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Game time: 5:00pm Saturday, August 1st at McMahon Stadium
Televised: TSN (in Canada) and ESPN3 (in US)

The visiting Montreal Alouettes(2-2) is coming from a bye week against Calgary Stampeders(3-2) tomorrow night. Calgary lost their last game to Ottawa Redblacks last week in overtime. Stamps other losses is against the same Alouettes with the rookie QB playing his first game on Week 2. The game was full of mistakes, penalties and maybe the defense worst game in the last few seasons.

OFFENSE:

The 5 starting Offensive Linemen survived the whole game last week and I guess that is one of the most positive things that happened during that game against Ottawa. Calgary lost RB Jon Cornish to thumb injury last week so expect to see Matt Walter starting as RB and platooning with Tory Harrison. R Eric Rogers been having a good season so far having 4 TDs so far in 5 games (6 in 7 career games). QB Bo Levi Mitchell still hasn't been playing his potential but he's been getting better in the last few games. Rookie R Greg Wilson will play his first CFL game tomorrow replacing the injured R Joe West.

DEFENSE:

Defense allowed 8 passing plays of more than 30 yards in 5 games. This is unusual for the Calgary defense especially having the best defense last season. DE Charleston Hughes had 5 QB sacks so far this season and he is tied with Eskimos DL Markus Howard for the CFL lead. MLB Juwan Simpson who missed the Week 2 lost to Montreal will definitely make sure they will not give up the worst 159 rushing yards they gave up in Week 2 against Sutton and rookie QB Cato. DE Brandon Boudreaux will be in the lineup replacing the injured Dequin Evans. DB Ciante Evans will play his first game in the CFL replacing the injured DB Buddy Jackson.

SPECIAL TEAMS:

I guess the Special Team coverage did well last week stopping Speedy Banks. Returner Tim Brown will be count on to get a good game. ST will miss one of their ace special teamer Adam Thibault due to injury but they will get Glenn Love back and Charlie Power.

OPPONENT:

QB Rakeem Cato won 2 games and lost 1 so far this season and he's been playing like a veteran QB. I am sure Calgary will not take him lightly this time. R Nik Lewis will be so pump up playing his first game in Calgary after signing with Montreal in the off-season. Last game against the Stamps in Montreal he caught 3 passes for 65 yards and 1 TD. Veteran R Fred Stamps will be missing the game tomorrow for personal reason.

INS and OUTS:

IN: DB(#0) Ciante Evans, RB(#34) Tory Harrison, LB(#36) Glenn Love, RB(#46) Charlie Power, R(#84) Greg Wilson and DE(#98) Brandon Boudreaux.

OUT: RB Jon Cornish(thumb), DB Buddy Jackson(leg), DB/ST Adam Thibault, R Joe West(I believe minor leg problem), R Kamar Jorden, and DE DeQuin Evans.

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Stamps need to play much better defense than the way they played in Week 2. They need to pressure Cato a lot and hope he makes the mistakes. With Cornish out, Stamps receivers need to catch the ball better and Bo Levi avoid over or underthrowing his receivers. Rumour has it that Shawn Lemon has been released by NFL Pittsburgh Steelers so there might be a possibility he'll be back with Stamps this season if he doesn't get signed by the other NFL team.

GO STAMPS GO!!!!