Game inside the game
FIRST QUARTER For all the drama that surrounded Henry Burris, you needed to watch Bo Levi
Mitchell. The Stamps only allowed 20 sacks this season, but on that 51-yard pass to Marquay McDaniel, two Redblacks reached Mitchell, just as he threw. Bo Levi was 8 for 9 for 133 yards in the first 15 minutes, but if Ottawa could generate pressure . . . hmmm. SECOND QUARTER Mitchell doesn’t make many mistakes. People who watch film say that he doesn’t miss the open man, that he sees the field so well. Well, in the second quarter the Calgary QB threw three balls that could have been intercepted — high, hanging, semi-doomed balls. Two found Ottawa hands. The MOP was showing cracks. THIRD QUARTER Ever seen a triple fumble? First, Mitchell was hit and the ball went shooting out. It hit the ref, who tried to dance out of the way. Two Stampeders failed to fall and secure it, and it kept bouncing. Only a desperate stab from running back Jerome
Messam pushed the ball out of bounds, so Calgary could punt. Whew. FOURTH QUARTER During the week, someone whispered the name: Watch Juron Criner. He’s big, he’s fast, and he’s the big-play guy Ottawa needed to replace the injured Chris Wil
liams. Well, on Ottawa’s key drive Criner caught one pass for 22 yards, and then reeled in one hell of a 38-yarder that set up the TD. Huge.
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