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There were several interesting games this week, and many of them were of the down-to-the-wire variety. In fact, half of this week's 16 games were decided by a TD or less. On to the action:
[bd4f1798]Anchorage[/bd4f1798] (1-1) pulled off an OT win at [bd4f1798]Memphis[/bd4f1798] (0-1-1) despite themselves. Yes, the CFL is now into the second week of the regular season, but it would seem that Anchorage's management is unaware of that fact. They continue to trot out their 2nd and 3rd string players, while allowing their stars to rot on the bench (most notably QB Lane Manuel). Despite this apparent advantage, and the fact that they had homefield, Memphis managed to find a way to lose. The two primary goats: Stephen Metz, who fumbled twice including at the Anchorage 3 yard line [id4f1798]in overtime[/id4f1798], and kicker Carson Blume, who missed two field goal attempts, including a 50 yarder that would have won it in OT. Truly one of the more astonishing losses in CFL history. Final score, Anchorage 19, Memphis 16.
[bd4f1798]Hartford[/bd4f1798] (1-1) laid the wood to a Matthias-less [bd4f1798]Arizona[/bd4f1798] (0-2)squad by the score of 40-3. This was the James Oberg show, as he went 28 for 32 for 353 yds and 2 TDs. Arizona's "offense" on the other hand only managed 162 total yards and was 1 for 10 on 3rd downs. Ugly.
In other RoF action, [bd4f1798]Honolulu[/bd4f1798] (2-0) kept pace with Tucson for 1st place via a 24-14 win over [bd4f1798]Atlantic City[/bd4f1798] (1-1). The big stories in this one were Honolulu's running game, which piled up 229 yards, and a Kranz-to-O'Neal TD pass of 97 yards (2nd longest in league history, behind Landon Hurst's 98 yarder in 2004).
The two-headed monster of Jeromy Donahue (12-73) and Toothpick Lang (12-79) combined with the usual excellence from Landon Hurst (19/28, 211 yds, 2 TDs), allowed [bd4f1798]Charleston[/bd4f1798] (2-0) to come back against a plucky [bd4f1798]Long Beach[/bd4f1798] (1-1) squad. Final score, 24-20.
To beat reigning league champ [bd4f1798]Denver[/bd4f1798] (1-1), [bd4f1798]Detroit[/bd4f1798] (2-0) would need a near-perfect effort, and they got just that. Johnnie Titone played a nearly flawless game and the Vampire's defense got key interceptions off of Garibaldi when they needed 'em in a 38-24 win.
[bd4f1798]San Antonio[/bd4f1798] (2-0) pulled off an OT win at [bd4f1798]Boise[/bd4f1798] (0-2), but that wasn't even the real story of this game. The real story was the early exit of Boise QB Branden Lin, who suffered a wrist sprain and may miss up to a month. Boise was a preseason favorite to claim at least a wildcard spot and possibly their division title, so an 0-2 start coupled with a loss of Lin puts their postseason hopes in serious jeopardy. Oh, and San Antonio played well and stuff.
That's it for the subjectively-determined "interesting" key games of the week. There were, of course, other close games this week, but these were the ones that most grabbed my attention.
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Last edited by Fonzie on Wed May 10, 2006 11:15 am, edited 1 time in total.
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