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MONTREAL - Jonathan Crompton is looking forward to having a full season with the Montreal Alouettes, even if it is without favourite receiver Duran Carter or quarterbacks coach Jeff Garcia.The long-haired pivot, who joined the Alouettes midway through the CFL season and put up a 9-3 record as a starter, will be listed as the top quarterback in training camp next spring.With a full training camp under his belt, the Alouettes will see if he has what it takes to get them back to the Grey Cup game after a four-year absence.Itll be huge, Crompton said Monday as the Alouettes cleared out their locker-room stalls following their elimination from the CFL playoffs. We have a good core group of guys, so Im excited about the future of this team. We have a high ceiling on where we can go.The Alouettes season ended Sunday with a 40-24 defeat in Hamilton in the East Division final.The team that started the campaign 1-7 battled back to finish the regular season 9-9 and win the East semifinal over the B.C. Lions before falling to Hamilton. The comeback coincided with the arrival of the sometimes erratic but surprisingly effective Crompton behind centre.He was helped by guidance from in-season hire quarterbacks coach Garcia, although the former CFL and NFL star is expected to find a coaching job closer to his family in San Diego.Garcias replacement may end up being former Alouettes great Anthony Calvillo, who is expected to take up coaching, although no contract has yet been signed.It is among many changes expected on a team that spent most of the season adjusting to a coaching change and Calvillos retirement after the 2013 campaign.General manager Jim Popp put out a list of 20 players whose contracts are up, including top receivers Carter and S.J. Green, linebackers Chip Cox, Bear Woods and Winston Venable, cornerback Geoff Tisdale, defensive back Jerald Brown and running back Tyrell Sutton.Popp considers Cox, Woods and Green the top priorities to re-sign, but expects to lose Carter.Because of the interest thats come from NFL teams, and also based on my evaluation as a player, I expect hell have his choice of where to sign and that hell be going to an NFL camp, Popp said of Carter, who led the team and was third in the CFL with 1,030 receiving yards. If things dont work out, the doors open for him to return here.Green, who caught three touchdown passes in the East final, would be a big fish on the market if hes not signed before Feb. 15.Id like to come back, but well see how it goes, said Green, who looks forward to working with Crompton from the start of camp. Last year, we thought we had a quarterback (Troy Smith). Now we have a quarterback this organization believes in and who I believe in. We have a lot to look forward to.It was a bizarre season. It started in the off-season, when team owner Bob Wetenhall waited until late in the winter to announced that Tom Higgins, who had not coached in six years, was the head coach.Then offensive co-ordinator Rick Worman was fired during training camp and replaced by the inexperienced Ryan Dinwiddie.Once the season began, it became clear that former Heisman Trophy winner Smith was not getting the job done at quarterback.Garcia and Turk Scoenert were brought in to bolster the coaching staff and, with Crompton at quarterback and thanks to the solid play of the defence, they managed to have a respectable season.Who knows what Crompton could have achieved in the first half of the season, having a training camp and having a solid situation, said Garcia. Nothing about this year was very solid until the second half. Hes got a tremendous upside. I think weve just seen a sample of what hes capable of.Higgins agreed, saying the starting job will be Cromptons to lose in camp.He allowed us the opportunity to get to an Eastern final, along with a lot of other people, said Higgins. Sometimes it takes time to develop. He might have had a lot of yards (in the East final), but I think hed tell you it was not as good a game as he can play. There were three interceptions and there were times he threw the ball (into traffic) and we got lucky.Higgins, who will be back, wants more depth in Canadian talent and on the offensive line, which he said is starting to age.He expects changes to the coaching staff, but hasnt decided whether to continue handling special teams. The punt coverage took heat for Brandon Banks two return TDs in the East final.Its not like we let him score, said defensive lineman John Bowman. Everybody fought their heart out, but the guy just made plays. Hes a great returner.And as for controversy over the Alouettes pre-game trash talking, which Higgins wasnt crazy about, Woods said it was overblown.If you put a microphone in my face, Im going to say were going to win, said Woods. Where I come from, thats not trash talk. Im not afraid to be confident. I truly believed we were going to win that game and I was truly wrong, but I dont regret that at all.One who expects to be back is former NFL star Chad Johnson, who hardly saw the ball playing the far side wide receiver and then suffered a concussion and a groin injury that will need surgery.I had fun, said Johnson. Max Kepler Jersey . -- Ben Bishop had a milestone game against one of the NHLs greatest goalies. Ehire Adrianza Jersey .C. - Heat coach Erik Spoelstra says Danny Granger, Chris Andersen and Udonis Haslem are still not ready to play and will miss Wednesday nights game against the Charlotte Hornets. https://www.cheaptwins.com/1052t-marwin-...rsey-twins.html. 