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yeah but you could argue they made through the toughest stretch of the season at 8-3...

Really???

You're right, so here it goes... Harris: has been the most consistent player on offense and I basically just defaulted this award to the offense Harris: see above Leggett: he is the clearly the leader of this team on and off the field... he leads the league in INTs and has taken 3 of them back for 6... always around the ball making plays... just a straight up player... Bryant: has been the one consistent rock all year and plays the hardest position... Hardrick has been a nice spark plug and Bond has contributed nicely but Bryant is the leader on the line Medlock: Money Medlock... not much else to say Fogg: is a threat to take one back on every punt return and he's been solid at one of the hardest positions in the secondary... love Loffler too but Fogg has been too good and consistent...

I agree with you @Mike ... but to answer @Rich's question... losing the last six games and getting blown out in the playoffs would make me second guess... that would prove we have the talent but not the coaching... That being said, I have absolute confidence that will not happen... I expect this team to win 3 or 4 more games and be in a fight with BC for 2nd til the end... I legitimately think this team is for real and am looking forward to (desperately hoping for?) sustained success beyond this season...

Well we did beat them on close to ice a couple years ago... you might be on to something...

I would guess Mtl might offer the HC position to entice him to stay... but really, who else is likely to be looking for a new HC next year?

I'm not surprised Popp has stepped down... but I am surprised the replacement is Chaps and not Reed... Also, I am not looking forward to going against Arceneaux, Burnham, Sinkfield on the same team...

MOP - Andrew Harris... honourable mention (might have something to say about it): Weston Dressler and Matt Nichols MOC - Andrew Harris... HM: Jamaal Westerman and Taylor Loffler MODP - Mo Leggett... HM: Ian Wild, Khlil Bass, Taylor Loffler, Kevin Fogg MOL: Stanley Bryant.... HM: Travis Bond, Jamarcus Hardrick MOSTP: Justin Medlock... HM: I guess Kevin Fogg but this one isn't really close MOR: Kevin Fogg... HM: Taylor Loffler

slow first half... took it to them in the second... I wouldn't say they were identical or anything but they had a similar feel....

You're right, probably the wrong term... I just meant that he wasn't talked about much in that line... 2 all-star bookends, Labatte the phenom, the nastiest C in the business... and the other guy..

I think this year we're finally starting to see our scouting network develop... it takes time to establish yourself in the scouting game... hopefully our guys have enough contacts that we will start to uncover some Hufnagel/Barker/Buono-esque gems in the coming years...

I don't have any kids so I remember football players instead... in this case, yes, it's purely memory... but sometimes I'll do a bit of research then post something and try to pass it off as my own knowledge

yes I forgot about Andrew Green... I think you're right... he was definitely the "unsung hero" of that line...

exactly what I was thinking... his bullshit, Rider-blowing shtick has reached an all time low... the best to do would be to ignore him... especially as fans of another team... you know he'll have a bunch of green-goggle fans following him til they die!

Not that it really matters... but I believe it was Gauthier-Labatte-Picard-Donnelly-Goodspeed... With good ol' Matt Sheridan as the 6th man...

Technically it's Ed Hervey that traded Nichols...

I got all tingly just seeing both of them on the starting depth chart for the first time this year... He was awesome last week when Wild went down... I don't expect a huge drop off at that position this week...

yeah I was just wondering if Christophe is Andy's brother, cousin, some other relative...

watch the replay... that's not what happened... the ball was firmly in his hands after he reaches forward... that one is completely on Sheppard... that is the one you're talking about, right? EDIT: apparently replays of drops are hard to find... I couldn't find this one, it's not even in the 6 min CFL.ca recap....

I think you could break that 10% down even further to the people who get wasted and have a good time and the people who get wasted and start **** as a consequence...

very interesting post... I can't believe BC and Calgary have not been swept in back-to-back games in the past 12 years... maybe we can change that for BC this year...

great interview... smart, candid and entertaining... I don't know about you guys but if Wild has to miss any time I'm ok with Burnett filling in (I realize it might be a moot point. If Harris is out we may need to shift the ratio by starting Hurl at MLB)

The only thing I want to comment on right now is the location of the Canada/Russia game tonight... I absolutely can't wrap my head around why they would play a Canada/Russia game in Pittsburgh... other than it being a neutral site, which also doesn't make any sense b/c the whole tournament is being played in Toronto anyways.... literally any other city in Canada would have been a better choice... guarantee MTS centre would be sold out for this game... Not that his game means much... just seems like a huge money making opportunity missed... any Canadian city would sell 15-20K seats... will Pittsburgh sell 10k for this game?

I'd probably argue they have some decent receivers right now... Holly and Collins could be good in the future... Roosevelt and Bagg (when healthy) are pretty solid now... they also have no QB depth... after Durant their QBs probably aren't roster players on most other teams...

the only part of the story I have trouble with is the beer be intentionally dumped on the head of a 9 year old... maybe I have too much faith in humanity... and I think the entire story is terrible and wish none of it had happened... I feel for that family that they had to go through any form of verbal abuse... it is completely unacceptable... I've had season tickets for 13 years so I've obviously seen some $h!t go down... but I can't even imagine a situation escalating between 2 adults where beer is dumped on someone... let alone with a child involved...