The Edmonton Eskimos not only lost the football game Sunday night against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, they lost their best receiver as well.
Adarius Bowman, the Eskimos premier slotback tore his ACL and his MCL in his left knee.
So in essence, the Eskimos not only need a quarterback on Friday against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Commonwealth Stadium, they need another receiver as well.
Bowman, 27 years of age, had career highs in catches (62) and receiving yards (1153) in 2011.
The injury to Bowman is very difficult for the average Eskimo fan to take. It came at a time in the football game that was late and the Roughriders had the game well in hand.
This week on 15 Minutes of Fame: the Edmonton Eskimos are off to the CFL’s West Final after a dominating performance against the Calgary Stampeders, but can they beat the Lions? On the ice – we look into the 1-3-1 controversy and the Milan Lucic hit on Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller. As well, the UFC makes its debut on FOX and in boxing, Manny Pacquiao wins a close (and controversial) one over Juan Manuel Marquez.
In the GABBYs: Albert Haynesworth, Garrett McNamara, Wilson Ramos, Andrei Nazarov, Penn State, and Shawn Bradley. This week’s Punchline is John Daly!
The Edmonton Eskimos have advanced to the Western Final following a 33-19 victory over the Calgary Stampeders Sunday at Commonwealth Stadium.
Ricky Ray had 245 yards passing and one touchdown pass to Jason Barnes. Adarius Bowman also had a strong game with 93 yards receiving.
On defense, Damaso Munoz had seven tackles, but it was his fumble recovery for a touchdown that was the clear turning point.
Down 8-3 in the second quarter, Stampeders’ quarterback Drew Tate just dropped the football and it was picked up by Munoz who marched into the end zone for 77 yards.
The Eskimos would score two more touchdowns before the half– a Jerome Messam run and a four yard pass from Ray to Barnes.
But it was the Eskimos’ defense as a collective unit that came up big in this one. With the Eskimos generating minimal second half offense, the defense came up big and did not let Henry Burris come up with a big play that might have been damaging.
With the win, the Eskimos now play the British Columbia Lions in the Western Final next Sunday in Vancouver.
In the Eastern Semi-Final, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeated the Montreal Alouettes 52-44 in an amazing shootout that went to overtime. Anthony Calvillo threw for 513 yards and lost. Hamilton will now play Winnipeg in the Eastern Final.
This week on 15 Minutes of Fame: the Edmonton Eskimos get set to face the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL’s West Division semi-final, we break down the first month of the season for the Edmonton Oilers (and a couple of other storylines from around the NHL) and we look into the NBA labour situation.
In the GABBYs: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Ryujiro Ueda, Manny Pacquiao & Floyd Mayweather Jr., Iranian soccer, Andy Murray and the IABA. This week’s Punchline is Nickelback!
For the first time since 2004, the Edmonton Eskimos will feature in some CFL playoff action at Commonwealth Stadium in the coming weeks.
As I write this, we don’t know if it will be the West division semi-final next Sunday, or the West final the following weekend (or both), but what we do know is that they’ve got a chance to go the distance and bring home some hardware.
The Eskimos rounded out the regular season with a 23-20 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday night, but the score doesn’t really tell the full story. They built up a solid 10-point lead, squandered it in the fourth quarter and managed a last-minute field goal for the win.
The Esks have looked good, they’ve looked unbeatable, they’ve looked bad and they’ve looked terrible at different points this season, sometimes all in one game, but at this point it all just comes down to wins and losses. One school of thought would have fans worried heading into the playoffs, because the team should have put the game away when they had the chance. The other is smiling and enjoying the fact that they were able to make some plays and get the win, which is all that really matters.
So, can the Edmonton Eskimos be the team that lifts the Grey Cup on November 27th? (more…)
The Edmonton Eskimos have defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 23-20, guaranteeing a home playoff game at Commonwealth Stadium for the first time since 2004.
It was a magical night for two Eskimos. Wide receiver Adarius Bowman had 226 yards receiving–the most yards in one game for any wide receiver in the Canadian Football League this season. Bowman also added two touchdown receptions from quarterback Ricky Ray.
While running back Jerome Messam became only the third Canadian since 1965 to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. He rushed for 76 yards Friday night and finished the regular season with 1,056 total yards.
With the game tied at 20, kicker Derek Schiavone executed a 27-yard attempt with 43 seconds remaining. On the following kickoff, returner Tristan Jackson fumbled and was recovered by Delroy Clarke.
The Edmonton Eskimos are in first place in the CFL Western Division.
On Monday afternoon at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, it was the Eskimos that surprised the Stampeders with a 35-7 win.
Edmonton wasn’t very flashy with the victory. Offensively, they weren’t overly spectacular. They were just able to capitalize on several mistakes made by the Stampeders.
Henry Burris fumbled the ball twice in key situations that led directly to two Edmonton touchdowns.
Greg Peach, who hasn’t played for over a month due to a leg injury, was awesome, as he was the catalyst for the two Burris fumbles.
With the win, the Eskimos improve to 6-3 while the Stampeders fall to 6-3.
For the 30th consecutive year, the Calgary Stampeders will host the Edmonton Eskimos on Labour Day. Over the last three decades, the Stampeders have a 15-14 edge.
This year’s game will feature two teams currently headed in opposite directions. The Stampeders have won four straight games since a 24-19 loss to the Eskimos on July 23. They went undefeated in the month of August and are now 6-2.
While the Eskimos got off to a flying 5-0 start, but have since lost three straight, and have been outscored a whopping 63-5 in their last two games. The Eskimos got some good news on the injury front this week as Adarius Bowman is expected back after cracking his ribs.
