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I can't remember if I've ever posted about this, so forgive me if I have, but one of my all time favourite movie moments is in the first Tom Holland Spiderman, when Tony Stark is going to have a press conference and announce him as the newest Avenger, and he says something along the lines of "behind that door is 100 media members......real ones, not bloggers....." and it makes me laugh and slow clap every single time I see it.

Wrong! Technically he only missed 8 games, as he is playing this week........

Cant we all just agree that we are the greatest football team ever assembled and only the good lord himself can derail this juggernaut on its way to a thirty seven-peat??

Oliveira I would guess

These are tired cliches. We beat them back to back and they had a bye week in between- that seemed like a tough ask. This was during the terrible part of our schedule as well. We beat them a month later for the 3rd time in a month- that seemed like a tough ask. Now it is “for a fourth time” is a tough ask. This team doesn’t care about what happened last game, the game before, the month before. I don’t think they even care about what happened the play before. It means nothing.

Why are we so blessed?

You posted a link without context, were questioned about it and said that it was important to listen to views from around the world. You then proceeded to try to connect it that to the fight for "personal freedoms" in Canada. I think there are rightly criticisms for doing that.

The Edmonton Journal:

if some of our losses had gone the other way, we'd be undefeated forever....

pretty much that....most of Rourkes success was an immediate quick hit.....or a deep toss and hope the receiver won the battle....when the good teams took away the quick first read he was average at best....tossed many a pick, and didnt have the big point totals. And some the games where he had the chuck it up plays they got some serious lenient reffing on a lot of Off PI calls. Also feasted on the basement dwellers early, and skewwed both offensive and defensive stats...had EDM...T.O (when they were in dissaray)...feasted...met us and god molly whopped at home...had a bye then got HAM...SASK...EDM...barely beat Ham who have a good defense, and didnt really paste the Lowly Riders, had a 40-41 win against CGY and also lost to said Riders anyway....not a complete team....all or nothing offense which in cold weather play off ball isnt a recipe for success, and both lines are suspect......in a nut shell....They are almost a smoke and mirror version of 2019 Sask...and will be 1 and done in playoffs

So he will start... but Vaj will still play more... so then basically it is just a PR scam eh.

LOL O'Shea vs a hurricane, who would win? "O'Shea". Hold on - the name of the hurricane is "Hurricane O'Shea"...lol

watching that and damn....I want that Agudosi back in the lineup...a full yr in this offence with ZC and supporting cast...he'd put up crazy numbers

they kind of have to... if they get Rourke back next year (i.e. he doesn't have NFL looks) his salary is literally going to quintuple (5x, I had to look the word up to confirm)... and that throws off their salary structure of all the money they've spent on receiver and O-line... Rourke will have a lot of different pass catching options next year.

glad they giving demski the extra rest...so he totally 100 percent for the wf...and almost certain his "injury" is nothing....he came back from a 5 game stint and ripped it up...he will be ready Feed BOLO

Interesting that the most valuable player on their roster missed half the year. They know the rest of the team sucks

So, any chatter about the game on Friday? Because I could give 2 shits about Rourke’s contract status and who let who hang around the last time we beat the Stamps.

Interesting tidbit from the local scribes about who was unanimous: So how was Demski not unanimous for MOC? I'm trying to think of who else it might have been.......an OL? Liegghio?

my right eye is twitching because of you assholes.....ha ha. ******* splitting hairs around here....

That would mean we are in a one year Grey Cup drought if we go by “hoisting”.

My main worry about Calgary is needing to beat them for a fourth time this season. That seems a tough ask, and all three games have felt too close for comfort.

No mention of Houston, apparently he was dressed for today's practice but did not participate. Sounds like he could be ready for the W.F.

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Rhymes could have easily been their MOP nominee. Canadian I dunno. Bc sucks.

I think that's all of TSN. Maybe some of the local reporters aren't tools but the national ones certainly are. And, 3Down doesn't even warrant a mention under "media".

ok. but you should look into victor orban, if you want to discuss him.

I just find that kind of argument to be such a straw man argument. If the other team had played better and made more plays when they had the chance they would have won. That is literally the difference between winning and losing in every football game ever played. Nah.... we let them hang around.

Would that be the first game where we dropped multiple potential interceptions? Works both ways.

Yes, he would be BC property if he was signed by the NFL prior to next season, released by the NFL while CFL season was still underway. All 3 left for the NFL as their current CFL contracts were expiring. If they left during their option year NFL window allows, the CFL team maintains their rights for the remainder of the CFL contract. They have 10 days after their release to either get picked up by another NFL team, be placed on a PR, or the contract comes back into effect and they effectively cannot sign elsewhere in the NFL and are expected to return to their CFL team.

