The Stampeders moved into first place in the West division for the first time this season after achieving a rare feat: win back-to-back Labour Day games. The Classic shifted to Edmonton after Calgary came out strong Monday with a convincing 32-8 win.
The Edmonton Eskimos looked to recapture their winning form in Friday's contest at home. In true CFL fashion, the first game was a monster dud, albeit it went to OT (Ham v. Tor with less than 40 points total). The second game, however, in true CFL fashion again, went down to the wire.
If you recall it was Aug 13th, when Edmonton came back with seconds to spare to squeak a 3 point win over the Stamps. Fred Stamps played hero that day, and he got things going earlier for the Eskimos in Game Two of the Labour Day Classic.
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It was punt after punt for an entire first half. I don't get how so many CFL games are SO boring this year. It seems the Stamps don't mind the boredom either, they freely participate in piecing together incomplete games. In fact, when Calgary figures out how to string together 60 minutes, they'll probably be back Grey Cup form. Until then, fans have to watch full halves of at least one element of the team underperforming.
On Saturday against the lowly Toronto Argonauts, the Stamps and Argos went INTO the 3rd quarter scoring ONLY three points each. That's 3-3 folks, one field goal each for 30 minutes of play. How? I don't know. Was it really a defensive showdown? More like offensive sputter. Although Calgary's D did stand up tall, both offences has their struggles that left arm chair coaches shaking their heads.
Thankfully the second half provided some fireworks.
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A short post tonight as we're having hardware problems.
All in all, when you score 35 points you should win the game. Calgary had trouble on one front. THE RUN GAME.
On offense they had no run game, on defense they, once again, couldn't stop the run.
Couple in shotty special teams play that gave Edmonton life at all the wrong times, and you have a last second loss for the Stamps who drop to 4-3 now.
Lots of questions to ask on defence as nothing seems to be happening from the front four to the middle linebacker.
Monster First Half For Calgary
Coming off their recent loss against Saskatchewan, the Calgary Stampeders looked to regain their Grey Cup winning form against this year's Hamilton Tiger Cats, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The latest Bombers QB, Mike Bishop, started game number two, and with his limited playbook, couldn't generate any offence in the entire first half.
Calgary on the other hand opened the game with a field-goal score and promptly recovered the ball on a forced fumble. In fact, the Winnipeg offense didn't step onto the field until the mid-way point of the first quarter.
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I've said it all year (which doesn't mean much since it's game 5), but the Saskatchewan Roughriders would be a MUCH better team if they actually had a quarterback. They had on Kerry Joseph, but since then, not so much. To say Darian Durant is the answer to all the Green questions is pretty lame, a championship would arrive routinely if they secured someone--well--better.
Having said that, the Stamps do have a solid QB, yet there were times you wouldn't know it Saturday. The offense grossly underperformed, especially in the third quarter, while the defense looked weak agaisnst the pass in the fourth and first quarters.
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It was a bit of a boring first quarter. The Stampeders struggled out of the gate yet again not registering their first first down in the second quarter. The early lead was only 7-4 for BC but you had a gut feeling things weren't going well.
Thankfully in the CFL 3 quarters is an eternity (as an aside, the games are too long), and Calgary had plenty of time to get the motor running--and run they did. Joffrey Reynold exceeded the combined yardage on the ground from the last three games with a solid 17 carries for over 130 yards.
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This past week in Stamps news we have Brandon Browner getting fined for his hilarious after TD celebration. He jumped into the crowd, grabbed a beer, and threw it in his face. Turns out that league doesn't like to encourage alcohol consumption even though it's a primary money grab for teams. If anything, Browner should have been fined $7.50 for the beer he used from the fan...other than that leave him alone.
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Defensive Touchdowns Lead Stamps to Win
The Calgary Stampeders opened their second home game of the season, third game in total, in classic style dawning vintage 60's jerseys. Visiting were the 1-1 Toronto Argonauts coming off a recent loss to the Roughriders. Calgary, as you may recall, have yet to win a game this season--slow starts one of the big problems.
The Stamps were looking for sustained offense in the first half, instead they got a fumble. The usual sure handed Nik Lewis fumbled the ball after a couple of first downs. The Calgary D stood tall and when the offense came back on the field they marched all the way down for a major and 6 1/2 minutes of play time.
7-0 Stamps.
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