The BC Lions may have looked and felt like a team that was better than their 1-6 record would indicate, but after Friday's beating by the Stampeders it's pretty clear, BC is the worst team in the CFL. Apart from some late game heroics that gave BC an extra 14 points, they put up negative yards in the second half. That's how bad the offence is.
The defence is perhaps slightly stronger, but staying on the field all day was too much against a strong Calgary offence.
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Man things aren't going well in Edmonton. The brunt of all jokes from Calgary, the city of Edmonton is at a loss for words after their depantsing Sunday versus the league leading Stampeders. You can't even make fun of the Eskimos because the team is just SO bad that you'd feel like it's kind of like kicking a lame puppy.
Nothing for the Eskimos is working and now they may be without starting QB Ricky Ray after he was crunched early in the first quarter. The only interesting thing about the Eskimos is the sporadic attempts at the Bronco formation.
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All of the hubbub before the game surrounded a controversial Tweet Nik Lewis made in reference to Geroy Simon and the defensive secondary of BC. Comments swirled around Lewis' musings that the Lions defence liked to hit low. Well Nik Lewis is wrong, they didn't like it, they LIKE it, in that the BC Lions secondary is a bunch of laughable prospects who relish in the chance to end SB and WR careers. What those morons don't understand is when Calgary saw the Lions D took Lewis' playful comments seriously, the Stamps D responded with even more hellacious hits below waist.
After the dust settled the Stamps scrapped together another important divisional W and sit atop the West division alone. The Lions went 1-5 and the worst start in Wally Buono's coaching career. They also looked stupid when the likes of Davis Sanchez pulled the 'I've chopped Joffrey Reynolds below the knees and will emphatically make chop signs to show how tough and crappy my Lions team is'.
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Can't say if the score for this game was an accurate reflection of the two teams, or if the Stamps should have added a few points to their number. Although Calgary is improving from their debacle in Toronto 2 weeks ago, they still have work to do, particularly in the area of giveaways.
The rain held off for the evening which trumpeted the return of beloved 2008 WR Kenyon Rambo. Rambo returned from a nasty knee tear that took a year to heal. It started the game at slotback and registered the first TD of the game. Nice to see him back and we'll probably see him back at WR soon if the Stamps can figure out the import ratio on offence.
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Nobody was really sure how the Stamps would perform against the so-called league best Saskatchewan Roughriders. The offence has largely underperformed through the first three games of the early CFL season. The defence has generally stood tall and kept games close. Add the intense rivalry that exists between these two teams and you have set the stage for the first of 3 games to be played this year.
Calgary got off to an early start marching the ball down the field, however, red-zone production continues to be an issue. Although Calgary seemed to dominate the play in the first half, the score was 7-7 and the possession was almost 50-50.
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Quick turnarounds aren't kind to the Calgary Stampeders. Having eeked out a win 5 days ago in Hamilton, the team jumped into Toronto tonight in attempt to go 3-0 in the season. Although Milt Stegall is an absolute moron with his comments that the Stamps have already peaked 2 games into the season and are mediocre at best, there were some elements that made the team look average--I'm thinking particularly the offence who did little to help pull out a win when needed.
The entire offence seemed to be out-of-sync dropping numerous balls on important downs and untimely turnovers.
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Stampeders 23 - Ti-Cats 22
The scene was picture perfect. Beautiful weather, a half full stands, and ex-Calgary Stampeders kicker Sandro Deangelis facing off against new Calgary Stampeders kicker Rob Maver. Deangelis left the Stampeders to be closer to home in the off-season (although in his TV interview on TSN he said Hamilton gave him the best chance to win a Grey Cup and that's why he made the switch, which is bogus of course because Hamilton won't win a Grey Cup anytime soon.)
Maver on the other hand was selected first overall in this year's entry draft by the Stampeders who looked to fill big shoes left by the league's best placekicker.
Adding interest to the game Nik Lewis added some more interest to the game with some off-field comments (which weren't that disparaging IMO) about Deangelis' departure likening him to a cocky face in the dressing room. Regardless of pregame antics all that mattered was the final score where after a last second successful field-goal by Maver and a failed 60 yard attempt by Deangelis (which would've really turned the tables), gave the Stampeders their first 2-0 start in a decade.
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The Calgary Stampeders opened up their CFL 2010 season at home on Canada Day pleasing the local crowd to an exciting win. The game was closer than the final score of 30-16, 7 points picked up in the final minute by the defense.
The first game of the season always has additional interest since it's the first time fans get to see the new faces on the team.
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