Ticats Preview

TSN has a short preview of this weekend's Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs Montreal Alouettes game.

At Hamilton, something has to give between two teams that have lost both of their games this year, and looked badly doing so. The question in Hamilton is whether veteran Jason Maas or rookie Timmy Chang will start at quarterback. Maas has started both of the Ticats' game, only to be relieved by Chang each time. As for Montreal, veteran Anthony Calvillo will draw the start once again, but he hasn't thrown a touchdown all season and the Alouettes have given up a CFL-high 15 sacks this year.

Here's what Ticat head coach Charlie Taaffe has to say about the QB situation.

Directly related to the problem scoring points has been the play of quarterback Jason Maas, who's been pulled in each of his first two starts in favour of rookie Timmy Chang, a hot-shot 25-year-old who finished his college career as the leading passer in National Collegiate Athletic Association history.

Taaffe hasn't named a starter for this week. But unless Maas shows more than he has in the first two games, it's going to be awfully tough to sell him to fans as the man to lead the franchise upward.

"I haven't given up on Jason," Taaffe said. "Nobody has and hopefully he can work through this. Timmy Chang is not a finished product, but he has confidence and throws the ball exceptionally well. I'm going to split up the [practice] reps and I'll continue to use two quarterbacks. At this point, Jason is still the starter, although we'll determine that during the week."

Meanwhile, TC has made it known that he wants to be the starter.

According to the Hamilton Spectator, Tiger-Cats quarterback Timmy Chang has asked head coach Charlie Taaffe to become the starter.

"He (Chang) made it known in no uncertain terms. He wants to be the guy. That's great. You want your guy to say that," Taaffe said.

"He is really committed. He feels that he wants to play, he wants to win. He feels that he can lead the team, which is good. I was happy to hear him step forward and want that." .

Right on for Timmy. Sounds like the team needs that kind of take-charge attitude right now.