Brandon Blue&Gold

Sorry about that.

I was wondering the same thing. I was at the game so I didn't have the benefit of HD replays. Up until the 2 or 3 sacks in the 4th quarter I thought the Oline was solid. Nichols had time and was barely touched until the 4th. The few times I actually focused on Neufeld he looked fine. I know that one sack certainly appeared to come from Neufeld's man. What about the rest? I was just impressed he didn't hurt himself .

Anything but "Shout". Hated that song. Loved Rev Theory but am curious what the players voted on.

Good looking stadium. Not a fan of all that green though .

I mention that because it goes to Trouba's excuse about being buried behind 2 RHD and not getting the usage he wants, and then of course when given the chance to be 1LHD he balks at that too. If he was truly serious about staying in Winnipeg but wanting to stay on the right side, you'd figure he could discuss it with the coaches and then bust his ass in camp and claim what he feels he should have. But he won't. He was already getting good minutes and would have gotten more PP time this season. He wants out. And has wanted out for a while. Nothing was going to appease him. That's my take from the H & L interview.

Just listened to it now. You summed it up nicely. I liked Lawless' point where he seemed baffled Trouba wouldn't even come to camp and try to bump Myers down the depth chart, something I think Trouba could certainly have done. The agent's pissy response aside, I thought that was pretty telling. Wasn't even going to try and compete. Trouba was done with the Jets the second the season ended. Kept a pretty good poker face too all summer, not giving anything away to Wiecek. (although how perceptive is Wiecek really?) Good talent but at 22 years old if you're this much of a pain in the butt to the Jets, time to move on. We have other options and will probably get some good talent back in the eventual trade.

If we could accept prospects Philly looks like the best option. Sanheim, Hagg, Morin, and of course Provorov are good young Dmen. But does Philly even have the cap space to offer Trouba what he wants? Judging by that NHL Cap website they don't. Would have to take back a big chunk of salary. Of course I'd prefer a guy like Lindholm, Murray or even Ristolainen, young but experienced. There's no rush though for the Jets here. Letting Trouba sit means Morrissey gets his chance to shine and Postma can get more ice time too. I'm ok with seeing those two get more opportunities. Just keep Stuart in the pressbox and we should be ok for the short term.

Lol. That was a first for me, game called due to excess fog on the ice. Frustrating day for sports in general for me. That WHL championship banner looks pretty sweet though.

That was my original thought too. Pretty obvious the Calgary olineman kicked it deliberately forward.

Agreed. Noticed a couple obvious ones not called.

So if that Calgary guy had touched it before Adams it would have been a penalty since he wasn't onside? And the olineman that kicked it gets rushing yardage? I'm guessing this is a leftover from Football's rugby roots. Again, if Adams had just fallen on it there would be a much less confused BB&G sitting on his butt in Westman. ?

Heartbreaking loss but they can be proud of that 2nd half. I certainly am.

The way Forde was talking about it when it happened he was thinking it was an actual kick where no yards would apply. Trying to recall the play, when it touched Adams there was a Calgary player within 5 yards. Since there was no flag I assume the Calgary guy was onside when the OLineman kicked it? Otherwise shouldn't a flag have been thrown? Or does a "dribbled ball" not allow for no yards to be called? Just as long as long as an offside player doesn't touch it first. Basically Adams should have just fallen on the ball. Oh well.

Duane Ford just shot that theory down. Only considered a kick if it had gone out of bounds (according to Forde). If Calgary had touched it first they would have been penalized, but we touched it and did Calgary a huge solid. Adams should have just fallen on it.

I didn't expect a win but had hopes. This is pathetic so far. Leaving the middle of the field wide open letting the Stamps receivers get open all day. Nichols and the offence look intimidated and out of sync. And what the hell Johnny Adams? Just fall on it for !@#$'s sake. Maybe they can make it respectable in the 2nd half.

But still better than Rod Pederson. {hides behind a rock}

Silly question here. For all the blather from Rider Nation about the $$$ they bring in and how they're "propping the league up", does the CFL actually get much of a cut, if any, from CFL teams' merch and ticket sales? I assumed that teams keep what they make with possibly a % going to the league from merchandise. Does anyone know how it actually works? I know the big league money maker is the TV contract. As someone pointed out on this site earlier TSN wouldn't have pumped big bucks into the contract if there weren't good viewer numbers across the league and sponsers wanting their ads to be seen nationwide. Don't think Saskatchewan by themselves would have TSN giving a damn.

We're quite banged up ourselves (Rec, OL, DB, S). Just means our backups are doing a better job than the other teams we've played. Kudos to the coaches and scouting department (and of course the players themselves).

No doubt the Oline improved once they started 3 Internationals. Which coincided with Nichol's first start, lucky him. But a lot of the sacks Willy has taken over the years are on him (taking too long to progress through his reads, getting happy feet, not recognizing the blitz, not throwing the ball away, etc) and not the Oline. Nichols does a better job of getting rid of the ball and avoiding the pressure than Willy has over the past couple of seasons. Even when he does get sacked, I have faith that Nichols is taking it to protect the ball and not because he messed up or didn't see it coming. I don't have the same faith in Willy these days. But I hope Willy can figure it out when and if his chance comes again.

I think the word you're looking for is "champion".

He's 18 years old. It's either OHL or NHL for him. So back to Windsor for him. I think Windsor hosts next year's Memorial Cup so he should get some good playoff games in.

Send Stuart to the Moose today and Trouba will resign tomorrow. LOL just kidding I think?

No it was Bond, in the 3rd quarter. You're thinking of the 1st half. That was Hardrick and Neufeld was probably right in that a receiver was on the wrong side for the block.

You and me both with the ptsd. Wasn't willing to admit victory until the clock hit 0:00.

Just one game of course but this game's oline should be starting the rest of the season, barring injury. Make the ratio work around it. Except for that one blown play leading to a sack, Bond was fantastic. Keep him in.