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NWSB Insider and BC Lions blogger points out what happened last Sunday in the Calgary Stampeders vs. BC Lions Western Final. He says the Stamps played arguably their finest 60 minutes of defensive football this year in 34-29 win Sunday at BC Place Stadium to earn a trip to Toronto for Sunday’s Grey Cup.
NWSB Insider and BC Lions blogger Phil The Bartender Slater weighs in with his Week 18 CFL preview for the BC Lions vs. Calgary Stampeders from BC Place in Vancouver. Its’ funny how early season projections and predictions play out in reality. This game, many suspected, Phil included, was to determine top billing in the West back in June. Two young upstarts, Drew Tate and Travis Lulay looked to guide their respected teams into the promised land.
New NWSB Insider and BC Lions blogger Bryan McFarlane after each week of the regular season and possibly during the CFL playoffs should the Leo’s be so lucky will stop by and bring you his B.C. Lions game balls. Balls are awarded to the Leo’s offensive MVP Mike Reilly who saw his first big game action of 2012. On D Adam Bighill continued his stellar play. Rounding out the great defensive play Friday night was another sack for league-leader Keron Williams.
NWSB Insider and BC Lions blogger Phil The Bartender Slater weighs in with his Week 17 CFL preview for the Edmonton Eskimos vs. BC Lions from BC Place in Vancouver. Due to a racial slur on his Twitter account, the BC Lions have benched DT Khalif Mitchell for one game. Lions QB Travis Lulay has been so accurate he could make the BC Place beer vendors look like All-Stars.
NWSB Insider and BC Lions blogger Phil The Bartender Slater weighs in with his Week 16 CFL preview for the BC Lions vs. Hamilton Ti-Cats from Hamilton ON Canada. As October weather starts to sour the biggest stat to watch is time of posession. Travis Lulay will have Nick Moore, Courtney Taylor, and Ernest Jackson at his disposal on Friday night, as all three will all start at Ivor Wynne Stadium. The last game here for BC.
NWSB Insider and BC Lions blogger Alistair Corp after each week of the regular season and possibly during the CFL playoffs should the Leo’s be so lucky will stop by and bring you his B.C. Lions game balls. Balls are awarded to the Leo’s offensive MVP Marco Iannuzzi who had a nice game after veterans Geroy Simon and Arland Bruce went down. On Defense Adam Bighill again. No surprise. Solomon Elimimian welcome back. Not.
NWSB Insider and BC Lions blogger Alistair Corp after each week of the regular season and possibly during the CFL playoffs should the Leo’s be so lucky will stop by and bring you his B.C. Lions game balls. Balls are awarded to the Leo’s offensive MVP Geroy Simon, and on defense this week Adam Bighill. The Special Teams game ball goes to veteran kicker Paul McCallum.
NWSB Insider and BC Lions blogger Alistair Corp after each week of the regular season and possibly during the CFL playoffs should the Leo’s be so lucky will stop by and bring you his B.C. Lions game balls. Balls are awarded to the Leo’s offensive MVP Geroy Simon, and on defense this week Adam Bighill. The Special Teams game ball goes to veteran kicker Tim Brown.
NWSB Insider and BC Lions blogger Alistair Corp after each week of the regular season and possibly during the CFL playoffs should the Leo’s be so lucky will stop by and bring you his B.C. Lions game balls. Balls are awarded to the Leo’s offensive MVP Nick Moore, and on defense this week Adam Bighill. The Special Teams game ball goes to veteran kicker Paul McCallum.
NWSB Insider and BC Lions blogger Reggie Gill after each week of the regular season and possibly during the CFL playoffs should the Leo’s be so lucky will stop by and bring you his B.C. Lions game balls. Balls are awarded to the Leo’s offensive MVP Travis Lulay, and on defense this week Korey Banks. Veteran Paul McCallum went 3/4 in field goals and also got two touchbacks. All in all, a good night.
NWSB Insider and BC Lions blogger Reggie Gill after each week of the regular season and possibly during the CFL playoffs should the Leo’s be so lucky will stop by and bring you his B.C. Lions game balls. Balls are awarded to the Leo’s offensive MVP Andrew Harris, and on defense this week Adam Bighill is the man again. Veteran Paul McCallum nailing a game winner as time expired, the Special Team game ball is a no brainer.
NWSB Insider and BC Lions blogger Phil “The Bartender” Slater brings us his Love Em & Hate Em recap from Sunday afternoon’s match up with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Chalk up another victory for the Defence. Jabar and the D-Tackle rotation absolutely stonewalled the rushing attack. Eric Taylor was his usual nasty self while Brandon Peguese and Mo Evans impressed everyone.
