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As bad as our O-line looked today (and they were BAD) they looked adequate last game, with the possible exception of Picard. How can they deteriorate so fast? It has to be laid at the feet of the relevant coaches.

In retrospect, giving a struggling team to a rookie head coach whose experience was mainly defence and special teams was probably a mistake. An experienced and formerly successful head coach like Tom Higgins would likely have given confidence to the team and also resulted in better choices in assistant coaches. We're paying for O'Shea's learning curve and unfortunately it looks like it is going to be a long one. perhaps too long for the team. If the team does not do better than .500 and make the playoffs, O'Shea's future has to be questioned. His decision to leave Willy in after a disasterous first half resulting in an almost absolute certainty of a bad loss was boneheaded. We still got handled and now Willy is sidelined again, perhaps for an extended period which will probably mean a 6 or 8 win season at best and no playoff appearance. Even Ottawa with their GM whom we mocked got a whole lot better since last year and the Riders put up more of a fight in their last game than we did.

Looking to see Littlejohn and Waggoner strut their stuff today.

I wonder---is there any chance we could pry Messam out of Sask? He would be awesome behind our O-line.

The Rider talent is better than their record, even with losing their #1 and #2 quarterbacks, so the chances of Chamblin surviving the next two weeks are very slim. He may or may not be a good coach but I think the team has lost confidence and its time for a radical coachectomy.

Rod Black. Fecal matter.

The unsettling thing for me re:Brohm vs Marve is that I have this sesne that if Willy goes down, O'Shea would keep throwing Brohm out there as long as Brohm could stand upright and would put Marve out only if O'Shea could not find a pulse in Brohm.

A sad state of affairs in the Queen's City- almost makes me feel bad for them. Scary to think that one hit on Willy and we're in almost as bad a position. And yes, I have zero confidence in Brohm.

THAT ought to do it for the Riders' pride.

Horribly disjointed game with sloppy play by both teams. Neither Sask nor Toronto seem to want to win badly.

Nothing but upside for Waggoner. He appears to have the smarts, the right passport, and the physical tools. All he needs is adaptation to the CFL nd experience and we just might have another Muamba but one who doesn't flee the to USofA.

Cut Nic(ked) Moore and use the money to land Heenan. Winnipeg is only 5 1/2 hrs by car from Regina.

I have a feeling that Sunday's game is going to be a lot like this and a toss-up to boot.

Aaaand.....Montreal is scrooged.

If he did, he's about 30 years too late.

No matter which side you are cheering for, this is a good, entertaining, competitive game which bodes very well for the teams and the CFL.

Michael Sam not overpowering anyone just yet.

Did he specify in which part of Gibson's body this was happening and how he came to know this?

I have a totally unsubstantiated hunch that Ottawa will beat Montreal.

Sunday would be a good day to make it so.

There's no rehab for stupidity.

3 ought to do it.

Good on BC to humble the great and mighty Jones and his Eskimos. Comfusion to all of our enemies!

Puls... rate ....slowing....blood....pressure....falling....sphincter....unclenching.....putting...the...Librium...away. Deleting suicide hotline # from speed-dial....

All the Rider fans are saying is that he is looking OK despite the fact that it was his first start. His inexperience still comes through. Its called "whistling past the graveyard".