Oh I get that.
But I do not want to see DA step up and stay there.
I want him to get out of there if need be.
Keep the D on their toes.
A happy medium.
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He’s worked very hard at it. His podcast is great too.
His podcast is great except for his weird anti-Als bias that he seems to be at least trying to fix recently. Also, it’s pretty rough in production. He’s always eating the mic at the start, which distorts his voice, and I am not sure why we need to see the actual film being rewound. Leave that stuff on the cutting-room floor!
Has a Seahawks fans Luke will always have a special place in my heart ! Made of the biggest catch in semi final against Green Bay in 2014
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Tony, did you see the BC game? Rourke was a beautiful thing to watch. He stayed in the pocket and trusted his O-line to get the job done. BUT when it really broke down and he had to run he was fast and decisive. In all he ran for 54 yards showing speed and bravery. But 324 yards passing vs only 205 for DA.
Based on this one game I would call DA “Tre Ford lite” ie looking to run too often without the exceptional mobility that you see with TF. As D&P points out tho we are lucky to be in the best seats to watch DA’s development.
Rourke P - 324 yards, R - 54 yards
Ford P - 176 yards R - 54 yards
DA P- 205 yards R - 50 yards
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To call Alexander Ford lite when he ran less frequently than Ford is odd. Also not sure that comparisons to Rourke, who is older and who has vastly more pro experience than Alexander, are helpful. Rourke actually ran more times than Alexander in the game (5 times to Davis’s 4). His 324 passing yards are great, yes, but he also dropped back to pass 10 more times than Davis did. If Alexander connects on a few more of the deeper shots he took, his numbers probably pull closer to Rourke’s, but either way, he just has to play within himself and trust his reads.
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I saw the first half CFLbestfan.
Rourke had a good game, against the Elks. 
DA went up against the Argos which IMO, have a better D.
Any event, first game and there are 17 more to play. I expect DA to improve over the course of the season.
He over threw Philpot twice if not mistaken. One just out of his reach.
At the end of it all, for me, it’s the “W”'s.
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Well said.
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Vercheval reviews the week 1 game.
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That guy looks like a 1970s porn star…
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Wasn’t Andre Proulx seen leaving Molson Stadium after the game with one of the Als cheerleaders?
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The Argo moved BEFORE Sankey tried to take the intentional penalty … Luke into the loco-weed?
I don’t disagree that it was a bad call, but to imply that it was a deliberate bias on the part of the official is absurd.
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I see this trend as a side-effect of the Movember charity movement.
Never heard about that. Got a link?
A possible explanation about the call:
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So it looks like Vandal reacted too early to Sankey’s movement, which is what drew the penalty. Hopefully this teaches Wilson not to engage in that kind of dogwhistle BS with officials. A call can be bad without dragging “the bilingual ref” into it. Typical American idiot. Edit: I stand corrected on Wilson, since he’s Canadian, but it was still an incendiary and completely unnecessary angle to take.
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Hate people who go the “homer refs!” easy route when they don’t understand a call. If you’re going to do this, then at least make a video that shows the Toronto guy who got called did nothing wrong.
By the way, isn’t Wilson Canadian?
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He may be, but he’s brought that dumb American attitude with him to the broadcast. There was zero need to question Proulx’s integrity. As you said, the “homer ref” thing is just silly.
Proulx is actually one of the league’s most respected officials. He runs a tight ship and his crews rarely get calls wrong.
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The link is my warped sense of humor. 
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