Thanks sd.
Wondering what the motivations will be for these 2 teams.
Calgary didn't put forth an effort last time out. They are 7-9-1. Montreal is 8-9. Is there any motivation for Calgary to beat Montreal at 8-9-1 if Montreal loses and goes to 8-10? Home field advantage if they meet in the playoffs perhaps?
BC is 13-3-1 and Sask is 12-5. BC has clinched their division. Will they be resting any players?
Wondering what the motivations will be for these 2 teams.
Calgary didn't put forth an effort last time out. They are 7-9-1. Montreal is 8-9. Is there any motivation for Calgary to beat Montreal at 8-9-1 if Montreal loses and goes to 8-10? Home field advantage if they meet in the playoffs perhaps?
BC is 13-3-1 and Sask is 12-5. BC has clinched their division. Will they be resting any players?
BC is 7-1 ATS versus Calgary and Buono has habit of beating former team. Since BC has a bye week and Calgary has more injuries, Calgary is more likely to rest players. Besides, BC backups are better than Calgary backups. Calgary (at home) couldn't beat weakened Montreal, Also Calgary failed 3 best chances to beat weakened BC this season.
Lions reserves get chance to shine against Stamps
Lowell Ullrich , CanWest News Service; Vancouver Province
Published: Friday, November 02, 2007
VANCOUVER - If you're a first-year player who has started most of the season you will not not dress for the B.C. Lions on Saturday, unless you happen to be a rookie of the year nominee like Cameron Wake.
The CFL team will make only one significant roster change for its regular season finale at B.C. Place Stadium. Lions coach Wally Buono told rookie receiver Cory Rodgers he'll sit against the Calgary Stampeders in order to have a look at Robert Ortiz, who joined the Lions six weeks ago.
That's the surface overview, but there's a lot more attached to the game, or less, depending on your outlook.
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Staring only at an Nov. 11 West Division road semifinal date with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, a large group of regulars, injured and otherwise, will be rested by Calgary coach Tom Higgins.
Other Stampeders not making the trip or dressing only to fill out the roster Saturday include quarterback Henry Burris, tailback Joffrey Reynolds, slotback Nik Lewis, linebacker Brian Clark and offensive lineman Bobby Singh.
That's arguably the core of the team and for openers not a lot different than the 2004 late-season scenario in which the Toronto Argonauts rested 12 regulars in a 38-point loss to Montreal, only to later beat the Lions for the Grey Cup.
Buono blasted the decision of Argos coach Michael Clemons to sit starters at the time, but won't do the same thing now, proving perhaps he took more from that season than heart surgery and how not to manage quarterbacks.
No, he's found a way to make the Lions accountable that figures to be fairly effective.
"If they don't play hard, then when I make my (2008 roster) decisions in December I'll understand which guys take the game seriously," he said Thursday. "I guarantee you they'll play hard."
And if you didn't know better, it sounded like a sales pitch for an event that has no effect on the division standings.
To some players, though, this will be like a seventh game of a playoff series.
Not only is it a one-shot chance for Ortiz and perhaps non-import rookies like receiver Adam Nicholson or running back Andre Sadeghian, it's also a game that will impact the futures of several second-year players whose progress has been carefully monitored.
Few Lions will cherish the chance to play as much as Ricky Foley, particularly when the sophomore defensive lineman recently said he nearly asked for a trade earlier this year when his work was limited to special teams.
The second half of the season has resulted in Foley going from no defensive work to a rotational role.
"The biggest turning point was when I accepted things," said Foley, who lost a bid to start at Chris Wilson's end spot to Wake at training camp.
"I'd only get one or two plays and I'd play like a robot. But I made one or two plays and now the coaches have confidence in me."
The game's palatable aspects, outside of quarterback Dave Dickenson's first home appearance in four months or a chance for a franchise-record 14th win, are obvious:
Geroy Simon needs one reception to become the club's all-time receiver.
Ryan Phillips is an interception away from a club record, and Joe Smith is a rushing touchdown from equalling a league mark.
Paris Jackson needs 63 yards for his first 1,000-yard receiving season.
Otherwise, what happens Saturday is for tackle Amariah Farrow, who is playing his fourth CFL game in three years. It's for Jay Pottinger and Dean Valli, two other sophomores. It sure isn't for what the Stamps are selling.
