The sports writers are picking the Arblows… I would like the Cats to prove them wrong, however my gut says we get smoked just like last week vs Ottawa.
Well, then the team should just throw in the towel and forfeit the game! Would THAT finally make you happy? Your constant negative comments make me sick!
I'm not sure who will win, the Tiger Cats are obviously the better team, but a lot of their pieces are hurt and missing, the remaining players are still better, penalties will be the difference, if the players and officials behave themselves, the ticats will probably win, if not they'll lose.
The Ticats have a veteran O-Line starting. That shouldn’t be discounted. In the playoffs, teams use different packages that teams haven’t prepared for. This O-Line has the experience to adapt. They will show composure. When you are over 300 lbs, stepping in the right direction is sometimes good enough, and I am confident this group will do that more times than not.
I like the intensity Masoli showed last week. Many here doubt his ability to lead us to a win, but I don’t think he shares that doubt. He looks confident and he knows this is maybe his last shot.
Look at some of the games earlier in the year – Winnipeg twice, BC, Edmonton…those games were not won by Collaros, they were won by speciality teams and defense absolutely overwhelming the opposition.
Correction Robo - Proulx did NOT toss the flag on either of the blown calls - it was two of the other officials, one being the field judge and I suspect the other, given the placement of the penalty, might have been the side judge. He also did not toss a flag on the SImoni hit on Hank (right call). Proulx himself is generally pretty fair and should not be held responsible for flags tossed by the other officials. Austin is actually pleased that Proulx is the official. Saw that on a tweet I think from Drew but can’t seem to locate it again just now for the exact wording.
Unfortunately for the Calgary/BC game, the field judge who WAS responsible for one of the blown calls is actually working that game. so much for being down graded - or are the others really that bad?? :roll: Hopefully he will not again “assume” anything based on a partially seen play and keep his flag in his pocket!
Ticats as a team have two years of playoff experience together - at least most of them are entering their third year of play off action. Toronto has Ray, Owens, part of their OL and a few D players and they didn’t make the playoffs last season for some strange reason! Many of their guys are first year and given the amount of scrapping we’ve seen on the sidelines at times and the number of penalties they have taken at times too when the pressure is on, their lack of play off experience could be a factor that is NOT in their favour.
Would love to see them win by 14 but I’ll be happy if they win by 4 - as long as they win!
Many of their guys are first year and given the amount of scrapping we’ve seen on the sidelines at times and the number of penalties they have taken at times too when the pressure is on, their lack of play off experience could be a factor that is NOT in their favour.