alright, its been a few weeks and its time for an update.
the calgary stampeders beat Montreal 42-30 (i think) in a game that was not as close as the score indicates.
last week i had the pleasure of going to the game against the Argos at McMahon stadium with a few friends. the stamps beat up the argos 34-4. the defence and special teams won the game for the stamps as the offence didn't produce very much. other big news last week was the Riders losing thier second game to the Lions in a row and Edmonton getting thier butts kicked by Montreal 40-4. awesome!
coming into this weekend, with 6 games remaining, Calgary was tied with saskatchewan for first and edmonton and BC were tied for 3rd, two points back of the teams in first.
Edmonton lost to red-hot winnipeg last night 30-23 and could be alone in last after this weekend as BC plays the last place Hamilton Tigercats tonight.
the STamps are playing Toronto right now at the Rogers center, where they havent won since 2000. The Stamps are up 21-13 at halftime.
next week the stamps start a head to head series vs the Riders, who they are tied with at the moment, although the Riders play a tough game tomorrow in Montreal against the league leading Allouettes.
the Dinos beat Manitoba, then lost last week to SFU. today I watched them on channel 10 and they beat UBC by 13 points to move to 3-2.
the Calgary Colts of the CJFL are 4-1-1 and play the Edmonton Wildcats today
The Flames started preseason this week. I had the pleasure of going to a game with one of my buddies on tuesday vs florida, which they lost 3-2. since then they have won 3 in row, with 2 wins of over pheonix and a solid 8-2 victory over floriday last night. looking great so far!
Schnieder has been traded to Atlanta by the Ducks and no word from Sundin yet
thats all for now
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Friday night football
its that time of the week again. time for Friday night football
the first game tonight is at 5pm(tsn). The Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2-8) visit the Toronto Argonauts (4-6). the second game has the Montreal Allouettes (7-3) visiting the Calgary Stampeders (6-4) at 8pm (tsn). should be two good games. Go Stamps Go.
Also tomorrow the Calgary Dinos football team is playing Alberta (I think), and the Calgary Colts (CJFL) are 4-0 and play this weekend.
In baseball, the Calgary Vipers are playing a team from Orange County in the Golden league baseball championship. The series was tied at 1 going to Orange County.
The Toronto Blue Jays won again last night and are 6 games back of the wildcard spot held by the Boston Redsox with about 16 games to go.
Go Stamps
the first game tonight is at 5pm(tsn). The Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2-8) visit the Toronto Argonauts (4-6). the second game has the Montreal Allouettes (7-3) visiting the Calgary Stampeders (6-4) at 8pm (tsn). should be two good games. Go Stamps Go.
Also tomorrow the Calgary Dinos football team is playing Alberta (I think), and the Calgary Colts (CJFL) are 4-0 and play this weekend.
In baseball, the Calgary Vipers are playing a team from Orange County in the Golden league baseball championship. The series was tied at 1 going to Orange County.
The Toronto Blue Jays won again last night and are 6 games back of the wildcard spot held by the Boston Redsox with about 16 games to go.
Go Stamps
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Stampeders and Dinos win in successive days
last night the Calgary Stampeders deafeated the Edmonton Eskimoes in front of 46,000 fans at Commonwealth stadium, just 4 days after losing to the same team at McMahon stadium. the Stamps outplayed the Eskimoes and won 38-33. The stamps had a rough start with an eskimoes interception return for a touchdown just 29 seconds in. but the stamps answered back on thier next drive. the first half was fairly close, with the Stamps playing well on offence and defence and not making any mistakes on special teams. the Stamps defense shut down Ricky Ray, not allowing him to throw for any touchdowns. the Stamps started the second half with a interception touchdown, again, 29 seconds in but for the right team.
the biggest thing that I saw was that the defence was actually getting sacks, with 5, to move from last in the league in the sack count. the Eskimoes made it close near the end, with a touchdown with 50 seconds left on the clock, but the Stamps were able to recover the onside kick attempt and kill the last half minute on the clock, with a first down.
The Stampeders move to 6-4, tied with the Eskimoes for second, but need to finish ahead of them because the Eskimoes won the season series, meaning they have the tiebreaker.
the University of Calgary Dinos football team beat the defending Vanier cup champions, the Manitoba Bisons 37-17 at home today. Deke Junior, Dions QB, played very well and the Dinos are now 1-1, at the quarter pole of the regular season.
the Calgary Colts, of the CJFL (canadian junior football league), are 3-0 and play Edmonton (0-3) today also.
in other sports news, Sundin still hasnt decided which team to play for if he does, but if he does Montreal and New York (Rangers ) appear to the the favourites.
