CFL 2024 season - Page 8

Coldrsx · #**141** Posted **Jul 15, 2024, 10:22 PM**

There is a god!

Chris Jones fired.

HomeInMyShoes · #**142** Posted **Jul 16, 2024, 2:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

There is a god!

Chris Jones fired.

We can only hope he doesn't find another CFL job. Ever.

elly63 · #**143** Posted **Jul 20, 2024, 7:12 PM**

With Ottawa monopolizing the CFL on CTV games, could Kalil Pimpleton be the saving grace. Is he the new Rocket Ismael?

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TimB09 · #**144** Posted **Jul 22, 2024, 1:02 PM**

CFL News
@CFL_News
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Jul 20
According to
@TSNDaveNaylor, prospective new owner of #Elks has been selected by a committee handling the sale, the prospective owner has met with @RandyAmbrosie, w/ continued vetting is ongoing, & is a long time season ticket holder as well.

Coldrsx · #**145** Posted **Jul 22, 2024, 2:18 PM**

Good to hear and cannot come soon enough as it feels as though this team is in purgatory on all fronts until this is done.

HomeInMyShoes · #**146** Posted **Jul 22, 2024, 3:57 PM**

In a week of close games, 1-3 again. Big WOW at Toronto losing to Hamilton. Lost the BC pick on the late fumble. Turnovers in the Saskatchewan game.

15-13 overall. And in a sea of mediocrity in the CFL there is only one easy pick this week.

SSK @ MTL: MTL
CGY @ OTT: CGY
WPG @ TOR: TOR
HAM @ EDM: EDM

I'm fairly confident in one of these picks.

ScreamingViking · #**147** Posted **Jul 22, 2024, 8:49 PM**

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I'm fairly confident in one of these picks.

I'm confident I don't know which one you're referring to. Anything can happen!

HomeInMyShoes · #**148** Posted **Jul 23, 2024, 2:09 PM**

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I'm confident I don't know which one you're referring to. Anything can happen!

The sea of mediocrity in the CFL this year is astounding. I'm surprised I'm batting above .500 so far, but it's probably not going to survive the next two weeks.

craner · #**149** Posted **Jul 26, 2024, 1:02 AM**

Man those air horns in the Alouette crowd are annoying to listen to.

ScreamingViking · #**150** Posted **Jul 26, 2024, 3:31 AM**

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Man those air horns in the Alouette crowd are annoying to listen to.

I think they may be starting to spread. I hear them sometimes at Ticats' games, and for the last home game (July 20 vs. the Argos) which I watched on TV they were caught by the microphones, and they were loud. Not quite as annoying as what are used in Montreal, but still so.

This when the crowd was making plenty of noise.

A few years ago, a couple sat in our section and had these hand-"spun" noise-makers that were so bloody loud my ears were ringing. They were Ticats fans, and eventually moved to another part of the stadium, but the sound was deafening and probably damaging (I'm quite certain I've already got lasting hearing issues from a concert I attended at Lee's Palace in Toronto in about 1996!)

craner · #**151** Posted **Jul 27, 2024, 8:42 PM**

Stampeders were absolutely horrible last night - they are Jeckel & Hyde with a long way to go. Glad to see Ottawa doing well though.
I love Ottawa’s new black home uniforms and helmets (the way they should be). Now to get a similar white away set.
I also really like the Stamps white & red roadies they’ve been wearing since last season.

craner · #**152** Posted **Jul 29, 2024, 3:43 AM**

Ok, even as a Calgary sports fan I now pity the Elks - it can’t go on like this - not good for the franchise or the league.

ScreamingViking · #**153** Posted **Jul 29, 2024, 1:37 PM**

This stubborn insistence on not playing the Canadian QB is ridiculous.

Ford injected new life into an offence that wasn't able to do much for about 50 minutes. It's hard to say how he would have fared against a defence that wasn't playing out the game (I absolutely HATE when teams go into prevent mode... stay with what has worked! Otherwise it often prevents a team from winning the game -- particularly for the Ticats

). He certainly couldn't have done any worse in "regular" time than Bethel-Thompson last night.

Acajack · #**154** Posted **Jul 29, 2024, 1:40 PM**

The Redblacks are definitely worth a look. Trying to get my buddies mobilized to go to a game this summer but everyone is just too darn busy!

Coldrsx · #**155** Posted **Jul 29, 2024, 3:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by ScreamingViking

This stubborn insistence on not playing the Canadian QB is ridiculous.

Ford injected new life into an offence that wasn't able to do much for about 50 minutes. It's hard to say how he would have fared against a defence that wasn't playing out the game (I absolutely HATE when teams go into prevent mode... stay with what has worked! Otherwise it often prevents a team from winning the game -- particularly for the Ticats

). He certainly couldn't have done any worse in "regular" time than Bethel-Thompson last night.

Yup.

Embarrassing and frustrating to say the least.

HomeInMyShoes · #**156** Posted **Jul 29, 2024, 3:44 PM**

Well, 2-2 last week.

17-15 overall now.

BC @ WPG: BC
MTL @ HAM: MTL
EDM @ SSK: SSK
TOR @ CGY: TOR. What was that last week Calgary. Two attempted field goals? Was Ottawa really that good?

JakeLRS · #**157** Posted **Jul 29, 2024, 9:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by ScreamingViking

This stubborn insistence on not playing the Canadian QB is ridiculous.

Ford injected new life into an offence that wasn't able to do much for about 50 minutes. It's hard to say how he would have fared against a defence that wasn't playing out the game (I absolutely HATE when teams go into prevent mode... stay with what has worked! Otherwise it often prevents a team from winning the game -- particularly for the Ticats

). He certainly couldn't have done any worse in "regular" time than Bethel-Thompson last night.

I was at the game. Elks were booed off the field at halftime. Also chants of "Tre" and "We Want Ford". When McLeod Bethel-Thompson was running to start his shift in the 3rd and 4th, he was booed. Atmosphere completely changed when Tre entered.

As for gameday experience, elks have a decent product. Majority of fans are in the west stands as its away from direct sunlight. The East stands get blasted with sunlight hence why they are mostly empty.

Last time I was at an EE game was in 2018 and there is a stark contrast now. Crappy team + poor economy is causing the stands to be less full. On the other end tho, I was happy to see public transit very well arranged. The LRT station beside the stadium is beautiful.

Harrison · #**158** Posted **Jul 30, 2024, 12:25 AM**

It's funny, our local collegiate summer baseball team, the Riverhawks, have been able to get between 5,000 and 10,000 fans in the stands this summer, only in their third season, which is a huge contrast to the Elks, a professional football team around for decades, can barely attract 20,000 to a stadium of 55,000 over the last couple of seasons.

The Elks management could learn a thing or two from the Riverhawks.

craner · #**159** Posted **Jul 30, 2024, 2:15 AM**

Elks QB Ford to start vs. Roughriders

http://https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/edmonton-elks-qb-tre-ford-to-start-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders-1.2155625

Harrison · #**160** Posted **Jul 30, 2024, 3:43 AM**

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Elks QB Ford to start vs. Roughriders

http://https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/edmonton-elks-qb-tre-ford-to-start-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders-1.2155625

As he should, until (or if) he plays poorly enough to lose starter status.