2016 CFL Season

[Mowich]

Joining the Riders vs Stamps game midway through the 2nd Q. Calgary ahead 10 - 6.

Darian is back in pivot I see.

49 yard play wiped out when Rob was stripped of the ball and a Stamp was the last player to touch the ball before it went out of bounds.

Sask puts 3 on the board with a FG from Mark and now trail by a single point.

Two quick passes and Calgary is at the Rider's 20

And they can't get any futher and are forced to attempt a FG. Good defense by the Riders. Rene puts it through and the Stamps lead by 4 points.

Bagg redeems himself with a lovely 43 yard reception.

And the Calgary defense steps up and stalls the Rider's drive

Mark from the 40 is good and the Riders trail by a single point again

Stamps come back to kick a FG just before half time and lead by 4 again.

Riders actually get to the red zone but come away with a FG.

 

[talloola]

lions def. montreal, already forgot the score, lol lets see, i'll guess.

,38 - 18, yep, that was it.(after I changed it, lol)

GO LIONS GO

 

[Mowich]

Good for the Lions - nice to see them bounce back quickly taloola. On the other hand my Riders are about to hand Calgary another win as they are down 25 - 15.............uh make that 32 - 15...........Stamps just got another TD and I am assuming Paredes will convert with no problem..........and he didn't. So we lose another one..............it's becoming the one thing in the league I can count on. LOL.

 

[talloola]

Good for the Lions - nice to see them bounce back quickly taloola. On the other hand my Riders are about to hand Calgary another win as they are down 25 - 15.............uh make that 32 - 15...........Stamps just got another TD and I am assuming Paredes will convert with no problem..........and he didn't. So we lose another one..............it's becoming the one thing in the league I can count on. LOL.

yeah, everyone is always after consistency, but in some cases, its not good. and of course we
wanted Calgary to lose for our own selfish reasons of course.

 

[Mowich]

Integrity the issue in roster allegations against Roughriders

By Gary Lawless

For the second straight week there are allegations of roster impropriety in Regina. This is no longer about Riders general manager/coach Chris Jones and his staff. They’re the tail. And as we all know in pro sports, the tail can get clipped pretty quickly. They come and go. No, this is about the dog: the Canadian Football League and its integrity.

This is an issue that must receive the attention and voice of CFL commissioner Jeffrey Orridge.

Sometime in the next day or so, if it hasn’t already happened, Orridge needs to pick up the phone and get Roughriders president Craig Reynolds on the other end. Orridge needs to tell Reynolds that he doesn’t care whether the Riders have done anything wrong. The people in football operations, both at the league and Riders level, can sort that out. What Orridge must demand is that he doesn’t hear another peep about the perception, right or wrong, that one team in the CFL is contravening roster and salary cap rules.

Call it whatever you want. Say it’s bending the rules. Say it’s pushing the boundaries. It doesn’t matter. Some are going to say it’s cheating, and Orridge can’t have that said about his league.

Following his chat with Reynolds, Orridge needs to get out his commissioner’s gavel and rap it sharply to send a very public message to fans and the entire league. Fudging with the ratio and league roster rules won’t be tolerated.

Orridge’s league must provide a trust between its fans and partners. The games must be viewed as having complete competitive integrity. End of story.

One team source said to me on Wednesday: “If this is true and they’re hiding players in Regina, someone needs to get fired tomorrow. It’s cheating. It’s having extra guys around and immersing them in your system and playbook and preparing to be ready if someone gets hurt. It’s unfair advantage over the rest of the league.”

The first allegation against the Roughriders resulted in a $15,000 fine for breaking ratio regulations.

Then, on Tuesday night, Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell accused the Riders of hiding non-roster players in Regina and having ineligible players take part in practice and meetings.

The whispers surrounding the Riders have gotten louder. When the league’s best player jumps on Twitter and fires off a salvo of accusatory tweets the commissioner needs to act.

The league’s response on Wednesday to Mitchell’s tweet was short: “We’re aware of it, and we’re looking into it.”

Jones gets paid to win football games. Some will buy into the old saw, “If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying.”

I’m not here to say Jones is a cheater. I don’t know that to be true. What we all know is there have been very public allegations. It may turn out that there’s nothing to this and it won’t look bad on Jones and the Riders. But that’s tomorrow. The reality is these accusations look bad on the league. True or not, Orridge needs to quell them.

