Week 6 in the Canadian Football League had an aborted schedule and a firing.
Only two games were played, three more than Dan Hawkins lasted as head coach of the Montreal Alouettes.
The Als will be back in action on Thursday at home against the Toronto Argonauts. We’ll see what happens with Jim Popp taking over.
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are feeling good about themselves after winning only their second game of the season, while the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Edmonton Eskimos continue to wallow in the wilderness of losing.
We wonder if there will be changes in the Bombers or Eskimos organizations. There has to be consequences. Just ask Buck Pierce, supplanted from starting quarterback to third-stringer by the Bombers.
And yet backup Max Hall is carrying the clipboard.
Weird.
1. Saskatchewan (5-0): Back in action this Friday, facing Calgary. The Riders are the talk of the CFL. Will be fun to watch running back Kory Sheets continue his assault on the rushing-yardage record.
2. Calgary (4-1): Drew Tate is back in as quarterback after missing three full games. There isn’t a quarterback controversy with Bo Levi Mitchell just yet. But all eyes will be on the oft-injured Tate.
3. Toronto (3-2): Quarterback Ricky Ray returns to action following one full game and part of another with a wonky knee. Curtis Steele makes his second start at running back.
4. B.C. (4-2): Rebounded from an awful performance against Toronto with a victory over Winnipeg. Not overwhelming by any means and had questionable clock management.
5. Montreal (2-3): With a new head coach, perhaps the Als will recover. Losing receiver Jamel Richardson with a season-ending injury and running back Brandon Whitaker indefinitely will be a challenge.
6. Hamilton (2-4): Fortunate to beat Edmonton, but at least the Ticats could enjoy the feel of winning. Receiver Andy Fantuz will be back following his wonky hammy. Who knows with this team?
7. Edmonton (1-5): Will there be consequences? What the team continues to do to quarterback Mike Reilly is unbelievable. What’s the deal with the offence? At least a streaker gave the team a means to stop the clock.
8. Winnipeg (1-5): Just can’t win for trying. Give the defence credit for rising to the criticism of head coach Tim Burke. The front four is deserving of better. The offence led by co-ordinator Gary Crowton is getting worse.