You've got CFL, you've got NFL, you've got the PGA, you've got one busy Thursday. It has to start with what was not only the best CFL game of the year, but the best CFL game I've seen for the past couple of years. I thought the Eskimos and Stampeders had the potential to give us a shoot-out and did they ever.
Edmonton looked to maybe have the game in the bag, but Henry Burris converts on a huge 3rd and 10 and then hooks up with Jermaine Copeland for a TD--and a questionable one at that to give the Stamps what might been have a win with just 38 seconds left. Undaunted, Ricky Ray gets the ball in great field position and a la peanut butter sandwiches, he connects with Fred Stamps on a 23 yard TD pass with nine seconds left to give the Eskimos a 38-35 win. It means the Eskimos are first in the West. The Riders can join them atop the division with a victory Sunday against Hamilton.
BTW--I have said it once, I have said it twice, I will say it a thousand times. There is no better play-by-play man in this country than Chris Cuthbert. As I have said before, he could make poker exciting.
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What is going on in Winnipeg? First we heard Kelly Bates had been placed on waivers by the team and Mike Kelly basically said goodbye to him in his post practice scrum. However, hours later we hear Bates has not been placed on waivers because of an injury. He could end up still being put on waivers or he may end up on the nine game injured list. While I have thought guys like Dinwiddie, Armstrong and Armour have not been needed here after being released by their respective teams, I wouldn't mind seeing the Riders bring the Humboldt product in if he is indeed placed on waivers. He would strengthen that offensive line.
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Jesse Lumsden is done for the year. The oft-injured running back had surgery again on that shoulder that he injured in the first game of the year meaning he won't be back this year. You seriously have to wonder if the Eskimos back will ever be 100 percent.
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I would expect Argos coach Bart Andrus to be fined by the CFL. Andrus was critical of the officials saying they lack consistency (WELL DUH!!!!). Are these not comments detrimental to the league??? If Eric Tillman was fined for talking about the salary cap last year around this time, Andrus needs to be and should be fined for his comments. Not fining him would prove there is no consistency.
NOTE: If Bart was talking about Andre Proulx, I might agree with him.
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Tom Brady is back. The Patriots quarterback played his first game since getting hurt in the season opener last year and he showed no rust. Brady throws a couple of touchdown passes and goes 10 of 15 for 100 yards as New England beats Philadelphia 27-25. I had a brief conversation at Rider practice on Thursday with WOLF 104.9 morning guy Michael Ball. Ballsy is a huge Chargers fan and told me he thinks Phillip Rivers is the best QB in the NFL. Rivers is a good QB, but I would rather have Brady, Peyton Manning, Brees and maybe even Roethlisberger and McNabb. I would take Rivers ahead of guys like Eli, Romo, Cutler, Cassel and Rodgers. I did let Ballsy know though that I think his Chargers might be the class of the AFC this year. He then reminded me they have Norv Turner. Good point!!
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Michael Vick is an Eagle. I didn't see that one coming. ESPN's John Clayton answers some of the questions I had....
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp09/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=4398024
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Vick is maybe the only thing that takes Tiger Woods off the front page of US sports sections today. Tiger was Tiger in Round 1 of the PGA championship. He leads at 5 under going into the 2nd round. If Tiger is in front after 18 holes, this can't be good news for the rest of the field. I wonder what everyone is thinking knowing Tiger is already at the top of the heap.
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OK let me get this straight. The International Olympic Committee says golf and rugby will be played at the 2016 Olympics, but baseball and softball won't be. This is just wrong on so many levels!!!
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The 2009 Canada Summer Games open up this weekend in Prince Edward Island. If you want to know how our athletes are doing, just go to http://www.2009canadagames.ca/en/index.php
2 comments:
Calgary-Edmonton wasn't just the best game this year, it might have been the best game the CFL has seen in the last few years. It was amazing!
I would love to see Kelly Bates come home, but it doesn't sound promising.
The Chargers are good, but they aren't the AFC's best. That honor stays in Pittsburgh.
If Tiger is winning at the end of today's round, I may not watch this weekend.
CR
Mitch: You know there are two sets of rules in the CFL, one for the Riders and one for everyone else. If two individuals do the same thing, they look at the team first, and then decide the punishment. Watch, Andrus will get a pat on the wrist in comparison to what Tillman got.
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