https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSX9i5iwehI
Not a significant game in team history, but something to occupy yourself during the offseason.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSX9i5iwehI
Not a significant game in team history, but something to occupy yourself during the offseason.
Holloway getting stripped at 39:35 reminds me of the play that happened in the "Tuck Rule" game between New England and the Raiders. I wish the Argos had gone back to these uniforms. I'm not a big fan of their current garb.
I don't understand how an OL can give up 100+ sacks. This was unit that featured Dan Ferrone, Kelvin Pruenster (and later in the year) Chris Schultz, all of whom would be part of a pretty good OL just a year or two later.
I believe that they counted any loss of yardage as a sack that season but I am not 100% sure. 103 sacks just seems impossible to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Will
There was some debate about this on Twitter, and there might have been a rule change in 1990, which is part of the reason why you don't see teams get 70-80 sacks in a season anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArgoRavi
Nonetheless, from watching some of these games, Condredge was under relentless pressure at times in 1986.
I was living in Calgary and covering the Stampeders in 1986. I was at the Argo game there that season (which IIRC was either the first or second game back for Minter; I interviewed him for my pre-game story). Holloway got sacked either 11 or 12 times that day, I believe. It was insane.
Here is said article for anyone interested:
https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?u...456&rotation=0
The offensive coordinators were actively encouraging the QB roll outs during the 82-88 time frames. Turner Gill was absolutely brutalized(James Parker,Eddie Lowe)during that 4 game swing in early 1985.His career was over by training camp 1986.Quote:
Originally Posted by Will
This is awesome to see 38 years later. I don't think I have a clipping of that story. For the record, although my byline is on the piece, I wrote only the Tor-Cal stuff. I either copied and pasted stuff from the other games that day, or (more likely) an editor in Toronto blended my post-game story (which would have had a couple hundred more words about the Calgary game) with reports from the other two games into a "roundup" sent late in the day to papers publishing the next afternoon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Will
Yet Tracy Ham emerged after as a great CFL running QB and led a couple of teams to GCs.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkalbaniasGhost
A blast from the past! - you old-timer Paul.Quote:
Originally Posted by paulwoods13
An Ottawa crowd of just over 13K ? - wow - I do not recall crowds that paltry then; I was likely at that Ottawa game (have to check my old ticket stub collection) as I usually went to Argo visits to Lansdowne; period of many bad Ottawa teams that led to the eventual folding; makes the recent RedBlacks attendances of just under 20K last season for a poor team seem decent; but mind you Ottawa's population is now likely over 300K more compared to then - way more to draw from.
And it was back in 86 that I sent a letter to the CFL office, lamenting the lack of (IMO anyhow then) CFL coverage in the media; and whoever in the CFL office was kind enough to reply and sent me a free copy of the CFL's Facts, Figures & Records yearbook (was that the 1st edition?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOVCI-3ieN0
Here is the game from the week before that Argos played Edmonton at CNE Stadium. It is joined in progress, however I did send Calgary Stampeders Classics a two disc DVD of this game, which is hopefully the full version. The one posted, I believe, he got from Craig Ellis.
I did watch a game not too long ago from 1986 when the Stamps visited the Argos and Calgary must have had a half-dozen sacks in that game so there's little question that Argos QBs took a beating that season.Quote:
Originally Posted by paulwoods13
Oh Oh Oh Oh Argo Glide! I enjoyed listening to the comments about the lack of action/scoring by Pat Marsden. Some nice kick returns by the late, great, Darrell Smith (not D.K. Smith at this point). Holloway and Dunigan sure took a lot of hits this game, which ended quite dramatically.Quote:
Originally Posted by Will
Interestingly enough, I did find a transaction list for the Argos from July 1986 where he is referred to as Darrell K. Smith, which I didn't think started until 1989 or 1990.
https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?u...742&rotation=0
Argo QB Jeff Joslin dressed for 3 games that season (his career) recording no stats.