Lions 40 - Eskimos 23 Post Game Stats and Comments

[WestCoastJoe]

Very exciting game. Hard hitting.

Ricky Ray is very, very good. Travis Lulay is better.

[Robbie]

Finally, a home win against the Eskimos after heartbreaking losses in 1987 and 2005.

[WestCoastJoe]

Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT
T. LULAY 20/27 293 2 1

Receiving Rec YDS TD LG
G. SIMON 6 106 1 53
A. BRUCE 4 82 0 43
K. JOHNSON 4 35 0 14
A. HARRIS 3 29 1 14
M. IANNUZZI 1 24 0 24
R. LUMBALA 1 10 0 10
S. GORE 1 7 0 7

Rushing ATT YDS TD LG
A. HARRIS 7 41 1 13
T. BROWN 7 38 0 20
T. LULAY 3 63 1 61
K. JOHNSON 2 14 0 9
J. JACKSON 2 7 0 7

Fumbles NO LST REC YDS
S. ELIMIMIAN 0 0 1 0

Field Goals FG LG XP PTS
P. MCCALLUM 4/4 44 4/4 16

Punting NO AVG NET LG
P. MCCALLUM 5 36.8 174 44

Punt Returns NO YDS AVG LG TD
T. BROWN 3 21 7.0 8 0

Kickoffs NO YDS LG SG
P. MCCALLUM 6 318 58 0

Kick Returns NO YDS AVG LG TD
T. BROWN 2 33 16.5 21 0
A. HARRIS 1 30 30.0 30 0
M. IANNUZZI 1 27 27.0 27 0
J. LEE 1 1 1.0 1 0

Defence TKL SK INT FF
K. BANKS 6 0 1 0
A. REDDICK 4 1 0 1
A. MCKENZIE 4 0 0 0
S. ELIMIMIAN 4 0 0 0
A. LAROSE 2 1 0 0
D. MARSH 2 0 2 0
T. KORNEGAY 2 0 0 0
R. PHILLIPS 2 0 0 0
K. MITCHELL 1 1 0 0
K. WILLIAMS 1 0 0 0
E. TAYLOR 1 0 0 0
R. LUMBALA 1 0 0 0
B. JOHNSON 1 0 0 0

[WestCoastJoe]

Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT
R. RAY 20/39 260 2 3

Receiving Rec YDS TD LG
J. BARNES 6 99 1 31
F. STAMPS 6 76 1 25
A. BOWMAN 3 53 0 26
H. CHARLES 2 28 0 25
C. MCCARTY 2 4 0 2
J. ARMSTEAD 1 0 0 0

Rushing ATT YDS TD LG
H. CHARLES 8 53 0 36
R. RAY 3 36 0 16
C. MCCARTY 1 6 0 6

Fumbles NO LST REC YDS
R. RAY 1 1 0 0
K. JOSEPH 1 0 0 0

Field Goals FG LG XP PTS
D. SCHIAVONE 3/3 41 2/2 11

Punting NO AVG NET LG
D. DUVAL 5 38.6 172 48

Punt Returns NO YDS AVG LG TD
J. ARMSTEAD 1 10 10.0 10 0

Kickoffs NO YDS LG SG
D. DUVAL 5 251 63 0

Kick Returns NO YDS AVG LG TD
J. ARMSTEAD 4 86 21.5 26 0
H. CHARLES 2 33 16.5 19 0

Defence TKL SK INT FF
W. BROWN 5 0 0 0
J. SHERRITT 5 0 0 0
R. DAVIS 4 0 0 0
T. LAURENT 3 1 0 0
T. HILL 3 0 0 0
R. WILLIAMS 3 0 0 0
J. REID 3 0 0 0
G. PEACH 3 0 0 0
C. THOMPSON 2 0 1 0
D. ALEXANDER 2 0 0 0
J. ARMSTEAD 1 0 0 0
T. SCOTT 1 0 0 0
C. PATRICK 1 0 0 0
M. HOWARD 1 0 0 0
J. BARNES 1 0 0 0
J. WILLIAMS 1 0 0 0

[WestCoastJoe]

Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT
R. RAY 20/39 260 2 3

Well, we knew Ricky Ray would not quit. He is scary. But we were ready.

Receiving Rec YDS TD LG
J. BARNES 6 99 1 31
F. STAMPS 6 76 1 25
A. BOWMAN 3 53 0 26

Terrific receiving corps.

Defence TKL SK INT FF
T. LAURENT 3 1 0 0

Just one sack given up. Credit to Jacques, Travis and Dan Dorazio.

