Official Game Day Thread - Winnipeg at Calgary, July 3, 2025

[bluengold204]

Wow! Even worse than I could have imagined. From 1st to 3rd in one game. Riders have to be loving this. Their forum will be gushing!

We were never first.  Sask is at 4-0...

[bunker]

Put Strevie in already

Why is Collaros in there running? Take him out!

[Sir Blue and Gold]

We'll be just fine. It's a long season and we weren't going 18-0. I'll bet it's going to look a lot different in two weeks time.

[TecnoGenius]

I think its time to move on from Schoen after this year. He is not the same player after his injury.

Waaaaay too early for that talk.  He just needs to flip the switch and start putting in way more effort.  3 catchable balls.

Schoen still thinks he's a sub-$175k REC.  When you're $250-$300k you have to do better.

And we don't have much choice as most top guys are spoken for and won't reach FA, and we let our top guy walk.  We decided that Schoen was the future superstar.  We may still be right.

That said, Schoen seems to still have some knee issues/tightness, and playing a bit scared.

[Horseman]

With all due respect, I really think this is premature.  He's only been in the league a few years, he's not old and he will get his game back.

Maybe, but we are paying him to much to have him miss catches he should have, and just watching him, it is clear he still has issues with that knee which was clearly visible after he missed that last catch and stayed on the ground injured.

[TecnoGenius]

Riders have to be loving this. Their forum will be gushing!

I'm sure they'll have their share of stinkers this season.  We'll harvest the tears later on.

At least our fans still show up to the stadium!  Their upper bowl is 80% empty every game.

[bunker]

Nice to see Brady and Demski have no quit in them

[TecnoGenius]

We were never in 1st, the Riders are they have 4 wins, we have 3.

Only because a quirk of bye timing.  Lossless is just as good for me, until the byes even out.  If we had won this won we would have been first, as I think we have more points for.

[Big Daddy]

Maybe, but we are paying him to much to have him miss catches he should have, and just watching him, it is clear he still has issues with that knee which was clearly visible after he missed that last catch and stayed on the ground injured.

Some fair points.  I don't think we are paying him too much, we are just optimistic he will return to his form we have seen, and couldn't keep everyone so rolled with this instead of overpaying KL.  And one game doesn't negate that.

[Big Daddy]

Nice job by Sterns!

[barbk]

ZC and Brady having trouble with the hand offs tonight.  and that was a TD by Stearns... nice catch

[bunker]

Nice catch by Stearns

[TecnoGenius]

That was sad an pathetic we couldn't punch Brady through on 2nd & 1-2.  Shameful.

This year we always seem to let the DEs rush the gap and crash on the RB.  Why aren't we pulling those and going to the option?  Or blocking those guys?  Something is off with the timing and scheme.  Or they are in our playbook.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Garbage time TD feels nice.

[Big Daddy]

And now Suitor (mis)quoting Shania Twain with "that doesn't impress me much".

This is better than Dunigan?!