The Rams are back at home to host the Calgary Dinos in Mosaic Stadium. Both teams are searching for their first win of the season and bounce back from a tough loss in the previous week.
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Calgary Dinos (0-2): The Dinos aim to get their first win of the season on the road in Mosaic. Last time they played the Rams on the road they lost a pretty close game in what was their second game of the season last year by a score of 24-32. The Dinos have a young team with a lot of potential but have lost both of their opening 2 games by 20 or more points each.
Regina Rams (0-2): The Regina Rams are coming off a 6-40 loss to their provincial rivals the Saskatchewan Huskies which was the Huskies home opener. The Rams had the hardest opening schedule in the conference with matches against the current top 2 ranked teams in the conference to start their season. Their first game was an at-home loss to UBC by a score of 10-25.
Calgary Dinos (0-2) at Regina Rams (0-2) 2 PM CST
Date/Location: Saturday, September 16/ Mosaic Stadium, Regina, SK
Kickoff Time: 2 PM CST (3 PM ET, 12 PM PT)
Ticket Price: Regular $20, Youth $10, 0-5 Free, Rams Student Free
Where to Watch: CanadaWest.TV
Rams to Watch
QB Noah Pelletier
Pelletier often did a good job making quick reads to get rid of the ball quickly but ultimately did not have the outcome desired as he completed 20 of his 37 passes for 218 yards and 3 interceptions. He did score a touchdown on a 3-yard rush.
RB Olivier Savard
Savard rushed 4 times for 21 yards last week (5.3 average) last week.
RB Marshall Erichsen
Erichsen had 4 rushes last week for 19 yards (4.8 average). He had a nice run for 2 yards which at first looked like it was going to result in a tackle for a loss but Erihsen avoided losing yards in last week’s performance.
WR D’Sean Mimbs
Caught 4 passes for 83 yards last week. He made a defender miss him on a short pass. Mimbs has 175 yards receiving so far this season.
DE Anthony Montas Leipert
Last week Leipert had a run stop against Ted Kubongo at the 1-yard line and shared another run stop last week. He also hurried the quarterback twice.
LB Cameron Mah
Mah had 4 solo tackles and 3 assists last week. He had a great tackle on a 6-yard pass play. Mah hurried the quarterback once, shared a run stop, and split a sack last week.
DB Max Polischuk
Polischuck provided good coverage on an incompletion and did not allow any big plays his way last week. He led the team in tackles with 6 solo tackles.
HB Jackson Sombach
Last week Jackson Sombach had 2 solo tackles and an interception.
Dinos to Watch
QB Dom Britton
Over 2 games he has completed 32 of his 61 passes (52.5%) for 374 yards and 1 touchdown with 3 interceptions.
RB Nick Sua
Has rushed 25 times over 2 games for 100 yards averaging 4 yards per carry.
WR Gob Deng
Coming off a big performance with 7 catches for 160 yards and 2 touchdowns with an 85-yard play being his longest last week against UBC.
WR Matt Sibley
2nd in yards on the team with 101 receiving yards on 10 catches.
LB Liam Reid
Reid had 2 run stops and pressure in week 1 and in the second game, he had 2 solo tackles and 6 assisted tackles.
LB Sauce Odemwingie
Odemwingie had 3 run stops, and 3 pressures, broke up a pass in the 4th quarter, and had 9 total tackles (4 solo) in the Dino’s season opener. Last week he had 3 solo tackles and 4 assisted tackles.
DT Sylvester Ibelo
Had 2 run stops and a pressure in the season opener. Last week he had a tackle and 2 assisted tackles.
DB Steen Rasmussen
Rasmussen had a big game in the season opener generating a pass breakup in the second quarter and had 6 tackles (3 solo). He had 2 good tackles in the first quarter against short passing plays. Last week he had a solo tackle and an assisted tackle.
Prediction
This game is between 2 teams with extremely similar openings in their season.
I am predicting the Rams to win this week in large part because they were second last season and they opened the season with a higher strength of schedule. The Rams were 5-3 last season finishing 2nd in the west. Calgary has not had an easy schedule either with a game against UBC and Alberta who just upset Saskatchewan last night on the road.
I predict the Rams to win by a score of 20-16.
