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Jamal Richardson this Years Clabourne

Montreal lost in the Grey Cup last year and part of the fire that burned for Calgary was started by trash talk from Avon Coburne. If the Stamps will repeat this year they'll use Jamal Richardson and his loud mouth as fodder for the dressing room billboard. The dude caught three touchdowns in the first half alone and made a point tell the TV screen what he thought of Calgary and the West......

The potential Grey Cup match-up for two years in a row had its second regular season installment. In the first clash Montreal stomped the Stamps in the season opener. Calgary sought to redeem themselves in Montreal but got off to a similar start as they did in Game 1.

First possession for Montreal. Long pass, complete. First possession for Calgary, Henry Burris tried long pass, goes short, interception. Great start < -- sarcasm.

Montreal Head Referee Gives Gift after Gift



Calgary had 3 two and outs in the first quarter and were down 8-0. After the first touchdown and a Duval missed field goal, the Calgary D took charge and forced Montreal off the field. The offence still struggled to find life; a fake-punt play gave them an additional first down in the second quarter but only three points came out of the effort.

The defence stood tall again mid-way through the first stopping a 3rd and short gamble giving the offence great field-position. Calgary only managed a field goal. Henry Burris was throwing long or short 75% of the time giving the offence limited chances for production. If he wasn't missing throws he was getting sacked. The offence is still in trouble folks, the defence can't stay on the field the entire game and be expected to make big stops although they could have helped their cause by at least hurrying Calvillo.

Calgary had a chance with 3 minutes later but yet again a two and out gave Montreal the ball, and in their methodical way scored another TD. Montreal was taking Calgary to school on every aspect of the football, Calgary response to every TD was a FG of their own.

Cut to the second half.

Pass protection continued to struggle for Burris making his chances of completing passes. Every series seemed to have Burris breaking tackles in the backfield just to throw an incomplete pass. The injuries to Thelwell and Rambo seems to have really thrown a wrench in the offensive scheme as nothing was materializing.

The teams went back and forth as the defenses stood tall in the third quarter. Montreal benefited from a three consecutive penalties on one series after Calgary sacked Calvillo in the end-zone. The refs missed blatant hands to the face (to the point of losing helmets) but managed to dig out weak calls against Calgary. (Other than the Calvillo horsecaller which was clear, but it's funny the league calls those things now and not on the open field horse tackle on Rambo, yes we are still bitter.)

The Stamps need to play like veteran football team, control their tempers, and use the refs to their advantage. Instead they lost their cool too early and too often and they got penalised every time for it. Montreal was just happy to sit back and taunt the Stamps goading them into penalties. The refs did their part to throw the flag on Calgary each time.

The run was all but abandoned after the first series because apparently Calgary does a better job throwing? Not really. Fourth quarter started and Montreal got back to scoring getting their fourth TD of the game. Calgary responded with another interception.

Burris had a wide open Teyo Johnson but instead threw a bad pass to Romby Bryant....well actually to the Montreal defender. Good job Burris, kill what little momentum the Stamps had. <-- Sarcasm.

Montreal did what good teams do, capitalise on mistakes scoring another TD. They ate up 5 minutes off the clock and scored another FG. Calgary had three field goal. Time for a QB switch? Not that Burris can be blamed, receivers weren't open and the offensive coordinator ran the ball twice or something?

Drew Tate entered the game, he moves up the depth chart replacing Barrick Nealy who's time with the Stamps might be over at the end of the season. Tate started his first series with a penalty (surprise surprise) for too many men in the huddle.......*sigh*

Tate had one pass then a turnover on downs. Whopee.