The game can be seen on Monday on TSN at 2:30pm.
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The Edmonton Eskimos wrapped up week eight of the CFL season on Friday night with a performance that made their previous two losses look passable – a 36-1 loss to the BC Lions at Commonwealth Stadium.
Losing at home is never fun, but losing like that must really hurt. The Eskimos gave up eight sacks, Ricky Ray and Kerry Joseph combined to throw four interceptions and the team has now scored just 10 points in 11 quarters…after a 5-0 start to the season, during which time they looked like world beaters.
What the heck is wrong with the Eskimos?
For one, injuries are taking their toll on this team. You won’t hear them using it as an excuse, but when your top receivers are all hurt and you end up having to bring in three new guys before a game, you’re in trouble! Two of Ray’s interceptions on the night were attempted passes to guys he practically just met. When they lost Fred Stamps and Adarius Bowman, Jason Barnes stepped up and had two big games. Guess who got hurt next? (After the Jump: More Esks, Hilarious Jeremy Roenick video & More!) (more…)
The injured Edmonton Eskimos cannot return to the lineup fast enough. The performance by the Edmonton Eskimos tonight was an embarrassment and deserves a grade of an F, quite possibly even a F-.
The Eskimos could only muster one single point in a 36-1 loss to the British Columbia Lions Friday night. A 59 yard punt single by Damon Duval.
The good news is the Eskimos are 5-3. That’s the only good news at the present time. Fred Stamps, Jason Barnes, and Greg Peach and Adarius Bowman simply cannot come back soon enough.
The Lions (2-6) had a field day with the Eskimos at Commonwealth Stadium tonight, and it opened in the first quarter. Travis Lulay showed strong consistency throughout the entire 60 minutes, recording a touchdown pass in each stanza. He found Akeem Foster for a 56 yard touchdown in the first quarter, touchdown passes to Arland Bruce III in the second and third quarters and Geroy Simon in the fourth quarter.
The good news is the Eskimos have a bye week. Now this is where General Manager Eric Tillman needs to make his money so the Eskimos don’t lose back-to-back games to the Calgary Stampeders in early September.
There are moments in sports where fans cheer for teams because they have had to overcome immense adversity in such a short period of time.
That is what happened last night in Winnipeg, as the Blue Bombers had to play football under very difficult circumstances because of the recent death of their assistant head coach Richard Harris, who died in his office two days earlier when he collapsed in his office, and later died at the age of 63.
On Thursday, the Blue Bombers delivered with a victory.
Down 20-19, and their starting quarterback Buck Pierce out with another injury, Alex Brink drove the Blue Bombers down field and the game winning touchdown on a 22 yard pass to Terence Edwards.
The Blue Bomber defense showed up too. Jonathan Hefney had nine tackles, while Doug Brown and Odell Willis constantly pressured Travis Lulay.
With the win, Winnipeg moves to 4-1 and B.C. falls to 0-5.
With week four of the Canadian Football League now in the books, and we’re focusing on week five of the season, some of the talk is about all of the significant injuries from the weekend.
Anthony Calvillo, the Montreal Alouettes’ quarterback, did not return for second half action Sunday following a hit by Dario Romero of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Calvillo had a vision problem following the hit, and had to watch from the sidelines, as backup quarterback Adrian McPherson struggled to consistently move the offense in a 27-24 upset win by the Roughriders. It is expected Calvillo will return to practice for Montreal this week, and their game in Hamilton on Friday.
In Edmonton, it looks like the Eskimos will be without defensive end Greg Peach and wide receiver Adarius Bowman for the next while. Peach has a leg injury and Bowman has cracked ribs.
The loss of Peach has greater significance to the Eskimos than Bowman because of the leadership skills he provides to a young Eskimos’ defense. It is expected, according to TSN, that rookie Julius Williams will replace Peach. At wide receiver, Canadian Chris Bauman, who has four years experience with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats will probably replace Bowman.
The Edmonton Eskimos shocked the Saskatchewan Roughriders with a 42-28 win Sunday to move into first place in the CFL Western Division.
The Eskimos are the only team in the West with an opening week win. The British Columbia Lions lost 30-26 to the Montreal Alouettes on Thursday night and the Calgary Stampeders lost 23-21 to the Toronto Argonauts on Friday night.
Rick Ray had an outstanding game, as he completed 21 of 27 passes for 294 yards and three touchdowns. Interestingly, the wide receivers that had great games were Jason Barnes and Adarius Bowman, and not Fred Stamps. Barnes had 104 yards receiving and two touchdown catches, while Bowman had 103 yards receiving and a touchdown reception. Stamps only had 34 receiving yards.
All Edmonton Eskimo fans are putting their faith in General Manager Eric Tillman in 2011.
The major question is how long will it take for the resurrection program to actually exist so Eskimo fans can experience the glory days of the 1970′s, 1980′s and 1990′s?
I’m hoping it won’t take long. There was great optimism at the end of last season in Edmonton. After starting the year at 2-9, the Eskimos won five of their last seven games, and ended the year at 7-11.
Still, they missed the playoffs, losing 31-23 to Saskatchewan in week 20.
The Eskimos said goodbye to head coach Richie Hall in the off-season, and replaced him with Kavis Reed, the defensive co-ordinator for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Hall, meanwhile returned to Saskatchewan, where he’ll be the defensive co-ordinator for the Roughriders.
The Edmonton Eskimos not only lost the football game Sunday night against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, they lost their best receiver as well.
For the first time since 2004, the Edmonton Eskimos will feature in some CFL playoff action at Commonwealth Stadium in the coming weeks.
Eskimos: What’s Wrong?
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