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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 annalist Greg Peterson bring their inside insight on the Red and White.
You’ll also read what our game hosts Bill Powers & Jock Wilson have on their minds.
All of this coupled with Features Producer Peter Watts and ‘Stats. Man Daly’ on the latest Stampeder happenings and what’s going on in the League.
 Posted 9/5/2008 7:00:00 AM
To be honest I was scared when the Calgary Stampeders decided to sign Dave Dickenson as thier backup quarterback to Henry Burris. Not because he is not a qualified pivot but because of his history of concussions. I like Dickenson as a person and I consider him a good friend but I was afraid for his life, his health and his future.
As this season developed I became more and more secure in the thought that the Stamps had made the right move, they had backed up starter Henry Burris with a guy that could move in if necessary but it was not going to be necessary that often. No worries.
WRONG.
Om Monday against the dreaded Edmonton Eskimos Biurris went down with a toe injury and Dickenson had to come into play much sooner than anyone had anticipated. And while he performed extremely well in the position, in fact ...
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Posted 9/4/2008 7:00:00 AM
What to make of Monday's performance by the Stampeders against the Edmonton Eskimos? Not the result, as much as the performance. What does that tell us about this year's club?
To me, it says this club is not yet ready for prime time. The offense failed to produce. The defense failed to stop the Eskimo attack - and spent so much time on the field in the second half that it simply lost power. The less said about special teams the better.
The Stampeders have an offense that has a lot of fine players and in most games has scored enough points to win. But it's not going to score 20+ points a game. That means the defense has to come through once in awhile, and while it showed promise in two recent road wins, it remains a work in progress.
Matched against a rebuilding Eskimo side, it was the ...
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Posted 9/3/2008 7:00:00 AM
We took a lot of phone calls on the 5th quarter call in show on Monday afternoon questioning head coach and general manager John Hufnagel why he didn't throw the challenge flag on the Fred Stamps reception and the Nate Curry fumble.
The Stamps reception was a non issue as it was a non reviewable play and as Hufnagel told us on Wednesday night on sportstalk he was right beside the official who made the call. As far as challenging the fumble by Curry, Hufnagel told us that he talked to the coaches up in the booth and the feeling was the official had made the right call so it would have been a waste of a challenge.
If you want to understand the Instant Replay Manual in the CFL, I suggest you go on line to CFL.ca. It's not excatly in layman terms but it will give you a ...
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