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 is reporting that Pilon was taking all first team reps which is good news for the O-line (given their average performance Saturday). Also bodes well for the running game and Joffrey Reynolds....no wait, we don't do that running thing anymore.
Mediocre Saskatchewan Beats Lackluster Stamps
Attention drunk hicks who pass as Roughrider fans, Joseph screwed you not Burris. (Although if I were a drunk hick like you I would jeer Burris too since it apparently caves the entire team.)
In one of those days where Calgary sports fans were in a conundrum, the Calgary Flames were in pre-season action on TV as well, the Stampeders continued their run of first place dominance in the West Division in Saskatchewan.
Playing in Saskatchewan is one of the hardest home turfs to play namely because the of the screaming drunk hicks who scream and chant all game long. Truthfully it's great to see a pro-sports team so passionate about their only pro team.
Calgary fans get their chance next week in the home-at-home series, but it remains to be seen how many real Stamps fans show up to cheer the home team and heckle the opposition. What the home team hopes is that the coaches call a better game, are more prepared and can make worthwhile adjustments.
Coaching Staff Abandon Run - Blow Crucial Calls
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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. Keep reading →
Turns out JR Ruffing never really left town and even spent time visiting the team at practices. He's been signed to the practice roster amidst the concussion suffered by DB Collins in the game against Montreal. More interesting news is the release of Xavier Lee from the practice roster. As a fourth string QB the guy probably got misinformation about his role with the team. We're seeing a lot of rhetoric on the newswire from guys coming up to the CFL, expect to chill out on the practice roster for a week or two, and get into game action....of course that rarely happens. Not sure about Lee's circumstances so let's not speculate since assumptions make ASSes out of U and ME.
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 was dominated, embarrassed, manhandled, whatever word you want to use, in the Battle of Alberta Labour Day Classic in Calgary. Imagine, the most important game of the season and what do you get? A boring outing by the home team. How would Calgary respond? They said all the right things but would they put their talk into action on the field?
First Half:
Would the real Stamps show up? First series, first play, BANG, bad snap, live ball, Edmonton recovery, endzone trot, touchdown Edmonton. Great, that kind of Stamps. Luckily the offence came back and methodically marched down the field and scored three. All in all the Stamps dominated the first half 10-8 (the only points the offence made were off a single). However, things would turn completely around after the first.
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