Who: Calgary Stampeders @ the reigning, defending, back-to-back, champions of the CFL, your Winnipeg Blue Bombers!
What: Thursday Night Football
When: 7:30 Central
Where: Fort Hew, aka IF Field (East)
Why: Football!!!!!

 

 

LFG!!!!

 

Bombers run game 153 yards.

😀

for me, Dave Dickensen is by far the most annoying person in the CFL. 

is there an app that will recognize his whiney angry face and make the screen go dark?

need that app. I will pay cash money.

we have mr calm cool and collected M O'Shea.

 

Edited August 26, 20223 yr by Mark F

4 minutes ago, Saidin said:

Did Dickenson have another whiny ass Post game presser again?

He's just got a permanent whiny resting b***h face.

Edited August 26, 20223 yr by Bubba Zanetti

5 minutes ago, Mark F said:

Bombers run game 153 yards.

😀

for me, Dave Dickensen is by far the most annoying person in the CFL. player, coach, management, he is the top most irritating.

please stop showing his contorted face on tv.

we have mr calm cool and collected M O'Shea.

 

Imagine being at Dickenson family reunion? Whiniest bunch of losers. 

So this marks the 6th season in a row that we have had double digit wins. Pretty remarkable run.

4 minutes ago, JCon said:

Imagine being at Dickenson family reunion? Whiniest bunch of losers. 

Just sour faces everywhere

8 minutes ago, JCon said:

Imagine being at Dickenson family reunion? Whiniest bunch of losers. 

Dave: the turkey is cold!

Craig: but it seems slightly less cold than last year. I think it is doing better!

Calgary’s defense is hot garbage. For how close it’s been we’ve been able to move the ball with will all three games we’ve played against them. In particular our running game. That’s two games against them now where we’ve had over a 150 rushing yards. 
 

Anyways it’s nice to see us sweep Calgary, playing them three times in the first eleven weeks is tough but thankfully we came through when it mattered. I knew Maier was going to give us trouble I thought he was the real deal last year. He was very poised in the pocket last night and has the arm strength to make those side line throws, but ultimately we got it done when it mattered. Getting three first downs to end the game was sweet, the offence couldn’t be stopped all game and we were able to run out the clock. 

11 hours ago, johnzo said:

missed watching the game tonight so I'm just catching up on the cfl.ca highlights.

holy smokes that McCrae TD catch.  Landed right in his lap as the Calgary guy was PI'ing him.  a lucky strike or a ludicrously good throw?

Seems like Collaros gets lucky a lot, on those deep shots.

When a QB places a ball right in the receivers bread basket without him even adjusting to the ball, in full stride, it is not luck at all.  At least not luck on the QB. Luck might be assigned to the receiver that his natural instinct was to feel the ball hit him in the bread basket and to wrap his arm around it as he was being interfered with. The throw though, no luck at all, pure skill.

11 hours ago, johnzo said:

missed watching the game tonight so I'm just catching up on the cfl.ca highlights.

holy smokes that McCrae TD catch.  Landed right in his lap as the Calgary guy was PI'ing him.  a lucky strike or a ludicrously good throw?

Seems like Collaros gets lucky a lot, on those deep shots.

If anything it seems like this year a lot of his deep shots are coming up short. Not sure why.

11 hours ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

Yeah Maier just looks so poised and his reads and passing are spot on. Im sold.

I'd like to see reserve judgement for a few more games on Maier. All I saw last night was dink and dunk by him for the most part. Eventually the DCs around the league will scheme that away and we will see what he's got. He looks like he should be the real deal though, but I have not seen every throw from him yet.

Just now, Bubba Zanetti said:

If anything it seems like this year a lot of his deep shots are coming up short. Not sure why.

He has more pressure in his face. He’s not able to always plant his feet and throw, the ball tends to hang out in the air a little more when it’s all arm and there’s a defender coming down on you. 

yea that RTP call was horrid...and could of cost us as it gave them 10 extra yards of field position and got that punt single from it when all was said and done....Willie made contact with the ball and QB as he was throwing....and both hands hit him on back of left shoulder as he came doen from leaping to knock pass down....no infraction there at all in any interpretation of rule book...thankfully tho we didnt have to listen to Suitor babble on how you need to be in total control of your body when it is physically impossible...or are thrown into a QB like when Thomas got called for it on another bs call that Suitor tried to justify

11 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

170 YAC for Calgary.  Man our D needs to tighten up.

I wonder how sustainable that kind of YAC output is. Maier made every throw, and is fabulous at the dink and dunk, but I just don't see half your passing yards as YAC being something an offence can sustain.

