Esks Need To Rattle Calvillo To Deliver Upset
14/11/2008 04:21
EDMONTON - If the Edmonton Eskimos hope to ruin the Montreal Alouettes' Grey Cup party, they need to figure a way to put quarterback Anthony Calvillo on his back in Saturday's CFL Eastern Final.
Or at least hurry him up.
Good luck, says Eskimo head coach Danny Maciocia.
You can watch live coverage of the Wendy's CFL on TSN East Final on TSN and TSN HD, Saturday at 11:00 a.m. local time.
''You can bring as much pressure as you like, the ball's getting out,'' said Maciocia Wednesday after his players wrapped up their final practice in the Alberta capital.
With a victory Saturday at Olympic Stadium, the Eskimos earn a berth in the Grey Cup - to be played Nov. 23 in Montreal - as the Eastern conference representative against either the B.C. Lions or Calgary Stampeders.
But first they have to get under the skin of a quarterback and an offence that's made hash of defences en route to an 11-7 record and a first-place finish in the East.
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SWIVEL HIPS SAYS:
As I said last week when they played Winnipeg, I love it when nobody is giving the Eskimos a chance. Same thing this week against Montreal. SWIVEL HIPS predicts the Eskimos will win by two points to represent the “eastern” conference in the Grey Cup game to be held in Montreal on November 23.