Riders at Argos GDT Thurs 630pm CT

[TecnoGenius]

Strangest game of the season.

Nope, The Neverending SSK/OTT game takes the cake.  This can be a close second.

[TecnoGenius]

You may have heard of seismic activity in the Calgary area tonight... That was just me banging my head repeatedly trying to understand how this team can find a new way to lose every week.

Haha, welcome to the club!  Did you watch WPG's 1st 4 games?  One we legit lost, the rest were just tossing the game away (refs didn't help either).

I guess that's just the CFL!

[bomb squad]

To be fair, he could have meant SSK was going to run around in circles in the EZ instead of kick it... but that would probably be even stupider because that gives up a safety no matter what the clock does!

I was heavily LOLing at Suits.  Either way, it's one of the silliest things he's ever said.

No, that's not what he meant and yes that would have been really stupid. You'd think a truck assistant would have tipped him off in his headphones. Maybe they did, he just chose not to say anything.

[TecnoGenius]

Just a terribly played game on both sides.

Either of these teams scaring anyone?

Yes, it was really pathetic ball on both sides.  Trevor was amazing until he got hit & INTd and turtled.  It really is what everyone has always said about him.  Astounding that years later he's still the same.  Can't someone coach him?

Drop the tap-dancing lessons with mom and see the shrink instead.

We absolutely need to sack & INT Trevor early, otherwise he could be 1st Q Trevor all game, and that will put us in heaps of trouble unless Zach can keep up.

[TecnoGenius]

No excuse with their defence defending the way it did.

Riderfans pointing out SSK stopped TOR 3 times at their 1 YL?  Not 3 stops on 3 downs, 3 separate series, each with the end result of a stop.

Is this true?  Was it really 3?  I lost count at the pathetic display of patheticness.

Junkie: does that make it a new CFL record?  I don't mean SY stopes anywhere on the field: just GL stands specifically.  I certainly have never seen it.

Tip to TOR: just sneak it behind the RG or LG!!  Stop this edge stuff!

[TecnoGenius]

I still want to know how we lost to the Argos.

The league/command cheated and they admitted it.  So we actually didn't lose to TOR, they just said we did.

[TecnoGenius]

Luckily, next week is the LDC and that is the best game of the year, every year. Can't wait, as it's the only game I am able to get to this year. Going with my dad who hasn't been in years.

Enjoy the time with your dad and good luck.  Of course I want WPG to win, but a hard-fought game can provide some solace to all fans... well, except my daughter, she'll cry for an hour if we lose like last year.  Maybe I'll see you there!

I went with my dad to games until he was bed-ridden with illness and wouldn't trade it for the world.  Get to as many as you can now if he's getting up there in years.

[gobombersgo]

[Jesse]

Riderfans pointing out SSK stopped TOR 3 times at their 1 YL?  Not 3 stops on 3 downs, 3 separate series, each with the end result of a stop.

Is this true?  Was it really 3?  I lost count at the pathetic display of patheticness.

Junkie: does that make it a new CFL record?  I don't mean SY stopes anywhere on the field: just GL stands specifically.  I certainly have never seen it.

Tip to TOR: just sneak it behind the RG or LG!!  Stop this edge stuff!

They got to the one three times and got one FG out of it.

[TecnoGenius]

I'll look for it and get back to you.  Often these things are caught in the corner of the screen.

The holding is in-shot, but it's a blurry motion-filled spidercam shot, so numbers and fouls are hard to make out.

In front of 28 is an illegal block back-push from SSK 26.  I would pick that as the more obvious call, basically at the point of attack.

SSK 28's hold is weak sauce, but it is right at the point of attack and he does have his arm around his front and twisting the TOR guy.  Then, probably the dumbest move, is he does the universal sign for "I just committed a penalty" of putting both hands up trying to pretend he's innocent.  The clincher is the carrier is basically already falling down when when he does that!  Double doh.

You know what's strange?  I think SSK still had a challenge, and they did have a TO.  They can challenge a bogus return hold/IB!  Might have been worth it with 57s left.  They would have gained 22Y.  However, I don't think they would win -- there was enough to uphold, and command could overturn the hold and call that more obvious IB!

[TecnoGenius]

When Kelly took that hit with around 2:30 left and did the ref-whining looking for a RTP, he takes his helmet off nearly right away without any injury timeout or trainers come on the field.  By rule that's a penalty.

[markf]

I don't know what the hold was at the end, but I saw holding by both teams throughout the game... if I can see it, the refs can see it.

they were letting holding go....which is fine if even handed

So to not call it all game, then call it at that point.... Pretty stupid on the refs part.

proulx's team is not great this season.

[bomb squad]

I don't know what the hold was at the end, but I saw holding by both teams throughout the game... if I can see it, the refs can see it.

they were letting holding go....which is fine if even handed

So to not call it all game, then call it at that point.... Pretty stupid on the refs part.

proulx's team is not great this season.

I think I see it. It happens shortly after Alford catches the ball and it's in the right lower screen. Number 26 from Saskatchewan grabs the back of Toronto number 45's left shoulder pad and throws him to the ground. So it was 26, not 28 like Proulx, and it was pretty much a hold and a tackle. 28 doesn't show up on the screen until Alford reaches the 30.

[markf]

I think I see it. It happens shortly after Alford catches the ball and it's in the right lower screen. Number 26 from Saskatchewan grabs the back of Toronto number 45's left shoulder pad and throws him to the ground. So it was 26, not 28 like Proulx, and it was pretty much a hold and a tackle. 28 doesn't show up on the screen until Alford reaches the 30.

Thanks... maybe too blatant to let go I guess.

Sometimes the refs are kind of screwed no matter what they do.

[TBURGESS]

Argos offence is hugely better with Kelly than either of the backups. They should have blown the Riders away. All they had to do was kick 3 short FG's from the 1 and they win easily. 

Give the Riders defence their due. They stood up when it counted and almost stole the game.

The Riders offence looked great in the first quarter then almost nothing for the rest of the game. Kinda like their season.