Mr Dee Posted October 24, 2016 Report Posted October 24, 2016 (edited) After Week 18 Bye Winnipeg Every single team in the league will be willing to take a chance on Duron Carter. -Lawless ??This could very well be true. After all, Carter is Milt Stegall-approved. Here is how everything shakes down heading into Week 18: Hamilton Win = Hamilton clinches playoff berth and a home playoff date; Toronto and Montreal eliminated from playoff contention. THIS HAPPENED Ottawa Win = Ottawa clinches first place in the East Division and will host Eastern Final. NOPE Hamilton Tie + losses by both Toronto and Montreal = Hamilton clinches playoff berth and home playoff date. HALF Hamilton's in the playoffs. Montreal loss = Montreal is eliminated from playoff contention. NO, THEY WON - STILL OUT Toronto loss = Toronto is eliminated from playoff contention. YEP NOTE: Edmonton (3-1), Winnipeg (3-2) hold the advantage over BC (0-3) based on their record in event of a three-way tie. Who has clinched a playoff berth Calgary Stampeders, BC Lions, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Edmonton Eskimos, Ottawa RedBlacks, Hamilton. Who is eliminated from playoff contention Saskatchewan Roughriders, Toronto and Montreal If the playoffs started today (Oct. 17) … Western Semi-Final: BC at Winnipeg Western Final: TBD at Calgary Eastern Semi-Final: Edmonton at Hamilton (Not determined yet) Eastern Final: TBD at Ottawa Out of the playoffs: Toronto, Montreal, Saskatchewan Donnovan Bennett 3) Historically, it has been difficult for West teams in the playoff crossover as they've gone 0-8. However, BC, Edmonton and Winnipeg (one of whom will be crossing over) are a combined 9-2 playing in the East this year. Not too shabby. Deron Mayo is out for the season after suffering a knee injury in Saturday’s game against Montreal. CFL News Sean Payton lobbies for NFL to make pass interference calls reviewable. thesco.re/2ezrOM3 #CFL via @theScore Drew Edwards Despite costly error, #Ticats Kent Austin still supports replay in the #CFL #HamOnt #NFL #Falcons wp.me/p65Ld4-4Si ??When asked about extensions for Walters and O'Shea, Gary Lawless responded -"Walters will get 5. O'Shea 3 or 4." Gord Holder Ottawa Sun Ray Early, that is, the 24-year-old punter from South Carolina who was assigned to the Canadian Football League team’s practice squad after signing Monday. He could see game action as soon as Friday night at TD Place stadium against the visiting Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Another “international,” Sergio Castillo, averaged a net of 36.3 yards in two September games, but wasn’t seen as enough of a difference-maker to warrant occupying a roster spot ahead of the “national” Medeiros. This is not a new problem for the Redblacks, who for various reasons have employed a staggering eight different punters since the 2015 season started: Milo (more than once), Thomas DeMarco, Anthony Alix, Maher, Andy Wilder, Ronnie Pfeffer, Medeiros and Castillo. Kirk Penton Can't recall a bigger line in a #CFL game. #Stampeders are favoured by 16.5 points against the #Argonauts. Lowell Ulrich “Here’s what I saw…Winnipeg was having a better time even though we were ahead,” Buono began. “I sense [there’s] not the same joy, and you’ve got to address that. “You take the message differently. They’re a little more defensive, because they’re tired. This is something every team goes through and you’ve got to work your way out of it.” Darrin Bauming The #Bombers have released two Internationals from their practice roster: quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson and D-lineman Brandon Williams. Ottawa Redblacks ? on 10 consecutive sellouts. Fewer than 500 tickets remain for Friday's #CFLPink game vs the Ticats! ??But the Senators had just 11061 in attendance... Gerry Moddejonge - Edmonton Journal Coming on the heels of Duron Carter and Kenny Stafford getting released by the Montreal Alouettes following last week’s CFL trade deadline – making them ineligible to play for any other team for the rest of the season – the question is, what the heck’s going on with receivers in the East