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Official 2012 CFL Thread

All the Press back here and so many of the fans figure the Lions will
be the class of the league this year. I hate it when that happens!
We'll most likely end up 2 and 14. :-(

FaxCap

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BC Lions 33 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 16

Geroy Simon becomes the all-time leading receiver.

»www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=399585

FaxCap

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I think the only way the Lions end up with 14 losses this year is if Lulay is injured early & lost for the season.

In game 1, Rider's offense look great. Who knows? Maybe it was just because of who their opponent was. That explosive Ti-Cat offense (on paper) simply was not evident tonight.

In game 2, the Bombers clearly stuggled on offense because of who they were playing. This is only game #1, and Pierce could not even make it to the 2nd half.

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The Lions will probably go undefeated and get another Grey Cup.
Travis Lulay will throw for 50 TDs and get offered a Contract to play for the NE Patriots.

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Yup great start to defend their title.............Lulay looks even more confident and Simon breaks the record.

New head coach gets his first CFL win too.
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~~Go Lions....back to back Cups!!~~

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Toronto will need to figure themselves out if they wanna be in the Grey Cup. Speaking of which, the event is sold out already...not a real surprise, it's going to be a major event.
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If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. - Albert Einstein

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That Toronto game came down to the wire, so it was close. Too bad I felt like I was watching a preseason game. If anybody is counting that would make it 3 for the West and 0 for the East.

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Although I was not sure on Friday what kind of team Hamilton is, it is obvious that the Als are continuing to play like they did at the end of last year: bad. Not just one part of the team either. Stamps pretty much did whatever they wanted. Even plays that were not perfectly executed resulted in decent gains.

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West 4 ....East zip...........so far this season.
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~~Go Lions....back to back Cups!!~~

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That's cause he had some of the very best players playing,wherever he went.

I probably could have won with those teams.

He also cost B.C. 2 Grey Cups with his idiotic coaching style ...........leaving QBs in there to die.
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~~Go Lions....back to back Cups!!~~

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So much for the Vancouver Press saying the Lions could go 16-0.
They are losing to Hamilton 14-7 right now. Still lots of time left.

FaxCap

In game 1, it was Calvillo and Whitaker who had big games for the Als while Chris Matthews and Demond Washington played well for the Bombers. I think this means something, but it is still way too early in the year to conclusively say what that is.

In game 2, even though the final score would say otherwise, I would not say this was a close game. Lions pretty much played like they are defending champions, while the Ti-Cats (especially on defense) are just not there yet.

When Burris was pulled in the 2nd quarter, I thought for a moment that he was playing for the Stamps again.

BC Lions held on to defeat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 39-36

Great game with the Tiger Cats falling short...........but B.C. has some new exciting players that can break a game open.

They just look like a confident team.

Hamilton should be a force when Burris starts to learn his new team,but their coach sure doesn't inspire any confidence..........he looks lost out there.
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~~Go Lions....back to back Cups!!~~

For a 55,000 Stadium the attendence has been poor. The opening game had only 29000 considering the Geroy hype. Last night had only 22,000. Ofcourse Hamilton is not really a draw.

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Today's final score is exactly the same as yesterday's Lions/Ti-Cats game, but this one was much more exciting. Stamps came all the way back to tie the score twice late in the game which you would not expect considering that Kevin Glenn had 3 turnovers. Reason the Stamps made a game of it was that Larry Taylor was returning almost every kick for around 40 yards each which included a 125yd missed field goal return for a TD. Looks like Drew Tate might be gone for at least a few weeks. Not sure exactly what his injury is, but it could be a separated shoulder.

It is the 2nd week in a row that the Eskimos seemed like they were in a preseason game. Are the Rider's defense that good, or are the Eskimo's offense just bad. All I know is that Jyles was benched twice and when Joseph came in, the offense was even worse.