Freshman OC Pierce focused on winning last game of the year
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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers don’t look like a team that has a first-year offensive co-ordinator calling the plays for them.
Heading into Saturday’s regular season finale in Calgary, their 23.1 points per game average is the best mark in the nine-team league. They also lead the CFL in converting on third down as they’ve moved the sticks on 17 of 20 attempts.
To say the transition from a veteran in Paul LaPolice, who moved on to become the head coach of the Ottawa Redblacks after the team’s 2019 Grey Cup run, to Buck Pierce has gone smoothly would be an understatement.

But Pierce isn’t patting himself on the back just yet.
“You know what, I’m so narrowly sighted that I don’t even really stop to think about those kinds of things,” Pierce said Thursday.
“Really, at the end of it all, are you winning your last game of the year? And hopefully that’s the last game of the CFL season. Those are the things that matter and those are the things that we focus on… But you know, we still got some things to clean up and we’ve got a ways to go still and I’m excited for the journey.”
STOVE’S ON FOR WINTER
Defensive tackle Steven Richardson is no stranger to playing in the cold.
The Chicago native played outdoors at the University of Minnesota before heading even further north to join the Blue Bombers in 2019. But the man nicknamed “Stove” has a request for Mother Nature in the coming weeks: bring on the snow.
“It gets really fun when it starts to snow because then you can take advantage as a defence with the ball being slippery and things like that,” Richardson said. “So, I mean, if it’s gonna be cold, then be cold for a reason. Show me some snow. I haven’t looked at the forecast but if we get a snow game, I’m all about it.”
Unfortunately for Richardson, it’s not expected to snow in Calgary on Saturday.
As for Southern California’s Kenny Lawler, he’s still adjusting to the drop in temperature, but you won’t find the CFL’s leading wide receiver complaining.
“If you want to play at this time of year in this city, you got to get used to it,” said Lawler.
“We’ve got a good group of guys that go out there and love playing at this time of year. And you know if you love playing at this time of year, this is what comes with it, this cold weather, so get used to it.”
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