Division? ??So, what's Jason Maas's opinion on this? “It’s not my problem,” Maas said. “So I’m not worried about it at all.” ?? A big hmm to that. Mike Beamish Vancouver Province The Lions indeed have just nine interceptions as a team. With three games left in the regular season, they are flirting with the all-time franchise-low of 12. That happened 62 years ago, in B.C.’s inaugural year in the Western Intercollegiate Football Union, when the club finished 1-15. Oddly enough, the 14-1-1 Calgary Stampeders, vying to become the first CFL team to lose but a single game in the regular season, also have the same total of interceptions as the Lions — nine. The 5-10 Saskatchewan Roughriders have the fewest picks among all teams at eight. Not only are the Lions trending toward a franchise low, the CFL interception rate is headed in the same direction. With only one interception for every 42.5 pass attempts in 2016, the pickoff rate is an “unbelievable” (statistician Daniel’s word) 2.35 per cent heading into Week 18. The outlier is Winnipeg. The Blue Bombers have a remarkable 28 interceptions. Their overall turnover ratio, plus-31, is even better than Calgary’s (plus-17). All of the remaining seven teams, including the Lions at minus-eight, are in negative territory. Lawless look at @cfl sked. no surprise if @EdmontonEsks win out, get to 11-7. @Wpg_BlueBombers would need to win out, get to 12-6 to host West semi CFL - Kirk Penton It appears the CFL has found its price point for the Grey Cup, and it's not what the organizing committee came up with for this year's bash in Toronto. Last week it appeared nearly half of the 35,000 or so seats for the game were still unsold, and it had clearly reached a point where fans weren't going to make the annual pilgrimage to the game just because it's what they've always done. ??This This ticket price reduction should serve as a stern lesson for the CFL that it is not the NFL. The Grey Cup isn't the Super Bowl, and ticket prices should never be set as high as they were this year. If you want it to be the Canadian party that it's always been, make it affordable for as many Canadians to get to it as possible. - If you're going to do away with the divisions.... Wally Buono has the best solution: The top seven teams make the playoffs, with the first place squad getting a bye. There would be three games on the opening weekend of the post-season, giving teams a better chance of hosting one. All told, there's a chance there could be as many as 16 receivers with 1,000 yards. The record is 18, which was set in 1993. - 41 – Days between clincher and West Division final for Stampeders this year 6 – Teams, since 1986, with at least 41 days between clinching first and division final 3 – Teams that had at least a 41 day break but failed to win the Grey Cup CFL News #AlsMTL are $300,000 over the salary cap, according to league sources, but save only $12,500 by releasing Stafford. - @HerbZurkowsky1 #CFL CFL History Let Thee Who Has Spent the Weekend in Hamilton Without Taking MDA, Cast The First Stone #Boring #SpeedyB #TiCats #CFL CFL News 'I am the quarterback of the #Riders: Darian Durant keeping quiet on contract talks cbc.ca/1.3811256 #CFL via @CBCSaskatoon ??Hmm CFL News #AlsMTL reportedly $300K over cap. So what are the rules if they exceed it by that much? cfl.ca/game-salary-ma… #CFL -Monetary Penalties: $1 for each $ a Club exceeds SEC up to $100K $2 for each $ a Club exceeds SEC between $100K and $300K #CFL $3 for each $ a Club exceeds SEC over $300K -Non-Monetary Penalties: Forfeiture of next available first round draft pick for Clubs that exceed SEC over $100,000 #CFL #AlsMTL -Forfeiture of next available first and second round draft picks for Clubs that exceed SEC over $300,000 #CFL #AlsMTL via @CFL ??It's now become clear why the Alouettes were willing to part with their 1st pick in the draft next year and trade with BC for a QB - Vernon Adams. Because they're so much over the cap, they were going to lose the pick. Might as well throw the roulette ball on the spinning wheel, and take your chances.. Paul LaPolice We need a full & loud house for Ottawa game. Make sure you are going, buy tix if you haven't. I have a new special play for game. #support Lawless Argos are helping out folks with ticket concerns after price reductions to some seats. Team is calling people directly. ??Jennings has thrown 13 picks this year. 38.5% in two games. - (Two games against the Bombers.) ??According to Scott Milanovich, Sean McEwan will probably be the Argos nominee for outstanding Canadian and top rookie. He's played in all Argo games so far this year, at centre, and: “Without giving the kid too much credit, he has exceeded our expectations,’ CFL Communications .