Montreal Sports - Montreal Alouettes

On October 13th, the Alouettes will not only honor the most prolific running back in CFL history, but will do it before a game where they will get a chance to avenge a humiliating loss to the Ti-Cats last week. The Alouettes are now the Eastern Division champions, but they sure didn't play like it on route to a 44-38 loss. Hopefully, the team will be playing inspired football, after a ceremony where they will pay tribute to Michael Pringle for his recent induction into the CFL Hall of Fame.

Montreal Sports - Montreal Alouettes

From Alouettes website:

Montreal, Oct. 1, 2008 – Montreal Alouettes running back Avon Cobourne’s dream season is rolling along nicely as the team-leader in rushing yards was named today the CFL’s Offensive Player of the Week for Week 14 following another great performance in the Alouettes’ convincing 37-12 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders last Sunday.

With 17 carries for 125 yards and a touchdown, Cobourne helped the Alouettes clinch a home playoff game at Olympic Stadium – either the East Division Semi-Final on Nov. 8 or the Final on Nov. 15.

So far this season, Cobourne has tallied up 940 rushing yards on 139 carries, placing him third in the CFL despite missing three straight games. He is currently on a streak of six consecutive games with at least 100 yards on the ground.

Montreal Sports - Montreal Alouettes

The Montreal Alouettes do not know the meaning of the word "mercy". They never have before, and apparently that trend will continue under CFL "rookie" head coach Trestman. Montreal exploded for 21 points in the 2nd quarter, and never looked back on route to a 37 to 12 victory against Saskatchewan. While this win was not as brutal as the 40-4 dismantling of the Edmonton Eskimos, it does show the Als' resolve to make a statment to any team coming from the West that Montreal will play them hard at home. With that win, Montreal is now 4 games ahead of 2nd place Winnipeg, and tied with Calgary for 1st overall in the CFL. TSN has even put Montreal at number one in their weekly CFL power poll. This game also featured the return of Montreal runningback Avon Cobourne, who picked up 125 yards on the ground while finding the endzone once. Cobourne was poised to become the first player in CFL history to both run and catch for 1000 or more yards, however that appears highly unlikely. There are only 5 more games left in the season, and Cobourne would have to average just over 100 yards a game. He only managed 8 yards on Sunday. Montreal's next game will be on Saturday, October 4th, against the lowly Ti-Cats!

Montreal Sports - Montreal Alouettes

Marc Tresman and Anthony Calvillo must have been listening to Nick Murdocco's motivational speech on this morning's show before taking on Edmonton this afternoon in Montreal. Nick asked for a game where Calvillo would throw for over 400 yards, and be interception free. Calvillo responds by throwing for 414 yards on 31 pass completions, 2 touchdown passes, and 0 passes being caught by the other team. 3 Montreal receivers had over a 100 yards receiving while Mike Imoh added to touchdowns from the ground. When it was all over, Montreal pummeled Edmonton into a tie for last place with BC in the West Division by beating the Eskimos 40-4. It should also be noted that BC is the other team Montreal beat from the West earlier this season, which also happened to be at home in Montreal.