CFL 2013 Season Thread

[moon]

Originally Posted by Zethrynn

See that is kinda the argument against the so called league wanting the riders to win, because if it was true they would have more then 3.

Well the Priders have only been big for the past 10 years or so and in that time have gone to two GC's (winning 1) with little to no talent and on the back of some very favorable calls.

They aren't going to go out and tackle opposition players but if the league can instruct officials to watch for the opposition grabbing recievers and to allow receivers to push off if they have a green jersey then they can help the Priders win games they can't win on the field on their own.

They can't help the fact that the Priders are dumb enough to employ idiots like Eric "raptist" Tillman or Brendan "3 million over the SMS and still a ####ty team" Taman as their GM's.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Zethrynn

See that is kinda the argument against the so called league wanting the riders to win, because if it was true they would have more then 3.

Not even the CFL officials can overcome pure incompetance.


12 not 13

[Żoso]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Not even the CFL officials can overcome pure incompetance.


12 not 13

Yes, because if the CFL truly wanted the Riders to win the 2009 Grey Cup they would have stopped the epic collapse that began early in the 4th quarter.

[moon]

Originally Posted by Żoso

damn beer.. LOL

I look forward to next weekend's match up. Durant has sparked some of his teammates with his outstanding display of heart tonight and I'm sure that will carry over into next weekend.

Outstanding display of heart??

LOL

I know the Prider players are losers and likely easily impressed but if that is all it takes to inspire them I am sure they were even more impressed with the pathetic 68 yards the great Kory Sheets put up in the game as well.

[Żoso]

Originally Posted by moon

Well the Priders have only been big for the past 10 years or so and in that time have gone to two GC's (winning 1) with little to no talent and on the back of some very favorable calls.

They aren't going to go out and tackle opposition players but if the league can instruct officials to watch for the opposition grabbing recievers and to allow receivers to push off if they have a green jersey then they can help the Priders win games they can't win on the field on their own.

They can't help the fact that the Priders are dumb enough to employ idiots like Eric "raptist" Tillman or Brendan "3 million over the SMS and still a ####ty team" Taman as their GM's.

My god, you're worse than most Rider fans.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Żoso

Yes, because if the CFL truly wanted the Riders to win the 2009 Grey Cup they would have stopped the epic collapse that began early in the 4th quarter.

How?

And again...12 not 13...no explanation for that whatsoever except pure and utter incompetance at the single most critical juncture of the entire year, and maybe in the franchises history.

I dont think that CFL officiating is dialed in to favor any one team at any one time...ever. That being said its beyond absurd to suggest that in recent years the Riders havent had the benefit of many questionable calls in excess of what one would normally expect. But their own inabilities to execute at those critical moments have prevented them from much more glory.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by moon

I have pointed out specific examples many times before and don't feel like getting into it again as Prider fans will just bury their head in the sand and ignore it anyways.

I think it mainly is inconsistent reffing, although the league allowing the Priders receivers to push off helps the refs continue to make those BS PI calls to save the Priders, but when you see some of the blatant calls like the Cates fumble a few years ago where the league looks at a clear fumble and calls it good to help the Priders out hard to call that incompetence and seeing the Priders always getting the vast majority of bad calls in their favor is questionable as well. The PI and two roughing calls were jokes in the game today and large reasons for the Priders to win.

So you are saying that the league has told refs to favour the riders?

The Cates fumble ruling on the field stood, there was no conclusive evidence either way to overturn. Very consistant with lots of cfl calls where it was likely a fumble but it was not conclusive.

Today the PI on BC was clear. A DB cant go through a reciever to get the ball. The BC player hit the Sask player prior to the ball arriving, no brainer.

Not sure which Unneccessary roughnesses you are talking about. The one on sheets in the fouth quarter for the head tackle was clear. The BC players hand was under the earhole of sheets helmet. In fact, the play before you good have called it on the durant draw. It was left uncalled.

The only other I can think of was the one at half time where Durant was hit in the head as he slid and that one had no bearing on the outcome of the game as the riders kicked a field goal from the 2 instead of the 5.

Even if you disagree with those calls all are within the variability of the leagues reffing which affects each team equally. So unless you are actually saying there is a league wide conspircy invloving over 100 people over 10 years and not one accusation has come out you reall just suffer from confirmation bias.

I notice you werent complaining about the BC Holding on their second last drive.

[Żoso]

Originally Posted by transplant99

How?

And again...12 not 13...no explanation for that whatsoever except pure and utter incompetance at the single most critical juncture of the entire year, and maybe in the franchises history.

I dont think that CFL officiating is dialed in to favor any one team at any one time...ever. That being said its beyond absurd to suggest that in recent years the Riders havent had the benefit of many questionable calls in excess of what one would normally expect. But their own inabilities to execute at those critical moments have prevented them from much more glory.

Not even the CFL officials can overcome pure incompetance.

You say that as if the referees were helpless in their quest to hand the Riders the game. However, the too many men call was 100% Saskatchewan's fault and there's literally nothing else to say about it.

I do agree that the Roughriders have been on the better end of a few questionable calls over the years, but look around the league and you'll see these exact same calls being made between teams that aren't wearing green. The officiating is a league-wide problem. It's not just about Saskatchewan.

For the record, the 13th man was devastating and I seriously felt like knocking who ever was responsible the #### out. I'm sure a good portion of the province was in a similar mood that Monday as well.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by transplant99

How?

