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Old Posted Oct 14, 2018, 4:42 PM
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Well, not happy with the Stamps loss but at least it keeps the Esks in last.
We wanted to send Wally off on a winning note (and keep the Esks in last place)!
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Old Posted Oct 14, 2018, 5:34 PM
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The Riders are crap. Winnipeg finally exposed that today.
It's hard to believe that was the same team that beat the Bombers back to back last month. They looked as ineffective as a 31-0 score would lead you to believe they were... there was some bad luck in there too but really, even without the bad breaks the outcome would have been the same.

It's surprising how close the west is turning out to be. It's not going to be Calgary running away with it after all.

As for the Bombers, that pleasant surprise made up for having to sit outside all afternoon in the cold winds. The defence is winning games again, but it would be nice to see some better offensive numbers given all the chances they're getting.
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Hadn't realized BC handed Calgary its first ever loss at home this season. Wow quite the feat!
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Calgary looks off right now, they can't seem to dominate the way they did early. Injuries to the receiving core are part of it, but BLM seems to be off as well.
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Old Posted Oct 15, 2018, 4:45 PM
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Calgary looks off right now, they can't seem to dominate the way they did early. Injuries to the receiving core are part of it, but BLM seems to be off as well.
No team peaks early like Calgary peaks early. If the Grey Cup was in September, the Stamps would have probably won 10 in a row by now...
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Stamps only attracted 23K to the game this week. Their attendance has been trending down for the past few years but this year seems particularly bad with only two games over 27K.

What's going on in Calgary?
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Old Posted Oct 16, 2018, 3:11 AM
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Stamps only attracted 23K to the game this week. Their attendance has been trending down for the past few years but this year seems particularly bad with only two games over 27K.

What's going on in Calgary?
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IMO it's mainly due to an ancient stadium with no modern amenities. They haven't had much luck with the weather this year either. Fans can't complain about the on-field product much (although they definitely still do when you listen to the call- in shows).
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^ Can't Calgarians enjoy a football game without fresh sushi and a glass of Krug?!

But seriously, the weather has been miserable pretty well across the prairies this fall. I was in the upper deck at the Bomber game on Saturday and had a cold wind whipping me in the face for the entire first half before I took refuge in some seats in the lower deck for the second half. There was driving wet snow all morning too. Not the most inviting day for a football game... if I hadn't already had tickets in hand, there's no chance I would have made a last minute decision to go. The announced crowd was 26,000 but there's no way there were over 20,000 in the stands.
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I'd say it's the weather coupled with the fact that the Stamps have been serial choke artists the last few years, so most people probably prefer to watch the game at home.
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After mounting complaints, MLSE plans upgrades for BMO Field playing surface
Neil Davidson, Canadian Press October 16, 2018

Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment is moving to improve the much-maligned playing surface at BMO Field.

A new grass surface will be laid next month, with improved lighting and irrigation. And in April, the field will be strengthened by artificial fibres that will hold the surface together, protect the grass and reduce recovery time between events.

SISGrass is a reinforced turf system with 95 per cent natural grass that is already in use at Barcelona, Chelsea, Newcastle United and Glasgow Celtic stadiums or training grounds as well as the Green Bay Packers’ Lambeau Field. Using special machines, the artificial fibres will be stitched in during a FIFA international break.

“It gives the natural grass the ability to wrap its root around a piece of plastic, basically,” Robert Heggie, chief groundskeeper at BMO Field, said in an interview. “And it kind of acts like Rebar for the soil. It gives the plant something artificial to actually anchor itself into.”

Heggie says it will make for a more consistent surface for BMO Field’s tenants, Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC and the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts.

“Because whether it looks pretty or not, it’s always going to hold itself together,” he said. “Hopefully we can always have it looking pretty but you are always going to have that safety in the playability of that hybrid surface.”

Other BMO Field improvement plans include:

– Upgrading the 10-year-old irrigation system, adding more pressure and coverage.
– Adding more grow lights while re-lamping the existing lights.
– Upgrading the warming system controls so they are fully self-automated.

“We learned from it and here’s what we’re doing to make it better,” Bill Manning, president of TFC and the Argos, said of the grass problems.

The groundskeepers will use walk-behind mowers once the hybrid is installed. Toronto opted not to install a new surface after the 2017 MLS Cup because of winter and the short off-season. The grass took a beating from the get-go thanks to CONCACAF Champions League play. A new grass surface was subsequently laid in May.

