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Maybe Zach is healthy in November and our opponents have shitty QB injury luck ... ESF is Collaros vs. Morgan, EF is Collaros vs. Powell, Grey Cup is Collaros vs. PJ Walker. I recognize that the team has really declined from its peak in 2021, and we ain't gonna power bully our way to a cup like we did that year unless things turn real awesome real fast ... but there's always the hope we can win a sneaky backdoor cup. The Roughriders backed into the Grey Cup in 2007 and there ain't no asterisks on their banners.

The way I look at it is that sports can make me happy, but sports is not allowed to make me feel sad or angry or disappointed or whatever for more than a minute or two. Picked up that attitude in 1996, when I was legit depressed for an entire year after both the Jets and Ottawa Rough Riders went away and people were talking about how the Hamilton Snow Bowl might be the last Grey Cup. There's lots of things to be miserable about, don't need to include my hobbies. Nowadays I'm just thankful for every kickoff. Respect to those whose passion for the blue runs deeper, though.

Not to me. I've got no problem with any football player doing anything legal to maximize their earnings. Football sucks as a job and as a Canadian star who's real hard to replace, Henoc is one of the few players who has real leverage in salary negotiations.

we'd be in Tim Burke territory without those two. have always had special admiration for the Bombers who were great players on bad teams -- Milt, of course. Terrance Edwards, Doug Brown, Joe Lobendahn, Jovon. Henoc Muamba was a beast in 2013 and based on how bad the team was that year I honestly can't blame him for always spurning the Bombers during his annual free agent ball.

for the sake of the league I was kinda hoping that the Argos would ride Arbuckle for the rest of the season and then quietly move on from the Chad. Arbuckle getting hurt messes with this plan, but yeah, you're right, upside to the Blue.

Arbuckle has a calf strain, so Doege will start for the Argos this week against Als. Dinwiddie's ability to roll with a backup QB gets another test this week. https://3downnation.com/2025/09/16/toronto-argonauts-expected-to-start-qb-jarret-doege-against-montreal-alouettes-report/

back in the day my ex and I would spend halftime rating Matty and Milt's suits. Milt usually won, the guy has absurd genetics and a lot of stuff looks good on him...but the occasional Matty upset was amazing. We dog the TSN panel for a lot of stuff, but whoever's dressing them is straight fire.

Wanna give a HH shout-out to Brady for soloing our O. Vintage performance, no quit. He was the only thing we had and they still couldn't stop him for the most part.

Dustin Crum... ...on a plunge after an endzone PI call.

Edmonton / Toronto is game of the week this week. two midseason renaissances collide. who to pick? 🤷 (edited after picking) wow, 50/50 so far on Elks/Argos. Everyone is over the Bombers and apparently Crumback 2.0 was a fluke.

two big upsets + two home losses. statistically unlikely week.

Typical CFL game. Starts unwatchable and by the end you can't look away. I love this weird league.

Mikawos was a good one. Watching vintage games with him as a NT, that dude could move a center around. Glad he got that 84 grey cup TD on his resume.

Butler

now I'm curious what bad will would look like. Airstrikes?

oof. man, how do you sell hope in Ottawa when Dustin Crum is starting all your games?

Thanks dude. This is what comes of listening to too much Suitor. Thing I noticed in the LDC was that Zach was frequently breaking contain and rolling out into free space after the play action, so it looked like successful RPO to me -- the plays were getting Zach out of the danger zone behind Kolo and into free space where he can do his Zach thing.

people blame the lack of Brady carries on playcalling -- but in an RPO scheme the QB has the option to pull the ball and throw it. Zach gets a vote too on how Brady's used, and given that Brady had beaten the Als pretty much singlehandedly the week before, the Saskatchewan DEs were opting to crash down on the run more often than not. Zach put up some beaucoup yards and three TDs with his arm -- we almost beat them without our best player being much of a factor. Sucks to lose, but we showed we had a passing attack even with our ragtag receiving corps and leaky pass protection, which is way more that what I expected.

I would have preferred a win.

well, best wishes for a smooth birth and a healthy baby and mom who can be a consolation to Lauther when he shits the bed in the LDC.

as a full participant in the ensuing comment frenzy ... that was not our finest hour.

Lauther out for personal reasons ... while there's another kicker in camp looking to take his job. Hmm. No mention of Harris there either.

agree with Booch -- I think Wilson's play breakdown is pretty good, especially for a sideline reporter. He zeroes in on the key elements of the play and points out the error or the achievement. No sugarcoating. I remember a game this year where Edmonton's OL was getting absolutely perforated ... Wilson broke down the breakdowns crisply and did not hesitate to call out the guy making the mistake -- one of them was an OL caught flatfooted by a stunt / blitz who gave up a lane right into Fajardo's lap. As an on-camera personality I think Wilson improves the broadcast. As a twitter personality, whatever.

You're not wrong -- Wolitarsky wouldn't solve our "no Kenny Lawler" problem ... but he would solve our "starting Concoran" problem.

that grimace and shrug that starts the video ... you can tell that media time is Osh's favorite time.