Als Ticats game

[HfxTC]

Highlights for me

1- John Bowman, we needed some pressure and he delivered 3 sacks , 3 forced fumbles. Gonna be hard to top that this week to earn D player of the week.

2- Etienne Boulay, thunderous hits, Ticats receivers wanted nothing to do up the middle.

3- Damon Duval, Put a solid game together in all phases, great punting tonight, amazing punting actually.

4- Again Avon's late game running to help control the clock and break the back of the Ticats D.

5- Physical play of our receivers, lots of courage in that group.

Amazing performance for a team that's been living in suitcases for a month.

Great Special teams efforts on cover teams, Macdonald and Brouillette in particular.

Incredible effort all around. Now the team can get in a more normal schedule and catch their breath.

Alouette Football, Clean, Violent and Disciplined !

[DocJ]

I know some don't like him but I would like to mention Cox, that guy has a spark... Our D is playing very well so far but they are still having a hard time with 2nd and longs.

[disciplineandpunish]

I know some don't like him but I would like to mention Cox, that guy has a spark... Our D is playing very well so far but they are still having a hard time with 2nd and longs.

I haven't disliked him in a looooong time. In fact, since about the second half of last season. He's been a revelation at SAM linebacker and I take my hat off to Pop for suggesting the move, Burke for making it happen, and Chip himself for turning into one of the best linebackers in the league bar none.

Hfx, I agree about Boulay and the secondary in general. Boy, they were head-hunting tonight and it was great. Boulay laid some terrific hits on receivers, sometimes forcing incompletions, but even when the receiver made the catch, he was very slow to get up and likely got a bit gun-shy about catching passes over the middle. THAT is how you protect your turf, boys, make receivers pay for every catch they make.

Bowman's performance tonight will make it hard for him not to be top defensive player of the week when the rest of the games are over.

[Crimson_Fox]

Something has to be done with that O line...

Agreed. AC was running for his life all night and was nearly knocked out of the game (I'm surprised that a flag was not thrown for a low hit on that play though). Hopefully, much of this will be corrected once they start practicing more than once per week.

Congarts to you all ..

Our D came to play the Rest of Team stayed in Hamilton

Thanks. Your D had a great game. Some BIG turnovers by Glenn and the special teams early in the 4th quarter and yet, they were able to hold the Als to FGs. I think by the end of the game, they had been on the field just too long.

Good game for Duval, hope he's going to get some confidence back from this.

Yes. Definitely nice to see him go 7 of 8. Some of those were from a considerable distance as well.

Great Special teams efforts on cover teams, Macdonald and Brouillette in particular.

Absolutely! The Ti-Cat return game is solid this season but the Als shut them down last night.

Our D is playing very well so far but they are still having a hard time with 2nd and longs.

I noticed this too. It seemed all night long that Glenn could get very little on first down but had too much of an easy time converting on 2nd and 10 or even 2nd and 15. It's almost as if the Als went into a prevent defense expecting a big play. Excellent point!

[LeStaf]

Cette partie est encourageante pour les Alouettes.

La défensive a encore eu un gros match et a gardé l'équipe dans la partie jusqu'au 4ième quart. Bowman est redevenu Bowman, Stewart a bien joué aussi, et on a senti les efforts des autres joueuers sur la ligne. Cobb n'a pas pu courir, sauf 3 ou 4 courses et que dire des deux essais ratés des Tiger Cats à la ligne des buts! Étienne Boulay a été solide, sauf sur une passe où il a manqué un plaqué. Mais qu'est-ce qu'il a donné contre McDaniel! Il a frappé fort, le petit Étienne! Et Chip Cox qui a réussi un plaqué crucial derrière la ligne de mêlée est aussi en train de se retrouver.

Du côté de l'attaque, ça n'a pas été très beau, mais il y a eu des améliorations en fin de match. Là, les Alouettes jouaient comme les Alouettes. Le fait qu'il y ait eu 8 tentatives de placement avant 2 touchés montre exactement ça. La ligne a toujours de la difficulté à protéger Calvillo, et ça pourrait leur coûter leur quart un jour. Par contre, les Alouettes se sont mis à mêler les Tiger Cats en faisant courir Cobourne quelque fois, en faisant deux passes voilées à Cobourne et Bratton et les touché de Carter montre exactement ce que les Alouettes doivent faire plus souvent : se servir du gars qu'on oublie tout le temps. Personne n'a couvert Carter parce que personne ne se rappelait que Carter attrapait des passes.

