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BC at Edmonton

3 Areas To Watch

Number 2 Pivot: Who Steps Up?

BC - Ricky Lloyd and first-year Leos Austin Apodaca and Cole Sears will handle the quarterback reps in hopes of getting a leg up on sticking behind Reilly on the depth chart. 

Edmonton- Danny O’Brian, Logan Kilgore, Briscoe.

- One big observation in the first week of camp is the depth at receiver. Standouts at the position have included Joey Augustin, Marquis Bundy and Mexican additions Fernando Richarte and Gerardo Alvarez. All CFL clubs are required to keep one global player on their roster beyond training camp.

- Defensive Line: Calling On Another Bookend

With Odell Willis having another strong showing in camp, the big question remains who will line up as the other bookend.

- Linebacker Adam Konar gets to battle some of his own teammates after he was cut loose and quickly picked up by the Lions on day one of camp. He’ll start at MLB

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1 hour ago, Bigblue204 said:

I'm going to say Nichols injury (which happened around the same time) was a much larger factor. Especially since Harris has basically been himself since coming back, argument could be made that he's been better.

I agree about Nichols. I'm just thinking it didn't help and may have bothered some players. Maybe not. Maybe players don't care if their teammates are getting suspended for juicing. Just part of the business I guess. 

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Some Priders actually complaining TSN didn't make it a bigger news item. Just when you thought it was impossible for them to be more self absorbed....

On 2019-10-17 at 12:40 PM, JCon said:

Remember this guy?

 

I wanted the Bombers to draft him. Shame, I feel shame. 

We drafted a complete bust in Ekakatie so we actually made a worse pick than Vandervoort.  Saskatchewan drafted Judge behind us who looks like quite the player up to this point. 

2 hours ago, blueandgoldguy said:

We drafted a complete bust in Ekakatie so we actually made a worse pick than Vandervoort.  Saskatchewan drafted Judge behind us who looks like quite the player up to this point. 

You can keep Judge and I'll keep Gray. 

14 hours ago, blueandgoldguy said:

We drafted a complete bust in Ekakatie so we actually made a worse pick than Vandervoort.  Saskatchewan drafted Judge behind us who looks like quite the player up to this point. 

 

11 hours ago, JCon said:

You can keep Judge and I'll keep Gray. 

But OMG what a horrible draft that turned out to be for us. Gray is the only bright spot. 

ROUND 1

OVERALL	TEAM	PLAYER	POS	HT	WT	DOB
1	WPG	EKAKITIE, FAITH IOWA	DL			1993-04-05
8	WPG	GRAY, GEOFF MANITOBA	OL			1994-11-08

ROUND 2

OVERALL	TEAM	PLAYER	POS	HT	WT	DOB
15	WPG	SPOONER, QADR MCGILL	OL			1992-08-07

ROUND 3

OVERALL	TEAM	PLAYER	POS	HT	WT	DOB
23	WPG	CONTEH, ABUBAKAR GRAMBLING STATE	DB			1995-10-02

ROUND 4

OVERALL	TEAM	PLAYER	POS	HT	WT	DOB
34	WPG	MENARD-BRIERE, FELIX MONTREAL	K			1993-02-06

ROUND 5

ROUND 6

OVERALL	TEAM	PLAYER	POS	HT	WT	DOB
50	WPG	MAROUF, IAN GUELPH	DL			1992-03-28

ROUND 7

OVERALL	TEAM	PLAYER	POS	HT	WT	DOB
59	WPG	THERA-PLAMONDON, BRENDON CALGARY	WR			1994-12-29

ROUND 8

OVERALL	TEAM	PLAYER	POS	HT	WT	DOB
68	WPG	HENRY, TYLOR ALBERTA

Interesting note on an otherwise boring CFL news day.......

 

6 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Interesting note on an otherwise boring CFL news day.......

 

The one good thing the CFL did & now it's probably finished. Well done, CFL. Well done, Randy Ambrosie. 

CFL

 

✔@CFL

The @REDBLACKS and entire #CFL family mourn the loss of Ottawa football legend George Brancato at age 88.

Details | http://ow.ly/Ldy830pLJwo 

 

Edited October 23, 20196 yr by Throw Long Bannatyne

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

The one good thing the CFL did & now it's probably finished. Well done, CFL. Well done, Randy Ambrosie. 

It was the PA that told players not to participate in any off-season league activities.

George Brancatto dead at 88. 

For fans of a certain age he was as much the face of OTT football as Gabriel or Watts. RIP.

5 hours ago, Noeller said:

Interesting note on an otherwise boring CFL news day.......

 

Itd be cool to see it happen in the GC winners market, or maybe in the market where the next GC will be hosted. Itd be cool if the GC being in a city meant several cfl league events in that city that year. 

It's been discussed many times before but...

A detailed look at why the CFL playoff format needs to be changed

https://3downnation.com/2019/10/24/a-detailed-look-at-why-the-cfl-playoff-format-needs-to-be-changed/

I won't deny 3Down their click but here's a sample...

How is it unfair? Gimme details.

