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Stamps Take First in West

Apart from some big hits on special teams, the Roughriders proved that Saskatchewanites coming to Alberta means two things: A) You need work or, B) You gonna get beat. The Thanksgiving classic didn't disappoint for the home crowd (who are larger in # than their Saskatchewan counterparts, but admittedly, not nearly as loud). Calgary destroyed the poor Roughrider team 42-5 in a game that could have been much worse if Calgary had improve red-zone production. Here is additional post game from around the city since I was busy eating turkey.

• Al Cameron on Burris.
• Post-game from Stampeders.com.

The Stampeders are taking the 2008 season seriously, serious enough to stop a number of dubious records including no wins in Skydome since 2001. Despite a slow first half the Stamps managed to put up points against the sporadic and inconsistent Argonauts.


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It couldn't be a better, home and home series against the league's worst team (not by points but by recent play.) Calgary is starting to play series and dominant football on all sides of the game. Once touted as a quality offence, the defence is now turning heads and coming up big. Play makers are starting to assert themselves on the defence, and although they didn't face a worthy Toronto opponent, the improvement of the team is something to make fans excited for what could be. (more...)

Turnover Battle Wins the Game

In a match that would prove whether Calgary was a team that routinely takes 1 step forward and three back, Montreal visited the Stamps in hopes of beating a team that hasn't seen much success at home this year. Calgary recently came off a road-win in the second half of the Battle of Alberta CFL style to face the East leading Alouettes. Many sports writers predicted that Montreal would find out that the division between East and West is huge....turns out they were mostly right in this game.

First Half


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Calgary Outplayed, Outworked, Outclassed

How bad do you want it? Second place that is. Clearly the Calgary Stampeders knew the magnitude of the game being both the Labour Day Classic -- huge

Telus TV subscribers missed the first five minutes of the game as the noobs tried to figure out how to work their system. TSN blacked out the game but they brought it back on their alternate feed (so they never really technically blacked it out) but Telus TV does not provide subscribers with a TSN ALT feed. So you just sat there watching a blank screen ready to scream. Turns out, it wouldn't matter, as Edmonton dominated from the opening kick-off.

First Half: All Edmonton - Calgary no shows


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Coming off their bye week and a win in Saskatchewan, Calgary looked to join Edmonton for second place in the log jammed Western standings. They would show up in a mostly consistent fashion scoring 36 points to defeat BC in BC Place for the first time since 2002.

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Nobody likes the Roughriders, nor their fans. I personally think it's hilarious that Marcus Crandell, hot in 2001, is the best the team could come up with. (Forget the fact he threw for more yards than Burris and less interceptions of course ). Having said that, a team with mounting injuries and a crappy quarterback still manage to put up wins, until tonight. In five quarters of football stretching back to the last time these two teams met the Roughriders managed a junky five points.

Stamps Hand Saskatchewan First Loss

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Stamps Sleep in the First

What do you get when unemployed Rider fans leave their province, get a job in Alberta, never return to Saskatchewan, but still wear the Green and Gold? Beats me, I've met plenty but I can only pit the fact the loser province only has one professional sports team that they vehemently root for their beloveds.

It's much easier to root when the team wins as well..... However, tonight, if it wasn't for a lucky bounce and some referee aided play, Saskatchewan would have been beaten easily. Perhaps this is a good omen for the Stamps, a cocky Saskatchewan team may mean easy pickings in the second installment of the home at home.

Marcus Crandell was hot, back in 2001. That was seven years ago. Apparently the man still has legs. Actually he doesn't, he's marginal at best, but what he does have is a great team and solid play calling to back him up. Calgary? They folded under pressure. Let's review the first half.

Horiffic Reffing & Bone Headed Play Calling

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Dinwiddie Excels - Stamps Coast

First game of the CFL week and Calgary visited Weinerpeg to battle the 0-4 Bombers marred with controversy. Ranging from scantily-clad ex-cheerleaders posted on the internet to last year's east-MVP noimnee being benched, Winnipeg really had no reason to cheer. The team started their backup QB Ryan Dinwiddie in place of Kevin Glenn, new O-linemen, and some new faces at the linebacker position. Really no reason to cheer or expect--well--anything. However, that wasn't the case at kickoff.

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Calgary Blows Hapless Tigercats

I'm not a cat person, more of a hound kinda guy myself. Lucky for me the Hamilton version of cat is without bite, scratch, claw, not even a whimper of a meow. Despite showing a touch of promise in the first two games of the season, the Hamilton Tiger Cats were mauled to death by a hungry Calgary team. Without their starting tailback Jesse Lumsden the Ticats were seemingly not a team. Things pretty much started how they ended for Hamilton--in the gutter.

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