TICATS 34 REDBLACKS 25
OTTAWA (CP) – It wasn’t the way the Ottawa Redblacks wanted their final home game of their inaugural season to play out, but it ended in very similar fashion to most other games at TD Place this season.
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats had a special teams touchdown and two defensive touchdowns Friday night in a 34-25 win over the Redblacks, who finish the year with two wins in nine home games.
“This is the way it’s been all season and you don’t want to get complacent or be happy about losing. They all sting,” defensive lineman Keith Shologan said.
“We had some mistakes that cost us big time but there were some positives. The offence moved the ball and scored, we just had some plays that didn’t go our way on both sides of the ball.”
Both Ottawa quarterbacks, Henry Burris and Danny O’Brien, threw a pick six while their counterpart Zach Collaros tossed a touchdown pass and no interceptions.
The Tiger-Cats (8-9) needed the win because they close out the regular season next week against the Montreal Alouettes (8-8) while the Toronto Argonauts (7-9) host the Redblacks (2-15).
With the West Division having already claimed the cross-over playoff berth, only two of the teams in the East Division will make the playoffs.
“We need Toronto not to win out. We’re pulling for a loss this weekend, honestly,” Tiger-Cats coach Kent Austin said.
“All we can do is take care of what we can take care of and now that’s winning next week regardless of what happens in Toronto and Montreal’s game this weekend. We needed to put ourselves in a position to possibly challenge for the division and get the bye week, so we’ll see what happens this weekend.”
Gold Kent go.
Old Cuss
Oskee Wee Wee,
Oskee Waa Waa,
Holy MAKINAW !
Roughriders will be Eat'en RAW !
Bye who?
Regina Rams, that's who !
Buffoon needs to learn how to spell correctly before posting.
(Bye) = By
Heard it on the cage; Peters for unsung hero. Give the award to the water boy, he's kept the Defense hydrated while they try to track down the guy that has the ball. They're pathetic. We've got a hell of a D-line, that's where it ends. The invisible linebackers and undersized DB's all need replacing along with their DC.
And once again, Smilin' Hank finds a way to crap the sheets.
Can't believe there were so many who thought we should bring him here to fill in for the injured Durant.
He certainly knows how to snatch defeat from victory!
RBN
Expansion team aside, I think one of the more negative attributes of the new Ottawa team has been there first year head coach Campbell. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt, and he certainly seems a likeable guy, but it seems a constant that every single game he makes a call that seems really 'off'; sadly, at critical times. In last nights game, down by 9 points and needing both a TD and a field-goal, with about 2 minutes to go and on 3rd down and 8 from the 25 yard line, instead of kicking the necessary… Read more »