And again...12 not 13...no explanation for that whatsoever except pure and utter incompetance at the single most critical juncture of the entire year, and maybe in the franchises history.

I dont think that CFL officiating is dialed in to favor any one team at any one time...ever. That being said its beyond absurd to suggest that in recent years the Riders havent had the benefit of many questionable calls in excess of what one would normally expect. But their own inabilities to execute at those critical moments have prevented them from much more glory.

WHAT CALLS!!!!! Pure confirmation bias. The worst thing about stamps fans is the constant belief that the league favours the riders.

I will say that during the Browner/Anderson days the stamps were hurt in games where pass interferance was called more tightly. But that was do to the high risk nature of Chris Jones defense that relied on man coverage and physical dbs.

[tvp2003]

Anybody going to the Grey Cup?

I have an opportunity to get some good seats at face value ($350!) but part of me thinks I should wait until next week to see (i) if Calgary wins next week, and (ii) if Sask loses, whether prices will drop due to Rider fans unloading their tickets. On the other hand, if Sask wins it probably won't be hard to sell them after next week either.

[GGG]

I am going to the greycup. I would buy the tickets now. If Sask wins you will double you your money. If Calgary wins tickets might drop like $100 per pair. So you pay $250 instead of $350.

So I would say that their is a 60% chance of a stamps win. So if you could resell the tickets for 500 or more then buy now. If you are willing to go to regina without tickets in hand you should be able to save more.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Down in Phoenix for the weekend so I didn't see the game at all, but am happy the Riders won. Already have my tickets for next week. Calgary us the better team, Calgary should win, but it should be a decent game. At least i hope so.

And for the record, I'd be willing to bet the Stamps got away with the most holds this season, but there's no way to prove that. Any thought of a refereeing conspiracy is bogus

[RedWinger89]

Since I am in the CFL forum I will ask the question: Is Calgary a bigger Football Or Hockey town? In the hockey message boards someone said the Stamps are ahead of the Flames in popularity but I wanted to get everyone's opinion here?

[PeteLFan]

Winning will be hard because if the loss of two top tackles on the leagues best d line.

It sucks if a 14-4 season would be wasted losing to a garbage team like Saskatchewan and that dbad Sheets.

[calgaryrocks]

Originally Posted by RedWinger89

Since I am in the CFL forum I will ask the question: Is Calgary a bigger Football Or Hockey town? In the hockey message boards someone said the Stamps are ahead of the Flames in popularity but I wanted to get everyone's opinion here?

Hockey. Ths Stamps have been the far better team just about every year since the early 90s. however, due to the nature of NHL playoffs (best of 7 for 4 rounds) hockey gets more people fired up (hehe) here than football when the playoffs come around. Also there are many in this city that only support the "top" league of any sport, or the american version of a sport. These people see the CFL as second tier and whether or not that is true, they wouldnt' be caught dead talking about Canadian football or watching it (other than making fun of it). football is number 2 in Calgary, I guess we are used to the Stamps being an awesome regular season team, so them doing well isn't a surprise, and it is hard to build up momentum with one game a week. hockey is probably still number 1, though there are enough transplanted people from Saskatchewan here to make football a close 2nd.

[octothorp]

Originally Posted by RedWinger89

Since I am in the CFL forum I will ask the question: Is Calgary a bigger Football Or Hockey town? In the hockey message boards someone said the Stamps are ahead of the Flames in popularity but I wanted to get everyone's opinion here?

The Flames have generally been the bigger story, other than a stretch in the 90s where the Stampeders were really good, filled with charismatic, popular players, and the Flames were really dreadful. (Arguably you could say that this is the case right now, but it hasn't translated into a popular product the way it did during the Flutie/Garcia years).
I like both, but I have a harder time finding people interested in talking about football than hockey, and if they are interested in talking about CFL, they're more likely to be relocated from another part of the country.

[Drake]

Wade Miller has the acting tag removed from his CEO title. No surprise there. #Bombers

Next up, Kyle Walters to be named full time GM?

Next up after that, Tim Burke to be fired?

Potentially then, someone to be named the new HC/find a QB for the future?

https://twitter.com/PentonKirk/statu...19310834311168

[GGG]

Originally Posted by RedWinger89

Since I am in the CFL forum I will ask the question: Is Calgary a bigger Football Or Hockey town? In the hockey message boards someone said the Stamps are ahead of the Flames in popularity but I wanted to get everyone's opinion here?

I think the dollars speak for themselves. If you charged what the flames charged for stamps tickets you would see a pretty empty stadium. The stamps are a good draw but the flames are clearly number 1. Compare the activity on this forum to the stamps message board and you can see the difference in popularity especially amoung younger people.

CFL is a fantastic product though and really is the best second tier league in the world. It is the most popular league in the world outside of the tier 1 soccer leagues and the big 4 american sports. Nothing else comes close to touching it.

[MissTeeks]

In least shocking CFL news:

“@garylawless: bombers fire head coach tim burke. burke is a good coach and a good guy. wish him luck. #bombers #cfl”

“@ArashMadani: John Hufnagel became Calgary's coach in 2008. Since, the #Bombers hired, and fired, Doug Berry, Mike Kelly, Paul LaPolice and Tim Burke #CFL”

[tvp2003]

Chad Kackert done for the year with a broken ankle.

If Hamilton can get by the Argos, and Calgary beats Sask -- can you imagine: Henry Burris against the Calgary Stampeders for the Grey Cup? In Regina?!?