Alouettes and Argos
Who is taking who...
Mitch Gallo, Team 990 & CP, 33-13 Alouettes
Randy Tieman, CTV & TEAM 990, 44-12 Alouettes
Arash Madani, Sportsnet, 18-16 Argos
Steve McCormick The Score, 45-14 Alouettes
Mark Lidbetter, The Suburban, 27-14 Alouettes
HerbZ, The Gazette, 30-23 Alouettes (accrding to www.alsinsideout.com)
Moe Khan, TEAM 990, 38-17, Alouettes
Sean Campbell, Myself, 47-16 Alouettes
Enjoy the game, Here's hoping for excitement throughout the afternoon.
Showing posts with label East Final. Show all posts
Showing posts with label East Final. Show all posts
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
A Week to Reflect a Year
The Montreal Alouettes get this week off, before returning to work on Saturday in preparation for the East Final on Sunday November 21st at the Big O.
The Als will be able to sit back and watch The Hamilton Ti-cats host The Toronto Argonauts, hopefully for them in a tight, hard-fought, Gruelling affair.
However, The Als will have to look back at the 2010 with mixed feelings
-a 12-6 record (losing 2 of the 3 meaningless ga,mes at season's end).
-475 points against only 5th best in a league of 8, Both Toronto and Hamilton gave up less.
-A 5-4 road record which has only one convincing road win in Winnipeg.
These are numbers sure, but the fact is the Alouettes were not playing convincing football for the past month. To look on the opposite side of that, the Alouettes are veteran group with veteran leaders which means two things: 1- they know how to win
2-they know they don't have much time left to win again.
So I do believe that the mentality of the 2010 edition of the Als means alot in their off week. They need to realise they are in the driver's seat, be it Toronto or Hamilton that comes to Olympic Stadium in a couple of weeks. They are favored, they haven't lost at home with AC under centre since 2008.
With all the negative that has been flyign around, there is some positive. I'm sure Head Coach Marc trestman is aware of that when he gets things ready for a thourough week of practice
The Als will be able to sit back and watch The Hamilton Ti-cats host The Toronto Argonauts, hopefully for them in a tight, hard-fought, Gruelling affair.
However, The Als will have to look back at the 2010 with mixed feelings
-a 12-6 record (losing 2 of the 3 meaningless ga,mes at season's end).
-475 points against only 5th best in a league of 8, Both Toronto and Hamilton gave up less.
-A 5-4 road record which has only one convincing road win in Winnipeg.
These are numbers sure, but the fact is the Alouettes were not playing convincing football for the past month. To look on the opposite side of that, the Alouettes are veteran group with veteran leaders which means two things: 1- they know how to win
2-they know they don't have much time left to win again.
So I do believe that the mentality of the 2010 edition of the Als means alot in their off week. They need to realise they are in the driver's seat, be it Toronto or Hamilton that comes to Olympic Stadium in a couple of weeks. They are favored, they haven't lost at home with AC under centre since 2008.
With all the negative that has been flyign around, there is some positive. I'm sure Head Coach Marc trestman is aware of that when he gets things ready for a thourough week of practice
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Grey Cup Repeat...
Always fun to put some predictions prior to kick-off. Just like last week I'll add in TEAM 990's Mitch Gallo's Picks as well.
I like both the East and West finalists from last year meeting again in the Grey Cup.
In the East its too hard not to take the Als, even though the Lions have played the Als very tough this year. Casey Printers definately could be the X Factor, but I believe he'll struggle with communication offence in the noise of the Big O. And Anthony Calvillo will play like AC and the Alouettes will take it 35-25.
Mitch Gallo take: "give me the Als Final Score 30-27. BC can't stop the Al's aerial attck and the special teams will dominate. Printers will play strong but not as strong as AC."
In the West: I look straight at the quarterbacks, Henry Burris vs Darian Durant. Experience vs inexperience. The weapons that Calgary possess are going to be huge factors. Even though the Stamps are on the road, I like what Burris can bring today, it'll be close 25-22 Stamps.
Mitch Gallo's take: "Give me the Stampeders, To Much desire on Calgary's team, they don't want to disappoint their home town fans and not be in the Grey Cup in Calgary. Burris will pick apart the Riders defense and play very similar to how he did on the road in the Grey Cup last year. final 24-17 Calgary."
Well that sucks Mitch and I agree, It'll be a repeat of the Grey Cup last year, expect this year Calgary gets the hometown fans. We'll find out soon enough!
I like both the East and West finalists from last year meeting again in the Grey Cup.
In the East its too hard not to take the Als, even though the Lions have played the Als very tough this year. Casey Printers definately could be the X Factor, but I believe he'll struggle with communication offence in the noise of the Big O. And Anthony Calvillo will play like AC and the Alouettes will take it 35-25.
Mitch Gallo take: "give me the Als Final Score 30-27. BC can't stop the Al's aerial attck and the special teams will dominate. Printers will play strong but not as strong as AC."
In the West: I look straight at the quarterbacks, Henry Burris vs Darian Durant. Experience vs inexperience. The weapons that Calgary possess are going to be huge factors. Even though the Stamps are on the road, I like what Burris can bring today, it'll be close 25-22 Stamps.
Mitch Gallo's take: "Give me the Stampeders, To Much desire on Calgary's team, they don't want to disappoint their home town fans and not be in the Grey Cup in Calgary. Burris will pick apart the Riders defense and play very similar to how he did on the road in the Grey Cup last year. final 24-17 Calgary."
Well that sucks Mitch and I agree, It'll be a repeat of the Grey Cup last year, expect this year Calgary gets the hometown fans. We'll find out soon enough!
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