A flat and uninspiring begin wound up extending the whole 60 minutes, as B.C. falls for the second straight sport.
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There have been no arduous emotions from the B.C. Lions when James Butler selected to depart for Hamilton within the low season. There is perhaps after Saturday night time’s sport.
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The Tiger-Cats working again ripped aside his former group to the tune of 118 yards and two touchdowns — one on the bottom, and one by means of the air — as Hamilton (4-6) pulled the upset and walked previous the Lions 30-13 at B.C. Place.
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Butler had seven rushes for 10 yards or extra in opposition to the Lions, who’d allowed the second-fewest yards speeding per sport coming into the sport. He additionally spoiled the Lions’ spotless house file, getting the primary passing landing agains the Leos at house this yr, and snapping their six-game win streak on the Dome.
It was the second-straight loss for the Lions (7-4), who’ve dropped back-to-back video games in opposition to groups with a dropping file and beginning a third-string quarterback.
This was a baffling efficiency from B.C. at house, the place they’ve been dominant this yr.
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It was a sleepy, sloppy begin, and the urgency stage by no means creeped up, even towards the sport’s finish.
litmus check of a group’s will is brief yardage. A CFL group ought to be capable to achieve a single yard, even two, with the one-yard cushion they get on the road of scrimmage. However on the Lions’ first try, a Third-and-1 on the Ticats 20, centre Michael Couture received bench-pressed backward into Dom Davis, and the sneak failed. A 2nd-and-1 within the second equally failed, with the third-down try getting simply sufficient for the primary down.
It might have been even worse, with Terry Williams clearly fumbling on his first return of the sport, however the referees missed it, calling him down by contact. And after they by no means decided who got here out of the pile with the ball, the CFL command centre had no approach of fixing the decision on the sector.
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Vernon Adams Jr. set a profession excessive along with his sixth 300-yard sport this season — his first profession one in opposition to Hamilton — however didn’t get a number of assist from his receivers. Keon Hatcher and Justin McIninnis each had second down-catches bounce off their fingers within the second half that will have moved the sticks.
The McInnis drop within the fourth quarter put the Lions in Third-and-10 at midfield, and Adams was picked off by Jameer Thurman after throwing right into a swarm of deep-dropped Ticats defenders as he tried to make one thing occur.
The exodus to the exits started, despite the fact that there have been practically seven minutes left in what was solely a two-score sport.
Adams was 26-of-40 passing for 311 yards. Total, B.C. had 358 yards in offence — really outgaining Hamilton’s 336 — however scored simply 13 factors. Hatcher’s 11-yard go coming with 1:51 left within the sport was their solely landing.
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And even the mechanical Sean Whyte — who’d cranked 23 area aim makes an attempt in a row — was off, having his streak snapped when he missed a 49-yarder within the first half.
Hamilton’s Taylor Powell, who couldn’t beat the Edmonton Elks, lastly received his first win because the Ticats beginning quarterback, with a methodical and mediocre 222 yards on 18-of-23 passing.
The play that summed up the night time got here six seconds after the Lions scored late, after they ran an onside kick play to try to shut the hole. However the B.C. gamers overshot the kick which bounced into Tim White’s fingers, and he went 47 yards untouched to the home.
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