With the Ticats even at 1 and 1, and thus the chance to go over 500 with a victory against the mediocre Stefan LeFors led Winnipeg Blue Bombers, one wonders when the Cats last had a winning record during the regular season. As far as I can remember, and I haven't checked, it was probably at the end of the Greg Marshall led 2004 season, where the Cats ended up 9-8-1.
Last year for game three the Cats were in the same position to go over 500 for game three, coming off a victory over the blue team in the Mediocre Cellular Service Dome. Of course we end up losing at home to Saskatchewan and the rest of the season pretty much sucked from there. I always bring it up, but the TSN turning point in that game was with the Cats past midfield and driving towards the Riders goal line at the end of the first half. Handoff to Jesse Lumsden, he gets past the first down marker, setting up a field goal, but of course he fumbles and in true Ticat fashion, the Riders end the half by picking up some points they really shouldn't have gotten. I've wondered if Jesse doesn't fumble, the Cats are ahead and have the momentum in the second half and probably would have won for sure (and no bullshit pass by Darian Durant to Weston Dressler where he pretty much evades the entire secondary). Then maybe the season wouldn't have turned out quite as badly. Then maybe we never discover Porter can play and are stuck with Casey Printers. Sort of like a bad Twilight Zone episode.
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