Jump to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

Morning Big Blue

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

Calgary @ Saskatchewan

CFL Game #47 Team Trends – Calgary at Saskatchewan:

- Stamps Off a Bye / Bye games on the road: Calgary has played 17 games since 2005 when they have come off a bye week and have a perfect 17-0 record back to July 2005. This year, they won after a bye in 2018 Week #4 defeating Ottawa 20-17 on Jul 12/18. Their last loss after a bye came on Jul 1/05 vs TOR and that was in Wk #2 when they had yet to play that season. Calgary is 11-0 in the 11 of those 17 post-bye games that have been on the road as they are this week.

- How Dominant has Calgary been? Up by 14+ Pts UPDATE: One way of measuring a team's sustained level of dominance is how often they take big leads. The Stamps have led in EVERY contest this season by 14 or more points and this it is now 7 games in a row. In CFL history only three teams have EVER led by 14+ points in more than 7 consecutive games and none made it to 8 in a row:

Rob Maver Inside the 10: Maver has at least one punt pinning opponents inside the 10-yard line in his last 4 games and in 6 of 7 overall this year. He is #1 in the CFL with 7 of these 'I10' punts this year and with 70 since 2012.

👁‍🗨Justin Medlock is tied for 2nd with 5. (Last year Medlock had a total of 7)

Lauther 94%: Since Week #2 Brett Lauther has been the have I CFL's most accurate FG kicker other Lewis Ward. Lauther has made 15-of- 16 attempts for a 93.8% mark over the last 6 games. What is remarkable however is that his average FG made in that span is 38.1 yards. For the season, his average FG made of 38.6 yards is #1 in the CFL.

- Recent SSK v CGY matchups: The Riders have split the last two meetings against Calgary after snapping a 10-game losing streak against them across the 2013-2017 seasons. Since 2013, Zach Collaros will this week be the 7th different Riders' starting QB to face the Stampeders. Calgary has had just three in that time (Tate, Glenn & Mitchell).

- Riders holding leads: The Riders have been fantastic recently in winning when they enter the 4th Quarter with the lead. Since 2016 they are 13-2 when leading after Q3 and 31-9 since 2013.

- Calgary #1 in 20 Defensive Rankings: Including fewest points allowed, Calgary is #1 ranked in 20 out of the 28 defensive statistical categories. The only exceptions are primarily in Turnovers forced and passing attempts.

- Alex Singleton Update: Through Week #9 no player had a higher % of his team's defensive tackles. Singleton has made 45 of the 258 Calgary defensive tackles for a 17.4% share. Next: Adam Bighill at 14.71%, and J.C. Sherritt at 14.65%.

- Few starters: This game features the two teams that have employed the fewest number of starters this year. Saskatchewan has had just 31 different players start at least one game while Calgary is next at just 32 starters.

- Zach Collaros: Combined with Hamilton and Saskatchewan he is 1-14 in his last 15 starts and 25-29 overall in 54 career starts.

- Bo Levi Mitchell: Threw for a season-high 370 yards in his last game - this was his 6th career game of 370+ yards. Mitchell brings a 28-6-2 record as a starter on the road into this game at Mosaic Stadium. He also an active 8-game TD pass streak back to 2017 and has won his last 7 starts.

- Sacks in 23 straight games: Calgary had their streak with at least one sack in 23 games in a row snapped last game.

- 12.3 / 11.1 Pts Allowed: Calgary is challenging a long-held CFL record having allowed only 12.3 total points per game thus far. In the entire CFL Era (1958 to today), the fewest TOTAL points allowed record is held by the 1964 BC Lions at 10.5 per game and followed by Hamilton (1965) at 10.9 ppg against.

- Calgary +17 T/O Ratio: The Stamps are at +17 for their 2018 Turnover advantage - that +17 mark after 7 games is on pace for +44 which would break the CFL record set by Edmonton in 1981 at +41. Calgary's club record is +27 set in 1996.

- Most QB Starters Single Season: Montreal has used 4 different QB starters this year and with Johnny Manziel questionable for Week #10 may lead to Antonio Pipkin or Matthew Shiltz being #5 for them. The CFL record is 6 different starters by Winnipeg in 1983 (Dieter Brock, Tom Clements, Norman Gibbs, Nickie Hall, John Hufnagel and Mark Jackson). 

- 1st Down Rushing Avg: Despite having the CFL's #2 rusher in William Powell, the REDBLACKS have averaged the lowest number of yards on 1st down rushing plays. They have gained just 4.8 yards per 1st down rush and that ranks #9 overall. By contrast, Winnipeg is tied with Montreal for #1 in the CFL at 6.2 yards per 1st down rush.

- Lewis Ward 96%: Ward began his career with a 3-for-4 FG performance in the season opener and since then has not missed a kick of any kind. Ward is now 25-for-26 96.2% with a streak of 22 makes in a row, the longest streak ever made by a 1st Year player.

  • Replies 147
  • Views 13.1k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Most Popular Posts

  • So if we’re to paint Calgary with the same brush that we did the Bombers the other night based on them losing convincingly to an “inferior” team, after this week the Stamps and Bombers are basically t

  • rebusrankin
    rebusrankin

    If the Riders hang on and then win next week, they're right back into the race. I want the world to go back to the way its meant to be with the Riders in last.

  • Bubba Zanetti
    Bubba Zanetti

    Talk about a garbage weekend. We get s*** stomped at home by an eastern team and Sask is about to knock of the 7-0 Stampeders. F*** my football life. There is no God.

Featured Replies

Wonder if we should start a thread debating whether BLM is done ...  his game was just as bad as Nichols...

Maybe Thorpe and Jones are just good DCs...  something to chew on

3RD AND 1  is showing why fans of other teams don't like Riderfans. The going on other team's fanboards and gloating after a win.