Canada's national mens soccer team plays Honduras today in world cup qualifying. they tied Jamaica in thier first game of the group, they need to finish at least 2nd in the group to move on to the next round of qualifying. Mexico is the other team in the 4 team group, and are favoured to win the group as the top ranked team in the region. Canada is trying to qualify for the 2010 world cup in south Africa.
the biggest thing that I saw was that the defence was actually getting sacks, with 5, to move from last in the league in the sack count. the Eskimoes made it close near the end, with a touchdown with 50 seconds left on the clock, but the Stamps were able to recover the onside kick attempt and kill the last half minute on the clock, with a first down.
The Stampeders move to 6-4, tied with the Eskimoes for second, but need to finish ahead of them because the Eskimoes won the season series, meaning they have the tiebreaker.
the University of Calgary Dinos football team beat the defending Vanier cup champions, the Manitoba Bisons 37-17 at home today. Deke Junior, Dions QB, played very well and the Dinos are now 1-1, at the quarter pole of the regular season.
the Calgary Colts, of the CJFL (canadian junior football league), are 3-0 and play Edmonton (0-3) today also.
in other sports news, Sundin still hasnt decided which team to play for if he does, but if he does Montreal and New York (Rangers ) appear to the the favourites.
Canada's national mens soccer team plays Honduras today in world cup qualifying. they tied Jamaica in thier first game of the group, they need to finish at least 2nd in the group to move on to the next round of qualifying. Mexico is the other team in the 4 team group, and are favoured to win the group as the top ranked team in the region. Canada is trying to qualify for the 2010 world cup in south Africa.
Monday, September 1, 2008
the Stampeders...have fallen to 5-4
alright so today was labour day, and the Esks and Argos came out victorious. the Eskimoes defeated the Stampeders 37-16.
the Stamps defence held up in the first half, but fell apart in the second. I don't blame this loss on the defence however. the offence couldnt seem to do much aside from run close to the endzone but not convert it into touchdowns. Burris played alright in the first half before getting hurt, coming out of halftime down 12-9, the stamps led by Dave Dickenson got a touchdown. Edmonton promptly answered back, then the Stamps proceeded to fumble away the ball on two consecutive punt returns, allowing the Eskimoes to build up two touchdown lead. Dickenson got banged up late in the game and 3rd string Barrick Nealy was put in for the final minutes.
for the first time this season the Stampeders got fully beat on all 3 facets of the game.
I didn't get to watch much of the Argos game, but the Argonaughts beat the Tiger-cats 34-31, with a close finish and Hamilton failing on a 3rd and inches with a minute left.
The Eskimoes move to within 2 points of the Riders, 2 points ahead of the Stampeders who are 2 points ahead of the Lions.
the Stamps head to Edmonton to face the Eskimoes in the rematch on Friday at 7pm (TSN)
in other CFL news, it sounds like Charles Roberts has been traded by Winnipeg to BC for Joe Smith. interesting move for both, a bit of a shakeup, but it won't save the Bombers.
so the Stampeders have fallen to 5-4, but will look better on Friday, hopefully with Burris leading the charge.
one stat that sticks out to me is sacks. the stamps D have gotten the least sacks of any team in the league, need to get to the qb more.
the Stamps defence held up in the first half, but fell apart in the second. I don't blame this loss on the defence however. the offence couldnt seem to do much aside from run close to the endzone but not convert it into touchdowns. Burris played alright in the first half before getting hurt, coming out of halftime down 12-9, the stamps led by Dave Dickenson got a touchdown. Edmonton promptly answered back, then the Stamps proceeded to fumble away the ball on two consecutive punt returns, allowing the Eskimoes to build up two touchdown lead. Dickenson got banged up late in the game and 3rd string Barrick Nealy was put in for the final minutes.
for the first time this season the Stampeders got fully beat on all 3 facets of the game.
I didn't get to watch much of the Argos game, but the Argonaughts beat the Tiger-cats 34-31, with a close finish and Hamilton failing on a 3rd and inches with a minute left.
The Eskimoes move to within 2 points of the Riders, 2 points ahead of the Stampeders who are 2 points ahead of the Lions.
the Stamps head to Edmonton to face the Eskimoes in the rematch on Friday at 7pm (TSN)
in other CFL news, it sounds like Charles Roberts has been traded by Winnipeg to BC for Joe Smith. interesting move for both, a bit of a shakeup, but it won't save the Bombers.
so the Stampeders have fallen to 5-4, but will look better on Friday, hopefully with Burris leading the charge.
one stat that sticks out to me is sacks. the stamps D have gotten the least sacks of any team in the league, need to get to the qb more.
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