They finished in third because they crapped the bed against Hamilton. Win that game and 1st was a lock.Rammer wrote:That in itself may provide the reason that the Esks ended up in third place this past season. A HC who isn't decisive or clear with his thoughts makes you wonder how all that paper talent ended up in third.B.C.FAN wrote:Just saw a postgame TSN interview with Maciocia on the Esks quarterback situation for the Western final. His quote:"I don't know who's going to start. There's no quarterback controversy here. We're going to go back to Edmonton and get this team ready to play next week"
Which QB would you rather face?
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Vic Romano
If the same pattern results, big win against BC, huge loss against Hamilton the following week. Big win against BC, huge loss against Calgary the following week. Big win against Calgary, huge ........ 8)Vic Romano wrote:They finished in third because they crapped the bed against Hamilton. Win that game and 1st was a lock.Rammer wrote:That in itself may provide the reason that the Esks ended up in third place this past season. A HC who isn't decisive or clear with his thoughts makes you wonder how all that paper talent ended up in third.B.C.FAN wrote:Just saw a postgame TSN interview with Maciocia on the Esks quarterback situation for the Western final. His quote:
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As opposed to the pattern exhibited by the Lions? Lose, lose, lose, lose, win, lose, lose.....
win, win, just completing your Lions pattern for you there Vic.... :lol:Vic Romano wrote:As opposed to the pattern exhibited by the Lions? Lose, lose, lose, lose, win, lose, lose.....
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I'd prefer Ray starts for Edmonton. Turnovers tend to make the difference in a big game (look at the WSF). Ray is more prone to throwing interceptions.
In general, I don't think he is careful with the football...He tends to throw it up while being tackled to try and avoid sacks. One of these times, there will be a defensive player standing there to catch one of those ducks. Wait, that already happened in CW this year, the next time there won't be a roughing the passer call
In general, I don't think he is careful with the football...He tends to throw it up while being tackled to try and avoid sacks. One of these times, there will be a defensive player standing there to catch one of those ducks. Wait, that already happened in CW this year, the next time there won't be a roughing the passer call
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Think you missed a couple more losses. BC is a good team but you have to face facts that they've been struggling to find any consistency in the past 2 months.Rammer wrote:win, win, just completing your Lions pattern for you there Vic.... :lol:Vic Romano wrote:As opposed to the pattern exhibited by the Lions? Lose, lose, lose, lose, win, lose, lose.....
Not much on the line, now the new goal has been set in front of them, I expect much more inspiration from them on this game.Vic Romano wrote:Think you missed a couple more losses. BC is a good team but you have to face facts that they've been struggling to find any consistency in the past 2 months.Rammer wrote:win, win, just completing your Lions pattern for you there Vic.... :lol:Vic Romano wrote:As opposed to the pattern exhibited by the Lions? Lose, lose, lose, lose, win, lose, lose.....
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As good as the Esks did against Calgary, no I take that back, the Lions looked much better than the Esks did with more to lose on the final game of the season. Lose and the Lions end up in second and win they get first. For the Esks win first, lose third, and they looked horrible, and rebounded, the Lions don't have to go near as far as that in order to take out the Esks.Vic Romano wrote:There was plenty on the line against Sask. They didn't look very good.
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We'll see. Going back to last year's GC, the Lions have not been very impressive in big games.
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Maybe. But what have the Esks done that's so impressive?We'll see. Going back to last year's GC, the Lions have not been very impressive in big games.
2004 WSF - home loss to Saskatchewan (scored only 6 points).
Game 18 2005 - huge loss in Calgary with first place on the line.
2005 WSF - Needed 5 turnovers from the opposition to win by a TD? That's impressive? I think not. Now they way Montreal whipped Sask was impressive.
I think the final tally on turnovers was actually 7, that is not going to be a gift the Lions will be giving up.Power-O-O-O-O wrote:Maybe. But what have the Esks done that's so impressive?We'll see. Going back to last year's GC, the Lions have not been very impressive in big games.
2004 WSF - home loss to Saskatchewan (scored only 6 points).
Game 18 2005 - huge loss in Calgary with first place on the line.
2005 WSF - Needed 5 turnovers from the opposition to win by a TD? That's impressive? I think not. Now they way Montreal whipped Sask was impressive.
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They beat an 11-0 team (at one point long ago) twice coming down the stretch, they beat the defending GC champs down the stretch, and just knocked off the supposed hottest team in the league. Seems to be a lot more than what the Lions have done in their past 7 games. Maybe it's just me....Power-O-O-O-O wrote:Maybe. But what have the Esks done that's so impressive?We'll see. Going back to last year's GC, the Lions have not been very impressive in big games.
2004 WSF - home loss to Saskatchewan (scored only 6 points).
Game 18 2005 - huge loss in Calgary with first place on the line.
2005 WSF - Needed 5 turnovers from the opposition to win by a TD? That's impressive? I think not. Now they way Montreal whipped Sask was impressive.
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I think you need to look closer and discover that there were 5 forced turnovers by the eskimos defence. Calgary did butter finger a couple but for the most part they were being foced to cough up the ball.Rammer wrote:I think the final tally on turnovers was actually 7, that is not going to be a gift the Lions will be giving up.Power-O-O-O-O wrote:Maybe. But what have the Esks done that's so impressive?We'll see. Going back to last year's GC, the Lions have not been very impressive in big games.
2004 WSF - home loss to Saskatchewan (scored only 6 points).
Game 18 2005 - huge loss in Calgary with first place on the line.
2005 WSF - Needed 5 turnovers from the opposition to win by a TD? That's impressive? I think not. Now they way Montreal whipped Sask was impressive.
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Vic, I like your style. Keep changing the frame of reference. First it was since the last grey cup, now its the last 8 games :lol:They beat an 11-0 team (at one point long ago) twice coming down the stretch, they beat the defending GC champs down the stretch, and just knocked off the supposed hottest team in the league. Seems to be a lot more than what the Lions have done in their past 7 games. Maybe it's just
If we consider the last two seasons, and consider every game a big game, then by virtue of back-to-back first place finishes it is clear that BC has been the "big game" team in the west over the last two years.
While Edmonton has done well, they're one step closer to the Cup than last year, the bottom line is BC still has bragging rights in the West. On Sunday, BC puts them on the line. Should be an excellent game based on the previous match-ups with the Esks this year.
Hopefully there is some more scoring, and the refs do not factor heavily into the decision.