“In some ways our guys have been playing on a little bit of a cow pasture,” Manning said at the time. “And it’s been very difficult. Mother Nature was not kind to us this winter.”

But a rescheduled June 13 game against D.C. United reduced the amount of time the new surface had to settle and complaints mounted as the season wore on. Heggie says a re-sod normally needs seven to eight weeks. He had five, which was reduced to 2 1/2 due to the schedule change.

“We can only push the plant so fast,” he said.

A hot summer didn’t help matters. The field, which is built on sand, got thinner and the sand began to appear on the surface, much to the players’ ire.

The new grass will be the sixth at BMO Field, which has undergone considerable construction to expand and improve the original venue that opened in 2007 with artificial turf.

The surface has also been an issue for the CFL, although its concern is the fact that the entire north end zone is artificial turf as is a portion of the south end zone. The difference in surfaces has caused problems, with players slipping at key moments.

Manning says Argos GM Jim Popp has approved a new type of artificial turf for the end zone “that will match much closer the new field we have.”
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CFL notebook: Redblacks’ Brad Sinopoli on pace for record season
Dan Ralph 3Down Staff October 19, 2018

Brad Sinopoli is on a historic pace.

The Ottawa receiver is closing in on the CFL’s regular-season record for most catches by a Canadian-born receiver. The 30-year-old native of Peterborough, Ont., has a league-best 101 catches for 1,207 yards and four TDs with the Redblacks still having three regular-season games remaining.

Hall of Famer Ben Cahoon of the Montreal Alouettes holds the record of 112 receptions set in 2003.

The six-foot-four, 215-pound Sinopoli is on pace for 121 catches, which would be the fifth-most in CFL history. Sinopoli captured the 2010 Hec Crighton Trophy as Canadian university football’s top player as a quarterback with the Ottawa Gee-Gees.

The two-time Grey Cup champion is the seventh Canadian to reach the 100-catch plateau in a season, with both Cahoon and Dave Sapunjis doing it twice.

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TOP ROOKIE: The CFL revealed Thursday its list of 97 players who’re eligible for the league’s top rookie award.

The overwhelming favourite for the honour is kicker Lewis Ward of the Ottawa Redblacks, who has made 46-of-47 field goals this season. The five-foot-seven, 185-pound native of Kingston, Ont., who played collegiately at Ottawa, has connected on a CFL-record 40 straight boots.

Amazingly, Ward went undrafted in 2017 and returned to school that fall before joining the Redblacks as a free agent. At Ottawa, Ward kicked 89 field goals, the second-most in U Sports history behind Calgary’s Johnny Mark (91) and finished as the school’s all-time scoring leader with 412 points.

Ward is also expected to contend for the CFL’s top special-teams player honour.
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TOP ROOKIE: The CFL revealed Thursday its list of 97 players who’re eligible for the league’s top rookie award.

The overwhelming favourite for the honour is kicker Lewis Ward of the Ottawa Redblacks, who has made 46-of-47 field goals this season. The five-foot-seven, 185-pound native of Kingston, Ont., who played collegiately at Ottawa, has connected on a CFL-record 40 straight boots
Well, that seals it. Great moment in Ottawa as Lewis Ward breaks the all time pro record for consecutive field goals with 45.

With a flair for the dramatic, Ward takes the hard road and kicks his longest field goal of the season at 52 yards to break the record.

At this time last year he was a security guard at the Grey Cup in Ottawa.

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Well, that seals it. Great moment in Ottawa as Lewis Ward breaks the all time pro record for consecutive field goals with 45.

With a flair for the dramatic, Ward takes the hard road and kicks his longest field goal of the season at 52 yards to break the record.

At this time last year he was a security guard at the Grey Cup in Ottawa.
You should send that last tidbit in to Rod Black!
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If I lived in the prairies I'd be worried about Lions.
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Thanks for nothing, Calgary...
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Lol. Who knows what team is going to show up every week?
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Just mulling this over but is there any good reason why Lewis Ward shouldn't get MVP or MOP or whatever the hell they call it today? His name hasn't even been mentioned and I think that's ridiculous.

If he stays perfect the rest of the season and misses one field goal all year and goes something like 50 for 51 or something like that, it is an incredible achievement. I've just been thinking how difficult that is, to do something 45 (or hopefully more) consecutive times in all weather conditions etc.


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Well here you go Winnipeg. Prove to the league you deserve to be in the playoffs!
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