Edmonton @ Calgary/ Toronto @ Hamilton

[Mark F]

hard hitting game.

 

also..... tired of Pinball.

Edited September 5, 2016 by Mark F

[iso_55]

15 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

In the fur trade era, yes. In the settlement / farming era, no. The NWMP clamped down on gun - toting, whiskey trading and a host of other problems 

When was the NWMP established? In the 1880's when the CP Railroad was finished. There was very little of the law prior to that.

[Mark F]

edit

 

Edited September 5, 2016 by Mark F

[iso_55]

Collaros was lucky he wasn't injured again. Those blindside hits on qbs are scary.

[Mark F]

so far collaros doesn't seem to have returned to his top form. third game back... wonder what's up.

 

Edited September 5, 2016 by Mark F

[bustamente]

Football talk and History lessons 

[Mark F]

Lemon is unbelievably strong.

 

did not expect a rout by toronto

Edited September 5, 2016 by Mark F

[bustamente]

Did Hamilton think this was a walkover game cause there not that good

[Tracker]

Collaros is good, the rest of the team, not so much.

[Fatty Liver]

19 minutes ago, iso_55 said:

When was the NWMP established? In the 1880's when the CP Railroad was finished. There was very little of the law prior to that.

NWMP were there first before the railway, basically no population other than the local Indian tribes at the time in S. Alberta.  Fort Whoop-Up is about as close as Western Canada ever got to the Wild West stuff and not surprisingly that was provoked by American whisky traders which the RCMP put the clamps on.  The handful of outlaws that Western Canada had were usually American fugitives.

Look at the old photos, few cowboy hats, mostly bowler hats.

[Mark F]

fun game

[Fatty Liver]

Ricky Ray resurrects himself one more time.

[Tracker]

Anyone who has been thinking that Ricky Ray was ready for the scrap heap may be having second thoughts right about now.

[Mark F]

Ricky made two nice throws for touchdowns, and one nice longer pass. I still don't enjoy watching him play that much. 13 four yard passes. when the Bombers do that everyone hates it. I'm not sure how many more hits he can take.

I think this is the kind of offence Lapolice would like to run.

Edited September 5, 2016 by Mark F

[Fatty Liver]

17 minutes ago, Mark F said:

Ricky made two nice throws for touchdowns, and one nice longer pass. I still don't enjoy watching him play that much. 13 four yard passes. when the Bombers do that everyone hates it. I'm not sure how many more hits he can take.

I think this is the kind of offence Lapolice would like to run.

It worked a whole lot better when Owens and Durie were in their prime because of their YAC abilitiy.  They haven't been able to replace either of those components imo.

Edited September 6, 2016 by Throw Long Bannatyne

[Mark H.]

1 hour ago, iso_55 said:

When was the NWMP established? In the 1880's when the CP Railroad was finished. There was very little of the law prior to that.

You nailed it - after the fur trade era, about 130 - 140 years ago 

[Mark F]

we didn't have a civil war, that created a lot of violent people with not much to do except rob plunder murder and kill.

Edited September 6, 2016 by Mark F

[Mark F]

another pitiful pi call

 

is adrian tracy the guy that clobbered willy?

Edited September 6, 2016 by Mark F

[Mark F]

guess scott should have challenged.

 

great game

Edited September 6, 2016 by Mark F

[coach17]

This is turning out to be the most exciting game of the weekend, lots of points, lots of drama

 

[17to85]

Man oh man ray is having a hell of a time with the pressure

[Mark F]

ray's too old to take this beating

[Esks1975]

This is the worst reffing of any game this weekend. The Argo's got screwed over at least three times that cost them a win.

[Tracker]

The 'Cats are full measure for the win. They could have thrown in the towel after a disastrous first half but came back to win. Ray deserved better, but that's the CFL for you. Helluva game. As much as I enjoyed the Bomber win, this was way more entertaining.

[Fatty Liver]

3 hours ago, Mark F said:

ray's too old to take this beating

Yah, this has become a bit of a cycle in the last 2-3 years.  Ray gets pulverized until he finally breaks and spends months recovering only to be injured shortly after he returns.  Shame on Barker and Milanovich for not providing him with better protection when they've had years to build a solid team around him.