If the Esks continue to lose tonight, both SK and EDM will be 7-6 in an exact tie. They are only 7-5 now since game is not final.
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If the Esks continue to lose tonight, both SK and EDM will be 7-6 in an exact tie. They are only 7-5 now since game is not final.
You are referring to the winning percentage. After (and if) Edmonton loses tonight, both will be .538. The Edmonton game is still in progress.
WTH happened to Justin Medlock? He was solid gold game after game for the Hoovers.
I think it is more of matter of hope over ability, myself.
It is and the Hoovers are managing to limit Esks scoring chances quite effectively so far. With 11:30 to go, they lead 21 - 12 after Waters finally connected on a FG.
I'd say that Randle's TD for the Hoovers just put paid to any chance that the Esks will mount a comeback with 2:34 left in the 4th. It's a 2 possession game now.
In 7 weeks the Esks have gone from first to fourth after losing this their sixth game in a row Talk about the mighty falling.......sheesh.
The Argos were having their way with the Riders for a Q and a half. We couldn't stop the rush - Wilder, Jackson and Edwards were finding all kinds of holes. Couldn't contain Rickie who had successful completions to 5 different receivers. Brandon came in to replace Kev early in the 2nd as the offence was going nowhere and had but 3 points on the board. In his second series of the game, Brandon took the team all the way down the field for our first TD of the game.
Score at the half: 16 - 10 for the Argos
The Cats beat the Hoovers yesterday are looking better every time they take to the field. We need to a win today and a loss by the Lions.
Enoch Muamaba got us an interception off Rickie and Brandon got us to the red zone then missed on two passes to the end zone but Crappy put another 3 on the board off the TO.
Brandon's been just what we needed to get this game back on track. Game tied 16 - 16 with less than 5 left in the 3rd
WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sitting at 8 and 6 in the standings
Brandon Bridge won us this game
Score at the half: 16 - 10 for the Argos
The Cats beat the Hoovers yesterday are looking better every time they take to the field. We need to a win today and a loss by the Lions.
Enoch Muamaba got us an interception off Rickie and Brandon got us to the red zone then missed on two passes to the end zone but Crappy put another 3 on the board off the TO.
Brandon's been just what we needed to get this game back on track. Game tied 16 - 16 with less than 5 left in the 3rd
WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sitting at 8 and 6 in the standings
Brandon Bridge won us this game
Bridge ready to step up as a Canadian CFL quarterback
Brandon Bridge hopes to be a trail blazer for Canadian quarterbacks in the CFL. Peter Power / The Canadian Press Brandon Bridge wants to be known as a playmaker and a trailblazer.
The goals are connected because Bridge is determined to make it as a starting quarterback in the CFL.
He has taken strides toward attaining that goal during stints with the Montreal Alouettes and Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Bridge, a third-year pro and second-year Rider, recalls talking to CFL veterans Damon Allen, Henry Burris, S.J. Green, Kevin Glenn and Nik Lewis and being told they had never seen a Canadian quarterback with his skill set. Bridge, 25, has shown a strong, accurate arm along with mobility.“They said if I don’t do it, then it won’t be happening for a very long time,’’ Bridge says. “I will put it all on my shoulders to open that door. If I can help one kid or two or three, then my job is done.’’
Bridge is in a position to raise awareness of the dearth of Canadian quarterbacks in the CFL. He’s a backup to Glenn, but is to be the first off the bench if the veteran struggles in Friday’s game against the visiting Ottawa Redblacks.
Bridge played that role to near perfection in Saturday’s 27-24 win over the Toronto Argonauts. He replaced Glenn, who had completed just three of eight passes for 29 yards, in the second quarter.
“Air Canada,” as Bridge is dubbed, guided the Riders to the come-from-behind win while throwing for 292 yards and two touchdowns.
He also added more fuel to the debate about what the CFL should do to encourage teams to actually carry a qualified Canadian quarterback on the roster. Bridge and Andrew Buckley of the Calgary Stampeders are the only full-time Canadian quarterbacks on an active roster.
The CFL rules don’t provide an incentive for teams to carry a Canadian quarterback because their passports don’t count in the international/national ratio. Teams can dress three quarterbacks of any nationality.