You guys are incredible. I did no such thing. I simply posted an article link. It would be nice if we could return to the days when people could calmly discuss issues rationally.

if he gets an NFL opportunity..they will release him...if he doesnt stick...they will be paying him about 500k I would think...roughly 6.5 times more than now so yeah...he will be getting more than 5x

Rourke is gonna be carted off the field. Probably early too. Like my guess he doesn't make 5 passes b4 he's done

from what I remeber we moved the ball at will almost...and were playing those games pretty banged up...with a lot of back ups...we are going into playoffs as healthy as we been...entire starting O-line...receiving corp...Oliviera in the zone....will have our full dline back, and a rotation piece in Adams now who has experience....Darby is back, Biggie healthy (from what I hear)...Parker has progressed big time from mid season, Lawrence likely solidifies the Taylor spot, and we could have Houston back....Cgy is the exact same team we beat 3 times...I like our chances at home...yup

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If you want to be fussy, send Dobson inside and have Gray bump to the edge.

Couture would have been the center come playoffs injury or not to Kolo....he played well when in, but nowhere near Couture level we just have to run our normal offence, and implement the couple wrinkles he have perfected, yet to be seen and we will be just fine...regardless of who we play in WF nad in Grey Cup if we advance, I'm not concerned one bit about offensive output, and putting up points. My only real concern right now is cover teams, and to a lesser extent run defense...but maybe we just being vanilla there too...we been so far out ahead, and in control most the games, and most of the season, and knew basically 2 games ago already we would likely host WF that why show all your cards and schemes...cause to my eye we were doing some odd tings, and some stuff that didnt make sense and almost seemed...well....dumb...so a bit of playing coy I think was being done

Heather knows her time as Premier is done so why not get it over as soon as possible, also people in Winnipeg please don't vote Murray in as mayor, he will leave at the first opportunity for a better chance in politics or private business. It all about clout with him plus I just find him unlikeable.

the teams still get that financial support...all that matters

well no doubt...same with when Woli went out..Bailey and Schoen benefitted big time...just the fact tho that we will have all the game 1 starters back, plus use Mcrae and BOLO gives our offence a huge boost, and will be tough to defend especially how BO has turned the corner and looks like AH 2.0 now

looking back...1989 avg 23.7k...1990 avg 27.1k...1991 avg 27.7k...1992 avg 26.1k...1993 avg 25.1k...2000 avg 25.2 k...2001 avg 27k...2006 avg 26.9k...2007 avg 27.7k...2010 avg 26.1k...2011 avg 29.5 k....just for some of the leaner yrs 10 yr avg from the 1987 point was 26 391....10 yr avg from the 1995 point was 25 538...10 yr average from the 2011 point was 26 399 and the 10 yr avg from 2021 point is 27 683 so based on that we have had good and healthy/consistent support

the day we turned the corner...and havnt looked back

thing is tho...Mcrae took Ellingson spot basically on the roster, and is a huge down grade receiver wise when we run 80 to 90% of our schemes...so yes a huge downgrade...Mcrae will still be used and on roster, and will serve the role he had when Ellingson was playing....and the fact now we will have both Schoen and Ellingson running from the slot, and various other spots is gonna make it real tough on defenses now, as u still have to consider Demski and Bailey, and clutch Woli

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We’ve had our share of low crowds when things were on a downturn here. From 1997-1999 we had a ton of no-shows, and barely averaged 20,000 paid attendance a game even with half price or giveaway tickets to paper the house. Actual in-stadium numbers were lower. Had almost a dozen games under 20,000 with a low of 15,000 in 1999. We’ve even had low crowds with a competitive team. Hosted a playoff game in 2003 with only 22,000 in the stands, and the infamous 12,210 home playoff game in 1988 when the fans stayed away en masse because the team lost 3 straight going into the playoffs that year. Then they got hot and won the Grey Cup, and all kinds of fans twisted ankles jumping back on the bandwagon. They even made T-shirts saying “I was 1 of the 12,210” to honour the diehards who did show up at that game. They sold 50,000 of them. Even as recently as our current dynasty, we’ve had the odd low crowd in the new barn. Had only 20,900 show up for a late season game in 2019, had 3 games under 23,000 last year, and 23,500 this year for A Grey Cup re-match. Bottom line, we have a solid fan base and are riding likely the greatest run of success the league has seen in over 40 years, and we still see some empty seats, should we shouldn’t feel too superior. If we lost 17 in a row, I guarantee we’d see a lot of empty seats, based on the 1990’s precedent. Let’s just enjoy the ride for now.

29 years of losing and dismal management is a tad dramatic. We had really good teams many of those years. 1992 1993, and 1994 were very good. That 1993 team was one of the best in league history - if Dunigan doesn’t get hurt they likely win. Go look at the scores vs the Esks during the regular season. 1994 lost by a cross bar interfering with a wide open Wilcox. 2001 was one of the best teams in CFL history - they happened to play a bad game at the wrong time. 2002 they ran up against a future HOFer on a good team without Milt and lost a road game by a FG. 2007 they were the better team - they just had Glenn break his arm on a meaningless play. There were other quality teams along the way. Nobody else went into two GCs with their backup QB starting, that’s for sure.

So I had covid but being younger I never experienced those side effects however my neighbors across the street are older and the man went to a funeral recently and caught covid and it's been difficult for him. I'm gonna guess that depending on age and variant you get, it effects some ppl differently. I got this lingering cough now. Its not going away anytime soon. Best of luck coach