johnzo

come on that was not a great play by Nick Marshall. that was an underthrown ball. Suitor in the tank for all the garbage DBs of the league.

I remember when it was the War Amps telling us "when you play, play safe."

not a great defensive play, Suitor. Gainey had all day to react to that floater.

Quick Parker was a beast. Had some legendary battles vs. Walby in the 80s.

run setting up the pass bigtime for the Elks. Sankey is stranded in no-man's land spying Corny, Corny is slinging the ball right over his head.

oh man I did not catch that Marshal wave in real time. thanks to Sanchez for pointing it out. sometimes I think the roughrider rhetoric on this board is a little overheated. but no, that is a garbage db ******* around and finding out and it's hilarious to see. can you imagine facing O'Shea on the sidelines after clowning like that and getting owned? btw, congrats to Fajardo on his new baby. welcome to earth, kid, it's stupid here.

Patrick Roy must've given the mosaic goalposts a good talking-to tonight.

need TrueBlue4Ever to crunch the numbers and figure out if Edmonton can take the crossover spot while keeping its home losing streak intact. that would be weird even for the CFL. would do it myself but I've been imbibing so it would just be jazz math.

someone needs to show him some Joe Lobendahn clips. Will always remember his dope strip on ... Chris Williams? ... at the one yard line. one of the few highlights of that year's bomber team.

Riders try to play contain on Corny, rushing only four and leaving an LB to spy him ... he goes over the top and makes a fool of Marshall.

strong Justin Goltz energy to Cornelius where he can do damage with his legs but as a passer? Seems like the Riders would want to play with a disciplined pass rush, keep him in the pocket, see how he fares as a passer. like the burst from #4 Brown but when an RB fumbles during a tackle in the secondary you have to wonder whether he's really cut out for the pros or not.

love to hear it from the Ukranians. even if it was just a psyop, it's a good one ... with the Russian military command scrambled and ineffective this is basically the Ukranians offering the Russian fighting man a "get out of war free" card. If morale is as low as the news says there could be an avalanche of Russians tossing down their rifles and covering up their Z tattoos. Stalin hated POWs and would often re-imprison liberated Soviet POWs, figuring they were bad soviets for choosing captivity over death, and furthermore they would be ideologically polluted by their time in captivity. I wonder what kind of repercussions a modern Russian soldier would face for surrendering?

as the Russian invasion collapses, please enjoy this retro tweet where Ted Cruz confessed his Russian Army boner. aged like milk, as the kids say.

gotta send out a HH to Bomber photographer Robert Reyes Ong who shot this ludicrous photo of Sheed's pylon TD. this is just such a great photo with everyone freeze-framed staring at the ball. good shot of an official doing their thing too, finding the line of sight to the ball through the chaos. More of Ong's stuff is available at https://www.instagram.com/therobong

for sure. mutually assured destruction still holds. the tricky bit is that Russia is wounded and humiliated, it's a totalitarian pretend empire with a paranoid streak, and they might not make the best decisions under duress. like, if Russia uses tactical nukes to defend Crimea, what then? or if Putin goes full strangelove, is there enough of a rational russian state to stop him? the first scenario is the one that worries me more. easy to tiptoe across the nuclear line and light the armageddon fuse.

that pink blazer is super dope and maybe its the gummies talking but i will fight anyone who says otherwise.

if you got a divinity you like, this is a good prayer for them. As much as I want to see Russia's ass kicked I got deep worries about what a humiliated nuclear power might do to get its mojo back.

A lot of people wondered if the Kherson attack that the Ukrainians prepared so publicly and carefully was a feint, a play they were running to set up a kill shot elsewhere. It sure looks like at some point they said "Kherson? Kharkiv? Why not both?" Slava Ukraini! Go blue and gold!

The news about the Uigurs is heartbreaking. I have no idea what can be done ... capitalist North America is addicted to cheap Chinese goods and cheap Chinese money.

I think that les Rouge et Noir vs the Argos may be a pretty fine lead-in to the Banjo Bowl. Lapo seems like a better coach when he's desperate and it would be weird / cool to see history repeat itself 40 years later -- Ottawa finds a quarterback, turns their season around instantly, beats a couple other mediocre East teams, and then gives the reigning champs the only real scare of their five-year dynasty. (except this time we are the dynasty and I guess the Ticats already gave us a scare last year) anyway, I'll be tuning in, hope it's an entertaining game, Ottawa attendance has not cratered hard yet even though the team has been bruuuutal.

Don't most teams script their opening drives to attack the D where they've scouted weakness? I see a lot of games where an O comes out looking dominant in Q1 and then stalls as the DC makes adjustments. Figured the LDC was one of those games, where Maas planned a solid first quarter but Hall caught up with him.

wish I could get a blue bomber bucket hat like the stamps one that the bearded guy on the stamps sidelines is wearing. sharp looking unit there.

glad to see the UR call on that tackle on the pick. that was like a horsecollar tackle using the back rim of the helmet. looked pretty dangerous. Maier underperforming. Should've kept Arbuckle, Huff.

agree it was a terrible play call and a terrible throw, but also give some credit to our pass rush for that final pick -- we only rushed four but WJ got around his guy clean and Fajardo tried to step up but Sayles had crushed the pocket. the Riders were blocking six vs. four and still couldn't keep the Faj tidy.

seriously man, I think it goes a different way if duke keeps his mouth shut. Riders had found another gear, they were moving the ball at will on that drive, and all things being equal they needed just another FG to beat us.