Argos vs Riders

dd · July 05, 2024, 04:17:31 AM

Ya who woulda thought the riders would be 4-0 and we d be 0-4 to start this season. I didn't see either coming, that's the cfl for ya,

Blueforlife · July 05, 2024, 04:17:46 AM

Quote from: 55StickCar on July 05, 2024, 04:13:33 AMThey are a good team. Gonna finish ahead of us this year. Probably going to beat us in the Labour Day and the Banjo Bowl too.

YUK!

We will split those two games

Jesse · July 05, 2024, 04:18:49 AM

Quote from: Blueforlife on July 05, 2024, 04:06:48 AMRiders are a good team

Meh. I don't know about that.

They've finished the year 0-7 a couple times in a row. Their first three wins this year came against winless teams and Dukes literally threw this one away.

J5V · July 05, 2024, 04:25:20 AM

Quote from: Jesse on July 05, 2024, 04:18:49 AMMeh. I don't know about that.

They've finished the year 0-7 a couple times in a row. Their first three wins this year came against winless teams and Dukes literally threw this one away.

Agree and Patterson is an unknown. Once defenses watch some film on him adjustments will be made.

Blueforlife · July 05, 2024, 04:28:10 AM

Riders are a good team with Harris I should have said

Throw Long Bannatyne · July 05, 2024, 04:51:09 AM

Quote from: dd on July 05, 2024, 03:48:41 AMCameron dukes makes me pukes!! What is he thinking!?! Single handedly cost them the game.

Coxie needs to be cutsie.

bluebeard · July 05, 2024, 05:11:21 AM

Quote from: J5V on July 05, 2024, 04:25:20 AMAgree and Patterson is an unknown. Once defenses watch some film on him adjustments will be made.

Patterson and the offence for the Riders did not win this game for the Riders. Their defence won it for them.

bluebeard · July 05, 2024, 05:22:19 AM

Quote from: Blueforlife on July 05, 2024, 03:43:17 AMDukes giving this game away after some good looks at times (some bad luck too)

Dukes can be fooled and has problems reading defences. The Als did the same thing, confused him.

ichabod_crane · July 05, 2024, 06:03:08 AM

Quote from: GOLDMEMBER on July 05, 2024, 01:50:05 AMI think he has gone senile. Rod Black bad. Does he know a game is even on?

He maybe still has a man crush on Keith Urban!!

ichabod_crane · July 05, 2024, 06:04:40 AM

Quote from: Jesse on July 05, 2024, 01:53:50 AMOuellette is the most over-hyped player in the league (now that Kelly is suspended).

Ouellette is more of a bull RB Rusher, not a scat back or one to slip and slide.

ichabod_crane · July 05, 2024, 06:05:57 AM

Quote from: Jesse on July 05, 2024, 01:53:50 AMOuellette is the most over-hyped player in the league (now that Kelly is suspended).

Ouellette is more of a bull RB Rusher, not a scat back or one to slip and slide.

Quote from: Jesse on July 05, 2024, 01:54:37 AMI can come to terms with most players we let walk, but losing Grant really irks me.

Until he hits the tub for 9 games! He's great when healthy, but that is what like 50-60% of the time only? Can't do much for the team sitting in the tub rehabbing too often. MAybe he's broken his curse this season, but we shall see.

ichabod_crane · July 05, 2024, 06:08:29 AM

Quote from: Blueforlife on July 05, 2024, 02:29:06 AMDukes doing what he can but needs to know when to hold em (popped on the run)

You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done

TecnoGenius · July 05, 2024, 10:18:00 AM

Quote from: Jesse on July 05, 2024, 01:54:37 AMI can come to terms with most players we let walk, but losing Grant really irks me.

Ya, but that's only because we just saw him get a KR TD... until he did that he was still a gamble. He did nada for us after returning from injury in 2023... I agree with KW: if he wanted to stay for ELC or maybe ELC+25, then fine, otherwise good bye.

It was a calculated gamble. We pulled a Wally by releasing him maybe 1 season too soon. Maybe. He may still take another bad injury... then he can tub-sit on TOR's dime. If he does nothing but get TDs for 2 years and never gets injured, ya, then we cry.

TecnoGenius · July 05, 2024, 10:45:15 AM

I really hate the TOR jersey font. #86 and #88 look virtually identical when the players are in motion and the shirts bunch up that tiny little gap between the top-part of the 6 and the body.

The reason this matters is I want to track Bailey and cheer for him! Good thing Coxie #88 is a few inches taller, so I have some hope of discerning who it is.

TecnoGenius · July 05, 2024, 10:56:52 AM

Quote from: GOLDMEMBER on July 05, 2024, 03:14:36 AMthose situations are not even comparable. Riders have had some success recently. They've made the playoffs and have had 500+ seasons, the Blue Bombers at that time were mired in loser coach after loser coach for what seemed like forever with zero hope.

Ya, we sucked for longer, for sure. But SSK has not "had some success recently" before this season: they missed the playoffs in 2022 and 2023. That why Dickenson The Fired is no longer in SSK.

Two years of major suckage really rattled that province. I know, I listened to CKRM all last year. Suicide hotline would have been better for most of their callers.

Quote from: GOLDMEMBER on July 05, 2024, 03:14:36 AMSo your saying Cryder fans are much more sensitive?

By this metric, yes, but not by much! Many WPG fans gave up after 3 seasons of sucking (2012-2014), many SSK fans gave up after only 2 (2022-2023). And from the looks of it more SSK fans gave up than WPG fans, though someone might have to run the attendance numbers.

I think we're still the better fan base, but SSK has long been considered "the best", "Canada's Team", etc. If they keep leaving that stadium so un-filled, it'll make great fodder to jibe them on when we see them @LDC and BB... However, they may have the last (best) laugh if we continue our suckage and lose.