Presenting the chance to salvage the weekend, we are provided with the opportunity to smile again with the Riders in Calgary game. The Riders, of course, had the bye last week so they are still wallowing in their glorious win. 

GAME PREVIEW

By The Numbers

3 – Straight games Glenn has made 30 or more completions. No quarterback in CFL history has gone four consecutive games with 30 or more completions.

5 – Number of field goals made by Paredes last week. It was the seventh time in his career that he was a perfect five-for-five.

7 – Passing touchdowns for both Glenn and Mitchell heading into Week 5, tied for second in the league

14 – Consecutive games Mitchell has thrown for a major. His next touchdown pass will be the 100th of his career.

116 – Yards needed by Glenn to become the seventh player in CFL history to reach the 50,000 yard mark.

THE SKINNY

This is the first of three meetings between the Stampeders and the Riders in 2017. Calgary has swept the series against the Riders for the past three seasons, winning last year’s contests 35-15 and 19-10.

Calgary also has a history of dominating Saskatchewan at McMahon with a recent 9-0-1 record. The last time the Roughriders won at McMahon Stadium was eight years ago back on Aug. 1, 2009.

The Riders have not have had a lot of success coming off the bye week as of late, losing their past two games after a long rest.

While history favours the Stamps, Calgary will have to find a way to stop the Riders’ surging offence if it hopes to come out with a win. Saskatchewan leads the league in points per game (31) and yards per game (424) heading into Week 5.

?‍? Are the Riders that good in the offensive dept?

?‍? Is Kevin Glenn going to keep lighting it up on Offence?

?‍? The optimism is riding high on the Rider forum, many, many picking a Rider win.

?‍? As I said, the weekend can be salvaged with a Rider loss. It can almost be forgotten with a Calgary over Sask. thrashing.

its a challenge

watching this game

This is really not the purpose of challenges..but that's what you get. 

When will it end? And when will the game start?

I feel sorry for Glenn- he's getting pounded mercilessly and the Rider O-line looks totally inept. Calgary looks like this is a skelly practice, except for the INT.

This is Glenn's beat down game, I don't expect him to live till the end.

Yeah their big free agent pick up is getting abused by Hughes

I think the Regina Rams would put up more resistance.

So Dennis is foolish enough to tweet and ask Hughes why Hughes has been quiet all week. I believe Hughes has given him the answer.

Kalgary is being cind to Saskatchewan. They're running the ball a lot. Because if they attacked through the air...hoo boy

That "improved" Rider O line is getting trucked....

True indication of where Sask is at..bottom of league. They lucky they got Hamilton when they did

43 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

Kalgary is being cind to Saskatchewan. They're running the ball a lot. Because if they attacked through the air...hoo boy

Well, yeah, it's like only 17-7. 

Where did Calgary find Mr. Singleton and for gawd'sake, are there any more just like him?

1-3 on the season. 6-16 under Chris Jones. 9-31 since the start of 2015. Here's to them matching their streak of 11 consecutive seasons without a playoff berth.

Saskatchewan briefly made it interesting in the third quarter with some half-time adjustments.  Glenn had actual time to throw and they appeared to utilize the middle of the field effectively with some short passes.  Defense appeared to tighten up ...that and Mitchell was somewhat off on some of his passes.  Calgary returned to its dominant form in the fourth though giving the Riders little on offense and salting the game away with a late TD.  Barely over 200 total yards on offense and 13 first downs.  Despite some off-season improvements to the o-line and defense, Riders are still a long ways from being a contender. 

After a tough Bombers loss, nothing cheers me up quite like seeing the Riders get spanked.

5 minutes ago, Eternal optimist said:

After a tough Bombers loss, nothing cheers me up quite like seeing the Riders get spanked.

My thoughts exactly. It's like aloe on a sunburn. 

Derek Dennis

 

✔ @6BONECRUSHER3

Im man enough to admit when I **** the bed Hats off to @StampMachine I turned it on too late great game bro see you next time!

To the surprise of many (including me) Glenn nor only lasted the whole game but even managed to resemble a recent quarterback. Its weird to hear that Glenn probably will pass Ronnie Lancaster in the stats, and that Danny Mac is actually ahead of Ronnie. Contrary to his reputation, Glenn took a beating and did not turtle or get happy feet- in fact he looked the most composed I've seen him in years. Calgary still looks beatable, though.  Muamba was invisible for the most part and likely not worth what they are paying him. When was the last time two Canuck MLBs were starting in the same game?

20 minutes ago, tracker said:

To the surprise of many (including me) Glenn nor only lasted the whole game but even managed to resemble a recent quarterback. Its weird to hear that Glenn probably will pass Ronnie Lancaster in the stats, and that Danny Mac is actually ahead of Ronnie. Contrary to his reputation, Glenn took a beating and did not turtle or get happy feet- in fact he looked the most composed I've seen him in years. Calgary still looks beatable, though.  Muamba was invisible for the most part and likely not worth what they are paying him. When was the last time two Canuck MLBs were starting in the same game?

Week 3 Wpg vs Cgy

Duron Carter... 2 catches for 12 yards

Rob Bagg... 2 catches for 12 yards

4 minutes ago, ALuCsRED said:

Duron Carter... 2 catches for 12 yards

Rob Bagg... 2 catches for 12 yards

Bagg may be earning more than Carter.

A spike in the use of Xanax was noted in the province of Saskatchewan sometime around 9 and 10 pm on Saturday night.

Weird eh?

1 hour ago, ALuCsRED said:

Duron Carter... 2 catches for 12 yards

Rob Bagg... 2 catches for 12 yards

Don't understand what Jones still sees in Bagg. He's a backup receiver at best now.

15 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

This is really not the purpose of challenges..but that's what you get. 

When will it end? And when will the game start?

 

I was at the game. On the first challenge, they never even announced if it was a catch or not after the Riders challenged. They just announced the Stamps were throwing a flag for PI. We all assumed that the pass was ruled incomplete. Just brutal with these damned challenges.

Edited July 23, 20178 yr by SpeedFlex27

1 hour ago, Atomic said:

Week 3 Wpg vs Cgy

Oh, yes, but I have difficulty calling Hurl a CFL Mlb.

3 hours ago, tracker said:

To the surprise of many (including me) Glenn nor only lasted the whole game but even managed to resemble a recent quarterback. Its weird to hear that Glenn probably will pass Ronnie Lancaster in the stats, and that Danny Mac is actually ahead Contrary to his reputation, Glenn took a beating and did not turtle or get happy feet- in fact he looked the most composed I've seen him in years. 

In the unofficial tally in the comparison of play between Kevin Glenn and Darian Durant, Kevin Glenn is securing 1st place, and is pulling away.

I'm with you on this one. If ever there was a game where Glenn would have "turtled", it would have been this one. He absolutely got rocked, in the first half, and yet he showed resilience, and came out better than a lot of QBs would have in that situation.

If he can continue with the way he is playing, Saskatchewan will win a couple more games than originally figured.

Yes, he is playing that well. Now, the hard part..keeping it up all year long.

Who knew?