A pair of sweeps and some significant injuries took place this weekend in the Canadian Football League. The Saskatchewan RoughRiders completed a three game sweep of the Winnipeg BlueBombers but have lost quarterback Darian Durant in the process.The Calgary Stampeders completed a three game sweep of the Edmonton Eskimos but have lost kicker Grant Shaw for the season with a pectoral injury.
A fascinating statistic from the Edmonton - Calgary series. The Eskimos sit in third place in the west.
Their record is 7 wins 3 losses. Their record against the rest of the CFL is 7 Win 0 losses.
Against the Calgary Stampeders 0 Wins 3 Losses.
“Calgary has our number right now,” . “You have to give credit where credit is due. Calgary is a very good team, so we have to come out there and play sound football. A J Guyton. Whether it was Edmonton or not, we’ve won five in a row, we’ve won nine games, so we’re doing some good things out there,” said Stamps GM/head coach John Hufnagel.
In Winnipeg, The Riders lost quarterback Darian Durant to what appears to be an injury to the elbow on his throwing arm. It was a weird play as the referees (God bless them) had whistled the play dead but Durant was hit anyway. The extent of Durant's injury has not been revealed but it didn't look good."Right now, it's an arm injury we don't know the extent of it," said head coach Corey Chamblin after the game. "I think he took a helmet to it, I don't have any good news or bad news.
The BC Lions always lost a starting quarterback. Travis Lulay, starting his first game back since injuring his shoulder, suffered another injury to the same shoulder. The Lions aren't saying much but one unidentified Lion said after the game "He's done ". Rumours float that this is a career ending injury,"We’re not prepared to go there yet. I’m not gonna rush to judgment. I think it depends exactly on what the doctors say. If there’s anybody I believe in overcoming (adversity), it’s Travis Lulay.” Mike Benevides
"It was just nice to get back out there and play some football.' Weston Dressler on his 75 yard special teams touchdown run.
So, coach, are you worried now? "No, I don't think so," "I don't look at it that way, I don't. Being a first-year head coach is good like that, isn't it?" Mike O'Shea Bombers coach on his team horrific run defence. Bombers gave up 196 yards on the ground to the Riders.Third game in a row they have give up huge numbers against the run.
In the east an angry Kent Austin told his team after their loss to Montreal to look in the mirror.
"We have to learn from it," a visibly frustrated Austin said after the game. "That's what I told them: You need to take a hard look at how hard you're preparing during the week and how much it matters to you."One thing you know for sure. You get into Kent Austin's bad books and you will be leaving town
sooner than later.
There has been no quit in this football team,” “Maybe that’s a legacy that’s been left behind. They just keep on playing. Make a break or two and, all of a sudden, you think we can get in this. Montreal Alouettes coach Tom Higgins.