mfranc

Free agency is always a crap shoot and more often times then not players will choose a team other then the one you cheer for.  The Riders put in a big offer of Shea Emry but were outbid by Toronto.  It happens all the time.

@CFL_News: RT .@HomeOfTheFans: Darian Durant says he spoke with Kory Sheets is taking the injury well, realizes that he'll be okay financially. #riders

I think that Alex Brink was a big factor in the decision to punt. Would O'Shea have punted it away against Calgary or Toronto or any other team with a functional QB?

Why not... have divisions, but the top 2 teams from each get playoffs (to get home games) and the rest fight it out?

Taman has shown himself to be a pretty adept GM in the two years he has been given total control with the Riders.  Previous to that, whether in Regina or Winnipeg, he was always hindered by his overlords. 

The Toronto situation is a problem. So, they need to find a guy who is well connected with the Toronto business community & also who can convince Braley to sell the Argos to MLSE & move them into BMO Field.

You forgot the part where he won the grey cup.

This is the best helmet of the bunch so far.  

Best mod I have seen so far. Hire this man:
 
https://twitter.com/39Cads/status/502099408746717184/photo/1
 

I see 44.8 for Bartel and 44.6 for Schmitt on CFL.ca
 
Anyways, it's Bartel's best year average wise.

and if someone else is cheatin' but you can't afford to ***** about it non stop and then change your tune when you are in that position right? Rider fans disgust me on so many levels. Worst people in the world. 

Nah. Most here have a decent respect for Taman and actually a fair bit of sympathy for him as tried to build a winning team with Lyle Bauer keeping him on a very short leash. Only those with foam coming out of their mouths really bad-mouth him.

Saskatchewan has the money because they have proven that they don't give a **** about going over the cap. If Dressler or Sheets or both shake free they'll back a dump truck full of money up to them and to hell with the cap. Which is greatly ironic since it was the Riders who cried the loudest when the Esks would do the same. 

Well, 1% improvement....why didn't they make the change sooner, for crying out loud.

Hope that never happens because you could literally call holding on 75-80% of all plays.  Talk about killing the flow of a game!

Preparation is such a huge part of the game that one can never underestimate the effect of one team having a lot of prep time while the other has very little.

Preparation is such a huge part of the game that one can never underestimate the effect of one team having a lot of prep time while the other has very little.

Speaking from experience, absolutely anything can (and usually does) happen on Labour Day.

I was really against the PI reviews when they were introduced and still hate them.  The problem is two fold:
 
1.  PI can look a lot worse when a play is slowed down
 
2.  Offensive PI is unchallengeable.
 
This was a pretty reactionary move to the botched non-call in the Hamilton/Montreal playoff game last year and should have been thought through a bit more.

You don't do it on the sidelines during the game. Have you guys not ripped Austin for 3 weeks about that.