The news broke on Monday Oct 21st that the Saskatchewan Roughriders had signed Cody Fajardo through 2021 and essentially making him the franchise quarterback. Thank goodness for football and having something positive to relate to on Canadian election Monday.
One way to get Saskatchewan to turn blue is to have the province vote Conservative.
Anyway, thank you Cody "Sprinkles" Fajardo. I watched the Riders Live press conference and continue to be wowed by the words and philosophies that come from this man. One phrase that stuck with me was one he borrowed from coach Craig Dickenson "Be Where Your Feet Are".
Another hot topic had all the football mathematicians dig out their high school calculus adding machines - what are the CFL play off scenarios. Now if this doesn't make your head ache I don't know what will. We know that the Roughriders will likely host a play off game but we don't know which one; the west semi or west final. There's a super slim chance that they don't host a play off game but I'm not going to entertain that idea at all. I BEL13VE.
If you haven't already guessed, yes, I do have the Riders in A Group. My break down is as follows.
Group A - Hamilton TigerCats/Saskatchewan Roughriders/Calgary Stampeders
Group B - Montreal Alouettes/Winnipeg Blue Bombers/Edmonton Eskimos
Group C - BC Lions/Toronto Argonauts/Ottawa Redblacks
Who would have pegged Hamilton to be the best team in the CFL when Masoli went down? Certainly not me since we've seen first hand and around the league that you require a starting quarterback and a competent back up. Good for you Cats for finding that talent. Your team just keeps winning and congrats on obtaining 13 wins this season which is a franchise record. As we know, the regular season is one thing and the play offs a completely other beast. Is this team built for regular season wins or a play off run? We will see come November.
The Calgary Stampeders need to win out to stay atop the CFL west. They play the Bombers and Lions to end their season so it seems completely plausible especially with Streveler getting so beaten up in their match last week. Tuesday morning they announced the signing of Dextor McCoil. As usual the Stamps have their share of injuries but also as usual they keep finding talent.
I did not see the Alouettes and Argonauts game because I was busy teaching future rock stars.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers. I honestly had them pegged to be champs this year and if you look back at previous posts you'd see that. There are some things I don't understand. As soon as Nichol's was injured why didn't you go out and get yourself a quarterback? When Streveler was obviously injured in week 19 why on earth did you let him continue to play? Watching him hobble around the field was awful. There's a difference between gutting it out and stupidity. Word on the street is Zach Collaros is taking first team reps this week so it's likely he'll see time against the Stamps. We all know that one good bop on the head will finish him off. Why sign someone so fragile? Crazier things have happened but I just don't see this going well.
Another player back this week is Trevor Harris. Nice timing since it's a home and home with my Riders. Without Harris I'd say the Riders could take the series but now... If it ends in a split I will be happy.
There's not much to say about C group. There's things I could say but none of it will make a difference and out of respect for their fans they don't deserve someone else dishing on them. Enjoy the remaining games and look forward to the changes the off season will bring.
For the rest of us - on to week 20. Can you believe how fast this season has gone?
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