Labour Day Battle of Alberta

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With BC beating the Argos yesterday, I think we’re gonna need two wins to secure the West final.

This game in Hammy almost becomes a must win because our final two games are coming against western opponents who will be fighting for...

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Just looking ahead at the next two weeks:

BC has been hot as of late but travelling all the way East to face a similarly hot Argo team at home could prove to be a tough test for the Leos… Obviously they’ll smash Ottawa at home,...

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What a greasy greasy win. Hard to find any unit on the team that you can point to and say they played well. Really sloppy play all around.

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1-1 in our last two and looked bad in both, time to go on bye and get things sorted out. Have to be MUCH better in the final three....

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Lemon worries me more than Kelly to be honest. Kelly will
have his throws but I also think he’s gonna get himself into trouble with our secondary. Lemon against a backup tackle could be a problem though…

We DID beat them...

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I don’t think this is the type of group that falls for trap games at this point. They kinda fell into one in Kelowna and learned their lesson.

I ain’t worried about these guys not showing up for this one.

My guess...

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I agree with everything you said here....

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That’s the catch. If Cody plays for even another 3 years it’s gonna be tough to keep Powell content on the bench for that long....

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I’ll give you Rourke but Adam’s is the complete anti-Cody, puts up flashy numbers early, but folds like a cheap tent in clutch situations, no thanks....

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Cody’s leadership ability is second to none in this league in my opinion, and is a BIG reason why we are where we are right now.

My advocacy for Tre Ford early on last year was not out of disrespect to Cody’s abilities but more...

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Also want to shout out Zach Mathis. For a guy whose opportunities I’ve suggested around here may be dwindling, I thought he came back with a really nice little performance, albeit in garbage time. But still, I thought he played with a lot more...

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Cody graciously signed a very team friendly deal and as a result, he is one of the lowest paid starting QBs in the league. But Ed did him right by investing those savings in the trenches to keep Cody clean.

For all Fajardos talk about being...

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Looks like Kettle is out and Mathis is back in. Jordan Murray out as well....

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I miss the “in and out” that used to be in the bottom corner, it was handy. I don’t know why they took that out.

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100 percent. This team is gritty....

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This post didn’t age well lol...

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Not sure what to expect in this one with the Elks coming off the bye. Traditionally we get spanked in this one but this years team is different…

If we get off to a good start I could see us driving this one home.

Excited...

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No, our STs have sucked for years because we’ve had bad coaches and bad players, this year is different. We’re building a foundation right now....

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Coach Killer has talked about the fact that our ST’s unit is young and inexperienced outside of the specialty guys so I think we’re just seeing the growing pains in the blocking schemes more than we are seeing a decline of Leake....

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Yeah, I enjoy the knowledge he brings to the broadcast for sure....