2 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

He has more pressure in his face. He’s not able to always plant his feet and throw, the ball tends to hang out in the air a little more when it’s all arm and there’s a defender coming down on you. 

hey....at least he isnt tossing up a Faj....hahaha.....and every deep shot isnt in stride....lot of factors are in play on any given shot....and a lot of times too...the plan is to push the defender down field...and then let up...

10 hours ago, Bomber_fanaddict said:

When’s the last time we swept Calgary 3-0 in a season??

1987

Calgary needs to run the ball more as many of us here have said before. That said, Maier has been making throws when needed the last game and a half and is not missing some or throwing up ducks as BLM was. Offense is better with him in.

9 hours ago, Brandon said:

Any chance McCrae replaces Bailey once Ellingson is back?

I doubt it, but McCrae has definitely earned some time in the offence I would think.

That call on roughing the qb. was just unadulterated bullshit...It wasn't even remotely roughing BUT beyond that why the hell didn't O'Shea challenge that obvious boner by the refs.....Jeebus that could have cost us big time but in the end talent prevailed over bulldung...but c'mon Mike get that bloody challenge flag to hell out of your pocket...I was just fuming about that lack of challenge

Maier would be a Lapo wet dream.....and dink and dunk...and hoping for perfect blocking and tac don't win Cups...not sustainable, or the best approach....sure you will get sexy stats...but points win games....and when it mattered...18 yards in 4th quarter was telling...plus if we didnt royally eff up and give away a chance for at minimum 10 points...this game would never have been in question in the 4th

1 minute ago, rebusrankin said:

Calgary needs to run the ball more as many of us here have said before. That said, Maier has been making throws when needed the last game and a half and is not missing some or throwing up ducks as BLM was. Offense is better with him in.

100 percent better...BLM shouldnt step back on the filed now unless injury.....and I sure he will pout

1 minute ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

If anything it seems like this year a lot of his deep shots are coming up short. Not sure why.

This was NOT a good deep ball game by Collaros - Even the first deep shot to McCrae for the TD was underthrown.  The underthrown balls also weren't underthrown because he couldn't step into the throws.... just plain underthrown

The pics in the endzone were a downer ....14 pts. down the pooper.....BUT in fairness the same guy who made the pics also blew coverage on 2 of our other tds......

Edited August 26, 20223 yr by Stickem

2 minutes ago, Stickem said:

The pics in the endzone were a downer ....14 pts. down the pooper.....BUT in fairness the same guy who made the pics also blew coverage on 2 of our other tds......

On the second one, there should have been an incidental contact PI. It was clear there was contact and two of the refs were right there.

Don't blame the refs, they were mostly on our side.

The RTP was called the way it has been for the last couple of years. Hit the QB in the head or shoulders, get a penalty. It doesn't matter if he made contact with the ball. That's a punting rule. It doesn't matter if he was in the air. That isn't in the rule book. What matters is that he hit the QB in the shoulders. The Refs got that one right IMO.

They got the quick whistle wrong tho. That gave us the ball back and 3 points we didn't deserve. As we won by 2, it was one of the most important plays of the game.

I agree with Matty. The Refs also got the illegal block on the 3rd down wrong. It was a game changing, chintzy call on a 3rd down. Instead of first down Calgary, we got the ball back to drain the clock. 

That being said, what a great game. Back and forth. Lots of lead changes. Two good teams battling to the last minute. What more can a fan ask for?

Just now, rebusrankin said:

On the second one, there should have been an incidental contact PI. It was clear there was contact and two of the refs were right there.

thought that as well.....refs. gifted them that one 

1 hour ago, JCon said:

Nope. It was bewildering. They didn't understand it either. 

 

I wonder if the Command Centre had the ability to step in and overturn? That seemed like the most egregious screw up last night for the refs. And, there were many, many blown calls. The reffing is just so poor in this league. 

We could have challenged it but didn't. Not sure why?