CFL Week 15

Alouettes 47 Eskimos 24 The CFL playoff picture is a lot clearer. Arland Bruce and S.J. Green each reeled in a pair of touchdown passes Saturday as Montreal pretty much eliminated Edmonton’s chances of catching them for a crossover playoff spot. It was the second consecutive win for the Alouettes, who improved to 6-8. Alouettes quarterback Josh Neiswander threw for 251 yards and four touchdowns. Edmonton (3-11) would need to win its remaining four games and to have Montreal lose its final four games to even have a shot at playing in the post-season. It was pretty obvious that even Eskimos head coach Kavis Reed considered that chance as tantamount to slim or none. “It was really disappointing,” he said. “I apologize to our fans that we didn’t give them the kind of season they deserved. That’s a personal apology. It’s extremely disappointing that we have played this way today, again.” Stampeders 38 Bombers 11 Calgary running back Jon Cornish has ample opportunities to upgrade his own CFL record. With four games remaining in the regular season, the New Westminster, B.C., native is less than 50 yards from bettering his single-season rushing record by a Canadian running back. Cornish ran for a pair of touchdowns and a career-high 208 yards in Calgary’s victory on Saturday. At 1,415 yards, Cornish overtook Saskatchewan’s Kory Sheets as the CFL’s leading rusher. Cornish set his record of 1,457 yards in the final regular-season game of 2012, bettering Norm Kwong’s mark of 1,437 that had stood for 56 years. The 28-year-old said he won’t reach the personal goal he’d set for himself this season — and Cornish did not reveal that number — because he missed one game because of injury. Cornish is still motivated to see how far past last season’s total he can go. “The mark I was aiming for, I won’t be able to get there, but I’ll try and see how far I can get,” he said. “I want to see what I’m capable of. That’s why I play this game, to push my body to the maximum.”