Gibson's Players of the Week (Week Twelve) September 18, 2012)

The Lions roared in week 12, capturing three of the four Gibson's Awards, an achievement that was captured based on the strength of a first place showdown with the visiting Toronto Argonauts.

The Lions held off the late fourth quarter surge of the Argos, recording a 28-23 victory over the visitors from Toronto, only Ticat Defensive Back Brock Campbell kept the Leos from sweeping the Gibsons for the week, his work in Hamilton's 51-8 domination of Edmonton caught the notice of the Gibson's panel who for the most part were smitten by the Lions efforts on Saturday.

Travis Lulay, Tim Brown and Shawn Gore were the trio of Leos to pick up a Gibson's this weekend past, the full review of the Gibson's awards for week 12 can be found below.




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Offensive Player of the Week and Top Canadian

Travis Lulay, British Columbia Lions, QB

The Lions QB had another one of his offensive highlight games against the Argos on the weekend, throwing for 390 yards and two touchdowns on the way to the Lions victory of Saturday evening. He threw 24 completions on 40 attempts and when not throwing the ball, took the occasional ramble on his own two carries for 42 yards in the aid to the cause of keeping the Lions in first in the CFL West. Lulay's touchdown passes kept alive a streak at 22 consecutive games with at least one TD pass, a mark that is closing in on the legendary Sam Etcheverry, who set the CFL benchmark at 34.


Defensive Player of the Month

Brock Campbell,   Hamilton Tiger Cats, DB

With a 51-8 score, its safe to say that the defence had a strong afternoon, holding the visiting Eskimos off the scoreboard for the bulk of the day. While the TiCat offence finally found its game, the defence once again did its job, none more so than Campbell who recorded 7 tackles and 1 sack in the course of the Tiger Cats domination of Edmonton.

Special Teams

Tim Brown, British Columbia Lions, KR

With 77 yards on three kick returns and 52 yards on five punt returns Tim Brown had a rather heavy workout as part of that Lions victory of Saturday night.  For good measure, Brown added another 22 yards on a missed field goal, all told Brown amassed 151 yards on special teams, a mark that gained him the Gibson's nod for Week Twelve.

Top Canadian

Shawn Gore, British Columbia Lions, SB

For one week at least, the Gibson's panel was able to look away from the work of Jon Cornish, who has almost made the Top Canadian award his own this season.  In his place this week the Gibson's panel introduced Shawn Gore to the awards listings, with 96 yards and a TD gained on three receptions and 17 yards on a carry, Gore impressed enough to break the Cornish hold on the award, for this week anyways..

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