Lowell Ullrich , CanWest News Service; Vancouver Province
Published: Friday, November 02, 2007
VANCOUVER - If you're a first-year player who has started most of the season you will not not dress for the B.C. Lions on Saturday, unless you happen to be a rookie of the year nominee like Cameron Wake.
The CFL team will make only one significant roster change for its regular season finale at B.C. Place Stadium. Lions coach Wally Buono told rookie receiver Cory Rodgers he'll sit against the Calgary Stampeders in order to have a look at Robert Ortiz, who joined the Lions six weeks ago.
That's the surface overview, but there's a lot more attached to the game, or less, depending on your outlook.
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Staring only at an Nov. 11 West Division road semifinal date with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, a large group of regulars, injured and otherwise, will be rested by Calgary coach Tom Higgins.
Other Stampeders not making the trip or dressing only to fill out the roster Saturday include quarterback Henry Burris, tailback Joffrey Reynolds, slotback Nik Lewis, linebacker Brian Clark and offensive lineman Bobby Singh.
That's arguably the core of the team and for openers not a lot different than the 2004 late-season scenario in which the Toronto Argonauts rested 12 regulars in a 38-point loss to Montreal, only to later beat the Lions for the Grey Cup.
Buono blasted the decision of Argos coach Michael Clemons to sit starters at the time, but won't do the same thing now, proving perhaps he took more from that season than heart surgery and how not to manage quarterbacks.
No, he's found a way to make the Lions accountable that figures to be fairly effective.
"If they don't play hard, then when I make my (2008 roster) decisions in December I'll understand which guys take the game seriously," he said Thursday. "I guarantee you they'll play hard."
And if you didn't know better, it sounded like a sales pitch for an event that has no effect on the division standings.
To some players, though, this will be like a seventh game of a playoff series.
Not only is it a one-shot chance for Ortiz and perhaps non-import rookies like receiver Adam Nicholson or running back Andre Sadeghian, it's also a game that will impact the futures of several second-year players whose progress has been carefully monitored.
Few Lions will cherish the chance to play as much as Ricky Foley, particularly when the sophomore defensive lineman recently said he nearly asked for a trade earlier this year when his work was limited to special teams.
The second half of the season has resulted in Foley going from no defensive work to a rotational role.
"The biggest turning point was when I accepted things," said Foley, who lost a bid to start at Chris Wilson's end spot to Wake at training camp.
"I'd only get one or two plays and I'd play like a robot. But I made one or two plays and now the coaches have confidence in me."
The game's palatable aspects, outside of quarterback Dave Dickenson's first home appearance in four months or a chance for a franchise-record 14th win, are obvious:
Geroy Simon needs one reception to become the club's all-time receiver.
Ryan Phillips is an interception away from a club record, and Joe Smith is a rushing touchdown from equalling a league mark.
Paris Jackson needs 63 yards for his first 1,000-yard receiving season.
Otherwise, what happens Saturday is for tackle Amariah Farrow, who is playing his fourth CFL game in three years. It's for Jay Pottinger and Dean Valli, two other sophomores. It sure isn't for what the Stamps are selling.
ope:
You can send Dave Dick(enson) a 'thank you' card for that loss last night. Three fucking times in the red zone and they come out with 3 fucking field goals. I don't think any team is secure in this league at this point heading to the postseason. Better yet, as much as I hate the pricks, I have to say the strongest team in the CFL right now is the Toronto Argonauts. The Lions looked absolutely listless and pathetic; Calgary didn't look too bad as they at least showed some drive last night in preparation for the upcoming Saskatchewan game. I actually think those two clubs will put on a good show for the viewers, beating each other up in the process and the visiting Stampeders will find a way to lose it in the dying moments of the contest. The hometwon Lions will then go down to defeat in Vancouver in a couple of weeks, probably on the strength of a Saskatchewan Paul Macallum last minute field goal. Over in the East, you know it doesn't really matter IMO who wins the bloody semi-final game next week because neither Winnipeg nor Montreal will get by Toronto in the East final at the Rogers Center the following week. In fact the Argos will walk away with a convincing double digit victory. Finally in the Grey Cup game on November 25th in Toronto, the Argos will defeat the BC Lions by anywhere from 6 to 12 points and hoist the hardware on their home turf to conclude this fucked up 'Crazy Football League' season, better known as the CFL season.
THE END! hola
THE END! hola
