GDT Ssk at Edm, Sat Aug 1, 6:00PM

[Tecno]

These are real football teams not like Winnipeg this year. Both teams recruited well in the off season. I bleed bomber blue but our football ops is terrible and needs big changes so they don't fall into the abys.

You said it.  The energy and physicality and seriousness and focus of these guys (and MTL) is not 1, not 2, but 100 levels above what we are doing.  That's coaches.  That's culture.  That's morale & mindset.

We've been missing much of this for at least 3 seasons.  Yes, even seasons when we were making GCs.

And the braintrusts and chess match -- miles better with these teams.  Just every facet is better.  There isn't a single thing we do better than either team -- and that covers like 100 distinct things you could point to.

It's sad.

P.S. Just near the end of the 1st Q, and all I want to see is both teams seroiusly beat the snot out of each other -- we do face each team 2 times later this season.

[Tecno]

When we face SSK @PAS, I want to see massive chirping by Donny C & co on their new NAT REC D.Weibe.

D.Weibe.

Take out the dot... sound it out.

[Tecno]

If we want to beat SSK (ya right; a guy can dream), gotta find a way to stop Stevens.  He won't be throwing.  Load the whole box, contain the edges.  Man coverage on any wide out decoys.

Hint: 75% of the time he goes behind Yoshi

[Tecno]

Finally, 30k in attendance in Edmonton, hope the Elks don't crap the bed!  If the CFL is fixing games thru the refs, this one needs to be tilted in the Elks favour.

I'm at the DQ on Taylor and it would appear the league wants SSK to win.  Not calling holds on max-hold SSK, and calling IBs and DQs and the almost-never seen "embellishment" on EDM... that's rough.

And I would have predicted that anyhow, because the league wants the underdog team to win, and no team to run away with it.  A team wildly running away with a division means less eyeballs on TV.  Everything being even keeps more fans invested.

[Tecno]

The DQ of Taylor is just nuts.  I get the 2-misconduct thing, but being ejected on an embellishing?  Let's keep in mind the guy was legit pushed by a 350lb hoggie (see the 1st replay for the obvious push, not the 2nd replay that shows only the other hoggie touching him from behind).  He was going to fall anyhow.

I guess Taylor was watching too much FIFA last month?

Keep in mind Taylor is their star starting DE.  Not some ST nobody or 3rd backup.

I'm not sure I'm good with a player being kicked out for embellishment.  Maybe call it only a half point towards the ejection??  I'd put OC name calling in there too.  I want ejections for REAL, mostly VIOLENT things.  You think the fans in the stadium have any idea why he was DQ'd??  I know at PAS we'd have zero clue -- no one ever announces anything.  Have to do the hamster balls dontchaknow.

[Tecno]

I must say, I totally hate the break at the 3min warning even after the play has been whistled in.  Totally disrupts the game.  Totally NFLizes it.

Ya, I totally understand the need to shift to the 20s clock rules... but I still hate it.  Surely someone here can think up a better solution?

[Tecno]

3Q14:04 Should have found a way to keep Ty Ford -- INT master.  Wow.  And ratio buster.  Crazy.

Tre picked the wrong line of work to go into.  Let that be a lesson to the young Canadians going into U -- if you're good, don't opt to be a QB.  Opt to be anything else, and preferably at positions with few NATs -- like DB (ex-FS), DL, LB, RB.  (REC are a dime a dozen.)  Guaranteed huge CFL payday if you do that.