17 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

3RD AND 1  is showing why fans of other teams don't like Riderfans. The going on other team's fanboards and gloating after a win.

The fact that the mods here tolerate that behavior is just as maddening. 

26 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

3RD AND 1  is showing why fans of other teams don't like Riderfans. The going on other team's fanboards and gloating after a win.

No offense but we have a few select members who go over to riderfans and do the same whe  bombers win. Its bound to happen.

1 hour ago, Floyd said:

Wonder if we should start a thread debating whether BLM is done ...  his game was just as bad as Nichols...

Maybe Thorpe and Jones are just good DCs...  something to chew on

Did BLM not throw four touchdowns ?....

19 minutes ago, TheBandit said:

No offense but we have a few select members who go over to riderfans and do the same whe  bombers win. Its bound to happen.

None taken. I still maintain my original point. Rider fans have a way of showing up after a big win to gloat and act like douches. Not all, as an example Ripper posts throughout the year and I have no issue with him.

2 hours ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

Talk about a garbage weekend. We get s*** stomped at home by an eastern team and Sask is about to knock of the 7-0 Stampeders. F*** my football life. There is no God.

There is a God, it's just that he's an "utter maniac". LOL

2 hours ago, Eternal optimist said:

Oh hey look, a backup QB in an unwinnable game.

Is that allowed? (Sorry Tracker, couldn't resist).

34 minutes ago, TheBandit said:

No offense but we have a few select members who go over to riderfans and do the same whe  bombers win. Its bound to happen.

diffence is.. they get banned for awhile. I would be all for trolls getting a week long ban. 

29 minutes ago, NorthernSkunk said:

Did BLM not throw four touchdowns ?....

Three...  all of them after they were down 30-6 and Jones took his foot off the pedal.

I guess four if you include the one to Sask.

Edited by Floyd

Ottawa destroyed Sask just as badly as they destroyed us. Sask has also lost to Mtl, Edm, and the first game against Calgary. 

17 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Three...  all of them after they were down 30-6 and Jones took his foot off the pedal.

I guess four if you include the one to Sask.

He threw 4 TD passes tonight according to CFL.ca.

So if we’re to paint Calgary with the same brush that we did the Bombers the other night based on them losing convincingly to an “inferior” team, after this week the Stamps and Bombers are basically the two worst teams in the league and both teams should blow up their entire front office all the way down. 

Two good teams were beaten by two other good teams. Parity in the league is a good thing and hopefully at the end of the year, we’re the ones hoisting the cup. Over the last many many years, Grey Cup winning teams have lost many a regular season game. Here’s to hoping that instead of going 11-7 and losing a playoff game, we go 9-9 and win a damn Grey Cup. 

Tonight showed us once again that any team can win on any given day. Hamilton beats us earlier in the season and we beat them a month later. Sask loses to Montreal and beats Calgary. We all see our own team’s issues, but every team has issues. I’m hard pressed to say there’s many teams I’d trade places with right now. Not that we’re in better shape than the others, just that everyone has something to be concerned about. Edmonton started and ended hot last year but had quite the losing streak in the middle. Perhaps Calgary will do the same this year. 

Edited by O2L

8 minutes ago, pigseye said:

I guess we'll find out in the next three games just what type of team the Bombers are. 

This is the best statement in this entire thread. We will find out what kind of team MOS has and what kind of a coaching staff we have over the next 3 games. IMHO and it is only my opinion we win 1 of the 3.

11 hours ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

The fact that the mods here tolerate that behavior is just as maddening. 

Banning doesn't stop trolls - they just make a new account and keep right on trolling - with a slightly different style.

12 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

None taken. I still maintain my original point. Rider fans have a way of showing up after a big win to gloat and act like douches. Not all, as an example Ripper posts throughout the year and I have no issue with him.

Thanks.  No bragging from me.  Huge win for us and it felt pretty dam good.  The fans were a force. That's the loudest game I've been too in the new stadium. Everyone was on their feet. Loved it.  Just one game and it doesn't mean much, but when you knock off a undefeated team its always a good day for the franchise

I really wish I could say the riders got lucky, had help from **** calls etc etc...but they just flat out slapped CGY around. Collaros looked like his old self and that D did what it does. Thing that pisses me off now, is that the Bombers have to go to CGY and play them after they took that beating. Won't be an easy game. Bombers better show up.

2 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

I really wish I could say the riders got lucky, had help from **** calls etc etc...but they just flat out slapped CGY around. Collaros looked like his old self and that D did what it does. Thing that pisses me off now, is that the Bombers have to go to CGY and play them after they took that beating. Won't be an easy game. Bombers better show up.

Stamps are going to be a bad mood I am afraid. Guy who doesn't get a lot of credit sometimes. Zack Evans was destroying the middle of the Line. On one play he was pushing the double team backwards, a third guy stepped in to help block. 

1 hour ago, Ripper said:

Stamps are going to be a bad mood I am afraid. Guy who doesn't get a lot of credit sometimes. Zack Evans was destroying the middle of the Line. On one play he was pushing the double team backwards, a third guy stepped in to help block. 

One thing we do have, is a couple of guys in the middle who can do that...

42 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

One thing we do have, is a couple of guys in the middle who can do that...

You definitely do. I think our success came from attacking up the middle. It opened everything else up. Mitchell was rarely able to just stand there and throw. Lots of bad passes because he was running around, even when he was untouched.  I just don't think he is great at throwing on the run. You let him stand there and he will kill you. He is deadly accurate when he has time. 

The Stamps playing without Shane Bergman really gave a boost to the Riders interior DL. They manhandled the Stamps OL. Off the edge & up the middle. 

Create an account or sign in to comment

Account

Navigation

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.