THE HUDDLE RANKINGS

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This article was published 28/09/2010 (5523 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

One man’s totally subjective rankings after 12 weeks of play (last week’s rank in parentheses):

1. (2) MONTREAL ALOUETTES (9-3) — Superb effort in comeback victory over the Blue Bombers, coupled with Stampeders’ skid, vaults them back to top spot.

2. (1) CALGARY STAMPEDERS (9-3) — Back-to-back losses exposed some concerns across the board.

3. (3) SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS (8-4) — Looked lost in the Banjo Bowl but now ready to take a shot at first in the West.

4. (4) HAMILTON TIGER-CATS (6-6) — Fumbled away win in home loss to the Riders.

5. (5) TORONTO ARGONAUTS (6-6) — Same old story: sub-par quarterbacking is going to kill this team in November.

6. (6) B.C. LIONS (4-8) — Full credit for defensive effort in knocking off the Stamps in Calgary.

7. (7) WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (3-9) — Crushing loss to the Als aside, this team has now lost six of its last seven.

8. (8) EDMONTON ESKIMOS (3-9) — Win over Argos puts them back in the playoff fight. No… seriously.

JUICY NUMBERS

5

THE number of fumbles by B.C. Lions quarterback Casey Printers in the last 21/2 quarters.

FYI

GOT an email from a pal who wanted to pass along kudos to Bombers QB Steven Jyles who, less than 24 hours after the heart-breaking loss to the Als, was at his seven-year-old son’s football game Saturday posing for photos and signing autographs — all without being told to attend by the football club and alerting the media. He won a lot of new fans… Nobody asked me, but based on what we saw Sunday, the Argos-Eskimos tilt in Moncton should have been dubbed Turnover Atlantic. The two sides combined for 10 turnovers, including six interceptions by the Argos. Yuck… The Argonauts may be without QB Cleo Lemon (concussion) for their next game against the Riders. Dalton Bell would step in and start. RB Cory Boyd is expected to return to action… Numbers have the Ticats concerned: all six of their wins are against Winnipeg (3), Toronto (2) and B.C. (1), but they are 0-5 against Saskatchewan, Calgary and Montreal… Sorry, for as much as I appreciate Rona dumping last year’s commercial featuring the moron who built a deck inside his house, I’m really, really weary of those “Our man Carlo” spots. Great job building that rainwater thing and doing the compost, pal, now get off the air… How’s this for depth? The Alouettes lose Kerry Watkins to a shoulder injury in the win over the Bombers and his replacement, Brian Bratton, pulls in seven passes for 128 yards and two TDs — including the winner.

SAY WHAT?

“We had a great week of practice, there was a lot of excitement, and in all facets of the game, to show up like that, was an embarrassment. I’m livid, plain and simple.”

— Argos offensive lineman Rob Murphy on his team’s effort in Touchdown Atlantic.

— Ed Tait