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2012 too. 2-7 after the Labour Day game and then 4-5. The tiny little bump of hope we got in the fall got Tim Burke's interim status dropped.

Greg Carr was a midseason recruit. Derek Armstrong too, though he'd already had some CFL time with Saskatchewan so he probably doesn't count. There was that emergency during 2013 when we lost both our starting tackles and brought in Dan Knapp and Jarvis Jones on like three days notice. Both guys played pretty well for us their first game vs. Edmonton tho we lost in overtime -- I think that was Burke's kneeldown game and also the game that exiled Goltz to Burke's doghouse for good. Both Knapp and Jones stuck around after the emergency was over, they were with us in 2014.

Yeah, that's a great handle. The system worked like it was designed: on-field official called it in, no conclusive evidence that it didn't get in, command center upheld the decision. Maybe it was a bad call, the only way we'll know is to go back in time and point a camera right down the 1 yard line, because from the tsn handheld perspective there's no way to be sure where the ball was. And it didn't cost us the game anyway. No harm, no foul.

BC just didn't look like they were in sync as a team. Their short passing game got zero blocking help downfield. Lions were whiffing on their blocks and the receivers were getting blown up good. Lulay looked like he was getting back on his game, though. Good comeback story, hope he stays upright. It must be murderous hard for a QB to change their windup and delivery when they're in their 30s.

#plugandplay Sucks to hear about Smith though. He's the kind of dynamic player I want to see in the league.

Kevin Glenn's Roughriders are starting to look like Henry Burris' TiCats of 2012 -- sling the ball over the field, piling up yards, and be utterly unable to close out games. And it's not Glenn's fault. His coaches and his teammates are letting him down with boneheaded decisions and penalties.

#noleadissafe #plugandplay

One team keeps shooting itself in the foot. The other keeps reloading the gun.

Roughriders just disintegrating. Kevin Glenn has done everything to win this game, but he's snakebit it seems.

Wally knows when to part ways with old talent. I remember everyone calling him out as a fool when he parted ways with McCallum. And Saskatchwan with the Tim Burke kneeldown!

I guess we'll see if Wally's decision to keep the big leg import was the right one...

OH FOR CHRIST'S SAKE BC CAN YOU PLEASE JUST EXECUTE THE FIRST 1 SECOND OF A FOOTBALL PLAY CORRECTLY?

I hate that the command center can rule, effectively, that the Roughrider sneak play should have been whistled dead earlier than it was. That really feels like the prerogative of the onfield officials.

I don't care who wins, I just want to hear Cuthbert say "there are no flags."

Kevin Glenn doing his damnedest to put this game away, but his teammates are letting him down bigtime.

Harris just got his wake-up call. If BC gets past those red-zone blues, this game'll have a good finish.

Man those BC receivers are shy about blocking for each other -- guys taking short passes are getting lit up bad. Then you compare that with Bagg and Richardson throwing downfield blocks to spring their buddies for big/important gains. Roughriders looking like they're playing a team game, Lions not so much.

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Love having games at 4PM on Fridays out here. Nice to sneak out of work early, chill in front of the game (or suffer seizures of rage and despair as appropriate) and then have the rest of the night to go out and be social.

I'm pretty sure Buck got KO'd out of a game against us in 2009. (frustrating game, we had a decent lead vs a super raw Lulay, but Bishop threw a crushing pick-6 and Lulay channelled some Rocky Butler magic...)

Great video. Teague Sherman sounds like a Trailer Park Boy.

Man I'm getting tired of my standard QB injury post, "like the whole league, want to see the best players, injuries suck, all the best to them for a solid recovery, blah blah, etc." What can the league do to keep the QBs upright without ruining the game? Didn't the Eskies' practice roster guy James Franklin show something during the pre-season?

(watching the highlights) Gainer the Gopher wears #13? That's hilarious.

Don't like the Riders but think that Durant at his peak is one of the best and I want to see the best play. He's made plays I've never seen another CFL QB make, shaking tacklers off with sheer strength and escaping a collapsing pocket. His 2010 OT duel with AC is one of the top five CFL games I've ever seen. All the best to him. I hope he comes back from this. I love this whole nutty league and I dread the idea of an Adrian McPherson vs. Matt Nichols Grey Cup.

damn, almost went 2-0 with two upsets but for a botched Hamilton long snap and a very nice Calgary drive at the end there.