It turns out there is a trick to calling trick plays.
Coming into Thursday night’s game against the Calgary Stampeders, Chris Jones was a perfect three-for-three as a CFL head coach.
But by halftime, he had his first miss.
Jones called a successful onside kick and a fake field goal on a touchdown drive in a season-opening victory over the B.C. Lions.
He followed up with direct snap to short-yardage quarterback Pat White on a fake punt that also led to a touchdown last week to hand the Winnipeg Blue Bombers their first loss of the season.
So, when he called a fake end-around in his own end zone on a punt fake that came up half a yard shy of a first down that would have sent the two sides into the half tied 13-13, the odds were on his side.
Or they were entirely against him, if you consider he was due to have one to fall through.
Call it 50-50 then, which is fitting for a game that had a raffle pot approaching $350,000 to take home.