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Not to be insensitive towards a guy who may or may not have suffered an injury... it feels like this is an excuse for his poor play. If nobody can figure out when he took a hit to the head that would cause a concussion, something just doesn't feel right about it.

I think there is some positional factors that come into play. I don't think we will ever see Proulx as a line judge. He was the Backup Referee in the Montreal-Toronto game. The ratings are based on how they performed throughout the year, and it looks like Kroeker made less mistakes. Perhaps Vallesi was better as well, or maybe Proulx declined the job for some other reasons. Kroeker is from Saskatoon, so if there was going to be bias on his part, it wouldn't be for Winnipeg. That being said, both are professionals and call a good game no matter who is playing.

Agreed, I think Andre Proulx is the best in the league, but Kroeker isn't a a terrible second option.

I suspect that the only answer we would get is that they are focused on the Grey Cup and that they will sit down and talk once the season is over... pretty much the same as they did with O'Shea last year.

Votes were submitted earlier this week so the decision has already been made. Technically, the playoffs aren't supposed to dictate the winners of the awards, but I think we were shown who the true MOP is in the division finals.

Don't forget that tomorrow is Remembrance Day/Veteran's Day... Jackson is a veteran, so how could you possibly consider not letting him play on Veteran's Day? /s

My question is how do you not have either Jefferson or Jeffcoat on either the 1st or 2nd all-star teams? That makes no sense to me at all.

Yeah, that guy was sitting right next to the guy in this pic. I think it's this guy and his wife who are the usual suspects and they got a buddy to join them at that game. Don't think I've ever seen anyone else in the crowd with those stupid horns.

I feel like you should still have to pick for the next 2 weeks to see if you would have been eliminated

I forgot about that incident and didn't realize it was Judge. I don't know what precipitated it and I wouldn't want to excuse it in any way. I would say though that it appears to have been a one time thing with Judge, versus Awe doing his shenanigans game in and game out. One of the most egregious things that he does that really bothers me is when a team is taking a knee, he runs in hard as if he's going to try and get a sack on the QB which I think is totally uncalled for.

I must have missed that one, what did he do to Lucky?

Judge is an excellent LB and definitely should have been in the running for an all star spot. I would take him on my team before Awe every day of the week. I don't feel like he does the dirty, after the whistle stuff like Awe does.

Just went at lunch to get my flu and Covid shots. Sobey's on St. Anne's seemed to be well stocked if anyone is looking for a place to go.

Definitely sounds like old school Beatles... gives me similar vibes to While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Yeah, lower turnout in my area this year (South St. Vital). We had 46 where we usually have around 90.

I don't disagree with you... Those short trips, especially the Hamilton games, are not plane rides which is a huge advantage. Average distance per trip falls out like this: Toronto: 1174 Hamilton: 1233 Winnipeg: 1288 Saskatchewan: 1438 Ottawa: 1440 Edmonton: 1463 Montreal: 1498 Calgary: 1651 BC: 1978 And yes, I did factor in TD Atlantic this time.

I didn't (totally forgot about it), that would have actually added to Toronto's total because that was technically a home game for them so counted as 0km, and just would have added to Saskatchewan's distance. It actually makes the travel distance even less lopsided than I would have expected for Toronto. Added it above now.

This comment got me curious, so I did a very quick and dirty calculation on the travel for each team this year (regular season only). I factored in the distance (as the crow flies) from home stadium to away stadium. The distance travelled is quite a bit closer than I would have expected. By the nature of where they are, BC's extra travel isn't all that surprising, the closest stadium for them is Calgary at 672km, while Toronto has 3 stadiums closer than that. As pointed out by JCon and Bluto, I missed the TD Atlantic game. This adds travel for Toronto and Sask, putting Toronto's total up to the 3rd least travel by distance. Toronto: 10,472 km 11,742 km Hamilton: 11,097 km Winnipeg: 11,5879 km Saskatchewan: 11,876 km 12,943 km Ottawa: 12,956 km Edmonton: 13,165 km Montreal: 13,482 km Calgary: 14,860 km BC: 17,803 km

I thought his throws looked a lot crisper than they did last year or earlier this year in the few games that he played. He had a lot of passes literally bounce off the receivers' hands that really should have been caught. Had they been, I think they would have been Montreal on Saturday. Having Tim White back this weekend, I expect that he will be more reliable and will give Hamilton a better chance to win the ESF.

While I agree that Shiltz isn't very good, it looked like BLM was back to is old self when he played on Saturday. He was let down a lot by his receivers though so they may be the weak link for them more so that Bo.

I picked the visitors in both games this weekend. As much as Calgary's offence has sputtered, they pulled out that win in BC 2 weeks ago and I think they can do it again. For Hamilton, I felt like Bo Levi Mitchell's throws were looking a lot more like the old Bo, but his receivers were letting him down. I think with Tim White back in the lineup this week, Bo will have better support on the receiver side and that they will be able to pull off the upset in Montreal.

On that note, I hate that Awe and Simoni Lawrence are the nominees from their respective teams. I always hate how TSN pumps them up to be these great players when they both have a reputation of being dirty with garbage after the whistle.

I feel like Betts slowed down a bit towards the end of the season. As much as TSN made a big deal out of the plays he was making, I'm hopeful that the voters are a little more objective and see that Brady was consistent all year in what he was doing. I'd say the same with Chad Kelley as he had a few down games where his D bailed him out.

The only one I feel confident in calling is Stiggers for Rookie. Tough call on who the voters will chose for the rest of them.

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