Starman115

Buckle up folks. Another crazy CFL finish coming up!

The missed extra point is looming large now.

They take after their coach.

Nice Stuff!

Touchdown LAWLER!!!!!!!!

An incompletion!

I'm not exactly hopeful after what happened last game.

Plenty of half time adjustments need to be made tonight.

How is Litre that wide open?

FG is Good!

Harris in beast mode already!

Game on!

Well, at least the insulation dust won't slowly drive you insane.

Yep, and they've pretty much got it down to an art form.

Nice drive down the field by the RB. Too bad they couldn't cash in with a td.

That'll be my cue to visit the kitchen 🙂

Do we really need to hear an injury report while plays are running?

The Loffler’s hit seen above is a helmet to helmet hit and a nasty one at that. IMO that's not only a penalty but a dirty hit too.

On Ottawa TSN radio show this morning, one of the sports announcers said that none of the CFL teams has reached 85% yet. I can't verify if he's correct, but I'm absolutely shocked if this is true. LaPolice was asked what percentage of the RedBlacks were vaccinated. He danced around the question then added, "We have some players going to get vaccinated today."

I appreciate your taking the time to elaborate on the play, and also for a previous post explaining the rule regarding reviewing plays after an injury as I wasn't sure how that worked. Just to be clear, I want to say that I think the Bombers played quite poorly for the most part and need to play much better if they expect to win. Also, I don't believe the officials had any bias against the Bombers, or were trying to screw them over. I base my opinion of the hit on my understanding of the CFL rules. I remember the rules being changed many years ago to protect QBs, whereby hits below the knee and above the shoulders became illegal. I also remember the rules being changed that banned helmet to helmet contact by defenders. I don't recall hearing about rule changes regarding shoulder hits to receivers in vulnerable positions. I'd be curious to know when this rule was changed and where in the rule book it exists, since the hit looked perfectly legal to me, and also to every ref on the field. As for being a dangerous play, I'd agree 100%. A play like that shouldn't have been called in the huddle and that ball sure the hell shouldn't have been thrown due to the danger it placed the receiver in. To single out Alexander as being solely responsible (for hitting hard the way he's been taught to) seemed highly unfair. I believe the penalty call was made entirely due to the nature of the injury. I noticed that Duane Forde hummed and hawed while awaiting the decision from the command center, then agreed with the call after it was made by the command centre. I almost wish (for this one and only time) that Glen Suitor had been the color man for this game. I'm positive that as a player he would have made that same hit 10 times out of 10. Perhaps he could have better explained about any CFL rule changes made regarding shoulder pad hits on receivers.

So you believe that hit should have been a penalty on Alexander?

I've seen similar plays dozens of times over the years and never ever called a penalty. The hit wasn't late or dirty, so why would I expect a penalty on a defender hitting a Bomber receiver?

Redblacks back in it.

What a catch by R J Harris!

Bailey with the TD. Anything is possible in the CFL!