That was a damned well executed PA pass. Reilly totally faked out the defense.

My wife who is really a fan makes the observation why would Franklin throw into triple coverage? Great question.

 

Miss Bond on the Bombers. But glad he's out of that circus in Saskatchewan where every star OL signed from every other team plays like **** & is cut. 

Franklin does look sharp. Reilly just throws deep while Franklin is spreading the ball around quite nicely. 

5 minutes ago, USABomberfan said:

I'm cool with it, I just think the MLB should do that too.

With doubleheaders & travel connections with a 162 game schedule per  team I think that it's not feasible. 

Wrong thread. Deleted.

1 minute ago, USABomberfan said:

Lol of course they don't cancel, I just didn't know if they had a deadline for how late a game could start at night or if the postponed start ever had to get bumped back a day or so.

They'd start at 1 am if they had to. Not the smartest way of doing things but that's what the CFL does. 

Whoa, did Matt Dunigan ever expose Jonathan Jennings for the sad excuse of a veteran CFL qb that he is on the pre game show. He showed how he only reads half the field. Throws to the one receiver he locks down on one side of the field while guys are wide open on the other side he never looks at.  Dunigan made no excuses for Jennings except to say he is  playing badly & he isn't good enough. I'm sure Suitor though will continue to make excuses for the guy whenever he gets the chance.  Props to Dunigan for being honest & respecting fans by telling it like it is about Jennings. A big raspberry to Suitor for making excuses about Jennings constantly & treating fans like we are stupid. 

https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?ab33#1752143781007402143201807130501ww1676cwwg

Just a heads up.., bad weather is forecast this evening up in Edmonton.  Severe thunderstorms, hail & perhaps tornadoes. 

3 hours ago, Tracker said:

The Stamps have the best-balanced, best-staffed team they have had in years, and do look to be the team to measure others against. However in one game, anything can happen- and sometimes does. That's what makes the playoff so riveting.

Living here in Calgary, I can honestly say that in the past two years the Stamps have lost thousands of fans because of what happened vs Ottawa & Toronto.  The local sports media here seems a lot less interested in the team as well. If the Stamps get back to the Grey Cup  with a 16-2 record (say) & lose to a clearly inferior team, the results would be disastrous on their eroding fanbase. I don't know how they come back from that. The fanbase would demand blood.  Which would be the beginning of the end, I'd say.  I know it may sound strange but 15-3 or 16-2 regular season records mean nothing to football fans here. Winning the very last game of the year does. 

8 minutes ago, Mark F said:

I think Buckley should be a nose and throat specialist.

Buckley was never that good. I don't know what Dickenson & Hufnagel saw in him.  He had 1good game last year in the Stamps 60-1 shellacking of the Ti Cats at McMahon Stadium.  A high school team could have beaten the Cats that day.

39 minutes ago, bearpants said:

After reading the initial info post from @Mr Dee it's actually pretty amazing how dominant Calgary has been in recent history... with so few Cups to show for it...

They may be the most arrogant team in the CFL in thinking that other teams should just lay down for them. In big games the other teams won't. They can't handle adversity, panic & almost always choke. They could go 18-0 & face a 8-10 team in the Grey Cup & I'd pick the 8-10 team to win. 

8 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

Our advantage is in the trenches.

Agree with your assessment. 

How do the Stamps receiving corps match up to Edmonton's? Reilly loves the big pass play downfield. Mitchell likes to spread the ball around more than Reilly. Mitchell to me is the more patient qb of the 2.

4 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

The Bombers are better in certain areas - should be an interesting match up in a few weeks. 

That Stamps team has so many weapons. My son's receiver at SFU has battled a severe knee injury the past year to get back into the lineup & Lemar scored a touchdown.  Iwas really happy to see that. He was injured for an entire year.  Now they have Durant, Beggleton, Markin, Rodgers, Brescanin & Daniels. Scary group.

3 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Dom Davis is not mobile.  Sad to see even Milt making that assumption.

Davis is another of these backups who never impresses & never plays but will probably have  a 5-10 year CFL career & still do nothing. .

They have the team to go 18-0.  They also have the team to lose again in the Grey Cup. 

50 minutes ago, Zontar said:

East will be a hodge podge of mediocrity...again. Whilst CAL casually waits for West final opponent.

Then the fun starts for the Stampeders.

TSN pumping the RedBlacks tires. 

If Mitchell is out for any games, the Stamps are in big trouble. 

Just now, Ripper said:

One of the former Linemen in question is running the league now

But he is Commissioner. My point is guys that sign big contracts with teams because they're always drafted first over others don't really care about league minimums or tenuos positions on teams. 

2 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

A lot don’t they leave after there junior year. Or would want to pursue a graduate degree.

Most stay thru their senior year.

Bottom line is the salary cap has to go up more at the entry level than the top. As well as the total amount. But as I've said in the past Canadian OL run the CFLPA.  They are always overpaid so why would they care?? 

4 minutes ago, Ripper said:

Considering almost every player already has a university degree, its nice that the new league will actually teach them how to read and write

Well, some of those degrees.... We also don't know if some of those players who got degrees actually did their essays or wrote their finals 

On ‎2018‎-‎07‎-‎10 at 9:41 PM, WBBFanWest said:

I'm suggesting that there are places more preferable than Regina.  Jail, a desert island, the edge of an active volcano and a leper colony come to mind... 

Jail may be preferable over Regina.