It's game day!! West Final. 

 

Weather at game time:

4, feels like 0

Wind from the south at 17, gusting to 26 (that's 11 gusting 16 to  for our metric-ly challenged brethren). 

#FortTheW

OH BABY, IT'S SHOWTIME!!! 

1 minute ago, Bigblue204 said:

The Rose horse collar was called I'm fairly sure. The shove on Collaros would have been a wishy washy call IMO. The missed horse collar on Darvin is just plain odd. I'm wondering though, can two objectionable conduct penalties be called on one play for the same team? Maybe that's why it wasn't called. Because of the penalty against hughes? I don't know, I just don't see how they missed it.

Also, were the Bombers called for holding at all?

They also missed the face mask on Kongbo late in the game that would have pushed the Riders out of goal post range. 

23 minutes ago, JCon said:

They also missed the face mask on Kongbo late in the game that would have pushed the Riders out of goal post range. 

For once I am glad for the incompetence of the CFL reffing then!

26 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

I know a few years ago, it was a penalty for any player to make the flag throwing motion to a ref. They had a hard line stance on it too. Is that still a thing? 

Yes, and no reference to guns or that sword dance Craig Roh used to pull off.

 

I would say that I saw as much holding by the Bombers as I did by the Riders.  The non-calls on holding were a good thing as far as I am concerned.

6 minutes ago, MC said:

I would say that I saw as much holding by the Bombers as I did by the Riders.  The non-calls on holding were a good thing as far as I am concerned.

I have no concerns if they're treating it equally. I have big concerns if they miss safety related penalties that happen right in front of them, like horse-collar tackles and face-masks. 

1 minute ago, JCon said:

I have no concerns if they're treating it equally. I have big concerns if they miss safety related penalties that happen right in front of them, like horse-collar tackles and face-masks. 

And intentionally trying to injure our QB. 

I'm not looking for anything like the Dyson Cam (the old timers will remember) but I hope the refs keep Lawrence under control and call the cheap stuff he pulls numerous times during the game.  He's got away with so much crap this season that I'm sure he just thinks it's normal.   

17 minutes ago, MC said:

I would say that I saw as much holding by the Bombers as I did by the Riders.  The non-calls on holding were a good thing as far as I am concerned.

Generally, I agree with you.

There was one game this year where we took a holding call that I thought was absolute BS, though.

As long as they're ignoring it equally, I'm ok. I pretty much don't even look for it anymore because it's a waste of time.