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Why do I think that it'll be minus 35 here on Grey Cup Day? There's been no autumn this year. Just cold & tough sledding. Below normal temps since Labour Day. This is the third major snowfall since October 4th.

Broken bone in his foot & he is playing? WTH? McGuire should be hoping he is released. He has no chance here.

Drone confirms just how much of a dinky stadium Molson is.

Two of the biggest CFL dickheads in this game. John Bowman & Jason Maas.

In Calgary they should tarp off one whole grandstand. There'll still be empty seats. The weather here absolutely ******* sucks.

Crowd looks good to me. Pretty sad when a 25,000 seat stadium has to have sections tarped off. We never see that in Calgary. Oh wait.

For almost every position except qb. We saw just how poor qb play was this season. I don't anticipate it getting any better with the XFL signing another 24 qbs off the market. Other than Dane Evans, Nick Arbuckle. Cody Fajardo & Vernon Adams I don't see any bright lights at that position ready to break out. This is the weakest I've ever seen the CFL for qbs.

CFL is struggling. The last thing we need is another league poaching players. I hope the XFL dies.

I do but it's not worth having a stroke if they don't. I've been this fan in the past. Ain't going to that dark place again.

Oldies But Goodies...

It's old & outdated. Needs a major upgrade.

I'm not getting too hyped. It's the playoffs. It's the Bombers. It's the Stamps. It's at McMahon. Seen this show before. I hope they win but I won't be in a 2 month depression & spoil Xmas for me if they don't. Believe me, I've been there in the past.

Good things. That's the key phrase. Not great.

If we have a strong playoff run & win the West, O'Shea will be back. if It's a quick exit, I don't think Walters can sell the majority of the fanbase on another three years of the guy. There's a small but vocal group (some here) that think O"Shea is a great coach but they're in the minority. I think coaches have to be judged on post season success not just good regular seasons. O'Shea has never had a great season as a coach. A bunch of good ones. Not great. Hence, his losing record. He's never had a couple of dominant season to offset the dreadful ones.

Why? The guy has a broken bone in his foot. What's the point? If I was Dickenson, I'd want him on the field. I wouldn't be worried that he might be.

I find CHQR's coverage of the Stamps just lacks something. It's really hard to put a finger on it. It's the same guys for years covering the team. But they are on an all talk radio station. They do one hour of sports talk from Monday to Friday from 7-8 pm. That's the only time the Stamps would be mentioned so the team gets lost. And that's when they aren't talking Flames. The Fan 960 is all Flames, all the time as they are the Flames as well as the Hitmen radio station play by play. Postmedia could give a **** about the CFL. It's all about the NHL. So, the CFL gets buried. The buzz in Calgary for the Stamps is totally non existent. Been that way for years.

The cost of the new LA Stadium has ballooned to $5 billion dollars & there are fears that Rams owner Stan Kroenke won't be able to finance the cost over run of the new home of the Rams & Chargers. The situation is so bad that the NFL wants to negotiate a new CBA with the players & have an agreement by Thanksgiving. If the NFLPA gets involved financially, the NFL is prepared to give the players 49% of revenue sharing. Which just goes to show that even in the NFL there are financial limits. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2858427-report-nfl-owners-want-players-to-fund-part-of-25b-needed-for-new-la-stadium

I've never understood the fascination with starting new football leagues. Every one of them has failed. No league since the AFL has been successful & yet so called sane businessmen are more than willing to face financial ruin trying. After the original ABA (not the recent league) no one has tried again. No one has ever tried a third pro baseball league. No other pro hockey league other than the WHA has ever been a success. Yet, when it comes to pro football every few years we seem to go through it.

Never screw the boss's daughter. Especially if your boss is Bruce Willis.

Zero is being optimistic. The Stamps fanbase is pathetic. There is only a handful of Calgary media here who care. The rest is Flames. Flames. Flames. Other than the 3 media types at 770 CHQR who cover the Stamps on radio, there's only 1 Postmedia beat writer who covers the Stamps for both the Calgary Sun & Herald. His name is Danny Austin. I follow him on twitter. He's constantly tweeting about the Stamps & he engages anyone who comments. The guy likes CFL football & does a good job covering the team. But that's it. No one else really does. The sad part is he's from Toronto & he has more passion for the Stampeders than the rest of the media combined.

He blew it with the XFL the first time. I can see it happening again.

Their run game sucks. We'll pound the rock & have success. If the field is bad that will hamper their passing game. We definitely can take the Stamps out, I feel.

Dark time in recent US history but even though I'm Canadian I'll just say thanks for your service.

While the series has plenty of flaws I must be one of the few who like it. Although I wasn't sad to see the foul mouthed Michelle Vargas get killed off.