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I will always associate the number 13 with the 4 stripe.

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I don't disagree with that list and I'm willing to give Cuthbert a pass on the "oh no" thing. Ferraro has surprised me at how good he's become. One of the best for an ex-player. Suitor is just garbage and Black, well, hard to believe he's a Winnipegger.

It's easily done, especially with a smooth character like Milt. Yeah, they messed that up bad.

Duthie, no, but Hodge used to do play-by-play for the Sabres and has done lots of hosting. I like both guys.

LOL. I like Gord Miller.

You dont like Duthie, Miller, Hodge?

Well that I can believe, POS that he is.

Yeah, you could be right, but he then follows with "are you kidding me, this is unbelievable". I dunno.

I've never understood the apparent love by some for Chris Cuthbert. He's simply not the worst of a bad lot. I was through with Cuthbert when he cried out "Oh No!" when Milt scored the miracle TD against the Shmoes. Nothing he's said since has given me pause to change my mind.

You may have failed to get the FG but you didn't fail to get the ball through the end zone. It's not nothing. You still hit it with enough power to get it through. 1 point. Had you been more accurate, 3 points. Because one is a scoring play and one isn't. The scoring play is a result of driving the ball and getting good enough field position to attempt to score. You still have to snap it, block, hold it, spin away the laces, and then kick it with enough power and accuracy to score. If anything goes wrong you get 0 points or worse. The kick off isn't a scoring play. It's an obligation to put the ball in play by kicking it to the other team. It is actually a scoring play for the other team. HUGE difference.

Nonsense. Sock-sock, shoe-shoe is the proper sequence. C'mon! LOL!

So driving the ball 105 yards to earn awesome field position deserves not even the smallest of consolation prizes, a single point? The CFL end zone is 20 yards deep unlike the NFL end zone which is only 10 yards deep. Quite a difference. If I put you out there in a placekickers role would you be able to boot the ball through the end zone of a Canadian field from the 10 yard line, a 30 yard kick? Could you do it each and every time? How about from the 20, a 40 yard kick? Or the 30, a 50 yard kick?

Why are you showing Speedflex27 that picture of Noeller?

So, you get the ball on your own 5 yard line. You drive 100 yards and on 3rd down your placekicker attempts a FG. He misses right for some reason and the ball goes through the end zone. You get nothing at all for driving 100 yards? Not even a single point?

That's why it's only worth a single point. You still had to get close enough to the end of the field to be able to boot it through. It's a small reward for getting close enough. Besides, a kick is never a for-sure thing. Lots to go wrong. The snapper can muff the snap, the holder can bobble the ball or not get the laces turned, it can get blocked, the kicker can shank it, it can hit an upright or crossbar, the wind could blow it back in your face, etc.

But don't you find that single point adds a lot to the game? I'm not sure what's silly about it. To get that single point you have to drive the ball fairly deep into opposing territory. You also have to do a good job of containing the returner. I find it very exciting and it adds a new element to the FG when you realize it isn't an all-or-nothing proposition. If the game is tied and the field goal is missed but stays in play you have to get it out of the end zone or risk giving up that point. That point can cost you the game, or win it.

I guess we need to wait and see but I can't believe we'd be any more timid throwing the ball than we were when Lapo was here. Now that Lapo is gone I think it bodes well for the likes of Adams, Demski, Lawler, Whitehead, etc. I also think #33 will fare a lot better and be a fresher, more effective player when everyone in the house doesn't know when he is getting the ball.

The only thing that's embarrassing is that he hasn't signed with us yet. Does he owe me anything? Absolutely not. However, and I may be a little biased, but I believe we are still the best team in the league and any player that's interested in winning a championship should run, not walk, to Mr. Walters' office and sign on the dotted line post haste before the money runs out. Since he hasn't done that, fine, but how comfortable is he going to be when we are stomping him and his team? I don't see how signing with us could be a mistake for him or make him uncomfortable. If it's about playing closer to home isn't Texas closer to Winnipeg than Toronto is? If it's about playing in the NFL then it's about the money and not about winning a Grey Cup. I've already stated that I'd be over the moon if he signed here. If he signs elsewhere he becomes the enemy and I'll look forward to watching my team kick his team's ass.

What QB wouldn't like playing behind guys like Hardrick and Bryant and with a back like Harris to dump the ball off to? Don't think I could get too excited about guys like Brendan Labatte. Look at how clean our O-line kept Zach during his time here. He didn't even have to wash his jersey most games. 🙂

Canadian football is all about the bigger field and because of that I think the American game evolved differently. To score a rouge in the NFL game would be too easy. I can see why they wouldn't use it. The nuances and diversity of our game played on a big field makes it a very different game requiring a different skill set from the players and especially the kickers. You just don't see kickers with a skill set like Justin Medlock's in the NFL. A skilled kicker like that can completely change the outcome of a game in the CFL. Not so much in the NFL.