BC Lions

ONE AND SIX…
NO MATTER HOW YOU DRESS IT UP…
NO MATTER HOW MUCH SUGAR YOU POUR ON IT…
THE B.C. LIONS ARE ONE AND SIX…
AND WHAT HURTS THE MOST…IS THE FACT THEY STILL HAVE NOT WON A SINGLE GAME AT EMPIRE FIELD…
IT’S NO SECRET THE BIGGEST PROBLEM HAS BEEN A LACK OF PRODUCTION AT THE QUARTERBACK POSITION…
THE TRIO OF CASEY PRINTERS…TRAVIS LULAY AND JARIUS JACKSON HAVE THROWN A GRAND TOTAL OF JUST 3 TOUCHDOWN PASSES…
COMPARE THAT TO ANTHONY CALVILLO OF THE AL’S…WHO HAS THROWN 17…OR HENRY BURRIS OF THE STAMPS WHO…HAS THROWN 16…
PRINTERS WILL GET THE START TONIGHT…HIS FIRST IN OVER A MONTH…
IN HIS FIRST 3 GAMES…PRINTERS HAS COMPLETED JUST 50 OF 88 PASSES…
THAT’S LESS THAN 57 PERCENT…THE LOWEST OF ANY STARTING QUARTERBACK IN THE CFL…
ADD IT UP…AND THE LIONS OFFENCE HAS PRODUCED A MERE 135 POINTS…
THE LOWEST TOTAL IN THE ENTIRE LEAGUE…
IN FAIRNESS…THE BLAME DOES NOT BELONG ENTIRELY ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE QUARTERBACKS…
THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAS BEEN JUST THAT…OFFENSIVE…
AND THERE HAS BEEN AN ENDLESS STRING OF DROPPED PASSES…FUMBLES…AND NEEDLESS PENALITIES…
IT DOES NOT HELP THAT TONIGHT THE LIONS ARE PLAYING THE CALGARY STAMPEDERS…
THE TEAM WITH THE NUMBER ONE RANKED DEFENCE IN THE CFL…
YET…THERE “IS” STILL REASON TO BELIEVE…
3 WEEKS AGO…THE LIONS WERE IN POSITION TO BEAT THESE SAME STAMPEDERS…
THAT WAS UNTIL LATE IN THE THIRD QUARTER…WHEN LULAY THREW HIS 5TH INTERCEPTION IN 3 GAMES…
TURN OUT THE LIGHTS…27-22…THE FINAL…
NEVERTHELESS…OUTSIDE OF THE 2 BLOW OUTS BY SASKATCHEWAN…THE LIONS 4 OTHER LOSES HAVE BEEN BY A TOTAL OF JUST 16 POINTS…
IN OTHER WORDS…4 PLAYS…4 MISTAKES…4 LOSSES…
ELIMINATE THOSE 4 PLAYS…AND THE LIONS COULD VERY WELL BE 5-2…
WHICH MEANS…IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO WRITE OFF THIS TEAM…AT LEAST NOT YET…
BUT STARTING TONIGHT…IT’S TIME FOR THESE PLAYERS TO “PROVE” THEY BELONG ON THIS LEAGUE…
AND UNTIL THAT HAPPENS…THE B.C. LIONS ARE STILL…
ONE AND SIX