November 25th 2012: Calgary Stampeders vs. Toronto Argonauts

[matthew]

This GC article is ostensibly about blacks getting a chance to play ball here in Canada before the NFL wised up but as a 1812 re-enactor, I loved the last reference so had to share it with you all.

http://www.thespec.com/sports/ticats...r-to-the-south

[ArgoRavi]

I still can't believe this is a thread on here. I'm so pumped for sunday as for the game itself, I don't wanna jinx it.

After the three home losses in a row including that third one against a horrible Winnipeg team, things were as bleak as ever on this forum. What a difference a few weeks makes!

[gilthethrill]

After the three home losses in a row including that third one against a horrible Winnipeg team, things were as bleak as ever on this forum. What a difference a few weeks makes!

At that dark period, I figured they would host the ESF & then just bow out quietly....Now I just don't see them losing to Kevin Glenn on Sunday.

[Stevoman]

I'm pumped for this one! Obviously Price and Cornish concern me and Nik Lewis is always tough to play against but I do think the Argos match up well though with Kackert, Owens, Durie and contributions from Inman, Barnes, and Mann. Argos get the advantage at QB but are about even defensively. Therefore, this game comes down to a battle of the lines. Whoever wins there, takes the game. Give Ray time and good things will happen, pressure Glenn and mistakes will be made.

[mchesher03]

Watkins was close on Sunday - I think (based on no evidence) that he will be ok for Sunday

[Bleeds Double Blue]

I should not do this.

I feel ashamed for doing this.

I definitely should not be doing this.

I may go to Hell for doing this, but....





Hey Hamilton, how does this taste?

[1argoholic]

I hope we win because the last three nights of our trip at the end of Nov will be at my aunts in Burlington just minutes from the Hammer. We may go to this killer restaurant where I could wear my new Argo jersey. haha.

[larz-7]

I hope we win because the last three nights of our trip at the end of Nov will be at my aunts in Burlington just minutes from the Hammer. We may go to this killer restaurant where I could wear my new Argo jersey. haha.

please clue me in we are there two days after

[294life]

This is not just a game between the top two teams of the cfl this year but also the top two team forums, or should I say three seeing as calgary has 2. I've been on all the forums and Toronto and Calgary are clearly the two best.

[paulwoods13]

This is not just a game between the top two teams of the cfl this year but also the top two team forums, or should I say three seeing as calgary has 2. I've been on all the forums and Toronto and Calgary are clearly the two best.

Better than Riderfans? That one is gigantic, at least.

[ArgoGabe22]

Better than Riderfans? That one is gigantic, at least.

You think we're negative? I once checked Riderfans and all they post is cut this guy, fire this coach, GMs gotta go etc.

[gilthethrill]

You think we're negative? I once checked Riderfans and all they post is cut this guy, fire this coach, GMs gotta go etc.

Eskimo fans on the Edmonton forum seem bitter about the Ray trade to this day.

[ArgoRavi]

Eskimo fans on the Edmonton forum seem bitter about the Ray trade to this day.

Tillman may never be able to show his face in that city ever again. Kavis Reed gave an interview to Terry Jones this past weekend in which he said that he told Tillman and his bosses that trading Ray could set the franchise back 5 to 10 years. However, they didn't listen to him and went ahead with the deal.

[294life]

Eskimo fans on the Edmonton forum seem bitter about the Ray trade to this day.

and will be for every day forever. reminds me of when Doug Flutie left Calgary to win 2 with TO, except Ray won't be going to the nfl.

[bluto]

Eskimo fans on the Edmonton forum seem bitter about the Ray trade to this day.

i wouldn't be able to let that go for at least a full calendar year... likely much longer... especially if my team then lost to the team we traded him to in the playoffs... then has to watch that team win their division final... and then they have a shot at the GC...?

man... they have every right to their bitterness.

[paulwoods13]

You think we're negative? I once checked Riderfans and all they post is cut this guy, fire this coach, GMs gotta go etc.

There's a lot of that, but it is balanced by a lot of more sensible, measured posts. The more hysterical posts get called out pretty quickly by a lot of the regulars.

[294life]

Better than Riderfans? That one is gigantic, at least.

quality over quantity. they banned jon cornish. very classy. not. i'm surprised 'ztella' hasn't appeared on this board yet. especially this week.

[paulwoods13]

quality over quantity. they banned jon cornish. very classy. not. i'm surprised 'ztella' hasn't appeared on this board yet. especially this week.

When did ztella get banned? I read some posts he made within the past week.

I find a lot of Roughrider fans insufferable, but that board has both quality and quantity, IMO.

Also, it does not have area51.

[294life]

When did ztella get banned? I read some posts he made within the past week.

I find a lot of Roughrider fans insufferable, but that board has both quality and quantity, IMO.

Also, it does not have area51.

since november 13. guess they couldn't handle a real pro.

[bluto]

When did ztella get banned? I read some posts he made within the past week.

I find a lot of Roughrider fans insufferable, but that board has both quality and quantity, IMO.

Also, it does not have area51.

the rider fan forum does have quality posts in there... but it suffers from the same signal-to-noise ratio issue that OurBombers does. you just have to sift through too much on RF to get to the good stuff. they both also contain a certain amount of regulars who literally can't see any move made by the home team as less than "perfect"... then when it backfires they completely endorse the solution while insisting that they all along felt that way.

i find Argofans a pleasure to browse for it's balanced, insightful football opinions.

this forum (as well as Calgary's) have the problem/blessing of not having a few hundred extra "casuals" that mess up the signal-to-noise in the threads... but who knows... a win this Sunday could bring a few dozen "new hardcores"... [/tangent]

back to the GC100 talk.