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that. Horne injured his calf training (he thinks 1 to 2 weeks). Younger is hanging up the cleats... i don't know who can/will step in there. That's a blow. At his age, he still had speed and athleticism, but his football IQ and reads are what always set JY apart. The Hot-dog muncher says that he doesn't know when Watkins is coming back. Yikes!! well, i imagine that's because it's a "personal issue". how does he put a time-frame on it? Mitchell looks and sounds happy though ( i know he's nuts and you can enjoy your lols at him... but you called him the best DT in the league last season on OB... even if he was only tied for second best, in truth)

that. Horne injured his calf training (he thinks 1 to 2 weeks). Younger is hanging up the cleats... i don't know who can/will step in there. That's a blow. At his age, he still had speed and athleticism, but his football IQ and reads are what always set JY apart.

i request a trade... i can't see SPuDS' posts so if you could move either him or me...

I saw it when I was looking around. It looks like a serious issue, not sure how they're going to drain it. Obviously it's only row 1 and I'm pretty sure it's only the east side. And only in certain sections. But it looks like a problem for sure. you mentioned this to me last week didn't you? in fact, i think i recall you saying that you had spotted a potentially disastrous design flaw in the IGF (or words to that effect).

exactly... the only guide that counts is the one we're making here.

This is what is baffling to me - They literally did nothing besides sign a flashy coach. I hardly think that warrants a C especially considering where they finished last year. Not to mention the whole Chris Williams fiasco. Fuuny, people are usually complaining HAM getting A's for their usual big offseason moves and now a C is too high. If anything Zontar, you ought to be happy about that. Every season that the TiCats win the preseason GC (which seems to be most of them), they don't win SFA in the regular season and playoffs... if people are grading you lot the other way this year, maybe it bodes well for the Cats...?

great to have you here bro. another former OB mod comes over to the dark side...

good stuff JPan, i'm sure the membership will have plenty to add as camp unfolds! still need a writer for BC's writeup

that's a great start Doctor H, way to get into the spirit of this. 8-) i'll be away at a golf tournament this weekend (tonight till Sunday nite), so i'm hoping that someone steps up and volunteers to do the BC write-up this evening before i head north of the big smoke.

oh dear... i don't know what was said about me by SPuDS... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... was%20lost

i bet he is. he wouldn't be doing his jorb otherwise.

oh yesssss!

I don't think it's functioning at all right now. Yeah. There's an account suspended message now. Behold! Grumpy and Colin's New Website!

Perhaps a guide to fourth quarter time management; down by x scores, y time remaining, when are you in a three-down situation and when can you punt? when to go for two point converts etc... yeah, could be.

agree to disagree. the Era of Popp's (96-12) numbers speak for themself: 12-6, 13-5, 12-5-1, 12-6, 12-6, 9-9, 13-5-0-1, 13-5, 14-4, 10-8, 10-8, 8-10, 11-7, 15-3, 12-6, 10-8, 11-7 only ONE losing season in SEVENTEEN. 3 GC Wins, 5 GC appearances. us fans should all be so fortunate. (that being said... i hope they finally drop off this year... maybe the coaches have trouble adjusting to our game... and all of that veteran talent starts getting nicked up...) but again, Calvillo defying age helps that immensely. They're the only team in the east that hasn't had to find a new qb the entire length of time he's been there. Then you look at how god awful the ticats were for most of that time, how bad the renegades were for most of that time, how bad the argos were for long stretches of that time, the bombers had a quite good stretch but were in the west for a good portion of it, had a few decent stretches and a lot of bad ones... That record is inflated by weak competition to me. It'll go down in the record books no doubt, but I think the real telling thing there, is the grey cups appearaces and wins. You said yourself only 1 losing season, but in 17 seasons only 5 grey cup appearances and only 3 wins? Says to me they were the best of a bad lot in the east but not superior to the top teams in the west all that often. 8 appearances actually. 3 wins, 5 losses. my verbiage was unclear.

agree to disagree. the Era of Popp's (96-12) numbers speak for themself: 12-6, 13-5, 12-5-1, 12-6, 12-6, 9-9, 13-5-0-1, 13-5, 14-4, 10-8, 10-8, 8-10, 11-7, 15-3, 12-6, 10-8, 11-7 only ONE losing season in SEVENTEEN. 3 GC Wins, 5 GC appearances. us fans should all be so fortunate. (that being said... i hope they finally drop off this year... maybe the coaches have trouble adjusting to our game... and all of that veteran talent starts getting nicked up...)

thanks Mark! 8-)

To me they get the early nod just based on less uncertainties. They know who their qb is, they know that they have a quality head coach. I'd put Montreal ahead if they didn't have a total question mark at head coach but for now we need to see what the new guy does for them, and if this is the year Calvillo finally craps out. i want to think that this time, finally, Popp has made a big decision and gotten it wrong (Dan Hawkins)... but it just never seems to happen does it? based on Popp's track record, i'm going to presume that the Alouette's coaching will be at least solid (and likely better than that). Calvillo's play will be the same as it's been lo these many years of his MOP calibre play... presuming he stay's uninjured. he's hard to get to, and even harder to get a hard lick on, but it takes less and less to hurt him (and get him of his game viz: EDF). they could plummet... but their demise has been foretold so many times that it's just a cliche at this point for them to end up hosting playoff games when everyone thought they'd finally regress.

"it's not the band i hate, it's their fans" -Sloan "Coax me"

really glad to have you. not a slight on anyone else here, but during gameday, yours are some of the contributions I look forward to most. same here 8-)

for any reason in particular? (i mean, besides the fact that it would be a huge middle finger to the Riders?) That's my reason.

for any reason in particular? (i mean, besides the fact that it would be a huge middle finger to the Riders?)

Seems pretty much inevitable that he goes to Saskatchewan... they need him bad and are the most likely to pay over the odds for him. Argos could use a DE, but i doubt we're in for him. Actually there's a couple teams in the East who could benefit from Chick's play... don't think it'll matter though. If his agent is talking to anyone else it's likely to try and drive his price up with a competing offer.

hmmm... i suggest a video or youtube tab for when we post?

that "controversy" was quite the tempest-in-a-teapot... looks to be plenty of room now that you see players standing in it and you can get a sense of scale.