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Read what our football experts have to say about the Stamps and the CFL.

Each week Stampeder play-by-play voice Mark Stephen and game colour analyst Greg Peterson bring their inside insight on the Red and White.

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Statsguy’s Post Gameday Blog

Posted 7/2/2009 12:00:00 PM
Well, as the old saying goes – when someone throws you a lemon, make lemonade.



The Stamps lost their season opener to the Montreal Alouettes last night, 40-27. Was it that bad? In a word, yes. Even worse!



However, a deeper look into the numbers gives you an indication of what an elite ballclub the Stamps are when they want to be. Consider this:



- the Stamps scored all of their points in the 2nd and 3rd Quarter – when their time of possession was just over 10 minutes (the Als had the ball for almost 20 minutes in this same period, and generated just 10 points).

- They generated 27 points pretty much without a running game; Joffrey Reynolds was given the ball 6 times in the whole game

- Henry Burris completed just over 50% of his passes

- Offensive stalwarts Nik Lewis and Brett Ralph didn’t have ...
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Grey Cup Rematch

Posted 7/1/2009 12:00:00 PM
It was only seven months ago that John Hufnagel took his Calgary Stampeders to Montreal to play the Alouettes in the 96th Grey Cup. Against the odds Hufnagel gave his pre-game speech before the big game "We have them right where we want them" and that set the tone for the upset. In front of 65,000 plus fans at Olympic Stadium the Stamps overcame the odds and defeated the Alouettes on their home turf 22-14.

A new season is upon us and what better way to open up the 2009 CFL season on Canada Day, but with a rematch of last years Grey Cup - Calgary vs Montreal at McMahon Stadium. These two teams have explosive offences with Calgary's Henry Burris last years Grey Cup MVP and Montreal's Anthony Calvillo last years CFL MVP -both having very talented supporting casts. Defensively both these teams are talented as well, but will ...
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