Lions @ Tiger-Cats

[Ripper]

4 hours ago, Mark H. said:

Best game of the week. 

Better than a cancelled game. Gutsy call there

[Blueandgold]

That was a hell of a game, but the no call on the big return that led to Hamiltons game winning touchdown was disgusting. 

[B-F-F-C]

4 hours ago, Zontar said:

Hated how defense made BC look good. Overjoyed with backup Evans engineering win. Quite a night here.

Queue the Evans is better than Nichols discussion. 🤐

[Mark H.]

7 hours ago, Zontar said:

Hated how defense made BC look good. Overjoyed with backup Evans engineering win. Quite a night here.

B.C. does have talent on O - they just started getting some actual OL play. Your lack of run stopping is a concern. 

[Mr Dee]

6 hours ago, Blueandgold said:

That was a hell of a game, but the no call on the big return that led to Hamiltons game winning touchdown was disgusting. 

You mean this one?

 

Bloody terrible non-call..

[WBBFanWest]

8 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

You mean this one?

 

Bloody terrible non-call..

If you eliminate the grabbing, pulling and the two handed push from behind, that was a perfectly executed block.  I can see how the refs might miss those little subtleties. 

[Mr Dee]

How irritating.

I was watching Hall of Fame interviews last night but they kept interrupting the interviews with a damn football game of all things..

[Piggy 1]

11 hours ago, Mark H. said:

Best game of the week. 

Crap, And I had company so couldnt watch. But I love these threads , almost gives me the play by play ,without Rod Blacks vitriol.

[Mr Dee]

Hamilton is very lucky there wasn’t lightning in the area as they needed the 4th quarter to score 16 points to win that game. 

This only highlights what a colossal mistake it was to end a game in the 3rd quarter in a tight football game, in the anything-can-happen CFL.

[Stickem]

Brutal miss by the refs..................almost as bad as the spot the argo's got against us last game of a first down that wasn't ......Totally inept officiating when calls like this are made or totally missed...In any event what a pasting Reilly took but continued with his heroics...Call it dumb pride but there's no way he should have finished that game with a healthy O'Brian waiting in the wings...How much did the leos' give Reilly to sign on??.....It will be going up in a puff of smoke if their coach doesn't smarten up......and quit sticking his tongue out...All Claybrooks needs to do is turn his cap sideways while doing the tongue thing...What an image of intelligence that presents////LOL  

[Zontar]

Meh. Refs missed a call on SSKs key return last week . But, yes, Bradbury is probably the worst..

[Ripper]

All year the returns have been getting a free ride.  Coaches are going to have to start throwing challenge flags on punt returns. Scoring plays are reviewed so how are they missing this crap.  Obviously the word came down that they want more scoring

[blueingreenland]

That was the worst missed call of the year. I'm expecting the league will come out on Monday and say,"Uh, sorry, we missed that call." And of course we will hear nothing about or if the refs were disciplined.

[kelownabomberfan]

5 hours ago, B-F-F-C said:

Queue the Evans is better than Nichols discussion. 🤐

You mean ""Great Dane" as Rod Black was referring to him. Yeah...yuck.

[NorthernSkunk]

15 minutes ago, Ripper said:

All year the returns have been getting a free ride.  Coaches are going to have to start throwing challenge flags on punt returns. Scoring plays are reviewed so how are they missing this crap.  Obviously the word came down that they want more scoring

Bombers excel at returning the ball..an the resident green troll doesn't like it.... go figure

[kelownabomberfan]

2 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

Hamilton is very lucky there wasn’t lightning in the area as they needed the 4th quarter to score 16 points to win that game. 

This only highlights what a colossal mistake it was to end a game in the 3rd quarter in a tight football game, in the anything-can-happen CFL.

The Alouettes players had to get going to their bouncer jobs. Don't call the game you don't have a door guy at Chez Paree.

Edited August 11, 2019 by kelownabomberfan

[Eternal optimist]

17 minutes ago, Ripper said:

All year the returns have been getting a free ride.  Coaches are going to have to start throwing challenge flags on punt returns. Scoring plays are reviewed so how are they missing this crap.  Obviously the word came down that they want more scoring

The issue is that the scoring play is reviewable, but a coach can only challenge for illegal block penalties if they're called. Teams receiving the ball have an inherent advantage, since receiving coaches can challenge a phantom illegal block penalty (to have it removed), but the kicking team can't challenge for a missed illegal block penalty that should've been called.

[Mark H.]

35 minutes ago, NorthernSkunk said:

Bombers excel at returning the ball..an the resident green troll doesn't like it.... go figure

C’mon man - what he said is exactly correct. 

[Floyd]

51 minutes ago, Eternal optimist said:

The issue is that the scoring play is reviewable, but a coach can only challenge for illegal block penalties if they're called. Teams receiving the ball have an inherent advantage, since receiving coaches can challenge a phantom illegal block penalty (to have it removed), but the kicking team can't challenge for a missed illegal block penalty that should've been called.

What a nightmare KR blocking challenges would be...  fishing expedition on every big return...

I like the big play returns this year - glad the refs have lightened up even if its a blown call here and there - way better than it was

[NorthernSkunk]

23 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

C’mon man - what he said is exactly correct. 

Is there not a hold somewhere on the field every play..... and after reading his posts on riderfans about the fans here I really don't care what he has to say.

[Tracker]

15 hours ago, Rod Black said:

I counted at least 74 mental errors by the Lions defence. 

73 of them were by Claybrooks.

[Ripper]

1 hour ago, NorthernSkunk said:

Bombers excel at returning the ball..an the resident green troll doesn't like it.... go figure

Grow up.  If that return happened against you guys last night you would be losing it.  This cannot continue, it is making the league look really bad. This league has struggled to shake the bush league appearance ever since I have watched it. A team lost a grey cup a couple years ago on a illegal block call. Now we just aren't going to call it at all??  Just let it be a freeforall out there.  That head shot on Adams last week against Ottawa is another one, this crap needs to end

[Ripper]

29 minutes ago, NorthernSkunk said:

Is there not a hold somewhere on the field every play..... and after reading his posts on riderfans about the fans here I really don't care what he has to say.

Right back at you

[rebusrankin]

Ripper made a great point about the holding on returns and on the headshot.

I love the big returns and as Dickenson apparently said, I think we're seeing more this year because the NFL is kind of phasing out the kick game so we're getting more of those type of guys and that's great but you have to make the calls.

[Eternal optimist]

52 minutes ago, Floyd said:

What a nightmare KR blocking challenges would be...  fishing expedition on every big return...

I like the big play returns this year - glad the refs have lightened up even if its a blown call here and there - way better than it was

Sure... there will definitely be some cases where coaches may burn a challenge to calm things down. You can almost always find a holding or illegal block on most kick return plays... personally, I think it'd be best if they did it for a specific player, similar to how pass interference is called.

I just find it interesting that even the rule book itself is stacked against coverage teams like that, puts them at a big disadvantage when there is a missed call.