Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 17, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba football Winnipeg free press thursday August 17, 2006 c3 Canadian football league Lions asks bad blood Battle teams have built a history of dirty play in the trenches by Scott Petersen e Edmonton ? big boys in a Small Sandbox do not play Nice. Big men in the cramped trenches of the Canadian football league Are often no better. Argos a a Charles Alston can Tell you exactly what a camera planted at the line of scrimmage in a typical game would show dirty dirty play. There Are tales of Eye gouging Throat slashing Groin nearing grabbing punching biting kicking ankle turning and even spitting Mak ing the rounds. He himself is dirty the Edmonton passing eskimos defensive end admits because offensive linemen Are dirty. That a right they re cheaters holding on almost every play. And so he fights fire with fire to break free. Milestone i be thrown a couple of punches a couple of pokes in the eyes. I a dirty Allen closes in on said Alston with his trademark big Grin. You ask a couple of of linemen around the league and they probably Don to like Moons record the offensive linemen of course have their own version of life in the by Sean Fitz Gerald trenches. They talk about being attacked on every play and getting the Brunt of the physical assaults including Mississauga ont. ? Toronto arg uppercuts to the jaw and hits to the Hel nauts quarterback Damon Allen is met. Poised this weekend to become the first certain play player to pass for 70,000 Yards in his ers you give Canadian football league career and i be thrown a to Mark the occasion teammate John fit of the doubt couple of them the Bene Avery was asked if he could think of that they were anything he a done 70,000 times Over punches a his lifespan. Of a move and couple of doing it As part yes he said smiling yesterday. Accidentally hit pokes in the but that would be you in the face Allen 43, is closing in on a chapter eyes. I a dirty of the record Book that still has to been Centre Angus said . Lions written. He Only needs to throw for 88 ? Edmonton Yards at Home against the Montr Alreid. Other eskimos de Charles Alou ettes on saturday to reach 70,000guys, you know Alston for his career. He needs fewer than 700 because they re they did it Yards to pass Warren Moon for the dirty and you most All time in professional football. Respond he a history in the making walking while neither Side was ready to Stoke and breathing Avery said. And that a the fires Between the two teams when one thing you can always bet on that they meet at the line of scrimmage Damon Allen is going to come to play. If tomorrow at . Place there is a lit he a in uniform and people see him play the history Between them. No one talks about his age. They re talk when they met at Commonwealth ing about the numbers he a putting stadium in july former eskimos defend Allen was sidelined for six weeks Sive end Joe Montford was ejected shots Are taken and sometimes injuries defensive on almost every play said Reid. As i after breaking the Middle Finger in his from the game after giving a shot to happen. A number of players pointed East for said even playing it legitimately the throwing hand minutes into the season the Groin of Lions offensive lineman its part of what makes the line of the worst offenders mentioning de violence is unbelievable and a lot of opener. His absence left the Argos Rob Murphy. And in a game in 2003, scrimmage a Tough place to play not a Philion in Montreal Hamiltons Adri Guys will just try to interpret it As this mired in mediocrity. Lions defensive end Brent Johnson was glamorous one. And it demands its play Ano Belli and Tom Canada in Winnipeg Guy is trying to fight Allen has Only thrown 68 passes ejected for kicking after he Felt some ers have a High pain threshold. Among others. One Hamilton player As a number of players noted keep through the opening nine weeks of the one yanking on his leg while his upper that a usually where people get a was accused several times of grabbing ing a close Eye on the line of scrimmage season managing Only one touchdown body was buried in a pile. Little kicked up or rolled up on said and squeezing groins. During tomorrows game will expose a and 590 Yards. Its in Stark contrast to i never knew who it was said John eskimos offensive lineman Joe the goal is not Only to make life whole game within a game. It also last season when he threw for More son. I could to even figure it out on Mcgrath. Uncomfortable for opponents but also might reveal some of the intense rival than 5,000 Yards for the first time in if somebody does something a Little to get inside their head. Ries they did to want to delve too deeply his career in route to winning his first those piles usually resulting after a cheap or a Little dirty we try to regulate i think to have a Long career in this into. Outstanding player award. Short run play or quarterback sneak it. There la be a retaliation and they league you have to somehow develop a Damon Allen has had an unbelief Are where a lot of the cheap players know it. That show you get rivalries Long fuse because if you snap on every Able career up there and a lot of peo make their Mark. Scores Are settled Between certain offensive units and thing that happens you la be losing it ? can West news service ple Don to recognize that Moon said in february during super bowl week in Detroit. He has a Chance to eclipse the All time passing yardage record of mine and it just shows the longevity and the productivity that he a had. I a really proud of Moon who was inducted into the pro football Hall of Fame in Canton Ohio earlier this month amassed 70,553 Yards Over his careers in both the Cal and National football league. He has defended the legitimacy of the combined record despite the differing brands of football played on either Side of the Border. Allen smiled yesterday when asked about the Milestone. But then he Down played it. For me to think about those things it really does to mean much he said. Its always been about playing the game. When i get myself healthy enough to go out there and play then those things they just occur. They just ? can West news service National football league Owens looks Strong during first practice in pads Oxnard Calif. ? Terrell Owens was saints on monday night. Practices tuesday Owens did Reh Abili Owens first Felt a twinge in his Ham finally Back on the Field yesterday. During his daily briefing with tation work. He Rode the stationary Bike string aug. 2, but an Fri taken three no More Bike helmets or shorts either reporters earlier yesterday Bill Parcells before doing stretching and running Days later was Clear. Owens flew in Sev ? he was in pads practising with his said he did to know when Owens would exercises. He ran routes making hard eral doctors and trainers plus a hyper cowboys teammates. As has been his practise. But the coach would to say if cuts without any apparent discomfort Baric chamber because he still did to custom throughout Camp Owens who Owens would play against the saints and did some 100-Yard sprints at full feel right. Missed 14 straight practices because of even if he returned to the Field. Speed. Parcells reiterated yesterday that a hamstring problem was the last play that does to mean he would play Owens did to talk to reporters after Owens needed to get Back on the fielder on the Field. Parcells said. He has missed a lot of either session tuesday but indicated but said perceptions that he was angry at he did ride the stationary bicycle on time. It would to be so much whether he monday after a similar workout that it the receiver were wrong. The sideline where he a spent the last Practised or not As to How he looked was definitely an improvement from can you get a Little frustrated from two weeks but this time just for a Quick How much he Practised and did he get last week. Its All encouraging time to time yeah Parcells said. But warm up before the Only practice of the enough practice to make a Good judg he missed the pre season opener at seat that Sall. Well see. Things will work out. Day ? his first since aug. 2. Ment about playing the last weekend. I Don to want to jeopardize the Early the stage could now be set for Owens based on How Owens was running last week Owens wore the discovery part of the season by making a mistake to play his first game for the cowboys in around the previous two Days he should Channel pro cycling teams Silver and Here. I really their next exhibition game a nationally be of. Blue uniform to poke fun at All the time televised game against the new Orleans while the cowboys went through two he a spending on the stationary bicycle ;