2011 CFL thread

[Beerfest]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Question to Stamps fans.

Do you hate the Lions like you hate the Canucks? I understand the hate for the Canucks, god knows I'm with you. But it's not like the Lions have unlikeable players. They don't have a Burrows/Kesler/Luongo etc. I find it hard to dislike a guy like Geroy, Angus Reid, Brent Johnson or Lulay. So, where's your hatred level at for the Lions?

Meh, they are from a rival team.

Stampeders >

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Question to Stamps fans.

Do you hate the Lions like you hate the Canucks? I understand the hate for the Canucks, god knows I'm with you. But it's not like the Lions have unlikeable players. They don't have a Burrows/Kesler/Luongo etc. I find it hard to dislike a guy like Geroy, Angus Reid, Brent Johnson or Lulay. So, where's your hatred level at for the Lions?

Definitely a division rival, but the least of the 3 West division rivals I'd have to say. I definitely hate the Eskimos and Riders more, as do most Stamps fans I'm sure. So no, not like the Cansucks.

[shermanator]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Question to Stamps fans.

Do you hate the Lions like you hate the Canucks? I understand the hate for the Canucks, god knows I'm with you. But it's not like the Lions have unlikeable players. They don't have a Burrows/Kesler/Luongo etc. I find it hard to dislike a guy like Geroy, Angus Reid, Brent Johnson or Lulay. So, where's your hatred level at for the Lions?

I don't think there's much of a reason for Stamps fans to hate the Lions right now, other than the fact that they are from Vancouver. Plus, with all of the Rider / Eskimo hatred around here, there's really none left (although my Rider hatred is at Canuck hatred levels). Maybe there's a little hatred because of Buono, but that's about it.

I can't say I know of a single person who downright hates the Lions, and the only animosity comes if they are playing the Stamps.

[Flickered Flame]

I don't hate the Lions at all except when the Stamps play them. The Riders are at the bottom of the barrel for me with the Esks a close 2nd. I don't mind the Lions because of the Calgary connections, not as many now as there once was and I don't blame Buono for leaving at all.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Question to Stamps fans.

Do you hate the Lions like you hate the Canucks? I understand the hate for the Canucks, god knows I'm with you. But it's not like the Lions have unlikeable players. They don't have a Burrows/Kesler/Luongo etc. I find it hard to dislike a guy like Geroy, Angus Reid, Brent Johnson or Lulay. So, where's your hatred level at for the Lions?

None. Personally, I think the Lions are lost in a void with Toronto and Hamilton: no reason to care or think about them. Edmonton is a natural rival. Saskatchewan is the little team that everyone would love except for the fact that their fans suck. Montreal has been that big dog that everyone has judged themselves against for a long time. Winnipeg I care a little about because my family came from there.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Thanks for the responses guys.

[OzSome]

I can tolerate the Lions more than the Canucks because of Wally Buono. Buono is one of my all-time head coach of the Stampeders. I cannot handle watching Geroy Simon with his stupid pose after the TD... He looks like .... sorry I can't say the word here because Sean Avery might be reading and complain to the media about it.

Lions is actually my 3rd most least like team in the CFL. If they play against the Eskimos or the Riders I might cheer for them unless it will affect the Stamps standing.

[OzSome]

Originally Posted by browna

That said, no way that last play took 5 seconds, so another blown call. Two wrongs make a right though.

I didn't see the game but from what I heard, ref made some boo-boo on that Winnipeg-Als game. The PI call was plain stupid.. the receiver was not even close to the ball. I thought they called it because the Als defense made Carr slowed down. Carr was pretending he will try to catch the ball on that play even though the ball was 15 yards away. I have to say the CFL should start adopting a diving call or something.. That's when a receiver falls pretending the ball is catchable when it's not.

The other blown call according to LaPolice is having some time left for another play but the ref said they used all 5 seconds. Too bad for the Bombers they lost the way they did.

[PeteLFan]

Nothing about that loser geroy is classy. Watch the team when they ate losing he's a quitter.

[PegCityFlamesFan]

I know we're in the East, but I will always, always, ALLLLWAYS hate the Roughriders. Especially with this massive myth they have always been "Rider Pride". Back in the early 2000's that stadium was a ghost town much like Winnipeg. I can never cheer for them, I'd take anyone over them winning the Grey Cup.

[Cheese]

Originally Posted by OzSome

I didn't see the game but from what I heard, ref made some boo-boo on that Winnipeg-Als game. The PI call was plain stupid.. the receiver was not even close to the ball. I thought they called it because the Als defense made Carr slowed down. Carr was pretending he will try to catch the ball on that play even though the ball was 15 yards away. I have to say the CFL should start adopting a diving call or something.. That's when a receiver falls pretending the ball is catchable when it's not.

The other blown call according to LaPolice is having some time left for another play but the ref said they used all 5 seconds. Too bad for the Bombers they lost the way they did.

Sources have told TSN that the CFL has dismissed side judge Rick Berezowski, the ref who made the pass interference call on Montreal Alouettes rookie cornerback Greg Laybourn late in Friday's game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=377334

[calgaryrocks]

woah, nice work CFL

[browna]

Originally Posted by Cheese

Sources have told TSN that the CFL has dismissed side judge Rick Berezowski, the ref who made the pass interference call on Montreal Alouettes rookie cornerback Greg Laybourn late in Friday's game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=377334

Problem I have with this, is that although the call was quite bad, any number of the other officials could've called that ball uncatchable and negated the penalty, but the rest of the crew inexplicably let it stand.

[Cheese]

agreed with above...the entire crew including the idiot Ref should be canned. I was waiting for one of the other officials to come over and deem it an uncatchable ball or offensive PI...which would have been more like it. If the Bombers won that game i would have been upset. Im also sure the HC of Montreal had something to do with his canning, that was one of the worst calls Ive ever seen.

[troutman]

The CFL should not be firing refs for one blown call.

[Drake]

No Grey Cup in Vancouver?
http://rodpedersen.blogspot.com/2011...ike-again.html

[I_H8_Crawford]

Seriously - when was the last time the Riders scored a TD????

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... not even Jesus Fantuz was able to save that crap team.

No matter what else is happening, I ALWAYS love watching the Priders get Pwn3d, and man, they must be giving "worst team of the decade" a run for it's money!!!!!

Here's the score for the past 3 games against the awesome Riders: 99-9.

LMAO!! It's hard to get that kind of score in Madden on Rookie, hahahahahahahahahahaa!!!!!!!

[Flickered Flame]

Riders sent Hugh Charles to the Esks.

http://www.cfl.ca/article/eskimos-aq...es-from-riders

[Flickered Flame]

Interesting reading Dan Tencer's tweets tonight, apparently in an interview with Tillman, Tillman revealed that the Esks went hard after Fantuz from the Riders today but Miller wouldn't budge.

[PegCityFlamesFan]

Give up the Golden Child???