GAME 11: Labour Day Rematch (STAMPS at Eskimos)

[OzSome]

Game Time: Saturday, September 12th at 7:30pm Commonwealth Stadium
TV: TSN, ESPN3

Calgary won the Labour Day Classic game last week and now the rematch is on. Stampeders won the last 8 Labour Day Classic rematch game since 2007. Ever since Head Coach John Hufnagel became Stamps head coach. they have never lost in rematch against the Eskimos.

OFFENSE:
Offense did not light up the scoreboard last week but they scored enough points to beat the Eskimos. QB Bo Levi Mitchell was 24 for 36 for 251 yards with 1 TD pass to rookie Greg Wilson and 1 INT. Both R McDaniel and R Rogers caught 7 passes for 70+ yards each. Rookie R Greg Wilson caught the only TD in the game last week ended up with 3 catches for 26 yards. Offense on the other hand lost another OLine due to injury. International Garry Williams left the game last week and won't play in the rematch. He will be replaced by another International LG John Estes in the lineup.

DEFENSE:
Stampeders defense has not allowed a TD in 3 of the past 4 games. In the last 4 weeks, they recorded 17 QB sacks and 10 takeaways. DE Charleston "Sackmaster" Hughes had a huge game last week recording 5 tackles and 3 sacks. He would have 4 sacks. He sacked Mike Reilly late in the game that pretty much sealed the deal for Stamps. Hughes won the Top Performer for the week. LB Deron Mayo also had a huge game recording 3 tackles, 1 sack and 1 forced fumble. DB Brandon Smith is hurting and will be a game time decision. Rookie DB Ciante Evans been practicing on his spot and will probably start in the rematch.

SPECIAL TEAM:
Returner Tim Brown left the game due to the injury after that low hit by Eskimos 3rd string QB Jordan Lynch. I thought it was a dirty low hit but Brown thinks it was a clean one. When Brown left the game, Stamps tried Joe Burnett and Anthony Parker to return the punt with no success. Both players fumbled the ball on the return last week. Rookie R/Returner Nathan Slaughter will be in to replace Brown in the lineup and hopefully he will have success in this game.

INs and OUTs:

IN: #0 DB Ciante Evans, #83 R/Ret Nathan Slaughter, #66 LG John Estes, #98 DE Brandon Boudreaux

OUT: Returner Tim Brown, OL Garry Williams, DT Quinn Smith and possibly DB Brandon Smith.

OPPONENT:
QB Mike Reilly will start the game tonight to replace the struggling rookie QB James Franklin. Reilly had a good 4th quarter last week but Stamps defense sort of abandoned their aggressive defense at that time. I am hoping Stubler's crew will also be as aggressive in this game and pressure Reilly all game.

GO STAMPS GO!!!!

[chummer]

Chris Cuthbert doing the Bombers-Riders game.

Please tell me we get Gord Miller and not Rod Black.

[OzSome]

Pretty windy night in Edmonton.

[transplant99]

So its 12 straight including playoffs...going for 13.

Sounds right.

[chummer]

Are they going to show the contentious coin toss?

[CofR]

Did anything come out last week after the game as to why he wouldn't shake Bo's hand?

[OzSome]

Why are they making the coin toss fiasco with that punk Lacey a big deal? Who the heck is Lacey anyways? He's only on the field during special team play so who the heck cares what he does?

[OzSome]

Our special team been terrible with penalties this season so far.

[OzSome]

Here comes the rain!!

[OzSome]

What a hit!!

[EldrickOnIce]

Brutal call.
Terrible

[KipperFaNaTic]

Why was that roughing the passer? Brutal call.

[killer_carlson]

I live a couple block away from commonwealth and it just started raining hard

[transplant99]

yikes did Keon bite on that fake....yeesh not a good start.

[CofR]

Yep, rain really coming down now...

Juwan looks fired up on the sidelines, hopefully can inspire the team

[OzSome]

Fck!! Another freaking special team penalty. Idiots!

[OzSome]

Seriously!! He didn't hit that freaking kicker!! BS call.

