Running CFL thread

[Gomer]

Damn, Flash, you just beat me to it.

Oh, and I think Roy Shivers could head up a Saskatchewan mafia with the kind of get-up he's wearing tonight. The toothpick in mouth really cements it for me.

At this rate, I put the over-under for Shivers and Barrett being fired at five weeks.

 

[Flash]

So how soon before Dickensen starts holding a clipboard in the NFL?

He's 33, maybe never. I think he's turned down some clipboard offers in the past. ;D

He carried the clipboard in San Diego and Detroit already ...

That too. Carried the clipboard in B.C. his first season too.

Um no, not quite. His first season in B.C. was in 2003 and the Lions traded Damon Allen to Toronto to hand Dickenson the ball.
His stats in his first year with B.C. were 549 attempts with 370 completions. 36 TDs for 5496 yards.
Now if you're referring to his first season with Calgary ... he was a backup.

 

[sportschick]

So how soon before Dickensen starts holding a clipboard in the NFL? 

He's 33, maybe never. I think he's turned down some clipboard offers in the past. ;D

He carried the clipboard in San Diego and Detroit already ...

That too. Carried the clipboard in B.C. his first season too.

Um no, not quite. His first season in B.C. was in 2003 and the Lions traded Damon Allen to Toronto to hand Dickenson the ball.
His stats in his first year with B.C. were 549 attempts with 370 completions. 36 TDs for 5496 yards.
Now if you're referring to his first season with Calgary ... he was a backup.

Hey, the guys in the office told me it was B.C. They LIED to me, dammit. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

I yield to your far greater knowledge of the CFL. Must have been Calgary.

 

[Flash]

Well, I'd like to think I'll get a shot at the beat if it ever comes open.

 

[sportschick]

ricky willaims makes his debut tomorrow: 3 p.m. edt on cbc.

american tv networks carrying the broadcast live: comcast sportsnet mid-atlantic (thats baltimore-washington) and cox sports in atlanta.

american tv networks carrying it on tape-delay: comcast sportsnet new york and seattle (check for actual airtimes).

full us tv sked: http://www.cfl.ca/themes/cfl2/06-cfl-us-schedule.pdf

I just checked, you can catch tomorrow's CFL games out West on Altitude as well.

 

[sportschick]

Well, I'd like to think I'll get a shot at the beat if it ever comes open.

Ahhhh, that explains much. Good luck with that.

 

[Flash]

Am planning on going to the June 29 game, vs. Hamilton. So if that gets televised, keep your eye out for the girls.

 

[D-Backs Hack]

Um no, not quite. His first season in B.C. was in 2003 and the Lions traded Damon Allen to Toronto to hand Dickenson the ball.
His stats in his first year with B.C. were 549 attempts with 370 completions. 36 TDs for 5496 yards.
Now if you're referring to his first season with Calgary ... he was a backup.

Hey, the guys in the office told me it was B.C. They LIED to me, dammit. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

I yield to your far greater knowledge of the CFL. Must have been Calgary.

I believe Dickensen was Jeff Garcia's backup that first year in Calgary.

 

[sportschick]

Um no, not quite. His first season in B.C. was in 2003 and the Lions traded Damon Allen to Toronto to hand Dickenson the ball.
His stats in his first year with B.C. were 549 attempts with 370 completions. 36 TDs for 5496 yards.
Now if you're referring to his first season with Calgary ... he was a backup.

Hey, the guys in the office told me it was B.C. They LIED to me, dammit.  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

I yield to your far greater knowledge of the CFL. Must have been Calgary.

I believe Dickensen was Jeff Garcia's backup that first year in Calgary.

The guys said he was the third-stringer behind Garcia his first year, but they did lie earlier.

 

[Flash]

Um no, not quite. His first season in B.C. was in 2003 and the Lions traded Damon Allen to Toronto to hand Dickenson the ball.
His stats in his first year with B.C. were 549 attempts with 370 completions. 36 TDs for 5496 yards.
Now if you're referring to his first season with Calgary ... he was a backup.

Hey, the guys in the office told me it was B.C. They LIED to me, dammit. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

I yield to your far greater knowledge of the CFL. Must have been Calgary.

I believe Dickensen was Jeff Garcia's backup that first year in Calgary.

Yeah and then he booked it for San Fran the next year.

 

[Flash]

Garcia, I mean.


And holy ****, it looks like the Sask receiving corps is going to blow chunks again this year.

 

[crimsonace]

No. The Ottawa Rough Riders have been defunct for quite a while. Ottawa had a team called the Renegades for the last few years but it folded. They don't know how to run a football team in Ottawa.

Maybe it's because they were stupid enough to give a franchise to Horn Chen, who has shown he's very adept at running franchises into the ground.

The mess he took our local minor-league hockey team through (his first sports property, actually) was really galling and singlehandedly almost killed what small following the sport had in the city.

 

[Flash]

No. The Ottawa Rough Riders have been defunct for quite a while. Ottawa had a team called the Renegades for the last few years but it folded. They don't know how to run a football team in Ottawa.

Maybe it's because they were stupid enough to give a franchise to Horn Chen, who has shown he's very adept at running franchises into the ground.

The mess he took our local minor-league hockey team through (his first sports property, actually) was really galling and singlehandedly almost killed what small following the sport had in the city.

There are some people who get into the business as a hobby or intentionally run it into the ground to have a tax writeoff. Running a successful sports franchise actually requires effort. Kind of like a marriage, I'm told.

 

[Flash]

Funny to see Jarious Jackson wearing B.C. colours. As a backup especially. I remember when he was the top-dog running back for Notre Dame.

 

[sportschick]

Funny to see Jarious Jackson wearing B.C. colours. As a backup especially. I remember when he was the top-dog running back for Notre Dame.

I think it's hilarious that he's backing up a guy from Montana. I know the Griz are the Notre Dame of I-AA and all, but it's still amusing.

 

[Flash]

I missed it. Who tore his ACL?

 

[sportschick]

I missed it. Who tore his ACL?

I think his last name starts with a C. I wasn't paying attention at the time.

 

[Flash]

Never mind. It's Jason Clermont. It always sucks really bad when a team loses one of its non-import players. They're tough to replace.

 

[Flash]

Dammit, I think there should be a moratorium declared on referring to two tall guys as the Twin Towers. That only makes me hate Rod Black more.

 

[Gomer]

And it's an MCL. Probably karma because he likes Buffy the Vampire Slayer.