I didn't expect Mitchell to play this week anyway since he is still bothered by his injury, but it's clear that Wally is losing patience with him. When Wally loses patience with a player, it can end a career.

At least he apologized when it was pointed out to him. Sometimes we forget how young these players are.

Emry had a career game in a crucial first-place showdown on the road, forcing two turnovers, adding four tackles a sack and scoring the clinching touchdown on a fourth-quarter interception. I have no problem with his selection. I thought Travis Lulay would be a lock for offensive POW but Hugh Charle...

I don't know why the figure of 22,500 is being floated. Everything I've seen from the club and the league puts the capacity at over 24,000, expandable to 40,000 for major events such as Grey Cup. 2014 Hamilton stadium plans unveiled I'm disappointed that the east grandstand looks strikingly similar ...

almo89 wrote:I just ordered mines too. Even if we beat Edmonton, do we still need help from around the league to clinch 1st?

No. Calgary could tie B.C. but the Lions own the tiebreaker. Saskatchewan couldn't catch the Lions, even if they win out and take the tiebreaker.

The CFL media stats site usually has much more thorough and up-to-date stats than the cfl.ca site. It can be cumbersome to wade through some of the files but you will find Joe Smith, Stefan Logan and anyone else correctly listed.

DanoT wrote:OTOH does anyone have an up to date total of yards rushing, yards receiving, TDs for Harris and Cornish?

HARRIS
983 rushing
682 receiving
1,665 total
10 TDs

CORNISH
1,275 rushing
224 receiving
1,499 total
11 TDs

Someone (you, perhaps?) pointed out on here recently that Cornish's rushing numbers are rather unevenly distributed against opposing teams, coming mostly against Ham & Edm than against other teams, and the numbers bear that out. This graphic, with 2012 stats through week 16, shows that he rushe...

Reid could be gone next season... I know it prob seems like a million years ago now, but they were already working on phasing him out of the lineup at the start of 2011. The Lions will have no one to blame but themselves for any failings in the succession planning there. Interesting at how little t...

A 42-man roster doesn't offer the luxury of dressing import backup offensive linemen. If you start the minimum seven Canadians, you can dress three designated imports. If you start eight, as the Lions did last week with Westerman on the D-line, you can dress four backup imports: Tim Brown, Lin-J She...

Could not Ossai step in for one of the tackles ? Who besides Baboulas is there that could step in for one of the NI inside ? Ossai is on the practice roster. He could be activated if someone goes down during the week but not during a game. Baboulas and Newman are the two backup linemen on the game-...

Accurate? Yes.
Worried? No. The Lions at least dress a couple of interior O-linemen who can step in when needed. They've been lucky that they haven't had a tackle go down. I don't know who on their 42-man roster would be able to fill in for Archibald or Olafioye.

That was the best game of the year for the offence. It's great to open the game with a TD for the second straight week. Lulay was in MOP form. Congratulations to Andrew Harris for picking up 121 yards from scrimmage and two TDs on 21 offensive touches to break Terry Evanshen's 45-year-old CFL season...

First incompletion for Lulay after starting 14-14.

It's time to drag that old chestnut out again, is it? Does anyone have any statistics on Lions won/loss record in October/November outdoor games? Not outdoor games specifically, but since 2006 the Lions are 29-31 overall (.483 winning percentage) in July and August and 23-9 overall (.719) in Octobe...