WESTERN FINAL: BC Lions vs STAMPEDERS

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by Dion

WTF was Burris thinking

He didn't realize they changed the clock apparently.

[Bertuzzied]

OH MY GOD! what the FFFFF were they doing at the end? i was calculating and there was no way they could have run it out. then they throw a stupid incomplete pass????

Everyone should have been fired if BC came back and scored on the hail mary. just pathetic!

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Daradon

He didn't realize they changed the clock apparently.

Ahhhhh that would explain things

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by Daradon

He didn't realize they changed the clock apparently.

even then why chance it with that stupid play. even if the ran the ball a few times it would have killed the clock more.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Machiavelli

What? Never knew there was such a distinction...

Originally Posted by Dion

Care to explain?

They said a couple of times today on the broadcast that Burris is "probably" the best quarterback to have not played in the Grey Cup game. I don't think it's an official stat or anything, but historically, most of the best CFL QBs have made it to the Grey Cup at least once.



OH NO! THEY TOUCHED THE TROPHY! Now, they're doomed...DOOMED!!!

F superstition.

[jammies]

If you would have told me at the beginning of the season that Calgary would win the Western Final almost entirely due to the defence, I would have wondered about your sanity. However that is what happened, and you have to believe the Stamps will play better next week and lay the boots to the Alouettes; this is too good a team to play that poorly two weeks in a row and I forsee a Calgary Grey Cup next Sunday.

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

even then why chance it with that stupid play. even if the ran the ball a few times it would have killed the clock more.

Well running is a risk cause of the possibility of a fumble.

He should have aired it up longer, but it was actually the perfect play. Only he didn't know they added 1 sec. And that's exactly how much he was off.

It was more the goof of the guys on the sidelines than Burris. SHould have been able to get him that info somehow.

[arloiginla]

Wooohoooo!!!!!!!!!

West Division Champions!!!!!!

[Resolute 14]

What a stupid play to end the game, regardless of what the clock was at. Burris should have gotten an intentional grounding penalty as well. Lucky as hell we didn't lose the game as a result.

Glad for the win, but if we play like that against Montreal, we are going to enter the half down by 30. Not going to win many games when you are the better team for no longer than 16 minutes of a football game. Thank god BC choked in the red zone all night long, because we really didn't deserve this one.

[Iggyscoresgoals]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

What a stupid play to end the game, regardless of what the clock was at. Burris should have gotten an intentional grounding penalty as well. Lucky as hell we didn't lose the game as a result.

Glad for the win, but if we play like that against Montreal, we are going to enter the half down by 30. Not going to win many games when you are the better team for no longer than 16 minutes of a football game. Thank god BC choked in the red zone all night long, because we really didn't deserve this one.

How did BC choke? We stopped them twice, our Dline outplayed there oline and stuffed them. The entire game we let them move the ball, but when it mattered we shut them down, I did not see dropped passes in the endzone, what I saw was excellent pass rush, and excellent coverage causing over throws, and stuffs. Credit should be given to our defence because they played one heck of a game, anyone saying we got lucky should watch the game again, our defence is getting not credit at all.

Also it was not intentional grounding there was receiver in the area.

[Kidder]

Originally Posted by getbak

OH NO! THEY TOUCHED THE TROPHY! Now, they're doomed...DOOMED!!!

F superstition.

Apparently the Als didn't even touch the East trophy. Where have we seen this type of thing before?

Not that I believe in the superstition, but Calgary was celebrating that trophy like it was the holy grail of professional sports. C'mon guys, really. All that trophy represents is a chance to compete for a prize that means something.

Originally Posted by Iggyscoresgoals

Also it was not intentional grounding there was receiver in the area.

There was a reciever in the 3rd row of the stands? :P

That was a ridiculous mismanage of the final 50 seconds. Would have become one of the biggest gaffs in sports history if the Lions were able to convert the hail mary. I was having flashbacks to Stamps heartbreak of the 90's in Western finals.

But bottom line. Well done.

[Iggyscoresgoals]

Originally Posted by Kidder

Apparently the Als didn't even touch the East trophy. Where have we seen this type of thing before?

Not that I believe in the superstition, but Calgary was celebrating that trophy like it was the holy grail of professional sports. C'mon guys, really. All that trophy represents is a chance to compete for a prize that means something.



There was a reciever in the 3rd row of the stands? :P

That was a ridiculous mismanage of the final 50 seconds. Would have become one of the biggest gaffs in sports history if the Lions were able to convert the hail mary. I was having flashbacks to Stamps heartbreak of the 90's in Western finals.

But bottom line. Well done.

What game did you watch? Did you not seen Rambo right there where the ball was throw out of bounds?

This team deserves all the credit in the world for tonights game, sure it was not pretty, but its the playoffs its not supposed to be easy and pretty, because the opposition is a good team and in the PLAYOFFS for a reason.

Everyone on our team played there hearts out, and BC played there hearts out, but tonight out team was better, and we deserve the win and chance to win the Grey Cup. All season long our defence has been great, allowing a league low of TD's, and when we hold teams to field goals tonight they get not credit? Its not a surprise at all what we did to BC tonight, the defence is that good.

If there was wide open receivers in the end zone dropping passes, then you can say they choked, but we outplayed them, give our team the props they deserve.

