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TORONTO -- Ricky Ray outduelled Henry Burris and earned
the Toronto Argonauts a wild season-opening victory. Ray
threw four TD passes to rally Toronto to a 39-34 win over
the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday night. Rays 10-yard
touchdown toss to Dontrelle Inman at 9:49 of the fourth
quarter gave the Argos their winning margin in a track
meet that featured 51 first downs and 1,000 total
offensive yards but still came down to the final play.
Burris drove Hamilton from its 44-yard to the Toronto 13
in the final 30 seconds on completions to Greg Ellingson
and Onrea Jones. But rookie running back C.J. Gable
dropped a screen pass that had he held on to had a clear
path to the end zone. Still, the Ticats had one final
gasp with three seconds left at the Argos eight-yard line
following a penalty, but Andy Fantuz couldnt hold on to
Burriss throw in the end zone. "I dont know how many
times in my career Ive been on the sidelines watching
Henry Burris lead a last-minute drive," Ray said. "But
sacking him twice and then the big breakup in the end
zone at the end, those were huge." A new-look Argos
defence with seven new starters struggled in the first
half against Hamilton, which led 31-25 at halftime.
Burris was a big reason for that, passing for 207 yards
and three TDs but he said the Ticats shouldve put the
defending Grey Cup champions away much earlier. "It
should not have come down to that play at the end, we
left a lot of plays on the field," Burris said. "We were
right there but we sputtered when we had the
opportunities. "We let it slip away when we had the
chance to steal it." Torontos defence still allowed 199
second-half yards but only three-second half points. And
the unit sacked Burris on consecutive plays, forcing
Hamilton to punt with three minutes remaining and
trailing by five points. "We talked at halftime about
staying together and how football games arent won by
players but by teams that play together with one
heartbeat," Argos head coach Scott Milanovich said. "Our
guys stayed together and that was an encouraging thing
because we have many new guys. "The fact they didnt start
pointing fingers and trying to cover their own butts was
a positive. We just knuckled down and did enough to win.
It was by no means a glorious effort for us but thats a
good football team and I think that will prove out
throughout the year." Toronto also lost Swayze Waters to
an unspecified injury kicking off to start the second
half. Waters returned to boot a convert on Inmans TD
after receiver Spencer Watt was forced to convert his own
second-half TD. Watt and fullback Alexander Robinson
kicked off in Waters absence while Inman handled punting
duties. "Youve got to give credit to guys like Spencer
Watt and Dontrelle Inman that came in and kicked the ball
and didnt do anything to hurt us," Milanovich said.
"Thats not easy to do when youre kind of a fish out of
water doing something youre not used to doing. "I thought
those guys did a tremendous job." Ray agreed. "I dont
think Ive been around to see something like that and Ive
been around for a long time," the 11-year veteran said.
"It was pretty cool to see those guys step in and do
that." Burris finished with 361 yards passing and three
TDs while rookie Lindsey Lamar had a 104-yard kickoff
return touchdown as Hamilton nearly spoiled the party for
the Rogers Centre gathering of 29,852. Prior to the game,
the Grey Cup was brought out on to the field and players
Brandon Isaac, Chad Owens and Chad Kackert along with
Milanovich and GM Jim Barker were presented their
championship rings before the 12 Grey Cup banner was
unfurled. Spectators were then treated to an offensive,
wide-open track meet as Burris and Ray took turns
dissecting porous defensive units starting the season
with no shortage of question marks. Lamar also joined
Marcus Thigpen as only players in CFL history to return
kickoff for a touchdown on their first career touch.
Hamiltons offence sports many of the regulars who were
part of the CFLs top-scoring unit last year and Isaac
gave the Ticats unit credit but added the Argos defensive
players werent happy with their performance. "I dont like
the way we played because we played too many snaps,"
Isaac said. "We were shell-shocked in the beginning
however from the second quarter on we were able to make
adjustments and make plays when it counted. "That is a
real solid offence but at the end of the day we were able
to make one just one more play than they did." Hamiltons
defence returned eight starters but new defensive co-
ordinator Orlondo Steinauer has the daunting task of
improving a unit that allowed 32 points and 306 yards
passing per game, both league highs. The Ticats defensive
woes were highlighted early in the third when on third
and five, Ray hit Watt on a 20-yard TD pass to pull the
Argos to within 34-32 after Waters was injured. But Kent
Austin, in his Ticats coaching debut, said there was
plenty of blame to go around for the loss. "We had
opportunities to make plays in all three phases of the
game," he said. "We have to make sure when the
opportunity comes that we come through. "They just made
more plays than we did." Jason Barnes had two TDs for
Toronto while Kackert had the other and ran for 112 yards
on 10 carries. Waters finished with four converts, a
field goal and a single. Gable with two, and Fantuz
scored Hamiltons other touchdowns. Luca Congi booted the
converts and two field goals. NOTES -- In October 2006,
Delvin Breaux suffered a near-fatal neck injury covering
a kickoff during a high school football game in his
native New Orleans. On Friday night, the 23-year-old
rookie started at cornerback for the Ticats . . . The
Argos decision to sign veteran kicker-punter Noel
Prefontaine to the practice roster last week gives the
club kicking insurance . . . Running back Chevon Walker,
Hamiltons leading rusher last year, was among the Ticats
scratches while starting left tackle Tony Washington
didnt dress for the Argos . . . Burris begins the season
as the CFLs active leading rusher among quarterbacks with
4,735 yards . . . Hamilton begins the season with 37
players in either their first or second year in the CFL,
most in the league. Toronto will defend its Grey Cup
title with 16 first-year players on its roster . . .
Toronto won three-of-four meetings last year with
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