Home games, byes and quality of competition. Three types of playoff reward for regular season record. Let’s take 2016 for our step by step example, since it’s clear, recent and contains all of the major themes.

League standings, independent of divisions:

Calgary 15-2-1
B.C. 12-6
Winnipeg 11-7
Edmonton 10-8
Ottawa 8-9-1
Hamilton 7-11
Montreal (seven wins), Saskatchewan (five), Toronto (five) out.

We can trace all the paths to the final game.

No. 5 Ottawa finishes with eight wins and a losing record but gets a first round bye and then a home game against either the 4th or 6th place team.

No. 1 Calgary’s reward for being best in the league isn’t bad with a bye and a home game, but they still have to play either the 2nd or 3rd best team, which is tougher than what Ottawa gets with seven fewer wins.
 
Winnipeg’s ‘reward’ for finishing 3rd in the league is a road game to the No. 2 team followed by a road game against the No. 1.

Edmonton, in 4th a game behind Winnipeg, also has two road games, but they’re against the No. 6 and No. 5 teams instead.

And seven-win Hamilton gets a home game against the No. 4 team with an eye on facing the No. 5 team next, compared to the other division runner up, 12-win B.C., hosting the No. 3 team and then going right on to the No. 1 team.

To encapsulate it all: 8-9-1 gets a bye and a home game against a weak team while 11-7 gets two road games against the two best teams. A better team a) plays an extra game, b) on the road the whole way, c) against tougher opposition, among other issues. The 5th place team gets far and away the easiest road to the Grey Cup. It says the 10-15 games that those top teams each won mean hardly anything because of geography.

Well, he’s not lying.  The East Champions have had an easier path forever.

After a couple years of all West grey cups with plummeting revenues and viewership would he still feel as clever ?

 

2 minutes ago, Zontar said:

After a couple years of all West grey cups with plummeting revenues and viewership would he still feel as clever ?

 

Then be better, East......

Using this years (ATM) Standings

 

Ticats

Stamps

Riders

Bombers

Als

Esks

Lions

Argos

RB's.

 

Round 1: 

Ticats and Stamps get a bye

Riders vs Esks

Bombers vs Als

Yah.. that's fair and better than the current system. 

 

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

Then be better, East......

Some of the East, yes. 

But let's  be realistic it's the East  side West dynamic that makes it appealing. Guy can't see the forest for the trees, in this case the numbers.

7 hours ago, mfranc said:

Well, he’s not lying.  The East Champions have had an easier path forever.

In theory yes, in practice no. Its still play off football. 

17 hours ago, Zontar said:

Some of the East, yes. 

But let's  be realistic it's the East  side West dynamic that makes it appealing. Guy can't see the forest for the trees, in this case the numbers.

Exactly. I hate that, oh it's no fair, bs. You want "fair" go play checkers with your grandma. This is real life, get over it. Be better, work harder. 

I've mentioned this before... but IMO the best way to "solve this problem" is award #1 and #2 to the division winners and let the rest play where they fall... So right now it's

1. Hamilton (bye)
2. Calgary (bye)
3. Sask (home) vs 6. Edmonton 
4. Winnipeg (home) vs 5. Montreal

Obviously we, as Bomber fans, would prefer a home game against Montreal to a road game in Sask or Calgary... if Montreal happened to win it maintains an East and West semi final... there may be some years there's an "undeserving" bye team but that's just the way it goes... the team that gets a bye still wins their game the majority of the time so you'd very likely still maintain an east vs west Grey Cup...  

On 2019-10-24 at 11:14 AM, JCon said:

https://3downnation.com/2019/10/24/a-detailed-look-at-why-the-cfl-playoff-format-needs-to-be-changed/

 

Calgary 15-2-1
B.C. 12-6
Winnipeg 11-7
Edmonton 10-8
Ottawa 8-9-1
Hamilton 7-11
Montreal (seven wins), Saskatchewan (five), Toronto (five) out.

 

In this example it would change to 

1. Calgary (bye)
2. Ottawa (bye)
3. BC (home) vs 6. Hamilton
4. Winnipeg (home) vs 5. Edmonton

I think we still would've seen a Calgary vs Ottawa grey cup that year...

 

EDIT: I read the 3Down article and I see the author does make this suggestion

Edited October 25, 20196 yr by bearpants

40 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

Exactly. I hate that, oh it's no fair, bs. You want "fair" go play checkers with your grandma. This is real life, get over it. Be better, work harder. 

Exactly, why won't the East work harder? Be better, East, work harder!

Of course the East would whine about that. They have been the weak sister for so long they believe it's their right.

Based on the importance of TV ratings the biggest fear the CFL has in changing the playoff format is that they end up with 2 western teams in the GC. I don’t deny it would be a great game but TV and ratings rule the world...especially TSN’s world. That is the economic reality.

26 minutes ago, DR. CFL said:

Based on the importance of TV ratings the biggest fear the CFL has in changing the playoff format is that they end up with 2 western teams in the GC. I don’t deny it would be a great game but TV and ratings rule the world...especially TSN’s world. That is the economic reality.

Based on the fact that West games get far higher viewership, why would we assume that GC ratings would be lower?