WINNIPEG - Call it "Home Improvement, the CFL Edition. Jordan 12 Cheap Real ." CFL stadiums are being replaced or refurbished at a pace probably unmatched in league history, starting this season with the opening of a new home for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In 2014, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats will move into a new facility while the expansion Ottawa Redblacks are projected to call a revamped Frank Clair Stadium home. And in 2017, the Saskatchewan Roughriders are scheduled to move into a new open-air venue to replace Mosaic Stadium. Existing facilities in Calgary and Edmonton get upgrades this season to make the game-day experience nicer for their fans. The big story this year is Investors Group Field in Winnipeg. A year behind schedule, a lot about the new facility drew rave reviews: the player areas, sightlines, comfortable seats and fancy suites and concessions. But there are kinks to be worked out. Cracks in the concrete are being repaired and then theres the small matter of getting 33,400 people on and off the campus of the University of Manitoba in time to actually watch football games. "I think it was great (but) I have a feeling people will have to figure out the traffic patterns," Bombers coach Tim Burke after the seasons first exhibition game at the stadium. That was a bit of an understatement. The pre-season game against the Toronto Argonauts had almost 5,000 empty seats by the time the official count was taken despite most having been sold. Bomber president Garth Buchko apologized the next day for the massive traffic congestion that stranded so many and promised better for the first regular-season game Thursday against Montreal. More buses and bus-only lanes, plus earlier access to parking spots, are among the cures the team is hoping will ease the pain. "Weve got a lot of work to do," said Buchko. "We have to get better and we will get better." Parking is scarce but, after two years of planning, they also werent prepared for the 60 per cent larger crowd than estimated who opted for public transit to reach the $200-million stadium. Even staff who man concessions were caught in the snarl, leaving fans who could get inside standing in long lines at those food and beverage outlets which were able to open. And, in a city often referred to as "Winterpeg," the open-air pressbox has already received a thumbs down from the CFL if the Bombers want to host a Grey Cup. They do and renovations are planned. This season, the Ticats will play their home games at Alumni Stadium in Guelph, Ont., as a new $145.7-million facility is built where venerable Ivor Wynne Stadium used to stand. The Ticats are scheduled to move into the venue in 2014 with the facility slated to hold the 2015 Pan American Games soccer competition as well. Until then, the CFL team will spend a cosy year at Alumni, which even after expansion will seat about 13,000. The Ticats will practise at McMaster in Hamilton and also play a home game in Moncton, N.B. When the new stadium is complete, it will initially seat 22,500 with standing room for another 1,500. But it will also have 700 club seats and 30 VIP suites and the potential expanded capacity of 40,000 for special events like the Grey Cup. Ticats owner Bob Young says the new facility will generate more revenue that could go back into stadium improvements. "With more revenue you can do more things," he said. "With the money we can make in the new stadium its going to be interesting to see where, between ourselves and the city, we eventually take this stadium. "Were thrilled and very grateful at the way it has turned out." Hamilton quarterback Henry Burris said the players have quickly adopted Alumni Stadium as their home. "This is already home," he said. "Honestly, with this team that we have we really dont care where were playing but were so happy to be here at Guelph. "To be able to play in this atmosphere, were excited about it. Guys have come and made this home. Roughriders officials, meanwhile, have visited the new Winnipeg stadium and taken notes with their $278-million project in Regina following a similar pattern of covered seating over an open field. Riders president Jim Hopson has said he likes what he sees but suggests they will also learn from Winnipegs mistakes. The province, city and team are footing the bill in Regina, after a much more ambitious plan for a domed stadium failed to get federal money needed to proceed. In Ottawa, a $450-million, public-private redevelopment of Lansdowne Park is finally underway, including a 24,000-seat stadium set to open in 2014 when Redblacks are projected to join the CFL. The project had to clear legal and political hurdles for the CFL to return to the Canadian capital since indefinitely suspending the Ottawa Renegades franchise in 2006. "The facility is going to be second to none, thats not to say other cities dont have that, but its very important, said Redblacks GM Marcel Desjardins. Calgarys McMahon Stadium escaped major damage sustained in recent flooding there. It will boast new seats in corner end zones with plans for new concessions, washrooms and VIP areas. "Weve covered up half the aluminum seats with customized inserts, so thats going to look a lot better and going to feel a lot better for the fans who are sitting there in those sections," said Gord Norrie, the Stampeders new president. Edmonton Eskimos fans are getting more comfortable places to rest their hopes as well in the upper bowl at Commonwealth Stadium, as it enters the final phase of a $12-million plan to replace all seats. Montreal and Vancouver football fans havent been left out of the picture as both Molson Stadium and B.C. Place have received recent facelifts. Grey Air Jordan 12 Retro . Unfortunately for Toronto, that surge was too much to handle as the Stars scored six straight goals and ended the Marlies season with a 6-2 victory on Tuesday. Toronto had built a 2-0 lead on goals by Frazer McLaren and Peter Holland, but Texas charged back with a wild rally late in the second period to spark its trip to the Calder Cup final. 