Integrity the issue in roster allegations against Roughriders - Article - TSN

I thought things could not get any worse for the team than they were..............boy was I wrong.

Saskatchewan Roughriders fined $60,000 for roster violations - CBC Sports - Football - CFL

This just makes me sick.

 

[Mowich]

Does Coach Jones have an eye infection? Why else would he always been seen with black sunglasses no matter how fair the weather.

Were I of a mind to believe in conspiracies in our league, I might think that the hiring of Chris Jones was not to improve our team rather to ensure the exact opposite.

These thoughts are present in my mind as I watch the Banjo Bowl today.

Somehow, in spite of taking over 95 yards in penalties, the Riders are currently tied at 10 apiece with the Bombers at the tail end of the 3rd quarter. Mind you, the fact that Bomber players are falling lies flies in the game and returning only to grace the sidelines, might have something to do with the score.

From the moment I heard about the deal that saw Jones come to the Riders with the majority of the Edmonton coaching staff, I had my reservations. Not that anything illegal happened in the deal, it just didn't sit right with me. And, to be fair, I never really cottoned to Chris Jones' style of coaching either even though it won him championships. Since he's come to our team, the Rider organization has been fined by the CFL - twice. Our record is 1 win and multiple, I've lost track, losses. There has been everything from clueless challenges to play calls that high school coaches would be ashamed to call - they were that obvious.

As an example of the latter, in this game, late in the 4th and trailing by a TD, the Riders facing 3 and 10 and 56 yards from the goal line decided they would call in their very iffy FG kicker. No sooner had the whistle blown in play, then the line changed to facilitate a pass and run play that the Bombers saw coming all the way catching the runner way behind the line. It was pitiful. Just pitiful.

It's not for lack of talent. There are good players on both sides of the ball but something is not meshing and this late in the season I don't see any improvement what-so-ever in the team from the first game I watched. They have had their good moments but the bad have far outweighed them.

Watching Weston Dressler go over hundred yards again tonight has me asking - 'and we traded this guy why?'

It is fitting that the game should end shortly after Sask took a penalty on a play that would have put them on the Bombers 40 after a great run-back by the Rider returner. The penalty put them back within the shadow of their own goal-line with :17 on the clock. No miracles occurred and the Bombers win by 7 and take the series 2 zip. The Riders took over 100 yards in penalties in this game. Pretty hard to win by gifting the other side that many yards.

Well done Bombers.

 

[JLM]

SK is f**ked!

 

[Frankiedoodle]

I am a Rider fan. If they just play crappy and lose a lot, I can still cheer loudly for them. I don't think that I can cheer for cheaters.

 

[Mowich]

SK is f**ked!

SK isn't ****ed, JLM..............but the Rider team?...............that's another story.

 

[petros]

Were I of a mind to believe in conspiracies in our league, I might think that the hiring ofChris Jones was not to improve our team rather to ensure the exact opposite

Firing Chamblin was a huge mistake.

 

[Mowich]

I am a Rider fan. If they just play crappy and lose a lot, I can still cheer loudly for them. I don't think that I can cheer for cheaters.

I really am unhappy with the way the Craig Reynolds and the Rider organization handled the entire situation surrounding the fines. One violation is a mistake, maybe. Two violations are not. I would like to have seen them make a public apology - a very public apology and a promise that nothing like this would ever happen again. Though I know many fans have brushed this off, just as many have not and I am one of them.

The Riders, one of the most storied teams in the CFL with arguably the best and widest fan base in the league, deserved better. That a coach of Chris Jones caliber and reputation would be a part of it is all but incomprehensible to me which leaves me wondering if this was the first time he violated roster rules and if so, why with the Riders.

Had Chris Jones managed to overcome that early debacle and actually field a team capable of winning more than the 1 game we have to date, I might have given him a break. As things stand now, no matter how much it costs, the Riders have to get rid of him in the off-season. No sense in showing him the door until the season is over. And, this time Rider management better do their due diligence when they consider hiring a new coach. The fans deserve no less, and our team deserves no less.

 

[JLM]

SK isn't ****ed, JLM..............but the Rider team?...............that's another story.

I think you get the gist.

 

[Mowich]

Firing Chamblin was a huge mistake.

Have to disagree with you pete. Chamblin needed to go for all the reasons I stated last year. What the Riders need is someone who actually knows something about scouting for both players and coaches. I just read that they released Kalif - just about choked when I read they had signed him - glad to see the back of that guy. Just another example of really ****ty scouting.

