GDT Mtl at Ott, Sat Oct 18, 2:00PM

[Stats Junkie]

Ottawa made it a lot closer in the end than it really was.

The Ottawa defence finally broke late in the third quarter and that was it.

[Tecno]

Davis Alexander is getting beat up early in this game.

Ya, I just started the game and have seen 2 Alexander arm hits so far.  Did HAM pay OTT to maim him? 

I'm not sure losing Alexander is worth it to get these wins when HAM almost certainly will win the E anyhow.  MBT can beat OTT (probably), rest Alexander until the ESF.  MTL can do absolutely nothing and still win 2nd.

[Tecno]

Zema with a pass out of punt formation. Great tackle by Adeboboye to stop it short.

That was an amazing stop.  Looked like the fake punt was going to be unstoppable, then he sheds the block and makes a tough stop.  That's the extra-effort you want to see this time of year.  The faker may have made a mistake though, he may have had it if he kept going north, instead of the little dance he started right when the hit arrived.

[Tecno]

4Q4:16 refs & command missed a clear H2H onto Adams.  How does command miss this?  The last replay they showed made it totally clear.  And in live time you can see his helmet snap: that's usually a hint at H2H.

And they took forever to get the next play going so command had plenty of time.

That dude took a pounding all night, least they could have done was give him this extra 15Y!

[Tecno]

CFL should just strike the tandem block penalty from the rule book.  It occurs often and yet is NEVER called, since Proulx did one like 5+ years ago.

There was a real egregious one in this game where the hoggies were both pushing and pulling the carrier directly.  So obvious, but no one cares.  So get rid of the rule.  Otherwise you just know there will be ref who will screw a team one day in some huge game like a GC by suddenly calling it.

[dd]

CFL should just strike the tandem block penalty from the rule book.  It occurs often and yet is NEVER called, since Proulx did one like 5+ years ago.

There was a real egregious one in this game where the hoggies were both pushing and pulling the carrier directly.  So obvious, but no one cares.  So get rid of the rule.  Otherwise you just know there will be ref who will screw a team one day in some huge game like a GC by suddenly calling it.

I really don't like this aspect of the game. Ball carrier gets pushed from behind is supposed to be a player safety issue hence the call for a tandem buck block. The play is supposed to be whistle dead when the ball carrier is wrapped up by the defense and his forward progress has been stopped. Teams have adapted to the rules and once the runningback is wrapped up and his forward progress is slowing, in come the Higgins to push the pile whereby they push the defender and pile and you get these 6-8 player piles slogging down the field. So push the player, flag, push the pile, go ahead. It's slug football, and it slows the game down. I'd like to see them change the rule to pushing the pile vs player and it would stop, as really the defense was going to stop the ball carrier until the hoggies come in and start bulldozing. When a pile happens, Kill the play, period.