HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the only winless team left in the CFL this season but head coach Kent Austin says theres no point in dwelling on an 0-2 start. "Oh and two doesnt mean anything about today or about tomorrow," he said Friday as they face the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on TSN, today at 6:30pm et/3:30pm pt. "The only thing that matters is have we learned from those two games and have we learned to get better as a football team from those two games." After losing their season-opener 39-34 to the Toronto Argonauts in a game that came down to the last few plays, the Ticats found themselves down 16-0 in the first quarter last week against the Edmonton Eskimos. They ended up losing 30-20 as the game was marred by torrential rain at Guelphs Alumni Stadium, the teams temporary home this season while their new stadium is being built. Winnipeg (1-1), meanwhile, split its first two games against Montreal, losing the home opener 38-33 but bouncing back in the re-match with a 19-11 victory on the road. Austin said he addressed the 0-2 record at Fridays practice. "Its good to continue to reinforce the things that matter and to make sure they understand not to focus on the stuff that doesnt matter," he said. One thing that matters quite a lot to the teams new coach is the number of mental mistakes his players have made, particularly the number of penalties. The Hamilton offence currently has the second-highest number of yards penalized in the league (199) and has the second-worst giveaway-takeaway ratio (minus-3.) Winnipeg is the worst in this category at minus-6. When Austin was asked what worried him about the Bombers, he pretty much rhymed off everything from the teams imposing defence to quarterback Buck Pierce. "Watching him play, he has the ability to make plays under pressure," said Austin. The Ticats will need to "limit his playmaking ability," Austin added. As for the Blue Bombers defence, it currently leads the league in sacks (11) and fewest touchdowns allowed (3) and is second in points allowed (49). Meanwhile, Hamilton quarterback Henry Burris leads the league with 595 passing yards and is his teams leading rusher right now with 66 yards on 11 carries. He knows the Winnipeg defence will be gunning for him. "Those guys have done a great job of making it hard on the running game, making it hard on the quarterbacks to make quick decisions and get rid of the ball," he said. Burris is also turning a blind eye to his teams record. "Everybody has a point during the season where they have to iron out some things and for us its been here, early on," Burris said. The Ticats will be without injured running back C.J. Gable, who shares the league lead with three touchdowns. Chevon Walker, a stand-out for Hamilton last season before injury, will fill in for Gable. Wide receiver Andy Fantuz will be out for his second straight game with a lower-body injury after posting 155 yards against Toronto. Veteran linebacker Jamall Johnson recognizes his defence has something to prove. "Weve got to go out and show that we can compete with any offence in the league," he said. "Winnipeg has a good offence. Theyve got a good running back. Theyve got some good receivers and a tough quarterback who wants to compete. Weve got to go out and prove that were a fierce defence. "Were trying to bring that Ticat tradition back here. This is the next challenge for us." Wholesale LeBron James Shoes . The Canadian squad, skipped by Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg, got on the board first with two in the second end, and followed that with two more apiece in the fourth and sixth ends. 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The NCAA committee that proposed football recruiting reforms, which include the addition of early signing periods, wants to create more transparency and access for coaches and players in a process that has been accelerated in recent years, said a key member of the group.Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst told The Associated Press the football oversight committee created an interconnected and comprehensive package of reforms while acknowledging the new realities of recruiting.I think you need to think about it in that more broad context, Eichorst said in a phone interview Monday. I know people want to pull pieces and talk about the pieces, but really I think to understand and explain the rationale appropriately, youve got to understand the whole process.The proposal would change when and where summer camps and clinics can be held and limit so-called satellite camps. High school players would be allowed to take official recruiting visits in the summer before their senior years, conceivably creating opportunities for visits to be paired with attending a camp. The proposed changes, which could go into effect next year, would also allow a 10th assistant football coach and set a hard cap of 25 signees per year.The piece of the proposal that has drawn the most debate is the creation of two early signing periods in June and December. The June period would allow prospects to sign binding national letters of intent before their senior years of high school. The Collegiate Commissioners Association, which administers the NLI, must approve and implement the new signing periods.I hear the reasoning is because theres so many de-commitments, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said in September about early signing periods before the Division I Council passed the oversight committees proposal in early October. So because 17-year-olds are de-commiting, lets give them a legal document so they cant de-commit. Thats not very smart. Young people have a right to choose where they want to go to school. Period. Let them de-commit 100 times.Alabama coach Nick Saban said he was against early signing because it could put players who take big steps forward in their development as seniors at a disadvantage after early signees scoop up scholarships.But there is no consensus among coaches. Michigans Jim Harbaugh is in favor of an early signing period. Clemsons Dabo Swinney liked the idea, but prefers the period be in Auggust.ddddddddddddArizona coach Rich Rodriguez has endorsed eliminating signing periods altogether, instead allowing schools and prospects to sign whenever both agree.Mississippi coach Hugh Freeze said the proposals make the recruiting process seem rushed.Eichorst, who was chairman of the subcommittee that worked on the satellite camps issue, said the NCAAs research indicates the process already is moving faster than ever.A recent survey showed 30 percent of more than 1,400 football players who signed a national letter of intent gave verbal commitments during their junior years or during the summer before their senior years.We wanted to get more transparency there, Eichorst said. In order to do that you had to reorder things a little bit because what we know is there are a number of kids who are being identified, evaluated, offered and commit before they start their senior year. And theyre doing that without the benefit of official visits. And theyre doing that without the benefit of permissible off-campus contact.De-commitments and flip-flopping by highly touted recruits gets a lot of attention, but it is still relatively uncommon. The survey showed 82 percent of football signees verbally committed prior to signing. Of those, 90 percent signed where they committed.The NCAA also wants to better regulate so-called third parties, such as seven-on-seven coaches who are often not affiliated with high schools, in the recruiting process and keep the emphasis on high school coaches.The reforms are also supposed to alleviate what can seem like nonstop recruiting for coaches.What we wanted to see was greater balance with our coaches and our current students, Eichorst said. And what we constantly hear from our coaches and others is often times I spend more time recruiting my next class than coaching my current.Of 55 NCAA sports, football is one of four that does not have an early signing period.According to the NCAA, 25,316 Division I student-athletes signed a national letter of intent in 2015-16. Of those, 18,103 had the opportunity to sign early and about 66 percent did.Why are we treating football players different from all the other students that come to us? Eichorst said. Theres no good answer for that.---The APs college football site at http://collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '