Hamilton at Calgary - Aug 28

[Mr Dee]

Hamilton at Calgary

West best vs the East's best?
The West's best QB vs the East's best QB?
Are these defences the best?
Best Head Coaches?
Two top teams in a game which will be the first-ever live mic broadcast on TSN.

One thing for sure, Calgary has the league's best 2nd down converter in Marquay McDaniel who has 22. They rely on him heavily to keep the offence moving. And that offence has been going, especially at McMahon stadium, where they average 38.3 points per game in 3 games there. And, the Stamps have broken the 30-point mark in five of their eight games.

By the Numbers - CFL.ca
3.5 – Touchdowns for every interception for Bo Levi Mitchell, the best amongst quarterbacks with at least seven starts.
5 – Road games this year for the Tabbies; they won the first three and have lost their last two.
29 – Sacks recorded by the Ticats (second-most in the CFL).
161 – League-low points allowed by Calgary (next closest: Hamilton at 203).

?‍?Fan Poll 71% pick Calgary to win
MBB 24 votes to 5 for Calgary.

[Zontar]

Two best QBs in the league, yes.

[Tracker]

Apart from the homer loyalty to the Bombers, this ought to be the game of the week- arguably the two best teams and almost certainly the two best quarterbacks in the league. My money is on the Stamps.

[Mark F]

i'm going to say that collaros is the best quarterback in the league.

 

and Hamilton wins

 

I think Calgary is not as good as people think.

guess Calgary's better than i thought and Tigercats aren't very good even with Collaros.

Calgary has a huuuge downtown. looks nice.

sack on a three man rush is ugly might have to change my predicition

predicshun.

Edited August 29, 2016 by Mark F

[Mark F]

simoni lawrence is unreal.... made about five of six stops on the drive

Edited August 28, 2016 by Mark F

[Mark F]

what's attendance?

should have caught that td pass tasker

horrible series here

Edited August 28, 2016 by Mark F

[Mark F]

these refs are ruining a good game

[Mark F]

can't get into this game.

[Mr Dee]

The mics were supposed to be only on the QBs and Coaches. So why do I hear all this non-football chirping on a game thread? Take a look at some marvellous QBing and catches instead, why don't you? Tolliver is a heck of a player and that speedster, DaVaris Daniels is just the kind of guy we need to open up our game.

Edited August 29, 2016 by Mr Dee

[Mark F]

I can't believe how ordinary the ticats offence looks. just blech.

 

guess I spoke too soon  

Edited August 29, 2016 by Mark F

[BBlink]

Still can't believe Austin went for 2 to try to bring the score to 9 rather than the single to bring it to 10

[BBlink]

And then they get away with a block from behind on that kick return... Why because it's speedy banks? 

[Rich]

Alberta posts have been moved to here:

 

[Zontar]

"We made too many wrong mistakes" Yogi Berra

[iso_55]

Anyone else becoming disllusioned with the state of the CFL on the field with all the penalties, challenge flags & lame PI rules? ALL of this is killing the CFL in the stands & in the ratings.

[Tracker]

15 minutes ago, iso_55 said:

Anyone else becoming disllusioned with the state of the CFL on the field with all the penalties, challenge flags & lame PI rules? ALL of this is killing the CFL in the stands & in the ratings.

Its a process or sorting out. It ought to get better with time.

[iso_55]

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WTF above??? Anyway, how can things get sorted out when they'll call a DB for illegal contact at 5.1 yards, putting a hand on a shoulder which has no bearing if the ball is incomplete, call illegal contact when a receiver & db accidentally collide, the coaches challenges for not just defensive PI, but offensive & illegal contact, as well as roughing the passer rules? All it does is cause delays & interrupts the flow of the game with all kinds of flags & penalties. This won't get 'sorted out". This is it. This is what a CFL game has become. It's all about penalties now. On pass plays it's a 1/3 chance a PI call will occur.

Edited August 29, 2016 by iso_55

[bearpants]

I only watched a bit of this game... most of the third quarter... but it seems to me like Calgary is clearly the class of the league right now... and there's no close second at the moment...

[TBURGESS]

Anyone think that mic'ing the QB's added anything to the broadcast? I liked to hear some of the coaching comments, but the play calls really didn't add anything to the game for me.

[bearpants]

7 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

Anyone think that mic'ing the QB's added anything to the broadcast? I liked to hear some of the coaching comments, but the play calls really didn't add anything to the game for me.

I think it was tough b/c they were constantly having to edit... there was one bad 2 and out by Ham... and just as Kent starting talking they cut out his mic... then showed him on the sidelines and it was definitely not family friendly material...

[tacklewasher]

Really did nothing for me. Except the commentators talked less, so I guess that is a good thing.

[Tracker]

1 hour ago, TBURGESS said:

Anyone think that mic'ing the QB's added anything to the broadcast? I liked to hear some of the coaching comments, but the play calls really didn't add anything to the game for me.

It would have been a lot more entertaining if they mic'd up the coaches without telling them.

[Atomic]

17 hours ago, iso_55 said:

Anyone else becoming disllusioned with the state of the CFL on the field with all the penalties, challenge flags & lame PI rules? ALL of this is killing the CFL in the stands & in the ratings.

I thought I heard the ratings are doing really well

[Noeller]

8 minutes ago, Atomic said:

I thought I heard the ratings are doing really well

Last I saw they were up......but I'd be curious to see Iso's numbers....

[Mr Dee]