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When AJ McCarron took a knee to end it, Alabama was finally safe. There was nothing more Manziel could do. McCarron threw four touchdown passes, Vinnie Sunseri returned an interception 73 yards for a score -- sidestepping Johnny Football on the way to the end zone, too -- and Alabama paid back No. 6 Texas A&M with a 49-42 victory Saturday. Manziel was his spectacular self, throwing for a career-best 464 yards, running for 98 and throwing five TDs. His 562 total yards is the second-most in Southeastern Conference history, ranking only behind the 576 he had against Louisiana Tech. "We knew we were going to have play this way on offence to have a chance in this game," Tide coach Nick Saban said. "I didnt think they were going to score 42 points, but I kind of thought they would score some points and they did." Alabama (2-0, 1-0 SEC) spotted the Aggies (2-1, 0-1) a 14-0 lead, shades of last season when A&M jumped out to a 20-0 lead on the road en route to a victory that all but won the Heisman Trophy for Manziel. McCarron and the Tide didnt take as long to respond this time, ripping off the next 35 points. McCarron tossed three touchdowns in the first half to put Alabama up 28-14. Sunseris pick-6 made it 35-14 less than three minutes into the third. "Im so proud of our players for the resiliency they showed getting behind 14-0," Saban said. "Just slowly and methodically coming back in the game and building up the lead." The Manziel magic moment came in the second quarter, when he retreated 25 yards behind the line of scrimmage, pulling away from one pass rusher who had a handful of jersey and launching a deep ball down the middle with another Tide player in his face. Edward Pope came down with the alley-oop for a 12-yard gain that will make every highlight reel. But a couple of plays later Manziel was picked off in the end zone and the game swung the Tides way. "I will take that one on me," Manziel said. The Tide followed the pick with a long, slow drive capped by T.J. Yeldons 4-yard TD run. Yeldon popped up and looked toward the fans behind the end zone, rubbing his fingers together, mocking Manziels move, then finished off his celebration with sort of a double throat slash. Those antics earned Yeldon a 15-yard penalty and the wrath of Saban on the sideline, but Alabama still took a 28-14 lead into halftime. Manziels third-quarter pick and whiff on the tackle put the Aggies in a deep hole, but he kept bringing them back. "I thought his play was Johnny-like," coach Kevin Sumlin said. "Anybody whos seen him play, thats about right." Alabamas best defence was its offence. The Tide gained 568 yards and kept Manziel pacing on the sideline with a couple of long drives. "With the type of offence A&M has, you have to eat up some clock and pound the ball," said McCarron, who passed for 334 yards. This rematch of A&Ms 29-24 win in Tuscaloosa, Ala., last November was hyped for months, heightened by off-season drama about Manziel that culminated with the sophomore getting suspended for half of the opening game after an NCAA investigation into whetheer he was paid for signing autographs.dddddddddddd Manziel only answered questions about the game afterward. He was one of many Aggies reminding everyone what happened to the loser of this matchup last year. "This wasnt the Super Bowl," Manziel said. "Alabama lost a game last year and still went on to win the national championship. Our season isnt over." Bama-A&M II lived up to the billing, but this SEC heavyweight matchup was no 9-6 Game of the Century. The offences were all but unstoppable. "Theyre unbelievable," Sunseri said. "Theres a reason he won the Heisman. Hes an unbelievable player, I dont care what he does off the field. He has great receivers and everything. We knew it was going to go back and forth and we just had to try to slow him down." A&Ms defence was leaky in its first two games against far weaker opponents. Against Alabama, even with the return of four key players from various suspensions, it put up little resistance. And while the Tides offence wore out the Aggies, its defence struck a big blow in the third quarter. Manziel threw deep down the middle to Malcome Kennedy, but Jarrick Williams had tight coverage for Alabama and tipped the pass into the air. Sunseri came down with it and was off in the other direction, stutter-stepping as Manziel slid on by while trying for a one-arm takedown. The safety broke another tackle on the way into the end zone and Alabama was up 35-14. Manziel walked slowly across the field to the A&M sideline, taking a couple of glances toward the end zone and Alabamas celebration. A crowd of 87,596 that was booming like a jet engine earlier fell silent. They were hoping to see the Aggies get their third victory against a No. 1 team, and second straight against Alabama. Alabama was poised to go up three touchdowns in the fourth quarter when Texas A&Ms defence slammed into Yeldon a couple of yards from the goal line, causing a fumble the Aggies recovered at the 5. Two plays later, Manziel found Mike Evans deep. The big receiver broke away from a tackler and went 95 yards for a score that made it 42-35 with 8:04 left. Manziel sprinted out of his end zone toward the other to celebrate. The crowd was alive again. In need of a time-consuming drive, leaned on Yeldon and McCarron. On third-and-goal from the 5, McCarron faked the hand off, rolled right and flipped to Jalston Fowler for the touchdown to make it 49-35 with 2:28 left. Manziel threw one more TD with 15 seconds left, but Alabama grabbed the onside kick and that was that. Sabans defence had given up 628 yards, the most ever allowed by Alabama, and 42 points. Evans finished with 279 yards on seven catches for the Aggies, but the Tide had won. "I know you tried to make it out (to be) a 61-year-old guy against that good quarterback but we didnt have much of a chance in that game," Saban said. "We had a lot better chance our team against their team. " And the Aggies found out just how tough it is to win two in a row against the Tide. In seven seasons under Saban, only LSU has done it. It was far from a typical Alabama victory, but the two-time defending national champions will take it. "We needed everybody all in today," Saban said. "Even though it got ugly at times, they competed and it was a great win for us." ' ' '