CFL Previews, Week 10, Part 1

Montreal at BC,
Until the Cats beat the Lions at home earlier this season, it had been a long time since an Eastern Standard time zone team had won in Vancouver. Montreal last won in BC in 2000, however this seems like an excellent chance for them to get a win. Montreal has looked good all year and been scarily consistent. BC on the other hand as suffered with a loss of a few key players (ie Cameron Wake) from last year and has morphed into very mediocre team. BC looked bad against Winnipeg last week, again allowing a ridiculous number of yards on the ground. I'm too lazy to see if Buck Pierce is healthy and able to start, but I'm betting the most injured player in the CFL besides Jesse Lumsden isn't. And that means Jarious Jackson starts. Jackson is OK coming in off the bench, but historically has been pathetically when handed a start. Montreal easy, even with the time zone difference.
Montreal 35, BC 21

Winnipeg at Saskatchewan
Winnipeg is at least coming off their manhandling of BC last week and travels West for their traditional Prairie Labour Day matchup. The Riders lost in Montreal in their last game. Both are coming off bye weeks. Winnipeg has had a good defence all year, combined with a woeful offense. Normally adding Michael Bishop to your team won't help you offensively, but in the Bombers case, with CFL leading rusher Fred Reid, as long as the offense doesn't turn the ball over too much, things should stay close. I'll have some balls and take Winnipeg in a close one.
Bombers 29, Riders 28

Richie Williams, A Ticat No More

The Spec is reporting that the club has released quarterback Richie Williams. This isn't a big surprise considering the signing of Kevin Glenn. I suppose the timing is related to the draft and the need to be at the right number of players signed going into camp. I liked Richie, but with the relative success of Quinton Porter, Williams became an afterthought. Richie seemed to have more success than Printers when he was in, but that's not saying much, is it?

Whether Williams will resign with another club is a question. After all, if you get released by the last placed club, that's not saying much. The Argos seemed to have respect for Richie, so maybe he will end up there. Hopefully that won't come back to bite us.