B.C. Lions looking to rebound from ugly loss against rested Calgary Stampeders
VANCOUVER — Wally Buono walked into the locker-room moments before kickoff at Mosaic Stadium and could immediately tell his team wasn’t prepared to play.
The head coach and general manager of the B.C. Lions told his players as much — candid comments that were captured by television cameras. Buono’s fears were soon realized in what would turn into Sunday’s 41-8 whitewash at the hands of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
“Wally’s a good judge of character, a good judge of the mood in rooms, and he called it,” B.C. running back Jeremiah Johnson said this week. “We weren’t ready at all.”
And the Lions (5-3) know they will need to be a whole lot better from start to finish when they host the well-rested and high-powered Calgary Stampeders (5-1-1) on Friday night.