Not even a day after city wide celebrations the Stampeders announced they have signed defensive end Mike Labinjo to a multiyear contract extension that will keep him with the Stampeders through the 2011 season.
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Earth to Avon Colbourne, you dissed Calgary on national TV by calling the MOP all star runner ups 'babies' and in your cocky swagger pronounced Montreal the winners of the Grey Cup midway through the second quarter. Sir, you are an idiot. Sure, there is a course of action that transpires during the regular game, lots of chit chat on the field and ways to get the team motivated, but wow, how bad is it to spout your mouth off and get bit in the butt like COlbourne?
There's nothing more that needs to be said, the Calgary Stampeders entered the season with little respect from opposing teams and media. They started down the road to achieving respectability status tonight as they were crowned Grey Cup Champions over the Montreal Alouettes.
Montreal, fat over their league all-star awards and cocky from the home town hype and Eastern achievements were high on their abilities coming into the game. Calgary, on the other hand, despite dropping the best record in the CFL this season, received zero accolades or recognition. The response? Calgary responded with a similar game as their Western Division game against BC, and with a similar outcome.
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The east v the west come showdown Sunday. Turns out the east media loves a story more than a player. Depiste a couple of stats better than Burris (playing the bulk of games against Hamilton and Toronto) Calvillo was deemed the best in the league. We'll see come Sunday, when, we hope, that the Stamps will show the idiots out East how pathetic their choice was and the huge discrepency between east and west football play.
64 total yards, that was it, for the first half. 3 first downs, dropped balls, no interceptions, zero running game, and that about sums up the first half. Calgary can thank their defense for preventing any major scores which kept the game close. A late touchdown from Burris to Rambo gave the hometeam life and also put them within a fieldgoal from the lead. If you erase the first half, the second half numbers were better, still had problems, but the simple matter is they got the job done.
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The Stampeders won the Western Division Final because of their defense. Full stop. BC dominated offensively hanging onto the ball for 20 minutes in the first half and rolling for 243 total yards. Calgary amassed less than 60 yards heading into the final three minutes of half time yet the score was only 9-2 in favour of BC. The Lions started almost every possession with a short field, around their 40, and managed to dominate the middle of the field gaining big yards running. Every play seemed to be 12-14 yard gains. Calgary's run defense was tested and essentially lost allowing over 140 yards total on the ground. However, in the red-zone, where it counts, Calgary stood tall, very tall.
Special teams played an important role in the field position battle that saw Calgary only scrimmage behind their own 20 three times. Summers and Howell both combined for almost 250 return yards, most by Summers on the kick off. Everytime he touched the ball there was a subsequent Calgary offensive scrimmage on the 40. Starting near mid-field everytime certainly took the pressure off of Calgary.
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The Calgary Stampeders can thank one side of the ball for the opportunity to play in this year's Grey Cup. Zero major scores by the BC Lions despite holding the offensive play in the entire first half. Cameron Wake who? Mike Labinjo more like it. 3 sacks, 8 tackles. Wake? 1 sack, tackles, point BC. Goal line stands and the winning play of the game, interception by Brandon Browner, combined to give Calgary a chance when the offense failed to click.