Bridge posted on Twitter that he would like to talk to CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie about changing the ratio to account for a Canadian who plays quarterback. He chatted briefly with Ambrosie during the Plaza of Honour induction reception at Mosaic Stadium.
“He said he would love to sit down and talk to me when he has time,’’ Bridge says. “He’s a good guy and I hope it doesn’t get me fined for what I said.’’
Bridge grew up in Mississauga, Ont., and unlike most Canadian-born quarterbacks, he headed to the United States to play at the collegiate level. He played at Alcorn State for two years before transferring to the University of South Alabama.
He was selected by Montreal in the fourth round (31st overall) of the 2015 draft and has since dressed for 41 CFL games, starting only two — one with Montreal and one with Saskatchewan.
On Sept. 15, Bridge started for an injured Glenn and guided the Roughriders to a 27-19 victory over the host Hamilton Tiger-Cats. In so doing, Bridge became the first Canadian starting quarterback to guide his team to victory since 1985, when Greg Vavra led the Stampeders to victory.
Overall, Bridge has completed 97 of 139 passes for 1,262 yards with 11 touchdowns against two interceptions.
This season, he has completed 60 of 86 passes for 817 yards, with nine touchdowns and one interception. He also has nine rushes for 45 yards and a touchdown.
Bridge’s body of work is not yet considerable, but his performance to date indicates that he just might be a Canadian quarterback worth watching.
“He’s just a quarterback and what his birth certificate says doesn’t matter to me,’’ Riders quarterbacks coach Jarious Jackson says.
“He can spin the football and he gets us in the right plays and that’s all that really matters.’’
Bridge embraces role as a Canadian quarterback | Regina Leader-Post
Actually, Jarious, it also matters that Brandon is a Canadian.........maybe not to you, but to us fans it means a lot.
This is a conversation that is long overdue and I hope that our Commish is sincere about having one, not only on the QB situation but for all the other positions. It would be wonderful if before I leave this Earthly realm, the CFL rosters might finally reflect their Canadian identity.
Friday Night Football on TSN will feature another double-header tonight. Up first, the visiting Calgary Stampeders will take on the Hamilton Ti-Cats in what the latter are hoping will be a game of redemption following their massive 60 - 1 drubbing by the Stamps on July 29th. Following that, Ottawa will be in Mosaic to play my Riders who with a win tonight and a loss by the Lions to the Hoovers on Saturday, will have at least clinched a cross-over spot.
Brandon Bridge hopes to be a trail blazer for Canadian quarterbacks in the CFL. Peter Power / The Canadian Press Brandon Bridge wants to be known as a playmaker and a trailblazer.
The goals are connected because Bridge is determined to make it as a starting quarterback in the CFL.
He has taken strides toward attaining that goal during stints with the Montreal Alouettes and Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Bridge, a third-year pro and second-year Rider, recalls talking to CFL veterans Damon Allen, Henry Burris, S.J. Green, Kevin Glenn and Nik Lewis and being told they had never seen a Canadian quarterback with his skill set. Bridge, 25, has shown a strong, accurate arm along with mobility.“They said if I don’t do it, then it won’t be happening for a very long time,’’ Bridge says. “I will put it all on my shoulders to open that door. If I can help one kid or two or three, then my job is done.’’
Bridge is in a position to raise awareness of the dearth of Canadian quarterbacks in the CFL. He’s a backup to Glenn, but is to be the first off the bench if the veteran struggles in Friday’s game against the visiting Ottawa Redblacks.
Bridge played that role to near perfection in Saturday’s 27-24 win over the Toronto Argonauts. He replaced Glenn, who had completed just three of eight passes for 29 yards, in the second quarter.
“Air Canada,” as Bridge is dubbed, guided the Riders to the come-from-behind win while throwing for 292 yards and two touchdowns.
He also added more fuel to the debate about what the CFL should do to encourage teams to actually carry a qualified Canadian quarterback on the roster. Bridge and Andrew Buckley of the Calgary Stampeders are the only full-time Canadian quarterbacks on an active roster.
