Game 5: BC Lions at STAMPEDERS

[OzSome]

The only unbeaten team in the CFL Calgary Stampeders will face the inconsistent BC Lions tomorrow night at McMahon Stadium 8pm.

During the pre-season QB Kevin Glenn played well but I am not sure he will have a repeat tomorrow night against the Stamps. On the pre-season game against BC I was actually worried on our defense because I don't think I've seen them put a pressure on Kevin Glenn that night not even once. When the regular season starts, I lost all my doubts on Stubler's defensive system. After 4 games, I believed Calgary only surrendered 3 TDs so far. DLine has been playing well so as the rest of the defensive group.

OFFENSE :

QB Bo Levi Mitchell hasn't been lighting up the board in the last two games. With Canadian RB Jon Cornish still out and his backup also Canadian Matt Walter out of the game, in comes an import RB Martell Mallett platooning with another import RB Jock Sanders. Due to the ratio, Stamps officially put #82 Nik Lewis as a healthy scratch.
Even though the OLine lost a couple of their starters Jones and Craighead, the line still finished off well last game vs the Eskimos. 1st round pick overall Pierre Lavertu did an amicably job replacing C Brett Jones last game late in the game. Jones had a sprained ankle but he'll be playing vs BC and will start the game as a centre. #58 OG Brandon Craighead is not so lucky as he will be sitting out tomorrow night. #58 Shane Bergman will replace him in the lineup. Bergman played well last season in his only game in the CFL. R Jeff Fuller had a great game vs the Eskimos last week. He caught 4 catches for 67 receiving yards and 1 TD. Often injured R Jabari Arthur will be back in the lineup tomorrow. This is his first game this season. With Nik Lewis out, expect Anthony Parker to be the starting in the slotback position.

DEFENSE :

DB Brandon McDonald played his first CFL vs the Eskimos last week and looks like he is a keeper. He only had 1 tackle in the game but that might improve against the team who released him in the training camp. CB Fred Bennett has been the best DB Stamps have this season so far. Last week, he had 8 tackles, 1 INT and 1 knockdown pass. DB Brandon Smith was pretty good too with 8 tackles and 1 sack. #90 Canadian DT Quinn Smith will be back in the lineup after being scratch last week due to injury.

I can see Charleston Hughes and company are so anxious to get to Kevin Glenn tomorrow night. BC Lions surrendered the league leading 21 QB sacks already this season.

SPECIAL TEAM :

Score ONE win for the ST last week. With the offense struggled in the first half, Stamp fans has to thank the ST play vs the Eskies. Led by Keenan MacDougall who had a blocked punt, fumble recovery and 1 TD, the special team stopped a crucial gamble by the Eskimos before the end of the first half. Eskimos ran a fake punt at the end zone only to be stopped by Stamps special team. After that stop, Bo Levi threw a TD strike to Fuller. K Rene Paredes finally had a good perfect game in this season. He was perfect 4 for 4 on the field goal.
Tim St. Pierre replaced the injured Randy Chevrier as a long snapper against his former team Eskimos. It's been awhile since Chevrier missed a game but St. Pierre made sure the Stamps did not missed a beat. Chevrier will miss another game tomorrow.

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More updates tomorrow.

Game Time : 8 pm at McMahon Stadium
Televised by TSN.

GO STAMPS GO!!!!

[Nehkara]

Go Stamps Go!

[OzSome]

GAME NOTES :

CALGARY :

RB Jon Cornish(concussion), RB Matt Walter(concussion), WR Maurice Price(broken finger), DB Buddy Jackson(hamstring), OL Branden Craighead(ankle), LS Randy Chevrier(undisclosed), LB Alvin Bowen(knee), LB Max Caron(knee), DL Dequin Evans, DT Demonte Bolden, R Nik Lewis are OUT.

BC :

QB Travis Lulay(shoulder), OL Cody Husband(knee), OL Andre Ramsay(ankle), DB Matt McGarva(knee), LB Alex Hoffman-Ellis(ankle), WR Stephen Adekolu are OUT.

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QB Bo Levi Mitchell will be trying to break former Stamps QB Jeff Garcia the best start for starting QB in the CFL career with the 8 wins.

Expect the Stamps defender to make the former Stamps super Sub QB Kevin Glenn life miserable tonight. BC having the worst protection on their QB should be a cakewalk for Stamps Sackmaster and company to get the QB sack. Of course I am hoping though.

Oh please, please, please TSN..I hope we won't have Chris Cutthbert and Glen Suitor doing the game tonight. I just can't stand listening to Glen Suitor and Cutthbert talking about Emmanuel Arceneaux all freaking night. It seems like Suitor had a man-crush on Arcenaux. I didn't watch the Hamilton-Winnipeg game last night so I am not sure who did that game.

GO STAMPS GO!!!

[Rjcsjc62]

As a long time season ticket holder I am surprised that this has never happened to me before, but I have a question for other regulars in the know...


I have left over beer tickets from last game vs. Hamilton. Can I still use them/exchange them for tonight's game?

Go Stamps Go.

[Bar-Down]

It's crazy how these last three seasons our injured list is considerably larger than the team we play each week.

The Stamps' luck has to turn around eventually doesn't it?

I'll be at the game. Go Stamps!

[ShaolinFlame]

Originally Posted by Rjcsjc62

As a long time season ticket holder I am surprised that this has never happened to me before, but I have a question for other regulars in the know...


I have left over beer tickets from last game vs. Hamilton. Can I still use them/exchange them for tonight's game?

Go Stamps Go.

Good all season!

[Sylvanfan]

BC is East Division bad. Stampeders should absolutely kill the Lions tonight.

[EldrickOnIce]

For us in the middle of no where, Sirius 167 if you got it

[nixon45]

Well let's hope that is a wake up call

[OzSome]

I guess that INT was a nice wake up call for Bo Levi. He made things happenned after that INT... to Joe West and then McDaniel for a TD.

[Monahan23]

didn't deserve a foul, great job by special teams

[nixon45]

I can't wait to not see TMNT

[OzSome]

I guess BLM went back to sleep after that TD. BLM should have thrown that ball out of bounced.

That's the Kevin Glenn pre-Stampeders. Keon Raymond got an INT for a TD. Awesome!!

[Monahan23]

Favourite player gets the pick six

[nixon45]

Great run - 21 would be really nice going in to the half

[OzSome]

First half is over 21-10 for Calgary. Finally our offense have dual threat (running and passing) with Martel Mallett doing a great job running the ball. I heard he already ran for over 100 yards already in the first half. Not bad for someone who hasn't played for a long time. BLM started slow again but that mistake he made (INT for TD) sure woke him up because in that series after the INT, he connected to Joe West then McDaniel for a TD.

Defense was not too shabby either. Glenn is playing like the Kevin Glenn pre-Stampeders and threw an INT for a TD by Keon Raymond. Welcome back Keon!!

For the second half, i wish for Calgary defense to start pressuring Kevin Glenn so he'll make some mistakes. I am sure there is less pressure on BLM now that our running game is working well.

Go STAMPS Go!!

[OzSome]

Yes. D!!! This freaking series by the Lions was aided by Stamps penalties. I am glad D came back and stopped BC from scoring a TD. 21-13 Stamps.

[nixon45]

Who is sneaking the booze in to Dunigan tonight?

[Monahan23]

hopefully we can get a TD on this drive

[Jason14h]

Who is sneaking the booze in to Dunigan tonight?

Listening to him makes my soul hurt. We have 150 yds rushing and they have zero sacks, and we need to spend 4 plays talking about how amazing their nose tackle is because he made 1 tackle