Lions fans, BC came out with
gumbo in their shorts for the first
30 minutes and then put their
paws in the air and whined for the
remaining thirty.
Led by Damon Allen, the Lions
= started
out
whimper-
ing with
Allen get-
ting
sacked on
the
fourth
play of .
the game.
This
would be
one of
five; most
of them
perpetrat-
ed by
#46,
aptly

named

he Lions’ loss last Saturday
to Edmonton was for lack
of trying, In a scene
fortunately all too familiar to

   

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the tune of ‘Bye Bye Love’):

Bye Bye League \ Bye Bye CFL \
We didn’t know you well \ Because you
didn’t sell \ Good bye CFL \, Good bye.

When I first started watching
football in the early mid-eighties, I

here are those who can't
wait for “Adidas Friday
Night Football,” or those
ho madly dash home after work
paint themselves in Roughrider
een, praying that their team can
ybe squeeze out a win over the
gary Stampeders. Well, I’m sad
say that in the near future, the
rase “Radically Canadian” will
replaced with this refrain (To

was an ardent Winnipeg Blue
Bombers fan (where, oh where,
have the glory days gone). I had no
idea who most of the players were,
and for the most part I still don't,

Rednecks

corked Allen at least four times in
the first half alone. By the end of
the third quarter, all Allen could
see was #46 on every Edmonton
jersey.

It became brutally obvious the
offensive line needed some serious
help, so Allen decided he could do
a better job than his running backs
and ran the ball 4 times in the
game for a massive 4 yds. To his
credit, however, when he was
allowed some time, Allen could
put the ball in his receivers’ hands
completing 72% of his passes,
most of them going to Rod
Harris. The only good thing to
come out of the half was ex-
Edmonton boy “Downtown”
Eddie Brown, who managed a
touchdown (along with Passaglia’s
convert) for the only points in the
first quarter. However, that was it
until quarter four. The rest of the
story is all Edmonton.

Edmonton came out with their
customary killer defense, and
quickly went to work, holding the
Lions to 7 in the half. No big
story there. Nor with the QBing

but it was good, Canadian football.

Today, most teams simply try to

fill their quota of Canadian players

and then let the imports (i.e.
Americans) do the work on the
field. Now, that is not to say that
there aren't Canadian players that

truly deserve to be in this league or

any other, but because of the rela-
tively limited promotion of the
game in Canada, the numbers of

 

 

   

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of David Archer, who left a little
reminder oi Eskimo of old Danny
McManus’ inability to place a ball.
This is not to say he didn’t have a
few great passes like one beautiful-
ly timed, right-in-the-breadbasket
lob pass to a Lions defender. The
credit for the 3 touchdowns, and
for any yards gained from passing,
goes to the E-town receivers.
Myron Wise, Don Blair and full-
back Troy Mills all got knocked
around like match sticks in the
wind because of the Archer's inac-
curacy. The catches were spectacu-
lar, with receivers in full extension
to snag Archer's passes, outrunning
corners, and leaping over safeties
to grasp the ball. The hits were
equally -;-ectacular. The poor
receivers x. pt Edmonton in the
game, and with a decent quarter-
back at the helm, Edmonton could
be a contender for the big cup
again this year. At the half, the
score was within one, BC 13, E-
town 14,

It could have gone either way,
and the Lions were pumped com-

ing out after half-time to play the

truly talentec. Canadians has dwin-
dled.

The CFL should not, have to
promote the game by itself; howev-
er, it should lend support to com-
munities who want to start their
own city league programs. The
NEL has a “Punt, Pass & Kick”
competi-

third quarter and keep Edmonton
from getting anything but a field
goal.

Then, the turnaround play.
Edmonton deep in BC territory,
Archer opts to throw when out of
nowhere comes a Leos defender to
snatch the ball out of the air on
the goal line and run it back ten
yards. Such a big play so late in
the game with the scores so tight
can start a team on fire. And the
Lions were no exception, except
that the fire burned off their
hands, and on the second play
after the interception, they fum-
bled the ball and gave Edmonton
six more.

The rest of the game was a walk
in the park for E-town, even when
Danny Barrett was brought in to
try for a pride touchdown late in
the fourth. That, and Lui missing
a 47 yrd field goal led to the
inevitable demise of another BC
Lions game to the tune of 27-21.
Trade the offensive line for a gas

tank or something.

CEL is on its last legs with no saviour in sight

dren from age 8-15, so why can't
the CFL have something similar?
Have regional competitions in each
city with all of the winners from
each age group competing at the
Grey Cup for the title of national
champion. Currently, the CFL is
promoting a five-on-five flag foot-

 

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