Looks like I missed it last night....you can still catch it:

http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/

Last Column to the right...they review each team....

Caught it last night. Pretty good show, except for the blatant Argo cheerleading coming out of the panel. Climie was the only one who wouldn't give the Argh-HOES a playoff spot in June.

Definitely got my juices up for Wednesday night, though...

jbedell wrote:Caught it last night. Pretty good show, except for the blatant Argo cheerleading coming out of the panel. Climie was the only one who wouldn't give the Argh-HOES a playoff spot in June.

Definitely got my juices up for Wednesday night, though...

An interesting opinion from Schultz is that the Als always fold at the end of the season because they don't have enough competition from their own division, preventing them from being sharp enough at the right time... I tend to agree with that Momentum is the name of the game ... Hope history won't repeat itself once more!!!

JiJi wrote:

jbedell wrote:Caught it last night. Pretty good show, except for the blatant Argo cheerleading coming out of the panel. Climie was the only one who wouldn't give the Argh-HOES a playoff spot in June.

Definitely got my juices up for Wednesday night, though...

An interesting opinion from Schultz is that the Als always fold at the end of the season because they don't have enough competition from their own division, preventing them from being sharp enough at the right time... I tend to agree with that Momentum is the name of the game ... Hope history won't repeat itself once more!!!

I don't agree. Al's play 8 games against the West. That's 2 games less then western teams. I think it has more to do with Calvillo being too conservative and unable to stretch the field with his arm. Last year had it not been of the two touchdowns on ST. The Als don't even beat the cross-over Eskimos.

hfxtc wrote:

JiJi wrote:

jbedell wrote:Caught it last night. Pretty good show, except for the blatant Argo cheerleading coming out of the panel. Climie was the only one who wouldn't give the Argh-HOES a playoff spot in June.

Definitely got my juices up for Wednesday night, though...

An interesting opinion from Schultz is that the Als always fold at the end of the season because they don't have enough competition from their own division, preventing them from being sharp enough at the right time... I tend to agree with that Momentum is the name of the game ... Hope history won't repeat itself once more!!!

I don't agree. Al's play 8 games against the West. That's 2 games less then western teams. I think it has more to do with Calvillo being too conservative and unable to stretch the field with his arm. Last year had it not been of the two touchdowns on ST. The Als don't even beat the cross-over Eskimos.

I say BS,
Playing the west 2 times less does not change the fact that we have a losing record against the west but still clinch the east real early the last 3 years, thus it is a non factor for your counter argument.
AC not stretching the field enough, this is a single factor, that doe snot explain a bad D, an O that stopped running the ball, yep they stopped running because AC's arm is not strong enough. AC's arm has weakened somewhat, but the difference in how deep they went is a factor of their offensive they are running, the o line can no longer give 10 steam boats to the QB along the deep routes to open.
Interesting points to debate, but factually wrong IMO.

Due to travel .500 record against the other division is what you are looking for IMO.

Als were .500 against Saskatchewan,Edmonton,BC

They lost both games against Calgary and if you recall the last game against Edmonton left their starters at home...

The way I see it the Als could have easily played for .500 by not "throwing" the game in Edmonton and two of other 4 losses were last minute plays where the Als had the lead and Trestman self admitedly missmanaged the game.

Coming back to Calvillo, the last big play he is part of in a GC was his pass to Woodcock that turned a 99 yard reception with 75 yards after the catch. The guys is very consistent but he just dosen't have the arm to go 40 yards or more on a rope and I think that is reflected in Trestman's offense. But yeah just my opinion. I am not trying to start a neg thread about AC the eve of the season opener. I think having a young gun on the bench they trust might be the fix the Als need if they have the Cahoonnnnnnnnnnn ! to use him once in a while.

