Brandon

1 - Crowd no question 2 - Brady 3 - O-line HH - Nearly the complete D.... People keep saying Darby because it's the sexy name and sounds good... but guys like Sayles , Alexander, Bighill all had really good games.

I rewatched the game and it's much easier to watch it without being extremely nervous. Rourke made 3 - 4 good throws and outside of that was awful. Looked like a kid not ready for the big time game which makes sense. Zach also had a below average game but thankfully he only had to throw half as many passes. I don't think the refs were as bad as this thread made them out to be, but I will say the lack of penalty on the special teams return was glaring. BC 's time management at the end was baffling and insane that they wasted so much time. How did they not call 3 plays at the line of scrimmage and just run one after the other? BC will look good moving forward, they could cut a couple of the expensive receivers and still have a solid crew. I don't think they'll have issues extending Rourke if they cut Lucky and Rhymes/Burnham. Score really was misleading... the Grant fumble, the PAT issues, Zach throwing a pick in the end zone, iffy holding penalty later in the game wiping out a TD... this game really could of been a 30 point blow out. I'm not worried about Zach he was walking around pretty normal after the game. He'll be good to go. TSN half time panel was good .... Suitor and Nielson were all over the place. I will assume next week "should" be an easier challenge since MBT is all over the place and Oulette/Harris are not as good as Butler.

Also int in the end zone on a lame duck throw from Zach... lots of points left on the table that could of made our lead far larger.

So Toronto in cold weather game... Heavy dose of running from Brady and lots of blitzes on MBT

Had we lost you may have found a pile of manure on your lawn and possibly a large crowd with pitch forks.

Yet beer commericals are ok despite the issue with alcoholism with many people ?

I didn't watch the first half, what happened in regards to this?

I'm guessing the key for the Als is Stanback running it all night long. Harris isn't the greatest play off performer...

I'm thinking Farhan does the Crying Game / Ace Ventura in the shower scene....

Dickenson + some key easy drops by the Stamps really made a huge impact in this game. I'm really curious to see Rourke and how he handles a cold day with an extremely hard hitting defense. If Willie steps it up then he will have an extremely long day.

His skin looks off, I don't remember it being so splotchy.

We do it all of the time also, every team does it.

He's been a hot mess for the last several years, this wasn't a surprise.

Harris had 4.3 yards per carry , 0 TD's and 4 fumbles with 19 yards being his longest carry. Absolute joke that Harris was voted in when Oullette , Antwi, Fletcher all had far better numbers.

I can maybe see giving Dickenson one more chance.... how does O'Day get another chance with the piss poor job of over spending and completely missing on bringing in any sort of depth.

I wish CFL.ca would actually provide good stats to fans... What I did find is this article from 2021 - https://3downnation.com/2021/10/17/former-rider-zack-evans-believes-lack-of-vocal-vets-to-blame-for-teams-rash-of-stupid-penalties/ Quote :

Outhsot 29 - 7 .... yikes

Suitor made all but clear that BLM is going to Saskatchewan next season. How salty will the Riders be if BC or Edmonton end up signing him

Hey did you guys know Sankey and Dean have 100+ tackles and are so awesome because they have so many tackles!?? Why doesn't any other tandem of lbers have 100+ tackles? Hey did you know that Sankey + Dean have played on a considerably large amount of downs since the team they play on sucks on offense and the defense allows big long drives on a frequent basis... I am sure that has nothing to do with them having more tackles then others.

Caleb Evans has just lost his job to Tyrie Adams for next season...

To Saskatchewan

Cuz he'll be back in 3 seasons to replace Zach

Everything was great with our guys with exception of the back up QB's. Prukop was very meh and Brown was just tossing 50/50 balls. Every other aspect on this team however was locked in and playing fantastic. Suitor suggesting that Sankey wins because of his tackle count and how since he's on a losing team that he will be ignored. That was the largest eye roll moment for me of the night.

Gillingham was the only candidate that came to my door, spoke with him for ten minutes. Seemed like a normal human being, I know that seems lame but I've encountered Sam Katz several times and he was odd and full of BS. I've seen Bowman a few times and he seemed not slimey but kind of a dreamer and a bit of a phony (my opinion). I asked Gillingham a bunch of questions and he had normal reasonable answers. Didn't promise unrealistic goals that the city could never afford and actually has relevant decent plans for the short term. I'm not expecting a miracle from the guy but he at least won't tank the city. Had Murray won it would of been a complete **** show and as much of a gong show as Motkaluk but for different reasons. The city doesn't need any weird controversies with a mayor being drunk and being super inappropriate.

I'd assume a young QB who *can* be hurt on every single play by massive dlinemen/lbers and who will be the face of the franchise and he alone can make or break a team is a bit different from an older receiver who may see real contact on 10 or so plays primarily by much smaller dbs tackling him from behind and who if he does go down the team has 5 suitable replacements.... is kind of a different situation.