GAME 12 : STAMPEDERS at Montreal

[OzSome]

Last game against was probably the worst start Stampeders had this season. It was also one of the best comeback in the CFL. Unfortunately with that win it came with the price. Stampeders lost 5 players due to injury that game and all 5 players (QB Bo Levi Mitchell, SB Marquay McDaniel, DE Charleston Hughes, DT Demonte Bolden and DL Ben D'Aguilar) will miss the Montreal game. Add RB Jon Cornish, who won the Offensive Player and Canadian Player of the week, to those players missing Montreal game.

The game in Montreal is the Canadian Football Hall of Fame game and one of the inductees is one of the most influence person in Stampeders history. Former Stamps head coach and GM Wally Buono will be inducted. Congrats to Wally. He is one of the reason why I can still cheer for Lions once in awhile especially against the Riders and the Eskimos.

OFFENSE :

QB Drew Tate will be in action against the Als. Tate engineered a huge comeback win last week after BLM left the game. He was a perfect 6 for 6 for 74 yards and 2 TDs. RB Jon Cornish rushed for 174 yards last week and the biggest was his career high 79 yard TD run. I always thought he rushed for TD longer that 79 yards before but I guess I was mistaken. Cornish will miss the game and it was suspected minor shoulder injury. With Cornish out, the task of rushing the ball is now in the hands of starter Matt Walter and backup Hugh Charles. SB Nik Lewis had his best game this season last week. He caught 7 passes and was also great in helping with blocking. With McDaniel gone for the game, Lewis might be Tate's go-to guy vs Als.

DEFENSE :

Stamps D gave up more than 30 points and 4 TDs for the second straight game (vs Edmonton and vs Toronto). I am sure Stublers' boys are not too happy with that stat and will try to go back to their early season form. I am sure they will pressure QB Jonathan Crompton a lot in this game. Unfortunately they will do without their Top Defensive player Charleston Hughes. They will also miss their interior lineman Demonte Bolden vs the Als. DLine got hit by injury bug lately (Mace already missed a game) will start Lemon, Evans, Turner and Bishop III. Quinn Smith and Frank Beltre will backed them up. DE Shawn Lemon, the veteran on the DLine will need to be the catalyst on this group. Expect the Als to double him up the same every team does to Hughes. Lemon had his 1st INT in his CFL career last week.
Interesting game for LB Deron Mayo last week. He recorded 6 tackles, a fumble recovery and a KICK on a groin from Argos RB Slaton. MLB Juwan Simpson had a good 2nd half game vs Argos recorded 7 tackles and 1 sack. Against Montreal in Week 1, he had 3 tackles and sacked QB Troy Smith once. HB Brandon Smith recorded 10 tackles and 1 pass knockdown last week. He also had a good game in Week 1 vs Als with 5 tackles and 1 special team tackle. CB Quincy Butler in his first game this season played well in the 2nd half with 4 tackles. DB/LB Keon Raymond will play his 100th career CFL game.

SPECIAL TEAM :

Last week was probably one of the worse game special team played. Everytime Cunningham had a good return, the ball has to come back due to holding or illegal block penalties. I am sure ST coach Mark Killam talked to the group after the game and hopefully tgey will eliminate those penalties vs the Als.

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According to Stamps depth chart, RB Hugh Charles, RG Brad Erdos, WR Joe West, QB Paschall, DB Adam Thibault, DL Frank Beltre and Freddie Bishop III are going in to replace RB Jon Cornish, QB Bo Levi Mitchell, SB Marquay McDaniel, DE Charleston Hughes, DT Demonte Bolden and DL Ben D'Aguilar. RB Jock Sanders and RG Dan Federkeil will not be suiting up for 2nd game in a row.

Game Time : Sunday, September 21st @ 11 am
Percival Molson Stadium in Montreal
Televised on TSN and ESPN2

GO STAMPS GO!!!!!!

[M*A*S*H 4077]

A great article on Keon, his 100th game, and being one of the good guys in sports

http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/...927/story.html

[transplant99]

I don't think this game is going to go well for Calgary. The amount of injuries to key players is getting absurd. I get that they have the deepest squad in the league, but even they cant keep overcoming losses at starting QB, RB, OLx2, DLx2, SB AND WR. On top of that the D has been very suspect since the 2nd half of the game in Edmonton after Labor day.

A loss at this point wont be a big deal anyhow and may serve some good in the long run.

