Calgary @ Toronto

?‍? Some interesting game notes for this West - East confrontation..

Ricky Ray has passed for 2,282 yards - an average of 380.3 per game and has recorded a career-high 6 straight games of 300+ yards.

Andrew Buckley 10-for-10: The Calgary #2 QB challenged the CFL record last week for most pass attempts in a game without an interception or incompletion.

Home team dominance 16-8: The home team has now won the last 7 CFL games and 12 of the last 14. For the season home teams have dominated winning 16 times to just 8 losses.

West Division clubs have won the last 6, and 12 of the last 13 inter-divisional games. Toronto's record is a good example of this effect as they are 3-0 vs the East, and 0-3 vs the West in 2017.

This game features the #1 and #2 offences in the CFL with Calgary at 420.2 yards per game and Toronto at 401.5. Calgary comes in with six consecutive wins over Toronto and 7 in the last 8 meetings.

Last week the Stamps did not target McDaniel on any of their pass attempts and thus his magnificent streak of 76 straight games with at least one reception ended. He last failed to catch a pass on Aug 25/12 (and he was not targeted in that game either). ?‍?(not that they had to)

 Jerome Messam rushing: In his first 4 games he had 48 carries for 188 yards, 1 TD and an average of only 3.9 yards. Since being ejected on Jul 14/17, his totals are: 39 carries for 226 yards, 4 TDs and a 5.8 yard average. 

Calgary O-Line Excellence: The Stampeders have not allowed a Sack in the last two games and just two in the last 4 contests in 2017. They went 3 games in a row last year without allowing a Sack on their QBs and over their last 22 games have given up just 20 or less than one per game. What makes it more remarkable is that 11 different players have started over this 22-game span.

 Bo Levi Mitchell 16 games in a row: Mitchell is off to a career-best start this season with a 5,496-yard pace despite sitting out the entire 2nd half last week. He is now riding a streak of 16 consecutive games with at least one TD pass (Reminder: games where a QB does not see the field at all are excluded from streak calculation as no opportunity is there to extend it). Mitchell has thrown at least one TD pass in 37 of his last 38 games.

Anthony Coombs: Over his last 3 games he made 25 receptions which is tied for #1 in the CFL for all players over Weeks #4-6. 

Over his last two games Ray has not thrown an interception covering 93 straight pass attempts. He has just 3 picks in 266 throws this year.

 Shawn Lemon: Has logged 4 Sacks and 9 QB Pressures over his last 5 games and ranks #3 for the season with 11 Pressures overall. His total of 15 Sacks & Pressures is tied for #1 in the CFL

Just now, Mark H. said:

When were those days? I recall both Dave Ritchie & Cal Murphy milking 'us against the world' for all it was worth. 

I go back a lot further than you...

Just now, SpeedFlex27 said:

I go back a lot further than you...

Who woulda thunk eh 

4 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

He never stopped Messam.

It's fair to say he didn't stop him enough, but Woods did absolutely stop him in his tracks and topple him backwards early on in the game. For all the good it did in the end...

2 minutes ago, MOBomberFan said:

It's fair to say he didn't stop him enough, but Woods did absolutely stop him in his tracks and topple him backwards early on in the game. For all the good it did in the end...

Seems to me he was romping and scoring a TD quite early in the first quarter. 

30 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

Game high 9 tackles, 1 QB sack. For comparison, Singleton, team high 7 tackles..no sacks.

In his defense, he never said he'd stop him.. just hit him.. and hit him and hit him and hit him again..

 

1 hour ago, Mr Dee said:

Game high 9 tackles, 1 QB sack. For comparison, Singleton, team high 7 tackles..no sacks.

I watched some of the game and I specifically remember Singleton getting a sack... not that it matters just wanted to point that out...

5 minutes ago, bearpants said:

I watched some of the game and I specifically remember Singleton getting a sack... not that it matters just wanted to point that out...

Yes, Singleton got 1 sack for sure, and another tackle wiped off the books for a bogus roughness penalty.

Separated shoulder for Frito....expected to miss 4-6 weeks, which should likely end the Argos season (tho, in saying that, the East is so bad, it won't take much to make the playoffs....)

15 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Separated shoulder for Frito....expected to miss 4-6 weeks, which should likely end the Argos season (tho, in saying that, the East is so bad, it won't take much to make the playoffs....)

It was inevitable though...

Next up is Collaros followed by a few games missed by Nicholls and Reilly...

18 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Separated shoulder for Frito....expected to miss 4-6 weeks, which should likely end the Argos season (tho, in saying that, the East is so bad, it won't take much to make the playoffs....)

Tough break for the Argos but can't say everyone didn't see this coming

57 minutes ago, bearpants said:

I watched some of the game and I specifically remember Singleton getting a sack... not that it matters just wanted to point that out...

 

50 minutes ago, MOBomberFan said:

Yes, Singleton got 1 sack for sure, and another tackle wiped off the books for a bogus roughness penalty.

Yes, I remember that too, and now cfl.ca reflects that fact..

The Argos must be desperate for a decent QB, but they must still be butt-hurt after the last deal with the Bombers. Not likely they will ask about LeFevour.

13 hours ago, tracker said:

The Argos must be desperate for a decent QB, but they must still be butt-hurt after the last deal with the Bombers. Not likely they will ask about LeFevour.

The Argos already gave up on LeFevour. I doubt they want him back, even now.

Was it JBR who was high on Fajardo?

15 hours ago, johnzo said:

Was it JBR who was high on Fajardo?

You could make the argument that the plus for the argos here is they get to see if Fajardo is for real... Ricky is not the long term solution so if Fajardo takes the reigns of the starting job with Ricky out... he may never give it up...