He may not always 'Bleed Green', but he's always brutally honest - never afraid to speak his mind. Mitchell is passionate about the game, and after covering the team since he was old enough to hold a microphone, he's now hangs out with Drew Remenda every night getting paid to do what he's become so good at... having an opinion.
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The CFL announcing Sunday that a mistake was made in tabulating votes for the Western Division all-star team. Earlier in the week, Rider kicker Luca Congi had been announced as the all-star kicker in the West, but after further review the league found that was not correct and that the nomination should have gone to Sandra De Angelis of the Stampeders.
Give credit where credit is due. The Argonauts are a good football club....they didn't win their last seven because they are lucky but they aren't as good as what the Riders made them out to be. A lot of this has to be attributed to the fact the Riders knew where they were going to be next weekend while Toronto was still playing for something. The Riders just didn't have that cohesion offensively right from the get-go and when you are facing the #1 defence in the CFL its tough to get it going.
DJ Flick says his team seemingly did not want to compete
The Argos had more to play for in the season finale and it showed. Michael Bishop threw for 366 yards and 3 TD's--two to Andre Talbot-- as Toronto beat the Riders 41-13 in the season finale. The win clinches first for the Argos and means they will be home for the East final to either Winnipeg or Montreal. They finish the season having won their last seven. The Riders see their five game win streak end. They finish the season at 12-6 and get ready to host Calgary in the Western semi-final November 11th.,
To the Rider nation Saturday's season finale against the Argos may have been a meaningless game but it wasn't to coach Kent Austin and he was not happy with the way his team finished the regular season.
Defensive lineman Brent Curvey will make his CFL debut tomorrow afternoon as he subs in for the injured Marcus Adams. Its one of seven roster changes for the team going into the season finale against the Argos. Corey Holmes, T-J Stancil, Lance Frazier, Marcus Rucker, Renauld Williams and Mike Washington are the other players that are out. Players that go on the roster are Reggie Hunt, James Johnson, Rontarious Robinson, Airabin Justin, Josh Ranek and Maurice Lloyd.
Argos linebacker Mike Fletcher likes the way his team is playing and admits what we see tomorrow on the Taylor Field turf could be a Grey Cup preview......