TrueBlue4ever

Blue offence so-so Points left on field. No matter, Defence is a wall Argo run game works They hung around a while, but Wrong QB started Sad times in AB Both teams are hot garbage, but My tears are from joy. Stanback is a beast But are Als that good, or does Opponent just suck? Writers gave them raves Forecast dominant Tigers In fact? They’re puss*es. O-line holding up All Rider facets clicking Labour Day fight looms

Go to moves this year: Willie Jefferson - play the guitar after a turnover Kyran Moore - the funky chicken after a TD BC kicker - “oops“ grin after another shanked 25 yard FG BLM - post game “we beat ourselves” table interview pout Wilder Jr - flex after a one yard gain, one yard loss, tying his shoes Sewell - sideline dance after trashing his opponents and then cheap shotting them, costing his own team points Banks - points at the ground after every play as if the refs will start giving him calls Bede - head butts and high fives after a field goal kick goes 70 yards……and wide Ottawa - can’t say. They haven’t really done a single thing in game worth celebrating yet.

Not sure the Rider fans want to see Fajardo running QB draw plays this late in the game, or even see him still in the game period, for that matter.

Smooth Jimmy Apollo wants a Powell TD for Lock of the Week. Well, I do anyway.

Riders are home to Ottawa next week then a bye, Bombers in Toronto and home to the Stamps before they meet, so entirely feasible.

Good timing Hamilton.

Team 14 and 0 getting a little testy.

Planned rollouts and quick throws from the QB help.

Costly mental errors by Sask. And like him or not, Fajardo can scramble well. He and Collaros head and shoulders above the others.

Although I like the nickname Brandon Blanks, I think instead of “Speedy” they should call him “Surly Banks”. Just looks so sour on the bench, and a whiner on the field. And with a few hard hits, gets soft.

Hamilton kick returners may want to start taking a knee. 3 games in a row a returner has been lit up. Stout goal line D by the Riders, but again how do you not know to keep your hands out of the neutral zone pre-snap? Especially when you have a white goal line as a marker for you?

Do they give out rings like this for that? Or just that silly big play chain? Last time I saw it, it was hanging from the north end cross bar after the West Final. 😉

And I know back-to-back games at home a week apart does not help attendance. The drop-off in Winnipeg on what was a pretty great night weather-wise was shocking though. And traditionally attendance drops after Labour Day league-wide.

To win back the title you have to have it in the first place. Judging by this synopsis of the history at new Mosaic: First pre-season game - Winnipeg tie First regular season game - Winnipeg win First playoff game - Winnipeg win First NHL game - Winnipeg win First division final playoff game - Winnipeg win you never held the title. Can’t wait for the first Grey Cup there, when the Bombers three peat. 😁

Win or lose by the Riders tonight it is already looking like a two-horse race in the West. I am betting both IG Field and IG Field west will host playoff games this season.

I get your point, but at the same time, NFL pre game broadcasts run the ticker underneath showing the game lines and over under all the time. Like it or not, gambling is HUGE in sports and may be the lifeblood the league needs, and TSN is the league broadcaster, so they will play ball. I was going to post this in a separate thread, but with this discussion it seems like an OK place. Not sure what the attendance in Sask will be tonight, but Edmonton dipped from 30K to 25K, Calgary had only 23K for it’s opener after the pandemic stole away last year, and dropped to 21 K yesterday. And stunningly, the Bombers had 22,100 fans last night. The Grey Cup champs of Bomber nation could not sell out their banner raising home opener after a lost season, and dropped another 8,000 fans for last night. Other than the frigid Thanksgiving post-snowstorm game in 2019 against the Als, last night was the worst attended Bomber game in IG Field history. I read an article about NHL teams selling more partial season ticket plans because fans do not want to invest in a full 45 game package post-pandemic, and league experts are a bit worried about declining interest in attending live events. So in a league that needs attendance more than any other to meet the bottom line, given these numbers in the “CFL hotbed” of the West, just how much trouble is the league in right now?

That face mask sack should have been a flagrant foul.

My original comment was not intended to be limited to just the playing field.

Must be the water in Alberta. Lots of circus rainbow wigs and big shoes all over the place. Obscure stat of the week in 71 years Edmonton has only started the season 0-2 with both losses at home once (2010). In 75 years Calgary has never started that way. This season Alberta teams are 0-4 at home to start the year.

Could be entertaining, in a blood sport kind of way.

Milt and “butts and guts” as he called him would not get along well on the panel.

This is my understanding. All turnovers are automatically reviewed. The ruling on the field was NOT a turnover but an incompletion, so there is no automatic review. O’Shea challenged without a timeout to burn in case he lost, so by rule he cannot challenge and the team gets dinged for delay of game. So the first good outcome that actually happened (turnover) was missed, the second result of the play (incompletion) gets overturned by the penalty, and the ultimate third result is an advance by the Argos asif the pass was completed in the first place. Gaffe by O’Shea. Now the part I am unsure about. I think they took out the mandatory league review on everything in the last 3 minutes because they changed the rule to allow coaches to still challenge plays inside the last 3 minutes if they have a timeout, and gave coaches more than one challenge if they get the first one right.

Looks like Sewell is ready to step in and take his place as resident idiot.

The more I see Bethel-Thompson, the more I realize he is Trevor Harris lite. Puts up good numbers (but not as gaudy as Harris) but it does not translate into wins (much worse than Harris). Harris will get you 5,000+ yards in an 8-10 season, MBT will get you 4,000+ in a 3-15 season. I was honestly surprised when I heard before the game last night that his record was 2-6 in 2018 and 2-10 in 2019 as a starter.