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Unfortunately for coach Mark Dantonios club, that one conference loss came against East Division nemesis Ohio State on Nov. 8, and it is the Buckeyes who will head to Indianapolis on Dec. 6 to play for the conference crown. Penn State opened the season at 4-0, but the start of Big Ten play brought the team crashing back to Earth, as four straight losses, and setbacks in five of its seven leagues tests overall has the team sitting at 6-5 entering the regular season finale. A 16-14 loss at Illinois last Saturday snapped a modest two-game win streak for PSU, and you just know that coach James Franklin and his troops would love to pick up that seventh win and head to a bowl game, which they are eligible to participate in after the NCAA ended early the postseason ban it levied against the Lions as part of the punishment stemming from the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal, with some momentum. Penn State owns a 14-13-1 lead in the all-time series, but it was Michigan State that prevailed in last years tussle, 28-22. Michigan State bounced back from the tough loss to Ohio State by taking down the Big Tens two newest members, Maryland and Rutgers in back-to-back weeks. The Spartans used a balanced attack to roll up 520 yards of total offense in last Saturdays 45-3 rout of the visiting Scarlet Knights, as the team got solid efforts from RBs Jeremy Langford (16 carries, 126 yards, two TDs) and Nick Hill (12 carries, 59 yards, two TDs), QB Connor Cook (16-of-24, 254 yards, two TDs) and WRs Tony Lippett (five rec., 72 yards, TD) and Keith Mumphery (four rec., 61 yards). With regard to the MSU defense, it held Rutgers in check throughout the contest, yielding a mere 234 total yards, with only 95 allowed on the ground and 139 through the air. The Spartans proved to be an opportunistic bunch as they came up with three interceptions, one of which was snared by Kurtis Drummond, who now has a team-high four picks on the year and 12 for his career. It was the 10th time in 11 games that MSU has come up with at least three takeaways. Michigan State has had very little trouble moving the ball and putting points on the board this season. The team is at, or near the top of the Big Ten, and in some instances the nation, in both total offense (514.5 ypg) and scoring offense (43.9 ppg), while also performing exceptionally well when the opposition has the ball. In that regard, the Spartans rank right up there with the best in both total defense (299.0 ypg) and scoring defense (20.8 ppg), and they have been especially tough against the run (102.9 ypg). Standout performers on both sides of the ball abound, including Langford (1,242 yards, 17 TDs), Hill (596 yards, nine TDs), Cook (.587, 2,720 yards, 21 TDs, five INTs) and Lippett (56 rec., 1,071 yards, 10 TDs), as well Drummond (59 tackles, four INTs), Ed Davis (54 tackles, 6.0 sacks), Taiwan Jones (52 tackles, 11 TFL), R. All Star Air Jordan 12 Retro. J. Williamson (46 tackles, three INTs) and Shilique Calhoun (11 TFL, 6.5 sacks). Dantonio is looking forward to going to Happy Valley to take on the Nittany Lions this week. It is a tough place to play. Enjoyable place to play with a good crowd. We will take it there and try to get to win number 10. Penn State has one of the toughest defenses in the country, but the offense hasnt been able to keep up, particularly since the start of Big Ten play. The Nittany Lions scored early in last weeks game at Illinois, but did not manage to put another point on the board until the fourth quarter, as the offense failed to generate much in the way of anything. After a stellar rookie campaign in 2013, Christian Hackenberg has regressed this season as last weeks performance certainly shows. Hackenberg completed only eight passes on the day, he attempted just 16, and finished with a meager 93 yards. He did toss a scoring strike to Chris Godwin in the opening frame, but was ineffective from there. About the only bright spot on offense for PSU was the effort turned in by RB Akeel Lynch, who accounted for 137 yards and a score on 28 carries. As has been the case all season, the Penn State defense clamped down on UIs rushing attack, which produced just 68 yards on 27 attempts (2.5 ypc). The Fighting Illini were also held in check on third down (2-of-16), but they did manage to come away with points on all four of their visits to the red zone, although only one was a touchdown. Mike Hull added a game-high 10 tackles to his league-leading total for the season (121), but the Lions failed to register a takeaway while being credited with a pair of two sacks. While certainly not pleased with the overall effort of his squad, Franklin put much of the blame for the loss on himself. Weve got some things that we gotta get cleaned up, as a whole, so well move on from there. He continued, Not a good day. I didnt do a good enough job. Thats the reality of it. Hackenberg has thrown for 2,411 yards this season, but is completing just 55.3 percent of his attempts and has almost twice as many interceptions (14) as TD passes (eight). Despite the young signal callers relative ineffectiveness, DaeSean Hamilton has caught 69 balls for 793 yards and Eugene Lewis 45 for 640 yards. Both have just a single TD catch. Lynch and Bill Belton are each averaging better than four yards per rush attempt, and theyve combined for 1,067 yards and nine TDs. PSU has given up a league-worst 39 sacks. By comparison, Michigan State has allowed only nine. Penn State is scoring just 20.6 ppg, which is less than half a point away from being the worst average in the Big Ten, but it has done exceptionally well in limiting the enemy to only 16.2 ppg. In fact, the Lions have been so dominant that theyre giving up a paltry 267.2 total ypg, with their effort against the run (81.7 ypg) ranking them No. 1 in the nation. Hull has been so active this season, that he has more than twice as many tackles as his closest teammate (Nyeem Wartman, 56). Meanwhile, guys like Deion Barnes and Anthony Zettel have done their best to get after the quarterback, and they have combined to log 13 of the teams 29 sacks. 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