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TORONTO - John Hufnagel, who guided the Calgary Stampeders to the CFLs best regular-season record and a Grey Cup title, was named a finalist for the CFLs coach-of-the-year honour Wednesday.Tom Higgins of the Montreal Alouettes and Chris Jones of the Edmonton Eskimos are the other finalists. The award winner will receive the Annis Stukus Trophy on Jan. 21 in Winnipeg.Voting was conducted by 65 members of the Football Reporters of Canada.Calgary finished atop the West Division with a 15-3 record under Hufnagel, also the clubs general manager. After dispatching Edmonton 43-18 in the conference final, the Stampeders capped their season with a 20-16 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Grey Cup at B.C. Place Stadium.This marks the fourth time Hufnagel has been nominated for the award. He won it in 08 after leading Calgary to a Grey Cup crown. He and Wally Buono, currently the B.C. Lions general manager and vice-president of football operations, are the only coaches to lead the Stampeders to multiple championships.Hufnagel improved his CFL coaching record to 88-37-1, moving him into 11th on the leagues all-time list. His career winning percentage of .702 is tops among coaches with at least 100 career appearances on the sidelines.I thank the players, coaches and staff of the Stampeders for their contributions to our successful season, Hufnagel said in a statement. The Grey Cup championship was a team effort and my nomination for the Annis Stukus Trophy is a reflection of the great people we have throughout our organization on and off the field.I also congratulate Tom and Chris for their excellent coaching work and their teams success during the 2014 season.Jones is a first-time award nominee after leading Edmonton to a 12-6 record and second in the West Division in his first season as head coach. After posting a 4-14 record in 2013, the Eskimos recorded the biggest turnaround of any CFL team last season.Edmonton beat Saskatchewan 18-10 in the West Division semifinal before ending its season with a loss in the conference final against Calgary. Jones is attempting to become the fifth Eskimos coach to win the award, joining Ray Jauch (1970), Hugh Campbell (1979), Ron Lancaster (96) and Higgins (03).Montreal orchestrated an amazing turnaround in Higgins first year as head coach. The Alouettes began the season 1-7 but finished by winning eight of their last 10 regular-season contests to finish second in the East Division with a 9-9 record.Montreal became the first team in CFL history to fall six games below .500 and still finish at that mark or better. After dispatching B.C. 50-17 in the East Division semifinal, the Alouettes lost 40-24 to Hamilton in the conference final.Any time you receive this type of nomination, it is a reflection of all the work the team and the organization has put in, Higgins said in a statement. I am flattered to be nominated and I accept it on behalf of the entire Alouettes organization.Higgins is a two-time recipient of the award, also winning in 05 with Calgary. Hes looking to become the fifth Montreal coach to earn the honour. The others include Marv Levy (1974), Charlie Taaffe (1999-2000), Don Matthews (2002) and Marc Trestman (09). Paul George Shoes Outlet . So far, so good: Gonzalez has allowed one run through 12 innings this season. His second start came Tuesday night, when he gave up only three singles over six innings to lead the Nationals to a 5-0 victory over the Miami Marlins. Cheap Paul George Shoes . His head snapped back from the impact and hit the floor. The All-Star power forward was all right afterward, a relief for the Minnesota Timberwolves. https://www.cheappaulgeorgeshoes.com/ . James Harden wasnt worried and told his coach as much. "He was fired up but I told him: Its OK. Were going to be all right," Harden said. And they were. Houston scored 17 straight points after that timeout, led by 10 from Harden, to take the lead and roll to an easy 129-106 win. Paul George Shoes Free Shipping Wholesale Paul George Shoes . Portland won Game 4 Sunday night at the Moda Center and are now up 3-1. The last time the Blazers won a playoff series came in the 2000 Western Conference semifinals against the Utah Jazz.HOUSTON - Titans quarterback Zach Mettenberger should be OK after injuring his shoulder on Sunday.Theres a lot more uncertainty about a Tennessee offensive line decimated by injuries.Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for a franchise-record six touchdowns and DeAndre Hopkins had a career-best 238 yards receiving and two scores as the Houston Texans rolled to a 45-21 win over the Titans.Mettenberger was injured playing behind a makeshift offensive line missing three starters. He said he has a sprain and that hell have an MRI on Monday.As minor as it seems right now well get it straightened out (Monday), he said. Hopefully I can put myself in a situation to play next week.The Titans were missing rookie left tackle Taylor Lewan (ankle), centre Brian Schwenke (knee), who was placed on the injured reserve Tuesday, and right tackle Michael Oher (toe), who was active but did not play.Coach Ken Whisenhunt didnt provide an update on any of the injured linemen after the game and right guard Chance Warmacks status is unclear after he injured his ankle late in Sundays game.With new guys stepping in weve got to pick it up on the line, left guard Andy Levitre said. Weve got to have more attention to detail, more focus. Weve got guys who have been here a long time and are fairly new to this offence so our attention to detail has to be that much greater.Jake Locker took over in the third quarter and threw for 91 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions for the Titans (2-10), who have lost six straight.We talked about it in the locker room and well continue to talk about what we need to do, Whisenhunt said. Weve got to get better; weve got to play better.Fitzpatrick started after being benched for two games for Ryan Mallett, who suffered a season-ending chest injury last week.J.J. Watt had his third touchdown reception, two sacks, forced and recovered a fumble for Houston (6-6).Fitzpatrick passed for 358 yards and came up one short of tying the NFL record by throwing touchdown passes of 8, 7, 58, 34, 4 yards to his receivers before ending his day with a 1-yard TD toss to Watt. It came on the drive affter Watts forced fumble and elicited chants of MVP from the crowd.ddddddddddddatt has 11 1/2 sacks and five touchdowns to make him the first player to have at least 10 sacks and three or more touchdowns in a season since 1982, when sacks became an official statistic.Mettenberger found Kendall Wright on a 36-yard pass early in the third quarter to cut the lead to 24-7. Mettenberger said he wouldnt dare take a fake selfie as a celebration after Watt mocked him with one after a sack in his last game against Houston; Watt was irked that the rookie had been posting them all week.But Wright apparently didnt feel the same way and pantomimed one after his score.He was asked if this game was the low point of a disappointing season.Kind of yes, but we are a positive group of guys and no matter what the record shows we come every day and work hard like we still have a chance of going to the playoffs, Wright said.Mettenberger was injured on the next series when driven to the ground by Watt. He finished with 184 yards passing with a touchdown and an interception. He was replaced by Locker, who was intercepted by Jumal Rolle on his first play.That didnt matter much as Jason McCourty stripped the ball from Andre Johnson, picked it up and raced 62 yards for a touchdown to get Tennessee within 24-14.Hopkins caught a 58-yard touchdown pass to extend Houstons lead to 24-0 just before halftime. The second score by Hopkins made it 31-14 later in the third quarter. Johnson had a nifty catch in the end zone to extend Houstons lead to 38-14.Johnathan Joseph grabbed an interception on Tennessees first offensive play and returned it 25 yards to the Tennessee 20. A 7-yard catch by Arian Foster, who returned after missing two games with a groin injury, pushed Houstons lead to 14-0.NOTES: Joseph injured his Achilles tendon in the third quarter and didnt return, but said after the game that he was OK. ... 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