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johnzo

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  1. Yeah, this isn't about banning. It's about how the government represents itself to the people it governs.

    1/3 of South Carolina is black. Should South Carolina fly a KKK flag on its government buildings? That's what's at stake here.

    Interesting CFL note: the Southsiders in Ottawa waved confederate battle flags back in the 90s (and probably before). I wonder if they still do that?

  2. Yeah, I know lots of left wingers and no one is talking about outright banning the stars n bars ... but they are saying that the flag represents some pretty heinous **** and that a government of the people ought not to fly a flag that celebrates slavery, Jim Crow, and hostility to the civil rights movement.

  3. The purpose of replay should just be to get the call right. Forget the irrefutable evidence crap. Given how often the officials are wrong or flat out lazy in terms of being in position to make the right call, why does their call count for more than the replay official?

    Should a replay official be allowed to rule something a touchdown if they don't actually see the ball cross the line, but they guess it did?

    It seems weird to let the replay official guess at the real outcome of a play if it's uncertain. If replay is uncertain, I want them to just go with the call on the field and move on.

  4. Greg Carr was a midseason recruit. Derek Armstrong too, though he'd already had some CFL time with Saskatchewan so he probably doesn't count.

    There was that emergency during 2013 when we lost both our starting tackles and brought in Dan Knapp and Jarvis Jones on like three days notice. Both guys played pretty well for us their first game vs. Edmonton tho we lost in overtime -- I think that was Burke's kneeldown game and also the game that exiled Goltz to Burke's doghouse for good.

    Both Knapp and Jones stuck around after the emergency was over, they were with us in 2014.

  5. Yeah, that's a great handle.

    The system worked like it was designed: on-field official called it in, no conclusive evidence that it didn't get in, command center upheld the decision. Maybe it was a bad call, the only way we'll know is to go back in time and point a camera right down the 1 yard line, because from the tsn handheld perspective there's no way to be sure where the ball was. And it didn't cost us the game anyway. No harm, no foul.

  6. BC just didn't look like they were in sync as a team. Their short passing game got zero blocking help downfield. Lions were whiffing on their blocks and the receivers were getting blown up good.

    Lulay looked like he was getting back on his game, though. Good comeback story, hope he stays upright. It must be murderous hard for a QB to change their windup and delivery when they're in their 30s.

  7. Man I'm getting tired of my standard QB injury post, "like the whole league, want to see the best players, injuries suck, all the best to them for a solid recovery, blah blah, etc." What can the league do to keep the QBs upright without ruining the game?

    Didn't the Eskies' practice roster guy James Franklin show something during the pre-season?

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