Game day: Montreal at sa国际传媒, 1 p.m.
Today's rematch between the sa国际传媒 Lions and the Montreal Alouettes is shaping up as a tale of two quarterbacks - and the teams' different approaches to the game.
sa国际传媒 signal-caller Travis Lulay, who garnered the CFL Most Outstanding Player award in 2011, feels an onus to play well simply because he is going up against Als counterpart Anthony Calvillo, who took the honour the year before.
"Just as an offence, you're playing against a team that you know is capable of putting points on the board," said Lulay after his team's final walkthrough Friday at sa国际传媒 Place. "So, from the get-go, that puts pressure on you to put points on the board early."
The Lions (6-3) are looking to avenge last weekend's 30-25 loss in Montreal. Lulay and the rest of the Lions stressed the importance of the contest as the second half of the season begins.
Noting that post-Labour Day games make the socalled real season, Lulay, who likes to study film of Calvillo and Montreal's talented offence before games, said certain games represent important moments - and this is one of them.
"The moment we got back on that flight leaving Montreal, we knew that this was an important week and this was a big game . . . You can feel that sense of urgency in the lockerroom," said Lulay.
The Als prevailed after Lulay could not connect with Arland Bruce on a would-be touchdown pass on sa国际传媒's final possession of the game. Lulay hopes to have another shot to decide the outcome when the game is on the line.
sa国际传媒 coach Mike Benevides says he expects nothing short of outstanding for Saturday's game. "It's going to be one of those games that we're going to be talking about, because you've got the best against the best," said Benevides.
