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Calgary 19 - Edmonton 33

The Stampeders have nobody to blame but themselves. In a do-or-die game the team brought one of their worse performances of the year. The mistakes were costly and unreflective of a team 19 games into the season. Compounding the problem, in a QB driven league it's imperative that your QB is one of the best players on the field. Calgary's struggle since mid-season for consistency at the QB position continued into the playoffs. Veteran pivot Henry Burris sat for newly crowned starter Drew Tate. The experimentation by head coach John Hufnagel proved to be a detriment to the team's success.


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The Calgary Stampeders played their last road game of the regular season and managed to squeak by the Montreal Alouettes who for the first time in recent memory don't sit atop the Eastern Standings. That doesn't mean they're a weak team by any stretch, in fact, this afternoon's performance was a stiff test for QB Drew Tate who was making his 2nd career start next to a man with more than a decade's worth of experience.


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Before we start, just a reminder to Roughrider fans you're not making the playoffs. Haha.

Moving on.

Drew Tate made his first CFL start and had a strong 3 quarters to lead the Stamps to victory.


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Drew Tate's Night Spoiled

There's something about crappy CFL teams that gets the best of the Stampeders. They lose big to Hamilton in the Maritimes, and they've lost twice to the worse team in the CFL. Why can such a talented team put up such a crappy show?

Let's break down this game teams....


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On the line for the evening was first place in the West Division. BC came in as the hottest team in the league, the Stamps trying to put in a more consistent effort. The team`s traded chances all game going back and forth, but in the end it was all special teams and Paul McCallun first breaking the consecutive field goal record in the CFL, then missing for a Larry Taylor return, and then kicking the game winning field goal.

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They came out in droves but went home with their heads held in their hands in disbelief as the Saskatchewan Roughriders gave fans little reason to believe the 2011 season could be salvaged. Usually there's nothing but Green in the stands, but this afternoon, armed with vuvuzelas, the home crowd cheered their team to an easy 40-3 victory.

And how knew, the Stampeders can actually RUN the football! Unceremoniously dumping Joffrey Reynolds seems to have ignited the O-Line to do some real blocking. It also gave Jon Cornish more touches, and rookie LeMarcus Coker chances to shine. A total of 230 rushing offensive yards were accumulated making you wonder why the Stamps haven't tried to exert a more balanced attack in the past.

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Calgary Destroyed 55 - 36 by Hamilton

What do you do when your team isn't performing? Take out your best players or work to get them the ball? Apparently Hufnagel thinks using his stars less is the recipe for success. Over halfway through the 2011 season and John Hufnagel is making major changes to the lineup. The story out of Moncton was his unceremonious dumping of all-time leading rusher Joffrey Reynolds from the lineup.

One can make the argument Reynolds has slowed over the years, that may be true, but his per carry average is still top notch. The Stampeders haven't even bothered to increase his touches to see if he's lost his game.

So how did the Stampeders fair without him? Well the stats don't lie. Not only were the Stampeders handing a humiliating loss from one of the league's worst teams, they didn't change anything with their offensive game.

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It's late so brief post-game report.

1) Henry Burris is now a liability as a Stampeder. He's coming into a sensitive football form that we saw 2-3 years ago. It's bad for the team and stymies the offence. I'm not sure what all the pieces are causing such sporadic performances by the offence (one has to look at the porous O-Line that struggles on the ground, and the play calling from the coaching staff), but the QB is going to bare the brunt of criticism thats mostly warranted.

2) Giving up turnovers, few special teams plays, and inability to force turnovers.

3) The offence is terrible on the ground (see point 1 and the Oline). Few teams commit less to the run than Calgary, yet we still boast respectable run stats.

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Calgary 30 - Edmonton 20

The season series may go to the Eskimoes but tonight Calgary dominated from the get go never relinquishing the lead. The talk pre-game was what type of Henry Burris would emerge from the locker room to lead the Stamps. The dominant Burris from the past 4 games prior to Labour Day Part 1, or the fragile Burris who fell apart Monday?

Although red-zone production was an issue, you can't argue that almost 500 yards on offence answered the questions.

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Reynolds Eliminated from OFfence

How do you beat the Stamps? Get them to pass on every single down. More on this later.

Destruction on all levels. The Calgary Stampeders were destroyed, offensively were destructive, defensively dismantled, and special teams were....well just there.

I guess the Stamps aren't really that good. Like a cranky teenager, guessing what frame of mind the Stamps offence will show on any particular game day is hit and miss. Today it was abysmal. There was one single drive in the first quarter that yielded 7 points, and then after that nothing, zero, nada.

The Stampeders were embarrassed on all fronts and before people think about writing this off as a one time occurrence, take a look at what's been transpiring over the past few games.

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