Of course I will still be cheering for them, but reality says its an unlikely win at this point.

[OzSome]

GAME NOTES :

INJURIES :

Calgary : QB Bo Levi Mitchell(knee, ankle), RB Jon Cornish(undisclosed), RB Jock Sanders, SB Marquay McDaniel(hand), WR Jeff Fuller(shoulder), RB Martell Mallett(groin), RG Dan Federkeil(neck), DE Charleston Hughes(foot), DT Demonte Bolden(broken leg), DL Micah Johnson(knee), DT Corey Mace(toe), DL Ben D'Aguilar(knee), LB Max Caron(knee), CB Buddy Jackson(undisclosed).
From what I heard, Bolden, Johnson and Caron are all out for the season. McDaniel might be back late in the season probably 2-3 games before the end of the season. Federkeil, Mitchell, Mace, Jackson, Mitchell and Hughes are week-to-week.

Montreal : QB Troy Smith, WR/Ret Larry Taylor, WR Mart Gilyard, WR Eric Deslauriers, RB Steven Lumbala, FB Darren Diedrick, SB Bo Bowling, OL Pascal Baillargeon, DE Brian Brikowski, DT Jermaine McElveen, DB Jamaan Webb and S Darryl Townsend.

GO STAMPS GO!!!!

[OzSome]

Originally Posted by transplant99

I don't think this game is going to go well for Calgary. The amount of injuries to key players is getting absurd. I get that they have the deepest squad in the league, but even they cant keep overcoming losses at starting QB, RB, OLx2, DLx2, SB AND WR. On top of that the D has been very suspect since the 2nd half of the game in Edmonton after Labor day.

A loss at this point wont be a big deal anyhow and may serve some good in the long run.

Of course I will still be cheering for them, but reality says its an unlikely win at this point.

It is not the injury situation that I am scared of here. It is the way the Stamps takes an easy opponents too lightly. They have been guilty of this in the past few years. On paper we still have the capable backup starting in this game. Only question mark I think is the DLine but Turner, Evans and Quinn Smith who played with the only veteran DLine Shawn Lemon after Hughes and Bolden showed they can play last week.

Drew Tate, Hugh Charles, West was a starter before so I am not worried about these guys.

[Plett25]

I think under normal circumstances, this would be a trap game for the Stampeders. But with the injuries on the defensive line, Cornish sitting the game out and Drew Tate getting his first start since early last season, the Stamps will be preparing for this game with more intensity than a 10 win team usually shows when preparing to play a three win team.

[OzSome]

How can you be offside on 3rd down and inches? Man, that was a terrible penalty by Stamps.

[OzSome]

Good comeback by Tisdale; otherwise Anthony Parker is gone.

[OzSome]

Wow Montreal's offense is manhandling our defense. While offense doesn't have any zing at all. Time to step it up boys!!

[nixon45]

I said it last week and it worked so why not try again.

If we can find a way to get into the end zone before the half then we have a chance at a comeback!

[M*A*S*H 4077]

How did he pick up the first down? I thought he lost ground.

I would have challenged that Lewis catch. He never made a "football move".

What was the corner doing on the Tate scramble? Everything was covered, he needed to blow Tate up before the end zone

[OzSome]

Originally Posted by M*A*S*H 4077

How did he pick up the first down? I thought he lost ground.

I would have challenged that Lewis catch. He never made a "football move".

What was the corner doing on the Tate scramble? Everything was covered, he needed to blow Tate up before the end zone

Lewis catch was definitely a fumble. He caught the ball took a step then got hit that made him fumble the ball.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Originally Posted by OzSome

Lewis catch was definitely a fumble. He caught the ball took a step then got hit that made him fumble the ball.

I'm not so sure. They never showed an angle that showed the ball in his hands. It entirely could have been but I think it would have been a worth while challenge.

[OzSome]

I would want to see Hugh Charles ran more and even return punts. Cunningham hasn't been getting a lot of openings.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

That wasn't roughing the passer. He got blocked into him. Luck is with Calgary

[nixon45]

Beautiful pass by Tate

[OzSome]

Good catch by Mo Price!!

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Nice play call for the TD

[OzSome]

Tate TD run!!

Good offensive series 5 plays. Good pass by Tate and great catch by Price. Finished off by Tate rushing for a TD.

[nixon45]

Let's keep this rolling and show Montreal that they only thought they were really in this one.