Weather could be a factor for Lions, Ticats in East Division semifinal
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats aren’t exactly heading into the East Division semifinal on a roll.
Hamilton (8-9) hosts the B.C. Lions (9-9) on Sunday afternoon after dropping its final three regular-season contests. While hardly ideal, the Ticats still finished second in East standings to secure home field for the conference semifinal.
And in the last two seasons, both Ottawa (8-9-1) and Toronto (9-9-0) went on to capture the Grey Cup after posting mediocre regular-season records. But that’s of little solace to Ticats head coach June Jones.
“Our goal was to just get here . . . and then to the Grey Cup,” he said. “That’s all I’m thinking about, that’s all the kids are thinking about.