[lion24]

This has been one of the most memorable and enjoyable seasons to watch after the Lions poor start....I am still keeping my paper bag on as after I put it on the turn around happened

I can now go to work and rub it in

A couple of key plays for me was getting the ball right back after Lulay's int and scoring a TD as it could have been 26-13 rather than 33-6 and the unbelievable block by Bruce on Lulay's run!!!! Well done Leos Now to break the every 6 year grey cup streak we have been on since '94

[joe kapp22]

Cruise control...went by Wally's script...Travis was a magnificient bastard..

[WestCoastJoe]

Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT
T. LULAY 20/27 293 2 1

Most Valuable Player in the CFL.

Receiving Rec YDS TD LG
G. SIMON 6 106 1 53
A. BRUCE 4 82 0 43
K. JOHNSON 4 35 0 14
A. HARRIS 3 29 1 14
M. IANNUZZI 1 24 0 24
R. LUMBALA 1 10 0 10
S. GORE 1 7 0 7

Geroy. Arland. Kierie played well. Harris is so good out of the backfield.

Rushing ATT YDS TD LG
A. HARRIS 7 41 1 13
T. BROWN 7 38 0 20
T. LULAY 3 63 1 61

Just enough running game. Just enough.

Defence TKL SK INT FF
K. BANKS 6 0 1 0

A. REDDICK 4 1 0 1

A. MCKENZIE 4 0 0 0
S. ELIMIMIAN 4 0 0 0
A. LAROSE 2 1 0 0
D. MARSH 2 0 2 0
T. KORNEGAY 2 0 0 0
R. PHILLIPS 2 0 0 0
K. MITCHELL 1 1 0 0
K. WILLIAMS 1 0 0 0
E. TAYLOR 1 0 0 0
R. LUMBALA 1 0 0 0
B. JOHNSON 1 0 0 0

Tough game. It was very tough to get to Ray. I am very glad we dressed 6 D Linemen. If not, Ricky Ray might have lit us up. We had enough pressure on Ray. Towards the end he was going all out and showed how dangerous he can be. Plus their receivers are outstanding.

A very exciting, hard hitting game. Very, very satisfying.

[joe kapp22]

Wally is going off the hook this week, watch, Geroy's Jr football team though...on the brink...

[prj]

Enormously entertaining and rewarding.

Best balanced group of talent ever, I think.

Well done Lions!

[Toppy Vann]

Congratulations to the BC Lions organization in what has to have been a hard week with the sad death of Bill Recheilt's son.

Wally hasn't been better in his trophy presentation comments and interview with Team 1410 after.

His first comments were about Eric Tillman, Kavis Reed and the Eskimos - not only classy but shows how much he realizes that without top opponents each week this league would be back into the bad old days of low fan turnouts and poor interest.

Lulay looked like Garcia at his peak. Not a bad decision. Arland Bruce block on the Lulay TD run was amazing.

Most amazing turnaround I have ever seen in sports from how bad it started and how bleak it looked for this team and their coaching staff.

Great that Buck and the Bombers will be back in BC as that is another team with good choices of coach and a good team.

[geroy_simon_081]

The better team won. Simple as that.
Bring on the Blue bummers, we have unsettle business with them. When the Lions are done with Winnipeg hopefully they can once and for all put an end to the absurd swaggerville garbage.

[cromartie]

Just a wonderful performance by the defensive secondary in particular before they settled into a dime package in the second half and Edmonton countered with two tight ends. A majority of those sacks and pressures were secondary driven, it was terrific to see Ray with almost four seconds to throw...and no one to throw to. It tells me that not only did the secondary do it's job, but the coaching staff did it's job as well in preparing for Edmonton's passing attack.

Offensively, they left points on the field, I think as the receivers need to tighten up just a little bit.

It's tough to be critical, but I'll suggest that the punt return coverage might need to tighten up a little bit, though it was much better late. Our return game, I thought, was fine, we stared in what I consider plus territory on pretty much every drive. The back end of the secondary needs a little bit of help as well, but these are small nits to pick on a great, great night.

I'm psyched, overall. Couldn't be happier.

[TheLionKing]

Absolutely delighted at the result. One more win and the Cup will be ours.

[the-real-hugo]

Congrats to the Lions and all their fans. Hard loss for us Esks fans to take, but in the end this quote from the thread really says it all...

The better team won. Simple as that.

Enjoy GC week, put on a helluva show and go get that Cup!