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Toronto Argonauts quarterback Ricky Ray is entering his 12th year in the CFL and his third with the Argos. Hes coming off a season where he was injured twice, missing eight games, but still put up some eye-popping numbers. Ray passed for just under 2,900 yards, completing 77 per cent of his passes. He threw 21 touchdowns against just two interceptions, finishing with a mind-numbing QB rating of 126.4. Ray sat down on Saturday for a chat with Mike Hogan, the play-by-play voice of the Argos on TSN 1050. MH: Whats different about camp this year? RR: The same basic philosophies are still there that coach (Scott Milanovich) carries on about how we practice, our tempo and what he expects from us, but there is a new feeling. We have a new defensive staff, a lot of new guys on defence. Offensively, were returning a lot of guys and coaches so it feels pretty similar. MH: On your side of the football, its good that you have the continuity that you do (Chad Kackert, Dontrelle Inman and Joe Eppele are the only 2013 starters not back this year). Can you put into words how important that is at this stage? RR: It just makes things so much easier. Thinking back to the first year here, there was so much to learn, trying to get used to a new system and trying to get used to all the guys around you. Last year and this year, weve all played together and have a lot of game experience together and were still running the same stuff out there, so youre not trying to get used to everything and you can go out there and try and improve on things from the previous year. MH: Whats your relationship like with Coach Milanovich in the off-season? Do you keep in contact continually trying to tweak things, or do you go home to Northern California and just ignore football for a couple of months? RR: I pretty much go home and get away from football. Hell call me every now and then and tell me whats going on, say if they have any new ideas and really just see how the off-season is going, but its only a couple of times a year. Other than that, I try to get back and relax and just get refreshed for the new year. MH: Your first two seasons in Toronto saw very different results. The first year couldnt have gone any better, winning the 100th Grey Cup. Last year, everything was going fine when you were on the field, but you had to deal with a couple of injuries. When you look back at last season, just how frustrating was it? RR: It was, just missing so much time and having to watch and rehab and do all that. It was fun to watch the guys play, to go out west and have that four-game winning streak, but not so much fun because youre sitting there watching and cant be out there playing. It was a weird year. We wrapped up first place and were just waiting around to see who we were going to play and had such high expectations and just werent able to get it done in the playoffs. MH: After the Argos were beaten badly in the 2010 Eastern Final by Montreal, some of them took it very hard, thought about it a lot in the off-season and used it as motivation. Did you think about losing last years Eastern Final often? RR: You think about it a lot, especially when you feel like you had a great opportunity to win the game. Sometimes when you get beaten pretty badly, its easier to swallow those than the ones that are close games where you had an opportunity to keep moving on. Its funny because were getting ready to play Hamilton in our next game (Thursday at Varsity Stadium), putting that film back on and then watching it (laughs) brings back a lot of not-so-good memories. So ya, that keeps you motivated. When you think about it, you try and work harder and you think about the next time you do get an opportunity like that to try and seize it. MH: There are still four running backs competing for the starting job. (Steve Slaton and Jeremiah Johnson are the new imports, up against returnee RB Curtis Steele. Also in the mix is University of Manitoba rookie Anthony Coombs) All of them seem to add something different to the mix. How would you assess the group? RR: Its been pretty fun watching them in camp. Curtis has a pretty good feel for what were trying to do out there. He gives a ton of effort on every play. The new guys are both very gifted athletes. Thats the position that we expect the most out of, with pass protection, running and catching out of the backfield and weve got three guys that can do it very well. Then you put Coombs in there and watching him, especially in one-on-one drills, he runs routes almost like a receiver, so hes going to be a good weapon for us. 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Arsenal controlled large spells of the match, but an own goal from Kieran Gibbs and a late strike from Wayne Rooney helped lift United to fourth place in the table with 19 points. The Gunners tested David De Gea with a flurry of early chances, but the United goalkeeper was equal to the task, turning up with save after save to keep the hosts at bay. United eventually settled into the game but still found themselves second- best, until a moment of fortune in the 56th minute allowed the visitors to steal the lead against the run of play. A cross into the box was punched away by Wojciech Szczesny, but the Arsenal goalkeeper collided with Gibbs in the process. Antonio Valencia was arriving to smash the loose ball toward goal and his attempt redirected off of Gibbs and just inside the far post. 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The Blues produced early goals courtesy of Diego Costa in the 11th minute and Eden Hazard in the 25th minute, and the Baggies were left no way back into the match after Claudio Yacob earned himself a needless red card due to a rash challenge in the 29th minute. Chelsea improves to 32 points on the season to go seven points clear of Southampton, though the Saints can close the gap again with maximum points at Aston Villa on Monday. Manchester City maintained third place in the table by coming from behind in a 2-1 victory over Swansea City. The Welsh club had taken the lead after nine minutes when a well-worked move resulted in Wilfried Bony turning in the opening, but Stefan Jovetic pulled one back just 10 minutes later to bring the Citizens level. The winner came in the second half thanks to Yaya Toure, who nabbed his second goal of the season to put City on 24 points. Everton bounced back from two successive draws to rally for a 2-1 victory over West Ham United at Goodison on Saturday. Romelu Lukaku gave the Toffees a first-half lead only to see Mauro Zarate equalize 11 minutes into the second period, but Leon Osman made the most of Samuel Etoos superb square pass and tucked home a tidy finish for a 74th- minute winner. Rounding out Saturdays action, Danny Ings scored twice in the span of a minute to lead Burnley to a second consecutive victory with a 2-1 defeat of Stoke City, Moussa Sissoko netted the lone goal in Newcastles 1-0 win over QPR and Sunderland played to an uneventful 0-0 draw at Leicester City. ' ' '