The CFL rules don’t provide an incentive for teams to carry a Canadian quarterback because their passports don’t count in the international/national ratio. Teams can dress three quarterbacks of any nationality.
Bridge posted on Twitter that he would like to talk to CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie about changing the ratio to account for a Canadian who plays quarterback. He chatted briefly with Ambrosie during the Plaza of Honour induction reception at Mosaic Stadium.
“He said he would love to sit down and talk to me when he has time,’’ Bridge says. “He’s a good guy and I hope it doesn’t get me fined for what I said.’’
Bridge grew up in Mississauga, Ont., and unlike most Canadian-born quarterbacks, he headed to the United States to play at the collegiate level. He played at Alcorn State for two years before transferring to the University of South Alabama.
He was selected by Montreal in the fourth round (31st overall) of the 2015 draft and has since dressed for 41 CFL games, starting only two — one with Montreal and one with Saskatchewan.
On Sept. 15, Bridge started for an injured Glenn and guided the Roughriders to a 27-19 victory over the host Hamilton Tiger-Cats. In so doing, Bridge became the first Canadian starting quarterback to guide his team to victory since 1985, when Greg Vavra led the Stampeders to victory.
Overall, Bridge has completed 97 of 139 passes for 1,262 yards with 11 touchdowns against two interceptions.
This season, he has completed 60 of 86 passes for 817 yards, with nine touchdowns and one interception. He also has nine rushes for 45 yards and a touchdown.
Bridge’s body of work is not yet considerable, but his performance to date indicates that he just might be a Canadian quarterback worth watching.
“He’s just a quarterback and what his birth certificate says doesn’t matter to me,’’ Riders quarterbacks coach Jarious Jackson says.
“He can spin the football and he gets us in the right plays and that’s all that really matters.’’
Bridge embraces role as a Canadian quarterback | Regina Leader-Post
Actually, Jarious, it also matters that Brandon is a Canadian.........maybe not to you, but to us fans it means a lot.
This is a conversation that is long overdue and I hope that our Commish is sincere about having one, not only on the QB situation but for all the other positions. It would be wonderful if before I leave this Earthly realm, the CFL rosters might finally reflect their Canadian identity.
Friday Night Football on TSN will feature another double-header tonight. Up first, the visiting Calgary Stampeders will take on the Hamilton Ti-Cats in what the latter are hoping will be a game of redemption following their massive 60 - 1 drubbing by the Stamps on July 29th. Following that, Ottawa will be in Mosaic to play my Riders who with a win tonight and a loss by the Lions to the Hoovers on Saturday, will have at least clinched a cross-over spot.
Friday the 13th and the Stamps are trying to herd black cats. 11-6 Stamps
TiCat lead! 11-12
14-12 dammit
25-25 36 seconds....
TiCat lead! 11-12
14-12 dammit
25-25 36 seconds....
If only that had been so, pete. We should have had it............but FGs just don't cut it this time of year.
We screwed ourselves against a team with the same record that is 1st in the East
They don't stand a chance with Riders being crossover barring the Hoovers losing against BC tommorow.
They don't stand a chance with Riders being crossover barring the Hoovers losing against BC tommorow.
Riders will make the playoffs for sure.
... Something about that team and the tradition that makes them a favorite every year
... Something about that team and the tradition that makes them a favorite every year
Roughriders faded to black against Redblacks
The Saskatchewan Roughriders went primarily with the shotgun — and aimed it at their own feet.
With shocking suddenness, the Roughriders gassed a 12-point lead in the final 2 1/2 minutes and wound up lamenting Friday’s 33-32 CFL loss to the visiting Ottawa Redblacks.
Give full credit to the Redblacks for making key plays when they were of the essence. But the visitors, who hung around long enough to cash in when it really mattered, received plenty of assistance from the all-too-charitable hosts.
Saskatchewan’s Kevin Glenn threw two interceptions — the costliest of which was a 46-yard pick-six by Antoine Pruneau. Glenn was also intercepted in the end zone when even an incompletion would have led to a 19-yard field goal by the ever-reliable Tyler Crapigna.
Crapigna was 6-for-6 from three-point range, with the longest field goal being from 35 yards. He was unerring after the Roughriders’ offence stalled at the 25-, 13-, 26-, 10-, 27- and six-yard lines.
