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21-0 aaand it's over. Didn't see that coming.

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62 Grey Cups. 2 teams in each. 124 chances to make it to a Grey Cup. 5 wins in those 62 Grey Cups. Stats were to get some conversation going. How you interpret them is up to you. Some may even say it means we're due.

Not saying we can't or won't win. I'm just posting the stats.

3rd place teams making it to the Grey Cup - 9 times out of 124 chances or 7.26% 3rd place teams winning the Grey Cup - 5 out of 62 games or 8.06% Last time a 3rd place team won the Grey Cup -2005 Edmonton Last time the Bomber beat the Riders in a playoff game - 1965

I'm not selling anything. Just the facts. You think Nichols would have done as well in the same situation? (No Adams, Dressler, Harris or Chungh)

Last year, first round would have been: Stamps and Bombers get a bye Eskimos host redblacks. Riders host Argos Lions, Ticats, Als miss the playoffs.

That's why the CFL should be 1 division instead of East/West. Eskimos miss the playoffs @ 9-9. Hammy gets a home playoff game at 8-10. Single division - Stamps and Riders get a bye. Redblacks host the Esks Bombers host the Leos Als, Argos, Ticats miss the playoffs.

No. For me, it's just silly to get upset about it. Let the 'Eye in the sky' take care of it and move on. The CFL has way worse problems to worry about than an idiot kicker trying for an Oscar for best actor.

Diving penalty? LOL. Kickers have been doing it forever. Sometimes the refs buy it. Mostly they don't. In the old days, there was nothing the coaches could do about it. Now they can burn their challenge if they want to. I'd like to see the 'eye in the sky' be able to overturn or apply 'roughing|contacting the kicker' after a quick look.

He got 190 in 3 quarters. Likely close to 300 if he played the whole game. Likely more than 300 if he had Adams, Dressler and Harris to throw to. He also threw a good deep ball and ran well, two things that Nichols doesn't do well.

You realize that Bennett played the 3rd quarter, right? You have to look at who he was playing with too. No Adams, Dressler, Harris (After 3 plays) or Chungh. He turned several sure sacks into short gains and a couple into first downs. A couple of great deep balls to Washington and Simonise. Got us back in the game when he was put back in in the 4th. That's a good game for any QB, but a great game for a rookie.

Streveler - Great running. Good passing. Lankford - Better kicker than receiver or returner Sayles - Another good game from the rookie HH: Washington for the 80 yard TD

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Now that it looks like we're not bringing many starters, how do I change my vote from Winnipeg to Edmonton?

You sir are wasteful.

I couldn't care less who we play and I mean it. Just win a freaking playoff game.

We can argue if he maintained possession or not, but the ball did cross the goal line. Play #149: #Stampeders pass at the goal line ruled incomplete. All potential scoring plays are automatically reviewed. After review, the Replay Official ruled there was no clear and obvious evidence the ruling on the field was incorrect. The call on the field stands. #CFL — CFL Football Operations (@CFLFootballOps) October 27, 2018 More here: http://3downnation.com/2018/10/27/cfl-command-centre-just-help-snuff-esks-playoff-chances/

Nichols - That's what I've been waiting for all year. Didn't 17 tell me that Nichols couldn't get 300 yards with our receivers and PLAP as his OC? Bighill - Another forced fumble Adams - Our deep ball threat HH - Wolo for his big catch.

I don't get why he was fined. Peter says bring it. Duke brings it and trucks Peters. Just another football play IMO.

You're blaming the lack of 300 yard games on Demski replacing Denmark? How 'bout blaming it on Nichols low completion rate on the deep balls?

Don't believe anything that Rod Pedersen tweets.

Nichols to Stegall wasn't the reason he got 300 yard games last year. Try again.

A few things: Khari got 300 yard games in PLAP's offense. Nichols got 300 yard games in PLAP's offense, just last year. Why is it unfair to expect Nichols to get 300 yard games in PLAP's offense this year? It's not that PLAP doesn't call deep balls, it's that Nichols isn't very good at completing them (17/57 - 29.8%. Masoli 49/101 - 45.8%, Harris 33/89 - 37.1%). If Nichols was as good as Harris, he'd likely have at least 1 300 yard game this year. All losses aren't Nichols fault. Some of the losses, however are. The back to back Riders games are examples. A lot of fault goes to Nichols for those games. All wins aren't because Nichols played great. Some of the wins are. The Ottawa game where he drove us for a TD in OT was one of the wins that he had a lot to do with, although I'd give the game ball to Bighill for the strip that saved it for us. In the 2017 playoff loss, most of Nichols stats were yards after beat down. All Edmonton wanted to do was get out with a win so they played soft zone. No, Nichols isn't the worst starting QB in the league. Yes, Nichols is better than Willy. Neither point makes Nichols better than Masoli or Harris, which is what the original question was. I don't expect Nichols to win games by himself. I don't blame him for all losses. I don't expect him to make zero mistakes. I understand that more risk means a higher chance of picks. That's not the narrative folks. It's just what fans say is the narrative is so they can poo poo it. The real fact is that no one knows how many games Streveler would have won.We might be in the same, worse, or better playoff playoff position if Streveler had started all the games.

We're talking QB's and folks say our QB is better because he won more games. OK, I'll think about that for a second... If either Harris or Masoli were our starting QB, I'd say we'd have won as many or more games this year. Both are better passers. Masoli's a significantly better runner. Neither had a month of bad play in a row. Neither were injured for 3 games. The big one though is that QB play hasn't been the main reason we're winning. Defense won 3 of the last 4 games. We don't rely on our QB winning for us. We just rely on our QB not to lose games via turn overs. Nichols wasn't even up to that bar for a month. If Nichols started for either Ottawa or Hamilton this year, I'd say that they would have won less games. Both those teams rely on their QB's to win games for them and both rely on the deep ball more than we do.