July 18, 2014: Toronto Argonauts vs. Ottawa RedBlacks

[T-Bone]

vs.

Week 4
Friday, July 18, 2014 at 7:00pm EDT.
TD Place Stadium. Ottawa, ON.

TV: TSN
Video Webcast: TSN Go - ESPN3
Radio: TOR: TSN 1050 - OTT: TSN 1200
Audio Webcast: TOR: Here - OTT: Here
Satellite Radio: SiriusXM

Depth Charts: TOR: Here - OTT: Here

Pre-Game Preview: Here

Away Game Viewing: The Thirsty Fox 1028 Eglinton Ave W

Post-Game Update: Argos Fall in Final Minutes to RedBlacks in TD Place Opener

Final Score: 17-18

[1argoholic]

My prediction is that the Argos will play in front of people and not empty blue seats.

[ArgoZ]

My prediction is that the Argos will play in front of people and not empty blue seats.

What is interesting about that statement is more often then not, the Argonaut players get just as fired up playing in front of a good hostile crowd. I wouldn't be surprised to see them bounce back and incredibly, oddly enough, feed off Ottawa's crowd for the win.

[Will]

Driving up to Ottawa for this one. Looking forward to it.

[ArgoRavi]

What is interesting about that statement is more often then not, the Argonaut players get just as fired up playing in front of a good hostile crowd. I wouldn't be surprised to see them bounce back and incredibly, oddly enough, feed off Ottawa's crowd for the win.

The Argos have played better on the road and have had a better road record over the last six years or so. Other teams' fans would be worried about their team going on a three game road trip early in the season but I think that is a godsend for the Argos.

[Neely2005]

A good article on the concessions at TD Place Stadium:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Joanne+...221/story.html

Driving up to Ottawa for this one. Looking forward to it.

We'll be there too. We bought a 3 Pack of tickets in order to get this game.

[doubleblue]

A good article on the concessions at TD Place Stadium:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Joanne+...221/story.html



We'll be there too. We bought a 3 Pack of tickets in order to get this game.

Sounds like Ottawa is going to have some REAL food at TD Place. It will be a welcome relief after trying to choke down the overpriced "concessions" at the Sky Dome.
Doesn't sound like there is much parking close to the Stadium anymore. Not looking forward to that. I heard people were put on the wrong buses after the open house last week.

[argotom]

With Owens and Barnes out and if the O & D line plays the same we are in deep trouble against the RB's who will be fired up big time.

[ArgoRavi]

Sounds like Ottawa is going to have some REAL food at TD Place. It will be a welcome relief after trying to choke down the overpriced "concessions" at the Sky Dome.
Doesn't sound like there is much parking close to the Stadium anymore. Not looking forward to that. I heard people were put on the wrong buses after the open house last week.

I believe that you can just park at Carleton University and walk the 15 minutes to the stadium. There are probably buses going from there too. BTW, OC Transpo will be free for anyone with a ticket.

With Owens and Barnes out and if the O & D line plays the same we are in deep trouble against the RB's who will be fired up big time.

What if the offensive and defensive lines play like they did against Saskatchewan? Yes, the RedBlacks will be fired up but the Argos are a much better team. In watching the RedBlacks against Edmonton, I was thinking that Henry Burris is going to have trouble generating a lot of offence with the receiving corps that they have. Ottawa's receiving corps seems quite underwhelming to me though I have always liked Kierrie Johnson.

[Neely2005]

REDBLACKS home opener the hottest ticket in town

Read more: http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/redblacks-h...#ixzz37YPnRhjd

Sounds like Ottawa is going to have some REAL food at TD Place. It will be a welcome relief after trying to choke down the overpriced "concessions" at the Sky Dome.
Doesn't sound like there is much parking close to the Stadium anymore. Not looking forward to that. I heard people were put on the wrong buses after the open house last week.

Good food and reasonably priced food and beer.

There's some good information on getting to the game in This Thread:

http://www.argofans.com/showthread.p...game-in-Ottawa

Apparently you can use you Ticket to get on a Bus / Shuttle for free, back to a Parking Lot with free parking.

[argotom]

I believe that you can just park at Carleton University and walk the 15 minutes to the stadium. There are probably buses going from there too. BTW, OC Transpo will be free for anyone with a ticket.



What if the offensive and defensive lines play like they did against Saskatchewan? Yes, the RedBlacks will be fired up but the Argos are a much better team. In watching the RedBlacks against Edmonton, I was thinking that Henry Burris is going to have trouble generating a lot of offence with the receiving corps that they have. Ottawa's receiving corps seems quite underwhelming to me though I have always liked Kierrie Johnson.

Granted if the team that smoked the Riders shows up then we are looking good.
However with the key injuries, laying an egg two out of the three games and with a somewhat short practice week dare I say it does not look good.

[argolio]

Stamps are a very good team who were coming off a bye-week, so maybe they played well more than we didn't.

We've already bounced back from one loss. No reason we can't do it again. Ottawa will be fired up for their first home game, but we should be fine as long as we come out of the first quarter/half in decent shape.

[T-Bone]

There's some good information on getting to the game in This Thread:

More info here: The Game Plan to Get Down to Lansdowne

[Wobbler]

Three noteworthy changes to the depth chart IMHO:

- Robinson gets his SAM LB spot back after returning from injury and Moulden is now "injured"
- Underwood comes off the IR and they gave him the boundary corner spot. I daresay we haven't been very happy with either Ware or Agnew at this spot so far
- Slaton comes off the IR and is now our backup RB. I assume that he'll get a few reps this week so we can finally get a good look at him

The other changes (e.g. Sinkfield replacing Owens) were already announced, I think. Oh, except that Jason Barnes is on the *6* game injured list. Drat.

[doubleblue]

More info here: The Game Plan to Get Down to Lansdowne

The REDBLACKS are doing things right!

[jerrym]

Having lived in Ottawa for seven years, despite being a lifelong Argo fan, it's great to see the game is already a sellout. Ottawa edition IV seems to have a lot better and smarter ownership than previous editions.

[Argocister]

So on the CIS forum one of the Ottawa fans posted this ...... For those going to the game ( which I am ) keep the metabolism up, and plan some good exercise routines over the next week!

http://ottawacitizen.com/life/food/w...lansdowne-park

[Stevoman]

Going to be a hostile environment with lots of adversity due to injuries but Ray/Milanovich are both cool under pressure. This makes for a good storyline and hopefully a happy ending for the Double Blue. I think it all comes down to the line of scrimmage.

[Argo]

Arrrr Argos Fans, aye ye can have yer Jolly Rogers Centre where the paying customers enjoy bottom-drawer food and drink for top-drawer prices.

So on the CIS forum one of the Ottawa fans posted this ...... For those going to the game ( which I am ) keep the metabolism up, and plan some good exercise routines over the next week!

http://ottawacitizen.com/life/food/w...lansdowne-park

[shayman]

Sounds like Ottawa is going to have some REAL food at TD Place. It will be a welcome relief after trying to choke down the overpriced "concessions" at the Sky Dome.

Interestingly, I think it's the same company providing food service at both TD Place and Rogers Centre - Compass Group.

Er, wait, I'm wrong. It used to be Compass Group at Skydome, now it's Aramark. Sorry. Hard to keep these huge multinationals straight.