@Rikester13 is within reach of 6000 yards in 2016: he is currently on pace for 6,064 passing yards this season. #CFL -#CFL teams continue to run the ball: last week averaged 204 rushing yards per game. Average of 200+ rushing yards/game in 4 of last 5 weeks. ??Love how Emmanuel Arceneaux, Shawn Gore and Stephen Adekolu just showed up at some kids' team practice and gave them some time to show them a few tips. CFL strong. Stamps Fact Quick Fix: Stamps hold 73-17 scoring advantage in 1st qtrs over past 7 games. On the season, they've outscored rivals 127-51 in opening qtrs Rod Pedersen From the Riders on contract extension talks with @dariandurant: "Hopeful but nothing imminent or close." Kirk Penton Interesting news from the #CFL today: The #Eskimos, not the #Riders, have had the most viewers this season. Dave Campbell #CFL says the #Eskimos lead the league in overall TV ratings averaging 649K viewers per game. Riders averaging 627K, Bombers next at 615K. Darrell Davis Nonstop rain at #Mosaic. Too effin wet to Tweet from Sec 25. #Als 6 #Riders 5 at 1/2-time. Game only marginally better than weather. #CFL ??More conspiracy? Rod Pedersen "sources within the officiating fraternity tell me that Austin is the hardest on CFL referees amongst head coaches". ??Not really a surprise there, if you ask me.. "And furthermore, the refs don't like having multiple voices in their headsets while they're trying to call the games." BC LIONS DEN 22,831 Was the attendance tonight at @BCPlace. Crowd was loud and involved. Lots of kids too. Great atmosphere. #BCLions #CFL Next Week Bye - Toronto Week 19 Edited October 27, 2016 by Mr Dee Fatty Liver, MOBomberFan and Mark F 3
MOBomberFan Posted October 24, 2016 Report Posted October 24, 2016 6 minutes ago, Mr Dee said: Donnovan Bennett 3) Historically, it has been difficult for West teams in the playoff crossover as they've gone 0-8. However, BC, Edmonton and Winnipeg (one of whom will be crossing over) are a combined 9-2 playing in the East this year. Not too shabby. Mr Bennett forgot about 2008 when Edmonton beat Winnipeg after crossing over to the East.
MOBomberFan Posted October 24, 2016 Report Posted October 24, 2016 Just now, Jpan85 said: 0 for 8 in getting to Grey Cup Ahhh, that makes sense.
TrueBlue Posted October 24, 2016 Report Posted October 24, 2016 So Montreal gets something of value for a draft pick that they essentially no longer would have had?? Mr Dee, Tracker and SPuDS 3
WBBFanWest Posted October 24, 2016 Report Posted October 24, 2016 6 minutes ago, TrueBlue said: So Montreal gets something of value for a draft pick that they essentially no longer would have had?? As I understand it, they lose the next available first round pick, so by trading away the 2017 1st rounder, all they've done is pushed this back to 2018. SPuDS 1
Mike Posted October 24, 2016 Report Posted October 24, 2016 13 minutes ago, TrueBlue said: So Montreal gets something of value for a draft pick that they essentially no longer would have had?? That's not how it works at all. Whoever is explaining it that way is mistaken. It pretty clearly states "next available" and if you've traded it, it's not available. So they'll lose their 2018 first rounder.
Blueandgold Posted October 24, 2016 Report Posted October 24, 2016 8 minutes ago, WBBFanWest said: As I understand it, they lose the next available first round pick, so by trading away the 2017 1st rounder, all they've done is pushed this back to 2018. I believe that they actually also lose their 2017 second rounder.
