Lions 33 - Eskimos 24 Post Game Stats and Comments

[The_Pauser]

I just got back from 2 weeks in Germany. Missed the home game against Toronto, the Calgary game and the Saskatchewan game. I gotta say this is not the same team that I saw prior to my vacation. Wow what a turnaround. FINALLY we are putting it all together, the playcalling has gotten better, and our playmakers are making plays. Very impressed with the win last night. I'm not sure I have anything bad to say about any player out there. Maybe Lumbala for not being able to score on short yardage, but he did well the times he was in there for blocking. Overall a great game, great experience at the new stadium and I can't wait until October 8th!

[Ballistic Bob]

Anyone else notice the play clock ran on Edmontons two pointt conversion tries thus burning off a minute . BB

[WestCoastJoe]

Anyone else notice the play clock ran on Edmontons two pointt conversion tries thus burning off a minute . BB

Ha ha. That is too funny, Bob. LOL

Must be a trick we learned from the Riders.

[B.C.FAN]

IIRC, the play clock runs on converts and after penalties, except in the final three minutes of the half. The two attempts, aided by a B.C. penalty, took 39 seconds off the clock.

[WestCoastJoe]

IIRC, the play clock runs on converts and after penalties, except in the final three minutes of the half. The two attempts, aided by a B.C. penalty, took 39 seconds off the clock.

Ya know, that is a surprise. I expect the protocol was changed sometime over the years.

[pennw]

I just got back from 2 weeks in Germany. Missed the home game against Toronto, the Calgary game and the Saskatchewan game. I gotta say this is not the same team that I saw prior to my vacation. Wow what a turnaround. FINALLY we are putting it all together, the playcalling has gotten better, and our playmakers are making plays. Very impressed with the win last night. I'm not sure I have anything bad to say about any player out there. Maybe Lumbala for not being able to score on short yardage, but he did well the times he was in there for blocking. Overall a great game, great experience at the new stadium and I can't wait until October 8th!

You missed some good stuff , the PVR can be your friend in those situations . You could still see those games in TSN's Broadband archives if you wanted to . How was Germany ?

[cromartie]

I am not much of a Suitor fan, and to me his comment and his failure to explore the issue kind of exposed him. I don't think he is a particularly thoughtful analyst, and tends to talk about what he wants to talk about too much.

Could be worse. Could be Walby. And we could have had to suffer through Rod Black to boot.

[Ballistic Bob]

IIRC, the play clock runs on converts and after penalties, except in the final three minutes of the half. The two attempts, aided by a B.C. penalty, took 39 seconds off the clock.

Ya know, that is a surprise. I expect the protocol was changed sometime over the years.

The touchdown was scored at 6:21 The two point fiasco was over at 5:31. So it looks like 50 secs according to my PVR. BB

[ziggy]

Interesting that both Coaches went for it on 3rd and goal, and neither converted the TD.

At the time, and still now, I disagreed with Wally's decision. Stuffed twice from the 2. Time to take humble pills and go for the field goal. No deception on Wally's calls. And make no mistake those were Wally's calls, not Jacques'. Three runs up the middle.

Plus I would leave Lulay in there. He throws better. He runs better. He is warm, not cold from the bench.

Just IMO ...

I liked the aggressive call Wally made and although I would have liked it better if we managed to get it in, I was happy we at least tried and didn't just play conservative. It has to be good for the players to see their coach has faith in them, be it the offence to score a major or the defence to hold the opposition deep in their own zone. Field goal team has lots of confidence, time to spread it around.

[Rodu]

Harris sure can move, anyone know what his 40 yrd time is?

[notahomer]

IIRC, the play clock runs on converts and after penalties, except in the final three minutes of the half. The two attempts, aided by a B.C. penalty, took 39 seconds off the clock.

Ya know, that is a surprise. I expect the protocol was changed sometime over the years.

I noticed this last season. This was on a typical PAT where the ball gets booted through uprights. Pretty quick but still can burn off time. Doubt it really matters except inside of the final three minutes and then the clock stops for converts..... I hate the idea of the clock running on a convert myself but games are running long as it is.

[WestCoastJoe]

At the time, and still now, I disagreed with Wally's decision. Stuffed twice from the 2. Time to take humble pills and go for the field goal. No deception on Wally's calls. And make no mistake those were Wally's calls, not Jacques'. Three runs up the middle.

Plus I would leave Lulay in there. He throws better. He runs better. He is warm, not cold from the bench.

Just IMO ...

I liked the aggressive call Wally made and although I would have liked it better if we managed to get it in, I was happy we at least tried and didn't just play conservative. It has to be good for the players to see their coach has faith in them, be it the offence to score a major or the defence to hold the opposition deep in their own zone. Field goal team has lots of confidence, time to spread it around.

Three runs up the middle. No pass attempts into the huge end zone. No pitch. No misdirection. Jarious at quarterback. No Lulay who runs the offence. Against 12 men in the box expecting exactly what they got. I would call that ultra conservative. After you have failed twice up the middle, to run it again, I would call that stubborn, or something ...

Faith in the players? How about some faith in Lulay? And Geroy? And Arland? Instead Wally puts his "faith" in expecting his O Line, behind the undersized, overmatched Angus Reid, to push back 12 men in the box. And these 12 men in the box are crashing down as hard as they possibly can. This is how I would describe the task for the O Line and the running back ... Against a brick wall ...

I was just about screaming to my pal beside me when Wally lined them up. Here we go, up the middle. Nooooooooooooo My pal was laughing and cussing at the same time.

We see this much differently, ziggy. I've said my piece. You can have the last word about liking the call.

"I liked the aggressive call Wally made" - ziggy

[CatsEyes]

Lol sounds like the guy sitting in front of me. I'm with you though. Run straight up the gut never works-and we HAVE to leave the guy in who got us there. I've never understood why you would want to put in someone cold.

[ziggy]

Gee thanks WCJ for the permission . Never said I liked the play selection, hence the liking it better if they could "get it in" part of my post . I did like the fact they tried to score a TD rather than playing it conservative and going for a field goal as I said in my post. Afterall that left the opposition deep in their own zone if we failed (which we did), but if they had scored, it would have been a big boost for the team IMO. Don't know how you read that to mean I liked the three plays called, sorry if I confused you, I re read my post an still don't see it, but then again we do see things differently as you stated.

[TheLionKing]

Most fans have seen the films. Jarius Jackson in on 2nd or 3rd down= quarterback sneak or running game up the middle.