Barker unloads at Argos during practice
Head coach of the Toronto Argonauts Jim Barker expended some harsh words on his team during practice Wednesday.
Head coach of the Toronto Argonauts Jim Barker expended some harsh words on his team during practice Wednesday.
Led by the success of returner Chad Owens, the Toronto Argonauts have already notched twice as many victories as last year, with five games left in the season.
Some good came out of another Argos loss.
Toronto Argonaut Taylor Robertson, along with some of his teammates, participated in the Run for the Cure, raising awareness and funds for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
Dalton Bell will be at the helm for the Boatmen this Saturday, and he’ll be lining up against his former team, the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
September brought about both good and bad fortune for the Toronto Argonauts.
Cleo Lemon has been downgraded to the role of spectator for precautionary reasons, as he recovers from a concussion he suffered against Edmonton, in Moncton last Sunday. As a result, Toronto’s second-stringer Dalton Bell took the first-team snaps Tuesday, and Barker said if Lemon was not ready to dress by Thursday’s practice, Bell would get the start Saturday against Saskatchewan.
Perhaps the word concussion should be synonymous with the word uncertainty.
The Argos will have to do without running back Cory Boyd again this weekend against the Eskimos.
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