do or die

Win on Thursday....ranked 4th with the proviso, that we have not beaten Stamps yet!

....and we even misused THAT.....

Now, they just need a Ford fumble or two, in his first game......

Yup, going with this stuff 4 games into a season is asking for trouble....but here goes Toronto at RedBlacks Argos coming off a thump against the Stamps. No Durie, and now no Owens...leave Ricardo with a shortage of playmkers and some struggles for usual YAC.. RB's offence has slowed down, somewhat...since debut quarter against the Bombers. However TO is no slam dunk on D....If Henry can strap it on, early....Redblacks may, or just might have that first win......by 3. Hamilton at Calgary Even without Cornish, this one does not look good on paper.....however, a closer second look....ok, really doesn't look much better. Masoli gets the nod at QB....with a swinging door OL and no run game. Unless the Stamps go into total Bunkhouse mode, two points await....by say 13. Montreal at BC. Als D is pretty good. So is Harris. Whoever gets the best of that matchup may make the difference. Glenn is steadier than Smith. Smith has more big-play potential. Penalties and turnovers will enable one of these teams to win by 7. In this case...BC at home. Edmonton at Winnipeg Clash of the Titans, Battle of the Overlords, Showdown for Supremacy, in short....a do or die situation, to determine top-o-league standings. The fact that it is the Esks and Bombers.....just adds some flavor, to this young season. Moes do it on D - aggressive, hard-hitting, good pass rush. Bombers have the CFL's top offense. This will be a battle of will...and in-game adjustments. Bombers have pass pro and penalty issues to clean up, from last week....while Edmonton's O has been a passenger, most of the way. This game will be won or lost in the trenches, physically....and the abillity of the coaching staffs to adapt and adjust. A full house at IGF (no excuses accepted) should help the Bombers crush Edmonton....by, uh 7.

....so is Roger Savoie.....

Burris may end up with more wins, on the ole RedBlacks, anyways....

You didn't bring up my name - just no way to treat an ole flame, Lyle. Regards, Brett MacNeil

Not so fast. Sincerely, Mo Elewonibi

Leadership has a way of filtering down from the HC, through the QB....and radiating outwards through the rest of the roster. We, of course....know the inverse, quite well.....

You could see the cotton on the wall, here.....

This will come down to field position....and who wins the battle in the trenches. Have to be more physical, overall, this week.....

Got "jumped" a couple of times over there, meself...

Bombers have more weapons on O, than the Moes. Willy stays upright, we will move the ball on them.....

Certain entertainment value.....particularly these days....

Inhaling the arrogance gas? Please spare me the ole football purist routine.....plenty of us are aware of your ongoing agenda over at RF..... Khan? Nice guy but he didn't have any gas in the tank...the LAST go round....

What was missing.... was more than 6 rush attempts....and using the flats. We let Montreal D dictate the game, somewhat and the middle of our OL got pushed around, for a fair bit, that game....

Bashing on Howard, overlooks the point, that the entire middle of the OL....did not play very well. Pretty sure this staff understands, that we have to do a better job of protecting Willy....because this OB will get it done for us....if he gets an even chance...

Well, we have 3 TD's on D and a KOR TD....in three games. We also made the big plays in late crunchtime, to win a couple of games..... Not really used to either....

Well, color me impressed.....Willy took 3 big shots on that final drive, didn't flinch one iota....and won us that game.

No problem with looking at another LB, at this stage.....

Oh, forgot....Milo's kickoffs are absurd

Sample Rod Black playcalling: "LOOK AT THIS PASS!!!.... just overthrown a bit" "WHITAKER....SLASHING!....and has 2 yards"

Yah, the coach is taking heat, but: Some vets in Rider OL not getting it done Lost a lot of O firepower (Dressler, Sheets) that has not been replaced Ton of mental mistakes by non-rooks... Linebacking, talentwise...not good enough... Plethora of missed tackles, the real bad variety, the last couple of weeks... If CC benched everyone who screwed up, last night ....Riders would look like basketball team Receiving corps is very thin.... Cakewalk against bad team (Hamilton) mentally set these guys up for some fail....

Riders have problems......kicking, run D, particularly at linebacker, dumb penalties....and their receiving corps doesn't scare anyone.

First time game plan looked questionable. ...OL looked like 2013....