Et chapeau à Damon Duval, à qui je dois m'excuser de mes propos virulents. Remarquez que si ça a contribué à son réveil, dois-je vraiment m'exxcuser? Mais ses bottés étaient convaincants, y compris ceux de 45 et 47 verges.

Le vrai test est dans 2 semaines.

[disciplineandpunish]

Between Cobourne, Diedrick, and Bratton on the end-arounds, we racked up almost 100 yards on the ground.

[PIGSEYE]

Your defence scared me tonight with their physical play.

[disciplineandpunish]

Your defence scared me tonight with their physical play.

That was a sight for sore eyes, let me tell you. After being reduced to Swiss cheese by Saskatchewan in week one and Edmonton in week two, our D needed to have a statement game.

That being said, I think your D was every bit as physical in terms of line play. Where we had the advantage was punishing your receivers over the middle. Boulay was making Hamilton receivers pay for every catch or attempted catch and I think it really started to make them reluctant to stretch out for passes after a while. To me, that's mostly what a good safety does: track the QB's eyes, fly to the football, and punish the receiver on contact.

[LeStaf]

Boulay was making Hamilton receivers pay for every catch or attempted catch and I think it really started to make them reluctant to stretch out for passes after a while. To me, that's mostly what a good safety does: track the QB's eyes, fly to the football, and punish the receiver on contact.

C'est une différence notable entre Boulay et Proulx. J'aime beaucoup Proulx parce qu'il est fiable et commet peu d'erreurs. Mais je trouve que Boulay a un petit quelque chose de plus, même s'il est plus petit et plus léger. Il a plus de robustesse et un peu plus de flair, ce qui lui permet de faire un gros jeu de temps à autre.

[flutie02]

To answer your question. yes the game was sold out, over 25,000. The ALS opened up the last 1,000 tickets 48 hours before the game. They keep a 1,000 tickest for Corp accounts. once they know if there Cop partners have bought all there going to buy for that game, they release them to the public. Once the tickets are released there gone in a couple of hours

[HfxTC]

Because the line was working well you ended up with Cox, Boulay and Ferri looking for receivers to beat up on...

But you need to be able too put pressure with your front four to make it work.

[Senior Ah Me]

8 Rushes.
That's all Avon Cobourne had all game.
If you ask an offensive lineman what needs to happen to keep the rush off of his quarterback, you'll get one answer:
"RUN THE DAMNED BALL!!!"
It's a no-brainer
(no offense big-guys)

Defenses are keying on the pass and have been all season.
They're blitzing linebackers, and rushing like axe-wielding Saxons.

It's no secret I'm not a Calvillo fan.
But his "Chicken Little" routine is neither his nor the Offensive Line's fault.
The running game is twice as essential in slowing down that rush when your QB isn't that mobile.
The YinYang relationship between rush/pass has never been so blatantly obvious.

Dang, at this point last year Avon Cobourne was leading the league in rushing

So now the the Als lead the league in sacks allowed.
So AC doesn't have time to make his reads.
I'll give him this: All that experience has taught him to protect (eat) the football.
But it ain't pretty
As any Offensive Lineman will tell you
It's downright embarrassing.

[AlsPal]

going back to the don matthews days of pass first second and third, run in the fourth

[disciplineandpunish]

going back to the don matthews days of pass first second and third, run in the fourth

Actually, Trestman has been like that almost since he took over. He's always been a pass-first coach and has made no secret of the fact that he considers Avon more of a blocking back (!) than anything else. In 2009, most of Avon's touches on the ground came in the fourth quarter when we'd amassed a sizable lead and could afford to just run out the clock. And it seems like the coaches are quick to abandon the run if it doesn't pay immediate dividends early in the game. Fortunately for us, Avon got going early and often last night and never looked back.