Holy Overtime

We won one, maybe now we have started the long road back from oblivion, now a sturdy record of 3-7.
Of course anything is possible in the Eastern Conference, isn't it ?
The Cats were not as good as on Labour Day, and to be honest we were better finally on defense. Neither squad could move the ball in the second half until Cody Pickett marched downfield in the late stages of the 4rth quarter.
The best weapon we have is Jamal Robertson, who ran for 115 yards on 17 carries, so please tell me why in the name of Dick Shatto we don't get him the ball more. I think it's more Coach Hair Slick's idea of balancing the offense, maybe he is still trying to prove a point by changing QB's.









So the new boys got a deserved 25-22 overtime win, and broke the 10 game home losing streak which smelled worse than the Toronto Garbage Strike.

I do want to share a memory today, still basking in a rare Argo win, 2 memories in fact.

Jim Stillwagon was honoured last night and his number was raised to the rafters, number 68, the Outland Trophy winner Leo snatched from Ohio State. The Wagon played 5 years here in Toronto, and had to retire early, age 28 in fact, and I always thought it was bad knees, or something like that. He was accidentally subjected to too much painkiller in his shoulder which the results were it killed off many nerves, and therefore he could not take any hits on the shoulder. A shame, he and Jim Corrigal were quite the tandem. He was interviewed on the radio yesterday morning, in town for the ceremony and he recalled his Argo memories.

The other memory was one I had forgotten, and again, thanks AM 640 on the train ride home, a name popped up that I had not heard in many years. That was John Badham, that deep gravel throated play by play man on 680 CFTR, the AM flagship radio station for the Double Blue. John is still in broadcasting, on an FM station. Pete Martin has now worked with many radio partners, and Pete is still the mainstay today.

So thanks to the Wagon, and to John Badham, 2 very good Argo memories.