TBURGESS

Why go 8.5 games for one and 8 for the other? Wouldn't 8 to 8 be a better comparison or 7 to 7 for that matter.

Playoff Stats Passing: Years: 2015-2023 Games: 7 Completions: 173 Attempts: 264 Completion Percentage: 65.5% Yards: 2,143 Touchdowns: 14 Interceptions: 5 Passer Rating: 94 NOTE: He doesn't need to be a cold weather hero. He just needs to do what he's done all year.

Harris has been the better QB this year. GP Y Y/G EFF TD INT COMP% Harris 12 3264 272 108.4 20 9 72.4 Collaros 18 4336 240 96.3 17 15 70.1 Stats from CFL.CA

That's the other pick that hit the ground. The first pick was taken away because of the penalty on them. My bad. I looked at the online resource: https://cfldb.ca/rulebook/instant-replay/command-centre-reviews/ which says: As the actual rules say: A turnover (Fumble lost or Interception) has been ruled on the field. The play would not be automatically reviewed.

The ball was still moving so it wasn't a pick while his foot was in bounds. As it was a possible turnover, it would have been automatically reviewed. Folks may not like the conclusion but that doesn't make it the wrong call. Montreal fans are likely complaining about the pick being taken away from them, when our receiver clearly initiated contact with their DB to draw an illegal contact penalty. Note that illegal contact is not a challengeable call so they got it right.

I've acknowledged the inherent risk, but you're greatly over rating that risk. I'd say it's a 90% chance that they retain the ball in the endzone and take it on the 53. Lets just say we won because of a gale force wind that came outta nowhere to give us the win. Does that story make you happier?

I'm not ignoring anything. I'm saying changing 0 plays in the game, we lose if they simply make 1 correct coaching decision even if the wind she blow like 50 bear in their face. I'm also saying not making a play is different than not making the right coaching decisions. Coaching decisions are made prior to taking the field on the play. They aren't made in real time at game speed. They aren't physical mistakes. They aren't making the right read or making the tackle or taking a penalty. (This is where we disagree) On the 61 yard try, the ball was caught on the 2 yard line. Let it bounce and it goes into the endzone 99 times out of 100. The returner is 20 yards closer to the ball than the kick team. If the ball goes out of the endzone without being touched, the receiving team still gets the ball. If they get it in the endzone they still get the ball. The only risk is us getting to the ball first. Give up the point and take the ball at the 40 or 53 in this case as it was the LOS when we kicked, is the right call 99 times out of a 100 & coaches should take those odds unless the single point means a tie or a win at the end of the 4th.

No, it's if the Als simply made the correct decision on either of 2 plays, they win. That's not the same as if we'd caught that ball or took advantage in the red zone or if they hadn't called that penalty.

The fact is that we didn't take advantage of our red zone chances. Our first FG was wide. Mtl should have given us the point and taken the 40 yard line. That would have eliminated our first FG. Our 61 yarder was short. Mtl should have given us the point and that would have eliminated our winning FG no matter what the wind did.

Tiny, tiny risk. The returner was 20+ yards closer to the ball than any of our players. If it bounces through the endzone, they still get it on the 40.

The wind won it for us, but we never should have had a chance. When they took the ball in the endzone after the 61 yard miss, they should have run around until we put tackled them instead of running the ball out to the 19. That takes 5 seconds off the clock and puts the ball at the 40. Run two sweeps instead of up the middle take an additional 2 to 3 seconds each. Now they've burnt an extra 10 seconds AND they're at their 40 instead of the 20. Even a 20 yard punt is enough to keep us out of FG range and we don't have any time left on the clock anyway.

The Montreal D line will try to take away the deep ball with their blitz packages. We'll counter with some Brady bully ball. If they can stop Brady, then we're in trouble, but I'm betting they can't.

Not true. His first season in BC was bad. He kept getting pulled. After that, he was absolutely the best QB I've ever seen in person.

Montreal is a pissed off team. They will want to make a statement going into the playoffs. I expect Fajardo to start and play the first half.

No one is going to be in the perfect position to make the 'right' call every time. That's a totally unrealistic expectation. Even if you had 24 refs, each one watching a single player, you wouldn't have the perfect angle for every play. The command center is better than nothing. They do a great job of binary calls, like in or out, catch or no catch. It's the rules that call for the ref to make a judgement in real time that are questionable. Is the jersey tug enough for PI? Is the push off enough for DPI? Is it a pick or a rub? No command center might have cost us a Grey Cup when Dinwiddie's pass was 'picked'. No one wants to go back. Looking at where the ball was when the knee touched out of bounds... For the command center to be accurate, they'd need to have two sync'd cameras. One on the sideline to show the exact sub-second the knee touched and one directly in line with the ball to see where it was when the knee touched. Obviously, that's a totally unrealistic expectation. Guessing, based on the camera angles they had, isn't 'clear and obvious' so the call wasn't overturned. If it had been called a first down, it wouldn't have been overturned either. That's the way the command center is supposed to work.

The last two posts show what the real problem is. What's very clear to one fan isn't to another. Refs make their calls in real time. It's a sub-second decision based on a single point of view. The fact that they aren't over turned very often, shows that they are doing a pretty damn good job. If you have to say that the camera angle isn't right to prove your right, then you're wrong, not the refs.

It's better to lose now than in the playoffs.

Stop searching for golden showers then.

He'll always be the the Mayor of Picktown to me.

Our MOP & MOC should be Brady O.

I don't mind Kate. I'd get rid of Milt & Baker. Replace them both with PLAP. Sanchez or Muamba so we have 1 player and 1 coach. Matty can go to color. His enthusiasm for the game is contagious. I also like Ford and Ferguson. Replace the rest one a year with younger guys. I like the idea of Straight Fire, but stop the stupid screaming and just show the plays. Forced humor is worse than no humor. Talk about the game instead. No interviews while the play is going on. Move them to the half time show.

It's BC's O Line more than what other teams are doing. Rourke's getting pressure from 2 of the 3 guys rushing before he gets 3 steamboats.

I forgot to hit enter one week and lost 3 wins.

I'm here daily. Just got tired of having to argue every time I posted anything.