In the latter case, the Roughriders had a first-and-goal situation with slightly fewer than seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. Glenn proceeded to throw back-to-back incompletions — although Caleb Holley should have caught the first one for six points.
“I’ve got to step in and we’ve got to pound the football in that situation,” Roughriders head coach and general manager Chris Jones told CKRM’s Luc Mullinder, “and that’s my fault.”
There is plenty of blame to go around.
Offensive co-ordinator Stephen McAdoo called a generally solid game, as evidenced by the fact that Saskatchewan owned the football for 38 minutes 19 seconds, but his strategy was questionable in the fourth quarter.
And why not run the ball to begin the Roughriders’ final possession? Instead, Glenn threw a short-hopper to Rob Bagg, thereby stopping the clock with 2:21 left.
Glenn found Duron Carter — who had an 11-catch, 231-yard gem — for a first down on the next play. Trent Richardson then ran for two yards, forcing Ottawa to spend a timeout, before Saskatchewan co-operatively stopped the clock yet again with an incompletion.
Ottawa regained possession with 1:34 left and scored the winning touchdown with two seconds remaining. Had the Roughriders seized at least one opportunity to run off 20 more seconds, their record would be 9-6 instead of 8-7.
Complicating matters, Saskatchewan’s defence — which performed so robustly during a 6-2 run, and for much of Friday’s contest — vanished in the game’s crucial stages.
With 2:58 remaining, Henoc Muamba intercepted Trevor Harris with the Roughriders leading 32-20. It should have been the dagger, except that the Roughriders’ A.C. Leonard was flagged for roughing the passer.
Three plays after A.C. re-energized the Redblacks, Harris found Greg Ellingson for an 11-yard major to complete a nine-play, 68-yard march.
One of those plays was an eight-yard pass from Brett Maher to Jake Harty on a fake punt.
The Roughriders were clearly unprepared for fake news, even though there has to be a strong suspicion of a trick play with fewer than five minutes remaining and the opposition trailing by double digits.
On Ottawa’s final possession, Saskatchewan twice extended the Redblacks to third down — but could not finish.
The visitors proceeded to finish off the decisive drive and, as erstwhile Roughriders head coach Corey Chamblin was wont to say, “that’s football.”
That is also a sign of a team that is not quite ready for a breakout, even though so many progressive steps have been taken in 2017.
After overcoming double-digit deficits in each of the previous two games, it was the Roughriders’ turn to implode.
And now, with next Friday’s game against the formidable Calgary Stampeders becoming the focus, the Roughriders are staring a .500 record in the face.
It could be worse — and it has been worse, as anyone who watched the 2015 and 2016 Roughriders can attest — but the 6-2 stretch had conditioned people to expect something better.
Leading into Friday’s game, the Roughriders had demonstrated the inclination and capacity to run the football for key fourth-quarter yardage en route to posting back-to-back victories.
In Ottawa on Sept. 29, Saskatchewan’s defence was impenetrable with the game on the line — albeit against a third-string quarterback, Ryan Lindley — and the visitors left TD Place with a 17-16 victory.
But when the teams met two weeks later in Regina, Saskatchewan’s offence blew numerous chances to turn the Redblacks’ end zone into a TD place.
The Roughriders instead settled for six rudimentary field goals, and were ultimately left kicking themselves.
Vanstone: Roughriders faded to black against Redblacks | Regina Leader-Post
The Saskatchewan Roughriders went primarily with the shotgun — and aimed it at their own feet.
With shocking suddenness, the Roughriders gassed a 12-point lead in the final 2 1/2 minutes and wound up lamenting Friday’s 33-32 CFL loss to the visiting Ottawa Redblacks.
Give full credit to the Redblacks for making key plays when they were of the essence. But the visitors, who hung around long enough to cash in when it really mattered, received plenty of assistance from the all-too-charitable hosts.
Saskatchewan’s Kevin Glenn threw two interceptions — the costliest of which was a 46-yard pick-six by Antoine Pruneau. Glenn was also intercepted in the end zone when even an incompletion would have led to a 19-yard field goal by the ever-reliable Tyler Crapigna.
