Something To "Mitch" About

Ya gotta love it when big men score touchdown and you gotta love the fact that the Hamilton Tiger-Cats are going home with their tail between their legs after being embarassed 37-0 by the Riders on Sunday night. Did you honestly see that coming? What an all-around effort.

Darian Durant showed no signs of playing on a sore foot, Kory Sheets continued his assault on the CFL single season rushing record, the defence made life miserable for the Ti-Cats and in the end, the green guys are 4-0 and looking real good. What needs to be said that hasn't been said. This team is proving it has what it takes to be special. Grey Cups aren't won in the middle of July, but this team has sent a message to the rest of the CFL that they are ready to win in November as well as they are now. Here are some sounds from the room....











Other thoughts

 --I knew it would be, but the final round of the British Open was simply fascinating and so compelling as it took so many twists and turns. Every shot meaning so much by the guys in contention with things changing after every hole. In the end though, Phil Mickleson came up with the biggest shots and he wins it all. As for Tiger, he just can't get it done on the weekend anymore in the big events.

 --The CFL on TSN intro snubs the Riders in my humble opinion. You have the stars of this league in Cornish, Calvillo, Owens etc. etc. etc, but the only Rider they show in the opening is Weston Dressler. Other teams have more than one player so I ask where is Darian Durant or Keith Shologan or perhaps even Geroy Simon.

--Rod Black  has his detractors and I understand that, but Rod makes no friends around these parts when he refers to Calgary kicker Rene Paredes as "Robokicker" during the game Saturday night. There is, was and will only be one Robokicker in the CFL and he resides somewhere south of the border now.

--Where are the close games that the CFL is famous for? Through the first four weeks, I can't think of any game that was decided in the last couple of minutes.

--Don Matthews and Damon Allen went into the BC Lions Hall of Fame on Saturday night and they showed what it looked like as there is an exhibit inside BC Place. I can only hope the Riders will do something similar inside the new facility when it is ready to go. Speaking of which, what happens to the Plaza of Honor monument? Will it be dug up and brought over to the new place?

--The more I see Kevin Glenn doing his thing for the Stampeders, the more I think Drew Tate could find himself as a member of the Ottawa Redblacks....I mean REDBLACKS!! Glenn has some time left and Calgary likes what they have in Bo Levi Mitchell while Tate, who is a good quarterback, is too injury-prone.

--Thank you Alyssa Milano for your MAXIM cover. I think I speak for many men when I say that.

 --I've been through many of a prairie storm before, but Friday's hailstorm was perhaps the worst one. I was snoozing when I heard the rain start to fall and all of a sudden it sounded like a train was coming through the bedroom. I got my glasses on and looked out the living room window, I could not see the end of the driveway for the hail and rain.  In the end, it looked like this outside Casa de Blair....

 --One of my neighbours said there was a funnel cloud hovering above the area between the SGI salvage yard and claims centre on north Fleet Street and the jail, but that wasn't confirmed---at least I don't think it was. Needless to say, Mrs. Scruffy needs to go out and get some new flowers because most of hers got obliterated.

 --The L-P's Craig Slater brought up a great point after the Jays lost Saturday afternoon to Tampa. At this time, a year ago they had 47 wins while after Saturday's game they had 46. The bats are there, but the arms aren't. Dickey won't have a season like he had last year and I think Johnson and Buehrle have seen their best days go by. Toronto needs some young arms if they are going to contend. That should be the off-season priority of Alex Anthopoulos. I also found it surprising this week that Anthopoulos said he didn't want to trade Johnson. Why?

 --Where does Carlos Delgado rank when it comes to best all-time Jays? Robbie Alomar would be #1 without a doubt. Would he be top 5?

  --Rex Roberts wins the 30 man HIW Battle Royal on Friday night. That's all I have to say on that. On a more important note, Principal Pound was back to lay out his style of justice. There are few things better in sports and entertainment than a Principal Pound eyepoke.

  --Have a great Monday

(Dan Clark pic courtesy Sask Roughriders)