TrueBlue Posted October 24, 2016 Report Posted October 24, 2016 1 hour ago, Mike said: That's not how it works at all. Whoever is explaining it that way is mistaken. It pretty clearly states "next available" and if you've traded it, it's not available. So they'll lose their 2018 first rounder. That's what I thought. The fact they traded away next year's 1st rounder means they are just delaying the inevitable to 2018. What if they keep trading away their first rounders every year?
WBBFanWest Posted October 24, 2016 Report Posted October 24, 2016 2 hours ago, TrueBlue said: That's what I thought. The fact they traded away next year's 1st rounder means they are just delaying the inevitable to 2018. What if they keep trading away their first rounders every year? Well, as it turns out, once the books are audited, they won't have a 1st rounder available until 2019, so if they want to trade that away, more power to them. And I'm betting that every other GM in the league knows their situation too, so that will make trying to trade off the 2018 1st rounder a bit more challenging.
Guest J5V Posted October 24, 2016 Report Posted October 24, 2016 Awesome! Thanks for this Dee. Gem for me was ... Love how Emmanuel Arceneaux, Shawn Gore and Stephen Adekolu just showed up at some kids' team practice and gave them some time to show them a few tips. CFL strong.
Tracker Posted October 24, 2016 Report Posted October 24, 2016 5 hours ago, TrueBlue said: So Montreal gets something of value for a draft pick that they essentially no longer would have had?? I believe personal lubricant was involved here.
Dee Urban Hermit Posted October 25, 2016 Report Posted October 25, 2016 5 hours ago, WBBFanWest said: Well, as it turns out, once the books are audited, they won't have a 1st rounder available until 2019, so if they want to trade that away, more power to them. And I'm betting that every other GM in the league knows their situation too, so that will make trying to trade off the 2018 1st rounder a bit more challenging. And on top of that, they just might be looking for a new GM and HC, and this is what your going to be selling them to jump on board. Kind of sounds like the 2012 Bomber mess...
bearpants Posted October 25, 2016 Report Posted October 25, 2016 As much as I love seeing the clown show in any city other than Winnipeg... it concerns me when places like Montreal, Toronto and BC are a complete **** show... we all know those places aren't exactly flooding with CFL fans as it is....
Tracker Posted October 25, 2016 Report Posted October 25, 2016 9 hours ago, bearpants said: As much as I love seeing the clown show in any city other than Winnipeg... it concerns me when places like Montreal, Toronto and BC are a complete **** show... we all know those places aren't exactly flooding with CFL fans as it is.... This seems to be the modus operandi of the CFL- that there is always a team or two that is struggling. Get used to it, folks.
Mr Dee Posted October 27, 2016 Author Report Posted October 27, 2016 Kirk Penton - the Insider: @@@CFL coaches and managers give their anonymous thoughts on what they’re talking about behind closed doors: -No, (the two objectionable conduct penalties on the same play) didn't surprise me. Jason (Maas) used to work for us, and he loses his temper a lot. He cusses worse than any coach I've worked with or played for ...??Maas/temper....mad = Maad -I played against Henry (Burris). I jog like an old man now, and he's still out there in his 40s running around and making plays against kids ... -When Edmonton beat us their offensive line held us all night. How they get away with that (bleep) is (bleeping) ridiculous ...??Not the first time this has been said... -(Marc) Trestman and (Scott) Milanovich back to Montreal together ... -Calgary and Edmonton in the Grey Cup this year. I don't really know the East and selling tickets and all of that, but that's who I think will play in the Grey Cup unless something crazy happens likes a quarterback injury ... ??Who should Toronto hire? -Not (Jim) Popp. He's (bleeped) up his franchise. I would call Trestman first. If he says no, call (John) Hufnagel and s.ee if he misses coaching. (Eric) Tillman's won three or four championships, but Hamilton's got (Kent) Austin and him now. I don't know what the Argos should do, but they have to hire a proven winner .. -Would I play (Bo Levi) Mitchell this week? As a coach I would say yes. Maybe the first