[EldrickOnIce]

Yeah well, I thought it was a cheap call
Both were brutal

[LockedOut]

The refs are making this game unwatchable. Thank god the Flames are playing soon.

[darockwilder]

He barely grazed him

[OzSome]

Sean Whyte must have been watching too many Vancouver Canucks games. He learned to dive the way Canucks players dive. Not too happy with this game. Ref and the offense.

[darockwilder]

I'm so sick of Chris Jones and his phony badassery. Won't shake hands, now some special teams scrub thinks its hardcore to not shake hands too. Artificial bully he's creating up there,

[EldrickOnIce]

Even up call...

[OzSome]

Yes Mayo kind of pushed him but he didn't have to hit Maver with his shoulder. That was not an incidental hit. Even Rod Black and Duane Forde are getting annoying.

[EldrickOnIce]

Sean Whyte must have been watching too many Vancouver Canucks games. He learned to dive the way Canucks players dive. Not too happy with this game. Ref and the offense.
The offence has been horrible

[OzSome]

Yes!! Oh my god Anthony Parker did not drop the ball. :)

[EldrickOnIce]

On cue, they come through

[CofR]

Yay Parker for holding on!

[EldrickOnIce]

Stripes can not get anything right.
Clearly a fumble

[OzSome]

That's definitely a fumble and Stamps recovered the ball.

[CofR]

Looks like a fumble to me

[transplant99]

Hard to fathom how every official on the field failed to see that ball come out before he was down.

[OzSome]

Stripes can not get anything right.
Clearly a fumble

Terrible refereeing tonight.

[OzSome]

Not a fan of Walter running the ball. Not very creative.

[EldrickOnIce]

Terrible refereeing tonight.

You got that right

[OzSome]

It still raining but it is not windy anymore.

[EldrickOnIce]

Defense outstanding
Again

[EldrickOnIce]

Plays should be blown dead on contact after no yards

[OzSome]

I don't get that 2nd down play.

[CofR]

Plays should be blown dead on contact after no yards

True.. But if that had been a Stamps player who got horse collared I would be upset with no penalty just because of a no yards call

[dirk diggler]

I'm so sick of Chris Jones and his phony badassery. Won't shake hands, now some special teams scrub thinks its hardcore to not shake hands too. Artificial bully he's creating up there,


to me he looks like the guy who thinks he is the smartest guy in the room, doesnt help with the announcers always referring to him as the defensive guru... he's a tool

[darockwilder]

to me he looks like the guy who thinks he is the smartest guy in the room, doesnt help with the announcers always referring to him as the defensive guru... he's a tool

Yeah, a tool on his 'hawg'

[OzSome]

First half is over. Offense struggled in the first quarter. Bo was off a little bit in the first quarter but much better in the 2nd. Way too many mistakes by Stamps and I am glad they didn't get burned on all of those. Interception throw by Mitchell was one of the mistake he made so far. Refereeing I think was kind of awful calling roughing the kicker penalty on Calgary buying Sean Whyte acting. Nobody even touched him but he dropped on the field. Juwan Simpson's penalty I thought was borderline but it could go either way. He was just a little late by a second. Our defense is playing well again except for Keon Raymond's mistake on Bowman's TD.

[transplant99]

Keon burned again....not a good night for him at all.

[OzSome]

That was a blown coverage. Stafford was pretty much wide-open.

[OzSome]

Come on offense. Time for Quay and Mr. Rogers' neighbourhood..which is the end zone.

[OzSome]

I can't wait for the return of Jon Cornish.

[LockedOut]

Stop giving Walter the ball. He's only good for 1 yard per play save one or two plays.

[transplant99]

Stop giving Walter the ball. He's only good for 1 yard per play save one or two plays.

Don't blame him, his O-Line is getting blown off the line of scrimmage and there is no where for him to run.

[OzSome]

Damn.. twice our DB dropped an easy INT.

[MissTeeks]

That helmet hit on Rogers made my head hurt.

[OzSome]

Defense just collapsed.

