The early season "I'll admit to eating crow" thread

[Blueforlife]

Going into the season, I was expecting us to win one against BC is a close game.

The fact we beat them twice, quite easily is pretty impressive. Danny Mac and/or Kyle Walters need more credit for bringing in good US players year after year. It's really incredible.

Yeah I didn't see two wins either
The way we won surprised me both times
Agree all

[TecnoGenius]

Going into the season, I was expecting us to win one against BC is a close game.

I thought we'd win both, but I thought it would be tough.

What everyone is forgetting is BC will almost certainly finish 2nd or 3rd (most likely) in the W.  Just because they aren't great early, doesn't mean they won't end high up.

Remember, BC was picked by many pundits to go to the cup.  Of course, so was EDM and HAM, so take it all with a grain of salt.

[markf]

The fact we beat them twice, quite easily is pretty impressive. Danny Mac and/or Kyle Walters need more credit for bringing in good US players year after year. It's really incredible.

And finding Canadians. Jaylen Smith, fumble recoverer.

Specially because we lost player management people to ticats, and a few years ago ringmaiden, which I thought might be a problem, and which was not.


Train keeps rollin

[The Zipp]

we got a bit "lucky" with Rourke being out for the second game - but that is sports and how things roll sometimes.

[Blue In BC]

we got a bit "lucky" with Rourke being out for the second game - but that is sports and how things roll sometimes.

I don't know about that. We destroyed him in game 1 and every other time we played against him.

[The Zipp]

I don't know about that. We destroyed him in game 1 and every other time we played against him.

true but he is better than Masoli - and he would have been at home.  We will never know of course but based on talent I think the game with Rourke would have looked different - maybe same outcome...we may have played better offensively too - strange how that happens sometimes.

[Blue In BC]

true but he is better than Masoli - and he would have been at home.  We will never know of course but based on talent I think the game with Rourke would have looked different - maybe same outcome...we may have played better offensively too - strange how that happens sometimes.

Sure that's a possibility but like I said, he hasn't played well against us going back to his 1st season. Football is a game of what if's. We didn't have our best RB and were forced to modify the roster on the OL in order to have a back up at RB.

Either way, it was a 4 point game and we won the season series. That may make a difference at the end of the season.

[theaardvark]

we got a bit "lucky" with Rourke being out for the second game - but that is sports and how things roll sometimes.

They got a bit lucky with Collaros out the first game...

[Blueforlife]

we got a bit "lucky" with Rourke being out for the second game - but that is sports and how things roll sometimes.

Disagree, Rourke is good but can't touch us (yet)

The way we played we beat em regardless

Our D ATE

Nothing lucky about our success.  It's based on hard work, talent and continuity.

[The Zipp]

Disagree

The way we played we beat em regardless

Our D ATE

Nothing lucky about our success.  It's based on hard work, talent and continuity.

sure and facing a much lesser opponent at the most important position in football.  It's OK to catch the odd break, nothing wrong and doesn't take anything away from the team and like I said with Rourke in there our offence may have even played better.

Toronto won a Grey Cup because Zach ripped open his finger and the coaches didn't take him out of the game and refused to use the most outstanding player in the country.

[Blueforlife]

sure and facing a much lesser opponent at the most important position in football.  It's OK to catch the odd break, nothing wrong and doesn't take anything away from the team and like I said with Rourke in there our offence may have even played better.

Toronto won a Grey Cup because Zach ripped open his finger and the coaches didn't take him out of the game and refused to use the most outstanding player in the country.

Disagree, we didn't need the break but yes we took it!

Disagree with your take on the Grey Cup, we lost because all three phases and coaching was terrible

Give Toronto credit they rolled over us, they were a good team that played well

Finger was icing on the cake, it was already baked

Luck wasn't a factor in either case imo

We played lights out 1st two games and laid an egg in the cup

[theaardvark]

All we've done is beat BC who basically beat themselves. They couldn't stop the run in the first and gave up 5 turnovers in the 2nd.

We won't really know what kind of team we are until we play CGY & SKN & we won't know if we're elite until we play MTL.

Beat themselves?  Really? 

"Couldn't stop the run" means our Oline was firing, handling one of the highest paid DLines in the league.  And we were using our backup RB most of the game. 

"Gave up 5 turnovers in the 2nd" means that our D was on fire.  Our O wasn't very productive, but it did more than enough considering how the D was handinling the Lions.

Yeah, we won those games.  Not pretty, but we had the tools to dominate, the scores did not properly portray the games.

[Blueforlife]

All we've done is beat BC who basically beat themselves. They couldn't stop the run in the first and gave up 5 turnovers in the 2nd.

We won't really know what kind of team we are until we play CGY & SKN & we won't know if we're elite until we play MTL.

Disagree we played well, you are not giving us enough credit.  Agree the real tests are coming.

[dd]

calgary is brutal, sask will be a better test though