GDT Edm at Ott, Sat Jun 6, 6:00PM

[Tecno]

@OTT games still are much darker than every other stadium's games (on TV).  The 200-level camera shots (most of the game) are so dark.  Makes it so difficult and dreary to watch.  Harder to see the ball, too (dark on dark).  I keep hoping the CFL will solve this, but they never do.

And I still don't know if it's the turf, the lights, or the cameras.  Maybe one day I'll get to that stadium and try to figure it out.

[Tecno]

3Q5:26 timecount on a Lauther FG, which forces OTT to punt instead.

According to the TSN playclock, the ball was snapped 0.06 seconds after it hit 00.  99% of the time the refs let this slide (often up to half a second).  Yes, 6 ONE HUNDREDTHS of a second.

Yada yada TSN playclock isn't reliable yada yada.  But that's all I have to work with.  AND it's even worse this year as I can't backup 20s to listen for the whistle in and time if from there!!  That's one downside to the 35s change.

Reinbold chirping, lol

P.S. Lauther's good kick would have been fine from 5Y back.  Should have FG'd again.  Dinwiddie in full "don't care if I win now -- it's a rebuild year" mode.

[Tecno]

I'm really disliking the non rouge ball placement on the 40.  Goes through the back of the endzone - fine.  Punt lands 10 yards out and teams let it dribble just past the pylon - sorry that was a playable ball.

Yup.  Unintended consequences.  Did anyone bother to go back and read the minutes from the CFL meetings when they first instituted the rouge?  See what they were thinking?  Maybe they saw poop like this and the rouge was their solution to it!

There's going to be a ton of this "watch it roll for 5 minutes" stuff this season.

The single point was the means to encourage people to pick it up and make a play.

[Tecno]

You don't get easier INts than that

He jumped for no reason at all.  Use your freakin' hands.  The ball would have come in around his face.  Put your hands up and catch it.

Plus, Ford seems to have injured himself.

[Tecno]

Does Eberhardt feel like he just transferred from heaven (BC) into hades (OTT)?  At least Gino made bank when he made that deal with the devil.

I think Dinwiddie needs to work from the ground up -- change the culture first.  Then start attracting better talent and better prices.  He needs to pull a 2012 MOS.

Then again, he took TOR from zero to hero in 2 seasons a few years back... which path will it require this time?  Will any team ever again give a HC 5+ years to win like WFC did MOS?

[Tecno]

Final play of the game Cody chucks it BACKWARDS to Mack for an eventual 35Y loss.  Does that mean Mack gets -35 to his final YDS stat?  That might miff me if I had Mack in fantasy.

Not to mention -- you're up only 8 and you risk CHUCKING it BACKWARDS?  What if Mack whiffs??  The only guys going towards the ball are all wearing black, for a near-guaranteed scoop & score & possible tie game.  MOS watching this shaking his head.

[Tecno]

Just a disgusting showing for Ottawa.

And during FA, TC, and PS, media & even people here were hyping up OTT as "most improved" and a real East contender.  I didn't understand it then, definitely don't now.  OTT will have to be considered a project.

Also, does the CFL have another "QB Shortage" problem?  Maier and Cody probably shouldn't be starting.  Dru possibly no better.  And in 1-2 seasons Zach & Trevor will retire... it's going to get ugly if new blood doesn't step up.  I think Powell is the next one, but that will still leave 2-ish teams with garbage QB choices.

[markf]

reinbold is still around?

Seeing Reinbold on the sideline is comforting to me.... Kind of like an old sweater that you keep wearing even though it's worn out...

Dinwiddie has proven himself as a head coach.

Beat us with Nick Arbuckle.

 And he's not sentimental about his players.

I think He'll get the team turned around.