Crapigna was 6-for-6 from three-point range, with the longest field goal being from 35 yards. He was unerring after the Roughriders’ offence stalled at the 25-, 13-, 26-, 10-, 27- and six-yard lines.
In the latter case, the Roughriders had a first-and-goal situation with slightly fewer than seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. Glenn proceeded to throw back-to-back incompletions — although Caleb Holley should have caught the first one for six points.
“I’ve got to step in and we’ve got to pound the football in that situation,” Roughriders head coach and general manager Chris Jones told CKRM’s Luc Mullinder, “and that’s my fault.”
There is plenty of blame to go around.
Offensive co-ordinator Stephen McAdoo called a generally solid game, as evidenced by the fact that Saskatchewan owned the football for 38 minutes 19 seconds, but his strategy was questionable in the fourth quarter.
And why not run the ball to begin the Roughriders’ final possession? Instead, Glenn threw a short-hopper to Rob Bagg, thereby stopping the clock with 2:21 left.
Glenn found Duron Carter — who had an 11-catch, 231-yard gem — for a first down on the next play. Trent Richardson then ran for two yards, forcing Ottawa to spend a timeout, before Saskatchewan co-operatively stopped the clock yet again with an incompletion.
Ottawa regained possession with 1:34 left and scored the winning touchdown with two seconds remaining. Had the Roughriders seized at least one opportunity to run off 20 more seconds, their record would be 9-6 instead of 8-7.
Complicating matters, Saskatchewan’s defence — which performed so robustly during a 6-2 run, and for much of Friday’s contest — vanished in the game’s crucial stages.
With 2:58 remaining, Henoc Muamba intercepted Trevor Harris with the Roughriders leading 32-20. It should have been the dagger, except that the Roughriders’ A.C. Leonard was flagged for roughing the passer.
Three plays after A.C. re-energized the Redblacks, Harris found Greg Ellingson for an 11-yard major to complete a nine-play, 68-yard march.
One of those plays was an eight-yard pass from Brett Maher to Jake Harty on a fake punt.
The Roughriders were clearly unprepared for fake news, even though there has to be a strong suspicion of a trick play with fewer than five minutes remaining and the opposition trailing by double digits.
On Ottawa’s final possession, Saskatchewan twice extended the Redblacks to third down — but could not finish.
The visitors proceeded to finish off the decisive drive and, as erstwhile Roughriders head coach Corey Chamblin was wont to say, “that’s football.”
That is also a sign of a team that is not quite ready for a breakout, even though so many progressive steps have been taken in 2017.
After overcoming double-digit deficits in each of the previous two games, it was the Roughriders’ turn to implode.
And now, with next Friday’s game against the formidable Calgary Stampeders becoming the focus, the Roughriders are staring a .500 record in the face.
It could be worse — and it has been worse, as anyone who watched the 2015 and 2016 Roughriders can attest — but the 6-2 stretch had conditioned people to expect something better.
Leading into Friday’s game, the Roughriders had demonstrated the inclination and capacity to run the football for key fourth-quarter yardage en route to posting back-to-back victories.
In Ottawa on Sept. 29, Saskatchewan’s defence was impenetrable with the game on the line — albeit against a third-string quarterback, Ryan Lindley — and the visitors left TD Place with a 17-16 victory.
But when the teams met two weeks later in Regina, Saskatchewan’s offence blew numerous chances to turn the Redblacks’ end zone into a TD place.
The Roughriders instead settled for six rudimentary field goals, and were ultimately left kicking themselves.
Vanstone: Roughriders faded to black against Redblacks | Regina Leader-Post
26 to 20 final in the Bombers favor who with the win secure themselves a home-field play-off berth while eliminating the Lions from contention. Righteous win for the Blue and Gold. The Lions sucked.
Mike O'Shea for Coach of the Year. :razz::lol:
I'm just glad to see BC is gone for the season.
Aside........it's been snowing here all day long. Earliest snowfall in about a decade in our area............unfortunately, I do not yet have my snow tires on and am home-bound till this melts.
That's what happens to a team when they have a has-been coach at the helm. Wally had his day.