half only, but it's risky. Tough call on (Jerome) Messam, too. Losing a Canadian like him would be a kick in the balls ... -When you coach in this league long enough, you learn to expect surprises. What about a BC-Hamilton Grey Cup? (Wally) Buono and Austin know how to win in November, and those teams have the players to get there ... -Edmonton's defence gave a terrible effort and had poor tackling against B.C. It looked like B.C. was playing for their playoff lives and Edmonton was going through the motions ... -(Vernon) Adams showed he can move around the pocket and make some big plays. Not sure how he will be as a pocket passer . -The league's most outstanding defensive player is Moe Leggett ... -The Tiger-Cats will be better with (Zach) Collaros back, but Zach is nicked up. He's not the same guy right now ... -Messam is the top Canadian. (Ted) Laurent, (Andy) Fantuz and (Alex) Singleton are the next best ... -What's going on in Ottawa? It seems like the room may be split over the quarterbacks. Also, this year's offensive line and defensive backs haven't played with the same consistency as a year ago ... -If I'm Dave (Dickenson) I would start every one of my starters in Montreal. They have a bye the last week of the season plus the first round bye. I'm not giving my starters three weeks off ... -(Bryan) Burnham is the most underrated player in the league. Larry Dean, (Taylor) Loffler and Jeremiah Johnson should also get more love than they're getting ... -For the first time in history a crossover team will be in the Grey Cup. Calgary versus Edmonton. LOL ... -The Redblacks are struggling to find themselves, especially offensively. Injuries are catching up to them. 146 – Points the Bombers have scored off turnovers 40 – Points the Redblacks have scored off turnovers
Fan Boy Posted October 27, 2016 Report Posted October 27, 2016 How about the Bombers and Edmonton in the Grey cup with the Bombers winning 50 - 11 mainly with defensive turnovers. Just like before except this time Edmonton is the East. Tracker, 17to85, Mark F and 2 others 5
Pete Catan's Ghost Posted October 27, 2016 Report Posted October 27, 2016 13 minutes ago, Fan Boy said: How about the Bombers and Edmonton in the Grey cup with the Bombers winning 50 - 11 mainly with defensive turnovers. Just like before except this time Edmonton is the East. I still have the tshirt from that game. It would disintegrate into a billion tiny pieces of cloth if I tried to wear it. Noeller 1
Fan Boy Posted October 27, 2016 Report Posted October 27, 2016 6 minutes ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said: I still have the tshirt from that game. It would disintegrate into a billion tiny pieces of cloth if I tried to wear it. All I have is memories but I am satisfied. That was as glorious a game as I have ever attended. I even ran onto the field (never before and never again). I did not participate in the destruction of goal posts as I am not a vandal (I am half Ukrainian- the bottom half so it seems). Greg Battle carried the team on his wide shoulder pads.
Fatty Liver Posted October 27, 2016 Report Posted October 27, 2016 1 hour ago, Fan Boy said: All I have is memories but I am satisfied. That was as glorious a game as I have ever attended. I even ran onto the field (never before and never again). I did not participate in the destruction of goal posts as I am not a vandal (I am half Ukrainian- the bottom half so it seems). Greg Battle carried the team on his wide shoulder pads. Curious, with or without clothes?
Pete Catan's Ghost Posted October 27, 2016 Report Posted October 27, 2016 Please; not another "naked black guy" memory.
Mark F Posted October 27, 2016 Report Posted October 27, 2016 4 hours ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said: I still have the tshirt from that game. It would disintegrate into a billion tiny pieces of cloth if I tried to wear it. I've told you a million times..... don't exaggerate.
Tracker Posted October 27, 2016 Report Posted October 27, 2016 1 hour ago, Mark F said: I've told you a million times..... don't exaggerate. And generalization is also more or less a grammatical sin.
Mark F Posted October 28, 2016 Report Posted October 28, 2016 1 hour ago, tracker said: And generalization is also more or less a grammatical sin. mine was a forty year old line that isn't as funny as it once was.... Pete Catan's Ghost 1
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