CANADA DAY: 1st game Montreal at STAMPEDERS

[OzSome]

Another season starting and new Stampeders era starts on Canada Day.
Gone are the likes of QB Henry Burris(Hamilton), RB Joffrey Reynolds, R Ken-Yon Rambo, OL Tim O'Neill, DL/LB Robert "Hammer" MCune(Toronto), DB Geoff Tisdale(Hamilton), D Greg Fassitt, Punter Burke Dales(EDmonton), DL Devone Claybourne(now a Defensive Line Coach) and Defensive Coordinator Chris Jones(Toronto). The new era will start with QB Drew Tate, RB Jon Cornish, R Marquay McDaniel, Landan Talley, DB Fred Bennett and Rick Campbell as a Defensive Coordinator. Are the Stampeders better than the last few seasons? Time will tell and we are all hoping that they would be.

Offense:
QB: Drew Tate, Kevin Glenn and Bo Levi Mitchell

RB: Jon Cornish, LaMarcus Coker, Rob Cote, Tim St. Pierre and Matt Walker

R: Nik Lewis, Romby Bryant, Johnny Forzani, Marquay McDaniel, Larry Taylor, Landan Talley, Chris Bauman, Arjei Franklin and Anthony Parker

OL: Jon Gott, Mark Dewitt, Dmitri Tsoumpas, Steve Myddleton, Stanley Bryant, Na' Shan Goddard and Edwin Harrison(injury list)

Special Team: K Rene Paredes, P Rob Maver, LS Randy Chevrier, Returner Larry Taylor, Talley and Coker.

Defense:

DL: Charleston Hughes, Chris McCoy, Kenny Pettway, Corey Mace, Junior Turner, Brian Bulcke, Torrey Davis.

LB: Juwan Simpson, Malik Jackson, Deron Mayo, Demetrice Morley, Chris Randle, Akwasi Antwi, Marc Calixte, Karl McCartney.

DB: Keon Raymond, Brandon Smith, Fred Bennett, Quincy Butler and Keenan McDougall will be starting for Eric Fraser on safety.

Injury:
R Jabari Arthur, S Eric Fraser, OL Edwin Harrison, DL Justin Phillips, LB Joe Lobendahn, OL J.Michael Deane.

Game Time at McMahon Stadium 5:00PM

GO STAMPS GO!!!

[Northendzone]

Seems odd to. Ot see Joffrey's name in the line up.

[PeteLFan]

Going to be a interesting game. Drew Tate looked terrible in the pre season, I wonder how long the leash will be on him.

[Frequitude]

#### ya TSN. Love the Hip. What an intro.

[LGA]

Was it just me, or was that just a terrible rendition of our national anthem?

[OzSome]

I am one of those wait-and-see what can Drew Tate do. I wish him well and I hope he kick b^tt but i am not put a high expectation on him at this point. I am hoping for a Travis Lulay story and not a Cleo Lemon story when it comes to Tate.

I can see Calvillo going after Bennett today. He tested out Quincy Butler against Richardson late last season. I hope Bennett respond the way Butler did last season. Only reason why Richardson got some more yardage was because Tisdale couldn't handle him when Butler was not covering him.

GO STAMPS GO!!!

[Joborule]

Originally Posted by LGA

Was it just me, or was that just a terrible rendition of our national anthem?

Not just you. It was horrawful.

[3 Justin 3]

I'm not the biggest CFL fan (try to watch as many Stamps games as possible), but what is everyone expecting from the Stamps this year?

On that note, FUMBLE TD RETURN!! Nice!

[Drake]

Who say that coming a rookie in his first CFL game playing safety scores the first major of the year for Calgary on a fumble recovery?

[Joborule]

Good start for Stamps.

[3 Justin 3]

Well I wouldn't have thought we'd go up 17-0 in 11 minutes.

[You Need a Thneed]

Tate and Cornish looking awesome so far.

[Fire]

Cornish will be the CFL MVP this year. You heard it here first.

[Drake]

Go figure one of the biggest POS in the CFL does something like that.

[shermanator]

Emrah was lucky to not get tossed.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Originally Posted by shermanator

Emrah was lucky to not get tossed.

Seriously? Tate was getting back up. He hit him between the strike zone. The refs should have blown it down when Tate gave himself up. That was a harsh penalty call

[You Need a Thneed]

Getting up? His butt was still on the ground. Penalty call was obvious.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

He's pushing himself back up, therefore re-entering the play.

I think that is more the fault of the refs than anyone else. Call the penalty, ok, but be consistent with it now. they should have blown the play dead when he gave himself up like it often is

[You Need a Thneed]

That's a penalty 1000 out of every 1000 times, period.

[Drake]

Originally Posted by M*A*S*H 4077

He's pushing himself back up, therefore re-entering the play.

I think that is more the fault of the refs than anyone else. Call the penalty, ok, but be consistent with it now. they should have blown the play dead when he gave himself up like it often is

Really? Come on now, Shea Emry doesn't exactly have a good reputation in the league, he has a reputation for being a dirty player.