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had as much time as he wanted to pass against us. we failed to pressure him in any way.

i'm shocked you'd ever have a gif of a Rough Rider winning a fight so decidedly

because if you get his head wrecked again too soon there starts to be a law of diminishing returns on this sort of thing. and if you've got a potential long-term #1 in Willy (i think he can be), you use the kid gloves on him... ...or you wander through another long desert of Max Halls, Joey Elliots, Steven Jyleses, Alex Brinks, Justin Goltzes and who knows how many more false dawns until you get your next legit heir to Dieter.

You're discussing the guy who might be your franchise for the next several years to come. Sit him. Be way more cautious than you think you ought to be. Let the O-Line, the blocking backs and the offence work it all out. Willy could even benefit from it. Ricky Ray said that sitting out a few games in 2012 and watching the Milanovich offence from a coach's perspective is what made it finally "click" for him. And when he was healthy and ready to go, he had a run-in to the Grey Cup for the ages. All of those aphorisms about the CFL season not really beginning until Labour Day have some truth to them. The West doesn't look so strong that you can't afford to eat a loss without your #1 on the field.

Kevin Glenn could and can run an offence. He can make completions and read defences and compensate for a less than overpowering arm by getting rid of the ball quick and being a beat ahead of the defender. i give him his due for being tough (he rarely gets props for that). And we all rate him as having a good Football IQ. What Glenn lacks, and always has lacked, the one thing that makes a great player great: he never has had the ability to put the team on his back when the chips are down and seize a victory from sure defeat. Lesser QBs than Glenn have had that knack: Henry could do that. Kerry could do that. i even saw Bishop do it a few times. But i never once woke up on gameday thinking "oh ****, we're up against Kevin Glenn today". No fear factor.

Argo/Rider game was on my regular TSN main channel for me. i can see a game getting bumped to a secondary channel on a weekend afternoon for something like the Queen's Plate (not that i give a darn about horse racing, but i gather that it is very prestigious) or the final round of an Open (which TSN lays out big money for the rights to). but if i ever saw poker ahead of a football broadcast on TSN they'd better double the security over there at McCowan & 401.

actually we were offsides all day. that's true... but their O-Line held on every play.

Until the Barker/Milanovich regime, we hadn't developed a QB in well over 30 years.

Unless of course Ray returns from injury to lead the Argos on a playoff run culminating in a win on Nov. 29th... But yeah, difficult to see another team's needs not necessitating a big contract offer to a Free Agent Ray at an amount that the Argos just won't pay (seeing as they can have Harris as a starter for far less. First World QB problems really.

yes. you don't lose your job to an injury. especially if you are arguably the best passer the league has ever had. now you could make the argument that he didn't lose it to injury as Harris won it out of camp while Ray was still rehabbing... How many years does Harris have left on his contract? He extended last year. So i'd guess he has this year and next. He's made himself a lot of money with his recent play. Big raise coming his way.

yes. you don't lose your job to an injury. especially if you are arguably the best passer the league has ever had. now you could make the argument that he didn't lose it to injury as Harris won it out of camp while Ray was still rehabbing...

Rider clock management was shite and gave us the chance we needed. Not looking forward to playing them again in August, they're as dirty a team as i've seen in years. Our D wasn't working because we couldn't get pressure on Glenn. then in the Red Zone, it was sturdy because Glenn had less time and choked as per usual. Harris has a future in Double Blue for sure.

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it remains a favourite for us... what year are we into? 14? 15?

FTFY

Grey Cup preview Baby!!! no.

all i'm saying for now (since this is just about finally at an end) is that: i) i've watched several groups who have kept a facade of friendly partnership all the while hating and wishing destruction upon each other. can't be understated: they'd gladly watch each other die of a thousand knife wounds and they all know this and feel the same way... but all must work "together" for the stated common goal even though each had a different endgame. ii) the histrionics and drama that some CFL posters go into about certain people in particular and organizations in general are often derided as hysterical exaggerations. i can't stress enough how well founded some of these scenarios (and using your imagination in this situation, it won't be that difficult to suss out what i'm saying) are. in fact, it isn't unfair to say that the worst case scenario for some of us was the best case scenario for some of them. further: that worst case scenario could have brought about a bigger win for them that some viewed as necessary for long term objectives to be realized. iii) it became increasingly clear as last season wore on, that a deal which was all but signed off on was not given the final okay to proceed by a certain party to draw out and weaken the possibility of a deal being reached at all. the team, the league and an interested buyer were strung along for almost a year... which nearly scuppered the chance at any deal at all (other than Braley eventually giving the team back to the league) iv) the stadium poiticking was shameless and barely even veiled attempts to keep the CFL from having a home in the GTA. in a weird twist, the team's biggest ally here turned out to be apathy... as in, the powers that be didn't want to be bothered with a stadium funding debate to such an extent that no political will on the side of "soccer specific" could overcome it. in the weeks and months ahead a lot of this will surface... but suffice to say: there are malevolent forces that pose an existential threat to the Argos and to the CFL. and for the Nth time in their storied history, the Argonauts have avoided extinction... and by virtue of that, the league did as well (trust me, the league was/is in the crosshairs too).

one of these days i'll be able to talk about this bullshit... the handcuffs are coming off soon, but there's lots that i can't put out publicly.

when you add the yellow (although still silly looking... and this coming from a guy who really likes digital camo) at least it is obviously a WBBFC jersey. sad that someone with photochop and 5 minutes can so easily one-up Reebok.

Reebok made my team 2 new jerseys this season and i hate them both... and just to **** me off they go and give one to another team... ...i responded by buying one of the few remaining 2013 3rd jerseys in the store at the dome this past Sunday night. it was perfect...

Re The helmet: i can fully understand why you'd want to pinch our colours, but srsly, get your own pls.

Yup. Only holding on one side. Because I never saw blatant holding by overmatched Bomber linemen or on kick return. Have a word with yourself, Dave.

Certainly the preparation time for the Argos and the relative lack of it for the Bombers played a big factor. Willy was under pressure all night and that makes two weeks in a row for that... One game does not a trend make, but it can be an indicator: the Burke defence was getting to the QB and the defenders were flying to the ball. Long may that continue. Main 2 reciever go-to-guys were out: No Owens. No Durie. Main two TD-threat-guys were out: No Chiles. No Barnes. No problem... Ricky spreads the ball to ten other guys. Thank Flutie that Tillman accepted our bag of magic beans for that guy...

In the early going, the refs killed us and the Bombers capitalized. The refs made a call or two in our favour later on. You couldn't on the whole think that it went mostly against the Bombers though, could you? Shocking.

No. No. Holy F'ing S, no. The numbers even appeared to be shiny. We have two of the best looking uniforms in world sports... why Reebok would do this to us is just baffling and infuriating. At least we're not likely to wear them much (based on how little we've worn "3rd" jerseys in recent seasons). And if this is what Reebok did to us... and we have a cool, sharp logo and nice colour scheme... i'd be very nervous if I were some other teams' fans.