 

[petros]

Yet his scouting won a Grey Cup....

 

[Mowich]

Yet his scouting won a Grey Cup....

Well it's obvious that 'he' is not the scout he was once.

 

[petros]

Or maybe Richie Hall was the real loss. Too bad his unorthodox sexual proclivities weren't worth enduring a a couple more seasons?

 

[Kreskin]

Riders did the Lions a favor today.

 

[Mowich]

Riders did the Lions a favor today.

They did their fans one too, Kreskin. Couldn't believe it when they got that TD in OT and was really happy for the Rider fans in the stands - they soooo deserved this one. Also noticed that for the first time in ages, CJ took off his sunglasses.

Thank you Rider team.

 

[Mowich]

An outstanding catch in the end zone to Rob Bagg with a RedBlack defender hanging on, put the Riders ahead by a TD with 48 seconds left on the clock in the 4th Q. The Sask defence then proceeded to do what they could to make sure Ottawa advanced the ball by taking 2 consecutive off-side penalties giving Smilin Hank yet another chance to find a receiver for the first down .........which he did on the next play. Following that a Sask defender took a PI and put the Redblacks in the red zone. Sask was again called in the end zone for a PI giving Ottawa 3 more chances ...............all they needed was one. Man.......that's bush league

:20 seconds left in the final Q and the game is tied at 29 apiece. Sheesh

A great return by 84 for Sask was wiped out by a holding penalty

DD gets the team downfield to the 48 with :01 on the clock and a chance for crappy to become a hero.........it's way wide and the game will go to OT

Ottawa had to settle for a FG attempt and came up with a single. Sask only had to kick a FG to win and little crappy came through for the team this time. Sask wins its 3rd game of the year. Yahoo!!!

 

[Mowich]

Facing 3 and more than a yard, the Hoovers set-up for a FG attempt then taking the snap, Weston Dressler runs for the first down. Now 1 and goal, Matt Nichols takes the snap tosses it to ? and runs for the end zone there to receive the pass from his buddy for the TD not a BC defender in sight. This coming after a successful challenge regarding a PI call that went the Hoover's way.

BC no sooner gets the ball back then Jennings pass is intercepted by a Bomber. On 2 and, the receiver takes it into the end zone neatly evading all BC defense men on his 20 yard romp.

I do believe the Hoovers have come to play ball - they lead 21 - 3 in the 1rst Q.

Ooohwee............Jennings just had his pocket picked again and the ball ends up on the BC 20. No joy in the end zone this time but the Hoovers still manage to pickup 3 points on the TO............with just over 8 minutes to play in the 1rst.

Go Hoovers..........................!

Ah that should stop Wally from chewing his lips...............great play on 3 and 1 - hand off to Rainey and he goes all the way for the TD.

23 - 10 Winnipeg

The Lions............not surprisingly have come roaring back in the 3rd to go ahead of the Hoovers by 3 points with just over a minute left in the Q. Should be an interesting 4th. Both coaches have burned time-out on unsuccessful challenges and have but one left.

The Lions held the lead until the Bomber defense came up big midway through the 4th to end a Lions drive without so much as FG to show for it. After a 55-yard return by Henry (fast feet) Fogg it took Matt Nichols but two passes to find the end zone and the Hoovers are back on top leading 37 - 33 with just over 7 minutes left in the Q.

If the Riders want to spend some money, they should go out and get Brian Burnham off the Lions - the kid is hot. The Lion's are not short on good receivers.

1:04 and the Lions are in the Red Zone................:56 and the drive is stopped short of a 1rst down...........3 and 1, the Lions and the Hoover D stops them cold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yee Haw Hoovers.

:44 seconds...............Bombers fumble the ball on the run...........play under review........hard to tell if he's down or not..............oooooh they ruled he was down before the ball popped loose............from one angle it looked as if the ball was definitely out before the receiver was down............Oh Weston....................back in the end zone to receive the ball runs the clock down to a single second.........not much the Lions can do with that................Lions take time count violation..............Jennings gets the ball away to a receiver who falls right into the arms of a Hoover defender.................and that's the ball game. Great game.............lots of offense and defense, great give and take, some stupid penalties as usual but all in all very entertaining. Rock on Hoovers!!!!!!!!!!!