40 yard or more on a rope is the reason why the Als lost, hmmm that means, Tracy Ham should not have won, Flutie also, come to think of it a number of them.
40 yard on a rope, Bishop was great at doing that. Ricky Ray cannot throw 40 yard on a rope, he floats it, and actually this is what usually works best in the CFL allowing for the receiver to adjust to a pass, Moon, Ray are 2 that come to mind (Moon could wing it mind oyu), AC does it once in a while, but he does not have the accuracy for the long floater.
AC's problem is his lack of mobility, more than anything else, it gives him once less facet, which makes him vulnerable to a good DC who will counter one facet of our play and turn us uni dimentional.
Our record against the West you seem to use lots of if and others to justify something we did not accomplish. We had a losing record against the west, if or no if's we did, the west was determined in the last week of the season, the east was known ages before it ended. Ergo lack of competition, this is factual;, we have a losing record against the west, this is factual, the be4st you do with the if's is give us a 500 record woohoo, not great either.
Good debate anyway

Well if being pushed was important to the Als Coach in getting ready, he wouldn't leave his starters home on the last game of the season, especialy against a western team. I don't think lack of competition is the cause. It can be for example until the last few years the Rouge et Or was at a disadvantage playing the Q and the AUS all year but the CFL schedule isn't like that, only two game difference between East and West.

No matter what AC's shortcoming is down the stretch. I'm excited that they have a kid who can come off the bench and throw something very dynamic at the opposition. Should be a great season if the boys stay healthy ! Go Als Go !

Always a good exchange with you...

He left them home because of the lack of competition, they clinched early. Simple as that. R&O came close to lose twice on their field against ConU, the Q is a way stronger division in comparison than the rest of the CIS, compare that to the eastern division, the east had all the bottom teams of the CFL, you cannot bring that as a factual comparison, that is weak.

SectionW wrote:He left them home because of the lack of competition, they clinched early. Simple as that. R&O came close to lose twice on their field against ConU, the Q is a way stronger division in comparison than the rest of the CIS, compare that to the eastern division, the east had all the bottom teams of the CFL, you cannot bring that as a factual comparison, that is weak.

I'm talking years ago...That's how St-Mary's and the Rouge et Or got together to start playing exibition games. Today the Q is a force. It wasn't like that even five years ago...

hfxtc wrote:

SectionW wrote:He left them home because of the lack of competition, they clinched early. Simple as that. R&O came close to lose twice on their field against ConU, the Q is a way stronger division in comparison than the rest of the CIS, compare that to the eastern division, the east had all the bottom teams of the CFL, you cannot bring that as a factual comparison, that is weak.

I'm talking years ago...That's how St-Mary's and the Rouge et Or got together to start playing exibition games. Today the Q is a force. It wasn't like that even five years ago...

Hmm ConU went to the Vanier in 98, the R&O went to the Vanier in 99, sure they were not a force, McGill was still a decent team, Bishop was Bishop. Plus Ottawa and Queens were in the Q. Five years ago ConU lost on their field agaisnt Bertrand, ConU was still a power house. The only time the Q was so so was before 96.

yeah we lost some games against west...BUT

look a game result...

first game against Calgary we stop playing in second half (it was a walk in the park until this Hail Mary) they came back at second half we lost 23-19 diff : -4pts we could have won

41-33 against Saskat... yeah that one we got torched but we got burned in the very last minutes remember that deadfull fumble at our own 10 or something like it...otherwise we were in the game till that very moment...

36-34 against BC diff -2pts that one we could have won too...


That's 3 game there that could end up either way....so come chill out by this West domination...I think the way the Country is design favours the West...Tell me why everytime a Eastern team visit West they have to play at nite...by the time you hit second half it's already 11 PM... never wonder why when West play in East they mostly play in afthernoon..

Against Calgary 22 PM
Against Sask 19 h 30
Against BC 22 h 30
Against ED 21h00

BC vs Mtl 13h00 PM
Cal Vs Mtl 13 h 00 PM
ED vs Mtl 19h30

And its mostly the same thing for every east team...

Why can't the East teams play in afthernoon to acclimate easly to time change ...why not have East-West meeting on sundays PM?
if you play at 2 PM at least it feels like noon not midnight.
Your a player you hit 4 quarter and it feels like 1 am to you feel like play ball???

If you use the same logic, every year there some games we could have lost that we won, or vice versa, those go in the what if's scenario and mean nothing.
We coasted come the end of the season as we usually do.