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Old 08-22-2013, 03:31 PM   #1
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Default GAME 8 : STAMPEDERS at Argonauts

Ladies and gentlemen, here are the Calgary Stampeders starting lineup... from QB Drew Tate, Offensive Line Dmitri Tsoumpas, Edwin Harrison... RB Jon Cornish, SB Nik Lewis, Chris Bauman, WR Maurice Price, Joe West and Johnnie Forzani.... oooops wait, those guys will be missing the game because they are injured. That list is only on offense. On Defense, we are DT Micah Johnson, DT Corey Mace, LB Malik Jackson, DB Quincy Butler and Brandon Smith. Wow, a lot of injuries so far but no worries players that filled in have been playing well anyways.

Game Time : Friday, August 23rd at 5:30pm MDT at Rogers Centre. It will be televised by TSN in Canada and ESPN3 in the US.

OFFENSE :

QB Kevin Glenn will be starting again. So far, he's been good filling in for Drew Tate. Last game against BC, you can't entirely blame him for their inability to score. Only fault that I think he did was time clock management late in the game. That was inexcuseable for a veteran QB. They seems so lost. Glenn's numbers doesn't really showed how well or bad he played since there was about 4+ catchable passes that receivers dropped. Mo Price was the biggest culprit but the game is over with. Glenn ended up with 22 completions on 38 attempts for 199 yards and 1 TD. Even the best Stampeder receiver McDaniel dropped a pass. McDaniel ended up with 7 catches for 75 yards and 1 TD. Jabari Arthur who will be playing on Nik Lewis' position had a decent game and went 4 for 35 yards.

RB Jon Cornish is questionable tomorrow. There are over 85% chances that he will not dress up for the game due to thigh contusion. His backup RB Non-import Matt Walter will be the starting RB if Cornish cannot play and rookie RB Jonathan Williams will be backing him up.

Stampeder organization are saying RB Cornish(game time decision), Nik Lewis(might be out for the season), the dynamic duo Mo Price and Joe West will not play. Dmitri Tsoumpas is still questionable.

DEFENSE :

Defense played well against the BC Lions last week. They are the reason why the game was not one-sided game in favour of BC Lions. Led by DE Charleston Hughes with 1 INT, 1 tackles, 2 knockdown passes and 1 almost INT, they will have to duplicate or better their defensive effort from last week against Ricky Ray and company. LB Deron Mayo is fitting in nicely after replacing Malik Jackson on the roster.

Question : Whatever happen to DE Shawn Lemon?? I thought he complemented on the opposite side of Charleston Hughes' position. Lemon is fast and always hungry for QB sack.

SPECIAL TEAM :

I think both BC and Stamps' offense struggled at times last week while both defense played well. I thought the huge difference in favour of BC Lion was the special team return. Returner Tim Brown managed to go all the way for a TD while Stamps Larry Taylor's good return was a little over 30 yards. Not entirely his fault because for some reason once he started running, BC coverage teams closed the lane right away. Calgary's special team blocking pretty much was non-existence.

Kicker Rene Paredes was the bright spot increasing his consecutive field goal record number to 38. I also loved that fake punt by Rob Maver. He threw the ball to Rob Cote right on the spot.

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It was never a dull moment playing the Argonauts the last two seasons. For some reason Stamps will start crappy then come back in the game only to lose because Stamps players lose their cool and took some dumb penalties. Including the Grey Cup, Stamps lost all 3 games against the Argos... the lost was aided by some undiscipline penalties by the Stamps. I hope that won't be the case on this game.

GO STAMPS GO!!!!
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