This team has lost 3 straight west semi finals, and to win the west final, of course we will show emotion, that to me shows these guys care, and love winning, we accomplished something today, its worth celebrating, and im ver sure they know whats at stake otherwise we would of lost today.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Burris should have gotten an intentional grounding penalty as well.

The penalty for intentional grounding is a loss of down. Since it was 3rd down, there was no down to lose.

Also, the ball crossed the line of scrimmage, so it's not a penalty whether he threw it away or not.


From the CFL Rule Book:

Article 7 – Intentional Grounding

If a Team A passer deliberately, and in the official’s opinion for the purpose of avoiding loss of yardage, throws the ball behind the line of scrimmage to the ground or Out of Bounds or to an area in which there is not an eligible Team A receiver, the team shall be penalized.

PENALTY: Loss of Down at point from which pass was thrown. If the pass was thrown from the Goal Area, a safety touch score shall be awarded to Team B, subject to the right of Team B to decline the score and accept the play as it terminated.

NOTE: Team A shall not be penalized if the passer throws the ball across the line of scrimmage to an open area or Out of Bounds.

[browna]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Glad for the win, but if we play like that against Montreal, we are going to enter the half down by 30. Not going to win many games when you are the better team for no longer than 16 minutes of a football game. Thank god BC choked in the red zone all night long, because we really didn't deserve this one.

You obviosuly didn't watch the Montreal game. In 19 minutes, from three minutes left in the 2nd quarter to one minute into the 4th, Montreal scored 31 of their 36 points today.

Its the way the CFL goes. Tale of two halves.

Strong Calgary defense should be credited as well. Lewis dropped one that would've been a TD in the first, on top of that.

And a playoff win is a playoff win.

[Daradon]

I don't think either team played their best, especially on offense. BC was picking our D apart in the first half, but couldn't get er done in the red zone when it was most important. Calgary didn't really get any offense going until the second half (even though they got their TD in the first half.)

There was mismanagement and missed opportunities on both sides.

Calgary's D really came on in the second half though. Just amazing. It would be fair to say that we won because of Labinjo, that he was the most dominant player on the field today.

Logan was almost equally amazing for the Leos.

[OzSome]

It's been a long time since I've been to any Stampeder game at McMahon Stadium and man, that was a nailbiting game. My seat was pretty good, got the tickets from Joffrey Reynolds(my brother knows him).

I have no doubt in my mind that the Stamps will win today's game even with the slow starts. First half was not good for the Stamps offense. Defense was playing decent but they've been giving up a lot of yardage to Stefan Logan. Armour's tackling was brutal in the first half but they made some adjustment in the second half. Stamps total offense after the first half I think was almost the same as BC's rushing yards. Good thing the defense were just giving up 3 points instead of a TD. 2nd half was a lot better. Offense started clicking in and started moving the ball. Punt and Kickoff Returners Summers and Howell actually did really well giving the Stamps good field positions while the coverage pretty much stopped Ian Smart and Logan with exception of one big run.
I think Rambo and Copeland played well so as Lewis especially in the 2nd half. When Calgary scored the TD run by Burris, the whole stadium just explodes. People were standing up and the defense just answered the bell. Labinjo was so pumped up and Armour and the gang started stopping Logan.
With 50 seconds to go, I knew the Stamps will let Reynolds run the ball. I thought he will do it the rest of the game. 2nd play Burris just dropped his knee and everybody was singing na na na hey hey goodbye to BC Lions. 3rd down with 7 seconds left, I thought Reynolds will run it again or as others in my sections was saying, they can just run around in the end zone and give up safety. I don't agree with it and I still think Reynolds or Burris will run the ball and run the clock. To my surprise, Burris threw the ball out of bounds but the clock did not run out. I couldn't sit down with 1 second left. I thought they sack Pierce but he got away and i saw the ball sail in the end zone... then drop. I don't know who made a boo-boo there but I am just glad BC did not score a TD on that last play.
Anyways it was a good win for the Stamps and I am so glad that we will see the 2 best team in the league in Grey Cup. On the first game today, I do not care that Stamps chances in winning the Grey Cup against the Eskimos are a lot better than against Montreal. I just can't imagine seeing Eskimos playing in Grey Cup game because they have no business being in the Grey Cup at all.

[AvengeR]

My heart was racing there at the end. What a finish to the game. What the Stamps should have done instead of taking a knee on 1st and 2nd down, was to have Burris run around for a bit and then take a knee.

Next week will be an even better game. The Stamps will win next week. Just imagine the pressure on Montreal playing at home. The key is to jump on them early, get the lead and the pressure will increase even more on the Als.

[browna]

Originally Posted by Kidder

Apparently the Als didn't even touch the East trophy. Where have we seen this type of thing before?

Not that I believe in the superstition, but Calgary was celebrating that trophy like it was the holy grail of professional sports. C'mon guys, really. All that trophy represents is a chance to compete for a prize that means something.

Although in hockey, that team gets to play at home again for the big trophy....this was the last time the Stamps played at home this year and wanted to enjoy it with the fans.

Next year, when the Stamps win the WF, I'm sure they'll do similar to waht MTL did today, knowing that those same fans will be in attendance the next weekend to rather hopefully see them lift a more important trophy.

[Saint Troy]

I like Mike Labinjo.

What a second half! Forced fumble, two goal line stuffs, and a huge sack. Easily the best defensive performance by a Stampeder that I can remember.

[Bertuzzied]

I love TSN! thanx for making them play that game on Saturday instead of today's snow bowl.