August 1, 2014: Toronto Argonauts vs. Montreal Alouettes

[argolio]

So, what was the result of the basketball game between Stanford & U of T? Was that around the same time Toronto (Tornados?) had a team in the old CBA that played out of Varsity?

Yeah, same time.

I think Stanford won, but I'm not 100% sure.

[hugoagogo]

Consultant? Let the speculation over the future of Higgins begin!

Higgins and Matthews certainly had differences of opinion in the Edmonton days - especially when it came to quarterbacks. I don't think the Don has interest in full time coaching, and right now, I think Higgins is open to suggestions, considering the blunders so far. He at least better be if Matthews is reporting to Popp. This could be a three-ringer before it's over. Personally I think Don is going to be paying closer attention to the assistant coaches and not Higgins. It's a clusterfrack with the offense right now and I think Dinwiddie is in way over his head. To be fair, he wasn't ready. That would be like handing over the OC title to Jason Maas right now. Good head on his shoulders, but a couple more years learning his craft is a good thing. Perhaps AC might make his OC coaching debut before the season is out???

[doubleblue]

Jarriel King is on a personal leave from the team. He did say on his Twitter feed on Sunday that he had spent the day at O'Hare Airport in Chicago which I thought to be strange on a short week and he is indeed not going to play on Friday. Wayne Smith will replace King while SirVincent Rogers returns at left tackle: http://www.torontosun.com/2014/07/29...offensive-line

I thought the O-Line was one spot the Argos were ok going into this season. Switching King and Van Zeyl was the only change. IMO King was better at tackle than Van Zeyl. Don't know if that has had any effect on the pass blocking, but it has broken down quite a bit so far this year. I was also a little surprised they didn't bring in and keep a back up Import and the only guy they did was released and grabbed by Hamilton. Lewis would have been a good replacement for King right about now.

[paulwoods13]

Depth chart is here: http://cfl.uploads.mrx.ca/league/pdf...Aug1070827.pdf

King still listed on the 46 but obviously he won't dress. One other INT sits, I'm guessing MLB Jones. Interestingly Robinson remains listed as starting at OLB even though Molden is back on the 46. Gillanders is sitting. One more NAT sits, presumably Hood or Adjei.

[Wobbler]

Gibson, who had been starting at DE for most of the season, has been 6-gamed. At least it wasn't another receiver.

[gilthethrill]

Depth chart is here: http://cfl.uploads.mrx.ca/league/pdf...Aug1070827.pdf

King still listed on the 46 but obviously he won't dress. One other INT sits, I'm guessing MLB Jones. Interestingly Robinson remains listed as starting at OLB even though Molden is back on the 46. Gillanders is sitting. One more NAT sits, presumably Hood or Adjei.

Do you think Gill gets to wear a uniform tonight? He has finally made it to the 46 but appears to be listed down the depth chart. I notice Whiteside gets the start ahead of the recently seriously injured Gibson.

[shayman]

Yeah, same time.

I think Stanford won, but I'm not 100% sure.

That'd be the 1985 "Can-Am Challenge" - a 4 team tournament at U of T featuring Stanford, American U (of Washington DC), Toronto and Waterloo.

Waterloo beat American 100-89, Toronto beat American by 2 in double OT, but both Canadian schools got totally crushed by Stanford. (Waterloo lost by 50, I forget the U of T score but it was similar.)

Two days later Waterloo was ranked #1 in Canada. Things are different now with Canada's #1 (Carleton) routinely beating US division 1 schools.

[Note: I was googling around to try to find the results and came across a 1985 article from Imprint, the Waterloo student newspaper, talking about the tournament. Only after reading the article and writing up this post did I notice that the author of the article was actually, uh, me in a previous life.]

[ArgoRavi]

Do you think Gill gets to wear a uniform tonight? He has finally made it to the 46 but appears to be listed down the depth chart. I notice Whiteside gets the start ahead of the recently seriously injured Gibson.

What happened to Gibson?

[gilthethrill]

What happened to Gibson?

Good question...hard to get consistent injury reports unless a star player goes down.....could Owens be back for the Winnipeg game?

[argonaut11xx]

Don Matthews is the greatest coach in CFL history, no doubt, and having him back in the CFL in any capacity is a good thing, IMO.

That said, a Two-Four of breakfast beers, and Rick Worman's offence would probably fix the Al's alot faster than Turk and "The Don"

This should be a "gimme" for the double blue, and thats why im very nervous about this game.

The O line has been terrible, Mo Mann is being touted as a saviour, and Romby Bryant is looking pretty good in the peg...its like this team is reverse recruiting

[ArgoRavi]

Don Matthews is the greatest coach in CFL history, no doubt, and having him back in the CFL in any capacity is a good thing, IMO.

That said, a Two-Four of breakfast beers, and Rick Worman's offence would probably fix the Al's alot faster than Turk and "The Don"

This should be a "gimme" for the double blue, and thats why im very nervous about this game.

The O line has been terrible, Mo Mann is being touted as a saviour, and Romby Bryant is looking pretty good in the peg...its like this team is reverse recruiting

I suspect that Bryant would have never been released if the Argos had known that four starting receivers - and their top four at that - would all be injured at the same time. Every team tries to plan for injuries but you really can't plan for that quantity at one key position.

[argotom]

I suspect that Bryant would have never been released if the Argos had known that four starting receivers - and their top four at that - would all be injured at the same time. Every team tries to plan for injuries but you really can't plan for that quantity at one key position.

Bryant looked good yesterday and far from being finished.

[ArgoRavi]

Bryant looked good yesterday and far from being finished.

I don't think that Bryant is close to being finished either but I believe that he only caught two passes last night.

[jerrym]

Dwight Anderson starts off the penalty parade. Who else (a double entendre)?

[ArgoZ]

Winner takes first place in the East! LOL.

[argotom]

Oh oh, another slow start, with the D on the field way too long.

[jerrym]

Winner takes first place in the East! LOL.

Definition: The Eastern Conference: minor league for the Western Conference.

[jerrym]

Slaton looked damn good on his 16 yard run.

[jerrym]

Rod Black drives me nuts once again with his use of "former NFL player" on every second play and his robot-monotone voice. Can we start a petition to replace him?

[ArgoZ]

Borrrrrrrrrrinnnnnnnnng.