1st thing - if you're PVR'ing the football games Friday night, double check your local listings.

TSN1 will not be showing the entire Hamilton-Ottawa game, but TSN3 will.

Calgary has asked to have the game played 1 hour earlier, resulting in these changes..

Edited October 21, 20169 yr by Mr Dee

2 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Great play by Chick, hard to fault Henry on that one.

Exactly. Sometimes you have to give credit to the one who made the play. Chick put an extra jump into knocking that ball loose. Great play.

7 hours ago, J5V said:

They're 9-0 at home and will likely finish 17-1. They'll host the Western final and will be rested while the semi-finalists beat the tar out of each other for the right to challenge them for the Western title. What makes them "ripe for the picking" or is this sarcasm/wishful thinking? 

Well, I can guarantee you that they won't finish 17-1.

1 hour ago, Jesse said:

Well, I can guarantee you that they won't finish 17-1.

Okay, 16-1-1. If they beat Montreal in their final game, and why wouldn't they, they'll best the mark of 16-2 by the Esks in '89, the previous best mark ever in the CFL. Not too shabby.

Edited October 22, 20169 yr by J5V

Fun Fact, Edmonton got upset at home in 89 after going 16-2. Anything is possible.

59 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Fun Fact, Edmonton got upset at home in 89 after going 16-2. Anything is possible.

I still can't get over BLM saying they are going to show us who we are, or words to that effect. I'm sure he was told by DD and/or Huffer to shut his damned mouth. That's exactly the kind of motivation a hungry team like ours needs to upset the behemoth and yes, it sure is possible, provided we can get there. Did Messam tweak anything in last night's game? Is BLM 100%? Kinda surprised they both played as much as they did yesterday. It'd be a shame if someone from Montreal jumped on BLM's arm in the last game of the season but crap happens, as we well know.

10 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

Exactly. Sometimes you have to give credit to the one who made the play. Chick put an extra jump into knocking that ball loose. Great play.

Chick made a play, but Burris was real dumb and slow to react to heavy pressure on that play.

Maybe I'll come out looking like an idiot, but I really believe that if we can make it to the west final we'll kick Calgarys ass.

On 10/21/2016 at 9:33 AM, Noeller said:

Honestly, I'd like to see Calgary win out until they (hopefully) play Winnipeg again. Get 'em real fat n sassy heading into the West Final......

Exactly when and where did you see my tramp stamp?

12 hours ago, J5V said:

They're 9-0 at home and will likely finish 17-1. They'll host the Western final and will be rested while the semi-finalists beat the tar out of each other for the right to challenge them for the Western title. What makes them "ripe for the picking" or is this sarcasm/wishful thinking? 

Nah, they're over-confident and BLM thinks he's invincible.  Edmonton showed how to dismantle them last year and made BLM look ordinary, I don't think this year's version of the Stamps is any better.  It's just a matter of having an opponent perform at the top of their game and play ball from the opening whistle on. (HEY BOMBERS!)  A team with a pretty record like that is never as good as they think they are.

2 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Chick made a play, but Burris was real dumb and slow to react to heavy pressure on that play.

Burris had his QB escape clock going. He would have made a play, if it we're not for Chick. Chick put just a little bit more in his jump to turn a normal rush into a game winning play.

At least, that's how I saw it.

Fun game to watch. Amazing how many big plays and yardage considering the weather. Hamilton had 9 lives. Turnovers cost Ottawa big time. The bad snap on the one was a pure giveaway. The forced fumble in OT, was a great takeaway. 

1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Nah, they're over-confident and BLM thinks he's invincible.  Edmonton showed how to dismantle them last year and made BLM look ordinary, I don't think this year's version of the Stamps is any better.  It's just a matter of having an opponent perform at the top of their game and play ball from the opening whistle on. (HEY BOMBERS!)  A team with a pretty record like that is never as good as they think they are.

Or a coach who's waiting till the playoffs to try a certain scheme against them. AKA the Giants finding ways to pressure Brady in the Super Bowl. 

24 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

Or a coach who's waiting till the playoffs to try a certain scheme against them. AKA the Giants finding ways to pressure Brady in the Super Bowl. 

Xactly, just have to find a new way to bring enormous pressure and pick off his errant throws.

6 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

Burris had his QB escape clock going. He would have made a play, if it we're not for Chick. Chick put just a little bit more in his jump to turn a normal rush into a game winning play.

At least, that's how I saw it.

Yep, I think you nailed it. Not bad for a player pulled off the scrap heap.

1 hour ago, J5V said:

Yep, I think you nailed it. Not bad for a player pulled off the scrap heap.

Bombers might have signed him but he's likely a one-year player and we need to build for now and the future.

On 10/21/2016 at 11:54 PM, J5V said:

They're 9-0 at home and will likely finish 17-1. They'll host the Western final and will be rested while the semi-finalists beat the tar out of each other for the right to challenge them for the Western title. What makes them "ripe for the picking" or is this sarcasm/wishful thinking? 

The thinking is that they will potentially be rusty and overconfident... I believe it was Dee that posted in another thread that they will have 41 days between clinching 1st and playing the West final... and with the week 20 bye that also means 3 weeks with no games at all... So I don't know if it makes them "ripe for the picking" but I would certainly suggest they could be vulnerable...

Those of you who have better memories will correct me but hasn't  Calgary lost out before to teams with lesser records in the last few years?

38 minutes ago, Fan Boy said:

Those of you who have better memories will correct me but hasn't  Calgary lost out before to teams with lesser records in the last few years?

I believe the year the Riders won, 2013, they were 2nd in the west and went into Calgary and won the West final... I'm sure Ripper can verify or deny this claim..

46 minutes ago, bearpants said:

I believe the year the Riders won, 2013, they were 2nd in the west and went into Calgary and won the West final... I'm sure Ripper can verify or deny this claim..

Also in 2010, the Riders beat the Stamps in the Division Final in Calgary but then lost the GC to Montreal.

Stamps have a long and storied history of being playoff chokers...

8 hours ago, bearpants said:

The thinking is that they will potentially be rusty and overconfident... I believe it was Dee that posted in another thread that they will have 41 days between clinching 1st and playing the West final... and with the week 20 bye that also means 3 weeks with no games at all... So I don't know if it makes them "ripe for the picking" but I would certainly suggest they could be vulnerable...

I get it, hard to stay sharp with all that time off, but given the two scenarios, I'd much rather be going into a game with all my starters well rested. It's a huge advantage especially in the fourth quarter of a close game. I'm sure a good coach can find ways to keep a team sharp and on the edge.