Milt Stegall was a great receiver, but he's a horrible TV analyst. This post is a running collection of lame, hilarious, embarrassing, and stupid quotes and thoughts the dude makes on TV.
I'm not sure why he keeps getting the invite back, cause he's making TSN look bad. Some of his insights are astute, but frankly, someone's slipped him a $20 to bash the Calgary Stampeders. Take for example his comments in Week 2.
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Verdict? Unprofessional. This is a type of summer intern gaff that we expect under the Feterik regime, not today.
In a previous post game post you can read my thoughts on why the Stampeders may have made the call. Here were my options:
Turns out the answer to WHY is number four.
1) Sell outs aren't required to lift the black out, and I recall this year a low turnout for a frigid home game, maybe 25 000, that was still on TV? Reported attendance was 38, 600, the THIRD highest attended game of the season BUT the blackout wasn't immediately lifted.
2) Today the game was against the Roughriders, always a sell out. Albeit it was a 130 start, the fact it wasn't sold out suggests in the least it was close.
3) The Stampeders brass have ADDED 5000 seats. Are they now calculating black out figures based on an additional 5000 worth of seats they've put up for the Grey Cup? Without those seats the game is a SELL OUT. A monumental bad decision by ownership and Stamps fans can expect never to see another game on TV with the new seats.
The official statement by the Stamps: (more...)
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