kinds of self-doubt. A lop-sided loss would be a disaster.

Popp's ego will be in full after tonight.... yeesh. 

Pop bashers look pretty silly about now.

Lmao..orly? After one win... Smh.

Grigsby looked like a world beater tonite. Running hard up the middle & to the outside breaking tackles. A real threat catching the football tonite out of the backfield. Pass me that second bottle of rum ,I completely finished the first one. #thingsalwayslookdifferentinthemorning

Nice to see Angie Mosca getting the recognition he deserves before he dies. Can anyone tell me why it took the Ti Cats 43 years to retire his number?? If they haven't been then the Ti Cats need to retire #9 qb Joe Zuger, #75 flanker Tommy Joe Coffey #61 defensive tackle John Barrow & #26 safety & wide receiver Garney Henley. I think they've retired #10 qb Bernie Faloney's number. 

Grigsby looked like a world beater tonite. Running hard up the middle & to the outside breaking tackles. A real threat catching the football tonite out of the backfield. Pass me that second bottle of rum ,I completely finished the first one. #thingsalwayslookdifferentinthemorning

 

I honestly can't tell if you're being serious here.

 

The runs I saw had him tackled by his foot a few times, and stopped while trying to push for more yards. Also don't forget about his last carry where he tried to go outside (when nothing was there) and ended losing yards that took them out of field goal range.

Great game for Montreal. Hamilton fell back down to earth. Nice to see them lose at home. Montreal rushed very well, owned the clock and made the most of their breaks. They certainly looked like a different team than they did under Higgins. I wonder if they can keep it up? They've officially got the cross over as I type, at least until we play on Saturday.

 

The "Command Centre" is really Glen Johnson watching the game in his basement wearing only his underwear, enjoying a few beers and a bag of Doritos.

Turns out Glen Johnson and I have more in common than I thought.

 

Isn't that mandatory dress code? Although I add a BB jersey or shirt to that. 

 

 

John Bowman is back in the lineup. Good to see. Johnny Sears, too.

If Bowman doesn't shine and gets nullified, it has to say something about Popp. If Bowman goes on a tear for the rest of the season, that says something about Higgins' judgement.

Still unclear to me why he was sitting to begin with. Dude is a stud. It would be like us benching Westerman.

 

I only saw the last half but I specifically watched Bowman because those tweets were weird and I was curious if he had fallen of the edge since football sometimes works that way. 

 

I saw him make one slip and slide but mostly he was in the play or doubled or an extra blocker was in the area so the decision to sit him seemed more questionable. Certainly Hamiton had him in mind in their protections. I wonder about Higgins more now. 

Unless:

a) your punter is injured or really bad

b ) the ball is inside the 2 yard line

c) you have a large lead or are down by exactly 4 points with little time remaining

d) are facing a headwind in excess of 40 km/h,

if you give up a safety willingly, you deserve to lose.

 

Hamilton, you deserved to lose.

Tidbits..

Sacks - Mtl 6 Ham 1

Turnovers - Mtl 2 Ham 3

Rushing yds - Mtl 123 Ham 29

Smirks - Popp 1 Austin 0

Zachary Collaros was still the best QB out there, but Mont. kept him contained, sacked him 6 times, and kept him off balance just enough. But raise your hand on who expected Tanner Marsh to come in and manage the game just enough to squeak out a win?

The best thing about this game? - Now we don't have to listen to that "unbeatable at home" stat any longer.

 

Grigsby looked like a world beater tonite. Running hard up the middle & to the outside breaking tackles. A real threat catching the football tonite out of the backfield. Pass me that second bottle of rum ,I completely finished the first one. #thingsalwayslookdifferentinthemorning

 

I honestly can't tell if you're being serious here.

 

The runs I saw had him tackled by his foot a few times, and stopped while trying to push for more yards. Also don't forget about his last carry where he tried to go outside (when nothing was there) and ended losing yards that took them out of field goal range.

 

 

I think it was the 'bottle of rum' ISO drank. lol

Hamilton is the most one dimensional team in the league. If you can control Colloros than you got a good shot at beating them.

 

Grigsby looked like a world beater tonite. Running hard up the middle & to the outside breaking tackles. A real threat catching the football tonite out of the backfield. Pass me that second bottle of rum ,I completely finished the first one. #thingsalwayslookdifferentinthemorning

 

I honestly can't tell if you're being serious here.

 

The runs I saw had him tackled by his foot a few times, and stopped while trying to push for more yards. Also don't forget about his last carry where he tried to go outside (when nothing was there) and ended losing yards that took them out of field goal range.

 

It was a joke..

Hamilton is the most one dimensional team in the league. If you can control Colloros than you got a good shot at beating them.

 

Controlling Collaros is no easy task though.  There is also Brandon Banks on ST to worry about and a ferocious defence.  But I get what you're saying.  Their run-game is non-existent.