Today In The CFL - Win A Relief For Tom Higgins

Everybody knew it.  Tom Higgins knew and he answered the question after the Montreal Alouettes defeated Ottawa 20 - 10 last night.

"The one question I'm looking forward not having to answer is: What if you didn't win?" "It's nice to win. It has been a long time since the last one."   Tom Higgins Coach Montreal Alouettes 

We are paid to win, and right now we are just not getting it done, Guys have to start practising better habits because, right now, when we get in a game and we do those things, we are not going to win any games if we continually shoot ourselves (down) with penalties and things like that. 

Meanwhile you better not cry, you better not pout (Ottawa), I'm telling you why,

Kevin Glenn is coming to town.   One week the toast of the town, taken by the Ottawa RedBlacks in the expansion draft, signed to a three year contract and told he was the number one quarterback…and then….Ottawa signs Henry Burris…

 “He’s the consummate pro, he’s a team guy – Rick Campbell on Kevin Glenn on the day he was taken by Ottawa in the expansion draft.

"Everybody knows the situation in Ottawa,". "I was kind of blindsided into what was going on because, not getting into everything ... they knew that I wanted to be 'the guy' in order to be in Ottawa." Kevin Glenn 

“That’s a part of football,’’ “You just have to line up and play. If you play with fear, those things always happen because you’re thinking about them. We just move forward and play football.’’  Corey Chamblin on Darian Durant playing with an injured hand.

I plan on being out there," "So, I'm looking forward to the game and being out there with my teammates.  That’s all I’m going to say

Drew Willy on whether he will play on Sunday



















And for the Blue Bombers it has been nine long years of labour pain trying to win at Mosiac Stadium on the September long weekend