[Pizza]

gawd damnit Moniz...

[OzSome]

Only a TD behind. Come on D!!

[Pizza]

DD...stop giving the ball to Walter!

[JiriHrdina]

Rod Black is the worst thing about the CFL.
Who at TSN thinks that ANYONE enjoys him calling a game.

[OzSome]

Damn offense stalled again.

[OzSome]

F-ing defense stopped pressuring Reilly and just letting him throw the ball. Our DB are awful tonight. Worse I've ever seen in the past few games.

[MissTeeks]

This game is frustrating

[JiriHrdina]

That's a silly catch

[MissTeeks]

Oh kiss my grits.

[Pizza]

should've challenged huff..

[OzSome]

I cannot believe Huf did not challenge that play. Eskie player hit Parker before the ball came.

[Hockeyguy15]

Well, all those times where we played just good enough have caught up with us tonight. Just came out on the wrong side of it this time.

[OzSome]

Brutal game. Too many blown coverage and offense was just awful. Can't really fault Mitchell as he doesn't have enough option. I cannot wait to see Jon Cornish back as Walter is not taking advantage of his opportunities. He probably one good game since Cornish went down.

[transplant99]

Not gonna sweat this one a whole bunch, that Esk defense is stout and Calgary just didn't play very well. Some work to do on the O-Line once again as they were flat out owned most of the night.

8-3 is still a very good record. Regroup, get a full week of practice in and see what they can do against BC.

[Hockeyguy15]

I thought kicking the ball was a penalty?

[Pizza]

what is this?

losing to an Edmonton sports team?

:(
i dont like this feeling

[dirk diggler]

For an elite QB, there is a lot of instances where Mitchell does not inspire confidence, i cringe when he throws the deep ball

[Yoho]

For an elite QB, there is a lot of instances where Mitchell does not inspire confidence, i cringe when he throws the deep ball

It doesn't help Parker gets blown off the ball by a stiff breeze at the best of times.

[dash_pinched]

Did they change the rule about leading with your helmet on tackles because JC Sherritt did it twice last night and both times no flag was thrown.

[OzSome]

I cannot stand losing to Riders or Eskimos so I was not very happy last night. Our defense I thought were good but they were very inconsistent in the 2nd half. They definitely missed Brandon Smith and his leadership in the game. Keon Raymond, Burnett and Bennett had a hard night getting burned in a few occassions. It was very unheard of Raymond making that many mistakes. DB also didn't capitalized on 3 of Reilly's mistakes. They could have intercepted the ball 3 times easily but the DB dropped an easy INT. Next game I guarantee defense will play much better. On offense, OLine struggled but can't really blame them as they keep losing players to injuries. I am not sure if Federkeil came back to the game after going down early. Mitchell is probably hoping Cornish comes back next game. Teams are starting to key on Mitchell throwing the ball a lot because the running game is not very effective. No offense to Walter but he seems to want to run the ball the way Messam runs the ball with power. He is a small guy and not very fast and he does not the slick move Cornish have. Special team is our weakest link on this team. Punter Rob Maver and lately K Rene Paredes are the ones being consistent. Special team just commits way too many penalties and it is getting annoying. Tim Brown gets a good return but it keeps coming back because of the illegal block or holding. The problem was most of those penalties are unnecessary because Brown already gained a good chunk of yards. Last night two penalties by special team gave Edmonton the ball back. I can't really blame them on one of them because ref blew that call. Sean Whyte would have win Best Actor in the Academy awards for that dive. Special Team wasn't really noticeable before because the Stamps were winning but it is time for Mark Kilam to get the special teamers to watch the films and start penalizing the players making so many dumb penalties.
I am sure the Stamps will bounce back next game as they always do after a bad lost. By the way, now that Chris Jones finally won against the Stamps, did he shake Huf's hand or run away again? I didn't see the end of the game.

[chummer]

By the way, now that Chris Jones finally won against the Stamps, did he shake Huf's hand or run away again? I didn't see the end of the game.


TSN cut away just as they were approaching each other, it looked like they did though.