To capture their first Grey Cup title since 1999, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats will have to corral Calgary Stampeders running back Jon Cornish.
Jean-Sebastien Giguere Ducks Jersey .Calgary and Hamilton will square off in the CFL title game Sunday at B.C. Place. It will
be the Ticats second straight championship appearance after losing last year to
Saskatchewan, while the Stampeders return for the first time since dropping the
100th Grey Cup game to Toronto at Rogers Centre in 2012.The two teams finished
atop their respective divisions. Calgary posted a league-best 15-3 record, while
Hamilton had a 9-9 record to finish tied with Montreal but secured first based
upon head-to-head point differential.Cornish was the CFLs top rusher this season
with 1,082 yards despite playing just nine regular-season games. The 30-year-old
native of New Westminster, B.C., won a third straight rushing title and anchored
a Calgary ground game that was the leagues best, averaging over 140 yards per
contest.Cornish and Co. will face a Hamilton defence that allowed a league-low
76.8 yards rushing during the regular season. Calgary won the season series 2-0
by a combined 13 points without Cornish, who missed both contests due to
injury.On Aug. 16, Hugh Charles ran for 102 yards on 14 carries in Calgarys
30-20 victory over Hamilton at McMaster University. A month earlier, the
Stampeders edged the Ticats 10-7 as Justin Medlock had a chance to tie the game
with a 29-yard field goal but Luke Tasker had trouble with the snap, preventing
Medlock from getting the boot off.Montreal ran for over 200 yards and four TDs
in its 50-17 East semifinal win over B.C. but rushed for 73 yards on 18 carries
against Hamilton on Sunday.The challenge facing Hamilton, though, is that
Cornish is much more than just a premier running back. Edmonton held Cornish to
54 yards rushing on 14 carries Sunday in the West Division final but Cornish
burned the Eskimos for 120 yards receiving and a TD on four catches in the
Stampeders convincing 43-18 win.But the Stampeders do more than just run the
ball well. They led the CFL in scoring (28.4 points per game) and were second in
total offensive yards (363.2 per game).More importantly, the Stampeders rarely
beat themselves. They committed a league-low 29 turnovers while forcing 43 for a
CFL-leading plus-14 differential and were the leagues least penalized
squad.Calgarys defence is often overshadowed by its high-powered offence but
this unit is very good. The Stampeders were second in fewest points allowed
(19.3 per game) while Jamar Wall finished tied for the league lead in
interceptions (six) and veteran Keon Raymond had five.And despite missing top
pass rusher Charleston Hughes for much of the season, Calgary was tied for
fourth with 50 sacks as Shawn Lemon had 13 to stand tied for second
overall.Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell was solid in his first season as the
starter, completing over 63 per cent of his passes for 3,389 yards with 22 TDs
and just eight interceptions. And on Sunday, Mitchell threw four touchdown
passes against Edmonton.Mitchell started both Calgary wins over Hamilton,
completing 39-of-62 passes for 472 yards with a TD and interception.But
Hamiltons defence will offer matchup challenges as cornerback Delvin Breaux has
the ability to play man-up on an offences top receiver. That gives the secondary
the ability to potentially double-up on the No. 2 receiving threat.On Sunday,
Breaux held Duron Carter, Montreals top receiver this season, to just three
catches for 25 yards. So the Ticats were able to secure a 40-24 victory in the
East final despite S.J. Green registering six catches for a game-high 128 yards
and three TDs for the Alouettes.The Stampeders defence will get its first live
look at Hamilton starter Zach Collaros on Sunday. Collaros missed both
regular-season meetings recovering from concussion-like symptoms.Like Mitchell,
Collaros is in his first season as a CFL starter and Hamilton is a different
team with him. The Ticats were 8-5 with Collaros in the lineup, and just 1-4
without him.Not only is Collaros an accurate passer (65.8 per cent completion
average with 15 TDs and nine interceptions) but his mobility allows him to
escape the rush or head upfield. Theres no doubt who makes the Hamilton offence
go. Hamilton also sports a bona fide rushing threat in Nic Grigsby. The former
Winnipeg Blue Bomber ran for 93 yards and two TDs on 18 carries Sunday and in
the Ticats two wins over Montreal (including 29-15 home victory Nov. 8) Grigsby
had 186 yards rushing and three TDs on 37 carries.Calgary must also be very
weary of Hamilton kick-returner Brandon Banks. The five-foot-seven, 153-pound
Banks was a one-man show Sunday, returning two punts for TDs and having a third
called back due to a penalty.Banks had five returns for playoff-record 226 yards
and the two touchdowns tied a playoff mark. Against Calgary this year, Banks had
10 punt returns for 116 yards and no TDs.
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tour win was the Irish Open in 2010, when he also played in the Ryder
Cup.Foxborough, MA (SportsNetwork.com) - Charlie Davies netted a pair of goals,
including the series-winner on Saturday, as the New England Revolution battled
the New York Red Bulls to a 2-2 draw in the second leg of the Eastern Conference
Championship at Gillette Stadium and advanced to MLS Cup final via a thrilling
4-3 aggregate victory. The Revolution entered Saturdays second leg in decent
shape, having taken the first leg at Red Bull Arena, 2-1 a week ago. But the
momentum from the opening leg was quickly erased as the Red Bulls drew first
blood. Thierry Henry, playing on an artificial surface for the first time in his
MLS career, sent and excellent ball over the top to Tim Cahill in the 26th
minute and the Australian international did well to outmuscle Revs defender Jose
Goncalves and poke it past goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth. But New England pulled
it level on the day at 1-1 and a 3-2 aggregate lead in the 41st minute when the
home side elected to play a short corner kick to Chris Tierney and his cross was
knocked off Davies and in behind RRed Bulls goalkeeper Luis Robles.
Kevin Bieksa Ducks Jersey. New York battled back to make it 3-3 on aggregate in the 52nd minute when Lloyd Sam sent a
speculative ball into the box that fell kindly to the feet of Peguy Luyindula
and the Frenchman fired it home to make it 3-3. With the match at 3-3 on
aggregate, the tie would have gone to extra time if the result held, but Davies
came to the rescue with 20 minutes to play. The goal came to cap a spell of
relentless offensive pressure from New England as Tierney again got free on the
left wing and served a great ball into the box where Davies was there to nod it
home and give the hosts a 4-3 aggregate lead. As the clock crept toward 90
minutes New York surged forward knowing another goal would send them through via
the away goals tiebreaker, but the Revs back line held firm to secure the clubs
first trip to the MLS title game for the first time since 2007. Jay Heaps club
has won eight straight matches on home soil and will face wither the Los Angeles
Galaxy or Seattle Sounders FC on Dec. 7.
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