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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Game Day

It should be a glorious afternoon for football with the mercury flirting with the 30 degree mark when your Saskatchewan Roughriders take on the Eskimos this afternoon. Richie Hall returns to Regina and will do his thing from the other sideline. Richie admitting yesterday it was weird walking back into the stadium and heading to the visitors dressing room. I wonder what it will be like for him on the east side today and what type of reception he will get. The same goes for Mo Lloyd and Kitwana Jones. Speaking of Jones, did you see the story the other day where the Riders admitted his trade to Edmonton for Juan Joseph was for salary cap reasons and that the money saved could be used to re-signing Andy Fantuz. I don't hear a lot of grumbling about that deal now.

Scott Schultz was asked yesterday if he expects the Eskimos to try and establish the run even though they don't really have a top-notch calibre back that can do that. Schultz responding by saying if he were devising the Edmonton gameplan, he would call for a steady diet of the run because Saskatchewan hasn't been able to stop the run all year. That might be what determines a win from a loss today. I think the Riders bounce back from last week's effort against Montreal and they win this one by 10. That seemed to be the popular consensus amongst media guys yesterday when talking about it.
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The Stampeders appear to have shaken off that early season rust. They went into B.C. and hammered the Lions 48-10. Henry Burris threw 3 TD's and Joffrey Reynolds ran for two. Its been a long time since I've seen BC get blown out at home like that. Fans were leaving BC Place before the 3rd quarter was over. OUCH!!
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Mike Kelly should be in a jovial mood again this week. His offence could only muster 5 points as the Bombers lost 19-5 to Toronto. Stefan Lefors simply isn't getting it done. Somewhere Kevin Glenn smiles. Kelly wanted Lefors to be his quarterback when he took over and now he is having to deal with that. Its not going to get any easier either.
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Let me get this straight. Mark Calcavecchia birdied nine straight holes at the Canadian Open. NINE!!! I can't even do that playing Tiger Woods golf. WOW!! That is impressive. Rain is throwing a real monkeywrench into the Open. Word today is they might not finish until Tuesday. That isn't good.
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The WNBA all-star game is today. The WNBA still exists???
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Trying to do play-by-play of a baseball game when you are suffering from some kind of flu bug is not the most pleasurable experience. Somehow I managed to get through it. Now if I can get through the football game today. First it was my 5 year old that had it and now I've got it and the wife does too. Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!!
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Enjoy the game. Take sunscreen with you and pep band members, don't burn your lips on your musical instrument of choice.

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