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Even more than before. The Seahawks & Cardinals are big here. People still vacation in the Phoenix area or have property down there. When the NFL season starts, there are a lot of friends of mine who fly down for games in Arizona or at Xmas, the college bowl games like the Fiesta Bowl. You can bet most of them don't spend a loonie on the Stampeders. The Seahawks are the closest NFL team here so there are also a lot of fans that go to their games. Although, I suspect that the number of fans from Calgary that do travel to Seattle to see the games is less than it used to be due to the horrible economy. The same with the Cardinals. However, the number is still in the thousands for both teams even in a bad economy. The Grey Cup loss just made it worse attracting fans back or getting new ones. The team is viewed as a choker. The players the same. All talk, talk, talk but when the chips are down they inevitably fail. My surgeon who did the surgery on my feet has Seahawks season tickets. He flies down for home games. I've talked to him about the Stamps but he really doesn't care. Which seems to be prevalent here. If it wasn't for CHQR there's be virtually no Stamps coverage. However, like CJOB they have other programming so the Stamps are priority #7 or #8 when it comes to coverage. Gotta have all those infomercials all weekend long. Click. See ya. The Fan 960 is all Flames everyday Mon -Fri with Blue Jays baseball thrown in during the week. On weekends it's ESPN radio so American programming. hey, lets talk Golden State basketball or Marlins baseball isn't that great. I'm surprised they even have an audience those 2 days. The Fan 960 does have a bit of Stamps coverage on Fridays but not a lot. As far as discretionary income goes here, if anyone has money to spend it sure isn't spent on the Stamps. They do have their 24-26,000 core of fans but it isn't growing at all. Having a dumpster for a stadium is another reason the fanbase is dwindling. McMahon Stadium is a pile of crap. People here see the new stadiums in Regina & Winnipeg & want one here but the Flames & City have no interest in building one. Having an old stadium like that is definitely affecting attendance. A new facility for the Stamps is needed badly. Our Mayor is a total asshat when it comes to sports. He is the Supreme Negatron when it comes to anything sports related especially new buildings. Flames want their arena & that's all they care about. Nenshi opposes anything when it comes to new facilities. I think a new facility like Investors Group Field or Mosaic Stadium would totally change the perception here that the CFL is minor league & the Stamps aren't worth supporting. Doesn't look like it'll ever happen which is sad. The Stamps are stuck with a 60 year old facility for a long time.

Why is there a hole in the end zone upper deck stands above the Rider store on the NE side of the stadium? For some reason the architect opened that up. Wind can come swirling thru that little opening. That & the fact if they ever get a strong south wind, it'll be a huge issue. The whole south end is exposed.

Whew! Let's hope so. Same with Hardrick.

I wouldn't call Mosaic a "little stadium" by CFL standards. This isn't the NFL. It has 33,000 seats like ours. Now in comparison, all the eastern teams play in little stadiums. No more than 25,000 in any of them. Those are little. Can't even fill them.

Argos ticket prices??? WTH??? The people making decisions like this in the Argos front office need to be fired as they are morons. Did they not learn anything from the Grey Cup ticket fiasco last year? Man, that is just stupidity plain & simple. As far as the disappointing crowds in Calgary? Get used to it. The fanbase is jaded with great regular seasons year in & year out only to choke in the playoffs or Grey Cups. What's the point of players bragging on twitter or other social media platforms about how great they are or putting other teams down as being inferior (Mitchell) when they flat out choke themselves? Stamps fans don't care if the go undefeated at home or 15-2-1 just to lose to the RedBlacks who were 8-9-1. The dwindling fanbase is angrily jaded & although it may seem unbelievable with all the success the team has had the past 3 decades, but the city is turned off with the Stampeders. Scary thing right now is the apathy. Fans don't seem to care about the team anymore with all the chokes they've served up over the years. That Grey Cup loss has really set the Stampeders back & may have been the straw that broke the camels back. No one wears any Stamps gear in public & no one talks about the team anymore. I think a lot of people have no idea when its game day here. The team does very little marketing. Combine that with a horrible economy with unemployment at 9.6%, a Flames team on the rise & the Stamps are a poor second on the sports radar in Cowtown.

We don't have to pass thru a dozen countries to get there. That's probably why. No border hassles.

Good sport.

You also aren't allowed to go into the north concourse from the Rider store except on game day.

Now all you need are second seat cups so Rider fans can put their dentures in so they don't fly all over the place when they start yelling. Especially at Chris Jones' 3 man rush or the next Kevin Glenn interception.

Ahead of Nichols? No way. Glenn always throws the pass he never should in pressure situations with resulting bad things happening. He's a career backup who is either unlucky or lucky (depending on whether he's your qb at the time) that injuries to starters ahead gave him a chance to play. He's really been able to cash in on a 17 year career based on performances varying from mediocre to average over the years. Everyone knows that Glenn will eventually screw up as it's only just a matter of time. Matt doesn't play a physical game like Reilly does nor is he as fiery as Mitchell. He's more animated than Ray but he doesn't make stupid mistakes like Jennings. At the same time he can't dominate a game like Trevor Harris can when he gets on a roll. But I'll gladly take Matt Nichols as our qb. He's the perfect guy for LaPo's offense. Thanks to Chris Jones for trading him to us for a freaking 7th rounder & a bag of footballs 2 years ago. That may have been the biggest steal the CFL has seen in a trade since the Ricky Ray trade to Toronto. It's the gift from Jones that just keeps on giving.

I thought he came back a couple of series later. What about the DL whose name I can't spell (sorry). Tackled Glenn on a short run up the middle & looked like he fell on his shoulder. Have the Bombers announced anything? As far as Nichols goes, count me in as being glad we have him. He gives us the chance to win every game. Can't blame the slow start offensively on just Nichols. There are 11 other guys playing with him as well that each have to do their jobs for every play to be a success.

Hope Mr DZ didn't puke on any cufflinks.

I've seen both & they're beautiful facilities that both fanbases should be proud of.

I see you're talking about the entire Riders offensive line. There was a lot of holding penalties the Riders were not called on.

First game. Two week layoff. A lot of the vets didn't play much in the pre season so as Dressler said in his post game interview with Bob Irving, there was some rust that had to be worked out.

Holley's injury is going to hurt that group. How does Robb Bagg keep his starting position?

Two games now that Crapigna has screwed the pooch costing the Riders two losses. I think Jones (knowing how Jones works) will hand him his walking papers.

Buuuut they didn't.

Of course it's no Maas. It's Chris jones.

When you listen to Kelly Anne Conway, Jeffrey Lord & Kayleigh McEnany on CNN you know they're lying thru their teeth or twisting the facts so tight... there's no way I believe anything they say. Fox is full of Trump shills like that. It's not a matter of bias as I'll listen to another POV but a matter of trust.

I'll trust more of what CNN says than Fox because it sets off Trump & his surrogates which tells me they're much more on point than Fox.

Far more scandals at Fox than at CNN. If you're a woman, working at Fox with those old white guys who felt every female was fair game sexually must've been toxic. Guys like Ailes & O'Reilly should have gone to/be in jail as they're predators.

He screams bigly.

As opposed to Fox? Hannity?? O'Reilly? Ailes?

Our defense has to come & play hard or we lose. Hurl better play well & not be a liability out there like he was in 2015.